Dragon
Dragon Chinese restaurant.
There are several Chinese restaurants in Luxor but most are
in or associated with hotels. The Dragon is the exception, being independent
of the hotels.
The Dragon is on the southern side of town, near the Nile Palace (previously
called the Meridien) hotel.
The entrance is at road level, but you go straight upstairs to this large
restaurant on the first floor. There is a bar but customers are
shown directly to tables.
First appearances are OK. The seating
is pretend leather but the tables are well dressed and service is
prompt and attentive. Take a little more time to look
around and the decorations appear very tired. |
Our View
Ok if you want a Chinese restaurant that is not linked to
a hotel, but not special.
The menu is so average that you have probably already seen it many
times outside Egypt. Main course meats are around LE25
and most rices are under LE10. As customers tend to
order several varieties per course the cost mounts and
will probably total around LE160 for two with
dessert but no alcohol.
The food itself is more western Chinese than
Asian Chinese and rather bland. There were also several
bits of bone with the meat. When we mentioned this there
was no indication of surprise or regret - we just got
the cold shoulder and service suddenly became less attentive.
Perhaps we should have expected bone scraps and are
not supposed to bring such things to the attention of
the staff.
The Dragon is famous for its fried banana dessert with ice cream, which
has always been a challenge to eat on
your own and often shared although, like Wagon Wheels,
they don't seem to be as big now as they were years ago.
We have visited many times over several years and have had decent but
not spectacular meals. Altogether rather disappointing.
You can't help thinking that they would have to
improve or suffer if someone else opened an independent
Chinese restaurant nearby in competition. |
