the dragon in Arun

Had a takeaway plenty of choice and range of dishes. They have a large restaurant and separate bar area with a buffet style meal option for seated dining.

The food was very tasty, but it was served cold

Good food and choice of drinks and service is far better than other chinese restaurants 👍

There is a rule for All you can eat - if you go for it, everybody at a table has to have it, that was fine by us. Most of the dishes (have tried mainly prawns & seafood) were delicious, although some looked more simple and were not that good.

Great food, all you can eat was really exceptional, don't be put off by the location or outside appearance.

Went not to long ago with my good friend Rich who is an award winning chef, he was blown away with the food.

Just had our special fried rice consisting of rice 2 bits of chicken and sliced pork yuk. Chow mein was dry and unappetising. Spare ribs were good. Will go elsewhere to spend on takeaway in future.

Nothing special. Came highly recommended by some friends but was bitterly disappointed. Food was average at best service was horrible. Food took time. Don’t think we will go again in all honesty. Bill was exaggerating too

Food was tasty. Service was good. Measure of a glass of wine was generous. It's doesn't have a lot of parking but if the garage nextdoor is closed you can park on their forecourt. This place is half bar/pub and half restaurant.

I can honestly say this was the best Chinese takeaway I have had for a very long time. Will definitely be back, food was delicious, friendly and professional service.

Disgusting staff...rude as anything from the minute we walked in -booked a table for 7 and 3 of us turned up and went in while we waited for the rest of party to arrive - to which the staff member rudely bit my head of and told us to wait outside or bar till the rest of our party turned up !! When I complained to manager she just said that that staff member is always rude and will make sure she doesn't serve us. No apologies or anything.... Disgusted ... Avoid at all costs

The staff are very helpful when ordering the food

Ignore the appearence first class food ,service fairly priced.

Ordered tonight.... disappointing is an understatement. BBQ ribs was all cartilage we had 1 actual rib! Deep fried squid had abseloutly no flavouring what so ever, the sweet and sour sauce to accompany it was watered down. And £6.30 for a slice worth or prawn toast?!?!?! 4 small bits rip off at its highest! Never going back there

Got a lovely takeaway from here, very clean food. By this I mean that the noodles and rice were not cooked in old fat, therefore clean. Very tasty

Excellent service, kind staff. Best Chinese food I’ve ever eaten

Tonight I had yet another fabulous meal from this restaurant. I’ve been using them since I came to the area 3 months ago & all the food has been beyond my expectations. Compared to other takeaways I’ve had in the past Dragon is fantastic. Tasty, spicy, quick delivery & food always piping hot. Lovely lady on the phone & the man who delivers to me is charming. Eleven out of ten on all counts. Here’s to my next order! Many thanks Ting & crew.

Take away easy to order online. With space for comments. Friendly staff. Great hot food.

Excellent food and service as usual, can't go wrong with this place.

Expensive and a service charge added which I made them take off

Dreadful food and incredibly slow service. The worst Chinese food I've ever eaten - how on earth can anyone cook noodles and rice so badly

Oh dear!!!! Ordered a take away online and specified the collection time, Arrived on time and then waited 25 minutes more for a small take away. The rice was congealed and disgusting and the vegetable noodles were vstually devoid of vegetables and with the noodles stuck in clumps like you get with dried noodles if you don't cook them properly. I've had better Chinese take aways from hole in the wall dives than this. Neer again.

Always a good experience here!!!

If want good quality food at a great price then this your spot. Great location too.

Great food, great prices, but so far, two out of two takeaways have had wrong items in the order. Checking recommended, but it's worth it, very tasty.

Food is just amazing and the service brilliant The employees are polite and friendly and Kelly is always so cheerful and so good at recognising the customers I rate the dragon probably the best chinese I've eaten in

£28 for a bowl of rice for my niece

We went for the " All you can eat menu " I was very disappointed as on this occasion they served the tiniest of servings. The food has always been lovely and this has never happened before however dont think I'll be back.

