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    Golden China

    3.8 (130 reviews)
    InexpensiveChinese, Japanese
    Closed 11:00 am - 10:00 pm
    Updated over 3 months ago

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    GOLDEN CHINA ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Casual
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    Moderate noise
    Good for groups

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    "Cheese Wontons" (Crab rangoon)
    Alexandra R.

    Solid Chinese carry-out spot. After spending an hour looking at seemingly every Chinese restaurant in Norfolk, mostly comparing pictures of the Crab Rangoons ("Cheese Wontons" here) and fried rice, I landed on this along with the help of some recommendations from our neighborhood Facebook page. We ordered carry out, which around 5 on a Saturday evening was ready in about 20 minutes. Our order consisted of "Cheese Wontons" (the menu does list crab, and the overall filling was pretty run of the mill for a local rangoon, maybe slightly less sweet which we like, but the wonton itself was so bubbly and crispy and delicious!), Mushu Pork, and a General Tso's combination plate with shrimp fried rice and an egg roll. The General Tso's had good flavor with a solid spice to it, and the fried rice and egg roll were satisfactory. The Mushu Pork was good as well! When I'm looking for Chinese carry out or delivery, I don't have extreme expectations. Ideally I'd just like edible, flavorful food at a reasonable price and this absolutely hit the mark! So many places seem to have continued to raise prices as quality suffers, and that isn't the case here. This is probably our new go to. I forgot to take a picture of anything but the "Cheese Wontons" but that's mostly what I'm looking at when picking an inexpensive Chinese restaurant anyways.

    Chicken with green beans
    Angela F.

    A hole in the wall place squeezed in between a pizza place and a coffee cafe. Warning they don't currently have seating. Only orders to go. Two people came in to order after us. Prices are cheap: everyday $7.65 lunch combo. The chicken and green beans made to order. Very good, garlicky and tasty. The green beans were fresh, still crunchy. The chicken was tender. The sweet and sour chicken was "good," according to my husband. Nothing to rave about, just tempura and fried. The sauce had no pineapple or bell pepper. The fried rice was good, just rice sauce and onions-green and white onions. Overall, I'd go here over Panda Express. Would have been nicer to have been able to sit in the restaurant instead of the car.

    Order counter of Golden China - First View Ave
    Christopher M.

    Golden China - First View, Norfolk is the best place for Chinese food around. Don't be fooled by other Golden China's - they're not all the same. I order from here at least once every other week, and am always impressed with the quality of whatever I get. It's definitely worth trying everything on the menu. They offer Chinese, Sushi, Hibachi, Poke, Udon and Teriyaki dishes. I am a huge fan of their Singapore Chow Mei Fun- a curried pancit rice noodle dish full of chicken, beef, pork and shrimp. (Tip: if you love heat like i do, ask for them to prepare your dishes spicy, whether its indicated as spicy or not). I've tried this dish elsewhere and Golden China prepares it the best, hands down. Another fave is Sesame Shrimp (add spicy). The dish is full of HUGE fried shrimp tossed in a delicious sweet/tangy sauce. With nearly every order, we also add House Fried Rice and House LoMein which are equally as good. I could go on and on about this place...but if you want REALLY GREAT Asian food, pass by the other Chinese restaurants, even the PF Chang's, and order from here. Your best meal will be ready in 10 minutes.

    Chinese donuts
    Lai Wun C.

    They got a bug verity of Asian food and so far I've tried the Chinese donuts, shrimp toast, egg drop soup, teriyaki chicken, hibachi noodles with shrimp, hibachi chicken, Singapore mei fun(rice noodles), (hopebI didn't miss any lol) Only the shrimp toast and hibachi chicken are not my favorite, and the rest are pretty decent. The hibachi chicken looks like boiled sliced chicken and the sauce tasted weird to me. The shrimp toast was way too greasy and burnt. Back to the good stuff. The Chinese donuts is a whole new level, it's my meth. It's hot and crispy, the inside is soft and full of egg flavor. I don't like too sweet so I can dust the excessive sugar off of them and for $5 you get 10 of them. TEN OF THEM! FIVE WHOLE DOLLARS! (4.95 to be exact). The Singapore mei fun is very good too. Very flavorful and has a little kick. The portion is generous for the price (around $10 or 11). The sauce of teriyaki chicken and hibachi noodles with shrimp tasted the same to me but it was not bad. The noodles tasted like pasta but aye it's noodles lol. The ingredients are fresh and they're all $7-11 so I can't complain much. The egg drop soup has too much msg cuz it makes me thirsty everytime I had it but it tasted fine. Overall the prices are unbeatable. One meal from them is 2 meals for me. You just needa order the right foood and not the shrimp toast lol. Definitely get the Chinese donuts, watch out for that too or else you gonna gaun some pounds!

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    Sam B.

    Golden China is a solid restaurant choice for Chinese food in the Harrisonburg area. Great service. My wife had the sushi, and I had the general tsos. It was plenty of food (more than we could really eat) for $25, and their buffet looks worth your money. Great place for takeout, although they make the sushi in front of you at the sushi bar which is pretty cool. Update 5/8/21: Had the orange chicken, and it was pretty good (a little dry with plenty of sauce).

    No refund or apology for my food showing up like this.
    Andrew H.

