Was in Glendale but the craving for dim sum set in. To satisfy my desire for these delectable Chinese small dishes, we drove back to Chinatown. At any rate, if you're looking for an authentic and budget-friendly Asian brunch experience, Golden Dragon is the spot. Don't be swayed by the negative remarks on the app. Everyone's experience is subjective, explore at your own risk. What you won't find here are rolling silver carts of steaming dishes. What you will find though, are tables purposely aligned for easy traffic. Waiters in their uniforms, taking drink orders and ladies efficiently bringing your chosen dishes from the kitchen. I ordered the faves: braised chicken feet, pork siu mai, har gow, shrimp rice rolls, and fried shrimp balls. The addition of the cold seaweed salad was a good choice because it served as a palette cleanser in between the dishes. It was satisfyingly delicious, and no, did not miss the rolling carts. Unassuming and unpretentious, Golden Dragon is siu mai type.

Great portions of good food, plus our waitress was extremely kind to us! Would definitely eat there again.

Standard selection of Dim Sum and they tasted decent. Dim Sum was served quickly after ordering. They were reasonable warm and not lukewarm. Serving staff were friendly and they refilled your water. There was a free parking lot at the back. The decoration made you travel back in time.

- Yummy dim sum! I thought the sweet custard bun and sesame red bean were both delicious! Otherwise, the rest were very classic dim sum dishes that came out quick - Large seating area, so there was no wait during lunch time (11am-12pm) when our party went - Parking: metered street parking if you're lucky or valet parking in the back of the restaurant

Had dimsum on 8/31/24. Little early at 10:30 but seated quick. Ordered by checking off the paper menu and things arrived quick. Everything was good however one dish, the fried shrimp balls was not hot. More room temp warm. The steamed chicken bun had the smallest piece of chicken. All the other dishes were excellent and service was great

Here's all you need to know: Ni. Wong. Bao. If you are a fan of the most amazing baked (not steamed, ugh) dessert bun, this is your place. Flaky, fresh, warm with the most delicious yellow yolk inside, it's hard to find at most dim sum places, but here it is! 奶黄包! OK, I'll jump off the ni wong bao soapbox. Golden Dragon is an old school dim sum hall. The carts are gone, but 50 workers are there, running around collecting your menu slips and refilling your teapots. Parking lot right next store. We usually judge our dim sum places by the har gow, and Golden Dragon gets high marks -- the shrimp are big and the skin not too thick. Total cheat meal? The calamari is a hit. I'm not a chicken feet person, but everyone at my table gobbled them up. Pre-Covid, there were two other giant dim sum halls -- Empress Pavillion and Ocean Seafood -- both gone. Show Golden Dragon some love! No wait here, as this places seats about 10,000.

Why did it take me so long to return to Golden Dragon? This is a very well established restaurant in Chinatown. It is old school, the cook is on point. Food came out piping hot, plenty to choose from and they had superb service. I love whole fried fish and it's getting harder to find. They had it here and it was by far the best I've ever had. We also had a killer salty fish and chicken fried rice which I highly recommend- it sounds exotic and different and it is- my husband who hates seafood loves this dish and he said it's so complex in flavor and delicious, nine out of ten of my non Chinese friends (friends who aren't familiar with the heart and soul of Chinese food) love this dish. The gailan or Chinese broccoli is very fresh and delicious here. My husband loves beef chow fun (flat noodles) and they definitely make the best one. They use high quality meat and the noodles were cooked to perfection. Compare this to SGV, but I think that's kind of silly because this is Chinatown and not SGV. Also it's not fair to compare restaurants since each restaurant is a completely separate business with different talent and offerings. I digress. We like going to Mama Lu's for convenience, they have a free parking lot, however I don't mind paying $5 for parking / searching for metered parking and walking.. actually I'm pretty spoiled with walking, I love it. Nice and air conditioned on a hot summer day. Plenty of seating inside, comfortable 4 seated tables for even a party of two. Expert tips: parking $5 available in the back, or there's plenty of metered parking just read the signs of course! Promenade nearby at the Chinese plaza and different stores nearby, everything is so central. Just make sure to bring a hat and water as it can get really hot.