Red Lantern

"We walked in for an early lunch, the place was pretty empty. The wallpaper was coming off the walls, the ceiling dingy, the floor tiles broken and the floor was sticky to walk on. We sat down and waited a good while to get our drink order in despite the place being empty. We placed our order which came out quickly but the waitress was talking to someone about buying a home so my husband didn't get his plate till I was done eating. I had the orange chicken and was not a fan of how dry the meat was so I didn't eat much. My husband had the cashew beef and that had an interesting flavor I suppose. As I waited for him to finish, a roach crawled across the wall next to me and I jumped up. The hostess noticed the commotion as my husband tried to kill it. She promptly went to the manager who comped our meal. We obviously did not take left overs. As we were leaving another roach came out of the baseboard. This place needs to be shut down immediately. If roaches are coming out during broad daylight right next to people, there is obviously an infestation."

"I ordered a pick up order: the beef pan fried noodles, cheese cake, dumplings, general Tso chicken. The noodles came in a to-go box RAW! As if they came out of a Ramen instant cup of noodles. Google only allows photos unfortunately but the noodles snap in half. They made zero effort. They didn’t boil them at all. I should have gone to dollar tree and purchased a cup of noodles to save myself the disappointment that is their “pan fried noodles”. Am I a tad pissed? Yeah. Who likes spending $30 plus dollars on a raw meal. The cheese cake was so gross and over sweetened. I’m pretty sure they bought the cheesecake from a grocery store. The general tso chicken and the dumplings were the only semi decent dish."

"My reception when picking up was transactional and not warm at all. No smile or greeting. I loved the pancake appetizer. Then, It went downhill from there with my takeout order. The sweet and spicy sauce was way too sweet for mom and myself, was like candy, and could not use. The rice was undercooked and seemed not fresh. Not sure if they prepare days ahead??? The fried fish was not golden brown, maybe needed two more minutes of browning. I am sampling for a big catering gig I wanted to hire them for. During the pandemic, the food was great. Sampling something different today and will come back with how today's order turns out. Maybe it was a Friday night rush. Went back, and food was much better. So gave the stars back. Instead of takeaway, we ate there and place needs a deep clean."

"I think I have been spoiled I lived close to San Francisco Chinatown have gone to la Chinatown. The food was the Red lantern does not even come the chow mein had no flavor the Hunan beef I will get and the zucchini chicken I was not impressed whatsoever I've never tasted Chinese food as bland as this food I will keep trying different Chinese places in El Paso but I doubt that I will find any Chinese food that even comes close to."

"I usually don't review but I think this is really bad for a restaurant. I ordered about $45 salt and pepper wing and fried rice this afternoon. It's now 8:00 PM and no one has been able to eat the food the chicken taste really bad. iT IS STALE . The reason I'm reviewing is that this is not the first time , my wife told me not to buy again but I always give them benefit of the doubt. Previously their food used to be very good I like their fried chicken but now I don't know what is going on, maybe the cook or maybe they don't care anymore."