Family of fifteen attended for birthday meal. could not fault the food and service. Bar staff very good for before and after drinks and a good atmosphere all afternoon. Prices for all you can eat reasonable and good time had by all. Will be back.

Nothing fancy about the food, a nicely decorated restaurant attached to their bar, so noise from there will be heard during your dining. We went for the set menu C feeding two people. The duck and pancakes were decent, everything else tasted like oven cooked/reheated food. You may as well get a takeaway elsewhere, paying more here for low quality. Could definitely cook better Chinese at home. The people here are actual crooks i ordered a small wine (£7) when the bill came i was charge (£9), fair enough I did wonder why the glass of wine was so large when they gave it to me. The bill was £61 on the receipt, checking my bank balance the following day, they sneaked £67 from me, no wonder she moved so quickly away from us after tapping my card! Damn, avoid this place at all costs. Zero stars if I could!

After a time we went back to the dragon.not much change in that time. Starters good food and fast. That's when it all went wrong. Being a diabetic I need to eat at regular times. They cleared the table. Had the orders. Then after 20 minutes some hot plates.another 20-40 mins mains turned up. Food good and waitresses rushed around but too long for the food. Unfortunately there are many more places too eat. I won't be going back. Shame that it's gone down hill.

Went for a dinner with the mother in law, initial round of drinks took 20 mins to get to the table. Then another 30 minutes later and our starters came out. Then it took around 1 1/2 hours for only half our mains to come out. Then when we voiced this to them after stating that there had been about 20 takeaway orders come out before we received our meals they said that we were no longer welcome. It would have been quicker for us to drive to the shops but the food, cook the food and then drive back. They then wanted 10% service charge and we told them where to stick it.

Everyone at the restaurant tonight shared the absolute nightmare that was the service. I'm truly disgusted, watching takeaway orders be out in large amounts every 5 minutes after waiting an hour for ours to be served. Paid £275 for food we didn't even want in the end. Refused to pay the service fee and got told I'm no longer allowed back in after today. Not like they'll have to worry about holding me back.

Amazing food great staff just needs a bit of refurb. Food makes up for it though tbh

Absolutely amazing! Service of the ladies was 2nd to none. The food was perfectly cooked and presented. All food was nice and hot. Fantastic evening was had by all in our party. Thank you the dragon xx

Really lovely, fresh, light, tasty, chinese food. Definitely best Chinese food. Love chicken green pepper, chilli black been sauce, full of flavour, lovely sauce. Light egg fried rice. Dragon special noodles, yummy, lots of it. Always given a lovely warm welcome. They really appreciate their customers. Have eaten in, its oooh sooo Gorgeous! Especially honey chicken snd satay starters. Eating in again soon, but must still have my regular takeaways !!! Good Chinese food is important to me and my family and friends, our favourite cuisine. Thankyou loads Dragon

Fair but food quality and venue has room for improvement. Service was good though.

Good food, nice place, so-so staff, but becoming very pricy!

Our favourite Chinese by far. The bar area is very nice as well. Staff always friendly and welcoming 👍🏻

It was my birthday eat out , we don't have takeaway as a lifestyle choice , I usually cook every day but a birthday eat out is a great excuse not to!!! Phoned our order in around 5.30pm. I am vegetarian and there was plenty of vegetarian choices. The telephone answer was very very busy with lots of shouting going on...I nearly hung up,thinking that they were obviously too busy to speak to telephone customers.... but I eventually gave my order, and was told that our food would b ready to pick up in 20 minutes!!!!!! I got in the car and went to pick up our very local Chinese takeaway food, the first Chinese food we have ordered for over two years because of the very bad food we had ordered from a very local Chinese takeaway ( East Street Littlehampton ) over two years ago on our wedding anniversary, we put it all in the bin it was so awful.😞 The food was ready when I got there, I couldn't believe they could be so quick, all packaged up , ready to go. I got home within a couple of minutes, the plates were pre warmed so we tucked in. Everything was hot, delicious and plenty of it. We finished it off tonight as our dinner, absolutely no waste and no complaints!!!!! We couldn't believe it tasted just as good as last night!! Will definitely b ordering from the Dragon takeaway menu again. Well done Dragon , we will be back!! X X

I came here to ask what there opening times were so we can have a meal , but the woman on the front desk was really rude and sarcastic towards me . I wouldn’t eat here .

