Dragon Garden Express
10665 W Indian School Rd, Avondale, AZ, 85323
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Address :
10665 W Indian School Rd
Avondale, AZ, 85323 - Phone (623) 872-7866
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Opening Hours
- Mon :11:00 am - 9:00pm
- Mon : 11:00 am - 9:00pm
Specialities
- Takes Reservations : No
Delivery : No
Take-out : Yes
Accepts Credit Cards : Yes
Good For : Lunch
Bike Parking : Yes
Good for Kids : Yes
Good for Groups : Yes
Attire : Casual
Ambience : Casual
Noise Level : Average
Alcohol : No
Outdoor Seating : No
Wi-Fi : No
Has TV : Yes
Dogs Allowed : No
Waiter Service : No
Caters : Yes
Categories
Chinese Cuisine
The popularity of Chinese food in America can be adjudicated by the appearance of China Town in many major cities in the United State of America. The popular trend of ordering or opting for Chinese take away food isn't unknown in America. Chinese take away food comes to rescue when you're too tired from work or too exhausted to cook. No one can resist the temptation of eating spicy noodles, shrimp, chicken, beef or pork cooked in the sweet and spicy sauce. The cooking method of authentic Chinese food is a lot different compared to what is served in America.
Generally, Chinese use dark meat small bones and organs to cook dishes but this changes when you are eating American-Chinese fusion food prepared using white boneless meat cooked with broccoli, carrots and onions. Back in China, the food is less spicy and oily as they favor steaming and braising method for cooking the most popular dishes. So, if you have a taste for authentic Chinese food, then try finding a real Chinese restaurant in the city. You can also try the most popular fusion Chinese food like Pecking Duck, Chicken Feet, Hot Pot, Shrimp Dumpling Soup, Mapo Tofu, Wontons, Chop Suey, Egg Rolls and not to forget Fortune Cookies.
There are not many restaurants in America serving authentic Chinese food. A little research on Restaurant Listings directory can help you locate the best Chinese restaurants in the city. Chinese cuisine is continuously evolving, and you can find a variety of dishes categorized as the food for lactose intolerant, gluten intolerant, vegan, vegetarian, and diabetic friendly. So, if you have a group of friends with different taste patterns, save the hassle and visit the nearest Chinese restaurant in your city.
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Jannette L.
Even if this place is more of a fast food place, I LOVE this place! Even though I don't live or work near here, I love stopping by here. I love the Shrimp Chow Fun and the Salt and Pepper Wings. Other yummy items are the Pot Stickers and Crab Puffs. There really isn't a bad dish here. The chef is a sweet older guy with a friendly smile. The servers are also easy to talk to. This place is a small mom and pop shop so support the small businesses!
(5)Devin M.
Been coming here for ten plus years since I moved here and have been extremely satisfied every single time. My favorite is the kung pao chicken with a side order of crab puffs (which are to die for). You also order from the most delightful and kind staff you could imagine who make you feel most welcome. Five stars easy all the way!!!
(5)Linh L.
"You don't sew with a fork, so I see no reason to eat with knitting needles." -Miss Piggy, on Chinese food Whenever I find myself driving halfway to California, aka Avondale, I like to pop into this hole-in-the-wall for some good eats. It's a small little restaurant with delicious food. Baby blue paint is on the walls, a redwood counter, and a friendly face to take your order at the register. Don't forget to tip because they really bust their butt to get your order to you while it's hot --- I once saw this guy and this girl mow each other over while balancing a hot bowl of soup! I generally go for Walnut Shrimp but the Orange Chicken and Chicken Lo Mein have been capturing my taste buds. Their egg rolls are pretty good too since they make it in-house! It's better than the crap they serve across the street and the joint in the Savers plaza, not to mention janky Panda Express. So come here for some great eats! This review has been approved by Grandmaster Linh!
(5)bryan g.
Went there tonight for dinner while my son had practice. It was great. Food was fresh. Fast service. Clean restaurant. But more important, very friendly staff and reasonable prices.
(5)Kelly S.
My husband and I have been coming to Dragon Garden Express for over 6 years and today our meal was the best ever! We ordered the House Chicken which was great! It was all white meat chicken breast cut into strips and served with a delightful brown sauce with green onions. We also ordered Kung Pao Chicken and Teriyaki Chicken which were also EXCELLENT! Their food has never been better! It was so awesome that after we ate our meal (we ordered to go) I just had to call them back and tell them how fantastic everything was!!! Keep up the awesome work, Dragon Garden staff! You guys have delicious food :)
(5)L C.
