Lung Fung Restaurant

Marfar chicken, egg rolls, hot and sour soup — couldn’t be any better! Great place to catch up with loved ones and eat great food. Will be back.

If I could give zero stars I would. This was not only the worst Chinese food I have ever eaten, but possibly the worst take out food I have eaten ever. I ordered the lung fung special which was supposed to come with fried shrimp, sweet and sour pork, BBQ pork and pork chow mein. I asked if I could substitute chicken chow mein for the pork chow mein and was told it would cost $ 2 more on top of the 9.45 for the special. I agreed primarily because I just really wanted chicken chow mein. First off, I didn’t get sweet and sour pork, I got almond chicken, which was average at best and barely edible at worst. The fried shrimp and BBQ pork were okay, but I didn’t receive the chicken chow mein let alone pork chow mein. I was given beef fried rice, which was dry and smelled and tasted like dog food. Straight up. I actually suspect there was actual dog food in it. I took one nbite and spit it out. My boyfriend got curry tomato shrimp noodles, completely misleading considering there was zero curry, it was a broth. The noodles were bland, the broth was bland, bleh. We ordered take out, never going back again. Seriously, I’ve been to holes in the wall that turned out to be the best, but this is not one of them. I called back and asked for a partial refund and they refused. What a waste. Also, the fortune cookies we received had no fortunes so there’s that bull.

Being a truck driver I have been in some place that were dirty, food you only took one bite then spit it out but the taste stayed with you for days. And some places that the service was so bad that you think the place is closing before you see a servicer and you came in for lunch 4 hr. Earlier. But this place is by far the WORST if I were you don’t even walk past the front doors. Run run fast and far don’t let small kids or pets anywhere near the place because you my never see them again!
PS 1 star? It should let you leave –5 stars or at lease a health dept. Warring!!!

What?! 4 stars for Lung Fung?! I know, shocking, right– here’s the bottom line, this review is for crab puffs only (and the stiff-​ass amazing drinks). Don’t get me wrong the «bubble room» (which I love the exterior illustration for) is a hell hole, but it’s full of character, and the drinks are quick, cheap, strong and tasty.
As for the food, I can’t speak to the whole menu, but anyone who knows that I have a weakness for American Chinese Diner food, knows that I have an unhealthy love affair with the crab puff– theirs are hands down the best in town!
It’s a good thing I didn’t figure it out sooner, or I might be even further behind on my «diet». I avoided them at all cost due to the clearly appalling reviews, but I have to say, I finally broke down out of shear curiosity, and am so glad I did.
Can’t speak to the rest of the menu, so dine at your own risk, but this is my new crab puff hot spot!

OMG this place is bad. The egg drop soup has the weirdest thick gravy I’ve ever seen – something not of this world. And it tastes awful. The fried spring rolls won’t kill you, but they are greasy and bad. The Vegetarian delight has real veggies but they are ruined in the same awful clear goop used in the soup. The General Tso’s Chicken was the best thing we had, but it wasn’t up to the standard of the average American Chinese restaurant.
The service was really poor and slow, though the kid who served us seemed nice enough.
Why, O why, would anybody go to this place, when Portland is so rich with good restaurants? Stay away until they take steps to improve. This place is so awful that it might be some kind of experiment to see how much BS normal people will put up with.

WHOA… Time for an update.
I have had 10+ years of occasional, passable to fairly decent meals here. But last night’s experience was a «no-​going back» experience. I wont go into great detail, but I felt a need to update my review here from the previous «3 Stars» to «1 Star» (Should be NO STAR).
I’d be embarrassed as a mutherfucka if a friend ate here because of my previous «3 Star» rating.
My gripes:
1. You know the good aroma in the car when you pick up your food and you are anticipating getting home and tucking into your meal? Sure you do.
Well, I picked up my combo meal last night, got in my car, and was like «What the F*&! is that smell?!?». I cannot adequately explain it to you, but the food just smelled horrible. HORRIBLE!
I’ve never had this experience before with take-​out. I thought to myself, «Oh, well hopefully it will taste alright».
2. The sweet and sour spareribs were a terribly disgusting shade of grey. And you know how Sweet and Sour sauce is usually a vibrant or dark red? Nope, here it was just this slightly red tinged slop that tasted terrible.
3. The portions, which used to be huge, are now what I would call smallish. Honestly, this doesn’t bother me now, because no one in the right mind would want to eat a lot of this garbage.
I’ve been sick all night and into the next morning.
Let me sum it up for you; if I ran a prison, I wouldn’t feed this to the inmates. It’s cruel and unusual punishment to eat here.
Lung Fung, you should hang your head in shame.

