I used to come here a long time ago all the time with my family when it was called Lai Lai, then they closed down. It wasn't till just recently when my cousin came to town and was looking for a spot that we came across here. Unsure if it's the same owners but it brought some memories back. As far as the service, there a language barrier and they have these little small cups for tea, they had to constantly come fill our cups and that took time. Service wasn't all that great but the food is amazing. If you can get past the service, then you will be good, the food speaks for itself. read more

Excellent. Cute. Deliciousness and flavor. A not to miss place. Seriously. Not fancy, cozy. A friend said it best. Each dish has unique sauce with the context other Chinese restaurants have unique titles for their dishes, but use the same sauce. Lucky Dragon is different. They make unique dishes and are standout vs other dishes strictly because this is the real deal. Find this place. Support this amazing place. Parking is a challenge but if you get a chance to go, go. And then you can go Chinese grocery store shopping. Justgo is literally next door. Win! read more

Lucky Dragon 龍圖飯店 - Cooking is happening here. - Cantonese Near Me - Houston, Texas

i dont do reviews unless a place is worth writing about. This is my new fav chinese place. Crispy chicken bites and fried fish pieces over white rice. so good! read more

Hidden in the corner of Metropole Center and next to JusGo Supermarket is Lucky Dragon, one of the lesser known Cantonese seafood establishments in Chinatown. The Chinese name ("龍圖飯店") is more along the lines of "Dragon Diagram / Map" which seems somewhat ironic, consider they've been off the map and radar for many diners seeking Chinese fare in this part of town. It's been practically empty each time I've been here. I've dined in a lonely group of eaters, gotten taken out and it's never busy. The staff is largely Cantonese speaking as well, save for some heavily accented Mandarin and a struggle with English. I sense most folks who have been put off by the service is related to the latter. It's not exactly a large restaurant, but I doubt it'd be a problem to eat here with a large group on any given week night. They specialize in Cantonese cuisine with an emphasis on seafood. The food can be a hit or miss. A lot of the non-seafood items (peking pork chop, lo mein noodles, beef claypot, string beans, and fried rice) have been subpar at best, but where they really shine is with their seafood options. (#1) Their salty fish meat cake (鹹魚肉餅) is very salty but tasty, the ginger scallion lobster (蔥薑龍蝦), and fried fish filets (炸魚片) were excellent. I wasn't really feeling the shrimp and egg (蝦仁炒蛋) or salt and pepper squid (椒鹽魷魚) but they were eons better than the non-seafood. I've heard very good things about their crab dishes, especially the special order crab roe rice and dungeness crab preparation. I believe one has to call ahead of time, but I can't wait to do it. I think the prices are solid and I do hope they receive more business. Having flown under the radar for so long means they're doing something right, but I hope they manage to earn more kudos for better service and tighten up the non-seafood dishes for better overall execution. I'll certainly be back. ___________ (#1) Case in point: They have a small water tank with lobsters, crabs, and the occasional fish. read more

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Great food, friendly service (a little bit slow, since it was peak hour, so it's okay), simple decorations and a typical old-fashioned Chinatown vibe. We get there 7pm and there were already several tabes of people. They are famous for their freshly stir fried lobster, and I did notice that all the tables of people ordered it. The pork short ribs was breaded and then fried, and was crispy outside and soft inside. Very new and interesting flavor for me. Rice was automatically added. Garlic veggies was great in taste too, although bit oily. Same as the stir fried rice noodles-- very oily. But I guess this is how it is traditionally made. So a great meal. It's not a fancy place but great for neighborhood food. read more

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The meals from the Lucky Dragon Chinese Restaurant are beyond delicious in my opinion. I have eaten an many different Chinese restaurants throughout my life and Lucky Dragon is by far the best and not authentic Chinese food I have ever had the pleasure of eating. It is a family owned business which I always enjoy supporting. They can get very busy during lunch and dinner hours, but rest assured the wait is well worth it. You will want to order quickly one you are seated since delicious food takes time to make. The service is great and the staff is very kind, attentive and welcoming. The larger round tables have glass top swivels for larger parties to share food with the entire table which is unique and nice if you want to share dish with someone right next to you or on the other end of the table. The prices are very fair and the Restaurant is nostalgic and cozy. I had the iced tea to drink which is great without sugar. Stop by the Lucky Dragon Chinese Restaurant today and enjoy some truly delicious and authentic food. read more

