The waitress was really friendly and the food was OK. It seemed like some of the recipes have been changed since we went there before and not for the better. All in all was OK but I wouldn't make a long drive to go again. The restaurant is getting old and starting to show age and could benefit from some updates. read more

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Very fast service. The establishment is clean and staff is very friendly, most importantly, the food was great!

I've dined here on 4 occasions and the food here makes me happy. The beef is tender and flavorful. The veggies are crisp and colorful. The pot stickers I can rave about. May try the fish and chips tonight. If a restaurant has this on the menu and it's not the typical cuisine this is the test. Let's goooo! read more

Golden Tree Cafe - Fish and Chips! - Chinese Near Me - Riverton, Utah

Great food for a remarkably great price. Staff was so kind! I did a takeout order and am excited to go again.

The sauce is very sweet for the orange chicken. The sauce had a weird taste to it. Price was very fair. Egg roll was really good. Rice was average, it was just rice and ham but no veggies. I would try something else. read more

Golden Tree Cafe - Orange Chicken, Egg Roll, Ham Fried Rice - Chinese Near Me - Riverton, Utah

The ambiance is similar to the old Chinese cafes I loved in my childhood. They have amazing food, large portions and great prices. The service is always exceptional. I love the Golden Tree. read more

There food is absolutely wonderful service is wonderful wait staff is so nice I just love them

My kids and I got takeout here today. The hostess was super friendly. She was patient while we decided what to get and she made conversation with my kids. I liked that she brought the food out in a cardboard box so none of it would spill while I drove. I also liked that all the sauces were on the side so the breaded meat stayed crispy! I got an egg roll and loved it. The sweet and sour pork was pretty good. The orange chicken sauce was intensely orangey... maybe artificially flavored? And the chow mein was fine. My kids loved everything and raved about it the whole meal. The 3 item lunch combo was more than enough food for me and my 9 and 5 year old kids could have easily split one! read more

Golden Tree Cafe - $5.95 lunch special- Cantonese chow mein and orange chicken were extra charge. I also got sweet and sour pork - Chinese Near Me - Riverton, Utah

Yuck! This might be the worst Chinese restaurant that we've ever experienced. I seriously felt like everything came directly out of a can that might be a few years expired. Even the fortune cookies were gross. read more

I've been coming here since I was a kid in 1995. Love the place, the food And the people that work there. The price is cheap And the food amazing. I love the egg rolls with the hot mustard. Also Karl Malone used to come here and order a steak. I highly recommend this place. read more

I've been going here for well over 20 years. Not every day of course. But when I was in construction we ate here often. I introduced Golden Tree to my wife. Around 2004, we both love it for a long time, that is until recently. You can tell that there was a shake up and something big, happened. Things changed from then on till now. I can tell you for sure that their egg drop soup was to die for. And their lunch special was perficte for people like me and my wife. All of that has changed for sure. The last time i was there, the soup was off. Like my cup of soup tasted like somebody burnt it, like they left the oil in the pan to long. Then the noodles from the chicken Chow Main just sucked (I almost sent it back) and the noodles seem to have a smaller diameter than the ones they previously used. Don't get me wrong their lunch menu is still our favorite but we actually think twice before going. read more

We love this place & have eaten here & gotten take out several times. We drove by here today & noticed they were closed. They had a sign on their door that said they were closed due to the recent increase of Covid spread through out the community. We are very sad . I was hoping they could continue to do take out. They have been doing take out the last several months. Hope they can open soon. They have the best egg foo young & ham fried rice read more

A friend of mine suggested this place for lunch, she heard it was good from friends. I could pretty much always eat Chinese so we went! Upon first look it doesn't look like much, and once I went in it was definitely dated. I was a little hesitant but decided to go for it! I'm glad we did! They have some great lunch options and deals. They have a three item lunch option that seemed pretty popular with everyone else there. But what's better than leftover Chinese?! So I went full entrees and even an appetizer, all so I could have leftovers. First off, the Potstickers. Honestly, I'll be craving those everyday until I have them again. Perfectly pan fried, a slight crisp, but still some spots of just steamed dough. The inside meat was deliciously flavored but simple. And really the side of dipping sauce completes the whole dish. Next time I'm getting my own order! Lol. I also ordered the Chicken Chow Mein and Mongolian Beef. I usually don't get Chow Mein because I think it can be a little underwhelming, but this was simple and possibly the best Chow Mein I've ever had. The noodles and chicken were tender, the veggies were cooked but still crisp, and the sauce was mild but complimented all the ingredients really well. I ate about of it for lunch, and promptly ate the other for dinner because I was craving the rest of it. Lol. The Mongolian Beef was tender and well seasoned with lots of green and red bell peppers and onions. Personally, I strongly dislike bell peppers so I just picked out the meat and onions. But I still really enjoyed it. My friend ordered the Pork Fried Rice, which had really good flavor as well. Also, our server was so attentive (borderline a little too attentive) and kind. Do yourself a favor, look past the way it looks and give it chance. read more

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My family has been going to this Chinese place for a very long time. Tonight my fam wanted to get some of their pork fried rice and sweet and sour chicken. The food takeout style + good vibes with the family made for a great night. Also- their egg drop soup is fire great place with good vibes read more

We have been going here for 20 yrs love the food and the staff! All my family loves Golden Tree!!

