Jade Dragon — Restaurant in Charlotte

First of all, i never leave reviews. However this place warrants one. I must warn people to avoid this place. Second, Im not sure how this place has ANY 5 star reviews. Ive lived in New York and Chicago...Chinese food in Chicago was always hit or miss, but there were some good restaurants. New York goes without saying. Was going to hit Brooklyn Pizza (which being from Brooklyn, ill say is the best pizza ive had since i was a kid). We switched our minds because we hadnt had Chinese in a while and it actually smelled good from outside. BOY WAS THAT A MISTAKE! Let me start by saying, I always gauge whether a Chinese place is good by its Won-Ton soup. The soup at Jade Dragon is tasteless, and the won-tons are forgettable. We ordered some egg rolls and fried pork dumplings. Again very mediocre at best. Probably frozen. Then came the Beef Lo Mein and Sweet and Sour Chicken. (By the way, all of the food came out in like 3 minutes after we ordered...that means this stuff is sitting there and probably not made to order). These are two staples at any Chinese restaurant. If you cant get these right, you shouldnt be in business. Took one bite of "beef", had to spit it out. Took another bite, spit that out. Basically we ate the noodles and nothing else. Normally I would have sent it back but anything in its place, would have probably been just as bad. Im not really sure what kind of "beef" they are using but Ive never tasted anything as bad as this. I also couldnt see them wanting to take anything off the bill. The Sweet and Sour chicken was all white meat at least, however it was over cooked and dried out. I would not go back here or give them a second chance. Chinese food is not hard to make delicious...this place falls way short of the mark. How in the world are people giving this place 5 starts???? Either they have never had Chinese food worth eating or they have no taste buds! DO YOURSELF A FAVOR...

I found this little gem by accident. I was searching for somewhere to eat at the last minute on a Monday night and was super excited they were still open at almost 9pm. I ordered sesame chicken and house lo mein and by the time I got home, showered and got ready to eat, my food was still piping hot as if I had just received it. The sesame chicken was cooked just right and my house lo mein had an abundance of chicken, shrimp and veggies which of course made me super happy. Especially since most places give you maybe 4 shrimps lol. Needless to say everyone in the house was happy with how everything tasted. It looks like we may have found our new goto Chinese restaurant here...

B: update*

Food has gotten sooo much better! Service is incredible and pricing is amazing. I cam bring the family without feeling pain in my wallet!

I went in to have a quick bite I waited to get a table bc only 1 person was working outside of the kitchen. She was running back n forth between tables. She took my order n brought my food quickly. Instead of up charging me for fried rice I had to order a plate of fried rice. Overall, it was really tasty and rice was fluffy. 21 for a lunch special and an order of fried rice was more than I'd like to pay for a quick meal but I ate lunch and had enough left over for 1 kiddo to eat...