Great..... not so much
My friend and I were in the area and really craving some Chinese food. We both agree that small divey restaurants make some of the best food. So we decided to go to Great Dragon. We were wrong.
We got the BBQ Pork, Orange Chicken, and General Tso's Chicken. None of it was particularly good. The chicken was over battered and the pork was bland. I don't know how that's even possible, but it is. The portions were good but when flavor lacks..... buh bye!
I'm sad to say I will not be returning to this place.
This place is ridiculous!
Called for a pick up and they told me over the phone that I need to come in because "they are busy and will not take orders over the phone"....So then I asked for delivery instead and got the same response. I didn't even get to respond back to ask how late they are open and the guy said "ok bye" and hung up.
After reading all the terrible reviews maybe it was a sign from above to save my soul from eating the food of such a ratchet place. Instead I got tasty mexican food.
I wish I could give this any type of good review but when I called to place my order the person who answered said it was a 2 hour wait and then said to not bother waiting. Then he backtracked and said that they would deliver but I had to order online. I ordered through grub hub, and 20 minutes later someone from grub hub called me and stated my order had been canceled at the owners request. Wtf?! I don't know how their business runs but I was baffled.
Review Source:WOW. I cannot believe what I just went through with this place. Honestly unbelievable.
I placed an order online, as I have done from these guys in the past and they have always taken a long time to deliver but not more than an hour. Today I placed an order at 5:20pm via the <a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2FGrubhub.com&s=b68af316d5ad911efafe6df1a7700193fecd9928d904496b34ba6a876ef91c08" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://Grubhub.com</a> website or what have you for a small entree, small fried rice and some crab rangoons. $15 minimum to order, order came out to $18 or whatever.
6:30pm I call concerned and the Asian kid looks up the address and says "the order is on its way" after a brief hold. "Ok, I ordered over an hour ago... but ok".
I wait another 25 minutes, still nada. 655pm now and I think, screw it, let me call back and see whats going on. I am absolutely STARVING at this point. Same arrogant Asian kid answers.
I ask again where my food is, she just tells me its on its way. No apologies, no concern for the customer, no concern for the reputation the restaurant is getting by treating its customers like crap. I told her I was upset that she didn't even seem to care, at least pretend to feel bad that you've made a customer wait so long. All she says is "well, there is probably traffic"
So at this point I get pissed and I say "You know what, just cancel the order, screw it" and she just says "ok".
THAT'S IT. No apologies, no nothing. I ask why she isnt even sorry and she says "sorry that its taking so long" I ask for the manager and she says "I am the manager" at this point I am absolutely shocked, I mean I can respect a place not wanting to pay an actual manager to take care of their restaurant but this is absurd. So I tell her "You obviously have absolutely no management skills and no idea how to treat a customer, the way youre acting youre most likely the owners daughter" and she says "i am the owners daughter". Â
Need I say more? Clearly this snobbish, arrogant kid has no desire to do what's right for her parents business. This is NOT how you treat a customer. The worst part is, I asked her if she'd be willing to throw in some eggrolls or give me a discount or do something, anything to make up for this whole issue. She said no. She allegedly consulted with her dad and he said no, to just cancel the order. WTF. I wish there was some rule against treating customers like this, to ensure places like this go out of business.
Yeah, I am livid and all they had to do was try to do whats right and pretend to be empathetic. Thats it. I will NEVER order from this place again, EVER. Amy, learn some manners.
This place is really close to my apartment and I really like this place. It's a go to when I don't want to cook or if I don't know what to eat. Everything we've ordered from this place has been pretty yummy. We've ordered the chicken with mushroom and onion, general tso's chicken, kung pao chicken, beef broccoli, egg drop soup, chicken rice soup and we love it all.
The best part is they are open late and they deliver. The people are nice, the food is made to order so everything is super, piping hot when I take it out the door and it's so convenient! I'm so glad that I have this place near by.
As the night was starting to wind down a bit last night, we decided we needed some late night Chinese food. Saw Nicole C's review and decided to give these guys a shot. Having no menu, we just ordered typical Chinese food and hoped for the best, they had everything.
I couldn't individualize the prices of each item but we got:
Small Hot 'n Sour Soup
"Uh... Orange chicken, but Spicy... with fried rice, and a pop."
