I vacillate between two and three stars. Since I'm feeling generous, I'll up the score. My first impression was "nobody who works here is Asian." With lowered expectations, our meal was actually better than we anticipated. I asked to start with a bowl of wonton soup for me and my husband. Our dunce-like waitress should have told us that one large (at $7.50) is enough for almost four portions, vs. two smalls (at $4.95 each.) The soup was quite good -- plump, well-filled dumplings, tasty broth, slivers of pork. Great! Veggie egg rolls -- 5 to an order -- are small, almost tasteless fried spring rolls. The house special chow mein could use more vegetables, but there was a generous supply of chicken, barbecued pork (which looked good but lacked flavor) and shrimp. A comment about the staff: the fellow who mans the register is pleasant and helpful. The woman who runs the place (owner? manager?) could use a course in courtesy and diplomacy. And I already mentioned our insipid waitress. One last thing: hot tea tastes like Lipton. Don't bother. read more

Just ordered the pork chow mein, fried rice and sweet-and-sour pork, though, I couldn't tell if it was pork, it was hard as a rock! There was absolutely no flavor to this meal! Thank goodness I had a frozen meal for dinner!! disgusting food! read more

Only giving it one star because it would not let me give it 0. The food was absolutely horrific tasting I can't even explain it. I was very excited to try it because the pictures online looked good. The food presentation itself was decent, but the taste & quality was something out of a horror movie or something. Service was fine. Dishes, and silverware were also oddly extremely DIRTY and had weird built up residue on them. Pork tasted like wet dog or soggy towels. YUCK. read more

Ordered Chinese food. It was ok at best. Didn't impress. Value was ok, but was hoping for better based on other reviews. Service was fine. The restaurant was fairly empty. Not sure why the food took so long to bring out. read more

We had not eaten at Golden wheel for a few years because our last experience was not good. So we decided to try it again last night - - we should've saved our money and gone to panda express. The food is absolutely horrific. There is an underlying flavor of spoilage, or dirty dishes that permeate through the food. The fried rice was not your normal fried rice. It was a gummy mass of yellow stuff. The sweet-and-sour chicken had the strangest nuclear colored red gelatinous goo on it -- it was disgusting. It was neither sweet nor sour, just yuck.! I think this place needs to just retire and close-- they had their heyday years where they were good, but those are long gone. read more

Golden Wheel - Yellow mass of fried rice - Chinese Near Me - Yakima, Washington

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Went to this place for the first time in several years and was disappointed with the food. They need to cook fresh. The food was not hot it was dry and looked to be kept under a heat lamp. Don bother to go here until they get a cook. read more

Oh my god. The worst experience of my life! I am 55 years old and have eaten everywhere. I don't even know how they could get this order this wrong! Nasty! I want my money back! Door Dash should be ashamed! I will spend my entire life exposing them! What the F just happened to me? This is sickening! read more

So sad with the recent conditions. My family has a tradition to go here between Christmas and new years every year. I always looked forward to the almond chicken and tea. We just went today though and something has drastically changed. The chicken was so salty that it was inedible, the tea had no flavor and the only sweetener they have now is sugar, the lo mein was gooey. The sweet and sour sauce was obviously out of a jar. I don't know what they've changed but we all decided it's time for a new family tradition. read more

Food was nasty! Had never eaten there before and never will again. Not to mention we were charged over $8 for a small pot of tea, SMH On the plus side, the waitress was very nice. read more

This was THE WORST CHINESE FOOD I HAVE EVER HAD.... Don't even bother going here. I have to put 1 start and they don't even deserve that. Their General Tso's is HORRIBLE....not traditional at al. I actually gagged on my food cause the chicken was stringy and chewy. The Almond chicken looked great in photos and traditional but it was dry and stringy also. WE WILL NEVER ORDER FOOD FROM THEM AGAIN. PLEASE DONT WASTE YOUR TIME ORDERING FROM THIS PLACE read more

I was with a group of women from Harmon Sr center our server Tiffany was such a delight. She was very friendly and accommodating. Our food was brought out hot and it was delicious as always. Some of us made some substitutions and our plates were all 100% accurate. Very happy with our server Tiffany and very satisfied with our food. We will definitely be back! read more

I was pleasantly surprised how good the food was tonight!! I will definitely be back!!

There alright wasn't to bad I just don't know if I'd come back there seating was really dirty I was not trying to clean it either

This place used to be good about 10 years ago. The quality, the taste just isn't there anymore. Our chicken was dry like it was cooked and just kept warm until ordered then they put the sauce on the food. The chowmein had a funny taste. I think this visit put the nail on the coffin for us. The staff was nice just the food was not. read more

Golden Wheel - #9 Combo requested all chowmein and Sweet & Sour Chicken - Chinese Near Me - Yakima, Washington

Use to be our favorite Chinese restaurant both my husband and myself grew up in Yakima , unfortunately the last 4 years it has gone downhill So sad my Mother would order takeout when I was a kid And on her birthday I would pick up take out for her and she's 84 Hopefully they can turn it around read more

Food looked ok, but the moment you ate it your tongue felt like it was on fire with some kind of chemical burn. (Sweet and sour and orange chicken/pork) The chow mein was just celery no noodles or chicken. Anything that was breaded from the shrimp to the pork and chicken was breaded in hush puppy breading and you got tiny chuncks of meat with 90% hush puppy breading. Don't bother with the deep fried asparagus... it was hard and unchewable! The breading on the asparagus could break your teeth! Let's not forget the rice... both the fried rice and the white rice tasted like it was cooked 2 days ago! Wish I would have seen/read the 2* rating before I came here! read more

