The drinks from the bar were great. Got the Emerald and highly recommend it. However, the dishes were lacking. After ordering it took way too long for an appetizer to come out and then everything came with it. It wasn't a busy day, went right at opening and seated promptly with only three other tables occupied. Would not recommend the honey walnut prawns, did not have flavor. Surprisingly the fried calamari was flavorful after reading other reviews. Inconsistently though the Singaporean rice noodles were heavily salted and over cooked on some parts and other parts no spices. Also, not including rice with a $20 entree is insane. Disappointed and definitely will never be back. Just there for a quick bite when at the casino, but avoid it and save your money for the slots. read more

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I'll keep this short Zesty orange chicken 5/5 recommend Yang chow fried rice 2/5 mushy, watery . Don't recommend Beef tenderloin with asparagus 3/5 sauce was more on the gravy consistency flavor was ok. Pot stickers 5/5. Good size good flavor read more

Excellent quality Chinese food every time I visit! Attentive service and lovely ambiance! read more

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The guy at the counter (host) was a little frantic. We had a reservation but he was very pushy. Our server was on it, we ordered a lot of food for three people. Everything was delicious. We were going to a comedy show at the venue and we weren't sure if they would let us take our leftovers into the event. So we asked our server and he said no, but he told us that we could leave our food at the restaurant and pick it up afterwards. We thought that was great! The restaurant is very nice and has a full bar. read more

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An elegant decor style Asian cuisine inside TV. As we sat down we ordered the Peking whole duck $65 and ordered ahead mainly because we knew it would take time to prepare. And the service staff nodded and took our order and walked off. Another service staff came to take the rest of our order which was the pork chow mien, fried chicken wings (not photos), Mongolian beef, hot and sour soup. We waited about 35-40m before our food arrived and it arrived cold. Like it sat back there and someone forgot to bring it out. Anddd the presentation looked sad. It tasted ok nothing worth mentioning. The price of the food was overpriced. I don't mind paying over the top for food but it needs to tastes amazing. The service was great just no so much the food. Nonetheless, disappointed and will not be eating here when I am at Thunder Valley (TV). read more

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I've been wanting to try this place inside of thunder valley for some time now. The food was decent just was not anything with wow factor. The best part of my meal was my lychee martini. It was delicious I would challenge the restaurant to find a way to make it look more appetizing though. You will see in the picture it but a catch your eye drink. The food was tasty but way too much so I felt guilty wasting it. I had a concert right after. I got the Singapore noodles and they were ok. I just expected a more bolder flavor profile. I ordered it spicy and it was not spicy by either definition. So I give it 3 stars. The staff were nice. read more

Red Lantern - Chinese Near Me - Lincoln, California

Ate here with my Mom. She had some credits gambling at Thunder Valley. Food was good but nothing special. Wouldn't be my first choice if going to a Chinese restaurant in town not unless I was already gambling. Service was good and pretty nice inside. read more

Omg one of my most favorite Chinese/thai! I love their orange chicken with a passion!!!! Martinis are so good too . Service is always amazing read more

Red Lantern - Zesty Orange Chicken Sweet and Sour Chicken - Chinese Near Me - Lincoln, California

The steamed dumplings were OK and the salty fish and chicken fried rice was good, but the chicken and beef entrees were disappointing. Not much flavor and maybe 2 oz of meat in each. The chicken was diced the size of the peanuts in the Kung Pao. Service was fine and the ambience is exactly what you'd except from a casino Chinese place. read more

Red Lantern is at least a 3-1/2 star. A friend invited us to Red Lantern because they had Lunar New Year coupons that had to be used by the end of the month. They made early dinner reservations on Open Table. It has a beautiful interior and was empty at 4:00 pm but got crowded by the time we finished dinner. Overall all the dishes were good portion and tasty. Service was good and attentive. For a casino restaurant I was surprised it was as good as it was. Didn't take pictures of all the dishes since I didn't think I would be rating a casino restaurant. The Wor Won Ton was good. Broth was clean and not too salty and the won ton was large and very good filling. We had salted fish fried rice, beef chow fun, fried flounder, egg rolls, fried chicken wings, roasted pork belly and mongolian beef. read more

Red Lantern - Roast Pork Belly - Chinese Near Me - Lincoln, California

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Ok first of all let me say we have been here a few times and this will be the first time I am doing a review. Service was still so busy very good and fast service ambience was nice for being a casino. Restaurant food has always been good here, so was the priceI will put up some pictures but there are a lot that you can look at if you just look at them if you are here make sure you try this place you won't be disappointed. It is very good and we will be back soon. Check it out. read more

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The seafood fried rice is my favorite. Everything on the menu is good but seafood fried rice I always get double to take home leftovers!