Order of Crab Rangoons
Small Shrimp Egg Foo Young
Total: $27.05 + Tip
Was told delivery would be an hour; food arrived in 35 mins. +1 Great Dragon.
The Hot 'n Sour soup was decent, they had mushrooms in them which was a pleasant surprise from the usual snotty soup with just some eggs and tofu in there.
Had some of my buddy's (what I can only assume was) Spicy Chicken, and it was delish. Has sortouv a lemon-y undertone to it, not overly spicy, but had a small amount of kick.
Crab Rangoons were the best I've had in awhile, if I had to choose just one reason to order from them again, it'd be for these guys. There were 6 to split between three of us, I ate 4 of 'em.
Egg Foo Young was really just meh. Shrimp pieces were big and pretty good, gravy was kinda thin, everything else about the patties was very average.
As far as food goes, it's slightly better than average in quality, with the exception of the fantastic Crab Rangoons. The portions are pretty damn hearty.
I expected to be paying $30-$35, so pricing was better than I had anticipated I guess!
Super quick delivery though, could be 'cos I ordered after midnight on a Tuesday, but who knows, no complaints there.
But yeah, wtf, no fortune cookies? C'mon now.
More from my business trip to Chicago:
One night, I was staying up late to shoot the breeze with new people I'd met from the Chicago office. Â Sadly, we lost track of the time and became quite famished. Â I was afraid we wouldn't find anything of quality open late, but one of the guys I was with mentioned the Great Dragon, and we all wandered over.
I didn't really do any of the ordering, but I tried everything my group ordered. Â I'm pleased to say, there was nothing I didn't like! Â It was a little on the oily side for my taste, but all the meat dishes were really flavorful. Â I was especially impressed by the mongolian beef. Â I would have liked to see more vegetables, but I liked that this place didn't skimp on the meat. Â
Bottom line, we were fed well with good chinese food at a decent price.
This place is pretty bad. The Ma Po Tofu was just diced silken tofu in brown sauce. The rice that came with the large sized portion was disproportionately small. The lo mein was bland and over cooked. It's not worth it, just make a sandwich.
Also, they forgot half my order and refused to deliver it. So I hate them.
Sometimes you need to order Chinese at odd hours, and this is the place to do it. The food is pretty good for the price, and while the delivery always takes the maximum to get to us, its worth it.
The chicken and rice soup is my favorite. If they didn't have a delivery minimum I would order much more often just for that. Its so so good! The other things I've tried are good, but standard- which is all I can really ask for from a place like this.
This place is also perfect for those nights when you know you've drank too much and dont want to wake up with a heinous hangover.
We ordered from Great Dragon tonight and were completely disgusted with our food. I ordered the sweet and sour chicken with shrimp fried rice. First, let me start with the chicken. It was cooked in at least a week old grease, the breading was old and stale, and there was a miniature piece of "chicken" inside. Shrimp tasted like freezer burn and rice was old. Egg rolls were a joke. They were flavor less and not crispy. My husband ordered orange chicken with shrimp fried rice and experienced the very similar things to mine. DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY AND RISK YOUR STOMACH.
Review Source:Got take out. Had to call GrubHub's customer support an hour and thirty later after no one showed up. The delivery guy didn't give me me receipt after I waited more than an hour. Almost skeptical that he may have charged my credit card more than what the meal was.
The Mongolian beef was alright. I mean, it must be nearly impossible to eff that up. Crab Rangoon was alright too, but had onion in it and something else? Weird. On to the spicy curry. It was alright too, after I had to enough curry powder and garam masala to drown a small child. Food was very oily. MSG through the roof.
For a $43 bill I expected more. But being that this is the only place open at like 3a.m., I guess I can't complain. But I'll never order from them again.
Great for that scratching that greasy Chinese good itch. Definitely a step above your normal corner takeout place. The orange chicken in particular is really, really good and you should order it. There seems to be some weird Chicago (or Wicker Park?) phenomenon where lo mein is made with tiny chow mein noodles, which for whatever weird personal taste related reason I hate, and Great Dragon has real, thick lo mein, so I'm a happy camper.
We went through a lot of trial and error trying to find the perfect Chinese delivery near us and finally landed on Great Dragon. Great price, portions are huge (trust me, two people can easily share the small orders), dishes are consistent. Delivery is almost always super fast as wel.
