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| - i was too kind before. this place is a two. and, honestly, it's a pretty weak two.
last night, my girl and i tried to go to chinatown inn at about 8:55pm, assuming that it was open later than 9pm. our bad - it closes at 9/9:30pm on wednesdays. so, we scrapped that plan but still wanted some chinese food. according to the yelp app, lulu's is open until 10pm - so, even though we were super-disappointed that we wouldn't be getting the amazing wonton soup at chinatown inn, we headed on over to oakland for some average noodles at average prices.
when we walked in at 9:10pm, we were immediately told that we could order takeout but couldn't eat in the restaurant. okay, fine. understood -- the staff has to cut the line somewhere...but 50 minutes early? anyway, we begrudgingly ordered our food. it came out quickly...actually, before many people's dishes who were actually allowed to eat in the restaurant.
me and my doctor girlfriend? we ate outside on a bench like hobos, keeping it real classy on craig street. truly, we're not fancy people (remember: we go to ritter's at least once a week) -- so, we would have been fine with the whole situation had the food been good. but, it was totally meh. the chicken was rubbery. the vegetables were flaccid (yes, flaccid). and, the basil dish was spicy but not all that flavorful.
sorry, lulu's. i used to be ambivalent about you, which works for me when we're eating late and kinda desperate. but, weird "service" and un-passable food. meh sums it up. we won't be returning anytime soon.
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