All I can say is it tasted bad it looked bad and I got food poisoning be aware do not come here you will be throwing up all night

You know how 90% of all Chinese take out tastes exactly the same, no matter where you get it? Include this place in the collection. Official review: Meh. Not in the mood to cook and can't decide on anything else to eat like, immediately? This place is fast. read more

Amazing service and food was absolutely Delicious! Had a Combo B came with soup, sweet & sour chicken, noodles and rice. Highly recommend will definitely be coming again!! read more

Stopped in Saturday for lunch. This place "use" to be very good but the quality of the food has really fallen off. We ordered the same dinner we've been getting for years but it just didn't taste right. The service was great but I haven't felt well now for two days since eating there. Not sure if they are linked but I just noted even while in the restaurant that it's just not the same. I'm probably done with going there. read more

I stopped in here for lunch. it was pretty average for most Chinese food. Maybe it was just what I ordered but it was pretty soggy and fairly unappetizing. Pretty flavorless and bland read more

Great food! I've been going there for years. Give it a go. The people who work are so kind.

It's awful now. They use chicken noodle soup instead of egg drop like they use to. You will find 5 different colors of ham in your ham fried rice which is a clear indication that not all of it is fresh. Everything tastes like food that's been sitting under a heat lamp all day. Very unfortunate because this place use to be really good. read more

The staff were nice but the food was terrible. We won't be going back. I ate the fried rice only because I was hungry. I wasn't hungry enough to eat the soup, the sweet and sour chicken, or the wontons. read more

Tonight we traveled to the lovely city of Riverton to try the Golden Tree Café. The restaurant seemed full, almost every table occupied. The seating area could be a bit more clean, but it wasn't bad enough that we wanted to leave. There were cardboard boxes randomly stacked in various places and coat rack that seemed out of place. We did not check out the restrooms. The prices were pretty fair. We ordered their four item combination for two people that included several options to choose from. We went with Chicken Chow Mein, Sweet and Sour Chicken, Ham Fried Rice and Egg Rolls. It came with Egg Drop Soup and we also ordered Cream Cheese Wontons for an appetizer. Our total bill came to $25. I was disappointed that they did not have General Tso's on the menu. The soup was tasty but it was served a little lukewarm. I prefer it a little hotter. The wontons were really good; they were quite large. The menu says they come in eight pieces, but we only got seven, so my wife and I about got into a fist fight for the last piece. I hurried and licked it. The fried rice was just okay, it didn't 'wow' us. The Chow Mein was really good; I would definitely order it again. It had a lot of bean sprouts in it and it kind of reminded me of the LaChoy canned Chow Mein that you get in the Asian isle of the grocery store. I used to love that stuff; though it seems disgusting now. The Sweet and Sour Chicken was the best thing on the table. Rather than the typical small cubes of chicken, breaded and fried, they lightly bread the whole chicken breast and then slice it in strips after it has cooked, and then they add the sauce. The chicken was very moist and the sauce was delicious. The egg rolls were good, but a bit weird. They had little slices of ham in them. They tasted okay, just different from what I was expecting. All in all, this place was good. We would eat here again. Service was fast and water refills were frequent. read more

Golden Tree Cafe - Chinese Near Me - Riverton, Utah

Worst Chinese I've ever had. The sauce on the sweet and sour chicken tasted like maple syrup. I don't understand how this place is still open. read more

Growing up in a "small" town, everyone has their go to Chinese restaurant. For me that is golden tree. They never disappoint, from the fried rice, to sweet and sour pork, egg foo young, and chow mein it all is great. It's generally pretty quiet here, but old residents of Riverton seem to come in droves for take out. I highly recommend this place. Even living in midvale, I'm willing to drive the extra distance to get better Chinese than I can find near my home. read more

The worst Chinese food I have ever had in my life. The chicken doesn't even taste like chicken. Every dish is just gross chicken with gross amount of sauce on it. Absolutely no taste at all. Such a big disappointment. read more

