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Golden Star Restaurant

3.0 (153 reviews)
ModerateChinese
Open 11:00 am - 10:00 pm

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Danielle O.

Inside out: Outside is a bit dated, so is the inside to be honest but I find it charming. The design is relaxing, open, and feels like a family owned restaurant in a good way. The service is incredibly lovely and kind. No complaints. Food: the amount of vegetarian options has truly expanded! The generals tofu was good, everything my family ordered and shared they enjoyed. It isn't the mind blowing Chinese food but it is good! The prices are reasonable and good portions. Overall: worth it to visit!

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Dani S.

Today's visit was quite the experience. The last time I came, my server got me hooked up with everything I wanted! No issues. Today...... what a nightmare. They have a special on the board for 15 bucks. You get Mandarin chicken, special chow mein and an egg roll. That sounded all fantastic! I did want to swap the special cow mein for the basic crunchy chow mein. Yo, it was going to be 4 extra bucks!! What?!? 4 extra bucks for celery and bean sprouts. Lol So, I changed my order to a #7 dinner which was Mandarin chicken and the chow mein I wanted. I got the same meal last time and added a bowl of rice. Well, I guess they don't serve bowls of rice anymore. I would have to pay 8 bucks for a side of fried rice. Then my server kept saying do this meal or do this one. All the other meals she pointed out were nothing close to what I wanted. So, I just grabbed my #7 meal and an egg roll. The egg roll is a good sized roll. It was fried nicely. It did come with a side of hot mustard. The egg roll filling was on the saltier side. It needed more of a crunch element in the middle. It was kind mushy. The hot mustard was good but very watered down. It would have been nice for a little sweet and sour sauce to go with it. I wasn't going to ask for some cause it's probably 3 bucks for it. My dinner came out nice and hot! The Mandarin chicken was crunchy and savory. The sweet and sour sauce was good! My chicken wasn't drowned in it. The Chow mein will always be my favorite. It had a great savory note to it. The veggies were crunchy and fresh. My meal would have been complete if I was able to get that side of rice. I wasn't half way into my meal and my server asked if I wanted a box. Didn't ask how everything was going. When I did finally finish i packed up my food and got rung up. To top of my annoyance level, my server direct me to the tip chart and said "circle this one". Ya, needless to say, that was the most annoying service I have experienced. The food was good but my server today flopped.

Kat

Disgusting! They openly gave us ant infested food!! With a weird yellow liquid, they said they didnt mean to but it smells like a litter box!!!!!! Never coming back, bad service and they cant even speak right!!!!!!!!!!!! Dont come here disgusting food for 160$ ridiculous

Chicken Almond Ding, Pork Fried Rice, Pork & Seeds and Pork Chow Mien. Delicious!
Kelly R.

Food was delicious!! Clean restaurant and service was excellent! My favorite is the Pork Chow Mien and it didn't disappoint.

Broccoli and Beef
Nycole R.

I love finding local, hole-in-the wall type places that don't cater to the tourists or the folks that want the same old same they can find in any town (chain restaurants), so I was excited to stumble onto the Golden Star Restaurant. We were immediately seated and given menus. There are lots of options and the prices are a bit higher than I expected. But we ordered a few things that looked good. The food was just ok. The egg flower soup was very creamy and thick, but hardly any taste. The broccoli and beef that I ordered had a strange gravy-like sauce on it, but the flavor wasn't terrible. My wife ordered sweet and sour chicken and ended up packaging it up for later-she could not get into it. It wasn't horrible, but I don't know that it was anything that I'd be eager to return to. Although I really dig their retro décor and the service was great.

Heather S.

What a fun place to stop for lunch! The restaurant is pretty neat to see. It reminds me of when I was a kid and my family would go to our local Chinese's spot weekly (in the 80's). Service is always spot on and timely. Picks up during the lunch hour and there are many delicious item to pack your belly full. Lots of options so plan not knowing what you want because there are many tempting items. Mongolian beef (pretty salty), general chicken, sweet and sour chicken, and Mandarin chicken are the usual dishes we eat. If we are feeling extra hungry we split an order of egg rolls (they are huge so don't get your own order). I am ready to branch out and try other dished but haven't been disappointed with the food. Nothing too crazy over the top here, but a good stop if you curious how the food is. (Chicken dishes have sometimes been overcooked but I don't mind that.) Tea is an added cost. We assumed the first time it was offered it was a free but it isn't. We still get it but just know, it isn't complimentary like it initially feels.

Soooooooooooo amazing!!!
Tommy R.

Went here at the recommendation of my daughter and I wished I had known about it earlier. The service we received was great. I thought tea offered when you are seated had gone away, but this establishment has that old school vibe and all the things that made me love Asian cuisine (Americanized or not...they are all awesome) are present here. I already mentioned how good the service was, but it's worth mentioning just how good they were and they are really great. I cannot say enough about this place. I plan to go again soon and do an even deeper review (I suspect it will be a lot of bragging)!