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Very very thankful to have my birthday dinner at here all the dishes are well cooked the best Guangdong restaurant in Houston ! The service is super the owner is very nice lady we all get very caring service the restaurant is cozy but very clean ! Can't asking more ! The best restaurant in my heart ! read more

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It is located right next to Jusgo, an unassuming Cantonese restaurant. We came here with few other Cantonese friends, they all agreed the taste is very authentic. Dishes we recommend ordering: lobster, Pipa Tofu (combination of fish and tofu, very unique), clay pot eggplant with pork. Price is affordable, flavor is okay, definitely on the plain side. The restaurant is small and dark, doesn't have the best atmosphere, but you come here for the food. read more

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Very disappointing!! Checked in recently and the service got terrible. I arrived ahead of my party and had to stand awkwardly at the door for an uncomfortably long time while the boss lady and the only other waitress stayed sitting, looking down at the counter. When I finally got seated and my party arrived, the boss lady laughed at us when we said we didn't want to order the chicken soup for $80 and the King Crab for $36 per lb. We ordered the seafood tofu soup and her response was, "Yeah, that IS cheaper." Throughout the dinner, if we asked her for anything while the other waitress was busy, she would nod first and then completely 'forget' about it. We ordered a Fuzhou fried rice, the same two pork and lobster dishes, as last time with the addition of a soup and the replacement of a beef with eggplant dish for a total of $90 before tips. (Maybe because of the boss lady's prejudice, she never brought our Fuzhou fried rice out to us...which we didn't realize until the next day.) Price-wise, the food was still pretty good. However, these four items took over an hour to arrive because the (lone boss) chef liked to service each table in the order of arrival (so the rest of us all watched as only one table got to eat...). We would definitely NOT be coming back again--just purely on the poor service we received. read more

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This is a typical Chinese family restaurant, not your Americanized Chinese food. The restaurant is on the smaller side with less than ten tables. My friends and I went pretty late after typical dinner hours. When we arrived, only one table was occupied. My friend let me ordered the food. The portion was decent and my friends praised about the tastiness of the food. As for me, it was decent. If you want to try some authentic Chinese food, check it out. If you want Americanized Chinese food, this is not your place. read more

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Pros Food is delicious and affordable. Huge selection of food during lunchtime It's family owned Cons Wait time to get food is about 40 minutes to an hour if you plan to eat there and dine read more

Lucky Dragon 龍圖飯店 - Salty squid and seafood lo mein - Cantonese Near Me - Houston, Texas

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Food and pricing is decent however the wait time is insane! It takes well over an hour to get your food once you place your order! This place does not value your time! read more

This is exactly average for a Chinese restaurant in Houston. There are definitely better places to go. We ordered Hong sao fish, beef and tendon claypot, duck, fried tofu with minced meat, sweet and sour pork and a mixed vegetable dish. Everything was just alright. All of the meats, especially the tendon could have been much more tender. The hong sao fish was good but it didn't have as much flavor as I had wanted. The fried tofu was a big hit at our table although not really with me. It tasted a lot like fried bread to me. The sweet and sour pork was good, just a little tough. Not only was the food mediocre but the service was extremely slow. It's a small establishment but it seemed like there was only one waitress. She was nice, but overworked. read more

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Have been coming here for lunch and 1st time doing dine-in dinner. The black pepper beef short ribs with eggplants was good in flavor but those ribs were too chew. We informed our server that those were overcooked and can't even chew them. You need a knife to cut them inside tiny pieces to possibly eat them. I tried a small bite and still too hard. But good flavor amd I love eggplants! Chicken dish was average, nothing special. I like empress chicken and this wasn't the same. Bean leaves were good! Big portions, reasonable prices and plenty of parking spaces. read more

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FIVE star well deserved!!!! The lunch special is so cheap, around $6-7 per dish and the restaurant is very clean. Service is speedy and the menu has a wide selection. I ordered 3 dishes for less than $20 and that was enough for 3 additional meals!! I will definitely be coming back. Happy hour is from 11-3 so definitely take advantage of these good deals and try out lucky dragon!! I ordered basil fish, Sichuan shrimp, and Hong shau tofu. All the dishes were seasoned perfectly, not overly salty, great portion, and just so delicious and worth the deal. read more

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So yummy, especially the 红烧班腩煲 Hung Sui Grouper fish Hot Pot & Pei Pa Tofu, my favorite dishes from this restaurant.

