Had delivery from here the other night and it was I'd say above-average takeout Chinese. Probably a 3-star for the food itself, but the portion was pretty sizable for the cost - two combination plates at $10-$11 apiece gave us both enough for dinner and lunch the next day. I was apprehensive looking at the price that "you'd get what you pay for" but that wasn't the case. Since it was just delivery I can't speak to the physical location. A pet peeve of mine is when places give out those super cheapo "soy sauce" packets that are literally just salt water with caramel coloring added. I just trash these and use my own. But again for the value of the overall meal I can't complain too much. I'd order from here again. read more

More like Okay Dragon. Prices are inexpensive but you definitely get what you pay for. Portions are small and don't expect much flavor/ ingredients. Fried rice is just rice and a couple extremely small pieces of chicken. No onion, egg, etc. Egg roll is 2.50 and it's only a mini egg roll. Cheese wontons are only filled with about a penny sized amount of filling. Would rather pay a little more for more. Very stingy. Probably won't be returning. read more

Great Dragon - "Fried rice". Just rice and a very small amount of chicken. No other ingredients - Chinese Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

We here since Grub hub delivery. Not very good. Sweet and sour chicken was soggy. Fried rice tasteless. Egg roll was flimsy and small. Egg fo young. Ok. Will not order again read more

Food is flavorful and authentic, everything I got was cooked to order and still hot when I got home. I personally don't mind a wait when the staff is kind and the food has effort put into it! They have nice benches and a decent amount of seating inside as well. read more

Great Dragon - Sesame chicken and a small veggie lo mein S3. Sesame Chicken - Chinese Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

Ordered takeout (Uber eats). Food was quick and delivery was good. Taste- I think good. Fried rice was tasty and egg rolls were typical and tasty. Execution- ordered sweet and sour chicken. No sweet and sour sauce was applied to the fried chicken, nor was a side or packets of sweet and sour sauce provided. Packets of duck sauce was provided, 4 our so.... For an order of sweet and sour chicken and a side of egg rolls?! Additionally the combo was supposed to come with an egg roll and I ordered a side of 2 egg rolls.... Was only provided 2 egg rolls.... Seems like some critical elements were missing.... Bummer as I was looking forward to a decent Chinese food dinner and got fried chicken and rice. read more

10 out of 10 highly recommend the food is awesome and the service is great as well. The owner is an absolute sweetheart and is beyond caring, especially besides the circumstances in the area. They are great people and have just as good food has their services. God bless them and show them your support when you can. The ambience is great as well. read more

Great Dragon - Chinese Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

We ordered to go!!!! And we had a very good experience. Definitely coming back!!! We ordered eggrolls wontons fried rice and sesame chicken all was mad fresh and soooo yummy read more

Placed our order at 8:36. Said it was out for delivery at 8:55. At 9:25 we called to see where the order was. I was told that a manager would call me back. After 20 minutes I called again and asked to speak to a manager. I was told that she couldn't do that because she was not at the restaurant , but a manager would call me back. At 10:00 pm we figured the food wasn't coming so we ate some snacks and went to bed. I never got a call back. At 11:13 there was a repeated banging on the door for several minutes. It was the food! We told them that we were all sleeping and take the food back. We wanted it hours ago. It was Christmas Day. I could understand if they weee busy. But it said it was out for delivery and I couldn't talk to anyone. read more

takeout sesame chicken - so crispy, so tasty, so flavorful. The service was excellent. I'll definitely be back to try more things. read more

Great Dragon - sesame chicken - Chinese Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

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The worst food I have ever had. Boneless spareribs were so salty I could not eat them and the wonton soup was cold

I don't know how to Chinese food restaurant ever got three stars, I ordered the shrimp fried rice and the shrimp egg foo young. They charge me $18 for a small fried rice for Young. I was OK with the price but when I got home I've never been so disappointed, why is every Chinese restaurant I go to the food is horrible. I brought the food home. I had an egg to the shrimp fried rice. There was maybe six shrimps in the small that I said OK I can doctor fried rice up so I'm just going to heat up the eggs for young. When I got to eating my egg foo young, I had three shrimps in the egg foo young patty and I had unknown fish. I don't know what this is this Egg foo young. I would recommend this food to anyone. Do not waste your money. I don't know about the buffet, but if the dinner food is anything like the buffet, I don't wanna waste gas.. read more

This wasn't the best I have ever had but it was far from being the worst. The delivery was really fast and everything tastes super fresh. I would order from here again! read more

Amazing food! Super authentic with nice people 100% recommend this family owned restaurant!! Go Try It! Small and cozy with a nice vibe!

