Golden Dragon

Appetizers

Appetizer Platter

Wonton, shrimp, egg roll, ribs, paper-wrapped chicken
$15.50
Crab Cheese (6)

Crab with cream cheese
$9.25
Fried Shrimp

Deep fried shrimp
$15.95
Fried Wonton (12)

Minced beef and ginger
$7.75
Egg Rolls

Minced beef and chicken, cabbage, and celery
$4.95
BBQ Ribs

Short pork ribs with BBQ sauce
$11.95
Dumplings (8) Steamed or Fried

Minced beef with napa cabbage
$9.75
Paper Wrapped Chicken

Minced chicken with seasoning
$6.50
Lettuce Cup (4)

Minced chicken and vegetables in soothing lettuce cup
$9.50
Chicken Salad

Friend breast chicken, green salad, sweet ginger vinegar dressing
$9.75
Special Egg Rolls

Egg skin, mushroom, shrimp, pork, vegetables
$11.95

Soup

Sizzling Rice Soup

Shrimp, pork, chicken, vegetable, and crispy rice
$9.00
Wor Wonton Soup

Shrimp, pork, chicken, vegetable, and wontons
$9.00
Hot and Sour Soup

Shrimp, pork, tofu, egg, mushroom, and vegetable
$9.00
Egg Flower Soup

Egg, chestnut, peas, and mushrooms
$7.95
Wonton Soup

Wonton and chicken broth
$7.95
Vegetable Bean Curd

Bean curd, snow pea, black mushroom, cabbage, carrot
$7.95
Sizzling Rice Vegetable Soup

Vegetable and crispy rice
$7.95

Seafood

Kong Pao Shrimp

Fried shrimp with garlic chili sweet sauce
$15.95
Aromatic Shrimp

Fried shrimp, broccoli, garlic chili aromatic sweet sauce
$16.95
Asparagus Shrimp

Sautee shrimp, fresh asparagus, garlic white sauce
$16.95
Sweet and Sour Shrimp

Fried shrimp, pineapple, tomato, green pepper, onion, sweet sauce
$15.95
Crystal Shrimp

Sautee shrimp, water chestnut and extra garlic white sauce
$15.95
Snow Peas Shrimp

Shrimp, snow peas, slice white onion, and garlic white sauce
$15.95
Five Lucky Shrimp

Fried shrimp, shredded vegetable and garlic white sauce
$15.95
Szechwan Shrimp

Sauteed shrimp, shred vegetable, garlic chili white sauce
$15.95
Curry Shrimp

Sauteed shrimp, fresh Chinese vegetable, and garlic white sauce
$15.95
Shrimp Vegetable Deluxe

Sauteed shrimp, fresh Chinese vegetable, and garlic white sauce
$15.95
Shrimp Bean Sauce

Sauteed shrimp, green pepper, white onion, garlic and black bean sauce
$15.95
Mandarin Hot Shrimp

Sauteed shrimp, green pepper, white onion, garlic and black bean sauce
$16.95
Moo Shu Shrimp (4)

Shrimp, eggs, onions, carrots, bean sprout, pancakes
$15.95
Walnut Shrimp

Crispy shrimp, glazed walnut, broccoli, honey sweet sauce
$16.95
Orange Peel Shrimp

Fried shrimp, garlic chili sweet orange sauce
$16.95
Sesame Shrimp

Fried shrimp, garlic sweet pungent sauce
$16.95
Happy Family

Shrimp, fish, scallop, chicken, pork, vegetable, garlic brown sauce
$16.95
Shrimp Cashew

Shrimp, green pepper, onion, cashew, garlic white sauce
$15.95
Broccoli Scallops

Sauteed scallops, broccoli, garlic white sauce
$18.95
Hot and Spicy Scallops

Sauteed scallops, string vegetables, garlic chili white sauce
$18.95
Golden Scallops

Fried scallops, string vegetable, garlic white sauce
$18.95
Seafood Connection

Sauteed string vegetable and scallops, snow peas, garlic white sauce
$18.95
Fish with Bean Sauce

Sauteed white fish, green pepper, onion, garlic black bean sauce
$15.75
Mandarin Fish

Sauteed white fish, green peas, garlic chili sweet BBQ sauce
$15.75
Vegetable Fish

