This place is such a treasure. The food is fantastic, fresh, flavorful, generous in portion, and exactly what you want when you are craving old-school Chinese-American comfort food. I ordered the almond chicken lunch special, which came with fried rice, wontons, and an egg roll. Everything was delicious. The egg roll had a lovely hint of curry, the chicken was flavorful without being greasy or overly sauced, and the vegetables were perfectly crisp instead of soggy. The fried rice had a delicate smoky flavor that complemented everything perfectly. I also added a side of hot and sour soup with wonton chips and was delighted. All of it tasted freshly made, which was easy to believe with the constant chopping sounds coming from the kitchen. It has total takeout or casual dine-in vibes: small, cozy, no frills, just really good food and friendly service. What makes it even more special is the heart behind it. The owner pretty much does it all, cooking, taking orders, and serving, with one other person helping. You can feel the pride and care in every dish. They have been serving Poway for 35 years, and it shows. In a world full of chain Panda-style fast food, places like this are rare in San Diego now. A true hidden gem. Big fan, and I will definitely be back. read more

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First time in San Diego and wanted to try something more home-style and familiar. This family owned business was very welcoming and very quick to take our order :) The food uses fresh ingredients and the flavors are perfect for a craving I was having thank yall so much -from Dallas, TX read more

City Dragon - interior - Chinese Near Me - Poway, California

We've only gone to City Dragon twice - the food was pretty good thought not spectacular. I've never been a big fan of egg foo young but I liked the way they did it: the "omelette" cut in wedges on top of some sauce, veggies, and shrimp, as I recall. My husband wanted more sauce but I liked it just the way it was. I wasn't crazy about the orange chicken but it's not something I would order anyway. We both equally liked the house lo mein. I liked that the food wasn't overly salty or greasy. The owners are nice people and this location has been here forever, something like almost 40 years? read more

City Dragon - Chinese Near Me - Poway, California

Been coming here for 32 years. Family owned. Watched the kids grow up. The food is a good as it was back then. Highly recommend

Beautiful atmosphere, very nice cooks and cashier. Awesome food. I love city dragon! I went here for some dinner with my brother, was wonderfully surprised and impressed. read more

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The food was not as good as in the past. We spent $86 for 4 meals and an appetizer. My house made fried rice tasted like old white rice with soy sauce, no eggs or vegetables and a couple of pieces of meat. We ordered cashew shrimp with white sauce and there was no sauce and the vegetables tasted like frozen vegetables. Our egg rolls were almost burnt. I will not be going back ever . The older lady and gentleman were nice but the food was definitely not worth the money spent. read more

Lovely family run restaurant with AMAZING food! Flavors are wonderful and food is light (not greasy or heavy like some Chinese food can be). Definitely stop by and enjoy an incredible meal. read more

I would give this place a negative rating if there was a way, they take no pride in the food they produce! Apparently they weren't taught how to use spices of any kind. This is the worst Chinese food I've ever eaten in my life! I have only had to give one other negative review to a restaurant in California this place rates a real negative review absolute garbage save your money better to eat out of the trashcan!! I suggest you go to panda express across the way. read more

This food is positively disgusting, and inedible. I called the restaurant and asked for a refund before I posted this. The guy was rude, and told me to go ahead with the review, so here I am. The orange chicken was cooked in rancid oil, it is oil soaked, and tastes like a dirty frying pan. The rice is burned beyond belief, and is also inedible. The egg roll tastes like a rotten raisin. The wontons are not even recognizeable. I was able to choke down a couple bites of the rice and chicken before I called them. This plate is going in the trash. read more

Best value for a restaurant that's been serving Poway for a long time. I always come here for their lunch specials. Great service, too! read more

City Dragon - Full menu - Chinese Near Me - Poway, California

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love this family run hidden gem - the war wonton soup is my favorite; the family that owns this spot have been wonderful members of the community for decades. read more

We've been enjoying City Dragon for over two decades! It's truly a family tradition! The food is consistently delicious, and now our kids love it just as much as we do. Highly recommended for anyone craving great Chinese food with a comforting, homestyle touch! read more

