Lucky’s Burger Shack

Lucky’s is a great spot to meet with people although it’s more of a «everyone knows your name type place last time I went. It’s been a bit but as far as I know it’s awesome place to hang. Also I happen to know at least one of the cooks so I happen to know that the foods gotta be good. And yes Rick T. Give it another shot. Can’t go wrong overall. Good def. weighs out the bad

Nothing fancy but the food is fabulous and the beer is cold! The wait staff is very attentive and friendly. Big fan of the house chips with blue cheese crumbles. You gotta try ’ em.

Solid, gritty bar.
I got a chef’s salad. WHY?
It’s a BURGER PLACE.

In the area on business and found this place on Unilocal.Best hand crafted burger I’ve had in a long long time. Excellent service and friendly place. Stop reading and GO.

Shrimp ‘po boy was so good. Perfect amount of crunch, spice and shrimp. Everyone was friendly and we got our food quickly.

Pleasantly surprised with this place. The wings were very good, nice and meaty. The sauce was decent, but the size of the wings is what did it for me. The wait staff is hospitality at its best. helpful courteous and attentive. Definitely a return for me.

Food and service is always on point!

I love coming here and enjoying the $ 1.75 pounders of PBR. I haven’t had a chance to try the food yet but it’s defiantly a great place to drink a beer and sit on their patio

Solid wings. Great lunch prices. Overall very satisfied.

Great hole in the wall, local biker bar. Wonderful find right off 26. Super friendly service. Great burgers and the hot potato salad… oh my. Probably not the best spot of you are on a diet. Kids meals come with a drink. Kids grilled cheese used real cheese. I requested no mayo or mustard but you can pick any of their wings sauces which they have a huge selection of. Will be back on our next trip through SC.

Great food and service, a fun hangout. Best burgers and wings, and cold beer, I’m headed there now

Overall, this is certainly one of the better places in COLA to get a burger. As other reviewers have noted, ordering medium or medium rare will result in at least a medium well burger. Cheap domestics rule the place, which is fine for most folks. The most substantial issue is service time. Simply too few servers to be attentive to ticket times, refills, and check delivery.

Ehh! … burgers were ok at best. Service when I was there was slow and the food wasn’t worth the wait. Place is always busy but I’ll pass on going again.

Had the lucky burger which was a tad thin and over cooked, I like my burgers very thick and rare to medium rare and juicy. This was not what I expected at all my expectations were I guess too high after all these great reviews. Did like the atmosphere and prices. Next time I’ll give the wings a try with ice cold cheap beers !

Went late on a Sunday. Not very crowded and more of a local bar feel. Went by myself and sat at a 4-​top, no openings at the bar. Promptly greeted, warmly. Drink came back right away, ordered (I had checked the online menu so I knew what I wanted). Greek burger and fries, cooked medium. The food came out no more than 12 minutes after ordering, and it was piping hot. Burger overall extremely tasty but a tad over cooked. Fries could have been a little more crisp. But the feta cheese was melting, perfect bun, peppers, onion. I did put some mustard on. But my drinks never got low, very attentive service, and a great experience overall.

Although, the name «Lucky’s Burger Shack» should tell you exactly what to expect I must admit that driving by here at least twice every day I had always had the impression that this was a neighborhood bar. I was terribly wrong. For lack of anything close by that we hadn’t already bored ourselves with, I decided to swing in and grab a couple burgers for my wife and I. Turns out the burger was made from fresh hamburger and not the same olé frozen patti I was expecting. Pleasant surprise one. If that wasn’t enough to impress I soon realized the the mushrooms were fresh and sautéed. Are you kidding me! This burger just became my favorite within 100 miles (at least). But wait, there’s more! I reached for the fries and let me tell you, I eat fries like a connesuer of wine. Forget fresh or frozen, I can tell you the dirt they came out of and the grease they were cooked in (I bet you think I’m exaggerating, I am). The fries were fresh cut. I’m tearing up a little, just a sec… OK I’m good now.
Bottom line. If you like the everyday menu of the burger joint, you’ll be amazed how delicious that food is when it’s made with fresh ingredients.

The last time I came the burger was thick and cooked perfectly. The fries were good, too. This time the burger was thin and overlooked. Dry. The kettle chips were inconsistent. Some were crisp some were greasy and softish. All were too salty. I’ll try it again, but today was not what I remembered.

Surprisingly their wings are better than their burgers… or at least I thought so. We got the medium wings with ranch as an app. Don’t get me wrong their burger was pretty good but I know if I come back I will probably get wings. It’s your typical bar and a little divey… They have beer specials and do carry the Sunday NFL ticket. She mentioned Steeler fans occupy the right side of the bar but they will play other games on some of the other TVs.
We had 2 burgers 1 app and 4 beers for $ 30, very reasonably priced.

LOVE Lucky’s Burger Shack! This is where you go to get what may possibly be the best burgers in or around Columbia. Many people claim it, but Lucky’s really backs it up. I’ve been there at least a dozen times and have never had a bad meal. If you come after 10pm any night, it is definitely more of a bar, because the kitchen closes. Only at 10 do they allow smoking inside, etc.
Beer selection is OK. They only have 3 or 4 cheap beers on tap, but they have a decent bottle selection.
The food is always hot and fresh, burgers juicy, and the hand-​cut fries are awesome! OH and they have a great DOG FRIENDLY patio!

I honestly can say, it’s doubtful we would have discovered this place without groupon. Because of the groupon deal we got for Lucky’s we found/​made the opprtunity to venture out and try them. Turns out, the food is pretty darn good. With or without the deal! :)
There was a lot, especially their sides, that we wanted to try and didn’t get too. So for our first visit, and to take in as much as possible. We started with some Sweet Potato fries, then ordered different sides with our burgers. She got the sliders with regular french fries, and I got the Lucky’s Burger with corn nuggets.
So, the only bad I got from this visit was from a semi confusing menu, and me not paying attention or being a bit more specific. And this was: when you look at the menu one side seems to be their mostly regular burgers and they come «Lucky’s way» while another section seems to be speciality burgers and doesn’t mention anyone’s way… but secretly… they come out Lucky’s way as well. Which I don’t like mustard/​mayo (weird I know) but it was partly everyone’s fault… I’ll take most the blame for not asking though.
Anyway, so after the confusion was fixed up, I got to munching and the burger was quite tasty. Cooked to order, bacon was nice and thick, and they really piled on the onion strings! The corn nuggets with it were very tasty and delicious, and the early order sweet potato fries were very good too. Little cripsy, but still fine, and sweet which is awesome. I didn’t actually try her sliders, but she complimented them a lot and polished off her left overs the next day.
All in all it was all positive for us. Food was good, service was good, and everything went great. Lucky’s is a location we’d quickly and happily be going back to as quickly as possible. So hopefully we find an excuse to be back up in Columbia for it and try it out again. If you get the chance, check it out, and enjoy!