Ordered take-out of Pork Chow Mein combo meal which was supposed to come with fried rice and an egg roll. The crunchy noodles were missing and also the egg roll. I called them and they said the chow mein doesn't come with the crunchy noodles. What? OK, then I mentioned the egg roll and, instead of rectifying or apologizing, they just said they were 100% sure the egg roll was put in the order. I'm 100% sure I won't be eating here again. Very disappointed. read more

Do NOT order from here. I found these medium sized UNCLEANED shrimp in the House Special Fried Rice. I called the store to inform them of the issue and their response was that the shrimp is 'clean' because they 'boil it first which cleans the shrimp'. So, cooked poop equates to clean poop? HARD PASS. I HIGHLY do NOT recommend. read more

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Shrimp egg foo young with the gravy off the chain the gravy was was brown just like I like it and they give you enough so I recommend that

I've experienced much better Chinese food! I ordered several things because I'm so indecisive! Eggroll, Shrimp Mei Fun, Pork and broccoli, cream cheese wontons and chicken wings. Of those, the pork and broccoli, and wontons get the 2 stars of this review. The rest deserve a big FAT ZERO! The chicken wings had visible feathers on the end. I know I'm eating chicken but dang, I don't need to see it while I'm eating it! The Shrimp Mei Fun wreaked of a fishy smell as soon as I opened the container. In my experience, when food has strong scents, something ain't right about it. The eggroll was as basic as an eggroll can be. And I'm pretty sure it was only stuffed with cabbage and dripping with oil. Why is Chinese pork red? Unfortunately the broccoli was the best park of my meal. Gotta get those greens in somehow! Super disappointed! read more

Will not order here again. They continue to re-deep fry the sweet and sour chicken, and they even refried the fried rice...pile of grease? Steve L. read more

Great food! Quick delivery! Friendly staff! Best place for delivery! Food is nice and hot when arrived! Great job! read more

We ordered delivery and our sesame chicken and orange chicken was so fishy that it wasn't edible. Unfortunately, we had to throw the food out. read more

I ordered their beef lo-mien and I loved it. Serving size is huge. Definitely could share with someone else. For the price point you get a lot of food, which I love!! The food tastes actually really good and they even have some vegetables they cook with the noodles. The beef tastes great as well. Great Dragon has pretty good service overall. We always order it for pickup and our order is ready within 20mins. Definitely a great fast and affordable takeout option. I will be ordering from here again! read more

Not too much to report here. I ordered online through Yelp/EatStreet and it arrived after the estimated time but the driver called once he arrived and was very nice. I got the veggie chow mein-tons of onions and pretty saucy but the white rice was fresh and fluffy to absorb it. Also got the veggie fried rice and veggie egg foo yun - no complaints from my partner for those. Overall, I think I'd try someone else if there's a closer place but not a terrible experience from Great Dragon. read more

Not necessarily somewhere that you're going to go for the ambiance, Great Dragon was my latest stop in trying to find the best Chinese lunch special in Minneapolis. Located in a strip at Chicago and Franklin, it's an unassuming place that offers solid (not spectacular) food. Went with the General Tso's lunch special and was in the mood to grease it up, so opted for the fried rice and egg roll as accompaniments. I always order everything Sichuan hot and spicy. Most of the time, restaurants are scared to make it THAT hot. This was one of those times, but I'm not too upset about it. Chicken was crispy, sauce was sweet, rice was average. All in all, worth a shot if it's right there in your neck of the woods, but not really worth going out of the way for. read more

I went to get some shrimp fried rice, waited 20 minutes are so and finally I received my order. I got home and noticed it was whole lot of rice with hardly any onions and no vegs at all. Just a few shrimps that were soft almost mushy. I was very disappointed, this had no flavor. I did have enough for a second day, so I added my own peas and carrots and onions, with some pepper and garlic seasoning. It came out much better, but I am giving this meal only two stars. I might stick with Thai fried rice from my favorite places instead! No photos, just imagine no vegs, hardly any onions in a shrimp fried rice dish! read more

Good service & even better food. I was greeted with a smile and had yummy food when I got home!

