Was back in Maryland so decided to try Mai Dragon again. Food is outstanding! Highly recommend... best Dim Sum in Maryland. read more

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My family and I come here a lot because it's close by for a good authentic dim sum or Chinese meal. It's probably one of the better places around for dim sum, and service is fast. My dad would say it's decent, but we always come back, so it means something. I really like it anyways for good authentic homey food. read more

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The restaurant is admittedly unassuming, and I almost decided against going in, but I'm happy that I tried it. There's a large assortment of dim sum and bao. I ordered several dishes, and each one was delicious, filling, and plentiful. Additionally, they offer chrysanthemum tea, which was delightful . The service was decent-the food came out quickly after ordering. The server wasn't unpleasant but wasn't overtly friendly either, I'd say professionally cordial. read more

A Cantonese-themed Chinese restaurant located at the roadside shopping districts in Hanover MD. Decoration and vibe are casual Cantonese restaurants. Obviously very popular among local residents (both Asian and otherwise), the place opens door at 11am daily and by around 11:10am the main dining hall is already filled, and by around 11:30am lines will form. So be sure to come in early. We were led to a side dining room next to the main dining hall with half a dozen tables. The room is small, so noise and relatively crowded seating could be expected. But the service was quite good. One male waiter kept coming in and out, speaking fluent English and Mandarin Chinese, asking for service needs and food orders, and delivering dishes in prompt manner. Waitresses operating dim sum carts were also very friendly and could sell their dishes in both English and Mandarin Chinese. Also, I have to mention that this place has one of the cleanest restrooms ever seen in any Chinese restaurants. Items I liked----- Shiu Mai (烧卖): my favorite item, one of the best Shiu mai dishes ever tasted in the D-M-V area. Extremely generous portion of shrimps, minced pork, and diced mushrooms wrapped in thin egg flour skins, very little taste of starch/flour typically used to cut corners in the stuffing. Seasoning was nice, not too overwhelming but kept the savory taste of the shrimps. Beef tripe and daikon/turnip stew (牛杂): generous portions of tripe slices and daikon chunks in Cantonese style stew broth. Tripe slices were braised long enough to be tender, and daikon chunks soaked all the aromatic spices from the stew broth. Might want to add a bit more star anise to the stew broth to add richer flavor, but it is a nice dish as it stands. Pineapple bun (菠萝包): ordered and serves steam hot. To be honest the top crispy "pineapple" puff pastry is a bit disappointing, as it does not carry the authentic colorization of golden yellow and red mixed, and tasted a bit bland (not sweet enough). But the bun was nicely made, and the sweet yellow yolk stuffing tasted rich, literally melting in the mouth. Ha Gao (shrimp dumplings 虾饺): pastry is a bit too thick, but again generous stuffings of shrimps just like the Shiu Mai. Toufu Brains (豆腐脑/豆花): served Cantonese style with sweet ginger syrup, had the standard light fluffy taste. Pork spare ribs (排骨), chicken feet (凤爪), blanched beef offal (牛百叶), egg tarts (蛋挞): all tasted standard. Items that need some improvement------ Sweet sesame balls (芝麻球/煎堆): flour skin is way too thick, and having chewed through it there was too little sweet paste stuffing inside. Congee with preserved eggs and minced pork (皮蛋瘦肉粥): seemed not cooked enough, way too thick. Daikon/turnip rice cake (萝卜糕): too much starch/flour in stuffing. Overall: some items need to be better, but service was great, most other items were nice, and prices were reasonable. Could be a strong contender for best dim sum places in the Baltimore City and County area. read more

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This was my first DimSum place on the East Coast... and I'm still looking for a good spot. At least the servers spoke Chinese and had food in pinyin, but only the bbq pork buns and Chinese broccoli tasted right. The radish cakes were a bit tasteless and breaded on the outside. The chang-fen items weren't quite... understandable. The fried noodles was ok especially with the leek, and the buns were very bready and solid. So, the ambience feels more right but there are more Asians there! That's a good sign! read more

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This is absolutely THE BEST Dim Sum place in the area. IF you know what to order you'll have the best experience here. We ordered a few of our "must haves" and we were beyond stuffed afterwards. The food here is just so fresh and full of flavors. Atmosphere is hectic at times...depending on when you get there but the service is fast. If you haven't experienced this place, my suggestion is to study their menu ahead of time and be prepared to order by item number (if you're order Dim Sum.) But trust me, whatever you order you will not be disappointed! read more

