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Little Dragons Chinese Restaurant
Rating Details »
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good for:
- Lunch, Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Beer & Wine Only
7 reviews for Little Dragons Chinese Restaurant
Has amongst the most authentic Chinese food in central Ohio! Terrific family-style dishes - real Chinese comfort food. The "real Chinese" menu starts about 4 pages from the back of the restaurant menu; there's also a separate paper take-away menu with the real stuff. Stimulating, interesting dishes, though some not for the faint-hearted - like the several pork intestine dishes (come on, you eat natural casing sausages, don't you?).
Nondescript entry in the back of the strip mall, plain decor, and the neighborhood is a little rough, but the service is good. All my Chinese friends and I go there for a Chinese food fix.
Little Dragons is one of those restaurants I wish I had tried sooner, like in the 4 years I had lived in Gahanna. I'll admit that the location and look of the restaurant had never appealed to me (and it still doesn't.) But all is not lost, as I can foresee my family and I making the 25-minute trek to this place solely for its authenticity. Seriously, forgo the Americanized menu and ask for the Chinese one. As an added bonus, everything is translated.
Run by the sibling of Panda Inn's owner, the first thing I noticed was the exact same menu -- typos and all. (Chinese basil fog legs, anyone?) However, I found the cooking to be a bit different. Some dishes delivered more robust flavors while others offered a different take of the same entree. My only gripe from the five entrees ordered (pipa tofu, slow-braised beef stew, salt/pepper pork chops, vegetable pan-fried flat noodles, and the three cup chicken) is the fact that they were served teeming with oil.
Aside from that, all were mouth-watering delicious and portions were large enough to feed a small army. Everyone -- from the hostess to the chef -- was equally courteous; our waiter seemed to know the menu like the back of his hand and were more than happy to spew out some of his recommendations. Sure, your fat cells will be screaming with joy upon leaving LD but so will your taste buds... and that's all that matters, right?
Came back to Ohio for Chinese New Year this week.
Still consistent and finger-licking good!
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6/19/2008 First to Review
This is one of the better Chinese Restaurant in Columbus. Ask for a Chinese menu if you can read… Read more »
Little Dragon's was the first Chinese restaurant I ever fell in love with in Columbus. We used to drive all the way across town for this stuff, until the management expanded to take over Panda Inn and good Chinese food was available to the Northwest as well.
I went again today and, yup, it's still delicious. I got the pork and bamboo shoots, salt&pepper squid, and pickled veggies with pork intestines (sorry, I eat the scary food with my family because my friends at school won't!), and it was all really delicious. Service is bare-bones, but the food comes out pretty quickly and it's GOOD, so I can't complain.
They've expanded the restaurant a bit since I last went, and so they're even better for large groups now. Hooray!
We also got free watermelon at the end of our meal instead of fortune cookies. Way better!
I was pretty excited as I walked into Little Dragons. We had been scanning Morse Road for something that wasn't quite a chain but looked quickish- we were tired and peckish from moving all day and were in no mood to sit down for a nice meal while still half-grimy and half-sweaty. Greeted by stereotypically Chinese Restaurant-y paintings of waterfalls and a goldfish tank, and a lot of unused wall space, I was struck by the feeling that this seemed to be half a carry-out counter and half a sit-down restaurant. We opted to sit down and I'm glad- the food wasn't superb, and probably would have suffered for transport.
I ordered a combo dinner, cheap and large- and maybe that was my problem, going for the cheap combo. I got kung pao beef. The beef wasn't too bad but the peanuts, my favorite part of kung pao, appeared to be a handful of salted Planters dumped on top of a finished dish.
The hot and sour soup that came with my meal was also oddly flavored. Not horrible, maybe not even bad, but... odd.
My companions were even less impressed with their food than I was- I felt sort of guilty, having chosen the place.
Still, service was mostly quick and definitely friendly. I wouldn't go back, but I'm glad I went- if only to satiate any curiosity I may have had upon pulling into the parking lot.
One of the best authentic Chinese restaurants in the greater Columbus area. Whenever I return to Columbus for business and crave some Chinese food, this is the place I often go. Be aware, they actually have 2 menus, 1 for Asians (or people who want authentic food along with delicacies) and 1 for westerners. I of course want the authentic stuff and order the delicacies, otherwise why go? I like the spicy pork intestines stew with pickled greens in hot pot. Good stuff.
ok, this is firmly my own personal opinion, but you should not be reviewing a Chinese restaurant if you are ordering dishes like Kung Pao Beef or General Tso's, or Orange Chicken, etc. like most authentic Chinese restaurants, you have to know what to order--and unfortunately, it certainly helps to be Chinese. to note, this is NOT a Cantonese restaurant. Little Dragon serves prolly the best Taiwanese cuisine in Columbus--when my parents are feeling nostalgic, they come from Dayton just to eat here.
