Lucky Wok
About
Chinese
Price Range : Under $10 ($)
Location
Adress: 7878 N Milwaukee Ave, Niles, IL 60714
Phone: (847) 966-9798
Work Hours
Business info
- list_altTakes ReservationsNo
- directions_carDeliveryYes
- move_to_inboxTake-outYes
- credit_cardAccepts Credit CardsYes
- local_parkingParkingPrivate Lot
- directions_bikeBike ParkingYes
- accessibilityGood for KidsYes
- groupGood for GroupsNo
- volume_upNoise LevelAverage
- local_barAlcoholNo
- transit_enterexitOutdoor SeatingNo
- wifiWi-FiPaid
- tvHas TVYes
- fastfoodCatersYes
Reviews
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Fancy N.
Pretty darn good Chinese food! I ordered via grub hub, quick and detailed menu options. I didn't know that white rice would come with the entrees so I ordered it separately. I saw another reviewer mentioned that they use MSG, I didn't research this, and was a bit weary after placing my order. It arrived in the time stated (but $6 delivery charge was not cool!)
The food reminds me of china town chinese food, not just take out. Everyone commented similarly. I ordered medium-hot spicy level, but most items came a little bland, while I like some kick in it. Next time I'll order over the phone to get my point across, cause sometimes I wonder what prints for them off of grub hub may not be exactly every checkmark box I checked off.
Overall ok, will try diff stuff next time. I'm not a cheap ass, but feel the $6 delivery charge is a bit steep. -
Sandra S.
I wish we read the reviews before ordering! This place is flat out gross. We ordered sweet and sour chicken as well as potstickers. Both were so huge because of the breading....once we sliced into it, the breading was not cooked and everything was mushy, we literally threw it right in the garbage.
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Diablo L.
Ordered the Mongolian beef and cashew chicken with a order of pork fried rice, very tasty, plenty of veggies , will definitely order from here again , really 3 1/2 stars
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Ona L.
I ordered vegetable pad tai.It was very bad. First when I opened it it smelled some old grease.90 % not fresh looking noodles.Just touch of vegetables and all of it in very untasty sauce. I just had a few bites and the rest went to a garbage. I 'm not gonna try this place8 anymore.
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Ann M.
The food is good but not great, but they lost a star because of a breakdown in communication resulting in an error in our order.
I'd ordered through Yelp!, online, and they in turn passed the order on to Eat 24, who in turn passed it on to the restaurant.
When our food arrived, it didn't have the substitution of fried rice for the steamed rice that I'd asked for (the Yelp! site let me add additional instructions, and mentioned that there might be additional charges depending on the instructions, which would have been fine with me). It also didn't have the lo mein noodle substitution for steamed rice that my husband had requested, that I'd also indicated in the additional instructions.
Here were the instructions I'd typed in the Yelp! ordering screen, which were repeated in the order confirmation I received back from Eat 24, so I know they weren't lost somewhere in cyberspace:
General Tso's Chicken
How Spicy?: Medium
Instructions: No rice, but lo mein noodles instead.
Shrimp Egg Foo Young (Large)
Instructions: With fried rice. No white rice, please.
When I opened the order and noticed the omissions, I immediately contacted Eat 24, through the link they provided in their order confirmation, and I eventually (maybe 15 minutes later, after we'd already started eating after waiting a few minutes for a prompt response that didn't come) heard back from them via email that they'd requested that the restaurant make the order right, but they'd said it was too late.
I asked where the ball got dropped, and the response from Eat 24 was, "They have informed us that because the upcharges were not tacked onto the order, the restaurant did not add the fried rice and lo mein." But there was no place to "tack these on" in our ordering process, or I would have done so. So again, Yelp!, Eat 24, and Lucky Wok, where exactly was the ball dropped?
Anyway, on to the food ...
The crab rangoon was pretty good -- A bit sweet, but not too much, and a bit undercooked and chewy. If I wasn't so hungry I probably would have put them in the oven for a few more minutes to crisp up a little more. The fried wontons were good, too, although I prefer the meat-filled ones, which weren't an option on their menu. I reheated these the next day, and they were even better then.
The shrimp egg foo young was just okay. This is one of my go-to dishes I use to evaluate a new Chinese restaurant, and my review of this one was that it lacked flavor compared to many others I've had. It was just kind of bland. I bought a large order, ate one that night and tried one the next night to make sure I wasn't just negatively judging because of the fried rice and lo mein dust-up (I wasn't), and I never ate the other two. They just weren't interesting enough to make me want to finish them. (This is highly unusual for me! But with no fried rice, and with being kind of bland, there was just no appeal.)
My husband had his usual General Tso's Chicken. One thing we really liked was that the online ordering let him specify his spiciness level (as you probably noticed above, he chose medium). He said it was good, and he was okay with the white rice, but would have much preferred the lo mein. He ate about half that night, and reheated the other half the next day, so the portion was ample.
In summary, we'll probably order from there again, but I won't get the egg foo young this time, and I'll call the restaurant directly to make sure the order is placed the way we want it.