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Not really impressed. Had a cafeteria feel and the floors were really slippery. Everything just seemed cheap except for when the bill came. They were out of about 5 items on the dim sum menu. I was shocked when the bill came. Almost $200 and we ordered maybe 5 different plates of dim sum, a bowl of pho and 3 entrees. Everyone got waters. I was also surprised that they charged for the hot tea, all the other places I've been to offer it for free. They also took it upon themselves to write in the tip amount. read more

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Was unfortunately disappointed in the quality of food served during our recent visit. Mongolian Beef, fried rice, chicken lo mein to name a few. Won ton soup was ok but honestly can say, overall it wasn't near the quality we were used to in past. Sweet and sour chicken, salt and pepper chicken were the only safest bet of the evening. Service, mediocre. Disappointed. read more

I would give this place 3.5 star. I came during the holiday weekend with my family for dim sum. The restaurant has almost a cafeteria feel to it. It was packed when we got there at 11:20 or so. Usually a good sign or maybe there isn't much options in the area? I am not sure if they had any sort of system of taking names but it was a chaotic mess. We finally got seated around 11:45 am and the dim sum carts came around. We got a bunch of the usual items dumplings and fried items. Everything was okay, nothing really stuck out as amazing. We were surprised how the baked buns were sold out but noon, so did not have a chance to try that. Other items that were disappointing like the baby clams were really fishy and the spareribs was not fully cooked. I wanted to order beef chow foon but the noodles needs not delivered yet. The service is okay, but not the friendliest. It was busy so that could be the reason as well. Overall, I am undecided on this place. I do not think my dim sum craving has been satisfied. But I wonder during a less busy weekend would my experience be different. read more

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Mai Dragon continues to provide consistent menu and excellent delivery service. They have my favorite crispy beef and lo mein. For an easy family dinner, I order through their app, and the delivery drivers are always so polite and kind. They are a local favorite and I am always recommending to friends and neighbors! read more

This was our first visit to Mai Dragon for carryout dinner on Saturday, 5/1/21. It took 30 minutes to wait, but we ventured to Food Lion and Dollar Tree a few doors down. We ordered Sesame Chicken, Beef Chow Foon, and Crispy Eggplant. The entrees were reasonably priced between $11 to $13 and large. They were lightly seasoned, not too salty or too spicy. The only setback was the eggplant, which was not crispy. The chef mixed in some sweet sauce so it was mushy by the time we got home so we will remember next time to request the sauce on the side. Dim sum is available every day until 4 pm. We will be back next week to try them for Mother's Day. read more

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Incredibly rude and impatient server. We were novice dimsum customers who were excited to try this restaurant. We ordered two items and weren't impressed. The two items came out at room temperature/warm not hot and fresh in our opinion. We reviewed the menu to see if we would order off the regular menu but decided against it after the server was being impatient. The restaurant was fairly empty and we weren't there long but the server started snatching things off the table causing dripping off the snatched plates to go all over and on my personal items, placing the check with attitude and no longer spoke to us once we decided not to order anything more and wanted to pay our check. This was unnecessary and unacceptable. read more

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A decent dimsum place in Baltimore. We order a heck lot of food for two!!! Siomay, HK style beef rice noodle, bok choy , egg tarts , chicken feet, The service is quick, price is affordable for students, food tastes good! Will come back Sorry I couldn't find the pict read more