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Very good, looking to try more dishes. Will be back. Nice and clean. Lots of people eating there. Huge menu.

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I grew up eating here. With a food safety score like this, I will wait to go back until the crew gets their act together.

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Best Asian food in Idaho. Yet to find anything that comes close in the area. Nice tucked away location as well!

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I placed a large order on Christmas Eve and it was canceled 10 minutes before pick-up. I'll never go to this place again!

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Probably my favorite restaurant in Boise! I've been going here for decades. It hasn't changed. Great food!

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Lucky Palace Chinese Restaurant

3.4(101 reviews)
2.9 mi
$$

I recently read in the Idaho Statesman that this local Chinese joint was going to close at the end…read moreof the month. So sad, their situation. The rental company didn't give them an option to renew their lease. After 17 years, they are closing their doors without a choice. With closure comes choas. I remember when my family gave notice of our closure. We were chaotic from the time we announced it till the doors closed. Everyone is getting in their last hooray in. I anticipated that kind of madness when we stopped in for lunch today. And I was right, the place was a madhouse. When I have eaten here in the past, there was hardly anyone. It was just another table along with mine. It's always chill. Today on the other hand was pure madness. Tables were full of customers and dirty plates. I went ahead and sat myself and waited for my server. It took a minute for my server to get to me. She was the only one working so I just hung out till she got to me. Tea and menus were finally dropped off and I kicked it till my daughter showed up to have lunch with me. My daughter and I looked over the menu. Knowing it's our last meal at this joint, we decided to go ham. We both ordered soup, a lunch and I also snagged a tofu chow fun for later. My soup order was hot and sour. For lunch I went with your typical order of mandarin chicken, chow mein and pork fried rice. My daughter got won ton soup and beef with broccoli, fried rice and an egg roll. We waited for a hot minute for our food to be prepared. You can tell they were not staffed properly. Only one server with a whole dining room full of guests. I'm sure there were only a couple people working the kitchen trying to push out all of the orders coming in. Our soup did finally make it out. We both ordered small bowls but the bowl size was gracious. They were both hot and steamy. My hot and sour soup was ok. It wasn't really spicy but it did have a nice sour element to it. There were pieces of tofu, bamboo and carrots. It was thick and hearty but overall it was ok. My daughter's won ton soup was average. The broth was nice but there was not a lot of filling in the won ton. It was mainly won ton wrapper. And I found it odd that they put lettuce in the won ton soup. Lunch was dropped off shortly after we started working on our soup. When I placed my order, I had asked for fried rice with my meal. Server said it would be an extra charge and I figured it would be. My plate didn't have the fried rice. It only came with my chicken and chow mien. After I addressed my server about it, she looked completely lost. I got an "ok" and never saw her again. So, I just worked on what I had. The chicken was good. It was fresh this time around. I love the saltiness of the chicken with the sweet and sour sauce. The chow mien will always be one of my favorite dishes. It reminds me of my childhood, growing up at my uncle's Chinese restaurant and eating it all the time. I love when the crunchy noodles get all soft from the sauce. The bean sprouts are my favorite. The chow fun was really good. It was savory, the noodles were chewy and the tofu was perfectly fried. They will always have some of the best chow fun in town. I'm giving today's visit a 5 star but in reality it's truly a 3. I didn't get my rice, our server didn't really tend to our table and I had to get my bill adjusted for extra charges. I know the end of the road is coming soon for them but hopefully they will be able to prepare themselves for the next couple days because the choas will only get worse and clearly they need the extra hands. I wish these folks the best of luck with their future endeavors, whatever they may be. I'm happy I got one last meal in before doors are finally closed at the end of this month. Truly sad that another local joint will be just a fond memory for us now.

If you are feeling some quick Chinese food, pop in here. I enjoy the older feeling of the…read morerestaurant, it reminds me of when I was kid. Most places have remodeled and taken out the charm and ambiance of restaurants making them stale. Lucky Palace still has that charm and evokes that feeling of being a kid, with your family, on a Friday night family date. I will say the food seems to be on the saltier side here, pretty consistently. And I am on the search for the best sweet and sour chicken in the valley, the chicken was overcooked on the sweet and sour and the sauce on the extreme sweet side. The one time I ordered generals chicken, it was a bit unmanageable to eat because of the salt. I never waste leftovers, I did not eat these leftovers because of the salt content. With that said, I think you can find some good things on the menu. We did enjoy the egg rolls (on the super greasy side), and my parents manage to find great options such as the Lo Mein. Give this a few tries and I do believe you can find a dish you will keep coming back for. Hidden in a strip mall type setup, you would never know it is there unless you are looking for it. I kind of like that. It feels hidden. Like a secret restaurant.

