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Dragon Loco

3.7 (71 reviews)
InexpensiveChinese, Chicken Shop, Soup
Closed • 10:00 am - 8:30 pm
Updated 2 weeks ago

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Quiet
Happy hour specials
Good for groups
Good for kids

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Fried Rice with Jalapeno Shrimp
Tosha L.

Fresh and quick Chinese food. Service is always pleasant. Typical strip mall ambience, nothing fancy. Shrimp fried rice with jalapeño was delicious (even though they changed the shrimp from fried to sautéed) Whenever I get a taste for this place, I'll always order. They don't usually miss.

Shrimp Fried Rice
Dajonna S.

The portion size is amazing! But the rice was super dry. I had to add a bit of water and reheat it a bit to try and save it but it's not the same. The shrimp eggroll was really good however! Stayed nice and crispy on the ride over.

Shrimp Fried Rice

Was going in for pain white rice, did realize this wasn't a fast food.....they cook to order so I got fried rice & they give you fresh cooked not sitting on a steam table food......& it taste great I will be going back!

Ed C.

I ordered some food through Postmates and the food came damaged. Clearly they tried to save a penny on an extra plastic bag and shoved my whole order(for the office) into one flimsy bag, and the juices from the plates spilled all over inside the bag, because the plates were crushed. The fuck is that? Food is over-salted. Orange chicken is way too breaded. Mongolian beef is rough and literally all onions.

Crispy Shrimp
Joy W.

Ok, so this is my second visit post covid, as you can see the food has gone from great to blahs! Taste, presentation cooking methods all get a big fat "F"! DRAGON LOCO IT'S TIME TO CLOSE THE DOORS!! IT'S A WRAP

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Gary N.

When in doubt, you ended up in South Central and you were craving for some Chinese takeout, yep it was Dragon Loco. Located in a not very pleasant place, I saw broken glasses everywhere near the bus stop in front, must be a war zone here. Parking was super limited as they share with Fred Loya insurance and 7eleven, some was only reserved for 7eleven. The service was good, the lady who took my order was super nice and friendly although she didn't know much about history of the restaurant she said it has been here for at least 30 years, and I might just be the only Asian customer in this hood, as she said sometimes she had drunk and aggressive customers coming in and it was very scary. Also I wonder what that chicken salad tasted like since the menu said OUT for like a few years, but at least I got to taste the garlic wings and that probably the best of them all because the chop suey and the shrimp broccoli were both soaking in sauce, I meant too much sauce and if I knew that I would have asked for steamed instead, they didn't have brown rice option as she explained it was taken too long to cook, so no rice for me, but I got so thirsty after maybe due to high sodium intake or MSG, my tongue got that tingling sensation for a bit after finishing all the food, I tried to avoid the sauce but it was unavoidable. At least they allowed you to sit down and eat inside, and the lady was super nice, the trash can was right there but she insisted to help me clean all the boxes after I was done. So I had Chinese food before but this is something the restaurant cook catering to the demographics of the locals here, lots of rice lots of sauce and super salty, for me that would not be how I eat, well at least I knew what to order next time. They have a Vitamix blender so at least their smoothies will be good, then their service was super fast too, they said 5 mins for each customer who came to order and I could hear they were amazed their orders got ready within 3 mins, if you want to support them, check them out once, if you want real Chinese food, maybe look into others :)

Orange chicken more than half gone lol
Bessilita F.

The coconut shrimp is to die for so amazing!!! I swallowed the shrimp egg rolls and wontons. The orange chicken was good as the shrimp fried rice was ok only because after I tasted the coconut shrimp I couldn't eat the other shrimp but over all I loved it!!!!

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Only for the shrimp egg rolls . The shrimp fried rice was horrible it was just rice and shrimp no veggies or anything

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The service was good, food came out great, and came out super fast. I really recommend Dragon Loco.

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The guy in the front is super friendly and nice and the food is decent. I will give it 5 stars!

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One of my favorite spots in la! Very cool people freshly made great service. They been there for a long time! so they know what they doing

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