Golden Dragon
“Good flavor, reasonably priced and quick service with delivery in the Astoria neighborhood,”
“I like their fried dumplings, and my roommate loves their chicken fingers.”
“It's not better than Sunrise Chinese up the block on the corner of 34th and Broadway, but if you're on 31st ave already it's also not a bad back-up plan.”
Golden Dragon
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Under $10
5 reviews
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I really wanted them to at least be as good as my go-to. They hit the spot. But not the best in Astoria (you can check out my reviews to see my praising of my fav).
It was a SUPER honey badger day, and I wanted chinese. My place was closed for the holiday. But Golden Dragon was the next closest with the next highest stars in reviews. So I gave them a whirl.
The homemade iced tead? Meh. Off. I know this is supposed to be an excuse for tea-flavored sugar water…but the flavor of tea and sugar just didn't balance. And they give you a small container of it for $1.50. Most other places I've been to give you the big quart container. But, since I didn't like it, guess that's good.
The general tso chicken? Standard. Good flavor. Didn't make it extra spicy to my liking and request. But no other complaints. Amply sized lunch special portion.
Crab rangoon? No. I mean. Yes. Crab rangoon. But far more dough than filling. And more cheese than crab flavor.
Egg roll. Passable. Good size, hard to find the pork, but good flavor.
Singapore Chow Mei Fun. Something was off with the curry flavor. Far more noodles than other protein-type and veggie ingredients. But just something off with the curry. And, again, not made extra spicy as I asked.
I'll probably keep hunting for a back up Chinese delivery option…but at least I know I can get a few things okay here. Delivery was fast, the delivery boy was cute, the pricing was decent, and those are all pluses 😉
Just average. Just barely average. Although, I do appreciate your super cheap prices. Dropped in last weekend for some take out that we decided to take in since none of us had really seen the light of day that weekend. The little Chinese shop is like any other and is kept relatively clean with a few tables. I had ordered the sesame noodles for only $4 and split an order of boiled pork dumplings (8 in an order for $5.25). Cheaper than my go to take-out in Kensington, BK. However, my sesame noodles were pretty sad. It was goopey and drenched with peanut paste and uncooked raw bean sprouts and zero other vegetables, no sesame seeds. The soy sauce was placed in a cup on the side for if you wanted to actually turn your sesame paste into a sauce. Thud. Maybe people usually don't order this here but I always feel like cold or hot sesame noodles are my go to for judging a Chinese take out establishment. Anyone can fry up a piece of chicken and throw in some rice and most of it all tastes the same.
Their dumplings were very doughy but the meat inside tasted okay. My friend's fiance wasn't feeling his General Tso's combination meal but she was content with her sweet and sour chicken. Allegedly, Sun Rise down the block is quite a bit better if that helps your decisions on crap fried Chinese food in the area. Though, this is pretty economical and handy, especially being next door to Diamond Dogs.
Had the General Tso with tofu instead of chicken. Had a decent five-spice flavor going on but really nothing special. Maybe I'm just over the whole idea of "American" Chinese food.
The food here is actually pretty great hole-in-the-wall, take-out style Chinese food – it's definitely improved than the last time I was here at least. It's not better than Sunrise Chinese up the block on the corner of 34th and Broadway, but if you're on 31st ave already it's also not a bad back-up plan.
I've had the sweet and sour chicken here with white rice, their scallion pancakes, steamed pork dumplings and tried my fiancé's chicken and broccoli from here. I've both ordered to bring home and also ordered to enjoy at Diamond Dogs (one of my absolutely favorite neighborhood bars conveniently located right next door and with a very liberal "bring your own food" policy!).
Service here has always been friendly and efficient, prices are reasonable and it's also a relatively clean place. I'm tempted to give them 3.5 stars but am gonna round up until Yelp implements a new rating policy…one day :).
I'm not the biggest fan of Chinese fast food but going outside is not an option in these frosty conditions. I found the Golden Dragon on seamless and decided to go with it since it had better than average reviews and wonton soup was listed as a favorite. Delivery only took about 20 minutes or less. Gotta love fast delivery!
I ordered the Sesame Chicken with pork fried rice lunch special, pork buns, and a pint of wonton soup. I found the Sesame Chicken sauce way too sweet but I managed to eat about half of it. Fortunately, the wonton soup was very good. It arrived to my door steaming hot and smelling amazing. Most places give you 1 or 2 wontons in your soup but this soup had 5! The pork buns weren't bad and I dipped them in my wonton soup to soak up the broth.
Overall, not a bad meal for the price. Delivery is fast and reasonable prices. I would probably order here again but it may just include wonton soup!