Their sign out front should read: Keep Away! This is, without exception, the worst chinese I have eaten (ok, I ate what I could stomach). I'm not sure how they stay in business, but it's certainly not due to me, my friends, or my family. We were in the mood for good Chinese take-out, and dropped in to this place after grocery shopping (it's next door). BOY am I sorry I didn't look up the reviews before we paid money for this... First, I understand that drop in orders take a bit longer than call-ins, but we waited a full 35 minutes for ours - and there were no other customers eating or waiting. (If I'd had a crystal ball, I would have been better off just giving them the $28 and leaving with no food.) We ordered a few pretty typical Chimerican choices - Kung Po Chicken, Ham Fried Rice, Lemon Chicken, and Pork Chow Mein. More than half of the liquid contents had leaked out of the containers before we even got it home, which soaked the paper bag container, what a mess... The remaining half was still mostly sauce, extraordinarily greasy, tasteless, and completely inedible. It even looked nasty. The 4 bites I took left a big lump in my stomach that I would rather have gouged out with a pitchfork than ever go back here. P.S. the counter service was mildly friendly. Never let it be said I don't give proper credit where it's due. read more

I was rushed and basically told what I was going to order. Table was sticky and silverware not very clean. Asked for a to go cup and they said no! Soup had to have been Campbell's outdated can. Fried rice was cold with lunchmeat ham. The sweet and sour chicken was soggy cheap shake n bake chicken over smothered with red substance almost like a jelly! Egg roll....well I checked out before I would try and choke that down. By far the worst chinese food experience of my life! Rushed out at checkout. Lady at front yelled over me "Do you have takeout?" Only making sure I would sign for a $9.00 lunch that was advertised as $5.95! read more

Worst Chinese food I've ever had! Do not waste your time or calories on this place people you'll seriously regret it. The food had no flavor and the meat tasted like rubber. I never thought I'd experience bad Chinese food....then I ordered takeout from Golden Tree Cafe. I knew I had made a bad decision when my Beef Noodles were in a coagulated, gelatinous mess and slid out of the container like canned cranberry sauce on Thanksgiving....it even made the same suctioning sound. I thought the Ham Fried Rice and Cashew Chicken could redeem the rest of the meal no such luck. I stopped eating my food after two bites and settled for a Hot Pocket. read more

I'm usually not one to complain about food I eat because I like just about everything but this place was really pushing my desire to continue eating... It tasted like they opened a bag of recycled Panda Express Chinese food, heated it up, and served it out to their customers. The waitresses were fine, definitely tried to be personable but I couldn't seem to see any real desire to be serving us, as well as giving us take out boxes within ten minutes of getting our food as if to want us to not linger in the restaurant. All in all if your looking for good Chinese food sorry to say its not here. :( read more

This little mom and pop has been in town for over 20 years. You get what you pay for in this restaurant. The Chinese food is average, much American influence, the American fare is the staple of their business. Lunch and dinner specials of breaded veal, steaks, fried chicken,fish and chips, halibut etc. The restaurant is a favorite of construction workers, the greatest generation, and young families. For two adults and two children your bill is under 35 bucks. If you are expecting more then lunch fare on a budget go to Asian Star. For a quick bite from a true family business stop by for god food not a Michelin Star. read more

I love Golden tree! This is my in laws go-to restaurant every time we have a family dinner! We've never had a bad experience. Very friendly workers and delicious food! read more

We drive from Lehi to get Chinese takeout from here because we like the food better than places near us. Their paper wrapped chicken is the best we've had. Also highly recommend the honey chicken, orange chicken and beef with broccoli. Been coming here for years and had great food each time! read more

My husband and I just moved to town and we were hoping a small mom and pop Chinese place would be good. Alas, it wasn't that great. We MIGHT try again just to see if it was just what we ordered. The menu also had lots of Anerican food. Why??? read more

Only saving grace of this restaurant was our adorable server who checked on us every couple of minutes to refill our drinks and made sure everything came out ina timely manner. The food was slimy, our Lo mein noodles came out lukewarm and half cold and the gyoza was slimy and meat was not cooked inside. Not going back any time soon. read more

Got the lo mein which was more money than their chow mein but it was more like ramen noodles without the flavoring packets. Also paid 4.50 for 3 egg rolls that were really spring rolls which they told me they didn't have. This place is over priced and a joke. Worst place to eat in Riverton hands down. read more

If I could give a negative star I would the canned chicken and canned soaked mushroom. I ordered 5 things and I can't even eat a bit with out thinking I'm gonna throw up. read more

Great place to eat Chinese :) I had orange chicken, egg roll, and fried rice ( pretty standard ). Atmosphere is pretty standard Chinese restaurant. Service was very friendly and attentive. PLUS family of 4 ate lunch for $30! read more

Me and my family have been going here for years they always remember our names and. Who we are best place ever