The food is always great and the service is excellent, the family is always so happy to serve you…read more I would recommend trying their crab rangoons. They are very good!

We've been doing the Freedom Rock tour throughout Iowa (Google it...86 down 13 to go). This takes…read moreus to the far corners of Iowa and into many small town. Yesterday found us in Waukon Iowa. We chose to visit Yen Hing Dragon Restaurant. The interior is a little dated, but this is typical of small town restaurants. It's obviously family run. Seating is a combination of booths and tables and chairs. The menu is pretty large and there's something for everyone. We went with the House Special fried rice, a lunch special of Sichuan Spicy Chicken (lunch special with hot and sour soup and an egg roll), an order of crab rangoon, an iced tea and a water. $29 and change before tip. The food came out after a very short wait. Everything was cooked perfectly and tasted good. Our server was very attentive. If you're passing through Waukon give these guys a shot. We were pleasantly surprised and left happy.

I have eaten here many times over the past 10 years. I love Chinese buffets and have never been…read moredisappointed.

Price for the lunch buffet was good. The food was fresh. Just nothing stands out about this place.read more

We eat here often, so often in fact, that the owners know our order (unless we want something…read moredifferent) when we sit down! This place has wonderful ambiance and great value for the portion sizes. Coming for lunch is a must! The lunch specials include your choice of soup, appetizer, entree and is served with rice. Including beverage and gratuity, you should be around $10.00. My entire family will choose to eat here over many of the other restaurants in town.

My mom and I got the egg drop soup, wonton soup, and chicken chow mein. The egg drop soup and…read morechicken chow mein were good. However, the wonton soup was not very good, the broth was a little bland and the wontons hardly had any meat in them plus they were kinda doughy. When I was eating the wontons, they were falling apart in my soup. It was disappointing from how much wontons wrapper there was left in my bowl with hardly any meat especially for the price.

Prices are a bit high, particularly for a rural area but the food is excellent. A local favorite…read moreseem to be the orange chicken which I can attest to being delicious. The fried rice, if ordered as a main dish (with your preferred meat), is unique as it includes bean sprouts. This ads a bit of bitterness but actually seems to compliment the dish overall. As a side, the fried rice is about as good as I have ever had. Another personal favorite of mine is the hot and sour soup. I have never had better and I have eaten it in many places. The only negative is the portion size, a cup is exceptionally meager while the bowl is large enough to drown in (prices are reasonable on this dish only). The shrimp in hot garlic sauce is also quite good but again exceptionally pricy. The buffet, 11-1 Tuesday through Sunday, is rather small but tasty. I have noticed locals tend to refuse it when orange chicken is not on it (this seems to be 19 times out of 20). There is no rhyme or reason to what chicken dish will be on the buffet. Typically, it is sesame chicken but I have seen another type along with the elusive orange chicken as well (do NOT count on it being on the buffet!). Other fair includes chicken and mushroom (a personal favorite), happy family, Mongolian beef (spicy beef, onions, and peppers), fried rice (non-meat but with bean sprouts), crab Rangoon, sweet and sour chicken, etc. I will warn you that the place gets crowded and as seating is limited you may be turned away, particularly after church hours on a Sunday. Also, as the buffet is so small there is the perpetual problem if running out of food on it. Be aware that customers are like vultures and wait for more food to arrive. I have found the elderly of Iowa have few qualms about shoving you out of their way or snatching the last of something from your tongs as you attempt to pit it on your plate. Buffet is currently $9.85 with a soda, over priced for the size and selection but still worth it for me. Overall, excellent food if you can handle the price. Pros: Excellent food quality, diverse menu, and Pepsi Products (oddly, no Sierra Mist though). Cons: Price (it is impossible to spend less than $10), size of buffet, crowding, and replenish rate of the lunch buffet.

Best Chinese in the area. My favorites are Happy Family, Schezwan Beef, and Pork and Green beans…read moreare my favorites. The dinner special B with the BBQ is amazing and the wonton soup is devine!

I am a huge food snob when it comes to Chinese and Sushi, so I was apprehensive to stop here. The…read moreparking lot was not busy and it's a smaller town. That said, my food was exceptional and the service was great. I will stop back when I come to Charles City. I had the extra spicy Mongolian beef and Rangoon's. Egg drop soup was also very good.

My daughter called in and ordered for us over the phone. Two orders of orange chicken. I picked…read morethem up at lunchtime when we got home we went to eat it. There was really no chicken in the dish. It was just a bunch of fried crispy things. I kept trying to find chicken and what I did chew on was not chicken. I truly tried to bite into something with chicken. But I had to spit it back out because I couldn't chew it up. I called the restaurant and spoke to the owner about it. She told me they used white chicken, I told her there was no chicken in this dish. She hung up on me.

The restaurant was fairly clean, and the food was kept hot, which I appreciated. There was a large…read moreselection at the buffet, and it's definitely a good place if you want to leave full. However, most of the dishes were lacking flavor and tasted pretty bland. One major downside for me was the ice cream area. The scoops are shared by everyone and are only sitting in a container of water between uses instead of being washed or sanitized. Considering how many people do not wash their hands after using the restroom, I was uncomfortable using a community scoop that everyone touches, so I skipped the ice cream entirely. Overall, it's a decent place to fill up on food, but the flavor and sanitation concerns keep it from being somewhere I would highly recommend.

Do not recommend. Disgusting. I watched a kid stick their hand into the jello squares and take…read moreone, touching many. I immediately informed one of the employees who were setting out food. They did nothing. It was still out when I left. Food is mediocre. Pop is watery. Hot tea scummy. Pretty much buffet food. There're a couple good things. $15 per person

Best Asian food around period! Service can be slow sometimes…read morebut worth it. Try the angry beef if you like spice.

Great food, it's a classic that you need to have. I love it so much, my favorite is the sweet and…read moresour chicken

This was the best meal we had in Forest City during our two day stay while our Winnebago was being…read morerepaired Note that they are closed on Sundays and Mondays so we were here on a Tuesday for lunch It's obviously a very popular spot as many people were coming in, unfortunately, there is just one person that appears to be working all the tables, checking everyone in, taking orders and delivering the food. She did a great job however, and everything came out piping, hot, and tasty. The lunch special includes your choice of soup, you can get an egg roll or a crab Rangoon as well as fried rice with your main entrée we both ended up with the Kung Pao chicken because we love that and it was very tasty, full of crunchy veggies. The sauce was flavorful and I would definitely order it again. We each had an iced tea and the total bill was $27 before tip We like to comfortable seating and the ambience of the restaurant. They do have two different dining rooms so it's bigger than it looks

Delicious Kung Pao Tofu! Also shrimp with veggies and pineapple! Fresh, yummy, and a great supper…read more The cook and the server run the entire operation efficiently. The decor is clean, tidy. The street parking is convenient.