Their sweet-and-sour sauce is delicious but the shrimp was 3/4 batter and air with the tiny shrimp in it would not recommend hopefully their other sweet-and-sour isn't as inflated. Would try other foods there.The chicken chow mein was good but a little more sauce would've helped. read more

When I receive an outstanding meal like the one I am eating now, I find it hard to believe that any of the negative reviews are legit; at least the ones that are about the food. (Though it has been nearly a year since anyone's written one.) I've lived a mere two blocks from this place for almost two years now and finally decided to give it a shot. Oh, man... all the great lunches and dinners I could have had, but hey better late than never! This Dragon is indeed Great! Anyway, I ordered a dinner combo with Moo Goo Gai Pan and pork fried rice (includes egg roll), plus an order of fried pork wontons. No joke, these are the fattest meat wontons I have ever seen, and cooked perfectly. The filling basically tastes like a breakfast-y sausage but flavored from an Asian angle, which is exactly as it should be. The only thing that would make them better is a good dipping sauce instead of that standard sweet & sour stuff, but I made that better by mixing some of the hot sauce with it. The next item to try was the egg roll, and it was very good. It won't totally knock your socks off, but c'mon, they're only $1.09. It was well stuffed, including plenty of nice fresh cabbage, which still had a little crunch to it, as it should. Some people might want more black pepper flavor, but it really wasn't necessary for me. And now, the main dish. I chose the Moo Goo because traditionally it's a lightly flavored sauce, so if it needed doctoring I would have more options. Well, haha... I needn't have been concerned. Absolutely no doctoring warranted. I haven't even put any soy sauce on it, and I have some primo soy sauce sitting right here within arm's reach. Everything's just right. Generous portion of very high quality meat; celery, bok choy, carrot, pea pods, mushrooms... all cooked right on the nose, with exactly the light yet savory sauce it's supposed to have. Finally, the fried rice. Much like the egg roll, it won't utterly blow your mind but it is definitely very good. The pork is particularly tasty, the rice grains have just the right amount of chewiness, and it has a bit of bean sprouts in it, which you don't see everywhere. I wish it had a bit more, but I was glad to see any at all. If I were forced at gunpoint to find just one single flaw with my dinner, it would have to be the greasiness; they could definitely scale back a bit on the wok oil and it'd still be terrific. It wasn't at that "so greasy it's gross" level though, and frankly when I go for Americanized Chinese eats, I'm not really concerned about the calories (I *did* order fried wontons, after all). Note that I am grading on a curve here, as I always do on Yelp. I'm not comparing them to top notch, sit-down, super-authentic restaurants. For the *kind of place that this is*, it really doesn't get any better, so five stars from me. If you're some kind of authenticity snob you might not be impressed with this place, and that's too bad because it's really quite tasty. I've delighted in every bite of it as I wrote this review. Looking forward to going again and trying something with a stronger flavor. I might even give the shrimp a shot, which would kinda be like going to third base on a second date, but hey, somethings things just click... Edit 2-22-18: I went again and it was every bit as good. Got the cashew chicken this time. Generous meat (and cashew) portions, very flavorful sauce. Celery was cooked perfectly (soft but still plenty of crunch). Also tried the spring rolls and they were delicious. They have shrimp in them and it was very good shrimp, so I think I'll try some shrimp next time for sure. I'll be interested to see if they are just as generous with it. read more

Quite possibly my favorite pit stop for a no-nonsense typical American Chinese food. Situated on Chicago and east Franklin, it's a bit of a divey looking establishment. So more of a take out place. You literally get a 100 different options on a 12"x24" menu ... after meal item # 83, they have 50 or so additional choices listed in alphanumeric combinations. Btw this menu hasn't changed a whole lot in the 10 years I've known it. Haven't had too much luck with their Szechuan offerings but in love with everything else. Avoid beef but chicken and pork always a guaranteed win. Lunch combos are $5.95-6.25 and dinners are $7.50-7.95 and loaded with the cheesiest fortune cookie notes. Best for late night movie or poker (or board game) nights. Roll in some Morgan and Coke and you have an epic evening while a storm rages on outside. I love this place to the point I will go out of my way to order a few times a year. The employees are direct with you - pay up or gtfo. $50 equates to about 4 giant bags of food carefully stacked in the thickest paper bags. Pro tip: eat slow and try a little of everything if you don't want to hate yourself the next day. read more

