may dragon

very bad experience. if i could give may dragon a zero rating, i would.

my husband and i ate at may dragon at 4:00 on march 24, 2015.

i ordered the hunan chicken at the suggestion of the wait staff. it was served promptly because there was no one else in the restaurant.

the chicken smelled spoiled, a little off; it could have been the chicken or perhaps the oil was rancid, but it didn’t taste well at all. i tried to eat the vegetables but the taste permeated the vegetables. my husband was able to eat his but said it was bland and mushy and that the "fried rice" was just brown rice. he tasted mine and said, no, something wasn’t right with it, that it tasted spoiled.

we called the waitress andtoldher that something was wrong with the chicken. she responded that i had just eaten too many wonton strips. i was shocked buttoldher that i really hadn’t and i didn’t think that was what was wrong, that something was wrong with the chicken. she looked at the plate andtoldme that i had spoiled the dish by putting too much hot sauce on it and that i shouldn’t have put so much hot sauce on it.

we asked to speak with the owner and she said he was busy and brought us the bill. we paid it without argument; what else could we do?

i sent mr. chow the owner a letter and enclosed a copy of our bill telling him that we had gotten a dab meal. he never responded.

i am going to report this to the better business bureau. we will certainly never eat at may dragon again.

i like may dragon, but can't help but wonder if the trend toward healthier eating and the proliferation of other asian cuisines and outlets hasn't really hurt the chinese restaurants. much of the food is very heavy, loaded with sauce and of course there's all that rice. but this is what makes it good for an occasional treat.
the hot and sour soup is good but be prepared for it to be pretty spicy. my favorite entree is the shrimp with walnut which comes with plenty of crunchy green pepper chunks. the sauce is flavorful and a like the crunchy textures of the nuts and peppers with the fried shrimp.
hubby ordered basic chicken fried rice and it was very tasty and large portioned.
on our recent visit, it happened to be chinese new year so we were treated to an impromptu dragon dance that came through the restaurant. we were warned before it happened and weretoldby a young boy, who helped wear the costume, that money contributions were encouraged and would bring you good luck. it was fun at first, but lasted entirely too long and too many repeat passes at the same tables over and over again, as more envelopes were brought with the implication that more contributions were due. it was a turn off that should've just been a fun extra. i hope we never catch it again on that holiday.

unhappy customer. two weeks ago my wife & i went to may dragon for diner. we had a groupon certificate for $44.00. this was our second visit. we ordered chicken for my wife and 3 treasures for me. the shrimps in the 3 treasures were fishy and smell bad. i called the waiter and complained. he said he will inform the owner who happened to be in the restaurant. he came later and informed that the owner said that i can order a replacement which i did but a lesser cost. when he handed me the check he said that i have to pay a 20% gratuity. i did. my take on this is: 1} the owner who was in the restaurant did not bother to come and ask us about the problem. 2} they dictated that i have to pay a 20% grat. normally 18% grat. is charged on groups of over 8 people. thistoldme a lot about this restaurant and the way it is run that i decided not to go there any more.

would not recommend this restraunt to any of my friends. if i did, they would most likly ask why did i want them to intentionally get food poising. ordered the sweat n sour beef plate. my meat was under cook and still noticeably pink in the middle. whentoldthe management about this they refused a refund and refused to cook my food until properly done. they were very rude whentoldthis problem and wouldn't even take the time to see my meal. seriously pick somewhere else this place is not worth your time or money.

amazing sesame chicken. worthless peking duck.. if i was rating this restaurant solely on the sesame chicken and the service i would be giving it a 5. this is the best sesame chicken i've had in the dallas area. however, my wife and daughter shared the peking duck. also, they shared some with me and the boys. no one liked it. my wife said the meat was stringy. i did note that it was not particularly tender. the flavors did nothing for me at all. wrapping them in tortillas (pan-cakes?) only made them dryer. the plum sauce was sweet and a little pruney. what part was i supposed to enjoy about that? look, maybe this is peking duck at it's best and i just don't know or like peing duck. i've only had duck 2 or 3 other times in my life but i recall both times i found it to be amazing. not this time. i'm not vindictive but i addressed this with the waiter. he was clear in his answer to my problem: we needed to try something else on the menu "next time". no, there won't be a 'next time' that i blow $100 on my kids birthday dinner at a place where 1/5 people were disattisfied and 2/5 left hungry. the waiter had no interest in making it up to us (hmm... see the large sum of duck left?) at all andtoldme that this is just how peking duck is done. hence i have no problem writing a full review.
look - at $14 per plate (peking is 14x2) that duck should have sang.
i also had the 5 flavor shrimp. the sauce was too sweet. no thanks.
back to the sesame chicken. it was amazing. how sad.