Here's what I ordered:
1  Shrimp Fried Rice  $ 11.55
1  Mongolian Beef  $ 10.95
1  Shrimp Egg Foo Young  $ 7.55
1  Mix 2 Flavors Smoothie  $ 4.00
1  Chicken Rice Soup  $ 1.95
Total  $47.16
I wasn't expecting to pay $50 for my order. But I will have to say that the servings are generous. Â The Shrimp Fried Rice was extra large and was way more than enough for my family. Â The taste of the shrimp fried rice was great too and my kids enjoyed their Chicken Rice Soup.
The Shrimp Egg Foo Young could use some more flavor. Â I found myself constantly reaching for the gravy because the pattie itself was lacking flavor.
The Mongolian Beef was good, but was on the sweet side. My husband doesn't like his to be sweet, so I don't think he was a fan of that dish at all. Â Also, they did not include any of those white crispy things w/ the Mongolian Beef. Â I thought it's standard for all Chinese restaurants to include that w/ the Mongolian Beef?
The smoothie was gone before I was able to try it... so I'm assuming it was good =)
Anyway, I've had better tasting dishes elsewhere, but this place is a good backup.
I am a pretty standard gal. By standard I mean I usually get the same things. General Tao Chicken or Beef and Broccoli.
I love their versions of both, not to mention you get a LOT of food. The GTC is tender, flavorful and deelish! The eggrolls are tasty and the fried rice is typical. The B&B is loaded with tons of FRESH broccoli and the beef is also juicy, well-seasoned and good.
For about 8 bucks, you get a soda and a nice little styrofoam container that you can feast on for eternity.
Great Dragon 28, we used to be friends. Â I'm a little concerned, though, because my food this time was just not up to the usual standards. Â It's typically delicious.
Because this place is our default for delivery, we ordered a few dishes last night. Â I haven't had anything but the rice and orange beef this time, but there's so much MSG in the orange beef I can actually taste it. Â I have no problems with MSG when used in appropriate quantities. Â This is ridiculous. Â It's actually off-putting to be able to smell the flavor enhancers.
Sad.
UPDATE: Â My husband got food poisoning. Â He ordered something with scallions, which were cut into long pieces and not cleaned well. Â The first one he bit had grit in it. Â Thankfully, I didn't try his food.
I have to say that I'm fairly impressed by this place. Â The quality of my food was quite good and the prices were reasonable. Â What's not to like?
Specifically, the twice-cooked pork had a really nice flavor and a velvety sauce with a little bit of a bite. Â On the upside, there was a lot of pork in the dish. Â On the downside it was kind of fatty, which I don't care for very much. Â Still, there was enough lean meat in there that I didn't feel cheated, and the cabbage and green pepper were both cooked just to the point of being tender without losing their crispness.
The wonton soup was odd. Â Not only were there three large wontons, but there were generous portions of noodles and cabbage in the broth. Â Not what I expected, but it was tasty nonetheless. Â Also worth a mention was their mango smoothie, a pleasantly sweet, fruity slushy sort of concoction.
I ordered via GrubHub and they offer a free eggroll with a $X of food (I'm not being evasive, I just don't recall and am too lazy to go back and check. Â It's not a huge amount.) and the eggrolls are large and also quite tasty. Â Like most Chinese restaurants these days, they don't send hot mustard with their eggrolls, only sweet-sour. Â If you want the mustard, you need to ask, or do what The Housemate does and keep a tin of it in your cabinet.
I'm definitely up for trying more items from this place.
This place has the BEST Mongolian beef! Â I have been to about 5 other Chinese places and this place wins hands down. Their Mongolian delight is another great dish! It includes chicken, beef and shrimp in their delicious sauce. Â I have also tried their mango, watermelon and strawberry smoothies. I've had smoothies from 2 other places and again Great Dragon just knows how to make theirs better! Been ordering from this place for about 5 years now and although they've definitely gotten pricier over time it is the best Chinese I've had.
Review Source:Can you say wow,
I just moved to the area and I have been looking for good Chinese food, and I finally found it. The Beef with Garlic Source is so delicious I will definitely order that again.
The service is great fast delivery with the food still being HOT yum.
In my opinion this is the best Chinese restaurant is Logan Square area.