Small little restaurant. Came here for some Chinese take out since I was craving dumplings. Ordered the beef fried rice and pork dumplings. I wasn't expecting it to be fried pork dumplings but should've known since it was an appetizer. The inside was juicy and flavorful, but I think I should've asked if they could l've made it steam. I think it would've been better that way. Just don't know if they have that as an option since I didn't ask. Their beef fried rice was good. Not too salty and the beef pieces were tender and not dry. Some restaurants that make beef fried rice can come out tasting dry. Service for the take out was fairly quick but it's because there wasn't anyone else in the restaurant when me and my friend went. read more

City Dragon - Beef fried rice and pork dumplings - Chinese Near Me - Poway, California

I tried one of their specials. They recommended the orange chicken. The orange chicken comes with fried rice and deep-fried wonton and a spring roll. The orange chicken and fried rice we're really good. I will come back to try their other meals. read more

There's a reason why this place has been in business for so long. It's a local favorite and it's just the basic Chinese food take out restaurant that seats about six people. It has the flavors that everyone expects of an American Chinese fast food joint and just enjoys. The General Tsao's was more like a spicy orange chicken, the bbq pork had more broccoli than snow peas and the king pao tasted like what it should be but be forewarned, it has a lot of zucchini and bamboo shoots. It has a great lunch special and it's a great spot for a quick, inexpensive meals for busy people! Just don't expect anything fancy or exotic! read more

City Dragon - General Tsao's chicken, bbq pork and snow peas and kung pao chicken with steamed white rice. - Chinese Near Me - Poway, California

My mom brought my 3 older brothers here in the early 2000's, and then brought me here when i was born, we love this place and its always been our go to for asian food, even after 20 years. The restaurant itself is small but is well put together and decorated with older photos of poway, history of the restaurant, and other things. The family who run the restaurant are amazing as well and treat customers very well. I will always recommend this place. read more

I absolutely love the food I never have ever been disappointed. The orange chicken is my absolute go to. read more

Food was really good and filling. Ordered early and picked up with no hassles. All the food was there and service was nice and respectful. Great place. Will order again. read more

This was our go to for yrs but sadly our last visit will be our final one. The $$ have gone up ( I get, everything has) but the portions have gotten considerably smaller. The food is great but the Changes have made us go elsewhere read more

I've reviewed before, but I just had to do it again. If you're old enough, you probably remember the Chinese restaurant your family used to go to on Friday nights to have a gathering - it was a big thing in the 1970's all over the country. It was a good feeling, good food and a good deal during the recessions and when our parents were spending all the money to put in the gas tank. Well, this is that - a place where you are greeted and get a good deal for great food. I live in Ramona - and the food is still hot when I get home. I spent yesterday at emergency and my husband stopped on the way home and got egg flower soup - it's my matzo ball soup. I was feeling much better after I ate it. He did have some trouble getting through on the phone, so he went in and ordered. They only have one person handling calls, so be patient, it's worth it. I cannot recommend this place enough. If you are trying to get more bang for your buck in these times when your dollar is worth less - this is the place to go. Easier to stop here on the way home from school, work, soccer practice - this is it. I started coming here twenty-years ago, if something bad had happened, it would have happened. Good food, timely, amazing. I love this place - you will, too. I would have included new pics, but I was dead to the world when my husband came home, I am feeling so much better this morning. Thank you, City Dragon! read more

City Dragon - Egg drop soup - Chinese Near Me - Poway, California

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Family owned restaurant shows it service and food outstanding Fast service, cleanliness, smiles and read more

Visited 10/6/2018 We stopped in for lunch this Saturday to try this small hole in the wall Chinese restaurant. Nice clean little take out kind of place. No Table Service. To bad they loose a star for that. The guy behind the counter was very nice, polite and helpful at explaining the menu. Sadly they have only canned soda with No Glasses and NO ICE. Another star gone. The food came quickly nice and hot. The egg rolls were just ok, nothing to brag about. The Egg foo young was good for the money. The shrimp lo mein was pretty good and I would have it again. The menu has a fair amount to choose from but It was missing The Honey Walnut Shrimp I've grown to love when I go out for Chinese. Bottom line is this place is OK for a quickie but don't count on fine cuisine. 2 1/2 To 3 Stars Max. Enjoy read more

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Great food, great value and very friendly service. We've been coming here for years and we're always happy.

