Basic but affordable place in Bloomington for Chinese. Golden Dragon also happens to be one of the few okay Chinese places around here. It has some pretty good lunch specials. Hours can be kind of weird so maybe call ahead to make sure it's open before going. They have the basics including some options for vegetarians. At lunch we came here. It was mostly empty except for a few customers getting pickup. That wasn't a good sign. It turned out better than expected. We got the Tofu Vegetable. It's about $7 at lunch. This is as it says: tofu and vegetables. Basic even with its name. This actually had decent flavor, and it was big enough to share. Had typical vegetables in it like broccoli. The tofu was too soft for my liking but okay. Got to be one of the best options in town for Chinese. It also has delivery or there's plenty of room for dine in. They close Sundays. read more

Golden Dragon Chinese Restaurant - Tofu Vegetable - Chinese Near Me - Bloomington, Illinois

The food was cold. The employees did not inform me the menu was different during the week. I was very disappointed and won't go back to eat there. read more

Food is sublime, the service is the best, the ambiance is impeccable. We eat here as often as we can. It is one of the best places to have chinse food! read more

Positive. Egg roll where good . Clean pick up and fast.Food was hot when we returned home. Reality Hot and sour soup was very blan. Crab Rangoon was just ok. I ordered the Hunan chicken and my husband the bbq pork with broccoli. Both had very little meat sliced very thin with no taste. We eat a lot of Asian but didn't even keep keep the left overs read more

Golden Dragon Chinese Restaurant - Hunan chicken - Chinese Near Me - Bloomington, Illinois

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I've eaten there 5 times and was never disappointed. Owner is very friendly and will do about anything for his customers. Food is very good and has a good variety. The restaurant is older but clean. I will be back read more

OMG OMG OMG! Please more people visit this restaurant as they are such a hidden gem in town!! The owners are super delightful and earnest people. They've been operating this business for years in downtown Bloomington. I felt like a little dream come true wanding into this old little join tucked in the corner. The price is really fair, most items are under $6, and they have daily specials including the weekends. I especially enjoyed their Egg Drop Soup and Fried Cantonese Noodles over Shrimp (the only Chinese restaurant in town that offers it that I'm aware of!). Their Chinese food is mostly Americanized but also great flavored. Also, they have home-brewed jasmine tea that I highly recommend. read more

Golden Dragon Chinese Restaurant - Fried Cantonese noodles with everything! - Chinese Near Me - Bloomington, Illinois

Great food at a reasonable price! The dumplings are the best in town. I really enjoyed the chicken and Chinese vegetables. My favorite Chinese restaurant in Bloomington-Normal. read more

Best Chinese food I've had in a long time! Crab Rangoon and egg rolls were not greasy at all. Entrees were made with perfect spice level. Overall a very good experience read more

Can't believe I've lived here most of my life and only just tried this spot! What a find! Clean, fresh and beautifully presented. Crab Rangoons were the best I've had and the noodles were perfect. Nothing second class here. So delicious and served with pride! read more

Have been here once and had no complaints! Much better quality and seating than any other Chinese place I have been in town. The staff was very friendly too. Only complaint is that they don't make their own sweet and sour sauce.. They give it to you in packets. I had the general tsao's chicken and loved it. Will definitely try it out again. read more

Golden Dragon Chinese Restaurant - Dining room - Chinese Near Me - Bloomington, Illinois

Fresh food, delicious crab rangoons and service is great. Crab Rangoon, chicken and vegetables and beef with broccoli

This place was awful. After hearing great things I decided to give it a try and ordered general tso chicken with fried rice. The chicken was literal mush that could squeeze between the tongs of a fork and the fried rice was soupy. Possibly the worst Chinese food I've ever had in my life. read more

Fast food Chinese. Like other similar places in Bloomington normal. I ordered sechuan vegetable and Hunan vegetable. Requested spiciest. Pros: It was spicy, good heat. Cleaned the sinuses. The meal was very very affordable. $6 a plate of generous portions. Cons: Vegetables did not appear fresh. Looked like what you would get from frozen dinner or a kit. Rice was a little better than minute rice but without any seasoning to taste. The dining room does have a strong musty moldy smell. So if you are sensitive, i suggest you order to go or delivery. Conclusion: if it close and you want cheap, fast, and volume but do not care about quality, this will do like the other dozen or so low quality Chinese restaurants. Think McDonald's level of burger joints. read more

