11 Milagiriya Avenue, Colombo 4
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One of the oldest Chinese restaurants in Colombo, Chinese Dragon does an okay job.
Chinese Dragon is one of the oldest Chinese restaurants in Colombo, and it's a name synonymous with Sri Lankanized Chinese food.
It's been a while since our last review of Chinese Dragon, so we decided to try out their deliver for a change. Boy oh boy, were we ever disappointed.
The mother of them all. Sri Lanka’s first Chinese restaurant opened its doors in 1942 and stands as one of the oldest continuously functioning restaurants in Colombo.
தமிழ் இலங்கையில் ஆரம்பிக்கப்பட்ட முதல் சீன உணவகமான (1942) சைனீஸ் ட்ரகன் கபே கொழும்பில் நீண்டகாலமாக தொடர்ந்து இயங்கும் உணவகங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். இது இன்றும் சீனாவில் இருந்து இங்கு குடியேறிய ஸ்தாபகரின் வாரிசுகளால் நடாத்தப்படுகின்றது.
Address
11 Milagiriya Avenue, Colombo 4
Directions
Milagiriya Avenue is just north of Dickman's Road on Galle Road, as it becomes uniflow. From Marine Drive, it's just near the Bamba flats, between Melbourne and Jaya roads.
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Great Wall
Great Wall has been around for a while now, but they're…
Flower Drum
Good ambience, decent food, over-rated chili paste. Okay…
1/5
Terrible food and service. Portions are small and the Baked Crab is really 'Baked Cabbage' in a crab shell.
A definite no. no.
The age of the place is of no importance 'cos we are not interested in its antique value! The owners/management have changed and so have the staff!
(11 Milagiriya Avenue, Colombo 4)
1/5
Ordered at 18.14 and even at 20.32 the order was not delivered. Absolutely pathetic service!
2/5
RATED 0.2/5
Worst Place to have Chinese food. This place was great earlier.
Today we ordered mixed Fried rice (usually it taste like pork, beef, prawns, chicken) from Chinese dragon cafe Wattala and we didn’t feel at all. Nothing like Chinese food taste and small QTY also.
Beg to differ….
Still beleive it provides good value … Try the seadfoood rice (banan leaf), spicy Pork, Hot butter cuttlefish, Garlic Fish and few other dishes will never dissapoint in terms of quantity and value.
Still the place for good greasy chinese… for the Sri Lankan pallet
China Doll is no longer a part of Chinese Dragon so you can't really compare their service to Chinese Dragon Cafe as they are 2 separate entities.
Sorry for saying this but most places offer better hot butter cuttlefish than Chinese Dragon now. But when I was a kid this place was awesome. Now I prefer Peach Valley and Shanghai Terrace.
Don't rely on their delivery. Extremely Unreliable.
Oh and this is Sri Lankaneese not Chinese!
Food is comparatively ok.but thr z omelet called "Crab Omelet".it really sucks.but they offer a
good service.
We today had dinner at Chinese Dragon, Bambalapitiya. The food is horrible. We ordered chicken and egg plant . Both were extremely spicy and not edible. Some items were not available, ex. Hot butter mushroom, lemon juice. As the place under renovation, it doesn't look good too. Avoid if possible. There are better choices.
Horrible delivery from Rajagiriya don't even think of ordering delivery from them takes forever to order
Horrible delivery from Rajagiriya don't even think of ordering delivery from them takes forever to order
One of the worst delivery services. Waiting over 1 hour 30 mins on a delivery from the Mount Lavinia branch. Called them and they said it's on the way. Never again I'm gonna order food to be delivered!!
Poor Service. Usually takes 1 hour plus time to make a delivery. I placed an order 1 hour and 45 minutes ago and it still hasn't arrived. When I called the answer was, 'branch is busy, it will take 30 minutes more'. No warnings. Rude handling of customers. And abysmal food delivery times.
I have diarrhea every time i eat the nasi goreng from CDC mount. Just to make sure ordered it four other times and like clockwork bad tummy after. Then i thought it was me and gave it to my wife :) like a dutiful husband. Wa-lah! diarrhea. safe to say do not order food from Chinese dragon Mount, unless you want a good gut cleanse.
Agreed. Standards have kept on dropping and now its just cafeteria food at high prices which is an absolute waste of money. Its like they've just stopped trying.
@Jaywalk that sounds awful. Just curious, if you keep getting diarrhea, why do you keep ordering it?
Atrocious delivery times and unreliable.