The greatest thing I love of the metro Phoenix area is hunting that is required to find a good place to eat in the sea of strip-malls. I shop at the Fry's grocery store in this strip-mall and have always drove by. A few months ago I stopped in this strip-mall to checkout a Mexican Food joint that went out of business. I walked over a few spots and looked into the window of this place and found my eyes locked with an employee who gave me a huge dose of stank face. Not knowing anything of Dragon Garden I moved on. Fast forward my last visit to my visit today. I was met by a different employee and was greeted by a friendly smile! One of my Yelp friends talked me to try this place and I am glad I did. This review is for only the two items I ate. The BBQ pork here for a fast food spot is on point! I would have to say it is top three I have had here in Phoenix. I also had the Singapore noodles which was a first for me. All I can say is Yummy! Let me try to explain this one without witnessing how it is prepared. It is a rice noodle (gluten free) prepared dry with curry flavor shrimp, pork and veggies. The Singapore noodles is great on it own but adding some delicious BBQ in the mix made this meal over the top. I feel that Dragon Garden has not been given a fair shake on Yelp. If you are in the area, I would say give this place a chance to win you over! I challenge any experienced Yelper to write a review once you have tried it for yourself. This restaurant is located in a strip-mall and the interior is not fancy but the food and customer service(minus the scowling lady)is great! I also hear that this place has a cute girl who works during the week.
(4)Majella B.
I ordered the vegetarian egg foo young and a some hot & soar soup. Both were very good- both in taste and portion size. It was enough for me and my boyfriend and less than $15. The ambiance isn't that great but the staff was fast & courteous.
(4)Steve C.
The only reason I gave them 1 star is because there is no option for 0. My order was messed up and when I called them they say that more money!! Really if I order orange chicken and fried rice shouldn't I get that? I would not go to eat here as the food is not good and the service is horrible.
(1)Tran D.
I'm honestly an extremely picky eater as well as my family, maybe that's where I get it from but we've been coming here for years, and we've never had a problem. I'm now a Junior in college and I had my first plate of Mongolian beef probably at the age of five, lunch special #6 is a must try! Always have been my parents favorite but I ventured out. I decided to try their shrimp fried rice and pot stickers, seriously the best I ever had, no matter where I go, no place beats Dragon Garden. My sister heard my extreme happiness about our family favorited restaurant, she tried their shrimp chow fun, she too agrees that there's no place like the good ol' Dragon Garden Express. Some other favorites of mine are their twice cooked chicken and walnut shrimp. They're soups are also quite delicious, chicken cream corn soup with wonton strips are to die for! My cousin is vegetarian so when she goes she gets their ma-pao fried tofu and their vegetable delight so there are options for vegetarians. Their prices are great compared to all the other places around, super cheap for large portions, and I've never had to wait longer than 10 minutes even with large orders of food. Their service is great as well, the owner and his wife are absolutely welcoming, and the waitress is always friendly. As for the setting, if you choose not to take out, the place is roomy and spacious. There is also a table for outside dining as well just in case if you have pets. It's unfortunate I had to move out of the state. Not even going to lie, before I hit the road on my last trip with the move in truck to Cali, my last stop in Arizona was Dragon Garden. Every time I make it back I definitely make the run for some pot stickers, even California's Chinese can't compare. YES! this place is that good! Good food, good people, good prices, good vibes, what more could you want? I'd recommend this place to anyone!
(5)Lupe M.
came during the lunch hour and no one was here. that should have been my clue. the teriyaki chicken was dry and hard on the edges. the chicken lo mein was super salty. the egg rolls tasted old. the only good thing about the place was the nice Asian couple that worked there, very polite and caring; however that doesn't make up for their lack of culinary skills.
(1)Dante S.
You know, it doesn't bode well for an establishment when the Jetta R. has to preface the visit with advice that I "brace" myself. If the food is at all decent it wouldn't require an introduction warning me about the lack of "atmosphere" or "warmth." Literally, Dragon Garden has all the ambiance of a Dunkin' Doughnuts. Sterile white, pop-in lettered menu boards, humming soft drink case. Cafeteria-y. Staffed by my mother's body double who wasn't doing any cool stunts. Bummer. Jetta R. ordered the Shrimp in Lobster Sauce. I didn't dare stray too far into the menu. I ordered the same. Hey, I like lobster sauce. And it comes with an egg roll and some fried wantons and fried rice. Groovy. Ok, this is not lobster sauce. This is "viscous white goo with eggy bits that tastes mildly of chicken broth." 5-6 shrimps dwarfed by GIANT chunks of green bell pepper and onion. It didn't taste bad, just bland. Fried wantons full of dried out pork. Moving on. Egg roll tastes like Wong's. Speculated that maybe the staff just walks across the street and orders their day's supply there. Again, not bad, just bland. Fried rice = dry rice tossed in soy sauce. I ended up picking out the shrimp, eating the egg roll, and considered the rest a loss. Might have been salvageable with hot sauce, but there was none to be found. Dragon Garden has a few things going for it. You get more volume for your dollar on the lunch specials, so it's good if you need to fill up quick and you're not picky. You'll probably never have to wait in line. The staff is nice and the kitchen is quick. Everything seems very clean, and the food is pretty basic Chinese-American fare. TL; DR version: Go for lunch specials, bring hot sauce.
