The staff were very friendly and accommodating. They were perfect. We got all our food very quickly. The soup was really good, it had a nice kick to it, but not too much. I got the lunch special with Mongolian Beef. The while the chow mein was a bit greasy and a little under seasoned but the fried rice was perfect. I mostly liked the Mongolian Beef but it was pretty salty. But salt content aside the flavour was otherwise good. My friend liked her sweet and sour chicken. I tried one and it was solid, it was nice and crispy. It' has a really nice vibe. I liked the private booths. read more

Golden China - Well, it didn't happen last month so I guess I have to wait a year - Chinese Near Me - Watsonville, California

Best part of this place are the small private sitting areas. Gives your own personal space, love it. The lunch specials we got on this occassion were plentiful and economical. Food tasted fresh, had fresh veggies and good amount of meat. Servers were inviting, kept checking on us. All in all good option for american chinese food. read more

The food is always great. In the past One family member does not eat meat. So they had tofu last time. "Los Angeles Chinese can't touch this is place" is what they said. Parking for Disabled person is right in front of restaurant. Today we had a booth and I think next time we will take a table. A little hard to get in and out for the Seniors that we meet for lunch today. Thanks again. read more

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This amazing relic of a place that I have been coming to off and on personally for over 30 years! Yes its been here that long. It has not changed much at all in all those years. Seating is the same as is more importanly the food. Now it's not the best ever chinese food but it satisfys that chinese food itch you may be craving. Service is very good and fast. Servings are huge you will be taking food home guaranteed! You must check this place out if the craving is there for you and if your in town. read more

Went in and was greeted promptly by staff, quickly seated and given a menu. The menu was good, a nice variety. I chose the dinner combination plate which was brought out pretty quickly. The portions were nice and the food had good taste and was plenty hot. The server was attentive and came around my table appropriately. I will return when in Watsonville. Thank you, Golden China restaurant. read more

We went here today to get 2 lunch specials to go They were pretty busy but the young couple at the cash register's were super nice and helpful I'm not sure if they are the owners but they were very pleasant The gal even brought me a cup of tea while I waited The lunch specials are really a great deal We usually get a couple of meals out of them Really delicious too I feel they have become a much better restaurant lately Highly recommend read more

Stopped by for dinner. Parking is just in the lot of the shopping plaza. I really like the private booths that are sectioned off. There's a curtain of beads that you walk through to get to the booths; just ask the host when you get there. Portion sizes are good! The potstickers were perfectly crisp on the bottom and juicy in the interior. The Hunan beef would be a 3/5 for me as it was tasty and crispy, but it was like 80% batter and 20% beef. Good flavor, despite being very sweet -- I would recommend ordering rice on the side. Chicken chow mein was tasty! read more

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Order the family combination A2 Special request was no egg with fried rice ... Get there check too see if they follow through with the request turns out they gave me white rice instead of fried rice because he said that the fried rice is already premade. Then why even asked for special instructions and I still had to pay the full price for white rice and the price for rice is 4 bucks when fried rice is 12 bucks the family combination total price $46. Without the fried rice read more

First time to come here and it was a great experience. Servers are nice and respectful. Me and my family ordered several dishes which came out fast and hot! The hot and sour soup is the best I've ever had in years. The spiciness and flavor is well balanced. The amount of food is good too. The sweet and sour chicken is amazing. The deluxe chow mein is delicious and plenty ! The Mongolian chicken is good but has too much onion. Overall still a great Chinese restaurant. I'll be coming back again ! read more

Went for dinner. Waitress was great server. Food was great and very generous. Hunan beef was spicy and tasty. We had the dinner for 2 which would have fed 4. Generous portions. I've been there many times but only for lunch specials. read more

This review is for the pecking duck . it wasn't pecking tonight and I left a little sad . read more

Golden China - Chinese Near Me - Watsonville, California

Well, it's been years and it's time for a fair update. I just received my order (UBER Eats), I ordered a lunch special, Beef & Broccoli and Deluxe Won Ton Soup, includes noodles, fried rice, 2 fried won ton, an eggroll, sweet n sour sauce, hot sauce, soy sauce, and two fortune cookies. It was pricey only because of the UBER charges, but the base price is crazy reasonable. The portions are crazy big (I'll have more than enough for another meal), the food arrived hot (I live close and UBER was fast). Lots of beef and it was super tender. So, 5 Stars! So there! read more

