Red Lantern Foxwoods

Went for a birthday. My adult daughter loved the endless sushi boat. The gluten free options were minimal for me. I asked about the veggies included with the fried rice and was told there were asian vegetables in it. I ordered it with chicken and basically it's just a pile of rice with peas and a couple small pcs of grilled chicken. My husband got the general tso chicken (not GF) and he said it was just okay and not very filling. I told them we had a birthday but was not told of anything special they did for that. When I went to the restroom I saw a giant dragon and asked what it was for and they said birthdays. I asked for it, paid $25 for the dragon, a sign, and the dessert, but they said they don't sing. Okay it's a good photo op, but they come over with the sign, say her name, no dragon, so I had to asked the waitress, where is the dragon. So she went and got it a few minutes later. It was underwhelming at that point. The waitress was nice and attentive, it was busy on a Thursday night. It was just okay, I wouldn't go back because I don't eat sushi and that seemed like the only thing that anyone raved about in our group of 4.

We booked the birthday parade for my friends birthday. The food was delicious and the atmosphere was great but it definitely wasn’t worth the extra money for the celebration parade. I understand on a Saturday it’s busy but we were done eating and waiting for the check to come and then finally we had the celebration parade come with the gong, champagne, birthday sign and dragon head. It was a cool way to surprise the birthday boy but it definitely feels delayed especially because we already ate, were about to pay for the check and wasn’t even able to drink the champagne with our meal. Not to mention that there was no gluten free dessert options for the birthday boy. I definitely feel like there is a lot of gluten free people out there so there should be at least one gluten free option. Also we had a few people in our group go to the bathroom and when they were in the bathroom the parade happened and they completely missed the parade. Other than those few disappointments. The food was great but those individual things stuck out to us. Just don’t pay the extra money for the VIP packages when you book a reservation on there website as they have some issues with timing and planning.