Been ordering from here since January 2012. This is the "hole-in-the-wall Chinese joint" you, the reader, have been looking for! This is not overly complicated, high end, overpriced Chinese food. This is the cost effective, tasty, filling Chinese food you order for any and all occasions. I'm talking splitting meals with friends and/or family; catering to small and large functions; wanting food with flavor, wanting comfort food; wanting food on a cold winter day or a hot summer night. This is the place for your taste! After seven (7) years of exploring the menu, here are my suggestions: 1) General Tso's Chicken: great sweet and spicy flavor combo, actually has some heat added to it when asked. Perfect with white rice, making it even more filling! There also is enough of the sweet and spicy sauce left over in the dish, that you can have and additional meal with just the rice to soak it up! 2) Lo Mein: I prefer the beef myself, as the place gets a slight crisp to it, adding a bit of a crunch texture to the dish. Perfect assortment and amount of vegetables, choice of meat, and noodles. Oh, the noodles. They are the right thickness and chew. 3) Moo Shu: I choose the pork option, and I am never disappointed... until I finish it. Then I want more! There are times when I need extra pancakes, and there are times when I need a nap after eating. Get this, and do not be afraid to pour that plum sauce on it all! 4) Egg Foo Young: I have had all but the House Special selection. This thing his filling, hearty, and satisfying. I sometimes order one for my breakfast the next day. Be gentle with the gravy, as it takes away from the natural flavors. 5) Three Kinds of Scallions: My meat lovers and onion lovers, this is the dish for you! This is also the dish that will make your significant other drown you in Listerine while spraying FeBreeze constantly in your presence. This dish has beef shrimp and chicken mixed together with onions and green scallion, in a garlic based sauce that makes you feel at ease about your day. 6) Shrimp in Lobster Sauce: Oh my, this behemoth comes in a rather large container (I know "large" is subjective, so how about you measure it!) that has an assortment of seafood in a thick gravy-like garlicy sauce. You will not finish this in one sitting, and I do suggest you keep the other half of it for lunch or dinner the next day. Learn from my mistakes and don't have it for breakfast. You will want to return to your slumber immediately. 7) Fried dumplings/potstickers: The mistake I make every time. I never order enough of them. Get these. No description needed. 8) BBQ Spare Ribs: Oh, these puppies got some savoriness to them, plenty of meat on the bones, and a hint of sweetness and tang. Not too much gristle, but enough to bring in all that flavor. 9) Steak Teriyaki: I don't know what it is about this beef on a stick, but I can't put them down. My group gets these to share, but we always end up using the now meatless sticks to stab each other in hopes of snagging the last Steak Teriyakis. 10) Chicken Teriyaki: Not as addictive as the steak version, but still satisfying. Good flavor and juices coming out of each bite of the chicken on a stick. 11) Fried Chicken Wings: These are comparable to the chicken wings you can get at the "chicken shack", "soul food", or "hood" joints, making me feel right at home when I order these babies. Not a lot of seasoning, allowing the wings' succulence and crispiness of the meat to shine. 12) Egg Drop Soup: On the cold evenings when I forget what the doctor said about my clogged arteries, I order this soup and slip blissfully into a food coma... or actual unconsciousness... don't tell my doctor. 13) Fried Rice: Pick any of the options and you will satisfied. Good portions of diced scrambled egg in there too. Any of the above aforementioned dishes and appetizers I would highly recommend. Many of which come in lunch specials, house specials, and various combos. Gather some friends are give these foods a try. Otherwise, the following dishes and apps I would say are good, but are not as consistent in their preparation: Cheese Rangoon, Shrimp Roll, Wonton Soup, Hot & Sour Soup. Then there are some dishes I would say skip: Egg Rolls, and the Sesame Chicken. The rolls are very basic, and the Sesame Chicken is just a rehash of the General Tso's. Lastly, I have only order delivery or takeout here. The parking lot is a NYC-train-cart-like situation of madness, so drive carefully, and with the stereo turned OFF so you are fully aware of the vehicles and pedestrians around you. Ordering delivery though, these peeps are faster than dog chasing his peanut butter dipped tail! And it saves you from battling in the parking lot. read more

We love this place. Amazing food. Always our favorite delivery. We enjoy the appetizers too. I'm trying to think of something else to write because all we did was order delivery and wanted to tell people the food is good. But yelp is absolutely ridiculous with having to post more than one sentence. Anyway, Food is great! read more