This is actually for the Kung Pao chicken dish that I had several weeks ago. It was really spicy. It had the right amount of peanuts, this chili pepper, and onions that made the mouth water. I was given egg flower soup, rice, and tea. It is very large in space, and yes, it is rather not into the decorating of the walls as other places but it is cheap. There is bike parking and car parking.

Lung fung is the best won ton soup! Hands down on top of friendly staff, they may not have the best patrons but that’s what you get when your slumming it in nopo they serve fresh fast inexpensive Chinese food and the place is always clean and tidy all you haters that think that there is a gourmet place to eat in the nopo ghetto then wake up lol maybe you forgot where you are. i lived in st johns and Kenton my whole life I didn’t just move here so I think I have the right to make judgment on nopo… i have traveled 19 states in 8 months… No not running from anything just enjoying life and traveling in my diesel pusher coach to the east coast and back because i can had a lot of Chinese and I say try the wonton yummy!!!

This was the worst food I’ve had since I moved to Portland three years ago. I don’t know how they can screw up simple American Chinese food this badly. I’m afraid I am going to get sick from the 2 bites I had. Money down the drain. Oh, and entrees come with the smallest portion of rice I have ever seen. Even condiments and sauces cost extra here. It also took them way too long to cook such dismal gruel. This place needs to be on Kitchen Nightmares.

The egg rolls come 2 to an order. They are HUGE. Also got an order of potstickers. it wasn’t «good and greasy», it was just «greasy». The lady never came back to give us our check so we had to just drop cash on the table and leave. Unfortunately I also dropped my phone in the booth so I actually had to come back to this place a minute later which felt slightly embarassing. But whatever. Two stars because she gave me my phone back.
I woke up today and had a terrible, productive cough. My sputum was a shade of dark grey I had never seen before. And it was so viscous! Black and almost tar-​like. My heart was racing and my head was pounding. My ears started to ring. And my nose started to run. My skin turned yellow.
I went to urgent care right away and when the doctor finally saw me, he made eye contact with the nurse and they both nodded. I felt like I was going to poop myself as he turned to me with a look of despair on his face. The look of someone who is about to give you terrible news.
«I’m so sorry,» he said. «You have Lung Fung.»

I won’t eat here again. I ate here once and the food was aweful… and far more $$ than much better Chinese food on this side of town. Waited a couple months then went back (second chance) but the food was still really bad.
I’ll stick with Kung Foods and Mars Meadows when I’m in the mood for cheap Chinese food in North Portland.

I wish I could give negative stars. They couldn’t make many of the dishes with out onions, so I opted for another dish with my combination trying to be flexible. No joke the lady came back to make table three times trying to figure out my order and in the end I got a single dish, with onions. Not a combination. I took a few bites because I had guest with me and was trying not to make a big deal. When the ticket came I pulled her aside and said that I felt like I shouldn’t have to pay for mine, she refused so I paid the bill with no tip. Will never ever ever go back.

I’m kind of surprised that there are so many pissed off reviews about this place. Let’s look at what’s happening here: moderately priced American-​Chinese food, big portions, fast service, semi-​rude staff. I’m pretty sure I’m going to find a hair in my food, but I can tell that by looking at the building. Sure, it’s sketch as hell, but honestly, that doesn’t stop me from eating here every couple of weeks. Not the most amazingly delicious food I’ve ever put in my mouth, but that’s kind of what I’m looking for when I hit the Lung (ha, that’s terrible, don’t start calling it that). This place has never given me food poisoning (which is more than I can say about a couple of the classier joints in town), and the security camera photos of «wanted» customers who have walked out on their bills are entertaining as shit while I’m waiting on my take out.

I found a hair in my food so i asked for a partial refund (i had eaten half of the food before i found the hair) and the lady only offered me a $ 1 off my $ 20 bill. So i tipped $ 1 and am now writing this review. Fair is fair.