I was really looking forward to trying this restaurant after hearing so much about it, but my experience was quite disappointing. We ordered the Peking duck, which was priced at $65.00, expecting it to be a highlight of the meal. Unfortunately, it came out 10 minutes after we had already finished eating everything else. On top of that, it took over 30 minutes just to start getting any food. The duck felt like an afterthought.  We also had the Mongolian beef and chow mein. They  tasted fairly decent, both dishes arrived cold, as if they had been reheated or left sitting out for a while. This was quite a letdown considering the hype surrounding this place. The hot and sour soup was just alright, nothing really good about it. Most of the food looked sad. Customer service was okay but nothing to brag about. For a place that is so highly praised, I expected a more efficient and attentive service. The overall experience did not live up to the reviews I had read. For the price, especially the $65.00 Peking duck, freshness of the food, and the long wait times, I expected much more. read more

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The peking duck was excellent as well as the salt and pepper sea bass and the sampan style crab. Too bad I got banned for life from Thunder Valley casino for life after I got into a fight with someone that tried to claim my jackpot because they said they planned on going back to that slot machine and that the money was theirs. After I got my hand pay, the guy tried to snatch the money after following me around and I hurt him pretty bad so unfortunately I can't go to Red lantern anymore. read more

Food and ambiance were good! However, we experienced discrimination (racism) from our waitress. There were 4 of us. Me and my husband who was the only black person at the table. We were with my brother and his wife. We split the check. My bother paid for theirs and my husband paid for ours. They asked to see my husband's ID to prove it was his credit card but they did not ask my brother to see his. They only wanted to see the black person's ID. Completely unacceptable. We could probably sue them! read more

Some of the best Chinese food in the Sacramento area. Really authentic. Service is excellent.

It's a beautiful restaurant with a huge fire place in the center of a great room. The service is fast and the servers are sweet and friendly. The food is fresh and made to order. If you don't like spicy food be sure to order it mild as the wings and calamari were too spicy for my kids and specifically the Mongolian beef and Kung pao chicken. The peaking duck is pricy at $65 but it's worth it! Usual orders are sweet walnut prawns, shrimp fried rice, and tofu vegetables. The food is pricy but it's delicious! read more

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Absolutely terrible customer service. My daughter has a chicken and egg allergy and we asked if our food could be cooked separately. The first woman didn't understand what we were trying to say so a second woman started yelling that we are asking for too much and to order somewhere else. We asked it's not a big ask, our 3 year old daughter is allergic that's it. She responded yeah so order somewhere else. Completely unprofessional, rude behavior. read more

Very expensive // the food was marginal. I had a bad vibe in the restaurant. The place seemed dirty. I'll never go back

It's our first time at Thunder Valley Casino. Red Lantern's food is top notch. The service was great. Most likely will eat here again before our stay end. read more

Red Lantern - Veggie egg rolls, shrimp fried rice, honey walnut prawns. DELICIOUS! - Chinese Near Me - Lincoln, California

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5 stars for interior/ambiance - looks very upscale with high ceilings. Great for a special occasions, large groups, or a date night. 4 stars for service - overeager to clear table, came for times to take the order when half the party was there, tried to rush putting in food order with the drink order. Efficient yes, refilled water many times, but needs to feel less rushed. 4 stars for portion size. You will leave full and with left overs. 5 stars for cocktails (**highly recommend the LYCHEE MARTINI**) 3 star for quality of dishes. The vegetarian chow mein and mongolian beef was slightly better than mediocre when compared to similar upscale PF Chang's and Frank Fat's. 3 star for location in casino. If you park in the parking structure, the restaurant is in the opposite end of the casino and you half to walk quite a while through very smoky areas. Price point was ~85 (before tax/tip) for 1 appetizer, 3 entrees, and 2 drinks. Worth giving it a try! read more

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Very good and we're accommodating. Our server was extremely helpful with everything! I will definitely, go again soon...

Custom service is horrendous waiting for food to long too bad this restaurant is owned by the casino. 1 Star for this review.

