Category: | Restaurant, |
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Address: | 423 W Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, USA |
Zip code: | 27516 |
Website: | http://www.lanternrestaurant.com/ |
Opening hours (Edit) | |
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Monday: | 5:30 – 10:00 PM |
Tuesday: | 5:30 – 10:00 PM |
Wednesday: | 5:30 – 10:00 PM |
Thursday: | 5:30 – 10:00 PM |
Friday: | 5:30 – 10:00 PM |
Saturday: | 5:30 – 10:00 PM |
Sunday: | Closed |
Truly a wonderful restaurant whether we want a sit down dinner or a evening at the bar with friends. Menu has an Asian flair with a seafood, chicken, pork or beef options as well as vegetarian options.
I especially love the dumplings
Great selection of wines by the glass or their specialty cocktails.
Very good place for first time diners. Pleasant attentive wait staff. But the food was very good. To start Had asparagus with soft egg(yum and could of ate 2 more) portions a bit small and the Szechuan noodles(good portion and good flavors). Share the grilled Korean bbq pork chop which was excellently prepared, seasoned and presented( I’d eat my hand with those seasonings!!!). Finished with a cup of fresh mint ice cream with chocolate sauce.
Very good and cannot wait to try other things on menu.
Pretty ordinary
It’s was in the Top 100 and I am still wondering why .
The salt and pepper is very oily and not much taste - fried shrimp with flash fried cilantro
I have had better salt and pepper shrimp in other places
The Tom yum soup was OK - and I repeat I had better Tom yum soup in other restaurants
The decor and the ambience is nice.
Also very limited choice of entrees in the menu !
The restaurant smelled kmaybe of fish?) When I was there. I ordered vegetarian options including pea shoot dumplings and the veggie hot pot. There were a lot of bitter root vegetables in the soup. Even as a veggie lover it was tough to eat. The mushrooms and broth were good. The tea was tasty and the other dishes looked like they would be good. Don't know if I'd go back. Not too many veggie options.
Been here twice for work. It is small place. You can't bring a big group unless you call ahead. This is very intimate so you better like your co-workers or your date! The food & service hands down are the 5. I will def come back if my work travels brings me here again.