Red Lantern - Sanford

Gem hidden here. much better than the average Chinese cuisine restaurants that all look the same as each other. the food tastes better. it is not pre-packed müll heated as with most Chinese small restaurants. and the crazy thing is that is the same price! the midday specialties are great and they can be a big teller of their favorite Chinese dish for about $7. they cannot beat this price if the quality is so much better.

Wow. I'm pretty shocked at the quality of this place. It's an order of magnitude better than the typical hole in the wall Chinese place. The food was cooked to order, everything was fresh and hot. Everything about all the food I ordered sweet and sour chicken, egg rolls, orange chicken, egg drop soup, and especially the crab rangoon) was very good. Hat's off to these guys. It wasn't very busy when I went which makes me think they aren't doing too well. And that's a shame.

Good food, good service, and decent ambiance. Folks are friendly and attentive to the guests. I think it's one of those underpriced spots with great potential.

Just had pork fried rice for lunch. 10 bucks for enough to feed 2 or 3. They had some good looking lunch specials. Rice was super flavorful and the bbq pork was plentiful. The employees seemed bored, but it might have been that it was super hot in the store. I found myself covered in a light sheen of sweat after a few minutes of waiting. Not a huge complaint since this seems more like a take away than anything.

I love New England Chinese and have been looking for a good place to get Chinese from. I Ordered from Red Lantern based off of the reviews. The only thing true about the reviews is freshness! The food itself was personally gross to me, not at all what I expected. I couldn't believe how expensive it was for the little amount of food. Crab ragoons were super thin not at all enjoyable. The rice was ok. The noodles had no flavor. The sweet sliced pork looked like someone opened a can of dog food and poured it, tasted like dog food too. I will never recommend or eat here again.