Fortune Cookie Chinese Restaurant

This is some of the worst food that I have ever had. I am not even sure that it should be called Chinese food.
The «fried rice» seemed to be white rice with soy sauce added. Fried rice is supposed to be white rice, fried in a wok with vegetables of some sort and usually scrambled egg and a protein. This was not in any way similar to that and it did not taste good.
Every dish that I ate had little to no flavor at all.
This is the kind of food that I would not eat if it were offered to me for free. It is far worse than Panda Express and they are fast food.

I was pleasantly surprised by this place. Chinese food is always so hit and miss but none of us had any complaints, yay! I ordered take-​out so dine-​in may be very different. Down to the food:
Crab Rangoon-​Decent size but my SO wasn’t happy that they didn’t come with sweet and sour.
Lemon Chicken– They slice the cutlets which are in extra crispy breading. They put it on a bed of cabbage then smother it in the sauce. I don’t like cabbage but I liked that they did it because my chicken wasn’t soggy when I got home. Could have used more sauce tho.
Spicy Shrimp-​Great sauce, lots of veggies. I was expecting more shrimp. In the pint I got maybe… maybe 8 pieces.
Pepper Beef w/​Onion-​My SO didn’t complain so that’s always good.
Szechuan Beef-​Our friend DEVOURED it.
Also, the main Unilocal menu on here is super outdated. Look at the one I posted, lots of info about delivery and such.

I won’t order from Fortune Cookie again — it gets worse every time I do!
I ordered an assortment of items — The Lo Mein contained only 4 shrimp and was very bland tasting. I’ve had Shrimp Lo Mein from a St. Paul Chinese restaurant and the difference is night and day! The biggest disappointment was the Shrimp Fried Rice. The rice is so dry, I swear it must be days old. The shrimp is the salad kind — not what I’m used to with Fried Rice. No taste, bland, and so very dry. Unbelievable that a restaurant IN A SMALL TOWN, that used to be good, can continue in business with food that tastes like this. It isn’t just my opinion — my husband and son also agreed and I now have to figure out a way to add something to the $ 7.00 Family sized fried rice I purchased so that we can at least eat it.

Hot and sour soup and aromatic chicken are excellent. Cash only can be inconvenient. I do not recommend the cream cheese wontons.

This is a pretty middle of the road place. But I have always had good value with the food. You can eat in, or carry out. Nothing fancy. They try to do a good job for the customer. Cash only. Food is warm, made fresh and for Hastings area pretty good. They have been there for years, and seem to keep on.

If you eat with your eyes this isn’t the place for you. It is pretty plain on the outside and in. Kind of reminded me of a meat market when I walked in. I ordered the shrimp lo mein to takeout. The food itself was not bad but it didn’t blow my mind. If it wasnt for the fact they added mushrooms and broccoli to it, it would have been your middle of the road food. I’m not a huge veggie guy so that wasn’t my favorite thing but to others it might be fine. Its cash only and they charge you 30 cents for chopsticks.

I had the misfortune of giving these guys my business. The food is average and the quantity for the money is not so good. If you go here and order the chow mein, stop at the grocery store first and buy a bag of noodles. I had to pay another dollar for a pinch of noodles and still had over half the chow mein left without noodles. I think if they changed the serving sizes and actually pretended like they care if their customers are satisfied, they might stay in business. Tom moy and Ho king in cottage grove are good alternatives and worth the drive.

the people who run this place you can tell care about everything they do, make the food, customer service. they are very friendly. the food is the best chinese food you will get in hastings. aeromatic chicken is to die for.

There are only a few items I order from here, but the Chicken Egg foo yung is awesome.

I haven’t ordered from here since the late 90’s.
There’s a reason for this. My opinion is that there really isn’t a decent place for chinese in Hastings. Soggy wontons, dry fried rice, and rubbery sesame chicken: these are all things you’ll find here.