Absolutely love our time in fortunate sons. They serve their plates family style so it was was perfect for date night. The best chinese cuisine i've had in my life. will definitely be back
Joseph
So far the biggest miss of my year in San Diego. Where to even begin. There was no hostess, and a longer and longer line formed as people with reservations waited 10+ minutes for someone to notice them. Servers walked by and chose to ignore everyone. Unfortunately that was just the start. Service was highly lacking across the board. Our server came to our table two times: Once when we put our order in and once to check in. She and every other server spent almost the entire night working on takeout orders. Food wait was incredibly inconsistent as some tables got everything where others had a random influx of different dishes. Many servers bought the wrong food to the wrong tables multiple times over the hour we were there. When the food did come, it was pretty mediocre. Not worth the price or the wait in any capacity. I was incredibly frustrated since the Kung Pow Chicken was mostly onions and green bell peppers. The picture below is just of the excessive amount of vegetables after the minuscule amount of chicken was sorted out. I realize now I should have sent it back to the kitchen and asked them to actually add some chicken. I made reservations 3 weeks in advance to try this place and was left extremely disappointed. CH Project restaurants have been some of the best spots I've been to across the country, but Fortunate Son was a huge let down. Will not be going back and will actively be telling others to find somewhere better. When the entire server staff prioritizes takeout orders, they see in person dining as a burden and it's shows. One star...
Citlali
Taylor was very attentive and assured we had a pleasant experience. Food was incredibly delicious as always highly recommend.
amanda
Made for a very special birthday spot. So much fun and great food with at a fair price! I got so messages about where I was when I posted a picture!
Abel
Fortunate Son is a small but cozy restaurant with an awesome ambiance and neatly decorated. We ordered the green beans, lo mein, honey walnut shrimp, and General Tso's chicken. The green beans and walnut shrimp were my favorites and highly recommended. I do not recommend the General Tso's chicken. The flavor was not typical of any other and didn't like. The music was a little loud for my taste, but nothing to keep you away. Street parking only so keep that in mind. Overall a great spot and will definitely be back!
Frank
Food was ok, My kids couldn't eat the food due to too much pepper on most of the dishes. Serious fly problem during our visit. We had to leave for that reason.
Cierra
The honey walnut shrimp is my favorite thing here! We order it everytime & are never disappointed.
Grace
food was incredible!!! the best chinese food i have ever had. will definitely be going back
Karen
Fun and the ginger lemonade was amazing. The orange chicken needed orange zest it wasn't a strong orange flavor and the Kung Pao chicken was average, it lacked seasoning or flavors. So a bit disappointing in the food category
Gabriela
The food was amazing but the service was terrible. It's a shame because it was my second time here and I was looking forward to the food, which is amazing. I will say we got seated earlier than our reservation, which was amazing. Everything went downhill from there. Our server didn't check in on us, the people next to us, which got seated thirty minutes after us, got their food much more before us. When they did bring out our food, it was only one entree. Keep in mind we ordered plain white rice, three more entrees and noodles. The server offered us refills of our drinks when we asked for the check. We were there for an hour and a half. We had to stand up to get a bag for our to go containers, which our server didn't even bring herself, someone else did. I don't know... the food is great and the place is nice but to me, service is what makes me go back to a place. I'm not one to leave a bad review but it was really disappointing that a table of two were forgotten in the corner while other tables were being given their meals and checked in on.
The service was good, the food was good (we got the honey walnut shrimp and shiitake mushrooms) They ran out of the pork and shrimp dumplings, which is what we wanted to try the most, so we decided to to try the “Dan Dan Noodles” - which was just alright, we ended up sending it back 😅
Nohemi
We finally made it to Fortunate Son in North Park and wow — what a vibe! The food was incredible, packed with bold flavors and made fresh. Every dish we ordered hit the spot. The ambience is super cool, retro Chinatown-meets-modern San Diego, and the service was on point the entire night. The best surprise? The prices! For the quality of food, drinks, and overall experience, it was way more affordable than we expected. Definitely a new favorite spot — already looking forward to our next visit!
Opentable Diner
We had ordered Togo from here. Food was great. Some of the best orange chicken I've ever had. We were underwhelmed last night. The green beans were the star of the show. Incredible. Fried rice was good. But the orange chicken was... pretty bad dude. Like... felt like we were just eating fried... fried bread? It was weird. The service was weird. Servers were super nice but kind of not around. Like a magic trick. They were all there and then gone for 15 - 20 min a time. I will however give a shout out to this girl in the kitchen. She looked like she was running the Togo orders. This girl was an animal dude. Like focused. Passionate. Ran out food out. THESE are the type of people you dream about having in your restaurant in terms of employees. Literal rockstar. We were impressed just watching her. Also the hostess was SO nice and funny. Both of these gals deserve a raise. The place is pretty. Tasteful and not overdone. Intimate. I wish the service and food equated to the ambiance.
Deidre
Overall it was a great experience. I would add more umbrellas outside, we baked in the sun. Service was great and food was delicious!
Cassandra
This was our first time here & we came for a date night. Food was delicious, you got A LOT for the price. We got a bunch & tried different things, then brought takeout home for the rest of the family! 😜 would go here again!