Sauteed white fish, assorted vegetables, garlic white sauce
$15.75

Beef

Snow Peas Beef

Sauteed beef, fresh snow peas, onion, garlic brown sauce
$13.50
Mongolian Beef

Sauteed beef, fresh green onion, brown sauce
$13.50
Tomato Beef

Sauteed beef, green pepper, tomato, onion, garlic sweet sauce
$12.75
Sweet Sour Beef

Bried beef, green pepper, tomato, onion, pineapple, sweet sauce
$12.75
Kong Pao Beef

Fried beef, garlic chili sweet sauce
$12.75
Peking Beef

Sauteed beef, onion, mushroom, peanuts, garlic brown sauce
$12.75
Oyster Sauce Beef

Sauteed beef, slice bamboo, mushroom, chestnut, garlic oyster sauce
$12.75
Curry Beef

Sauteed beef, green pepper, onion, carrots, garlic light curry sauce
$12.75
Moo Shu Beef

Sauteed beef, egg, onion, bean sprout, carrots, wrapped in pancake
$12.75
Szechuan Beef

Sauteed beef, sliced vegetable, garlic chili brown sauce
$12.75
Bell Pepper Steak

Sauteed beef, green pepper, onion, garlic brown sauce
$12.75
Ginger Beef

Sauteed beef, onion, garlic ginger brown sauce
$12.75
Mandarin Hot Beef

Sauteed beef, green peas, garlic chili sweet BBQ sauce
$13.95
Broccoli Beef

Sauteed beef, fresh broccoli, garlic brown sauce
$12.75
Orange Peel Beef

Fried beef, garlic chili sweet orange sauce
$12.75
Mushroom Beef

Sauteed beef, black mushroom, bamboo, garlic brown sauce
$12.75
Flower Beef

Marinated steak, pan fried with garlic, ground pepper and brown sauce
$15.95
String Bean Beef

Sauteed beef, fresh string bean with garlic brown sauce
$12.75
Asparagus Beef

Sauteed beef, fresh asparagus with garlic brown sauce (seasonal)
$14.50

Chicken

Asparagus Chicken

Sauteed white chicken, fresh asparagus, garlic white sauce
$14.25
String Bean Chicken

Sauteed white chicken, fresh string bean, garlic brown sauce
$12.25
Walnut Chicken

Crispy white chicken, glazed walnuts, broccoli, honey sweet sauce
$14.25
Kong Pao Chicken

Sauteed chicken, green pepper, celery, bamboo, peanut, garlic chili brown sauce
$12.25
B and W Chicken

Sauteed chicken, black and white mushroom, vegetable, garlic brown sauce
$12.25
Curry Chicken

Sauteed chicken, green pepper, onion, carrots, garlic mild curry sauce
$12.25
Garlic Chicken

Sauteed chicken, water chestnuts, extra garlic brown sauce
$12.25
Sweet and Sour Chicken

Red pepper chicken
$12.25
Red Pepper Chicken

Fried chicken, zucchini, mushroom, bamboo, garlic chili brown sauce
$12.25
Almond Chicken

Sauteed chicken, green pepper, celery, bamboo, almond, garlic brown sauce
$12.25
Cashew Chicken

Sauteed chicken, green pepper, celery, bamboo, cashew nut, garlic brown sauce
$12.25
Snow Pea Chicken

Sauteed chicken, fresh snow peas, onion, garlic brown sauce
$12.95
Chicken Deluxe

Sauteed chicken, Chinese vegetable, garlic brown sauce
$12.25
Lemony Chicken

Fried brest chicken on a bed of lettuce, sweet lemon sauce
$12.25
Szechuan Chicken

Sauteed chicken, string vegetables, garlic chili brown sauce
$12.25
Orange Peel Chicken

Fried chicken, garlic chili sweet orange sauce
$12.25
Chinese Kentucky Delight

Fried chicken wings and legs, garlic chili sweet sauce
$12.95
White Mushroom Chicken

Sauteed white chicken, mushroom, snow peas, carrots, garlic white sauce
$12.95

Pork

Sweet and Sour Pork

Fried pork, green pepper, pineapple, tomato, onion, sweet sour sauce
$11.95
Mushroom Pork

Sauteed pork, black mushroom, bamboo, garlic brown sauce
$11.95
Pork and Vegetable

Sauteed pork, assorted vegetables, garlic brown sauce
$11.95
Snow Peas Pork

Sauteed pork, fresh snow peas, onion, garlic brown sauce
$11.95
Moo Shu Pork (4)

Sauteed pork, egg, onion, carrots, bean sprouts, wrapped in pancake
$12.95
Szechuan Pork