Delicious and affordable You can't go wrong everything in the menu is made fresh and cooked to perfection. read more

Came here on a Saturday for lunch, which would normally be an extremely busy time for a restaurant in Chinatown. The restaurant was empty when we got there! Chinatown restaurants and businesses have been struggling lately, so if you're looking for a place to eat out or even get take-away, support Chinatown restaurants! Food: I am vegetarian, and surprisingly they were able to accommodate and make lots of veggie dishes!! We got the mapo tofu, Singapore curry noodles, eggplant fried tofu pot, and green beans. The portions were huge for the price! I loved every single dish, but my favorite had to be the eggplant and tofu dish. The sauce, flavors, textures came together so well! Also the prices were amazing!! I would absolutely recommend coming here for authentic Chinese food, especially if you are looking for a vegetarian-friendly place. Also apparently BOYB for dinner!! 10/10 will be back read more

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Don't judge a book by its cover. Lucky dragon is renovated and clean inside. Service was great, food was good, and reasonably priced. We had the beef short ribs w/eggplant clay pot, shrimp w/ scrambled eggs, salt toasted squid, sautéed clams in black bean sauce, Dungeness crab, snow pea leaves, salt and pepper pork, fried rice, and beef with bean spouts (no gravy) flat noodles. Every dish was seasoned well. Lucky dragon does not skimp on the portion size. It can get pretty loud in there once it starts to fill up but it's a good sign of people are coming to dine in. read more

I am updating my review to say the ambiance has greatly improved and the food is great, no issues with the food at all there is one thing I want to warn everyone about and that is how the menus are handled. They still use old school menus. You will find them on your table when you sit down. After you order they take it throw it in a pile and then put it on the table for the next person who comes in. They are never wiped down or sanitized. It is safe to say dozens of people touch these per day and now you will also and hopefully you sanitize your hands after touching it cuz it's nasty. read more

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This is my go to place for Chinese food that reminds me of what I grew up eating. The food, thin plastic tablecloths, live lobsters, and kind-hearted aunties. My absolute favorite things to get here are the fish hot pot and the pea shoots when in season. read more

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This place is SO GOOD . they have so much on the menu that its overwhelming. I think they have the best roast duck noodles ever... the broth the noodles the duck everything is just perfect! every time i go it bc seems to be empty! I would really recommend this place to anybody if they want cheap but GOOD chinese food. portion sizes are amazing for the price as well read more

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Not good quality of food. My salt and pepper shrimp was supposed to be toasted shrimp. It was a greasy mess with no flavor. Vegetables had no flavor and were undercooked. Staff members are somewhat not friendly. The inside looks clean and overall nice. But you can tell that different people receive better attention than others. read more

They didn't want to seat 5 people at an 8 top table. They also didn't want to move a chair to a 4 top to accommodate. It's 4:43pm, no one's in the restaurant and you're worried about not having a table in case an 8 top came in? Bye Felicia read more

What an incredible and delicious dinner meal at Lucky Dragon! On the outside, you would not think of it as anything. The same goes for the inside - nice ceiling lightning, but overall, it is your typical, older Chinatown restaurant. I came here for weekend, dinner and the place was packed. There are not too many seats, but it was full. We ordered quite a bit of food and when we tried it, I can see why it is full of people. Just look at my pictures and it is definitely authentic with big portions! I didn't have a room for their lobster, but it looks real good!! This will give me reason to come back next time. Chow Chow time!! read more

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Did I go to a different restaurant? Why did I have such below standard foodie experiences? After reading Yelper Jay Y's ROTD review, I wanted to try this hole-in-the-wall Cantonese restaurant - Lucky Dragon 新龍圖飯店. It was hiding behind bunch of plants from the old Lai Lai Dumpling House. My goal was to seek out some decent Chinese restaurants in Chinatown. There are people like my partner who is not Asian and very particular about proper tastes in Chinese food. I ordered take out and tried 3 dishes: house special chowmein, shrimp fried rice, beef broccoli and egg rolls. The tastes failed miserably. Broccoli was over cooked tasted separate from the rest. It ain't beef, they served pork. Egg rolls tasted worse than Jack in the Box. They burned the noodles after I specifically not the crispy kind. Some noodles were charred black. Shrimps were fresh in a decent fried rice, but bland. Lots of seafood in noodle dish. The waiter must be new. He was clueless about how the egg rolls were made. They came from a factory. It tasted same as Lai Lai next door (see my review for the photo), at least they know the source. He also didn't know the closing time. I will be back to reset my experience. I want to try the 3-way Peking duck dish. read more

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First time here and it was yummy and cheap! My favorite items were: - lobster with noodles - fried fish - fried pork chops This place is pretty small and located in the corner next to the Jusgo Supermarket. Had I not been invite me by my friends I probably would never have stumbled upon this place. read more