Had crispy chilli beef, was very crispy and good chilli, but where was the beef??? Hollow crunch. Very dissapinted.

Really gone downhill. Not been here for a few years. What was annoying is when I looked up the phone number to book the table their eat all you want menu was advertised at £20.95 per head when we got there it £26.95 per head therefore something hadn't been updated. Also we felt really rushed as they were more interested in clearing the tables than looking after us as we were the last table there due to not being that busy. They came to take our order for our mains and we hadn't even had all our starters, she looked at us like we were mad but it was pretty obvious which dishes were missing. The other thing that has gone downhill, the toilets were filthy, the floors and carpet were sticky and generally not a pleasant experience. Will not go back

An excellent lunchtime meal, beautiful cooked and great service, very good value for money.

Walked there. First visit. Very friendly. Good Chinese tea and very good Singapore noodles. Somewhat less rough and ready inside than it looks from the outside.

Having read all the negative reviews I was rather concerned at what the food and staff would be like. Have to say we were a table of 3 and staff and food were excellent. Staff were so pleasant and helpful couldn’t have been any better. So glad we ignored the reviews. I think unfortunately people are quick to write bad reviews that the positive ones get lost . Can only say what it was like when we visited and everything was great.

We used to visit this restaurant a lot when we had a holiday flat in Littlehampton. It was fabulous and we went a lot. Not been since before lockdown but we thought we would go for our wedding anniversary. Wish we hadn't. The restaurant now has absolutely no atmosphere (I remember it had building work during lockdown), it is just one big open room with no separation or space between tables. Everything you say can be listened to by the next table (although fortunately there were few people in - I realised why when the food came). There is also a sort of sports bar within the building now that doesn't look welcoming and a different sort of clientele within. The food was not anything like as good as a local takeaway - the tasteless dried-up first course came within 3 minutes of ordering - and there was less than a small takeaway portion on cold plates. As soon as we had finished, the plates were whisked away and the main course arrived a minute later - very tasteless and poor. We were in and out within an hour - quite shell shocked really. The waitress came for payment as soon as she had taken the main course plates, I paid with a card but she refused to give me a card receipt that I asked for. She told me I didn't need one and it would be on my card statement. I didn't realise they added a 10% service charge on the bill - there was only 2 of us - and will never visit this place again. It's appalling and treats customers like idiots. It wasn't busy at all and I can see why.

My partner and I went for a dinner today We waited around 30min to be served, and the food wasn't nice. We had ribs, very dry. Duck was pure fat, chicken balls and chicken skewers were okay. Even tho we didn't have the mains we paid £80,including 2 drinks. Used to be our favourite place to eat but don't think we will come back

Food on the level, service seemed to want to go home.

Absolutely superb food and good value for money too.

Rushed,food not explained properly, all you can eat with restrictions, food nice,waitress rude

Very good food very slow service, however it had been very busy

Feeling dated, over priced and with customer service lacking, Shame

Excellent all round in every detail from their food & service, cannot fault this restaurant. It has entertainment, bars, amazing atmosphere & very kind & helpful staff upto management. Superb.

A great time had by all, friends birthday, staff were great and friendly, food was excellent 👌

Our favourite Chinese restaurant, was quite busy and felt a little forgotten in the corner table but overall a great place to eat

I've eaten in Restaurant, it's superb. However, every week I have a takeaway from Dragon. Food is Gorgeous 😋❤️ always light, full of flavour, authentic and beautifully cooked. Chicken,green pepper and black bean sauce yummy! Dragon chow mein. S/S balls. Satay chicken appetiser is mouthwatering. Staff are friendly and always give me a lovely greeting. Best Chinese food. Excellent value.