Golden Dragon Chinese Restaurant - Sechuan vegtable - Chinese Near Me - Bloomington, Illinois

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Best Chinese food in town!! Absolutely love this place. Lots of food for the price. It's clean and very comfortable to eat in. They also do quick friendly delivery. Love the combo meals, tons of food for the price. You get your entree, soup, a fried wonton, egg roll and crab Rangoon. read more

My favorite place in town. One of the last Chinese places that offers pretty much a sit down service other than ordering at the counter. It's cozier then most others in town. Delivery is always fast as well. The food is always hot and delicious and I've never had any issues. The prices are also great. For a couple extra dollars you get soup and appetizers with your meal. read more

Standard Chinese restaurant. The food was good - my favorite was the wonton soup and eggrolls. Meals are about $5; "special meals" include soup, eggrolls, wonton, and rangoon and run about $10. The staff was super friendly. I ate in. But their sign said they do carry-out and delivery too. When eating in, you order at a counter and they bring your food to you. The restaurant itself is pleasantly quiet. Overall, I'd go back when I have a craving for Chinese food. read more

Golden Dragon Chinese Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Bloomington, Illinois

I will cut a place in Bloomington a lot of slack simply because it's a small town and the people here aren't very sophisticated. Having said that, my experience with this place was so dreadful I feel that I must warn the public or utterly fail in my responsibility to my fellow humans. Yes - the place is musty. The indoor/outdoor carpet apparently got wet some years ago - perhaps in a flood - and hasn't been cleaned since. The walls and ceiling are dirty. The most telling sign though is the light switch plates. Totally filthy. I got a to-go order of the Hunan beef (spicy), two egg rolls and an order of hot and sour soup. The egg roll that I ate (yeah I was really hungry so I ate all of it) had a strong hint of some harsh cleaner. I couldn't bring myself to eat the other one out of fear it would make me seriously ill. I opened up the container of Hunan beef and winced. It was a pile of goop next to some dry white rice. Absolutely the worst looking stuff I have seen in more than fifteen years. It seriously looked like a can of La Choy that went into the microwave but I think the La Choy would have been better. I took a small taste out of curiosity. Disgusting. I immediately threw it in the trash. I took the lid off the hot and sour soup to see what it looked like but I did not dare to taste it. It went into the garbage with the rest of it. $11.75 for an egg roll that I am hoping doesn't have my trying out my new health insurance benefits. I have done my duty. You have been warned. read more

I've been eating at Golden Dragon for almost 10 years now and it is consistently delicious. They are very fast and you get a mountain of food for not a lot of money. The egg rolls are probably some of the best I've had at a fast food Chinese place. I normally get Beef Broccoli or Beef Snow Peas. Always good. We also usually order General Tso Chicken but you have to be sure to ask for spicy. The owners are the sweetest and so friendly. I'm pretty sure they work non-stop as I always see them when I eat there. Ignore the other reviews and give this place a try. My mouth is watering just thinking of it! read more

Definitely my favorite Chinese food in town! The owners are so incredibly friendly and kind. They have gluten free options if you ask which is always a huge bonus for my family and I. Prices are always great, and the food is wonderful and perfect for a quick takeout dinner. Such a hidden gem- I cannot recommend enough! read more

I have eaten here twice...and both times were fine! I would say that it's a good place to go for a pretty quick lunch. The decor is sorta basic and not very exciting, but not horrific, either. Its quick, rather inexpensive Chinese Food. read more

I consider this the undiscovered gem of Chinese food in Bloomington/No. Excellent fried rice, Szechwan shrimp, and the Cantonese fried noodles are extra special. We are always very satisfied when we are done, and sometimes order some to take home. read more

Golden Dragon Chinese Restaurant - Cantonese fried noodles with chicken - Chinese Near Me - Bloomington, Illinois

Great food with very reasonable price! The owners are nice people, who have been running this business for almost 30 years. This is a hidden treasure in downtown Bloomington. Shrimp Lo mein, General Tao's chicken, and Crab Rangoon are excellent! Highly recommended! read more

Golden Dragon Chinese Restaurant - Excellent shrimp lo-mein! - Chinese Near Me - Bloomington, Illinois

Pretty disappointing. I expected wayyy better from a 30 year family business. Very friendly. Carry out was fast. Prices were right. Food was totally unseasoned and bland. Appeared to be packaged. I ate it but that was my first and last time eating from there. read more