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Almost 5 stars... The food is excellent. Waiter service was good. The downfall is the nearly 2 hour wait for the food...the kitchen service needs to get it together. Food taste and quality 5 stars Waiter service 3.5 Kitchen service 1 read more

The food is delicious and in big amounts with little pay . My family always go here in the weekends for dinner sometimes. The service is quick . One thing is that is wrong is that the tables are small for 4 people and there is not a lot of tables . Now this place is good but it needs a few tweaks. read more

Doesnt look like much when you drive by the shopping center or walk closer, however it is really good food and cheap! I am a business traveler from So Cal and would never have known about this place of not for my friends in Houston that love this place! Lobster, Chow Fun, Fried Spicey Flounder, huge portions all for $45 plus enough to take home for his family! Highly suggest using Google Translation App! read more

Wait too long for the food. They only take care pick up orders first. I was the first customer there and had to wait for 1 hour to get the first dish. Waitress was rude. read more

Traditional style of Hong Kong cooking at a fair price. Great menu including many choices ranging from clay pots to stir fry noodles. I always go for the chow fun, personal choice, which never disappoints me. read more

Four solid stars for the food. Love that each dish was made to order and served fresh as it came out of the kitchen. Each dish was perfectly seasoned and sauced without being too greasy, heavy or salty. The sweet and sour soup may have been the best I've had in Houston so far - with about four types of mushrooms. The "dou miao" greens had just the right amount of garlic (and garlic wasn't burnt as often happens with this dish). But know that ambiance and service are sorely lacking. Thin plastic table covers, gaudy decor, and a server that appears from the kitchen once in awhile. read more

One of the few go-to places for my family. Authentic Cantonese food made by Cantonese folDecently priced, pretty good portions. My favorite item from here is the Salt Pepper Fish Filet and Singapore Noodles! read more

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Another night, another dinner with friends. It is BYOB and our friend showed up with a lot of fun drinks. Lucky is a little on the small side, but the waitresses were nice and refilled our waters often. We ordered the 6 person set meal. The seafood egg soup (5/5) was fantastic and my toddler enjoyed it. We had the sweet and sour pork (3/5 a little too tough), a seafood dish with vegetables (5/5), cold chicken (3/5) a nice mushroom and Chinese vegetable dish (5/5) and a entire steamed fish (5/5 - except the bones) Delicious food, nice wait staff, great price for all the food we ate! Would definitely visit again. read more

The food was delicious. We went to China town hoping we'd find a good restaurant and this place hit the spot. The shrimp fried rice, general Tso, and salted squid were all terrific. I'm stuffed and satisfied! read more

Lucky Dragon 龍圖飯店 - Cantonese Near Me - Houston, Texas

The beef in the Mongolian was tough and chewy and the spicy and salted tofu was blah. If I hadn't paid cash I would have called visa to cancel the transaction it took so long. Besides being RUDE RUDE RUDE, the ONE server left the diners to fend for themselves while she went next door to the grocery store to buy a fish. Nobody answered the phone nor serviced the two tables nor brought out my Togo order. Two dishes took 25 minutes with the two diners having one dish to be served. How are they still in business? I guess that is why there were plenty of parking spots in front! read more

Nothing fancy but a good place to get a cheap lunch. As we sat down we were brought a bowl of soup. While I'm not really sure what it was, I ate it and it was decent. The three of us ordered from the lunch specials on the weekend (a bonus since some places limit lunch specials to during the week). The portion sizes were plentiful and the food was tasty. There was a bit of a language barrier but it was easily overcome. Overall a nice experience and a good meal. read more

I used to come to Lucky Dragon all the time as a kid with my family. We stopped coming for years because there was a change in management, but we decided to come back for a try due to all family friends' word-of-mouth. The food was actually pretty good and fairly priced! The best steal was probably the Ginger & Scallion Lobster. 2 lobsters for $23.99! We also ordered the garlic snow pea leaves, salt & pepper toasted squid, flat rice noodles with beef and broccoli, and shrimp fried rice. All was tasty! More than likely, my family and I will be back to eat! read more

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Good! Real Chinese food! Under $6 for most dishes. I get Beef with flat rice noodle and scallion, dry! or "with Gravy". Singapore noodle is very good. They have a very large menu. Small place next to JustGo Supermarket in the corner. read more

Lucky Dragon 龍圖飯店 - Front - Cantonese Near Me - Houston, Texas

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