Fried rice literally had zero flavor, the rest was just ok. Not what we expected. Will pass

I love the food here. The reason I cannot give this restaurant a 5 star is due to the staff being unfriendly. They are not rude, just no personality or friendliness. read more

This spot is an excellent joint and crafts especially delicious sushi. I've been to a number of sushi places in larger metropolitan places and Dragon Chef matches or exceeds. Can't go wrong with the Creamy Crab Crunch roll or the Oyster Roll. Even if you have members of your party who are not fond of sushi, the restaurant offers a full menu of Japanese and Chinese dishes. read more

Dragon Chef - Shrimp tempura roll - Japanese Near Me - Culpeper, Virginia

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Excellent service. Great food perfect portions for a great price. The atmosphere quiet and the staff was friendly.

Fast service good and hot food . Nice servings and very tasty Beef and broccoli . Egg drop soup tasty on a cold night

My husband and I decided to finally give this place a try and it does not disappoint. We got 2 teppan yaki chicken with phenomenal soup plus we also got the tuna roll, salmon roll, and the shrimp tempura roll. Everything tasted exceptional though we had to ask for the Miso soup. Will definitely be coming here again. Possibly fit dinner and the hibachi show. read more

Dragon Chef - Japanese Near Me - Culpeper, Virginia

My husband and I love your restaurant. During COVID 19 while you were closed we went to other chinese restaurants... nothing compares to you!! We are so glad you've opened back up!!! Thank you! read more

Long overdue review, the last three times I have ordered from here the food has either been wrong, or made me sick. I always try to support local businesses, but tonight was the last straw. I called 30 minutes before they close and placed a delivery order. Only after I place my order did they tell me their kitchen was closed. I used to eat here 3 times a week, now I will no longer spend my money at this establishment. read more

We have ordered from Dragon Chef for 4 years...moved a mile closer to them and are on a new road...now they wont deliver to us. The food is delicious every time, but I'm very disappointed that they wont deliver now. I don't understand why they wont honor a loyal customer. sincerely, line-stick-box read more

The food here is always nothing less than amazing. The prices for what you get are good and they are always very friendly and fast. I would eat here every day if I could but they are closed Mondays ;) read more

My mom and father used to come here when he was still alive. I recently moved back to Culpeper and my mom told me I had to come here for sushi and hibachi, and she wasn't wrong. Absolutely delicious California rolls and the hibachi was a great experience for me and my boyfriend. read more

Went for my baby sisters 24th birthday and everything was really great. We got hibachi dinners and my sister got sushi. She loved al of it and the hibachi meals were great. Best miso soup I've had with a hibachi dinner anywhere. The broth isn't watered down at all and had a great depth of flavor. My chicken and shrimp were *perfectly* cooked. The shrimp was just perfect. And the chicken still juicy. We also got some appetizers, spring rolls, fried tofu, and pan fried dumplings. All were very good and piping hot. The service was absolutely awesome. Very attentive! read more

Not sure why I gave them another chance. Twice my credit card has been compromised here but the food was good. Now the food is horrible and lousy service. I'll never go back. read more

We like to get Chinese when we are in town as there are no Chinese restaurants in rural Rappahannock County about 15 miles from Culpeper.. On January 16, 2020, we decided to try Dragon Chef as it received more stars than any other Chinese restaurant in Culpeper. We ordered hot & sour soup, I ordered steamed chicken & vegetables & my husband got the tangerine beef. All tasted very good. I ate my leftovers the next evening and ate the remainder of the very sticky rice. For the next 5 days I had severe abdominal pains, did not leave the house even for church, and stayed in bed most of those days. My husband also had abdominal pains for two days. https://www.livescience.com/65374-bacillus-cereus-fried-rice-syndrome.html Upon reading the scientific literature, I found that rice can harbor a bacteria Bacillus Cereus, that is can even cause "fried rice syndrome". Although the rice was not fried rice, I suspect this is the cause of my losing a week of my life. Not as important, the woman who took our order looked like she wasn't having a good day and would have rather been elsewhere. Never again! read more

Owner was very rude. We called to discuss a mistake with our order and the woman who tells me she is the owner, yelled at me and told me "everyone knows" that silverware is only included at dinner. When I told her I felt she was being rude, she did not respond. When I told her that I wanted to go to a place that valued their customers and maybe I should go to the other Chinese place in down (that gives you free Chinese doughnuts with your order!) she told me that was fine. I can't support a place where it's appropriate for the owner to raise her voice to any customer, let alone ones that know the delivery drivers by name and have been ordering regularly over the last six months. read more

The best hibachi spot in culpeper! I get take out weekly from here, weekends it's a little bit of a wait but it is so worth it!