I ordered from here spur of the moment. It was 1 am, I was too tired to cook, and they were the only place delivering in my area that wasn't a pizzeria (so says grubhub).
Not only was my order on time, it was hot, the driver was polite, and the price was right!
I ordered the dinner for two... It comes with crab Rangoon, egg rolls, wonton soup, sesame chicken, beef with mixed veggies, and special fried rice.
The soup was good, the egg rolls have spicy mustard cooked in (which my bf loved), the Rangoon was fluffy and tasted amazing, the beef was a bit tasteless (yet still moist), the rice was good, but the best part was the chicken. It was fresh, moist, and it melted in your mouth (unlike most places where the sesame chicken tends to be crunchy and over cooked).
NOT BAD FOR 1AM CHINESE DELIVERY!
I'm planning on ordering all my Chinese food from here now on! You don't wanna skip this place, it's really worth the price and the food is really awesome!
This is American-style Chinese carry-out. Â If that's what you're looking for, you should know this place does that really well. Â Service is fast and the place looks clean.
We've ordered out from here four or five times and haven't run across an off dish. Â Some of them don't stand out (the egg rolls are just egg rolls), but none of them have been bad. Â The Sesame Chicken is remarkable, though, and could easily become one of those little addictions you don't want your friends to know about. Â (Yeah, it's probably too sweet. Â But if you like that sort of thing from time to time...)
There are always coupons (half off second entree) on their website. Â That's nice.
I found Green Dragon through GrubHub. Looking for some quick Chinese but not immediately hungry, I picked Green Dragon since it's just a tad bit farther away than the usual suspects. The food arrived and the food portions were plentiful and held their integrity even after delivery. This quickfix Chinese food won't be leaving you any healthier, but it will feed you and give you your comfort foods from the Far East.
I had some BBQ pork appetizer, some Mongolian Beef, and a bit of General Tso's Chicken. I kept most of it to eat later in the week and the food still hit the spot. For affordable prices and online ordering, Great Dragon did the trick.
I had such high hopes for this place, being the closest Chinese food joint.
The Szechuan Beef was tasteless and oily. The Orange Chicken was weirdly gooey, overly sweet and also oily. The Crab Rangoon has no crab or imitation crab in it, was bitter and strangely stuffed with onions. Even the eggrolls tasted pretty bad.
The plus side was that it was cheap and gave huge portions. But huge portions of yuck are still yuck.
We got no fortune cookies or forks in our takeout order.
Chinese food. Sometimes you want a delicious, authentic dish that makes you wonder what on Earth these magical cooks did to make their food so good. And other times, you want greasy Americanized "Chinese" food.
Great Dragon is for the latter. I admit it, I occasionally get cravings for large quantities of greasy, simple chicken fried rice. And Great Dragon delivers! They are very cheap, very fast, and very tasty in a guilty-pleasure sort of way. I also enjoy the lo mein and the crab rangoon.
Plus, you can order and pay online (through grubhub), which basically means that with no effort and almost no money, you can have delicious Chinese food at your door in under an hour. Amazing!
This is my go-to place for cheap, american-chinese takeout. It's the only restaurant thats been awesome enough to make it to my cell's contact list, so far.
That being said, i only get really specific items from here! Lo mein, Potstickers, Wonton Soup, Crab Rangoons, Fried rice. And they are all amazing. At least, they are exactly what IM looking for, when i am craving chinese. and its cheap cheap cheap- I think a large order, of everything listed above, comes to 20$ even.
I love you great dragon - every time im sick, or sad, or feel like a rich person- you are there for me to spend my money on!
Make sure to grab a menu and use the coupons when you call in an order- free stuff with x amount of dollars spent and that kinda thing. Â Oh yeah and they deliver, but i live far away now, so i just pick it up and drive fast so it's hot when i get home :)
This is the best hole in the wall Chinese food ever. It's cheap, the portions are good for two meals, and it's good. It tastes like the food is actually cooked, instead of being pulled out of a freezer bag and heated up. Honestly, I order to go from here rather than going to Friendship, because this is only slightly lower quality at half the price.
Review Source:Sure, it's cheap chinese, but you know that going into the restaurant, so I assume you are ready for whatever they're about to throw your way.
