Lung Wah Restaurant

I was a walk-​in carryout order. My order was $ 26; I waited about 20 – 25 minutes, but I was OK with the time. While waiting a listened to a phone apology for forgetting part of an order. I watched the order taker run out to a car because he was not sure if he gave out the correct order and he brought the order back into the restaurant while the customer waited outside. He took the order to the back and then re-​tagged. Eventually my order came and my grandchildren wanted me to buy some chop sticks– so I did, .80 cents. Once I got home and prepared the to plate the meal, I realized my large shrimp egg foo young was missing. I called and he checked with the back and came back to the phone and said I could come back and pick up later and asked me for my name to receive the credit. I would first like to say, I have always enjoyed this restaurant my husband and I loved to come and dine-​in.
Today, the food was horrible. The soup lacked flavor, the egg rolls were beautifully wrapped, but tough. The shrimp fried rice was light in color and flavor, however the sweet and sour chicken was acceptable. More importantly the shrimp egg foo young was missing. After we finished the meal, I went back to the restaurant to receive my refund for the missing food. I was advised that their policy was not to refund food. But, I never received the food. They have no written policy and this was only stated to me when I went back to get my refund. I argued with him (which is out of my character), I explained he was stealing from me and he said take the food or a credit for something else. I left with nothing, because I no longer wanted the food (I had finished my meal). Of, course I will never visit this restaurant again. I will tell all of my friends about the poor service, Buyer beware!!!
I will file a complaint with the BBB and will consider a police report for defrauding me.

I enjoy this restaurant a lot. Their mixed drinks are amazing and cheap at $ 2.50. The food is great quality and I always dine in. Great service & value, especially when you get Henry as a waiter. I truly recommend this restaurant. I will continue to go back.

Lung Wah has some of the best Chinese in the northwest region of Indiana. The egg rolls are deliciously flavord and actually have a variety of vegetables, not just stuffed with cabbage & mystery meat. All of their entrees are prepared fresh & you know your eating real chicken & beef. The shrimp fried rice is also a favorite.

I’ve been eating at lung wah since I was 7 years old. Hands down the best fried rice in Indiana. I live almost 150 miles away now but every time I’m in Hammond I have to stop by and get some. Their other menu items are just ok but the fried rice is awesome!

I don’t think I’ve had Chinese food that tasted this bad ever before. I only ate it because I was driving on a 16 Hour Rd. trip from Colorado, but I wouldn’t recommend it to anybody who enjoys good Chinese food because this just is not it. Of course because it was my first time I may not know if this is a consistent issue but hey this was my first impression and I was not pleased at all my girlfriend decided to take one bite and that was about it. Frozen White Castle was much better

Very fond memories of going here during my childhood. Now living in Miami, I have yet to find a Chinese restaurant that can compare. They really know how to make my favorites items — the egg rolls, combination fried rice, and shrimp egg foo young.

My wife and I stoped based upon a recommendation of a patron at an Asian Grocery Store south of the restaurant. We ordered off the dinner menu, a dinner for two. First let me say the the waiter was most courteous and helpful; tea and soup brought out expeditiously! The egg roll and barbeque pork were passible, but the egg roll was underdone but tasty, the pork swimming in too much sauce so as to disguise the real taste. The main entrees that came with the meal were a Gee Bow Gai with great fresh veggies, bok choy, mushrooms water chestnuts, and chicken breast tender and juicy. The sweet and sour pork was very good with pineapple, fresh green peppers, and lots of meat. The value is outstanding (prices very reasonable). Not gourmet but definitely worth the trip!

I’ve been going to this restaurant since I was a kid, the food is great, when dining in servers make you feel at home…

Got the eggroll and Gen. Taos lunch special. Good price but sad eggroll and the chicken was very bad. Meat was dry and rubbery (not sure of meat cut).
It’s very near, so I may have to go back and try something beefish.

Everyone has their favorite place for Chinese, this is mine. Its in Hessville, which is a neighborhood of Hammond and right on the main drag. Great food. Never had anything there I didn’t like

Not bad food, but I was surprised they don’t serve spring rolls here. It’s a private menu, not the typical franchise menu you find at most chinese restaurants these days.

This is a decent lunch spot in the land of zero food options. I commute to the neighborhood for work each day and usually eat a sandwich in my car.
I have been here many times and the service has always been accommodating even if there is the occasional language barrier. The décor is pretty dated but it is comfortable enough for a 25 minute visit.
The food is very cheap in price and quite tasty. I can say with certainty that it is not 5 star dining but sure beats the Subway at Walmart (Which is similar to people watching at the carnival).
My biggest complaint is the rude customers who smoke inside as it fills the entire place and my clothes now smell for the rest of the day. Guess this is one of the benefits of living in Illinois.

Absolutely the WORST food, not just Chinese food, I have ever had! The food was mushy and tasteless. I had to drench my food in sweet and sour, which was 10cents a package, for any flavor. The woman behind the counter stared at me for 5 minutes before someone else came to help me. To top it off, When I opened my box, my order was wrong. The Richie Rich vase in the lobby was the only thing worth seeing in that restaurant.

This is definitely the best Chinese place in NWI. It’s a nice sit
down restaurant, great food and nice décor and friendly staff.
I don’t come here as much as I’d like to since I live further away.
But if you want some great food, this is a great place.

I hadn’t been to this Chinese restaurant (
) in Hessville (why this would be a stop for any UK visitors is beyond me) since I lived in Hessville about 21 years ago. (Note: Hessville is one of the many neighborhoods in Hammond, Indiana.)
Anyhow, as a child, I loved Lung Wah. It was the only ethnic restaurant we ever went to that wasn’t Mexican and it FELT ethnic and exotic. It was dark and had red dragons all over the walls and nice wooden booths with lots of routed detail and they sold those awesome chewy rice-​paper candies that got stuck in your teeth. They also had a combo appetizer called «Tidbits for Two» that arrived in its own wooden lazy Susan and totally ruled. Therefore, I was excited to make my return with my parents on Christmas Eve a few years ago.
Well, the restaurant is still there, of course, and as is understandable, they’ve expanded and renovated in the past couple of decades. Sadly, now the newly bright interior is about as ethnic as that of an Old Country Buffet. Well, there were two barely noticeable dragon plaques on the walls. Also, the food was far nastier than it used to be. («Tidbits for Two» was still there, but it just didn’t sound as appetizing coming from a sticky laminated printout as it did coming from the «fancy» pleather-​bound menus of yore.)
The only thing Lung Wah has going for it are the price of the mixed drinks: $ 2.50. Can you even imagine? (By the way, you should definitely try ordering a Manhattan in a Chinese restaurant in Northwest Indiana just to watch the confused look on your server’s face, as well as to see the nervous scurrying he or she performs while trying to find a bartender’s guide.)
Over all, I was pretty bummed out by the experience. Well, that is until we were leaving and I noticed a glass cabinet near the door that had a green vase with a golden dragon on it. Alas, it wasn’t the tacky vase that really caught my eye, it was the placard next to it, which read something along the lines of:
«This is the original vase seen in the Warner Bros. comedy ‘Richie Rich.’»
Had I still been drinking my Manhattan, I would have undoubtedly spit it all over the cabinet in laughter.
Can you believe it? I ate Christmas Eve dinner in a room containing a vase that may have been in the same room as Macaulay Culkin or John Laroquette! Maybe both! Does this mean I’m only four degrees of separation from Michael Jackson’s glove? It was worth it after all!
If I ever go back, I’m defintitely bringing my camera.