Big let down. Was excited to try this place as I heard good things. However.....!!!! The food was VERY bland and lacked any flavor at all. The Bbq pork tasted like an overcooked unseasoned pork chop. The fried rice was mushy and flavorless as well. We ended up getting 2 kinds of rice (bbq pork and seafood) but both were nasty. The $65 Sea Bass looked amazing however was very mushy in the center and on the bottom. Definitely a huge disappointment and we won't be back. Not to mention the server questioned everything we ordered...... poor service and tasteless food. Definitely not worth $200!!! Ended up just packaging the food to go and going to Pizza Hut On the positive the inside is very nicely decorated. read more

Went to Red Lantern at Thunder Valley to celebrate my dad's birthday and had a terrible experience. Our server was rude, yelling, and had an attitude for no reason.. it completely killed the vibe. Even the tables around us were staring. Very disappointing on such a special occasion. We won't be supporting Red Lantern again due to the rude service. read more

We recently returned to the Red Lantern in Thunder Valley Casino. It was our dinner destination the other evening while entertaining some family members over the holidays. This was a good experience for us, enjoying our food and doing a little gambling afterwards. If you have not been, the atmosphere in the Red Lantern is marvelous. Open, spacious and beautifully appointed with nice pieces of art. This is certainly not your typical Chinese restaurant in terms of décor. I started with a Whistle Pig Rye Whiskey (neat) .... Always satisfying. Our dinner order consisted of Lettuce Wraps, Calamari, Shrimp Pad Thai, Beef with Asparagus, Honey Glazed Walnut Prawns, and Orange Chicken. The House Lettuce Wraps included minced chicken, water chestnuts, mushroom, mint, and toasted pine nuts and, of course, fresh romaine lettuce (the filling had great flavor). Our Salt and Pepper Calamari consisted of tender and crispy "fried calamari'. The Shrimp Pad Thai was a stir-fried rice noodle dish with shrimp, egg, bean sprouts, onion and scallions in a Pad Thai fish sauce and peanuts. Not bad, but my least favorite. The Beef with Asparagus in Black Bean Sauce was stir-fried, tender sliced beef flank steak, asparagus, carrot, onion, and ginger in a black bean sauce (one of my absolute favorites). The very best, in my opinion, was the Honey Glazed Walnut Prawns. This was crispy fried prawns in lightly sweet mayonnaise sauce with candied walnuts. The candied walnuts are perfect as are the shrimp. Another super delicious dish was the Sweet and Sour Chicken. This included breaded tender chicken breast, pineapple, onion, and bell pepper in a sweet and sour sauce. You will not go wrong by ordering this meal. While service was only "mediocre", prices are competitive for what you get. read more

Fried rice, pad Thai, duck was very good. As others have mentioned the calamari IMO was overly battered with no flavor - skip it! The pork was cut way too big and a bit too fatty for my taste, especially when the pieces are cut the sized of thumb. Service was prompt and friendly and ambiance was very good. read more

Inside Thunder Valley. Besides their steakhouse I do enjoy using my benefits here. The food tastes great and it's a great way to enjoy dinner before or after a few games on the Buffalo slot machines. Ordered the beef chow fun, seafood crab maw soup, Peking duck, Mongolian beef, empress chicken, deep fried flounder, braised tofu and stir fry sticky rice. We were so hungry, I forgot to take pictures of the food... The best things here are the great friendly staff, the crab maw soup, stir fry sticky rice and empress chicken. Please remember to ask for more ginger garlic sauce. Add a dab of soy sauce to it for enhanced flavor! read more

Red Lantern - Chinese Near Me - Lincoln, California

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Went with my wife for dinner. Was busy for a Sunday night. Good Chinese food is hard to find and this hit pretty close to the mark. We ordered potstickers and tempura shrimp. Potstickers were good but the shrimp wasn't anything special. We had orange chicken, honey walnut prawns, pork fried rice, and chicken chow mein. All were really good. It was not cheap but just as good as Fat's or PF Changs in my mind, maybe even a little better. read more

New to the area, we hadn't been to or heard much about Thunder Valley. We were looking for Chinese food and were interested in Red Lantern because of the positive reviews. Sadly, to get to the restaurant from the parking garage, you must walk through the entire casino. It is smoke-filled and noisy. There is no smoking in the restaurant, but it is open to the casino and smells horrible. Everything I wore had to be washed, including my hair. I'm including photos because smoke might not bother others. I'll go elsewhere for Asian food. read more

