Dined in during lunch time. No wait. I ordered the Cantonese pan fried noodle with shrimp. It was pretty good and the portion was good for the price. I would go back and try something else. The service was okay (one person managing everything). read more

Fortuna Inn - Chinese Near Me - South Lyon, Michigan

Fortuna is in the process of an interior remodel. The main change has been moving the pickup area and cash register area away from the entrance and moving it around into the side of the dining area.. We ordered Sweet & Sour Shrimp, Mongolian Beef, Orange Chicken, wonton soup, & egg roll(included w/ combination meal). All of our entrees were very tasty and up to their high standards. read more

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the food was AMAZING. i loved the hot and sour soup, rangoons, and i think it was a fried rice meal? with shrimp. the shrimp could be seasoned but that didn't bother me. the hot and sour soup makes me want to come back every day. we ordered takeout and the lady was extremely nice. the inside was VERY nice. brand new and was recently redone. it would be nice to go and sit down for date night. we will be coming back read more

First time dining in since the remodel. It's minimalist compared to its old style but very clean and the seating is very comfortable. We enjoyed several dishes, including chicken kow, general tso, curry style, and vegetable egg foo young. Great portions, served hot and fresh. Will definitely return. read more

We hadn't gone to Fortuna Inn in years as we hadn't liked the food. Today we were pleasantly surprised as we tried it again as we had heard good things. Food was delicious, service was great, new decor was cozy. Good job and glad we have a good Chinese restaurant in South Lyon once again!!!! read more

Quick and tasty food. Their fried rice is honestly so bomb. The owners are nice and polite upon pickup and have very clean floors. Dine in is possible but it's not super encouraged. Takeout is where it is at. read more

I tried the Deluxe Lo Mein (chicken, pork and shrimp). The chicken and pork as shredded and so small, it was almost not existent. $15+ for essentially soy sauce noodles. Some of their other dishes are good (sweet and sour chicken). read more

Sad. Just moved to area. Got the almond chicken. I'm confused how almond chicken has a mushroom gravy? Spicy mustard was watered down as was the plum sauce. Wonton soup was water with a dumpling floating in it. Crab Rangoon had a decent flavor but was so salty. read more

I grew up eating Fortuna and it was by far the best Chinese restaurant in metro-Detroit for many decades. Things have changed. The food is different, but good. Not incredible like it used to be. Unfortunately, I found a staple in my meal the other day. How does this happen? Thankfully I am not a "Karen" who would rip someone apart for this mistake. Our waitress was very apologetic, but no offer to right the mistake? If they had, I wouldn't be leaving a negative review right now. I just hope they get their act together and go back to the way things used to be! read more

Fortuna Inn - Staple found in my broccoli chicken... - Chinese Near Me - South Lyon, Michigan

Ive eaten here twice and it's been great each time. I love the scallion pancakes. Well done guys!

The food used to be really good with great flavors. Last 3-4 times we pickup from here the food is so utterly bland that I don't think we'll order again. They're even skimping on the original recipes like Almond Chicken. Used to have green onions now that's extra so it's nothing more than breaded chicken that tastes like they used oil they just fried fish in it, batter isn't good, and the sauce tastes like flavorless gelatin. We also ordered BBQ fried rice which was drier than a desert and the pork "cubes" felt and tastes like the left the meat out on the counter for a few days. Such a disappointment...maybe it recently changed hands or something. read more

Great food, fresh, great service, and friendly staff. I always love their food, everything I ordered, I was never disappointed. read more

I've eaten at several Chinese restaurants in FL and none of them compare with Fortuna and I've told them to! Never any problems maybe a hiccup but always willing to make it righ. read more

A good go-to Chinese restaurant. We ordered carry out. It was quick, flavorful, and large portions. The chicken was high quality compared to other Chinese chicken I've had. It was all white meat. They put the spicy sauce on the side because I was worried it would be hot for my husband. They were thoughtful and offered great service. read more

Fortuna Inn - General tso chicken carry out - Chinese Near Me - South Lyon, Michigan

This place has gone way downhill! 3rd time we placed $96 or $99 dollar order & it was totally wrong again, they di even get the 2 different soups right! No almonds lettuce or scallions on ABC just some chicken strip, no egg rolls in any of the 5 combo dinner & 2 of them were also shorted the rice! Terrible! called & complained and manager said oh sorry like it all was NBD! Last chance we will give them, back to China House! read more

The almond boneless chicken did not disappoint! Light, crispy coating, deep-fried to perfection, served with a deep gravy. The dish is old-school and so good! This is what I came here for and it was well-worth the drive out to South Lyon! There are some great lunch portion-combos priced-right! The combo comes with soup and an egg roll. We had a couple of lighter, chicken with veggie dishes. Really tasty. The pan-fried dumplings were excellent. They had a pleasant ginger flavor with chicken and veggies in the filling. I I'll definitely be back. The place is clean and well-kept. The service was very friendly. The owner was so hospitable! She even included an extra bag of fortune cookies! So sweet! read more