Hands down, the best Chinese restaurant closest to Columbia. Over the summer, my husband and I came here for lunch for the first time. Initially we had planned to go to Pho One O, but they were closed and I had been wanting to try this restaurant after reading good reviews. I'm a bit confused if patrons could order dim sum at Mai Dragon pre-covid. I should have asked while I was there. I assume they closed Mai Dim Sum and are serving the food at Mai Dragon. I wrote a separate review for my dim sum order on the Mai Dim Sum page. The staff are following social distancing guidelines very well. When we went over the summer, they took our temperature before seating us. My body temperature was slightly above average so they had me wait for it to lower before I was permitted in. The tables were 6 feet apart and all the staff were wearing masks. They also have labeled sanitary and unsanitary bowls used for carryout order pens to sign receipts. I am thoroughly impressed as I haven't seen any restaurants go the extra mile to make patrons feel this safe. I ordered dim sum and he ordered off the regular menu. That day my husband ordered fried spring rolls and lo mein. We were shocked at how large the lunch portions were. He couldn't finish it so took it home. I took a bite of his spring roll and thought it was just average. Service was super fast, but we also arrived when the restaurant first opened for the day. Fast forward to September 24. I called in to place a carryout order. I had a hankering for the Crispy Pork, but they said it's only available on the weekend. Say it isn't so! This foodie was devastated and heartbroken as I had my heart set on it. I decided to be somewhat healthy and ordered the Triple Delight which had beef, chicken, shrimp and mixed veggies. The flavor was delish and I liked the beef more so than the chicken and shrimp as it was very tender. I also ordered the Young Chow Fried Rice. I liked the pork as it was sweet. The shrimp was a bland and a few pieces were slightly overcooked. The rice was cooked perfectly. I would prefer it to be moist than fried too long and dry. I was amazed once again at the portion size. I made three whole meals out of my two entrees and the side of white rice. The first day for dinner I had the fried rice and Triple Delight. The next day, I had the leftover Triple Delight with the white rice for lunch. Then for dinner the second day, I had only the fried rice which was still a significant amount. I found my new favorite Chinese restaurant in the area. I guess it's a good thing it's 20 minutes away from me because I'd be coming here more often. Given how much I like it and the large portion size, my waistline would probably increase after the first month of dining here frequently. read more

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We never realize that this place offers good food! A hidden gem finally revealed! Let's try some dimsum, and if the staples dimsum menu tastes good that means everything there is good too! We ordered some must have dimsum menu, like steamed shrimps dumplings (har gaw), steamed meat dumplings (siu mai), steamed bbq pork buns, steamed chicken feet, and steamed cream buns don't forget the fried turnip cake. Turns out everything we ordered is delicious, all have different taste with perfect marinated meats that still juicy in every bites! The price are affordable, also each dimsum portion is perfectly crafted and served with generous fillings. This is important: the service was fast and responsive, all orders come in perfect temperature and ready to eat, we're in and out in 20 minutes. The restroom was clean and sanitized periodically, they also have curated diaper change table with a touch of soft blanket, very thoughtful!! We must come back and be their regular while we're around!! read more

A fun din sum place to check out on the weekends. Authentic Chinese food , very friendly servers

The Chinese food is amazing and the sushi is hands down the best in the area! Great customer service when you dine in as well read more

Mai Dragon - The Chinese food is amazing and the sushi is hands down the best in area!!! - Sushi Bars Near Me - Hanover, Maryland

I've eaten there twice, once for dim sum and once for sushi. Dim Sum I might try again, sushi is a hard skip. Took some friends for dim sum But was decently disappointed because there just seemed to be so much breaded versus more of the dumplings which I'm used to it however I spent a good time in South East Asia so I might have just been spoiled with more authentic less Americanized choices. Over all for the price next periods I would say it is worth a visit to try out their dim sum we were served pretty quickly and the food though it wasn't particularly highly flavorful or memorable it wasn't a negative experience. Also we brought our daughter held they were pretty chill about it despite her being the only toddler. Sometimes people are not super receptive to having a child especially at dim sum. Onto the sushi. So we ordered delivery for on base through the website. It arrived in about an hour with a no contact drop off. We got everything we ordered correctly. Unfortunately that's where the positivity ends. The portions for the fish given are so incredibly small and the equality over all did not seem to it all be worth the $75 we paid. I'm usually pretty loyal to sushi Q but didn't want to drive far and wanted to try a new place. The roles were small as well and generally the 2nd we looked at it we knew we weren't going to enjoy it anywhere close to what we are used to. read more

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Another visit was made, so you know that's a good sign right? And such a good fortune received!

