I thought it was a buffet, and projected upon it memories of a mediocre Chinese buffet I used to visit in my college days. investigates.ĭragon Lake is one of the oldest and most popular Chinese restaurants in the city, and one I did not look forward to trying. It raises two questions: why are there so many of them in such a small city?, and - more importantly - which one is the best? Brad S. They're the second-most popular cuisine offered next to Mexican (chains excluded). Universal City has six Chinese restaurants, which I find a bit perplexing. This will be my go to place when I want a wed buffet, and I may try ordering off the menu. Service was excellent, and hostess/owner asked how I enjoyed my meal. hot and sour house soup standard glop but super hot and packed with tofu. fried rice no vegetables, no meat but it was well fried and flavorful egg rolls big with no meat and no flavor sweet and sour pork- very tender pork in a not to sweet red sauce that was caramelized. the bell peppers were firm and the onions were caramelized a bit. Mongolian chicken this was excellent, tender flavorful chicken with a delicious chef's brown sauce, not gloppy. this was my least favorite and vegetables were cooked to death. shrimp with vegetables probably moo goo gai pan. beef and broccoli beef very tender, broccoli done but a little texture, gravy not gloppy and flavorful

There is no sushi here, the soup is brought to you (one bowl), and they have about 3 different desserts, not 20. This is a very small buffet with only about 7 dishes total, compared to like 40 or so at the Asian buffet on Austin Hwy.

So as a vessel to get a wide range of samples I tried the buffet. Dragon Lake consistently came up on 'who's got the best' lists on local Facebook groups. This does not include the several excellent Thai restaurants in the area. I have tried several of the Chinese restaurants in UC, read the reviews, and looked at the pics and all rate a 3 stars at best on Yelp and elsewhere. This is the only buffet at any of the six Chinese restaurants in Universal City. The food wasn't as fresh as if I got here at 11am but I was starving. Arrived at their only lunch buffet during the week on a Wed from 11-2pm at 130.

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