Ly Luck Restaurant

3537 Fruitvale AveOakland, CA 94602I was in the area, and dropped by for some takeout.I ordered Black Bean Pepper Beef and Salted Fish Chicken Fried Rice.Salted what? Salted Fish Chicken Fried Rice. If you like it, you love it, and will want to order it. I like the way Ly Luck makes it, and they give a big generous serving. Black Bean Pepper Beef is bite sized pieces of beef with a balance of peppers and onions in black bean sauce. Very well seasoned, big serving. Good amount of gravy to go with my rice. Eat it Chinese style and enjoy a nice meal from Ly Luck.

Revisted Ly Luck for the 1st time in over 4 yrs after Covid started & when they only served take out & then changed ownershipIt was never a great restaurant to begin with but they had fresh fish tsnks & served while steamed fish which was fine until now The fish I got this time around was undercooked (the bone didnt lift free from the flesh of the fish) sent it back & it still wasnt fully cooked when reserved on top of that, they served us old (no freshly steamed) rice I didnt bother complaining because even if they cooked some, it would have take a 1)2 but that's how long it takes to steam a fis & they should have started a new pot of rice when the steamed fish order came in but thry didnt.I'm never going back .

NEW MANAGEMENT, NEW CHEF, NEW MENUSometime last year, the restaurant went under new management. You no longer see the same ladies that would manage the front of the restaurant. The menu has also sightly changed. While the offerings looks similar, it's different. My mom was craving a dish that we would always order. XO Beef Clay Pot. It was a dish that seemed to be slowly cooked with fatty and tendon style of beef with napa cabbage and ginger. We ordered something similar on the menu, Beef Stew Clay Pot with Bean Curd. The meat was not that tender, and there were pieces in there that were too hard to bite easily through. My thoughts are, if you're going to take over a restaurant, you should be familiar with the previous menu and dishes and try to make it the same. If not, you might as well call the restaurant something else. The Egg Plant with Garlic Sauce was really good, I would order it again. The rice was a little hard...The gentleman server was not very attentive. I would always find his back to me when I was looking for him (either for water, boxes, the bill). As a server, I feel like your attention should be the interior of the restaurant and the front door. At the time we were the only ones in the restaurant. I am certain, at one point he went outside the front door to smoke a cigarette, and the front door was open so the smell wafted in.The prices are expensive. We paid $47 (with a $5 tip) for 2 dishes and steam rice. I don't know that I would ever go to this restaurant again, unless I were given some kind of coupon. Before I could rely on dishes that were to my liking. Now, I don't want to take the risk of being disappointed, especially with how expensive food is these days. My overall first experience back was lacking. I may delete my previous reviews as they are no longer relevant to this establishment.

Yowza! They know how to give you a portion here. I paid $15 dollars for my beef chow mein and had dinner for three nights. Amazing bang for your buck at this restaurant. Food was just alright though, nothing to write home about so I'll most likely get something else from the menu if I order from here again to see if all the food on the menu is like this...

Under new ownership. Still delicious! Finally open on the inside again! - Dry braised green beans- Beef chow fun with gravy- Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings- beef stewed

The food is good and fresh. I love their black bean sauce over rice with ribs. Their chicken and salty fish rice is the best. So much good flavor

Ly Luck has been our go to restaurant since1990. New ownership for several months now. We figured they have worked out the kinks now. I should have clued in that at 11:30 I was parked outside for 10 minutes waiting for the take out to be ready. Only 3 people went to pick up food. Usually there are a substantial amount of people! As I walked inside there were absolutely not one diner. The dishes looked delicious. We ordered 4 dishes. So so disappointed. Three of the dishes clay pot beef stew, clay pot fish with tofu and chicken chow mein tasted the same! Bland and lacking any flavor what so ever! Ordered fried chitterlings...ummm cold, limp and almost soggy!! The lack of vegetables in the dishes was because they were old chewy and bitter. If it is that bad, I sincerely wonder what care they give to the cleanliness of their kitchen. Will not be returning.

Our go too for Chinese food !! Great price and value and so friendly ' we usually ordered 7-8 items and eat it family style . They are always consistent

Bang for buck! Good food done fast for a great price. My go to local spot for dinner when I'm lazy to cook and craving Chinese food. Where else can you pick 3 freshly made entrees from 69 options, all for less than $30?

I've been a loyal customer for about 5 years, I typically order the wonton soup. Today I decided to try something different and ordered the salt and pepper wings. When I got home to eat my dinner that was good approximately $22 the chicken was not cooked all the way through. I called to let them know and the lady just said "ok" didn't offer to refund me or didn't offer to make anything else. Very disappointing.