Authentic Chinese food here, but you need to ask for the Chinese language menu! This secret menu contains more noodle combinations and seafood options. The servers were friendly and gave me plum sauce upon request. Roast duck on rice tasted delicious. The beef chow fun with Chinese broccoli had fresh, thick beef but lacked a bit on the seasoning. I found my new go to real Chinese restaurant until I find some place better. read more

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I always have a good experience at Mai Dim Sum. The service is fast and the food is always fresh. I would definitely recommend going early for dim sum to get there as soon as they open. It fills up really quickly and they might run out of popular items. The baked bbq pork buns, spare ribs and sui mei are my favorite. read more

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There's a meme that Chinese restaurants can lack all they want in decor, service, etc because they know the food is damn good. Pretty spot on for Mai Dragon and I am saying that as lovingly as I can. After discovering this business during the height of covid lockdown, I finally got a chance to give their dim sum experience a try in person. I got there pretty close to opening, and whaddya know, line out the door. We headed into the lobby, pulled our number, and then sat outside waiting for our turn. For a table of two, we only waited 15-20 minutes, which is pretty good compared to other places in Montgomery County/Nova. Not much to say about decor (see first sentence), but the service was great, with carts circling around often. I found a lot of people ordered directly through the waitresses instead of waiting for their rounds, which caused an already chaotic dining experience to be even more so. It's all part of the dim sum experience though, so this place is proving to be authentic through and through! Food is damn good (no matter what your usual go to is) and the shu mai is easily the best I've had. Pineapple buns were already sold out, so get there early! read more

Went on a Tuesday. Apparently, they let everyone off this day and they were very understaffed. One of the old men taking our ordered ripped our order out of my friends hand and the other guy kept coming to our table about 4 times to see what we ordered and never brought out our food. I think they were bringing food to the wrong tables to be honest because at one point one of the workers yelled out the servers name and pointed at a table. We were there about an hour and we missed like 3 of our orders. We got the last 2 because we talked to the receptionist and couldn't wait any longer for the last one so we decided to pay and take our leave. The real stars of the show is the receptionist guy (Benjamin) and the nice old lady! read more

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The service is fast. The ambience is typical Chinese restaurant but super clean. The food is at the center: absolutely delicious. Roasted eggplant was sweet, yet retaining its consistency and texture. The roasted pork had a perfect skin crispness. And the general dim sun is just fabulous read more

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We decided to take my sister out for dinner and when we arrived we had the whole place to ourselves. Needless to say, service was great and all of our food was hot and delicious. We tried the chow fun and the sliced pork, all perfect. We have tried Dim Sum here before, but this is the first time for the full menu. We recommend this restaurant, you'll enjoy the food!! read more

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The dim sum isn't necessarily the best, but it is a pretty good, and I think better than Asian Court in Ellicott City (though Asian Court's pineapple buns and egg tarts are superior). It is excellent to not have to go to Virginia or Montgomery county for good dim sum. They have carts coming around at a good pace, which is more than i can say about other places (at times with and without COVID). Service is not bad as well. I also noticed they get a lot of takeout orders for dim sum, so that must be pretty good as well. read more

I think this is one of better dim sum places in the area! I went to one in falls church that everyone always talks about but it honestly wasn't that great so I'm glad this one exceeded my expectations. The servers are attentive and the food came out quick. They have carts to roll around for the dim sum as well as the option to order things from the menu. I liked the shrimp balls and sesame balls but wasn't a fan of the chive & shrimp dumplings. The Singaporean noodles were good as well! read more

Not a bad spot for Chinese food, but not anything fantastic. The portions were big for lunch, and the flavors were good, but the quality of the chicken was not great. I wouldn't skip it if my coworkers wanted to visit again, but I wouldn't go out of my way to visit on my own. read more

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This was the place to go to for Asian closest to ft Meade. The food was always so so but it's conveniently close. A friend of mine said the dim sum was spot on Hong Kong style authentic. I have to take their word because it's not to my taste. They've changed their relationship to the military folks. Not sure what happened but no more military discounts. Weird. read more

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Food was amazing. Got the salt and pepper tofu and the string beans and they were amazing. Service was really good and everyone was really nice. Definitely coming back! read more

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We have been here multiple times for their dim sum on the weekends and a couple times for their regular menu items on the weekdays. Like everyone else says, the wait staff isn't very friendly or helpful but they have amazing dim sum and Chinese food. I do wish they worked on customer service a little bit because they can be quite rude and on busy days they definitely pick groups of 4 over 2 people (we waited over 30 mins but the group of 4 just entered the restaurant and were immediately seated so that's very frustrating). Food wise, I cannot recommend this place enough. We even tried the chicken feet and we actually enjoyed it! All their dim sum is delicious and all worth trying once. This is what we ordered: Noodles with roasted duck- good but lacked some flavor) Beef chow fun- delicious Black peppered short ribs that came with a bowl of rice- highly recommend Shrimp and egg over rice- highly recommend, added some chili oil for more flavor and some heat read more