Egg Foo Young was very good though, if it matters to you, they serve it with the gravy on it instead of in a separate Container like most places do. The fried rice was a little boring, no eggs, and not very "fried" tasting. Service was great, prices were great, delivery time was a reasonable (50 min, they state up to 60 on the web page). read more

The food here comes hot and fast. My order was ready in seven minutes for four items. Everything was a super fresh and the vegetables tasted like they were just picked. Friendly service too :-) read more

Good food and good prices too I love there lomain and there menu as a lot of choices try the shrimptoast

Ordered delivery yesterday for the first time after finding menus in my mail room and was pleasantly surprised. The food was nothing exceptional, standard chinese delivery fare, not bad, not great. That's ok, I was not expecting more certainly from a place with the standard chinese fast food menu and zero pretense. What was very nice about this place, in contrast to other asian food delivery places I have experienced, was: #1 extremely efficient phone person, spoke very clear English, understood everything I said, and repeated it, then repeated the whole order at the end to ensure it was correct. Other places I have ordered from screw something up in the order at least 80% of the time, no screwups here, this time. #2 Said they'd arrive in 30 minutes and they pretty much did, again other places have been 60-120 minutes usually. #3 Food is very cheap and you get a lot, total bill for 2 people with at least 2 meals worth of food and soup etc. was less than ordering a pizza these days (about $20+ tip.) #4 Food arrived hot with sauces, utensils, etc. in a bag with plastic on outside and no sauces dripping all over the place, another common issue with other places. (No spicy mustard though but it seems that is not very common in Minnesota Chinese places anyway?) read more

Drivers complain about the tip not being big enough... Maybe they should ask their manager to increase their wages instead of complaining to the customer that makes their business what it is. Never will order again and have never felt so insulted by a delivery driver. read more

Great Dragon - What I open the plastic bag to after the driver complains about not tipping enough... What a joke! - Chinese Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

Thankfully the food is rather inexpensive, that's the only good thing I can say. The crab rangoons were mostly crust and no filling. The egg rolls also were mostly crust and no filling. General Tso's chicken was sweet, had no spice/heat to it. Also the cashew chicken had zero chicken in it, just a lot of vegetables. And to make the experience even better- the delivery driver was horrifically rude. I always give cash as a tip and not put it on my card, the first words out of the drivers mouth were "where is cash for my tip?" I know that this is a typical cheap chinese place, not a high end fancy restaurant, but this experience was absolutely absurd. I can't say that I will ever be ordering from this establishment again. read more

I dont like rice and Im not a fan of chinease food, but I keep trying anyway, The pork was fine, the chicken was plain, the vegetables were forgetable. Although very tasty, the rib tips were mostly bone but the whole affair was under twenty bucks, and it was delivered on time so who am I to gripe... Actually, I cant think of any specific complaints, Its just utterly unremarkable food. I give it three stars becuase they are exactly what they present themselves to be, and thats cheap chinease delivery. I guess the delivery guy was nice and polite too, he gave me a bamboo calender with their menu on it.. I wish the food was as creative as their marketing tools.....Yawn... read more

We ordered Chinese from Great Dragon last week, and were supremely disappointed. Unfamiliar with most of the metro area's Chinese joints (we prefer Indian takeout), we decided to give the GD a shot. I ordered potstickers, cream cheese puffs and chicken teriyaki, while my dining partner ordered sesame chicken. The potstickers and cheese puffs were average, at least not disgusting. The teriyaki and sesame chicken were seriously so gross and mushy we threw them both away. Luckily it was cheap, but I'm calling it Not-So-Great Dragon in my head so I don't make the mistake of ordering from here again. Sick, sick, sick, gross food. read more

This is the spot when you have a had a long day at work and you just want to relax in your casa and eat some good grub. Next I pick up the phone and call the Great Dragon and order my favorite. Chinese Chicken with mixed vegetables and white sauce. Carrots, Broccoli, snowpeads, celery and mushrooms. Amazing, Healthy and reasonable. Usually I get the call to come downstairs from a 917, 312 area code. it makes me feel like im in New York or chicago. read more

Typical Chinese fast food, but at a great price with a knowledgable staff! They will even deliver on orders of less than $15 and many friendly people work here. I've never been disappointed nor have I had to wait longer than the 'ten minute' they always give for a wait time. Highly recommend. read more

Great Dragon - the entrance to the restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

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