Golden Dragon — Restaurant in Pennfield Charter Township

Awful experience, edible food, and a daft waitress was the theme of me and my wife's dinner here.

At first, the $10.25 price tag for the very little buffet offering seemed high, but we were optimistic and well, mostly hungry. We ordered our drinks and then set off on what we wanted to be deliciousness waiting to be chosen. I grabbed a bit of everything I could fit on my plate to see what I wanted to really eat like I always do. The first bite was pepper steak... meh, have had far better. But ok, what else? Well I have sautéed mushrooms, hey ok, not bad. Oh my drink arrives....OH MY GOD! What did they put in my root beer It was gross, like watered down or something. Couldn't drink it, whatev's, I'm hungry. Sesame chicken, great flavor, but what I ate was battered chicken without the chicken, and very exhausting to chew. Bourbon chicken, tender juicy meat, flavor ok, not bad. Garlic shrimp.... dear lord no, just no. Crab Rangoon, not bad if you like deep fried cream cheese puffs, not really sure whose idea it was to call those Crab Rangoon. Chicken fried rice, what the hell, am I eating microwavable Chinese fried rice? Awful and very dry. So for me my choice was sautéed mushroom's, bourbon chicken and what I think was watered down root beer. Disappointing wasn't the feeling, I left there feeling depressed. And my wife, as if I haven't said enough, she doubles this, plus she made me laugh when she compared their pork something or another noodles to Nissan chow mein 5 minute microwavable noodles in a box!

Then to cap it off, our waitress decides to question my depressed look and ask why I didn't eat the rest of the very little food I chose not to eat and ask why (which in itself was interesting, considering it was a buffet). Well I spoke of my feelings in general, I didn't like it, and she wants to further this by asking why with a bit a smugness to it. I tried to explain my thoughts of the foods lackluster taste. I chose to iterate my thoughts I gave you above about the crab Rangoon. She wasn't satisfied with my dissatisfaction and felt she had to educate me on how this place cooks food that's just well, different. And she explained this by informing us that she eats at the Chinese restaurant across town! And to further bake into my mind the difference of their food, she told me how salads are fattening and not the dressings like bleu cheese. Which that was a conversation she shared with the owner at some point or something......I, I can't touch that, and I didn't, but...speechless.

Final...

Went there with family on a Saturday....

THE GOOD: We had a waitress that was in her first day there. She was very sweet and friendly and just the right amount of attentiveness. She did a good job. Also, the other lady who was there (possibly the owner, but can't confirm) was very nice as well.

THE BAD: As many of you have said in other reviews, the taste was pretty "bland." Also, I ordered lo mein noodles with my dish and while I can't 100% confirm this, all of the people in my party said that it looked VERY MUCH like Ramen noodles (in fact, one of the "blocks" wasn't even separated). Whatever it was, it wasn't the lo mein I have gotten in other places ... not even close.

Other members of my party also weren't happy with the food ... either the taste or the general presentation. Also, the menu was incorrect which is just a small thing, but, still ... was not correct.

As for the ambiance ... well, there were two flies buzzing around us for most of the meal and there were no lights on in the area we were seated in. I didn't get to the restrooms or anything, so can't really say how those were.

I have eaten at other Chinese places both around this area and in other parts of the US and, food wise, this was the worst one so far. Again, the staff was friendly and I wish the new waitress well, but there are other options in this area which are...

I have had take-away from here twice. The first time was fair, I had hot and sour soup (which was luke warm. I had just moved into a new place and didn't have a microwave, so that was a bummer) and pork lo mein. Both were good. The second time I got the Dinner for Two for me and my husband. It come with rangoons which were laughable. There was about half a teaspoon of the cream cheese/crab, folded into the dough. They was nothing to them. They actually looked like tortilla chips. I though at first they didn't give us any until my husband pointed out these fried squares were the rangoons. The egg rolls were SO greasy. You could taste more of the fryer oil than anything else. They would be tasty if the taste of oil wasn't so overpowering. There was also supposed to be sweet and sour pork for two: we got 7 pieces total. They were disgusting. They were rubbery and nothing but with grizzle. Neither my husband or I could eat any of them. The fried rice was drenched in soy sauce and had raw, hard peas in it. We were both pretty...