Lucky Garden - North Providence

This use to be a great restaurant, but after a rebuild it changed management/owner and menu. the eating was so-so and the dimming amount went away, which meant that we. we gave him two tries, only for the case that they had a free day; it was not:

The best Chinese in ri. the seasonal vegetables is super and delicious! we're not going anywhere else because of Chinese food. no other place will compare with their kitchen! the hostess, amy very pleasant and will explain to them each of the dishes. her homemade tofu is heavenly! it is crispy on the outside and as soft as a fluffy touch on the inside jim

The texture of lucky gardens homemade tofu is exquisite. it is crispy on the outside and silk on the inside. the tofu of general tsao is my personal favorite. the sauce is at the same time sweet and spicy and the brokkoli cooked for perfection.

I need to get Chinese menu. do not worry even with the regular menu; ask for traditional Chinese (not worrying, beautifully translated) and be adventurous (there is more to live than beef and broccoli). the shrimp/pork/scrambled eggs are incredible, the cholesterin is worth! the ice cream dishes (shrimp or bark meat,) the cassoles are all fantastic and can not find them anywhere in providence (at least not that I have found). a little hongkong in rhody!

Top notch. (review dated 8/08): among the few authentic chinese restaurants in RI to begin with (i.e. excluding the takeout woks few have quality food lucky garden is a happy exception to the rule--i never expected to have such quality in a non-metropolitan city. dim sum is absolutely above par--even better than SOME places in boston. had a few lunch/dinner dishes and rice/noodle dishes over the time; they are authentic (NOT american-style) and mostly thumbs up they are also very accommodating to non-chinese speakers: staff can handle english, there's bilingual menu (and there's no chingrish in there for the chinese dishes, also an american menu w/the woks food... i...read more