The worst Chinese food I have ever had. I had Sesame chicken to eat in. The portions were very small. The chicken pieces for the smallest I have ever seen in sesame chicken. I could hardly taste the chicken. The appetizers were overcooked and tasteless. The won ton soup was pretty bad. The won tons looked like they had been sitting in the broth for hours. Even the rice was bad. And how can a Chinese restaurant ruin white rice? read more

Best general tsos I've ever had! Best rangoons I've ever had!! This place is amazing and the family who runs it has such great character. Always a smile on their faces. I love it! A perfect restaurant experience. read more

Many moons ago I lived just down the street from this charming family run place. I have since moved but I always eat here whenever I'm in town. The husband and wife always remember my son and I and I always ask about their son. They are a delightfully friendly couple and they consistently put out delicious food! Even with all of my Asian dining choices in Chicago, I still crave the Shrimp and Chinese Vegetables from Golden Dragon in downtown Bloomington. The decor isn't fancy but it reminds me of eating at a friend's parents house, which I kind of like. Plus, I feel like the other Chinese food choices in BloNo are buffets where the food comes in frozen and pre-made and are then dumped into a steamer to be "cooked." So if you want good food, made with love and a little character, this is definitely where you want to go. read more

Great family owned place, great food! Good variety and very affordable.

I just moved here from the West Coast and I had a hankering for some Chinese food. Unfortunately, I picked the Golden Dragon for my first foray into Bloomington Asian food. The restaurant was clean enough for a quick eatery and the man behind the counter was very nice. I ordered Kung Pao chicken, extremely spicy. The meal came quickly but was a severe disappointment. The entree was served over a mountain of rice which was far larger than the entree itself. The dish wasn't spicy at all. The dish was "saucy", meaning the meat and other ingredients were encased in a congealed mess of tasteless sauce. The consistency of the sauce and soggy nature of the ingredients reminded me of having canned Chung King Chinese food from the 60's. The food was that bad. read more

So glad I work near this gem of a restaurant. I eat there at least once a week. It is not big or fancy but the food is great and reasonably priced. The best feature though is the couple who owns/runs it. They are super friendly & helpful. It is almost like I'm going to a friend's home to eat (except that I have to pay!) read more

Love this place. Affordable, great food with prompt service. One of the best Chinese restaurants in Bloomington/Normal.

Greatest Chinese place in town by far! The best fried wantons, eggrolls, & general tso's chicken in the world! Place is nice & quiet family owned restaurant. Family is very friendly they get to know there regulars & their are a lot of us. If u like Chinese food then you have to try out Golden Dragon my whole family goes here all the time. Its the only Chinese place I eat at & I eat here atleast 2 or 3 times a month! Very great prices & they have different lunch/dinner specials all the time! read more

I went here with my aunt and got beef and broccoli with fried rice it's so good it's is very saucy so if you don't like that I recommend you not to get it. One main reason why I like it because there's not vegetables in it like other Chinese restaurants The people that work there are also very nice I personally love Golden Dragon and thank you should give it a try. read more

My wife and I have been eating here for years. The food is great always hot and made fresh to order. The food doesn't sit around in a pan under heat lights so everyone can breathe on it as they wait at the counter like some other local chinese places here in Bloomington. The owners are very nice people and if you were ever to have a bad meal I am sure they would fix it. With this being said I would recommend golden dragon to anyone wanting fresh cooked chinese food. read more

This is a really pleasant small mom and pop type Chinese restaurant. I have been eating here since I was knee high to a grasshopper, and have never had bad food. Admittedly, its not a five star restaurant, and the food is pretty cheap, I recommend this place if you don't want to spend an arm and a leg for good food. The people are really pleasant, its a nice quiet atmosphere, and the food is pretty good. For what you pay, I cannot complain. On top of all of that, they are running a small business in Illinois, which is a feat in itself, kudos to them. read more

My husband and I have been eating at the Golden Dragon for many years and it's one of our favorite places to eat. Every single thing we have had there has always been fresh, hot and delicious! The place is always extremely clean and the atmosphere is great. Quiet and peaceful. The owners are the sweetest nicest and hardest working people we have ever know. It's hard to recommend anything in particular because everything we have tried has always been so good. We usually eat there once a week so we have had most everything on the menu. read more