Dragon Wok — Restaurant in Albuquerque

We've been getting takeout from Dragon Wok for 5+ years now. I'm pretty surprised to read some of the negative reviews because we've never had any problems in all those years. I think the issue is that people are confused about what kind of restaurant this is? It's a typical small, almost hole-in-the-wall, American-style Chinese restaurant with all the standard dishes you'd expect.

This restaurant is not for super authentic ethnic cuisine or clever fusion takes on old favorites; we're talking a CHINESE TAKEOUT restaurant here. The kind you grew up with in the 80s and 90s, getting on the way home on soccer practice or to celebrate a good report card. You never eat there, and you never stray too far from your favorites. But it's clean, has friendly service, competitive prices, and is in a convenient part of town.

Over the years we've ordered the super standards (generals/orange/sesame/sweet and sour chickens, beef and broccoli, curries, etc) and gotten exactly what you'd expect. Salty, sweet, hot, tasty, crunchy comfort takeout goodness. I also like the garlic dishes and stringbean dishes, either with chicken or beef. The fried rice is actually a little lighter than I've seen in the past, and generous with meat if you order that variety. The egg rolls are completely average, which is to say EXACTLY what you should expect for a place like this: oily but not too oily, crispy, and little heavy on the dough and cabbage. But, that's pretty much every cheap eggroll I've ever had.

And to be honest, I'm probably selling the place short. There are a lot of things on the menu that I haven't tried. But when it's my Friday off and I've cued up a a bunch of episodes of something I've been waiting to watch, you can't beat a cold drink and one of the lunch specials.

I posted some pics from out latest takeout: Generals chicken, garlic chicken, and curry beef. All tasty and exactly what...

Dragon Wok on Academy Rd is pretty much your quintessential Chinese carry-out restaurant. I love me some good Chinese, and living in Albuquerque does not provide a great deal of options. The majority of Chinese restaurants in town are mediocre and only offer the basic delicacies that most Americans are best familiar with. Although the basics are also offered at Dragon Wok, it also offers a bit more. The menu is abnormally large and features a wide variety of options that allow patrons to be somewhat more adventurous. While the restaurant does have a few tables available for dinning service. Dragon Wok is really rather intended to be a carry-out type of joint. Yesterday, I placed a call in order during the late evening after getting out of work. Rather than being adventurous with their substantial menu. I ultimately settled on the sweet and sour chicken along with a small order of the chicken fried rice (in addition to the included white rice). I was told that my order would take fifteen minutes to prepare. When I arrived, it still had yet to be ready. This was a one off however. As all my previous order(s) have always been waiting for me near the register when I've walked in. So I will for forgiving this time around. Once I paid and handed my delivery bag, I went home to enjoy. What's best about Dragon Wok are their portions. The chicken was enough for two servings, as was the case for both the white and fried rice. Not to mention that they're more than generous with the amount of sweet and sour sauce they provide you with on the side. The quality of the food is also consistently savory, authentic, and delicious. For an economically challenged young person looking to make food stretch. I can always count on Dragon Wok to provide me with at least two nights worth of...

Dragon Wok is in the Sycamore Plaza off Academy Road in between bárre3 and SuperCuts in the small business area across from PetsMart.

There was no greeting at Dragon Wok when I walked in. A young child, who I would estimate was around 10-12 years old and hanging out in the lobby, eventually took my order and worked the register. There were three adults working in the back of restaurant; Im not sure why a young child was working the counter.

The $9.99 lunch special came with the entree, a choice of soup, an egg roll, and a fortune cookie. My soup selection, the egg drop, was quite thick and served in a to-go container with wontons on the side. I didn’t enjoy it, nor did I eat it after two or three spoonfuls. The egg roll had an odd taste, and I didn’t enjoy that either.

The orange chicken entree was served in a to go container. After dropping off the food without a word, I never saw another employee again. I believe the “fried rice” was actually just brown rice with a few veggies mixed in. Like the egg drop soup and egg roll, it was not enjoyable. The orange chicken didn’t have an appealing taste, and the chicken was overcooked so it was somewhat dry and tough. My plastic fork couldn’t spear some of the pieces because of the toughness, so I had to use my fork like a spoon. I ended up tossing most of the meal in the lobby trash. As I left, I was also ignored.

Given the poor customer service, no greeting or ordering from an adult, the unappetizing/poor tasting food, toughness of the meat, and to-go containers for dine in, I would never spend money at this establishment again. 1 star...