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We came here strictly based off the photos in the reviews and the fact we were craving Chinese food. This is located in a shopping center off Annapolis Road with a ton of parking. We walked in and were immediately greeted and seated. Right when we sat down there was a cart of food. Apparently, it was Dim Sum a la cart style which I'm not a huge fan up but we stayed to not be rude. I don't care much for Dim Sum because it's limited to food that I don't always favor. We rolled with the punches and thought sure why not. As I suspected the options weren't any of my favorites and it wasn't as fresh as I hoped. It took awhile to get drinks (water) but our main waiter was very polite. Actually, all the servers bringing the carts around were nice. The reason I give it three stars is because: (1) Cold to lukewarm food (2) Limited options on the carts (3) Slowness of getting drinks Other than that the service was good and the price was reasonable. I wouldn't knock anyone from trying or coming back. It's simply just not for me. read more

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Recommended to try this place for some authentic Chinese. They have two menus. One for American Chinese and one for Cantonese style. Ordered 1/2 roast duck and it was on par with crispy skin. The noodle soup with roast duck was great. I got these to go and it would've been better eaten there. read more

Placed a to-go order. The men at the register were friendly and my food came straight from the kitchen; however, the crab Rangoon tasted old. This was the first time we have ordered from the restaurant based on the 4.2 star rating. Not sure if they had a buffet but if they do, I would have thought the picked the crab Rangoon off the buffet. It was tough and cold. The Mongolian beef was very fatty, we didn't even eat half of the order. The chicken fried rice was blah...we added a little soy sauce to give it some flavor. None of us finished our food and we all felt a bit ill after eating. Our search for a good Chinese restaurant continues. read more

***BEWARE OF NON DISCLOSED FEES*** Mai Dragon seems to have been hit hard by the pandemic. In the years before the Pandemic they were consistently good. During the pandemic, the food quality went from good to mediocre. Items would be missing from orders for delivery and the quantity and quality became very hit and miss. The wife and I decided to try them for dine in to give them a final opportunity to prove themselves to us. The food quality was decent but I saw some things of concern like a guy playing with his phone and then immediately culling fresh produce. Hopefully he didn't use his phone in the bathroom. This put a damper on dinner but glad we didn't have any of the pea pods he was sorting through. The night ended with being charged an non advertised credit card fee. I paid it but I won't be back. If you want authentic Chinese or dim sum, I would recommend Asian Court in Ellicott City. Honestly worth the drive. read more

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Superb. Best dim sum. Great tasting. Best service. Quality ingredients!!! Love the roast pork buns

This place is just really good and consistent, at least for Chinese food. Love the dim sum menu and the normal menu. The major green flag is how many of their customers are Asian. read more

We had dim sum and it was super good. My husband had chicken feet, which is his favorite and I had the shrimp dumplings. We would definitely go back when in the area. read more

Another great time at Mai Dragon! We didn't even order all the normal dishes but were full and paid a decent price with to included for 9 people! Lion Dance 2019. Good luck coming my way read more

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There aren't too many dim sum restaurants in the Baltimore area but Mai Dragon hits the spot. On a Sunday morning, the restaurant is popping with old-school dim sum carts being pushed around. Lots of families here, and service can be a little slow but that is all part of the dim sum experience. They did seem to run out of certain dishes so we were waiting for the turnip cakes and rice rolls, and never saw any shrimp or beef rice rolls that day. However, they had all of the other dim sum classics including steamed and baked BBQ pork buns (a little on the small side), sticky rice lotus leaf (lo mai gai), shrimp dumplings (har gow), taro root dumplings, congee and siu mai dumplings. For dessert, the sesame balls, egg tarts and pineapple buns were fantastic. They also had douhua (tofu pudding) which was a surprise to me! Communication can be challenging if you don't speak Mandarin. We had someone in our party who had allergies, and it would be probably bedifficult to communicate that in English. Would go back again! read more