Lucky Pearl Cafe

I finally had a chance to order the pork belly larb, after they canceled my last order unexpectedly. YUCK!! As soon as I opened the styrofoam box the odor was strong. There's NOWAY this pork belly is fresh. Not to mention the larb has no spice. Even though I ordered it medium/hot. The porkbelly was chewy and gross. The skin wasn't crispy. It also wasn't served with lettuce or cabbage. Go to SMOKE SESSION FOOD TRUCK or UNISON IN SAINT PAUL. I honestly want my $19 back for this half a container of sticky rice and rotten pork belly. Do not waste your money.

New management are great and friendly people. Food was tasty and above expectations. Would definitely go again.

Not a traditional sit down restaurant. You order up at the counter and they bring your food to you. We ordered 1 xl boat noodle, combo fried rice was told it came with 1 eggroll or 2 wontons (we chose eggroll but never got it) and 1 stuffed chicken wing. The boat noodle was okay, had a lot of meat and good broth. The noodles were a little soggy. The fried rice was decent. Plenty of meat and shrimp. The chicken wing was dry but they pepper was good. Service was terrible, they never refilled our water, the server was just on his phone. We had to buy drinks just to quench our thirst from the chicken wing. Willing to give this place another chance due to their pork belly laab looks good. If they can improve service this place would be a decent spot to eat.

Food was good. Wish there was more meat & less cabbage in the egg rolls.

Update 3/15/24 New owners now... Pros: the food is a lot fresher. I prefer the new stuffed chicken wings. Cons: I thought the wings and egg rolls were slightly bland. Would try again. Update 4/6/23 Food is inconsistent and a lot of it isn’t fresh. Came around 5 pm and egg rolls were old and cold. They need to replace old food more regularly if they want returning customers. 75 cents for pepper sauce that is pretty much emptied is outrageous. Pork belly had a nice crisp on its skin and was well seasoned. Egg rolls were tasty too but didn’t care for the peanut sauce. The star was the pepper sauce that came with the pork—very flavorful and spicy with fresh herbs—just wish it was filled at least at the halfway mark rather than 1/4 of the cup. Service was very friendly with reasonable prices. Recommend with you like Asian comfort food.

A wonderful little place for a quick and delicious lunch. I'm a sucker for phở and Lucky Pearl didn't disappoint. Great flavor, a generous portion and service was super fast. I'll definitely be making this one of my regular spots.

Good foods and quick

Had the papaya salad and porkbelly larb. Both are really good

Customer service is slow. False advertisement. The tri color I wanted was the red one. Well this is what I got smh. Didn’t taste like anything. Pricing is pretty bad too. Not going back