The large and small soups come in the same container and they told us that the small has less of the ingredients and more broth compared to the large. This makes absolutely zero sense to me and my mom who called and they said this over the phone. The place has certainly gone down hill and has been for a while. They have increased their prices while decreasing the amount of food that you get. The restaurant itself is very dirty. The bathroom area is disgusting. I don't think I'll ever be ordering from here again. read more

Tried this place this weekend on my getaway from heat in valley! I'll start with the good things then add the what I think woul made it better tbh The orange chicken is amazing in flavor 10/10. The chow main is so good and tender great flavor especially since I got the deluxe one! I always add soy sauce n Sriracha just how I like eating it. The Mongolian beef is Good so much flavor. Now chow mein is honestly over priced for the deluxe and skimpy on the meat. If was packed with meat to have on every bite well worth price but isn't. The Mongolian onion would be better if had more meat to be a Mongolian beef but very little. Service fast! Ambiance is a real vibe to eat there read more

Very good, I had the beef fried rice and the steak and broccoli. Sknrnoepjrj jrjndnnendnnfnfnfnfnnfnf

You can never go wrong with the soup and rice! The soup itself is a must when I catch a cold! The Mongolian beef used to be good but now it's way too saucy(maybe not fresh). It hasn't been remodeled in years so it looks a bit old. I don't think the kitchen is clean (you can see the kitchen when you go to the restroom). If you order online they charge you an extra dollar. For "convenience" which I don't think it's fair. read more

The food was not up to par. The dishes with sauce was too starchy. I am sorry, but it was terrible.

Ordered about 70 dollars worth of food we got full fast an decided to take the rest home well the waitress takes our full plates an comes back with two small too go boxes an says that was all our food. asked to speak to manager an we compared the food to the plate she took an it was less then half of one plate he still didn't do anything But start yelling at the woman in another language an walked away ! wouldn't go back or recommend anyone read more

THIS IS THE BEST RESTAURANT like don't even play with me on this. I've been coming here pretty much since I was born and I won't stop going. The sweet lady knows my families order already and it's just so nice. Never had a rude experience, the Chinese food is the best I've gone to Salinas, the Chinese sucks there, Hollister the Chinese sucks, but GOLDEN CHINA OOOOOOO pls continue being amazing- I love u guys- give my thanks to the chef . Yall need to try the chow fun, hot and sour soup, sweet and sour chicken, and egg rolls. read more

Avoid this place this would be the third time I've gotten food poisoning. Yes I tried it since I didn't think this place would get me sick but yeah I can confirm this place was responsible they dropped in quality and it's pricey now read more

Fast order the food was absolutely delicious. I got black bean chicken with extra black bean and steamed rice , my husband got his sweet and sour pork with chicken fried rice . I usually get chow fun but wanted something different plus I love black bean read more

We got take out on Christmas Eve and the service was good. The lady taking my order over the phone was nice and the order was ready by the time it took us to drive there from Aromas. We got cream cheese wontons, sweet and sour chicken, house fried rice, shrimp chowmein and hunan beef. Everything was delicious. We haven't been there to eat inside since before covid, but my kids love seeing the big fish tank when we stop by for take out. read more

Let me start of by saying IF THERE WERE 0 STARS I WOULD HAVE WENT TO NEGATIVE 5!!!! Went to golden china, for the first time to give you perspective. I ordered the Fried Calamari, which was disgusting, what was supposed to be fried tasted like Sauggy bread. Not only was it not cooked right. The calamari tasted like it was expired months ago. As I took a bite and almost projectile vomited, I told the waiter I do not want the calamari. She then started yelling bringing random people to the "private room" I was in (they were all eves-dropping behind her). She then left (JoJo was her name), and never came back. As I was waiting for an additional 15 minutes for her to come back a random guy asks if we're okay, where we then had to explain the whole thing again; just for him to yell at us while everyone in the restaurant was staring. Our whole meal was a horrible experience. DO NOT EVER GO HERE. Unless you want to have an anxiety attack and horrible at best food and service. (By the way the owner was one of the people who yelled at us.) they care more about money than good costumer service and keeping their customers happy. read more

Eat at your own risk. Ordered delivery through the place. In the fried rice I found a pubic hair!!‼

The worst Chinese food. Overcooked food, soup was not hot and food tasted like package sauces. Place needs a paint job inside and messy hostess station. read more

We've been to this restaurant several times ~ always a good experience. Tonight, I ordered won ton soup & crab rangoons. We had it delivered. We live across straight across from them (on Main St) $12 delivery ~ y'all c'mon. $12? Ridiculous! Then we got the wrong soup ~ and our Rangoon's were 1 moment away from being burnt! We called to tell them we received the wrong soup. They wanted a dollar difference and told me 20 mins. I'm sad to say we'll never do biz with them again. $45 with a side of attitude read more

The food is still really good. I know the place needs a facelift but the quality of the food is still pretty good. Love the dragons nest.