If this was solely based upon the Orange Chicken, I would give this restaurant 5 stars. Â Some of the best OC I've had anywhere, especially for the price. Â
The General (Tso, Tao) chicken is okay, but unspectacular. Â Go elsewhere for that.
I had the Hunan Chicken for lunch, and it was decent. Â It actually tasted better when I reheated the food and had it for dinner. Â The lunch special is ridiculously low priced - $5 for a huge portion of food. Â Awesome!
There is always food left over for later consumption, which is a major plus for me. Â $8 for a large makes 2+ meals for me, and I eat quite a bit (hey, I'm a decent-sized healthy guy, lay off!) =P
I do have a gripe, the onions in the crab rangoon is very noticeable and overpowers everything else.
They're open pretty late, up to 10pm daily, if memory serves.
Kind of stopped coming here because lately there food started to get a little to oily for my tastes. Still a pretty good place to come and portions are enough to take home for left overs or save for lunch the following day but the quality has kind of slipped a bit.
Like I said though still some good deals, great people that work here and good portions. Only loses one star from my previous revew Although they might earn 3.5 if that system existed here.
since i live right up the street, i really enjoy dropping by here to order take out or delivery. i don't live far (about 4-5 blocks) but the delivery is still pretty fast in relation (i remember i got my food steaming hot in about 15 minutes).
the food is fresh and made out of good ingredients. i generally order a combo but if i'm feeling saucy i pick up some crab rangoon or a couple rolls as well.
great service and good food. the delivery guy is really courteous.
I love this place. Â I always go for their lunch specials which are as someone else said, cheap cheap cheap. Â $4.50 for an enormous portion of fried rice, your choice of entree, and egg roll, AND a soda. Â As for the food itself, I think it's pretty top notch Americanized Chinese food. Â Everything is quite fresh and cooked just right.
Their fresh fruit smoothies are fantastic as well. Â They really do have fresh fruit in them. Â Not only can I taste them, but the first time I ever ordered the mango smoothie, they had to run to the store to get me a mango so they could make it right! Â I don't get the tapioca in them because I find that they freeze too quickly, or perhaps they aren't made quite right, but I enjoy the smoothie just fine without the tapioca balls.
The staff is great as well. Â The dining area is nothing to brag about. Â It's your typical bare bones hole-in-the-wall Asian restaurant atmosphere. Â Just enough room to fit maybe 15 people. Â All in all, a good, quick, cheap place to eat!
I've only had their food via delivery... so I don't know what the place looks like... but it's good! This is your basic, heavily soy sauced Chinese food, but the portions are large and the price is right. It's not good for you but it's good to you.
I like the lo mein. Their various chicken dishes are good. Haven't tried beef or pork.
Delivery can be quick or take a while. I guess it depends on the night. The guy is courteous, though :)
Wow, after reading all the reviews, I decided to try this place. Being just down the street from my restaurant, I wanted to check out the competition and what this place had to offer. When you walk in, there's a 30 x 30 menu on the wall, no joke, it takes up almost the entire wall.
I heard their orange chicken tastes like little pillows, so I definitely had to try it. I ordered a small which was really enough to feed two and they really did taste like little pillows :-) Although I did not taste any hints of orange aside from few visible orange peels, it was still good!
I haven't tried anything else but I look forward to going back and trying something new. I am interested in trying their lunch specials at $4.50!!! Cheeap :-)
Diggity dirt cheap chinese dive serves up great lunch special combo plates and a healthy dose of child labor law violations.
Call in your order and pick up because usually the tv is on and the heat is off in the seating area. One nice thing is that they will make near anything into a lunch combo with a free can of soda.
I have to admit that this place gets an extra star for delivering to us in Logan Square (somehow, all deliveries seem to stop W of Western, N of Fullerton, and S of Belmont) - and fast!
We took a chance on a mailer left on our door for cheap Chinese food (when we want gourmet Chinese, we go to Friendship) since no one had yelped it yet. Â Great Dragon did not disappoint! Â The food was surprisingly good.
We got 2 dishes, egg rolls, and soup for $20 with our coupon. Â The portions were so big that we have leftovers for at least two more meals (1 large is big enough for 2)! Â I don't know what the place looks like but the menu was lengthy and they offer to make anything you want. Â We asked for ours without MSG.
If you live in Logan Square or Avondale - give it a try!
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