We have been in the imperial valley for a few years now. Have tried many Chinese places that ranged…read morefrom okay to barely edible. We had heard about Golden Dragon but it is a bit of a drive for us. But what the heck. Let's go for a ride give it a try. In 2 separate visits we tried a variety of items. Started with egg rolls, egg drop soup and their simple fried noodles. Egg rolls were crispy and hot seasoned great. The soup served was a nice generous portion. Broth was good. Could have used a bit more seasoning and maybe a sprinkling of green onions. But very good nonetheless. Entrees started with sweet and sour orange chicken. This chicken was breaded perfectly. Nice and lightly crunchy without being hard. The sauce was nice and orangey. Next time will try the spicy version. Chicken chop suey looked very basic but the plate was piled high. Lots of bean sprouts, cauliflower, carrots, that were very fresh and tasty. A little more chicken would have been nice. On a subsequent visit we had the pan fried chicken with the vegetable chop suey. Can't stress enough just how fresh everything was. Huge portions and great taste. Iced teas and adult beverages rounded out our meals. Fat, dumb and happy! Pricing was reasonable. Could have been more generous with the proteins but the portions were huge. Service was good. A bit of a language challenge but we managed to charade our way thru. Spanish language speakers will have no problem. And the place was very neat and clean with well maintained restrooms. Will definitely be back!

The food is pretty tasty. Portions are pretty good too just not so much with protein. Place is…read moreclean and decent. The chairs are a bit old and outdated and not so comfortable. Yet, this is our second visit and we would definitely come back again. Thank you, service is good too.

Wow food is delicious! The service is amazing the ambiance is great as well. This is the first time…read morewe've been in this restaurant we trust the reviews and we are very pleased. We order the number 2 for two people and a chicken chaw mein fried the food came out fast also the tea is our favorite! . Thank you for the great service and amazing food. We highly recommend this place. Definitely will come back when we're back.

We were greeted at the door by our server. The food was amazing. Best Chinese food we have had in a…read morelong time!!! The tables were and lighting were perfect with just the right amount of decor. Definitely will return.

Delicious best china food in town I have had in a long time the ice tea was also goodread more

I will preface by saying I am reviewing the food & staff only... because if I wasn't familiar with…read moreborder states, spoke the language & was with my husband & Godmother I wouldn't of stopped. The area looks sketching at best, but again the WHOLE area looks that way, all the businesses looked closed. This particular restaurant has it's own parking lot across the street which is how I found it (HUGE sign) because the GPS had me a block away. I go to the lot & look for the restaurant, thankfully the guard? security guy? at the entrance had to tell me it was across the street... well still couldn't determine where because there's no signage, had someone not been leaving & opened the curtained door we wouldn't of known it was there &/or open... okay, done with that part! The waitress was super nice & very helpful, I knew the food would be delicious (90% of Chinese restaurants are in Mexicali) but I wasn't familiar with the names of dishes. We ordered the Sea Food Combination for 2pl & all 3 of us ate plenty & still had leftovers, they have Very Good Portions. It came with... Shrimp Fried Rice, Shrimp Chop Suey, Salt Pepper Calamari with Asparagus, Shrimp in Mayonnaise (it's not what you think) super yummy. We did pay extra to have the Wor Wonton Soup, because it's my favorite & OMG their broth was SPECTACULAR!!!! So flavorful. All their dishes were fresh & very tasty, the fried rice had plenty of good sized shrimp, pet peeve of mine is the fried rice with those itty bitty shrimp. I wish we had that kind of Chinese food here in San Diego... because if it wasn't for the area/border wait I would definitely go more often.

Food was absolutely horrendous. It was cold and overpriced. The taste of everything was awful: the…read moreseasoning was off and nothing was fresh. It's understandable and expected that this is not authentic Chinese but we were extremely disappointed. The only decent item was the iced tea. We also were confronted by waiter demanding a bigger tip at the end of our meal. Very uncomfortable experience.

Heard that Mexicali Chinese food was well known for there Chinese food so I took a trip out here to…read moretry it out. We got a combo 2 which has pineapple chicken, shrimp fried rice, chow mien, teriyaki chicken, egg rolls and add coconut shrimp and orange chicken. I was a big fan of the pineapple chicken and the fried rice, the chicken was a sweeter version of orange chicken. The chow mien was different with some cooked/uncooked ramen noodles, my friends enjoyed it but I didn't like the mixture of the noodles. Everything else was pretty average and the coconut shrimp was swimming in sweet mayo pineapple sauce. The staff were friendly and the portions were massive, definitely had enough for a 2nd meal after.

Went to visit the Wok Museum and then were definitely going to try the great Chinese food in…read moreMexicali. We heard about this restaurant several times when asking people a place to go. Short wait on a Sunday late afternoon around 2pm. We orderd #2 and H. It was way too much food for the 4 of us. We took so much food home. Really enjoyed the food. Was hoping to order Peking Duck but surprised they didnt have it on menu. Constant flow of people visiting the restaurant. Waitress really got her workout today. They have this plate called a 'Vaquita' which is an order on a huge tray covered by a plastic "box" and seemed real popular for families. We were told this is the only Chinese restaurant that has Chinese cooks. Restaurant has been operating since 1939.