A fried rice with prawns take away lunch pack had only 2 prawns. Lodged a complaint and spoke with a senior management person who said will look into the concern. Im not expecting anything to change and will stay away since there's plenty more choice for greasy Lankan chinese food.
You'll have got your facts wrong. It has been open since 1942 not 1992. The restaurant opening times are from 11am to 3 pm and 6pm to 11 pm. Their food is not consistent at times but usually is best in its class. Their hot butter cuttlefish tastes better in the restaurant then delivery as it is served fresh. Their dry red chilli pork is the best. All their outlets are of excellent standard and their delivery is very efficient
I ordered Battered fried mushrooms 3 portions on 25th December 2014 morning for Dinner. I did this order in the morning …itself because I wanted this dish to be served for dinner and didnt wanted to take any chances of not getting it due to unavailability. This is my 3rd experience with this. the person who took the order confirmed that it will be delivered by 7 pm to my residence. but at 6 pm i am getting a call saying that mushrooms are out of stock and you cant provide me the order. I tried speaking to an resposible person but was unable to get through to any one. A manager called THilak spoke and he said he will check and let me know. but after a while a personal called Nimal called and informed that they are unable to deliver same! I had only 15 mins left until my visitors arrived. I made the order at 10 am.and at 6.45 pm you are telling me that you cant give me the order! Very disspointing and I would like to make a formal complaint. I will write regarding this in all restarant review website! You should be ashamed of yourselves!
Hi LakshikaJ , Oh really Sorry about that unpleasant service , Please e- mail your complain to suggestions@chinesedragocafe.com we will make it for you. We are happy to hear from you . Thank you
Experienced the same bad service during dine in too. It took about 45 mins to bring the order and to see hot batter prawns have been turned to hot butter cuttlefish. When we asked to change it the waiter refused to do so. After the main meals we asked to bring the menu to check desserts and they brought the bill. When asked for the customer feedback form the manager or some one there claimed no such forms available. Horrible service and will never ever choose this place again.
Hi, Thank you for publishing your thoughts. This will help us to serve you better and improve our service, It will be great if you can send us a complaint to suggestions@chinesedragocafe.com for more clearness.
Absolutely horrible service. In terms of cleanliness, attentiveness of the staff and of course the food!
The mixed fried rice and spicy devilled pork were average whereas the Hot butter cuttlefish was hard and chewy. Chili paste was not served until reminded. That too was merely dropped on the table by the unpleasant waiter.
The bill was incorrect and took ages to sort out.
All in all- we are never coming back or recommending Chinese Dragon to anyone ever again.
Consistently poor service both at the restaurant and on orders. We have been regularly visiting / ordering food from here as long standing customers. But the time has come to quit. The food is mediocre at best, but the service is horrible. Even when picking up their lunch packs had to wait almost an hour!
Each time an order is placed, without fail, it is delivered more than 2 HOURS later. Despite multiple phone calls and promises it never turns up in time causing enough headaches. The delivery men blame the management!!
Complaints are never attended to and the managers never have the courtesy to call back or address the issue.
The impression is they don't give a damn!
Not going there again.
See yamu you have to understand! Chinese Dragon is NOT trying to be a legit chinese restaurant, nor is it trying to compete with the likes of the other Sri Lankan Chinese places out there. Its sort of become Comfort Food. Kinda like green cabin. There are way better places out there……….but the shelves are always empty. Everyone needs a Chinese dragon kick. Be it their bullshit Thai fish (you've got to try it) or their Singaporean chicken. Its all about perspectives. But i can guarantee that Chinese Dragon will definitely not go out of style! End of rant!
We are a regular customers of there pettah branch. There food was good . But thy have increased there tax very highly. Few week befor we take 2 regular tomyum soups. For the soup the bill was 1800 .bt there tax and service charges thy hv add addituonaly 500. Its just sooo bad
chinese not at all. I ordered thai prawns for 900. I got prawns in hot ketchup. never never more this one
2/5
Ashi
not friendly staff and quality of food is not good.
1/5
Ravi
Terrible food and service. Portions are small and the Baked Crab is really 'Baked Cabbage' in a crab shell.
A definite no. no.
The age of the place is of no importance 'cos we are not interested in its antique value! The owners/management have changed and so have the staff!
(11 Milagiriya Avenue, Colombo 4)
1/5
Axcilate09
Ordered at 18.14 and even at 20.32 the order was not delivered. Absolutely pathetic service!