Golden Dragon Restaurant

I've been coming to this place since I was a kid in the 90s. Honestly, Panda Express down the street tastes better. The saving grace to this place now is the friendly service! Our host/waitress was so nice! I don't think there was any actual Chinese food on the buffet though.

We just had annual reviews at work, and HR likes to remind everyone that 3 stars is good, that you did everything as expected and performed your job as required. My last employer had the same theory while another one did not believe in a 5 star employee at all.So I hope Golden Dragon does not mind my 3 stars. It was ok, met expectations, and performed it's job. But really thats about it.We had not tried this place since moving to Joplin and want to give everywhere a try over time. First the location inside and out could use some dressing up, it was rather plain and missing the effort at better decor most restaurants strive for. Ambiance can go far in helping you qualify expectations.This is mostly a buffet joint but they do have a menu too. We tried the buffet. The soups were ok, better than others we've had in town and good marks for the crab lagoon and the many vegetable options. Where I was disappointed was in both the limited nature of the buffet and I felt most dishes were rather plain, many tasting too similar. Also some dishes like egg foo young were just made wrong, they were more like scones with no egg taste or visibility and most places that make them include some sprouts. These were just doughy fried bread like balls.Last, the owner (I think she was the owner) needs to learn some customer service skills. She was berating her employees over how they processed an order and went on and on tearing them down out at the front counter. Take it in the back please, thats a really turn off.I don't think I'll come back in here for a long time but if I hear they step up their game I'll consider it. There are plenty of other, better options in town.

I don't know why everyone is hating on this place. It's been open for years for a reason. The egg foo young is FIRE! I love this place! Been eating here since the 90s when they had one in Miami.

Great food I would give it five stars but the crab Rangoon was greasy and I had to wait 10 miners to get a refill on my tea but the seaseme chicken is amazing and the beef and Brocholli is the best . I would recommend this to my friends . So as a food critic who travels and Critics food and posts reviews on here this place isn't bad

Outstanding! Best Spring Rolls in the FourStates! The staff is top notch and the Generals Chicken is to die for. Love this place. I try to eat there at least once a week.

The food was nasty. We spent $50 on stuff we didn't eat. Not even a whole plate for me, my two kids, and my mom. They didn't seem to care and we left hungry. Food is cold and our water tasted like cleaner so much so I didn't even let my kids drink it.

To start with once i walked into the restaurant i was instantly shocked on how sticky the floor was and how off the place smelled. When i got seated at my table the booth was broken and the waitress had a weird nervous laugh going on and couldn't keep eye contact. After i ordered My Coke and got my food i was excited to dig in but once i put my fork in my mouth it didn't taste right. The broccoli smelled and tasted weird and the chicken was disgusting it was both cold, old, and soggy and i wouldn't try the beef to get away from there nasty food because it doesn't even taste like beef nor me or my group could figure out what it was. When we went to check out after being there for no more than 10 minutes the lady asked how everything was and we stated that it was nasty and we didn't have a good time and she blow our statements off like they didn't really matter and didn't offer us a refund or a discount and there was no compensation. Unless you want to waist you money, kill your digestive system, and make you second guess what you just put in your mouth I recommend staying away from this shit hole.

Awful food. Nothing is cooked correctly. All the food was watered down and bland. Nothing like any Chinese food I had before. Definitely would not recommend. Only good thing is the waitress was excellent. Stay away.

The ONLY reason I gave this place 1 star, is because I couldn't get a 1/2 star to register. We stopped in yesterday at 5:20 PM. There were a few other people eating at the time. Buffet was TERRIBLE, everything looked as if it were left over from lunch. The food was cold, sauces were watered down and bland, and very little food in the pans. Our waitress, who happened to be pregnant, was excellent but she was the only positive part of our visit. I'm not sure how this place stays open.

Food was cold and had been sitting. Flavorless and slimy. Server, who we later learned was also the manager on duty, was rude and dismissive; he didn't check in on us, just walked past muttering "everything all good here," without stopping or making eye contact. Sad we decided to give them a chance. When we called to complain, he just completely blew us off. "Come back when there are more customers, that's just the restaurant business, we don't issue refunds and that's just our policy." No apology, no attempt to make it right. It'd be a ripoff at 1/10 the price.