They've got some reaaaally good vegetable fried rice that is the best in the area along w their egg flower soup that is worth the price. It may be a bit bland at first, but that's the whole point. They leave it up to you to decide how much better you want it to taste! I added some salt. Just add the seasoning of your choice! read more

Got the lunch special. The worst kung pao chicken I have ever had. No spice, no salt, and there was a strand of hair. Fried rice was terrible - dry/lacked flavor. Wontons were over fried and could've used some filling. Egg roll was the only good part but could've used more filling / texture - it was very soft on the inside. read more

This place used to have 5 stars with me. The food, service, and price all were great. I'm currently pregnant and we were coming a lot and then a dish that we order often tasted off. We didn't let them know which we should. read more

Love their wonton soup! Perfect for when I'm sick. Lots of ingredients and not too bland.Wor Wonton

Simple mom & pop place. 30 yrs in business. Food was excellent. Hot and tasty and just down the street. My kind of place.

Delicious, best chicken fried rice, chicken chow mein and mhu Chicken! Fast service & friendly family owned read more

City Dragon - Menu (8/2023) - Chinese Near Me - Poway, California

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Stopped by for some takeout on Christmas Day since we were hungry and didn't feel like cooking or eating leftovers and this was one of the only places open, so we decided to go all "Christmas Story" and give it a try. I am very happy we did. We ordered the orange chicken, vegetable lo mein, and BBQ pork fried rice. Everything came in standard sized white and red takeout containers, so portion was right on par with most Chinese takeout restaurants. For starters, we were awesomely surprised and happy that they actually had Bbq pork, since a lot of places around these parts don't have it. It was very tasty and Hubs and Wee One both agree that the pork was good. The lo mein was my favorite and was very flavorful. The orange chicken was pretty good too, but a bit spicy with those whole little red peppers in it. Of course I couldn't find any menu online, so I added pictures of their menu. I will definitely go here again. read more

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Best Chinese I have had in a non Asia town setting in so-cal. The wonton soup reigns supreme. Soft noodles, fresh veggies and meat. It must be made in house. Also I love their egg rolls. This is one of the only Chinese establishment I know of where I can find FRESH spicy mustard, not the packet garbage. Love their Mu Shu. Love the lo mein. Honey chicken was pretty good. Fried rice is great. Haven't had anything bad here at all. Love this place. read more

Heard good things about this place so we thought we would give it a try for take out and holy yum! I got the war won ton soup and my husband got the honey chicken plate - both were delicious! His plate was so huge, he's gonna be able to have the rest for dinner! We will definitely be spreading the good word about this wonderful food! Side note: they have the best smelling hand sanitizer ever! If it was a lotion, I would later it all over my body! Smelled amazing! read more

City Dragon - War won ton soup - Chinese Near Me - Poway, California

We ordered lunch there for 6 people in our office and we collectively all really disliked our food. The beef didn't taste like beef. Even the egg rolls (who can mess up eggs rolls) had a very weird taste to them. The wontons tasted like they may have been made days ago. We will not go back to the Chinese restaurant again! Don't waste our time and money. Greatly disapointed read more

Wow! All I can say is Microwave microwave microwave that's all I say when preparing our food that's all they did was to put our food in the microwave I don't know what was fresh! I'm from out of town from LA I will recommend no one to go there read more

Honestly was a little disappointed with the food. The orange chicken I'm pretty sure was supposed to be spicy, but wasn't. It also wasn't too orangey. The Mongolian beef was pretty good. Chicken egg foo young was alright, but the vegetables and chicken was the best part of it. Egg rolls weren't too bad read more

I have been going to City Dragon since we had a Chinese exchange student living with us. He felt the food was very good here and I agree. We have always had great service and no problems with our orders. read more

We've had takeout many times from City Dragon. We've always enjoyed our selections, although truth be told we generally always have the same things. But it's always been exellent. Someone always greets us with a smile, and takes our order right away. The Ambiance is rather generic plain but we are there for the food not the atmosphere. The prices are very reasonable too. We will certainly return. read more

Best Chinese in Poway. Wonton soup is fantastic and everything else has been, too. Fortune cookies are the best. But seriously, damn good and fresh Chinese food! Love this place read more

This place reminds me of home !!! So bomb ! Love that I can bring my daughter to the place I loved as a kid! And the food is still just as good as I remember! Thanks poway for keeping City Dragon!!! The best Chinese food around!!! 5 stars read more

Cutest little Chinese restaurant. Very small. Only four tables with a couple more outside. Owned by a very kind elderly couple. Food is good and not that costly. Highly recommend giving it a try! read more