Review Mandarin Chinese Restaurant - Napa

I’ve eaten here a few times since moving to Napa. Unless I want to really spring for Empress M which is very over priced, but top quality. Dragon Valley is my go-to. They offer vegan options. You can modify things to come without egg etc. We generally get vegetable mei fun, this time I would say it was at least 60%veg, 40% or less noodle. Good or bad depending on what you like. I was wanting a noodle dish tonight so a little disappointed. I tried their vegetable moo Shu and it was the 1st time it wasn’t served with the pancakes. Not sure if it was a mistake or they don’t do that. Also got the sweet & sour tofu which was very good. I picked up the food late so the pictures don’t look as fresh but i will be back again.

Wide selection of dishes prepared using fresh ingredients... Delicious! My wife is gluten free and they will prepare any dish GF -- for takeout you need to call them. (Always call, because their online ordering system doesn't alert them that an order has been placed, so it can be awhile before they see it.) They don't use the best cuts of beef and I'm not a fan of their beef dishes, but chicken, pork and seafood are all excellent. Portions are generous. Lunch specials are a great value and include your choice of white or fried rice or Chow Mein noodles.

I'm waiting for my bil at dr. I'm hungry. Its lunch. Let's do chinese. Google map... Dragon Valley- YAY! Szechuan style chinese food is my favorite. I like hot oil! They don't have hot oil wontons/dumplings though.. I was kinda sad. But I got the Mongolian beef lunch plate with Chow Mein. Roughly 13$. The lobby is nice. Large. I walked Into place my order and not even ten minutes later it was done. I took pictures- FIRST SIGHT IMPRESSION- Its beautiful food. When I opened the box, I was disappointed at the light color of my chow mein. I loved seeing the red peppers, chunks of garlic and green onions. The color of the beef is caramelized perfectly. It smelled amazing. FIRST BITE IMPRESSION- I thought the beef was a bit salty .. but honestly.. it paired perfectly with the chow mein. Which was not as bland or plain as it first looked. It has bean sprouts, cabbage & green onion in abundance. The beef had at least 5 fire roast red peppers, green and white onions, large chunks of garlic compliment the tender sliced marinated beef. A better cut is used here than most chinese restaurants in the same price range- or, the chef can marinate the hell out of a bad cut... but I don't think so. It's got SPICE & HEAT! But- its tolerable. Little red pepper flakes enhance the experience. LASTING IMPRESSION- I like it a lot! I might suggest either the water not judge on a look.. or to the chef- spruce up the chow mein in appearance. Pepper flakes... a purple cabbage instead of green.. either way- the food by taste is amazing. Whenever I'm hanging out here in the City of Napa- I his is where I'll be stopping for lunch! Can't wait to try other dishes!

The food is good but a little on the expensive side. Portions are adequate. Not somewhere I would do more than once or twice a month.

Gave me mixed veggies without mushrooms as I requested. A little oily, but the veggies were fresh, and all was better than I expected, given some of the other reviews. Then we realized we were possibly going to miss our SFO flight. So all it took was a few words and gestures, small smiles all around, the server brought me boxes to pack, and the cashier got me out the door. They clearly do more takeout business than done in so that explains the so-so atmosphere, but the room and tables appeared clean and there were plenty of seasonal holiday decorations.

Food is good, they need more people to work there

First time ordering. I had it delivered from Uber Eats. They missed one item but when I called they apologized and added extra food to our order. Really good sweet and sour chicken. Good Chicken and vegetables.

Classic Chinese food. I think this is the best Chinese food in Napa. Unlike other places, Dragon Valley doesn't have greasy, overly salty food. Dragon valley has nice clean, fresh food. The service is slow, but they don't have many employees, that's the only negative.

This was our (family) first time to eat here and we enjoyed the food and had big portions!

The food is very good. We were the only ones there at first so it seemed odd.

6/24/20 I was expecting the food here to follow in the old Chinese tradition and even though they keep to some tradition however was pleased to find the menus trending in a contemporary direction with emphasis on lean, fresh and organic fare, the dining room was beautiful-peaceful and relaxing. The food was fresh, properly prepared and a great value for the price. We highly recommend it. Wait staff even though very new they were extremely friendly and helpful with a strong manager team supporting the them. Bathrooms is always super clean and will stock. 6/24/20