China Dragon — Restaurant in Town of Oyster Bay

For 10+ years I’ve been ordering take-out from here, it has always been my favorite. I primarily order Hunan chicken. My experience used to be excellent, I’d say 4.5+ stars. The food used to be very hot, good spice, great umami flavor from the brown sauce and fresh crisp veggies. The rice was very soft and complemented the dish. Now, it is extremely average. The taste is very one note, monochromatic. The quality has declined while the prices have increased (understandable with inflation). I even have given it 3-4 more attempts but same result. I am seeking a different restaurant now. The staff I wouldn’t say are outwardly rude but they’re not happy to see or speak with you regarding your business. They yell and talk quickly on the phone and throw the food at you when you pick it up. Always have to ask for chopsticks. They also charge me $1-2 to add a sprinkle of peanuts into my dish. Not sure if they changed owners, food vendors and/or chefs but this place isn’t good now. In a middle-upper class town full of successful people who like Chinese food I’m sure they’ll be replaced soon. Step it up China Dragon, I hope...

I've lived not even a quarter mile from here for the last 27 years. The food is good. That's not the problem. I've seen everyone that worked there over the years. And I'm just getting tired of service. Lady, I know you speak English. Seen you there for the last 25 years. You are not doing me a favor by serving me. I'm the customer and I'm paying. You can at least smile and say thank you. But you dont speak English, do you? You have a new female person there that I havent seen before as of 5/18/2023. Another unfriendly person. You all pretend that I and all customers are a burden. I see you all laughing and talking your language among each other. So you can be friendly among your own. But to your customers, you treat with disdain. Well, after 27 years of patronage, best wishes to you all. I will...

I eat Chinese food once a year or so, and am from out of town, figured New York Chinese food will be better than NC. I was craving all the yummy appetizers. Food is in fact delicious, but OMG! The grease. I feel like everything was deep fried, even the scallion pancake was oozing oil, even after blotting the pieces with paper towels I feel like I was just eating fried dough with a side of oil. The shrimp toast was so saturated in oil that the flavor was almost completely swallowed by the oil, and honestly was even oiler than the pancake. Egg roll is much better, like it was precooked and then reheated when ordered, which was fine since it was less oily that way. The best thing was the dumplings, which were perfect. I feel like I just drank a glass of hot grease…. Maybe I will make better...