Sauteed pork, string vegetable, garlic chili brown sauce
$11.95
String Bean Pork

Minced pork, sauteed with fresh string beans
$11.95
Sweet & Sour Ribs
$12.25
Mandarin Hot Ribs
$12.25

Vegetables

Vegetable Deluxe

Sauteed variety of vegetables with garlic white sauce
$11.50
Snow Peas and Black Mushroom

Sauteed snow peas, black mushroom, onion, garlic white sauce
$13.25
Snow Peas Chestnuts

Sauteed snow peas, water chestnut, onion, garlic white sauce
$13.25
Broccoli Black Mushroom

Sauteed broccoli, black mushroom, garlic brown sauce
$11.50
Broccoli Chestnuts

Sauteed broccoli, water chestnuts, garlic white sauce
$11.50
Garlic Broccoli Spinach

Sauteed broccoli, spinach, garlic white sauce
$11.50
Snow Peas, Chestnut, Spinach

Sauteed snow peas, chestnuts, spinache, garlic white sauce
$13.25
Sauteed Snow Peas

Sauteed with garlic white sauce
$15.50
Sauteed Bean Sprout

Sauteed bean sprout with garlic white sauce
$11.00
Oyster Sauce Broccoli

Sauteed broccoli with garlic oyster brown sauce
$11.00
Asparagus Sautee

Sauteed asparagus with garlic white sauce
$15.95
Asparagus Black Mushroom

Sauteed asparagus, black mushroom with garlic brown sauce
$13.75
Sauteed Spinach

Sauteed spinach with garlic white sauce
$11.50
Moo Shu Vegetable with Egg
$11.95
Moo Shu Vegetable No Egg
$10.95
Kimchee
$4.50

Noodles

Chicken Chu Mein

Chicken, soft noodle, bean sprout, onion, carrot
$8.95
Pork Chu Mein

Pork, soft noodle, bean sprout, onion, carrot
$8.95
Shrimp Chu Mein

Shrimp, soft noodle, bean sprout, onion, carrot
$10.25
Vegetable Chu Mein

Vegetable, soft noodle, bean sprout, onion
$8.95
Beef Chu Mein

Beef, soft noodle, bean sprout, onion, carrot
$8.95
House Chu Mein

Shrimp and pork, vegetable, soft noodle
$11.75
Seafood Hong Kong Noodle

Crispy pan fried thin noodle, scallops, shrimp, white fish, vegetable, garlic brown sauce
$16.50
Chicken Hong Kong Noodle

White chicken, vegetable, garlic brown sauce
$14.50

Bean Curd - Tofu

Hot Bean Curd

Sauteed tofu, minced beef, mushroom, green peas, garlic chili brown sauce
$10.95
Mushroom Bean Curd
$10.95
Family Bean Curd

Fried tofu, pork, mushroom, chestnut, squash, garlic chili brown sauce
$10.95
Stewed Bean Curd

Fried tofu, chestnut, green peas, garlic white sauce
$10.95
Sweet & Sour Tofu

Fried tofu, vegetables, sweet & sour sauce
$10.50
Orange Peel Tofu

Fried tofu, orange peel, sweet & sour sauce
$10.95

Foo Young

Egg Foo Yung

Egg, bean sprout, onion, carrot, with brown gravy
$8.75
Chicken Foo Yung

Chicken, egg, bean sprout, onion, carrot, with brown gravy
$9.25
Pork Foo Yung

Pork, egg, bean sprout, onion, carrot, with brown gravy
$9.25
Beef Foo Yung

Beef, egg, bean sprout, onion, carrot, with brown gravy
$9.25
Shrimp Foo Yung

Shrimp, egg, bean sprout, onion, carrot, with brown gravy
$10.50

Rice

Vegetable Fried Rice

Egg, peas, carrots, green onion, and bean sprouts
$8.25
Chicken Fried Rice

Chicken, egg, peas, carrots, green onion
$8.65
Beef Fried Rice

Beef, egg, peas, carrots, green onion
$8.65
Pork Fried Rice

Pork, egg, peas, carrots, green onion
$8.65
Shrimp Fried Rice

Shrimp, egg, peas, carrots, green onion
$9.25
House Fried Rice

Shrimp, pork, mushroom, peas, carrots, green onion
$9.75
Steam Rice

White steamed rice (per person)
$1.50

Imperial Dinner

For Two Persons

Hot & sour spiced soup, egg rolls & fried shrimp, szechuan shrimp, snow peas w/ water chestnut cashew chicken
For Three Persons

