Lucky Star Restaurant

I am here visiting family and was craving Chinese food from my home state. I used to frequent yummy house in Sandford as a teen and young adult but last time I was there it tasted nothing like it used to. That being said I did some looking around and reading reviews until I came across lucky star. I decided to order pick-up. When we arrived there was a very polite young man behind the counter. He was pleasant to interact with and the food was ready at the time promised online. Upon looking around the restaurant itself, I was happy to see it was very clean and the tables well organized. I was surprised how heavy the food was but I had read they gave you a decent amount. At home I finally got to open up our food which smelled delicious the whole car ride back. I got the #2 delight, veg fried rice, and an order of sweet and sour chicken. I had thought the chicken came with its own white rice but perhaps I was mistaken but I'm happy to say my daughter likes the sauce. The food looked fresh and appetizing. The tenders and beef teriyaki were amazing! I am a huge fan of bbq pork and although they were tasty I wished they were more saucy. I didn't eat the egg roll because I don't like them but it looked good too. My only complaint would be the vegetable fried rice. One because it had big chunks of green pepper which overpowered the seasoning of the rice but the worst part was that it tasted burnt. In the photo it looked like the veg rice would be mainly carrots onion and peas like im used to. If peppers are a norm for them thats fine but I wouldnt have put them in personally. My daughter and I both love fried rice so that was pretty disappointing. Although it was a hefty helping $7 of inedible food pleases no one. Regardless of this I still think this place was worth ordering from and that others should try it too. I did see a very old review about burnt rice and thought it was a fluke but maybe just stay away from the rice? See photo for reference. You can see little burnt pieces.

For a traditional takeout Chinese place, their food is phenomenal and easily stacks up against higher end white table cloth sit down places. They also give you A LOT of food. I ordered steamed dumplings and chicken moo shu. I can eat quite a bit of food and love overeating Chinese, but I could not finish it. So $25 got me two full dinners.

You will get your money's worth of food here, and it tastes great. Seems that lately I've only been to places with good food. I'm happy for that and Lucky Star continues the trend. I cannot stop myself when it comes to putting some of the rice on a slice of scallion pancakes... Mmm. Place ya order online, enjoy the drive there to pick it up, and don't overeat... Leftovers taste just as good.

First time diner. Ordered Mongolian Beef from all day menu. Actually got peppers and beef with onions, little gravy and cup of white rice. Large portion good enough for 4 meals. Meat and peppers were large. Had to cut them each into 4 pieces to make them bite size. Meat was tender with little flavor. Not Mongolian beef dish by any measure. Wife had the ABC combination. Noodles were thick and tasteless maybe cooked too long. Chicken fingers were mostly good but one was too tough to eat - like it was microwaved too long. Crab ragoon was ok. Chicken teriyaki was OK.