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| - Every time you go to a celebrity chef's restaurant for the first time, you're hoping that the hype is worth it, and it isn't an overpriced taste of some fusion type of food. Unfortunately, my experience at Luckee was definitely of the former; overpriced and completely average.
I and two others had the Dim Sum for four, which added to about $210 all in with tax and tip. With three people eating the portion size for four, we were still hungry at the end of the meal. While not objectively bad, the dim sum was completely average; in fact, I would argue that there are numerous places in Chinatown that have better dim sum. The fried rice was dry and lacked any real flavor. The offerings might be a creative take on traditional Chinese dim sum, but the dishes just don't taste GOOD.
For the price, I feel like you're paying more for the service and the environment as opposed to the food. Service is top-notch and very attentive, and the atmosphere is fancy without making you feel stuffy. However, it won't make it for the thoroughly disappoint food. Maybe I, as a Chinese person growing up on my dad's cooking (and the local family-run restaurant), just don't understand the uniqueness of the dishes. I won't be back in the future.
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