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    Golden Empire

    3.2 (41 reviews)
    ModerateChinese
    Closed 11:00 am - 9:30 pm
    Updated 3 months ago

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    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Gerald S.

    Golden Empire has been around for a long while and these days is more beige and yellow than golden. The dining room is still set up for Covid takeout, but has recommissioned a half dozen booths for eat in. I was there for late lunch just before 3:00, and ordered Chicken Chow Fun, which came with choice of soup (Hot & Sour). The owner/chef came out to serve me. He was friendly and showed a sense of humor when he couldn't remember whether the lunch specials menu included my request. It did and he smoothly accepted the fact and moved on. The Hot & Sour was neither. Just warm enough and sweet. First time that happened. Looks like they used something other than vinegar and thus lacked the tart sour note that is essential. Plenty of mushrooms and tofu, though. The Chow Fun had plenty of chicken, sprouts, onion and nest of noodles, but not the broad flat guys used traditionally, but a narrower gauge pasta that didn't have the surface area to capture the brown sauce. Yet, even the brown sauce was absent, with a pale substitute that lacked the savoriness expected from a Chinese kitchen and that makes chow fun so popular in some quarters. Lunch is a tough deal for restaurants. Often a loss leader to drive dinner business, they keep their costs as low as possible, but, as here, actual taste is not part of the calculation. Too bad. 2.5 STARS

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    1 year ago

    Great food! Shrimp Egg Foo Young and Sweet and sour shrimp are like no other in the area! Very friendly staff!

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    2 years ago

    My favorite go to for this cuisine. Kind and friendly staff ... recommended to my family and they agree

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    2 years ago

    Solid delicious food! Always yummy and fresh! I highly recommend this restaurant! I particularly love the egg foo young!

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    3 years ago

    I just spent $12.79 ordered a veggie dish, when I bring it home , I found no rice in it.

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    4 years ago

    I'm a Chinese food fanatic and let me say this place has the best general tso's chicken I've had thus far. Def recommend!

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    7 years ago

    We had dinner all 7 of us loved the food and the hospitality. This is the best in the area.

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    6 years ago

    It's your basic Chinese restaurant. Quick and cheap. We got wayyyy more than enough food for 3 people and it was like $35.

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    9 years ago

    Totally fine for delivery especially if you are looking for mediocre American Chinese. A little salty but just totally fine:)

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    13 years ago

    Good food, not the typical sweet americanized Chinese crap. We order take outs from this place regularly and food is always good.

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    Food was really good! Delivery was quick, and I loved the fried rice, but it make my stomach sick.

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