Hot & sour spiced soup, egg rolls & fried shrimp, szechuan shrimp, beef vegetable deluxe, cashew chicken, snow peas w/ water chestnut cashew chicken
For Four Persons

Hot & sour spiced soup, egg rolls & fried shrimp, szechuan shrimp, beef vegetable deluxe, cashew chicken, snow peas w/ water chestnut cashew chicken, moo shu shrimp
For Five Persons

Hot & sour spiced soup, egg rolls & fried shrimp, szechuan shrimp, beef vegetable deluxe, cashew chicken, snow peas w/ water chestnut cashew chicken, moo shu shrimp, flower beef
For Six Persons

Hot & sour spiced soup, egg rolls & fried shrimp, szechuan shrimp, beef vegetable deluxe, cashew chicken, snow peas w/ water chestnut cashew chicken, moo shu shrimp, black mushroom with pork

Desserts

Mango Sorbet on Mango Shell
$6.50
Creamy Mocha Almond Fudge Mud Pie
$6.95
Green Tea Ice Cream
$5.25
Chilled Lychees
$7.95
Mochi Ice Cream (3)
$6.75

Dina S.

★★★★★

Feb 21, 2025

The best Chinese I've had in Orange County. I order Pan fried (Hong Kong style) noodles with seafood every time. And they definitely have thee best honey walnut shrimp! The food and service are consistently excellent. I most often get my food to go and it's still piping hot because they pack it up well.

Ryan B.

★☆☆☆☆

Feb 17, 2025

My 10 and 12 year old daughters were up to 2 am throwing up. Both had different styles of chicken options. From reading the other reviews it looks like they undercooked the food again. We will never go back

Deena B.

★★★★☆

Jan 11, 2025

Well I finally got a chance to experience the famous Golden Dragon in Costa Mesa that has been there well over 30 years. My friend that I've worked with now for about 4 years has been wanting to take me there and we finally were able to dine there last night. We were greeted very welcomingly upon arrival and were seated immediately. I allowed my friend to order her favs and I included the bbq spare ribs because those are one of my husband and my favorite Chinese dishes; and if I didn't mention it Chinese is one of our favorite cuisines and I'm a little partial to Cantonese style Chinese. Nonetheless; we also ordered snow peas and shrimp (I love Chinese snow peas), Walnut Shrimp, the house fried rice and pork moo shu with plum sauce which was a first time try for me! They already had me at the final preparation of the moo shu at the table (I love a presentation) but I did like the onion, pork, egg, carrots and bean sprout mixture wrapped in a pancake crepe topped with plum sauce; very tasty! All the dishes were good but I will say that some of the pieces of the ribs were a little dry and not as tender as most but the sauce made up for it. I'll have to give that another try! We also ordered a couple of rounds of 7 and 7 cocktails and they were made very well and were a good compliment to the night. Other notes about my experience last night was that parking was easy and accessible, service was very attentive and it's not too often that a matriarch of the business is still visibly attentive to the business and all of the guests; yes she came around to greet everyone and she was kind enough to take a picture with me. I ordered a pepper steak to take to my husband to try with the rest of the leftovers and to say the least he and I will be returning to try some of our favorite Chinese dishes. After he ate the leftovers we agreed that it's better than our number 1 spot in Corona but the verdict is still out on our all time favorite spot from 40 yrs ago; the original Tin Sing Restaurant in Gardena that is no longer open but I did find a lot of similarities in the ambiance and overall quality of Chinese Dining! It's a blessing that this restaurant is still open and I would highly recommend it if you are looking for a good family Chinese restaurant/dining experience!

Brian W.

★★★★★

Feb 1, 2025

Absolutely the best in all of the world. Sorry China we beat you again. Also hate to rub it in our food is inspected and trusted.

Röbsōñ B.

★★★★★

Aug 17, 2024

Friendliest service I've ever had.Host, an elderly lady welcomed us and took my wife by the hand to our table.Food was delicious and the serving is pretty huge.Highly recommended if you want a family experience from a restaurant that's been family owned for 30 years or so.Enjoy

Bruce S.

★★★★★

Nov 8, 2024

Amazing dishes, service and fair price. Loved it! Super helpful waiters. Great pours.

Erin H.