After seeing Eddie Huang on Vice eat here this place has been on my radar for some time. I always…read morefound myself over-estimating my stomach space and filling up on my favorite flautitas or pulpo cocktails. After taking a walking city tour of La Chinesca, I found that I worked up an appetite and was ready to try Restaurante Victoria. One of the original spots of the historical La Chinesca. This area of Mexico has their own flavor profile compared to Chinese food found in the US or even other parts of Mexico like the well known Chinese food establishments in Tijuana. The portions are plentiful and flavorful. The service is fast and the ambience is a simple and enjoyable place to just come in and eat. Nothing elaborate or fancy. Just some good Chinesca style food where China and Mexicali fuse together deliciously!

The food, service, and vibes were great here! The building itself is pretty cool and modern. We…read morewere seated as soon as we walked in and menus were dropped off. Portions are HUGE so we ordered four to share. We did a half order of veggie fried rice, half order of red meat, half order of chicken chow mein, and a half order of orange chicken. My favorites were the orange chicken and the veggie fried rice. The veggie fried rice had sooooo much flavor and the orange chicken was hot and crispy. Service was good and they were attentive. Deff check this place out!

The place was warm and welcoming since we entered the restaurant. Food was excellent! My family and…read moreI would definitely come back again

10000000 stars!!! Their steak with every single thing else that I put in this mouth of mine was…read morelegit heaven in my mouth. The weight staff was great. The food was hot and ready, and it was phenomenal to say the least I will be back until the whole world about you. XOXO love from San Diego.

The food is absolutely flavorful. Service is humbling, and…read moreambiance is unique. The portion is enough for two, which is why we keep coming back.

Food: 4/5 Service: 5/5…read moreAmbiance: 4/5 Parking: 3/5 Family friendly: 5/5 Stroller friendly: 5/5 Kept hearing that Mexicali has amazing Chinese food so we decided to come check it out. Dragon restaurante is up the street from the hotel we're staying at so it was a good start. I gotta say I'm pleasantly surprised. The food tasty, fresh, plentiful, fairly authentic and was quick to come out. My wife and I ordered 1/2 orders of everything. Coconut chicken ($125 MXN), somewhat l sweet with real coconut shavings on top, Mongolian beef ($170 MXN), this dish has great flavor and love the spice, veggie fried rice ($105 MXN) the fluffy kind of rice and not oily, Napa soup ($150 MXN) basically veggie broth soup that could've used a little more flavor but still yummy. Service was super fast and everyone was very helpful. The owner, I'm assuming he's the owner (older Chinese man), walked around like a politician mingling with everyone. Definitely a family friendly place that I would bring my family too. Only downside is the parking. There is about maybe 50 spaces in the parking lot and the parking spots are small. If you're in the area, give this place a visit.

Took a trip to Mexicali city just to check it out as it was on my US "bucket list" even though it's…read morein Mexico. But it qualifies as it's just across the border. I heard about the Chinese community here and wanted to check it out. Mexicali was a drab and boring city. Absolutely no tourist attractions and the remaining tenants of China town is sad, run-down and in a state of despair. My friend and I ventured here and walked in side. The have both Chinese and Mexican wait staff. The owner was a Chinese man born and raised in Mexico. He speaks fluent Spanish and married a Mexican lady. He was very nice and speaks English well. He constantly cane over to check on us. The restaurant was huge and it filled up with families and diners busily dined in. We ordered the popular chicken vegetable dish and the shrimp kung Pao. Both dishes came out and it didn't look that good but boy the portion was HUGE! A fried rice dish also came with it. The fried rice alone was like another dish you paid in the US. IT was different and had bean sprouts in it which is a first for me but it was Sooooo good! Soo good I ordered a large beef fried rice to take it back to Orange County ;) The shrimp king pao taste like any other place. It was good. I was disappointed at the chicken veggie dish at first as it looks so plain and has heaps of celery in it. The chicken meat was very weird tasting too. But man the dish agAin was HUGE! The more I ate it, the more it grew on me. I took leftovers of both dishes back and ordered the large fried rice. HUGE portions so I ate 6 servings of the fried rice and 3 servings of the other two dishes once I took it back to the US. Mexicali style Chinese food is very famous there. At first, it doesn't look that good and looks like Panda Express but the flavors are different as they added Mexican seasonings and touches to it. Overall, I love it! As a matter of fact, I've been thinking about this place at least 3 times already today. Go there !

We had been out all morning and decided we needed a bite to eat and a place to relax. We walked to…read morethe food court and decided we'd try the Chinese Gourmet Express. Gourmet and Express really shouldn't be used together and this was fast but not gourmet. They give you a sample of orange chicken as you are looking at your choices. The sugary coated chicken hooks unsuspecting folks It seemed like a Panda Express steam type prepared food but it had a bit more interesting. They had lots of spicy food with jalapeños as well as the normal red peppers. Hubs selected the orange chicken, fried rice and bbq pork. I had Beef & Broccoli, half rice & chow mein noodles and Kung Paso chicken with more zucchini than chicken. The chicken was tender without a tenderized without a tenderized feel. The broccoli and zucchini were great with a bit of a crunch. Kung Pao chicken wasn't really spicy-even though I found a couple of red peppers. My husband liked the orange chicken-though a bit sweet and BBQ pork was ok. We both only ate half our food. It will be nice to have another meal. My motive was not so pure, as I saw something else to top off the meal. The ambiance is mall food court but service was good.

I was highly disappointed with my experience. The Orange Chicken lacked quality, and the rice was…read moreextremely dry, making the meal very low graded. I came in during the afternoon...expecting fresh and flavorful food, but unfortunately it wasn't like that. The entire meal was disappointing, and because of this experience, I do not plan on returning. Waste of 14$.