Only restaurant open in my hood on Christmas Eve, so I ordered $ 20 «worth» of take out. I’ll regret it forever. SPECTACULARLY BAD. The order: combo of Pork Chow Mein, Sweet and sour spareribs, steamed rice and fried shrimp appetizer, and a $ 11.00 Beef and Broccoli. I requested the sweet and sour sauce on the side (that is an additional charge, To Go, another additional charge). At home, I opened the tiny boxes to find grayish white gravy on everything. The spare ribs were short ribs. The chow MEIN had no noodles, just overcooked vegetables and pea-​sized pork fragments, the beef and broccoli also had white goop, not oyster sauce. It looked awful. I THREW it away, save the rice, I gave that to my chickens.
I called to express my utter discontent to the manager, and got «Where [are] you from?» and «We [’ve] been here since the 70s, so there!» replies.
It might be, Fung Lung, but Portland is now a city of foodies and good food springs up daily. Be careful, soon you won’t be able to count on just the naïveté of your first time –and last time– customers. Go explore the goods on 82^nd St. You might just learn something. You shame China, and even Chinamerica.

The first omen not to go to Lung Fung was the drug-​addled moron who crashed his bicycle into the wall by the front door right as we were walking in.
The second was the drunks you immediately hear in the bar that is right next door, connected to the Fung, with their door wide open to it.
The third omen, of course, being that the name of this establishment sounds like a medieval plague.
The food was completely lackluster. Bland. They got our rice order wrong and refused to change it. Both of our fortune cookies were ancient, with both of the fortunes inside them somehow ripped in half, like some sort of sarcastic period on the end of the whole scenario.
Lung Fung. Do not.

It wasn’t the best wasn’t the worst. There’s a laundry mat across the street I «occasionally» do my laundry at. Therefore I may go there occasionally, but not likely. A+ service but that only helps so much.

Can’t tell you how the food was. Went in on a weeknight. Completely empty dining room. Looked around concerned the Chinese mafia was observing from the other room, as the décor was what I can only describe as weird intimidating.
Waited in my booth alone for thirty minutes after seating myself when no one showed up after waiting in the front of the restaurant for a substantial amount of time.
Nobody ever showed. Not a soul. Insert cricket sounds here. Became concerned the mafia had already taken care of business for the evening.
I left.

The search for amazing Chinese food in PDX continues.
It wasn’t *terrible*, I was just very underwhelmed. I won’t eat here again, but it was no where near as bad as the Super Buffet

[Add a heart-​felt .5 star for staying power, as in, «WHY won’t you DIE???”]
Maybe it’ s an us-​vs-​them, Kenton-vs.-St. John’s type mentality that I never quite got over from the pop warner and little league jr. ball days. Lung-​Fung, my greasy little friend, to me you will always be like Wishing Well’s insecure, shady step-​brother, the one that family members are careful not to mention at holiday gatherings…
Lung Fung has long suffered by comparison to St. John’s very own, legendary Wishing Well. They both offer hot, fast «Chinese» of extremely dubious authenticity. Both are open super late, which isn’t important to every Unilocaler, but certainly is to me, a confirmed night owl. Finally, both Lung Fung and Wishing Well, like the Libya bombings of 2011, are unmistakable declarations of war (on your sacred temple, no less) that didn’t bother to go to Congress to ask for approval — knowing full well the answer would be «No and HELL NO!» But the likenesses end there, as the aggregate quality and tastiness of Lung Fung’s carry-​out drops off the cliff next to Wishing Well, even in the guilty-​pleasure, «Holy sh*t, why am I doing this to myself?» category. A simply astounding realization!
In reviewing the above paragraph, I’m not sure which is worse— your restaurant qualifying in the first place, for a comparison with the Wishing Well and bombing sorties, or actually LOSING said comparisons so decisively…
So many other N. Portland eateries have long-​since fallen by the wayside, become roadkill in the cultural rear-​view mirrors of our lives, as it were. Anyone remember Herfy’s there on Lombard, now Arby’s? Before it was Artic Circle, it was Herfy’s, baby. Why couldn’t THEY have survived, and Lung Fung bitten a very well-​earned, dyspeptic big one??? Then there’s Czaba’s, oh how I’ve mourned the loss of Czaba’s! If there were any justice in the universe, we would instead be wondering «Hey, whatever happened to Lung Fung’s, or Dunkin’ Donuts over there???» whilst savoring a bite of sweet potato pie in an open and fully operational Mothership named Czaba, down on N. Lombard… roughly at the half point between Lung Fung’s and Wishing Well, now that I think of it.
Could this be a cosmic coincidence? No way, Jose’!
In sum, there are tasty-​tastier (Popeye’s), dirty-​dirtier (The Well) ways to commit dietary hari-​kari, than Lung-Fung’s, and they’re open later, too…
Res Ipsa Loquitor