Just WOW, 2 items and 1 appetizer for $52 before delivery fee and service fee-only the food. Did an order thru door dash and they charged well over their menu prices. Egg Rolls charged $9.95 when menu price is $7.45/ Mongolian Beef charged $21.95 when menu price is $15.95/ Chow Mein charged $15.45 when menu price $11.95. The Mongolian Beef was a container full of onions with a little bit of beef, the Chow Mein was all noodles with little chicken, carrots, cabbage, etc. not impressed with food and on top of that they are charging more than they have it listed for. I checked their online menu and Yelp menu to confirm they ripped us off. Not good business practice! If I could I would give a 0 star! read more

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Foods ok but over priced for the quality. Still probably the best option in Watsonville

I am saddened to leave this review because I have fond memories with family at this restaurant. Unfortunately until management can demonstrate that they care about food safety and the safety of their customers by actually passing health inspections, I will no longer be supporting Golden China. See their most recent 2020 inspection noting "rodent or insect infestation" which is a recurring problem here. read more

Golden China - Most recent health inspection ! - Chinese Near Me - Watsonville, California

Besides, the fact that the food was not very good, I found half of a cockroach in my fried rice. When I told the waiter, he brought the manager over. Instead of saying that could be from them he said, somehow we've had cockroaches in our kitchen, but we thought we fix the problem. Then he did not want to give me a refund even though he admitted the cockroach was a problem in the kitchen. I'm so disgusted right now. My wife actually threw up in the bathroom and almost threw up at the table. Unless every other restaurant in Watsonville is closed, I would definitely not go to this place. read more

Food is super tasty. Hard to beat for the price. Nothing crazy fancy. But its tasty! Ill be back!

Got the sweet and sour pork and Szechuan beef, with won ton soup, for pick up. I would give the food itself four stars. However, be warned that for some reason, this Chinese restaurant serves their entrees without rice. So it's kind of gross and wrong-feeling when you get back to your hotel with $50 of Chinese food and there is no g-ddamned rice. read more

Good food and honest owner. In the past we had ordered dinner to go and we've been satisfied each time we ordered it. What gives them a 5 star rating is how honest they were when we placed an order through Google and were double billed. We called them to let them know and they had no problem backing out the double charge on our credit card. read more

Nothing ground breaking, but for take out Chinese food it definitely could be worse. The interior inside is nice, staff have always been accommodating (pre Covid and current) and the foods decent. Combo plates are flexible with options with the menu showing all available items. They also do delivery (have been doing so for years) which is prompt/fast. Best place in Watsonville for Chinese imo. read more

Food was very good. The ambience was good because we got placed in a private booth which we loved!

I walked in to this place thinking I would have a good experience but it wasn't the pork fried rice was disgusting not even edible eit was way to salty I had to go back in because I had asked for it to go as soon as I was talking to the owner and told him I didn't mean to complain just wanted to let him know it was way to salty he immediately got rude with me and basically almost kicked me out of his restaurant arguing that it was impossible that I did something to the rice I would never in my lifetime ever come back to this place. How can someone who can't take criticism the right way still be in business if you know something is wrong with the cooking try and fix it don't scare away you're costumers fix it don't get mad or be rude about it rating this one star because I am not given the option to rate a zero star read more

Golden China - Worst pork fried rice ever - Chinese Near Me - Watsonville, California

Wasn't sure what to eat here but the hotel gal told me it's a good spot. I guess I should have figured Chinese food in central California probably isn't the best choice but whatever. Anyway I went with the dinner special which came with the following. Chicken chow mein: bland and meh Three meat special: shrimp chicken and beef. More sweet than spicy Fried rice: very bland, might as well have been steamed white rice. I ended up having an upset stomach most the night after not finishing the food. The one redeeming quality was the server/host. She was very nice and helpful in suggestions. read more

Pork chow mein had nothing but noodles. 3rd time this has happened. Honestly nothing in it... no pork, no cabbage, no green onions, No sprouts Blah read more

Pretty good food this time. It can be hit or miss sometimes. Blah blah blah blah blah.