Staff seemed not happy, but the service and food was really good. Will definitely be going back

Got a takeaway from here as just moved to the area. Cannot comment on atmosphere due to takeaway ordered and collected. Ordered 8 items, 8 items received piping hot and delicious. Highly recommended, will use again. Honey chicken is also recommended. (No free prawn crackers like most Chinese takeaways but the food was plenty)

When you order the 2nd round of all you can eat they make the 2nd lot lot smaller and they charge far to much for a 2 year old that didn't really eat anything?

We always get our takeaways here and have a drink at the bar while we're waiting. Always good.

Very efficient service. We had a set menu. it was more than enough and would ask them to leave something off next time. Having a table for two reserved means we always sit in the same small area. Would be nice to have a variety.

Food was amazing and the staff very welcoming and friendly, this was our first visit but will definitely be going back.

The Dragon offers a great selection for vegetarian and vegan options, highly recommended.

Dishes extremely salty Poor quality ingredients Expensive, false sense of getting a bargain Left feeling like you have swallowed sea water

We had a delicious lunch today,we tried lots of different dishes all of them hot and flavorsome. Made to feel welcome as always from Kelly and June and good service from other staff members. It was quite busy today ( mother's day ) which added to a upbeat atmosphere. Well done Dragon 🐉 thanks for a lovely lunch.

4 of us went to The Dragon for lunch today.Such friendly service from Kelly,June and Eddie thank you for making us feel so welcome. Our food was delicious every single dish was fresh,hot and packed with flavour. The Dragon is also such good value would definitely recommend it 😋🥢👍

If one person orders all you can eat, nobody can order anything else, absolutely ridiculous! Basically being told I will steal other peoples food before anyones eaten anything! Shocking!

One of the best Chinese takeaway

Went here with friends and some of our party wanted the all you can eat which I had looked online before going and saw it was £22.95 on a Saturday when we arrived it was £26.90 plus 10% service charge on total bill . So , I wasn’t happy with that as it means drinks would be extra too then we went to order and we’re told everyone has to have all you can eat so my friend and I said we are small eaters and only want a main and to share a starter but we were told that’s not possible and if we didn’t like it don’t order anything. So we had no choice but to pay £26.90 each but after ordering I thought about it and wished we had both said we won’t order because then they’d have lost out and we still could have eaten some of what everyone else ordered. We ordered our drinks at the bar and brought through wine as I refused to pay anymore extra. I had a very expensive plate of food in a very noisy restaurant

Wouldn't recommend (especially in the winter!). Freezing cold and unfriendly staff. Wasn't a welcoming environment at all. Food was OK but you are made to feel like you are taking advantage of their 'All you can eat'.. told that anything not eaten you will have to pay for (even though you've already paid a high price for the menu anyway!) Definitely not a Chinese restaurant that we will retun to ☹️

If we have Chinese food, it's always from the Dragon. On this occasion, it was a takeaway and as usual was spot on! They don't deliver but it's easy enough to pick up.

Went To the Dragon for lunch , 3 of us . I don’t know how they are still allowed to stay open . It was god awful , the starters were just all deep fried thick chunks of tasteless cheap dried up meat . Prawn toast had curdled white sauce running out of it . Again deep fried squishing with cheap oil . The same with the satay chicken , looked like thick peanut butter with a few old peanuts thrown on top of again chunky tough pastey looking meat. The peking duck again came out already shredded and dried up , tasteless.the pancakes were crispy not soft . I honestly don’t know how they were not embarrassed to bring the food out in this state . Then when the food we hadn’t eaten got removed from the table the bill came . We just paid it because we wanted to get out and not come back . The guy waiter hadn’t even given me the receipt and he said we are closed now you have to go . It was 1400 . Absolutely unbelievable . Poor Rustington never again .