For such a small town as south Lyon, fortuna has some really good flavors going for them ... I typically order general tso's chicken and schezuan chicken and both dishes are delicious with real chicken and savory/sweet sauces with real ginger and spices ... I love their won ton soup as it's generous and warming and brothy.. Always a favorite for a Friday night stay in dinner and movie night :) Very recommendable !! read more

it's not the original Fortunna inn the food is not the quality mrs Yee was famous for, they also charge for each drink now too, a 40 year family tradition is no longer as will not be back, ordered kung Pao shrimp and they just threw peanuts on top its supposed to be cooked in the sauce. read more

This restaurant does not allow employees to keep their tips. All tips go to the owners, which is terrible. It's no wonder that no one wants to work here. This restaurant is under new ownership. The original owners only let their servers keep half of their tips. read more

They changed ownership. I had asked because it was so different .... The food was terrible. Not the quality of food that I have always gotten. I have not been here in awhile she said it changed owners maybe 6 months ago. This will be the last time I go. The tea didn't even taste the same. It all tasted like frozen food. Very disappointed. read more

Absolutely awful. Like, DREADFUL. We paid $75 including tip and after going home to discover the food was dry, overcooked, and flavorless we had to drag our butts back up to the store to return takeout!!! (I've never in my life done such a thing and was very uncomfortable, but we were on a tight budget and with that money I could've gone to a nice restaurant and gotten really good food.) for that I give this place 1 star. The manager who handled the return assured us that she would pass on the feedback to the chefs and did end up refunding us for half the food at my request, so I will give 1 additional star for the customer service. read more

We only order beef fried rice from here, and it was ugh. It was basically a few pieces of beef, rice, and that's it. Every other place has like some vegetables and eggs to make it look pretty and stuff but I got nothing else. I wouldn't recommend the fried rice here. read more

On our way to an event at Witch's Hat Brewing and were in the mood for Chinese. Not many other options in South Lyon, so we took a chance on Fortuna, is spite of some of the discouraging Yelps. If inconsistency is their problem, that at least left open a chance we'd catch them on a good day. And maybe we did. What we ordered--Mongolian Beef and Szechuan Chicken--wasn't great, but perhaps we just ran up against the limitations of what Fortuna offers. Neither tasted bad, but neither tasted like what I expect in these dishes. In both, there was meat, coarsely chopped vegetables and some slightly hot, slightly tangy, thick, soy-ish sauce. Not the distinctive spicing each should have. My wife said the Mongolian Beef's sauce reminded her of the gravy in Salisbury Steak TV dinners. Neither had the thinly shredded vegetables that better Szechuan places use in these. We ordered our meals as lunch combos, which included fried rice and an egg roll. The rice was OK. The egg roll would have been OK with more stuffing. Much more dough in each bite than veggies. The skin was cooked crisp, I'll grant, but the value of that is lost when the skin is about all you taste. Next time I'm headed to South Lyon and thinking Chinese, I'll just hold the thought. read more

I honestly want to like this place, but all the food just seems pretty bland, with the exception of the saltiness. I will say they're fast and do give large portions. China Cafe Bistro in Novi is a bit pricier, but the food is so much better in my honest opinion. Wish Fortuna would step up their menu, I'd be willing to pay a bit more for higher quality foods. read more

The last time we ate here it was so gross. Water had a hair in it and hair in food. We swore we would never eat here again.

I stopped after work for a nice quiet dinner. I started with steamed dumplings, chicken mushroom soup and the customary egg roll. Very good with the sweet soy sauce. I then had Chicken Gai Kow. The chicken is always extremely tender and the sauce is good for the fried rice that accompanies it. Stop in if you get a chance. Good.place to eat and enjoy a quiet dinner. read more

Fortuna Inn - Chicken mushroom soup. - Chinese Near Me - South Lyon, Michigan

I've been going to Fortuna occasionally since I was very young and it's always been pretty typical for a Chinese restaurant. Egg rolls are great, won ton soup and fried rice are great. This trip we tried orange chicken for the first time and it was delicious. I'm actually writing this review so that I remember to get orange chicken the next time we come. Reason for four stars is that it's kind of pricey (especially to add a protein to fried rice), they don't give you the sweet rolls with carry out orders, and my husband couldn't figure out how to get fried rice rather than white rice with your food. read more

Alright, so not many places in this area but this place had some nice review in the oat few months. I called in about 11:45am, they said the earliest the could do my order was 2:00pm. "Special hours because of covid" Ok, no worries. Whelp when I walked in, I saw someone sitting waiting for their order. So I ask "how's the food here?" She replied, "It's a hit or miss." Sooooo I guess I was a miss! MAJOR! I ordered Generals Tso chicken, honey chicken, egg rolls, crab Rangoon and noodles. So the food smells amazing! Looks even better! Sauces are on point! Buuut, chicken was hard, like over cooked hard. Thick in breading. But not super hot like it was just cooked either, for a place that was just opening up for the day. (mind you I pulled up right at 2pm so there's no way it was sitting too long.) The noodles, that looked like Roman noodles, where hard and taste like they were from the night before and were sitting in the fridge covered with plastic. Gross. Egg rolls, well I love ones filled with cabbage and bean sprouts, but these had a funny taste to them. Not a fan. Crab Rangoon how could you mess this up? Umm over cook it! The inside you can tell was actually a good, but of course it was over cooked. But they were HOT! You can tell they were just cooked. Compared to the other warm food I received. Oh the white rice! That was fresh and hot! Hhhh So I guess this was a big miss for us, total we spent $37.00 and some change, Completely not worth it. I don't think I'll be back to try another swing at it though, kinda pricey. Very disappointed. read more

