Reviews for Golden Restaurant in Nepean, ON
I took my daughter out for Chinese as we wanted it for a while now and the ought to try local. That was our first mistake. There... was no one in the restaurant except one other family and the service was super slow. It took forever to get our egg rolls outand then waited again for our meal. The chicken balls fell apart and were doughy inside which were disgusting. The garlic spareribs were good though. The chow mein had no flavour and the food was not even hot. You would think that the amount of time wewaited, we would have hot food. Then when info to pay, she adds a tip herself that I didn?t notice until after I paid and shewouldn?t change it. This place is absolutely terrible and we will never return here. Read more
almost as good a meal as the soup kitchen, but I'm sticking with the soup kitchen. No wonton's in the wonton soup. Chicken egg... rolls were cold in the centre. Rice was very nice, but the chicken balls were the over cooked ones from last week. Best you stayhome,they don't want you there. Read more
Honestly at first I hesitated to eat, but then when I tried it it was actually quite good. Although some foods were quite... tasteless, I think overall the food is fine. This is also from a Chinese guy, so different people would have their opinions andthis is just mine. Read more
Just had a take out of ginger and green onion double lobsters on top of noodles, it was good and lobster is fresh and the taste... was just right. Also, price is reasonable. Next time I will try dinning in, it should be excellent when it is coming out thekitchen ... Read more
One of the better authentic Chinese restaurants outside China Town. Food reasonably priced. Service not good. The to-go set... dinners are really good. Their fried noodles are the best. Read more
Great authentic Chinese. I'll second what has already been stated here; the servers are monotone because English is not their... 1st language. A bit of patience, and an understanding that your Mandarin is nowhere near as good as their English. Service wasfast, try the jasmine green tea! Read more
They have some very excellent, authentic Chinese dishes here. After dining here with my family and seeing that this restaurant... is overall rated only 2 stars, I believe they haven't been given enough credit for the quality of their food and theirservices. I noticed that a lot of the reviews state that "they're rude" or that "they don't seem to care in their tone ofvoice"...after recently dining here and observing the employees while they provide service (keeping in mind what I've read fromthe reviews trying to pinpoint if it's happening or not), I think I see where themiscommunication/misconception/misinterpretation is coming from. Take it from me, someone of Asian decent who grew up here inCanada, raised by a family full of immigrants, I can understand and see how others may interpret their message as "mono-tone"which can come off as rude or offensive. With English being a second language, I truly believe their employees don't have theintent to sound rude when they ask things like, "what do you want to drink?" As compared to instead maybe saying, "may I ask ifyou'd like something to drink?"...I'm pretty sure when they were learning how to speak English, their goal was to simply learnenough to get by - not master English grammar and the difference in tone of speech (which might have helped them in the customerservice industry). Having said that, I didn't give them a 5 star rating only because I did notice a mild odour when I enteredthe restaurant - it might have been from their turtle tank? I wasn't too fond about that but it wasn't too bad after all ourfood had arrived. Other than that, I would definitely come back to dine at this restaurant again or order take out for sure. Read more
Food was ok. Some didn't have much flavour. We ordered two of almost everything. One of the two noodles was wet in. The other... noodle was dry but the dish was supposed to be the same. The crispy beef and chicken balls were excellent! Read more