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    Twin Dragon Mandarin Cuisine

    3.7 (242 reviews)
    ModerateChinese, Noodles
    Open 11:00 am - 9:00 pm
    Updated a few days ago

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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Sesame chicken lunch special to go $17.95+$3.75 upcharge to change from rice to chowmein
    Ursula O.

    On our way back from an appointment, my client and I stopped for some delicious food. She has been craving Twin Dragon Mandarin Cuisine and used to live close and walk over.. We pulled in at 11:15 and I walked in to place a to go order so we could take it to her home. I was greeted right away as I walked in and ordered my client and I the same thing. The lunch special Sesame chicken ($17.95) and instead of rice, I upgraded to chowmein ($3.75 upcharge). I was quoted 15 minutes and it was ready a few minutes sooner than that. I asked for some chili oil, soy sauce, and didn't know they put eggrolls and fried wonton in our lunch specials, but they put sweet & sour sauce in our bag to go with those! To go orders do not get to take the soup that normally comes with the lunch special. You need to dine in for that. Twin Dragon Mandarin Cuisine looked stunning on the inside. Their layout inside was tables and a few booths. The booths looked as if they could've been for a romantic setting. It was not too busy yet, thank goodness for me, since they had opened just shortly before arriving. When we got to my clients home in Rocklin, our chicken was still nice and hot, and honestly, we could've shared one lunch special with the amount of food there was. You get very big portions for the lunch special (we could've shared one and still had leftovers). I liked how they gave us sweet & sour sauce for the eggrolls. We ate out of the boxes and as good as the flavor was, the chicken was unfortunately very chewy. The eggrolls were nice and crunchy. The chowmein was ok. It had big thick noodles which aren't my favorite. Another downside - I can tell the chili oil that they gave me had been sitting there for a while. It tasted like the plastic container it was stored in. Almost had zero flavor and not spicy. Their customer service was great. DON'T FORGET TO TIP!! I look forward to trying other options on their menu. I may not go with chicken, though

    Hot & Sour Soup
    Beckie E.

    Ordered appetizer combo platter, hot and sour soup, and crispy duck for takeout on Christmas eve. Hot and sour soup was terrible. Most disturbing was the soup had peas and carrots in it, see photo, first ever! It was way too sweet and had no hot or sour flavor!! Our appetizer platter was missing a spring roll, chicken wrapped in foil was good, otherwise whole plate was meh. Crispy duck was tasty but no sauce or pancakes. We ordered here because Chang Bros has closed. I think we need to find a different place...

    Chicken Chow Mein, Pork Fried Rice Or Chow Mein, egg roll 1

    What a wonderful experience. Table for one and they gave me a nice booth. Ordered potstickers and the chicken chowmein lunch special.. big mistake. So much great food. I have leftovers for days? Service was 10/10.

    Honey Walnut Prawns
    Anny L.

    My party of 4 stopped in for lunch after hiking Lake Clementine and sat immediately! We ordered the sizzling rice soup (plenty of veggies and chicken throughout), honey walnut prawns (very juicy and plump!), garlic sauce bok choy, Szechuan beef, and chicken fried rice (lots of large chicken pieces). All the food came out quickly, tasted delicious, and portions were perfectly sized for our group to share. Service was quick and attentive. If you're in the area, this is a great shop to get your Mandarin cuisine fix!

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    Maria R.

    Great taste. Not the pan fried noodles i was hoping for. Egg flower soup was ok. We had the hong Kong special

    Beef Chow Fun with Black Bean Sauce

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    Been coming here for years. Super yummy! Beef chow fun and the sliced chicken in sechachawan sauce is our go tos. Yumm.

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    Everything we had there was delicious! I especially enjoyed the noodle dishes. I'll definitely be back.

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    Great take out. War wonton soup. Tried the special seafood dish. Think happy family a better value

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    Good selection on menu, many choices Ala care or dinner meals ... quick service and good food. Will come again

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    Horrible and super expensive the won ton soup had no taste whatsoever it taste like warm water don't waste your money on this place

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    November 27, 2025…read more OWNER HAPPY WOK 340 ELM AUBURN CALIFORNIA 95603 Dear Sir or Miss My previous of this has twenty nine total votes. Update any comments now one thousand three hundred seventy! I thinking Monday November 24, 2025 after Salvation Army assignment at nearby Save Mart! Assignment 11:00 am to 1:00 pm, your restaurant very walkable of Save Mart! Ordered lunch special of Spicey Curry Chicken. It had between ten pieces to twenty pieces the chicken, fried rice, orange peppers, green peppers, one egg roll, won ton skins! Soup choice, just as hometown Oakland, want to be authentic. I order hot and sour soup! Any can have egg flower soup, I decide on hot and sour soup! My only question there were two prices listed. One price say $15.02 with tax, the other price say $15.54 with tax. I gave two ten dollar bills with Letter Of Compliment, the cashier gave me five dollars back in change. I left two dollars for tip! Why two different prices? Other than that confusion, I will in future return! With apologies to former Governator, "I Will Be Back!" Yes, Arnold, yes Your Honor of former Governator, "I Will Be Back" a future visit to peaceful child friendly Auburn!

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