I love to go to this restaurant to get hibachi shrimp I miss the fact that you do not cook in front of me anymore! And John is the best cook ever some really great food comes out of this restaurant! You would have to taste it to believe it! read more

Great sushi but the person who takes the orders by phone needs to learn some manners. She is awful. When you call an establishment to put in an order the last thing you want to deal with is a nasty person on the other end. I understand you get busy but she is like this ALWAYS!! read more

I am feeling particularly cruddy today and had to have some Wonton soup. Oh this stuff hit the spot. Soothed my sore raw throat, and the huge quart I received, there is enough for dinner tonight. Also ordered the General Tso's chicken lunch special. Also delicious. The sauce was a little different than I am used to but in a good way. Solid place for Chinese and Japanese food read more

Dragon Chef - Lunch special General Tso's chicken. Huge portion! - Japanese Near Me - Culpeper, Virginia

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This place has the best asian food in town! Their sushi is very well done and all of their hibachi is delicious. I definitely suggest trying their "yum yum" sauce. Some of the hibachi dinners are a bit pricey, but their lunch menu is a great bargain. The service is fast and reliable. This is a good place for family dinners and casual gatherings with friends. Also great for group dinners! read more

It has been a very long time since I have had decent Chinese food in Culpeper. While I had eaten here before, I was unaware they had a Chinese menu. We ordered take out, it was correct, complete, hot, and delicious. My out of town guest, who lives where there are many more options than we have here, was also impressed. We will be back. read more

This is the best Chinese/Japanese food I've had ever. The fried rice, sushi, chicken steak and shrimp hibachi, spring rolls, General tsos chicken, are all unbeatable. The service is attentive and friendly, even ordering over the phone is easy. read more

Although we are a frequent take out customer and an occasional eat in customer, we were very disappointed with the service on our last visit. The restaurant wasn't all that busy but the servers were rudely trying to get us out in a hurry. The food is good but they need to watch the help if they want to increase their business. read more

Chinese food is too salty! We ordered chicken broccoli and tofu vegetables. They both had virtually the same sauce, a viscous brown sauce. We ended up using rice to soak up sauce and then eating with new scoop of white rice. The broccoli was shrunken and overcooked. The moo shu vegetable was also over salted. We didn't take our leftovers, which is a first for us. The highlight was a pleasant avocado roll and the shrimp shumai were fine. I read in one review the Japanese food was better and wished we had ordered that. read more

Another fantastic meal!! The products are so fresh, the service friendly and attentive. We will continue eating here and urge anyone who thinks they may want to try sushi to dine at Dragon Chef! read more

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Food was delicious! Portions are giant and menu has a lot of tasty options. Steak was cooked to perfection and fried rice was amazing. Service started off poor but when she saw that I was on yelp she stepped it up. Prices are amazing as well, two dinners, two servings of sushi all for just 34! (-: may come here again. read more

This was an amazing restaurant. I ordered the General T'so Chicken w/ a plate of chicken fried rice. It was delicious. The customer service was very good. Courteous staff, nice environment. The prices were fair for the quality of food. I will definitely come here again and I recommend If you haven't tried it. Check it out. Good place to have a party, with the Hibachi grill... Good entertainment and amazing food. Alcohol is served here from liquors to draft beers... And an amazing frozen margarita!!!! read more

Dragon Chef - General T'so Chicken w/ Chicken Fried Rice. And an amazing frozen margarita!!! - Japanese Near Me - Culpeper, Virginia

Sushi was very fresh we had the love boat plenty for two people if you want to try a little bit of everything. Miso soup was really good too! Staff was very friendly read more

Dragon Chef - Love boat for two - Japanese Near Me - Culpeper, Virginia

Everything we tried was delicious!!! Combo lo mein, cashew chicken and Sweet and sour pork and the CCC Sushi roll on point!!! Yummy!!! Clean restaurant and nice ambiance! Highly Recommended!!! read more

I think this place is trying to be all things to all people. There was a Chinese menu, a Japaneses menu, and a sushi menu. I went for the sushi. I got the cucumber roll and the house special roll. Cucumber rolls are typically a big favorite of mine. I was disappointed. The roll came soaked in some sort of a sauce/water. It wasn't bad but it wasn't great. The house roll was delicious though! The place also looks a little run down. Chipped tables, busted booths... Overall not a bad dinner, but I'll try another place next time I'm in the area. read more

Excellent food. Best chinese in culpeper. Their sushi is delicious and well made. I highly recommend this place.

Good variety of Chinese and Japanese foods. Hibachi is on point! Staff are friendly, place is a little run down.