★★★★★

Nov 1, 2023

If your sick of panda express and want authentic Chinese food from a family owned restaurant, here you go. Ive been going to this place for years and every time it's the food highlight of my day. The hour and sour soup is what I usually get, it's think and savory filled to the brim with top tiergredients. The wonton soup is also amazing, the flavors are rich and the wontons are cooked to perfection.The orange peel chicken is usually a table order, a must have.I used to not be a fan of crab rangoons, but this has converted me. The filling is creamy without an cream cheese flavor, the skin is crispy and golden brown.All of their food is served to the table piping hot, this restaurant is cozy and warm. Please pay a visit to the Golden Dragon in Costa Mesa.

Christina G.

★★★★★

Dec 4, 2023

I don't even know where to start. The mama of this place is so kind! So sweet! So effectionate, and she makes sure you get great service. I saw her greet ALL her costumers.The dining room is huge! And there is a bar off to the side with ample bar top seating n more tables. All the staff are in black n white with aprons. The food, drinks, and clean moves fast! Meaning your drinks and food come out fast. And the staff won't allow a dirty dish. It's nice! Not having to shove dishes to the end of the table to drop a hint that you want it removed.Now as for the food. Double dang! So good! So good! So good! (Sweet Caroline line song). We ordered the orange peel shrimp, and king Pao Beef, along with the fried pot stickers. The pot stickers were large in size and it came with 8.The Orange Peel Chicken I would say serves 3-4 people.Kung Pao Beef same serving size as the shrimp. Would feed 3-4 and it doesn't have the spicy kick one would be expecting. But all very good!Go and enjoy and prepare to come home with leftovers!

Alayna V.

★★☆☆☆

Aug 4, 2024

The restaurant is decorated very nicely and it seems they have some regulars who frequent the restaurant, but unfortunately I will not be one of them. My partner ordered the broccoli beef and I ordered the chicken chu mein. We both got the dinner combos which comes with wontons, wonton soup, an eggroll, and rice. I'm not sure how to explain this, but all of the aforementioned items tasted stale and dirty. The meat in our dinners were undercooked and uncomfortably soft so we sent it back. The servers were really nice about it and we are grateful for that. I will say that the noodles were great and maybe we just came on a bad day.

H R.

★★★☆☆

Nov 30, 2024

BADSweet and sour chicken undercooked as in raw!$10.00 fee for white rice to an already large meal order purchase.We didn't even need the extreme amount of rice they brought out. IDEAMaybe under serve white rice to cut your costs versus the first Chinese restaurant ever to charge for standard portion of white rice. GOODHowever to give good credit all the other meals were good . Almond chicken, chicken fried noodles, wor wonton soup

Golden Dragon

Menu

Appetizers

Appetizer Platter

Crab Cheese (6)

Fried Shrimp

Fried Wonton (12)

Egg Rolls

BBQ Ribs

Dumplings (8) Steamed or Fried

Paper Wrapped Chicken

Lettuce Cup (4)

Chicken Salad

Special Egg Rolls

Soup

Sizzling Rice Soup

Wor Wonton Soup

Hot and Sour Soup

Egg Flower Soup

Wonton Soup

Vegetable Bean Curd

Sizzling Rice Vegetable Soup

Seafood

Kong Pao Shrimp

Aromatic Shrimp

Asparagus Shrimp

Sweet and Sour Shrimp

Crystal Shrimp

Snow Peas Shrimp

Five Lucky Shrimp

Szechwan Shrimp

Curry Shrimp

Shrimp Vegetable Deluxe

Shrimp Bean Sauce

Mandarin Hot Shrimp

Moo Shu Shrimp (4)

Walnut Shrimp

Orange Peel Shrimp

Sesame Shrimp

Happy Family

Shrimp Cashew

Broccoli Scallops

Hot and Spicy Scallops

Golden Scallops

Seafood Connection

Fish with Bean Sauce

Mandarin Fish

Vegetable Fish

Beef

Snow Peas Beef

Mongolian Beef

Tomato Beef

Sweet Sour Beef

Kong Pao Beef

Peking Beef

Oyster Sauce Beef

Curry Beef

Moo Shu Beef

Szechuan Beef

Bell Pepper Steak

Ginger Beef

Mandarin Hot Beef

Broccoli Beef

Orange Peel Beef

Mushroom Beef

Flower Beef

String Bean Beef

Asparagus Beef

Chicken

Asparagus Chicken

String Bean Chicken

Walnut Chicken

Kong Pao Chicken

B and W Chicken

Curry Chicken

Garlic Chicken

Sweet and Sour Chicken

Red Pepper Chicken

Almond Chicken

Cashew Chicken