It was 3:30 so we had to order off the dinner menu, and it was a combination plate. Chow mein , the old fashioned kind I remember as a child, but the celery and sprouts had crunch, and the crispy noodles underneath were just as I remembered them, good flavor. Sweet and sour chicken was good, fried rice was good, but the egg foo Yung patty had flour in the mixture, so it had that stiff texture I don't care for. It makes it taste like something out of a box. The restaurant itself was clean, decor very old school but not shabby. Good waitress. I guess if you're in that mood for old fashioned Chinese it would be a good choice. Music was a radio station, somethings that made it feel "cheap." That combo plate was "$17.00 I think.
It was delicious and made to order. I had the chicken fried rice. Will be back for sure.Up date - So I did end up coming back multiple times and everytime since they have gotten my order wrong. Making me have to drive the food back to have remade. The last time I just got my money back. They had waisted my entire lunch driving back and forth. I had to remove my 4 star rating and replace it with a new one ? don't get me wrong the food is good when they get it right. I will no longer be waiting my time to find out if they can get it right
After consulting Facebook and asking and looking at posts for the "best" Chinese restaurant in Spokane Valley, my hubby and I decided to try Dragon Inn since alot of posters said that this place was excellent..Let me say that this is the WORST Chinese food that I have had in a long long time...let me explain why. I ordered the Moo Goo Gui Pan (Chicken with vegetables) and paid EXTRA for "fried rice". When I got my meal it was barely warm, the chicken tasted like it was made days before and was not at all tender. I called our server over and asked to have this done again and she said "we can throw it in the microwave"...really? I was flabbergasted...also the fried rice was also barely warm, where I could stick my finger in it and it was definitely not 140° (like it should be). I've included a pic of the fried rice (which I would definitely NOT call "fried" rice. It has just a tiny (and I mean tiny) bit of fried egg in it. And I paid EXTRA for this? When I got my plate back, i knew that they had not made a new one and just threw my plate in the microwave...also the cook came out and tried to justify her cooking...which at this point I wasn't going to make a scene so I just said its passable. I will NOT be going back to say the least...oh, btw, when I got home I looked up their inspection report online...let's just say it wasn't the best...
The waitress was nice. The food was really overpriced and very mediocre. I was looking forward to honey walnut prawns and they tasted like they were rolled in bacon. The orange chicken was dry and overcooked almost like it is pre-cooked then re-heated. The fried prawns appetizer is very expensive for mostly breading. The garden chow mein was the best thing we ordered. I won't be back and I do not recommend.
The waitress was very kind and the food came out quickly. However, that is where the good stops. The food was not good at all. The chow mein dishes had hardly any meat. The chow mein itself was not what one would expect: soggy vegetables, crispy noodles. They charged an extra $2.50 to have soft noodles instead. The fried shrimp was about 1/2 bread, 1/2 shrimp. And to top everything off, the fortunes in the cookies were terrible.
I've tried several dishes and combos over the past 4 years and have had only 1 disappointment. I thought the roast duck was good, but dry. Don't expect the egg flower soup to be the usual, thin non-entity served in most places. There is a dollop of veggies in there that make it the tastiest I've ever found over a good few years' experience. Good service, especially considering I have only once seen more than one person working out front. The place is clean, friendly and tables not crowded together even pre-Covid.
The place is still has good food. However for dining in, the place looks like it's getting run down. Have eaten there for at least 15 years. Back then it was very impressive place to going into. Now it looks like care of the place isn't being kept up. The food is a little expensive, however it was always that way. And always give you a fair amount of food. The place was pretty packed and only had one waitress for noon meal hour. Management did come in and help out some on the floor. All in all four stars.
Good ingredients, put together well. We had garlic shrimp noodles, fried rice, egg flower soup & steamed potstickers. All were nicely done. Large servings!Excellent quick service, even though only 2 waitresses were managing the dinner rush.
The sad thing is the food was actually pretty decent,But we won’t be returning. Stood at the counter for 20 minutes waiting to be seated without a word being said or any sort of acknowledgment. Then once we were seated our waitress was nice and we got our food in a relatively quick way. Once our food was brought out I realized it wrong and we told the waitress. After that we had a different lady come to our table and she preceded to tell me to pick around what was wrong because if we wanted it done the right way she would charge us $5. Pretty outrageous for THEIR mistake. Also not to mention was very expensive, you pay $20 for small portions without getting any soup like a normal Asian restaurant would. Seems to be a greedy restaurant with weird practices that I don’t want my money to support.
I was craving for just straight forward good Chinese food and this place delivered and then some. Staff was sweet and very eager to help. Food was great. We will be coming back!