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Panda Garden

3.4(159 reviews)
2.2 mi
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I'm still in the hunt for some good Chinese food. So I have been making my way through the valley…read moreto find it! This joint is real close to my Brother in law's job and had commented that they push out some pretty darn good fried rice. Word of mouth is the best kind of advertising so I'm taking his word and trying it out today. I'm going off of his fried rice recommendation so I'm hoping it's going to be good. I work downtown so it's a close drive to get to this joint. I have passed this place for many years and never tried it out. I know there's a cute panda sign up front but I honestly didn't know what to expect. The building is older which is fine. Hella good food is pushed out of janky spots all the time. Walking in, this venue is tiny. It holds a good amount of tables. It could use some upkeeping and a little updating. It looks very run down, dirty. Janky is fine but it's a turn off when it's dirty looking. Unfortunately I came too late for their lunch menu. I always find it the best way to be able to try a little of everything with lunch combo plates. After checking out the menu, I was excited to see that I could get a small bowl of hot and sour soup. I don't have to commit to a large bowl. I also wanted mu shu tofu. I asked about the tofu and my server seemed confused about it. So, I went with the chicken to prevent any communication issues. I feel like tofu is a standard item in Chinese restaurants so it threw me off that she was confused that I wanted it as an option. While I was waiting for my food, I worked on my hot tea. The pot could use a wipe down. It wasn't the cleanest looking tea pot. My soup came out pretty quick. I had a feeling the soup was pre made since they offer it by the bowl. To be honest, I can tell I was going to be disappointed by the soup cause of the color. It was light, no chili flakes, no bamboo shoots. After taking a couple bites, I figured it was egg flower soup with extra soy for color. They added tofu which is normally in hot and sour. Man, what a disappointing bowl of soup. It was decent for what it was, egg flower but there was no heat and no acidity. They should not be calling that soup hot and sour. The mu shu was dropped off and it looked promising. It was rich in color. There were nice pieces of chicken throughout the dish. The pancakes didn't look like the normal pancakes that normally come with mu shu. They were thick, powdery and looked uncooked. But I was willing to give it a chance. I rolled up a fat roll with the pancake and mu shu. Added a nice amount of plum sauce and dove right in! Ya.... that pancake was not it. It tasted thick, raw and doughy. I removed everything in the middle and decided to eat the mu shu like a stir fry. I asked for a side of fried rice and ate a much as I could. The chicken in the dish was tender. There was a good amount of veggies. The flavor was good. I would have liked more cabbage to the dish. The cabbage adds a nice crunchy element to the dish. Eating it with the rice was good but it would have been nice to have the full experience with the right pancakes. I don't see myself coming back. Service was not even basic, food was dropped off and never was checked up on. The soup was disappointing and misleading. The pancakes were criminal. And you're charged 3.25 for half pot of tea. Mind blowing that you're charged that much for tea and a half pot at that. Most Chinese joints use generic green tea, 50 bags to a box. I know, I served it for years. I can't imagine how much you're charged for soda. The mu shu was decent which gives this visit a 2 star but overall, this visit was not worth the 20 bucks I spent.

Where's my avocado? And I ordered through Uber and it says items are non-refundable. Good, here's…read moreyour review! :)

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New Garden Chinese Restaurant

3.2(72 reviews)
2.3 mi
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Heather the server is super sweet and doesn't a great job ensuring our order was correct and hooked…read moreus up with their awesome mustard. Only good Chinese food in town, highly recommend.

If generosity were a flavor, New Garden Chinese Restaurant would be a Michelin-star contender…read more We ordered a couple of combination dinner plates and a hot and sour soup, and let me tell you--this wasn't a meal, it was a logistical event. The bags arrived promptly, steaming like they had just been hustled out of the wok and into our lives with purpose. Credit where it's due: delivery was fast, everything was hot, and the sheer volume of food bordered on heroic. This is the kind of place that feeds not just your table, but possibly your entire week. Visually? No notes. Golden egg roll, glossy sauces, that comforting, familiar American-Chinese glow that promises indulgence and maybe a nap afterward. And yes, it delivered on the nap. This is heavy food--the kind that makes you loosen a belt and reconsider your evening plans. But then... the flavor. The hot and sour soup leaned a little too enthusiastically into the "sweet" side of its personality, like it had somewhere else to be and rushed the "sour" part. The egg roll came in bold--very bold--with a five-spice presence that kicked the door in, rearranged the furniture, and didn't really ask if you wanted that kind of energy. Across the board, things landed in that curious middle ground: low mein, fried rice not bad, not offensive, just... there. Like a cover band that knows all the notes but hasn't quite found the groove. To be fair, this is American Chinese comfort food in Boise, not a culinary pilgrimage. And in that lane, New Garden absolutely delivers on value, portion size, and speed. You will not go hungry. You may, however, find yourself wishing the flavors hit with the same confidence as the portions. So: shoutout to the delivery game. Shoutout to the sheer abundance. But flavor-wise? It's a polite shrug with potential. Would I order again? Maybe--on a day when quantity feels more important than nuance, and I'm ready to commit to leftovers as a lifestyle.

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