Such lovely Chinese food. So tasty, full of flavour and beautifully made. Makes you still think of it next day. NYEve had a feast of takeaway. Satay chicken skewers were in creamy sauce, loveliest I've ever had. All of it was sumptuous. Been many times, last night was the Best!!! Staff are really nice, very pleasant and very much appreciate their customers. Thankyou Dragon 😋💖💖

Foods great, service is great, we made loads of questions and people were always helpful. Coming with children is not a problem and would also say that not booking is not an issue. Always taught it couldn't be that good because there are never much people in but this is one of the best Chinese places I have been in my life.

The food was excellent although not the cheapest. The service was efficient. Parking is limited. The restaurant is nothing special to look at but worth going to for the food.

Able to have a quiet drink at the bar!

Looks a little like a dive but a great place for food, all-out can eat is order to eat not buffet style and is freshly cooked and tasted great. Parking leaves alot to be desired as the small car park only has space for around 10 cars.

The food is great, fresh cooked to your table. Tasty and quite a substantial men's for an all you can eat. Good value for money at £26 if you can eat a bit 😉. The stars this time though as we got there at 21:00 and was told they close at 22:00 and we thought no problem with that until we hear a chap telling another table it was last orders at 21:30 which was irritating to say the least!

Great food. Good price. Lovely service. Will be back soon.

Happy attentive staff, really good with the kids and great food.

Good food fair value.but cold obviously cutting down on heating

Really enjoyed it ,came down from London to visit friends:)

Their website invites you on a voyage of discovery..all we discovered was the worst quality Chinese food....at premium prices.. This place should be cheap and cheerful...instead its expensive and awful....I felt completely mugged off!!

Food was great, staff were friendly

We've read some bad reviews and decided to come here again and see what's what. We're local and have been going to the Dragon for years. The food was excellent and the service was friendly, kind and they were joking and very nice. We'll certainly return.

1st time that we have visited for about 3yrs not as good as it used to be

The service was fantastic from a gentleman that worked there. Our daughter was abit upset and he went out his way to help make her happy and made the evening fantastic.

We arrived at lunchtime today and were the only customers in this large restaurant. As we were feeling sad after the news that HM The Queen died yesterday (we both saw her Coronation on a tiny TV back in 1953) we didn't mind it being quiet - and the food was excellent! "All you can eat" which you order from the menu and it was delicious and only £16.50 per person plus 10% service charge. It is dearer in the evening as expected but even more choices! It is definitely on our list of places to visit again - so thank you and we hope more people will try this restaurant which is a great find.

Just loved it!!!! Staff extremley friendly and polite!!

One of the better place for chinese food. Staff are good in their English.

excellent food and service as always staff friendly helpful and informative great selection best chinese in area to eat in and take away thanks to kelly and staff

We went for the option eat as much as you like but we were very disappointed with the food. The chicken satay on skewers were very chewy. The duck was over cooked and we wasn't asked if we wanted either half a duck or a quarter, we were just given the quarter which we would have preferred the half a duck. We then was rushed at the end and one of the waiters just stood over me whilst I was finishing off, we found that very uncomfortable and very rude. A rip off for what we eat.

Absolutely fantastic all you can eat last night! Really friendly staff and excellent portion sizes. I highly recommend the spring rolls.

Love the food always served good and hot and always served quickly. The all you can eat is great value for money and there staff are always on hand to assist you and good beer looking forward to going back there

Nice restaurant with an all-you-can-eat buffet option if you desire. The food was cooked well, and flavours were on point. Portion sizes are reasonable, with little fear of ordering too much if you go for the buffet option. Only downside is the cost per person, however prices do vary depending on what day you visit. It's definitely not somewhere to visit regularly. Our buffet for 9 people totalled over £350 with a drink or two.

Re heated food . Tried it 3 x to be fair . Each time it was awful. Definitely do NOT recommend this place .

My chicken was pink so I couldn’t eat it. I’m 31 weeks pregnant and it wasn’t cooked properly

I'm disgusted that you are putting chicken in the prawn on toast. Do you not realise that people don't eat meat. You could be sued for a vast amount of money for doing this. Hope you get closed down for this.

Very busy but didnt have to wait too long for food. Very tasty. Goid atmosphere. Very clean.