    I have given myself a week or two to cool off after this incident but I have never been more frustrated by a restaurant in my life. I ordered my food through the Post-mates app after seeing an advertisement for free delivery from Golden China's refrigerator. Unfortunately, when I received my order it was nothing that I ordered and was spilt all over the bottom of the bag they packed it in. I brought the order/food back to the restaurant and was forced to take the issue up with a young pre-teen girl while two adult women neglected to talk to me and acted like they didn't speak English. The wrong order contained seafood. After telling her I am allergic to seafood she mocked me and said "Oh do you want me to call 911?" I put the food on the counter and -BTW I did not see them throw my wrong order away. They put it on the counter that serves takeout to the next customers.- If you ordered food that day you may have gotten my leftover food. This was on 1/14/2020. When I picked up the Post-mates advertisement from the refrigerator to explain I needed a refund or my correct order she told me they found the advertisements in the TRASH outside. Before leaving the restaurant I told her I would be writing a Yelp review about the situation. Ten minutes after I left, this little girl calls my cell phone and said "If you do anything to jeopardize our business you will be sorry." I hung up and she kept calling my phone. I picked up three times and immediately hung up and she kept calling. She must have called a dozen times to threaten me just for saying I was going to leave a review online. Keep in mind this girl has my phone number and home address. I would love for Golden China to reply back to this review and explain why I couldn't speak to a manager or anyone who spoke English, why I was harassed and threatened by this girl, and why they have advertisements from the TRASH on their refrigerator where they serve tea and bottled drinks to the public. Explain this situation to myself and the local community please Golden China.

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    Typical average Chinese American food. Interior dated. Stays fairly busy. Only Chinese place in area.

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    I ordered over the phone and the food is ready when I get there, the food is delicious and the guy that answers the phone is very nice

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    3 years ago

    Been coming here since i moved here in 2020. Love the food. Best Chinese I've found in Norfolk. Mongolian beef is my absolute fav from here!

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    Really good food and nice costumer service I have like 6 years eating from this place and no complain!!!!!

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    It was okay. Not very authentic. But made for the American palette. Probably won't order anything there again.

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    7 years ago

    Perfectly good Chinese takeout with generous portions and a nice person at the counter. I'll go again.

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    Sophia and I headed here for lunch last weekend. I came across this place years ago on Yelp but…read morenever had the time to try them out. They did close for a bit during the pandemic due to a staff shortage, but opened back up and haven't lost a beat. Local Yelpers have posted positive reviews on the food and service. Let's see how the visit went. We were immediately seated when we walked inside. They actually had a nice crowd inside which definitely had them busy. Since it's a dim sum restaurant, they came around several times offering small dishes. We declined until the very end and decided to order from their regular menu. My order was a cup of Egg Drop soup for appetizers and salted and spicy scallop, shrimp and squid. Everything was truly delicious. The soup was very hearty and full of flavor as expected. The seafood was fried perfectly and full of spices. The portion could've been a little more but nonetheless it was really good. To end our meal, we chose their shrimp balls off the dim sum plate. It was really good and flavorful. For our first time here, we were both impressed. Wonderful staff and food to back up the hype. The next time we stop by, it'll purely be items via dim sum :)

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    Dining area, completely renovated with private area in the back

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    Once again, Sophia and I stopped here for lunch which was a year later. This was the 3rd time…read morewe've been here which should've been done way earlier. The previous two times ended up with satisfaction. Shall the 3rd stop be icing on the cake? We were seated immediately upon walking inside. It was almost half packed which was fine with us. Decor was nice all around, the staff were friendly and customers seemed happy too. You know we can't negate that type of vibe. After looking through the menu for several minutes, I decided on ordering chicken in soy sauce (half portion) with a side of white rice and Egg Drop soup which came with crispy wonton strips. Everything was delicious. It has been a while since I've had this type of soup so I couldn't pass it up. The chicken was cooked well with plenty of soy sauce marinating the meat. I took half of it home where it was plentiful. Definitely not a bad lunch for the both of us (Sophia had the salt and pepper squid which was my go-to for previous visits). Hopefully we'll be back here sooner than later. Till next time :)

    A wonderful spot for Chinese food in the 757. Overall service is well. The place is very spacious…read morewith a lot of round tables with lazy Susan's. I always get the hot tea, a great start to the meal. Overall, I think the seafood fried rice is okay, I'd rather go for another meat like chicken or beef. They have pancit, which was decent. The mapo tofu is very tasty, but I wish there was more ground beef. Spice level was decent, but I would like it spicier. The garlic eggplant is one of my favsssssss!!!! A sweet soy sauce/oyster sauce taste. The Peking duck is very good, skin is crispy. The char siu pork is also very flavorful. THE WALNUT SHRIMP, it's always a winner. This is my husband's favorite. The white sauce just pairs so well with fried shrimp. The dumplings and Rangoons are thick. The dumplings are covered in sweet soy sauce. Very tasty. The pork belly was crispy just like Filipino lechon. I really enjoyed the custard buns. I do love that they have dim sum available to order all day. We have been here many times, and the dishes are always very good. They put a lot on the plate. This is definitely a place for family style. A must try!! We will be back.

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    Seafood delight (scallops, squid, shrimp)

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