Ate a late lunch today and we enjoyed the food. My biggest concern, however, was that crab rangoon was being made at the table behind us. They put the wrappers directly on the table, not on a tray or plate, while waiting to put them together. I could not believe that they would think that was sanitary, because it wasn't. I also saw no evidence that the two servers who were putting them together had washed their hand after taking orders, serving customers, or looking at their cell phones. When the rangoons were put together, the table was wiped down with a damp cloth, not something that would make anyone think the table was as clean as a plate taken out of a hot dishwasher. This was our first visit and probably our last! read more

Stopped during an evening roadtrip from Arlington to Charlottesville, after searching Yelp for food locations and finding little that seemed appetizing or with positive reviews - until we saw one for Dragon Chef (thanks Bonnie C!) Easy to find right off business 29, at first I must admit I was somewhat dismayed by the decor - your average "strip mall food joint" booths and short tables, with a small sushi bar on the left side. The right half of the place was separated by a lower waist-high wall, where the habachi grills were set up on the other side. Around 8 people were finishing up their dinners on the Habachi side, all very casual for a Friday evening (about 9pm) and the sushi side was eerily vacant. Ambiance aside, the food and prices were amazing. We were starving and tired, (and I wasn't driving) so I ordered the large bottle of house hot sake (16.95) which was - unexpectedly - a true "large" - the size of a wine bottle - and quite good! We ordered the "love boat" for $49, definitely enough for 2! Starter of standard miso soup, followed by a large wooden boat stacked with very fresh fish - nigiri and slices of salmon, yellowtail, tuna, striped bass, Spanish mackrel and flounder... plus 2 rolls - one California with avocado and one tuna. Service was very attentive - and even the fortunes from our cookies were great. In fact, as we plan on heading back through Culpepper about lunchtime on Sunday, my guess is that you will find us there for round 2! read more

I like the fact that they serve both Japanese and Chinese. Neither is top notch, but both are decent and the fact that they serve both is awesome, because you can get a variety of dishes for a diverse group of people. I recommend going for lunch because it's way more than enough food for a much cheaper price. Their lunch combination Chinese combos usually provide lunch and dinner :P Their hibachi is no exception. Their sushi is second best in town. Second best to Osaka, who they just can't compete with, for specials or quality, sorry guys. That's not to say they aren't good, just that they aren't the best in town. They skimp a bit on the hand rolls, and they don't have a very good selection of 'special' rolls. They also come out a bit slow. Some places won't allow you to tell the chef what you want, here they will, if you know a certain roll, they will allow you to tell them what's in it and the chef will re-create it. Note: I read a review that said their fish wasn't fresh but I have NEVER smelled or suspected that their fish wasn't fresh and I order sushi and sashimi a lot from different places. I've never smelled theirs as fishy, and never seen anything that would lead me to think it wasn't fresh. I'm not sure what happened with that person. I will say that for whatever reason it's just not as good quality as Osaka. I think they could use some practice in their rolls. They are never quite as stable as Osakas is, and their service isn't quite as friendly and their wait staff doesn't smile like hardly ever :P But they are still more than accommodating to any requests we've made in the past. Their sweet tea is strange, it's not your typical tea and it's never sweet enough for my nephew. I don't like it so I skip it. It's never consistent in how it's made. Their Hibachi is good. This is where they have one up on Osaka. Their yum yum sauce is thick and good, not like Osaka who has runny yum yum. They don't scorch the veggies, but they do cook them perfectly. They just do something extra to their rice, and their meat isn't over cooked. I just like their hibachi better, and my whole family tends to agree, which makes me really sad. I can't talk them into going to Osaka so I can sneak sushi while they have Hibachi. Oh well. Their Chinese food is ok. It's what you expect from most chinese places. My favorite things are their Vegetable Lo Mein, their Combination Fried Rice (I get it without the chicken, i recommend you do to) and their Pan Fried Dumplings, which no place around town that i have seen is as good as their dumplings, but I haven't tried a few places yet so I'll get back to you on that. Those are my go-to dishes at any restaurant, things I will try to tell me how good they are, before I branch into other things. If a place can't make a bomb fried rice, it fails as a Chinese restaurant IMO. read more

I've eaten sushi all over the world, including the Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo. This is the best I've had; certainly better than anything Washington, DC has to offer. Two fresh shipments a week, generous portions, innovative rolls, the uni can't be beat. Try the Chinese-style salt-and-pepper soft shell crabs. George, the owner, and all the staff are super friendly and helpful. The prices are very reasonable, too. Don't expect to get off cheap, however, if you can eat as much of this super-fresh sushi as I can. If you like to go to a [sushi] bar where everyone knows your name, then this is the one to adopt. I have dined there dozens of times and have never been disappointed. And... they have Kirin on draft! read more

Actually pretty good food...but I cant say too much for the atmosphere. I like it when its more authentic feeling & cozy. This just has 4 seperate cook tops for abt 10 people each, all in one room & it just seems like your surrounded by a bunch of stainless steel. The chefs are funny, but they usually are wherever you go... read more

Don't let the decor fool you. The sushi is excellent. Initially I was scared when I saw the Chinese menu - in my experience usually restaurants that don't stick to one cuisine are lacking in one or both. And in truth I can't speak to the Chinese side of the menu but the sushi is very good. Have done both eat in & delivery several to times & never been disappointed. read more

Amazingly good Chinese food, always consistently good their pork fried rice is amazing filled with vegetables and actual pieces of pork couldn't ask for anything better in Culpeper! read more

Best Chinese food around not just Culpeper. Great low calorie options as well. Favorites include Kung Pao Chicken, Shrimp & Veggie Steam Pot, Cucumber Rolls, Spring Rolls.... Pretty much every thing is great. read more