(2)Bill V.
A star for good, a star for fast, a star for cheap. It's hard to find all 3.
(3)Jetta R.
It was a Saturday. I think. I can't be so sure of it these days. I live my life with such reckless abandon that every day might as well be Saturday. But I'm pretty sure this was one of those "real Saturdays" where walking around in my jammies and showing up at people's houses at 10pm with the latest knock-off "mockbuster" on DVD is considered "normal behavior" and not chalked up to "harmless yet nonetheless annoying eccentricity". With the recent price hikes on campus (4.99 for a sandwich that thinks it's a burrito? Have your mental disorder on your own dime, punk!), I've taken to "brown bagging" (which is what I call it even though I carry my lunch in a metal Dr. Pepper lunchbox that also doubles as a purse. I'm eccentric. Didn't you get the memo?) my on-campus meals. Which means I spend my weekends at Fry's looking at the lunch meat aisle going "Hmmm...which of these could I eat every day for two weeks and not forcibly strangle myself with my own vomit?" On my way back to my car, laden with plastic bags full to bursting with failure and sad, I passed by the Dragon Garden Express, glancing at their menu. I initially decided against it, heading back to my car so I could feng shui my refrigerator to accommodate my ASU Meal Plan, when I heard the restaurant calling me. Which is a metaphor for "crazy manager screaming at me from the door". "YOU WANT MENU TO TAKE HOME!?" Nah, I thought. If I took home a menu I'd just sit there, thinking of how much happier I'd have been if I spent my grocery money on an afternoon's worth of sweet and sour pork. "YOU COME IN THEN! GET SOMETHING TO GO!" Maybe the screaming Asian woman related to my lament. Perhaps she thought her cuisine would lift my spirits. Or maybe it was a really slow day. I decided to come inside before anyone got hurt. You know how in the early Mario Bros games, you always played as Mario, although the manuals clearly state that Luigi is faster and can jump higher than the crimson-hued Ron Jeremy? That's how it felt when I walked in. Even though it was the weekend, DGE still offered lunch specials. Most places, Wong's included, exclude weekends from any of their lunch of dinner specials. Which is convenient, of course, because that's when Wong's gets most of its customers. DGE, despite it clearly being Saturday, offered 5 and 6 dollar lunch combos. The atmosphere in DGE is just...happier. I'm not sure how to describe it. When I go to other local Chinese restaurants the mood is so dapper. Like everyone's just waiting for that screenplay to writing to get picked up. Like the whole "serve cuisine of our homeland" game got really old, really fast, but they put all their eggs in one basket and have to wait for them to hatch and become dragons and burn the village or something. But DGE just has this happy, quiet vibe to it. And clean to boot. The place is splotless, with a hint of chow mein goodness. If I ever own a house, that's what I'd want my kitchen looking/smelling like all the time. Initially I was hesitant to try the combos. Because I'm not big on fried rice. That's Panda Express' redeeming quality. It lets me have my lo mein noodles on the side, instead of demanding that I have it as an entree. I figure if you can get a Big Mac with chicken nuggets on the side, I should be able to get mu shu with lo mein on the side. Oh well. I took the plunge anyway. I got the kung pao. They boxed it up in one of those styrofoam take-home boxes with the smiling face. Which I always find a nice touch. All these other places like to decorate their packaging with proclamations of how awesome their product is. This was a thank you note and motivational propaganda all at once. I love the digital age. The kung pao was cruncy and soupy, like a chicken and peanut cereal. It was like eating a salad and occasionally drinking from a cup of hot sauce at the same time. The egg roll was chewy and savory, the rangoons were crispy and cheesy, and the small mound of fried rice was fine also. I was too involved in plowing through my awesome with a side of FUCKYEAH! that I couldn't even be bothered to tell my housemates where I had discovered this little treasure trove of chicken, peanuts, and whatever the hell else they put in kung pao. I just kept showing them my receipt, which I kept just in case I had to add in the business info when I eventually yelped it. The moral of this mindless, meandering story? If you want good, cheap takeout on a weekend, do Dragon Garden Express. Or they will scream at you.
(4)Charles B.
This place is disgusting. Ordered 2 entree's for $18 w/tax and the chicken was the worst that i've ever had from anywhere. It was burnt, fatty, and had bones/gristle. Called to complain and the person I spoke to on the phone didn't seem to care at all.
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