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Surprisingly awesome Chinese restaurant in Lincoln- Casino. We had fried founder fish. It was delicious. Recommended

Good food, nice ambiance, friendly & attentive staff. You can make a reservation but you can also walk in might have a bit of a wait if you are walking in. It's popular. read more

We are not simpletons lol. Jacob our bartender, treated us like loyalty, with excellent customer service, always engaging in conversations; quick to respond when I flag him down and friendly overall. First we ordered drinks and they were pretty good---think Jacob hooked us up because our drinks were strong and not watered down. Also, we ordered a tasty roasted duck dish and seafood fried rice, which were both, undeniably, delicious! My partner and I arrived when it the crowd was at bay. And then as soon as the dishes were served and we were about at the tail end of our meal, party goers from the Bruno Mars concert started flooding in! But the entire experience was worthwhile and def recommend recommend this restaurant whenever you're in the area! read more

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Grateful we made reservations. Restaurant was good about social distancing. Service for the most part was really good but I do feel like one plate, mine ironically, came out so long after the other entrees that I felt they either forgot to bring it out or put the order in. Ordered the salt & pepper calamari. It was delicious, light, fried perfectly, & crispy. Seasoned beautifully. My brother ordered the walnut prawns & it was very good. The one "odd" thing was the walnuts were not mixed with prawns. Still very good. My dad ordered the half-roast duck. Fat was rendered beautifully. Seasoned perfectly. I ordered the shrimp & scallops with snow peas. It was good but I would have loved to have seen color on the scallops. There was literally no color at all but they were cooked well. read more

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Decent food, of course, you're paying casino price. The roast duck is an excellent choice! Service was great and it's your typical casino restaurant ambiance. read more

I haven't had a bad meal yet until tonight. I ordered chow mein, pancit and fried rice to go. I was told a 30 minute wait. Which seems strange since when I've eaten at the restaurant, my food shows up within five minutes, but I figured on to go orders they want you to go back to the casino at least that's what I think. I waited 35 minutes and checked in and found that my order was sitting behind the counter. I would've thought somebody would've come and told me since they saw my wife and I sitting there The whole time. Nevertheless, the pancit was delicious. The fried rice was very good but not as great as I've had before there but good. The chow mein however was bad. The noodles were stuck together and the flavor was bland like doughy. I was shocked. I'll go back but now I will be hesitant to order the chow mein and probably won't get an order to go again. read more

...Pleasantly surprised, after my first visit to Red Lantern tonight with my family. With my 'rents visiting and staying at Thunder Valley; this was the perfect opportunity to try this spot - plus my mom was raving 'bout this restaurant so I was excited to try. It's nice to see that Red Lantern is currently offering in-house dining, while practicing social distancing, of course. Our server Anna, was great! The restaurant interior is nice and if great for large parties. The food was pretty yummy! Things I would recommend: Beef Chow Mein, Honey Walnut Prawns, Won Ton Soup, General Chicken, and chicken lettuce wraps! If you're visiting Thunder Valley, and get hungry... I would definitely recommend this place. Enjoy! read more

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Located inside thunder valley casino! Definitely should get a reservation because this place is pretty busy. A nicely designed restaurant! The ambiance is great! They really try to keep it very traditional! Sadly to say the food is nothing spectacular. Actually it is very underwhelming! For the prices you would expect traditional Asian food but upgraded. The food here is more catered to American style then Asian. Also the service is quite bad. They have a lot of the older age servers working. Our waiter was not very attentive to us. Actually barely helped us with our questions. Overall if you want to have better food just go eat at the food court. read more

Red Lantern - Chinese Near Me - Lincoln, California

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Food was good, customer service was ok, place is pretty clean. I like that they have a bar inside the restaurant.

After an evening of partying, the homies and I stopped by to get something soupy. The House Combo Noodle Soup on the menu looked amazing. I was super excited to pick two proteins to add to the noodle soup. Sadly, the broth was bland, flavorless, and super disappointing. The proteins were okay, but forgettable. If you're looking for Asian food this is your only option in Thunder Valley Casino, but it was just alright for me. At least the staff was super nice! read more

Red Lantern - House Combo Noodle Soup the broth was bland, flavorless, and super disappointing. - Chinese Near Me - Lincoln, California