Absolutely love our time in fortunate sons. They serve their plates family style so it was was perfect for date night. The best chinese cuisine i've had in my life. will definitely be back
So far the biggest miss of my year in San Diego. Where to even begin. There was no hostess, and a longer and longer line formed as people with reservations waited 10+ minutes for someone to notice them. Servers walked by and chose to ignore everyone. Unfortunately that was just the start. Service was highly lacking across the board. Our server came to our table two times: Once when we put our order in and once to check in. She and every other server spent almost the entire night working on takeout orders. Food wait was incredibly inconsistent as some tables got everything where others had a random influx of different dishes. Many servers bought the wrong food to the wrong tables multiple times over the hour we were there. When the food did come, it was pretty mediocre. Not worth the price or the wait in any capacity. I was incredibly frustrated since the Kung Pow Chicken was mostly onions and green bell peppers. The picture below is just of the excessive amount of vegetables after the minuscule amount of chicken was sorted out. I realize now I should have sent it back to the kitchen and asked them to actually add some chicken. I made reservations 3 weeks in advance to try this place and was left extremely disappointed. CH Project restaurants have been some of the best spots I've been to across the country, but Fortunate Son was a huge let down. Will not be going back and will actively be telling others to find somewhere better. When the entire server staff prioritizes takeout orders, they see in person dining as a burden and it's shows. One star...
Taylor was very attentive and assured we had a pleasant experience. Food was incredibly delicious as always highly recommend.
Made for a very special birthday spot. So much fun and great food with at a fair price! I got so messages about where I was when I posted a picture!
Fortunate Son is a small but cozy restaurant with an awesome ambiance and neatly decorated. We ordered the green beans, lo mein, honey walnut shrimp, and General Tso's chicken. The green beans and walnut shrimp were my favorites and highly recommended. I do not recommend the General Tso's chicken. The flavor was not typical of any other and didn't like. The music was a little loud for my taste, but nothing to keep you away. Street parking only so keep that in mind. Overall a great spot and will definitely be back!
Food was ok, My kids couldn't eat the food due to too much pepper on most of the dishes. Serious fly problem during our visit. We had to leave for that reason.
The honey walnut shrimp is my favorite thing here! We order it everytime & are never disappointed.
food was incredible!!! the best chinese food i have ever had. will definitely be going back
Fun and the ginger lemonade was amazing. The orange chicken needed orange zest it wasn't a strong orange flavor and the Kung Pao chicken was average, it lacked seasoning or flavors. So a bit disappointing in the food category
The food was amazing but the service was terrible. It's a shame because it was my second time here and I was looking forward to the food, which is amazing. I will say we got seated earlier than our reservation, which was amazing. Everything went downhill from there. Our server didn't check in on us, the people next to us, which got seated thirty minutes after us, got their food much more before us. When they did bring out our food, it was only one entree. Keep in mind we ordered plain white rice, three more entrees and noodles. The server offered us refills of our drinks when we asked for the check. We were there for an hour and a half. We had to stand up to get a bag for our to go containers, which our server didn't even bring herself, someone else did. I don't know... the food is great and the place is nice but to me, service is what makes me go back to a place. I'm not one to leave a bad review but it was really disappointing that a table of two were forgotten in the corner while other tables were being given their meals and checked in on.
Restaurantji Recommends
The service was good, the food was good (we got the honey walnut shrimp and shiitake mushrooms) They ran out of the pork and shrimp dumplings, which is what we wanted to try the most, so we decided to to try the “Dan Dan Noodles” - which was just alright, we ended up sending it back 😅
We finally made it to Fortunate Son in North Park and wow — what a vibe! The food was incredible, packed with bold flavors and made fresh. Every dish we ordered hit the spot. The ambience is super cool, retro Chinatown-meets-modern San Diego, and the service was on point the entire night. The best surprise? The prices! For the quality of food, drinks, and overall experience, it was way more affordable than we expected. Definitely a new favorite spot — already looking forward to our next visit!
We had ordered Togo from here. Food was great. Some of the best orange chicken I've ever had. We were underwhelmed last night. The green beans were the star of the show. Incredible. Fried rice was good. But the orange chicken was... pretty bad dude. Like... felt like we were just eating fried... fried bread? It was weird. The service was weird. Servers were super nice but kind of not around. Like a magic trick. They were all there and then gone for 15 - 20 min a time. I will however give a shout out to this girl in the kitchen. She looked like she was running the Togo orders. This girl was an animal dude. Like focused. Passionate. Ran out food out. THESE are the type of people you dream about having in your restaurant in terms of employees. Literal rockstar. We were impressed just watching her. Also the hostess was SO nice and funny. Both of these gals deserve a raise. The place is pretty. Tasteful and not overdone. Intimate. I wish the service and food equated to the ambiance.
Overall it was a great experience. I would add more umbrellas outside, we baked in the sun. Service was great and food was delicious!
This was our first time here & we came for a date night. Food was delicious, you got A LOT for the price. We got a bunch & tried different things, then brought takeout home for the rest of the family! 😜 would go here again!
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