A Cantonese restaurant at 25 Tory Street in Te Aro, Wellington, known for yum cha and dumplings. Established in 2007, it seats up to 200 people and serves up to 130 dishes. Yum cha is served at lunch every day, with dim sum steamed, pan-fried and deep-fried in bamboo steamers and shared at round tables. Dragons also serves a seafood boil, dine in, with prawns, crab, crayfish tails and crawfish, flavoured with garlic butter or cajun sauce. The website says it offers functions and set menus for banquets and corporate events, and that the restaurant may close to the public for a private function, so check the Facebook page on the day.
Staff from several Wellington employers get 10 per cent off from Monday to Friday, with a staff ID card shown before payment. The discount does not apply on Saturday, Sunday, public holidays, set menus or large group functions. Open Locally lists 15 other Chinese restaurants within a kilometre, including K C Cafe and Takeaway, rated 4.5 from 1,724 reviews, and Kungfu Malatang and Cheers Tea, rated 4.7 from 217 reviews, both about 0.1 km away.