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    Golden Buddha

    3.9 (47 reviews)
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    Closed 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    Menu as of January 2025
    Jon A.

    I have been a resident of Gainesville for over twenty years now. I have known about this tiny yellow restaurant on the corner of 16th and 6th for a long time now, and have always thought "I really need to try them sometime!" This has finally come to pass. First off, this is not a dine-in restaurant. Sure, there is a small table at the front where you could eat, but I would say 99% of their business is take-out. The menu may have once been the old standard Chinese restaurant menu that you will find in every strip-mall across the country, but in this case that menu has morphed and changed over the years into the dishes that the owners feel most comfortable making, and making well. There is no overhead menu emblazoned with lights... just a simple paper menu on two sides of an 11x14 sheet of paper with all of their dishes. The owner is quite pleasant, and he let me go through the menu until I had figured out just what it was I wanted. Ordering was simple, no issues. The food? Good lord, you get what you pay for! Be prepared to receive large dishes for your money, because that is what you are going to get. I went with a Singapore noodle dish and it was excellent! I will definitely be heading back there again!

    Back here again!!! This place needs more hype. HOMEMADE DUMPLINGS. Delicious shrimp and veggies sauce. Can I give a restaurant 6 stars?

    Pork fried rice, pork lo mein, chicken wings, veggie spring roll.

    Listen, I've never left a yelp or google review to any restaurant or place of business in general, mostly because I've never felt compelled. Golden Buddha is SO good. The batter on the chicken wings were seasoned well and so crispy, not to mention very juicy meat. The pork fried rice and low mein were so flavorful. The spring rolls were so crispy and delicate but packed a lot of punch with the flavor. Cannot recommend enough!!

    Menu (February 2022)
    Kyle G.

    I drove by Golden Buddha for many years thinking it was closed, but recently learned it is in fact very open so I decided to check it out. When I saw their menu, I couldn't believe the prices: their lunch specials are about $7 and you get a TON of food. Not only that, it's pretty good. The lunch special comes with the entree, fried rice, a soup, and either a spring roll or chicken wings. I got the honey garlic fried chicken and an egg drop soup with my lunch special. Everything was good and I was so full I ended up with leftovers. Just look at the photo for yourself to see the portions. I also got crab rangoons and they were among the best I've ever had, I'd go back just to order those. I believe they're only doing take out for now. There is parking and an entrance in the back, you enter off of 6th, it's a hard to find the entrance. Definitely come support this business, they deserve it.

    Lunch Special: Honey Garlic Chicken w/ Won Ton Soup and Chicken Wings
    Andrew M.

    Have stayed near them for 10+ years. The food is delicious and fresh. The portions and amazing and their customer service is astonishing. My favorite is the Honey Garlic Chicken and the Pepper Steak. It's the freshness for me, plus they give you so much food with their Lunch Special as you can see in the picture (meat, rice, soup, and choice of chicken wings or spring roll - the wings are crispy ;-})

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    This is the only Chinese food that I go to. It's great. A small place with lots of options.

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    I eat here atleast once a month, owned by a cute older couple. They grow their own chili's! This is Mandarin Chinese food, so it's spicy!

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    Excellent food made fresh. Ideal for takeout (no dining during Covid still) or delivery.

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    Actually the best Chinese food I've ever had and the lunch special prices are unbeatable.

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