Fortuna Inn - Looks good right??!!? Psshh check my review misleading! - Chinese Near Me - South Lyon, Michigan

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Its been a year since we've last been here and now I remember why... Decided that on a snowy night, it'd be a good idea to warm up with some general tsos and curry chicken! Upon arrival, I dove into the curry chicken and much to my chagrin there must've been some type of translation issue. Apparently, in south lyon chinese, chicken means onion. Sometimes one may exagerrate... not on this. The meal was literally entirely onion. I attached photos to show what I was served. In order of abundance: onion, green onion, liquid, french fries (yeah, I don't know what the hell they are thinking either,) chicken. FOOL ME ONCE, SHAME ON YOU. FOOL ME TWICE... WONT BE FOOLED AGAIN ;-) Avoid this place like the plague. When I brought it to their attention they offered to make it again for 5 dollars off... yeah, because I want to drop another penny in this toilet. They decided it'd be okay to remake it for free. read more

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We ordered take out from Fortuna Inn on Memorial Day. Kudos to them for being open on a holiday, but that's about the only thing good that I can say about them. Easily the worst Chinese food I've had at least in the past 10 years. If I had the choice between their food and airline food, I might actually choose airline food. That's how bad it was. We ordered the following items: -Hot & Sour Soup: This would've been good except they used too much thickening agent-- either flour or corn starch... to the point where the flavor of the thickening agent overwhelmed the flavor of the soup. -Happy Family: The flavor was ok. Typical Happy Family has beef, chicken, shrimp, scallops, and sometimes even squid. Fortuna Inn's Happy Family was just beef, chicken, and tiny, tiny bay scallops. Where's the shrimp?!? -Pork Lo Mein: Has a nice kick of ginger to it and flavor-wise was pretty good. But the noodles were skinny rice noodles. Since when were lo mein noodles skinny? I wonder if they mixed up our order for Singapore noodles? -Sweet & Sour Pork: Significantly overfried... the breading was so hard I couldn't even pierce it with a metal fork. Also, each chunk was mostly breading with very, very little actual meat inside. I felt pretty ripped off on this dish. -General Tso's Chicken: Flavor was pretty good, but the breading had gone completely soggy. This is acceptable for a Chinese buffet, but it really should've been more fresh and at least a little crunchy considered it ordered it take out and should've been made fresh. -Vegetable Fried Rice: This was ok, can't complain about this one. And despite being pretty bad, they're not cheap! Not a good combination. read more

I don't know what it is about South Lyon but it really struggles to have decent quality Chinese Food for as many places as it has. This has got to be the worst Chinese food I have had in years....and it is the most expensive. Not worth it at all. My husband got the General Tso and I got the orange chicken. Basically just orange water and a salty brown sauce. Nothing sweet about either of them. The most bland and boring Chinese I have ever had. Absolutely terrible. This os probably the first time I am considering asking for a refund on food. Go to Dragon Town or Frozen meal at Kroger read more

My husband and I definitely recommend this place! The food was delicious! The owner was incredibly attentive and made sure to put a little extra in our carry out because he found out that we had recently moved to South Lyon and hadn't tried their food yet! We can't wait to have it again! read more

Good food and service. Old school Chinese food. On the high side for Chinese, but worth a trip now and then.

If you like paying top dollar for a quart of rice with nothing else then go here. We ordered take out and got Beef and fried rice(a quart of it) and without exaggeration it came with 5 pieces of beef. It was like 2 lbs of fried rice. read more

Fortuna Inn - a plate of rice and meat - Chinese Near Me - South Lyon, Michigan

Fortuna has stepped it up. The flavor and quality are back. More expensive, but worth it.

Great food!!! I ordered take out and they had all the necessary precautions To keep everyone safe!!

This is the BEST Chinese food around and best staff. They are always fast, delicious and friendly. I would highly recommend Fortuna Inn!

Solid hole in the wall Chinese food place with great service. I wish they had more help for our busy waitress but she was a rockstar. The host was also very kind. He over heard my daughter talk about wonton soup so he gave her a bowl to try it out. We will be back! read more

Been going here for a number of years. Not very often because it was not that special. Fresh look inside with a few Thai items added to the menu. Had chicken pad Thai . Very good. Enough for two people to share. Certainly going to be a more regular customer now. read more

We ordered take out from here and it was great. The egg rolls, chicken fried rice, sweet and sour chicken and general taos were all very good! We will definitely be back! Old school Chinese that you search for that hits the craving! read more