Service: friendly, but not knowledgeable about Chinese food (they do not have, nor had they heard of, Chinese red sauce commonly served with BBQ pork). Ambiance: dark and antiquated. Showed up during the lunch hour between 12-1 and were the only ones there (and didn't check Yelp first - big mistake). Tables were dirty with dried crusty food on them. Food was not good, rice was dry (not cooked fresh), sweet & sour chicken was clearly a breaded chicken patty which had then been sliced up into smaller pieces and covered in gelatinous sweet & sour sauce (also not made fresh and was more of a sweet jelly rather than a sauce). The price of each dish is around $18 which is very expensive for food that is not cooked fresh and does not taste good. read more

Serving the same good meals for many years. Always friendly service. Hrs open can be a problem for people that travel far to visit. Four star rating throughout. read more

I shouldn't be shocked at the quality of this food. We came here after hearing about it from a friend who said "I wouldn't recommend it, but I go all the time". We foolishly thought - well if they go all the time, how bad can it be? The answer? Extremely bad. We ordered General Tso's Chicken, Beef & Broccoli and Chicken & Shrimp Lo Mein. We get this exact order from another Chinese restaurant (GS on Nob Hill) so thought we'd compare and as it turns out - it was almost the same price - Golden Wheel being more expensive. It definitely smelled good on the car ride home, but as soon as we opened the boxes I quite literally could not tell the difference between them. They were ALL loaded and I really mean LOADED with broccoli, carrot and onion. They were all the same beigey brown baby poop color. The only way to tell them apart was to identify the shrimp and the beef. Weird. The texture was horrid. Really really bad. Mushy (especially the chicken in the Generals), super liquidy, but then some undercooked baby corn was thrown into the Generals and some lettuce was in the Lo Mein??? And the flavor was worse. It had both the consistency and flavor of a cheap TV dinner, but a $60 price tag - great! At the end of the day, this place sucked, wont go back and we should have listened to our friends, they weren't lying when they said they don't recommend. Do yourself a favor and go to Nob Hill or your freezer. read more

Two stars for the food. Still tasty. What the heck has happened to the Golden Wheel? I have been coming here off and on for 35 years and was just shocked at how absolutely disgustingly dirty it is. We came in the back door through the Lotus Room and the stairs and hallway are literally black from filth. This continues on through the Lotus Room...ripped up chairs and sagging booths, filth literally everywhere. The carpet in the bar that used to be maroon color is also black and I do mean black. I understand times have been tough but there is no excuse for this lack of cleanliness. Noone's even trying. We decided the bar was just to disgusting so we went to the restaurant and was seated in a booth...again sagging torn there was shipping tape holding the booth together next to us and everywhere was dirty. If they have let it slide this month in the public spaces I sure don't want to see what's going on in that kitchen. Definitely hesitant about returning. This establishment was been in the same family for over 80 years, I'm not sure if that has changed or what. read more

Their food has gotten terrible since they I believe changed owners or cooks or whoever changed. I would def not recommend anymore. Prior to the pandemic, this was definitely our spot to go. So unfortunate. read more

The food was not good. Very disappointed in the flavors and overly priced . The service was not good, it took a long time to get our food, although there was just another family beside us. The ambiance was terrible, not clean at all. read more

Was super disappointed. My mom and dad went here when I was younger. Loved this place. I came back into town and ordered food. I couldn't even eat the pork fried rice. The horrible stench of vinegar or something rancid from it gagged me. The chicken was super dry, to the point where I needed water to wash it down. My dog wouldn't even eat it. So bummed. I had high hopes as I spent a lot of time here when I was a little girl. Gross. read more

We have never experienced such garbage in our life. Reminds us of the Woody Allen quip in Annie Hall: "The food here is terrible." "Yes and such small portions too." The small portions referring to any dish with shrimp. Shrimp shrimp. Literally so small one can't for find them in the Egg Fu Yung; and, is hardly discernable from the flies lurking (for what?)in the lounge. read more

Golden Wheel - Chinese Near Me - Yakima, Washington

I have never had such bad food. I do not understand how this place stays in business. Stay away!

My family has dined at GW for many yrs. We ordered combo #1 Pork fried rice, Sweet & sour spareribs & pork chowmein to go off of their website menu. Very disappointing because there was no "pork fried rice" just plain rice w/3 small shriveled up peas. We did not get sweet & sour spareribs but breaded pork. Not what I ordered. What a waste of time & $$. read more

Classic Chinese food from authentic family recipes. I honestly think about this food whenever I eat Chinese food anywhere else and it never compares. I had a Combo #9 meal tonight, plenty of food and delicious. read more

Unfortunate dinner choice. The #9 combo was as good as normal. Boring everything but edible like any other Chinese resteraunt. Sweet and Sour Chicken, Almond Chicken .... The General Tso was an absolute bust. I don't know why you would bread chicken then mix it with vegetables that do not belong. It was literally mush in a box with a minimum amount of chicken and a lot of vegetables that are tasteless and not right. Ordered it spicy, but absolutely bland and flavorless.The House Special fried rice was anything but. Again messy and mushy to include flavorless. So disappointed that this resteraunt has changed so much over the recent years. It truley was one of the best Chinese Resteraunts in Yakima. No more, what a shame. read more

Golden Wheel - General Tso Chicken? - Chinese Near Me - Yakima, Washington

Well I did like coming here until the person that served us was horrible. First of all we sit down don't get asked about drinks so we wait about 20mins go by the lady comes says she'll be right back with our tea she came back with the tea another 15mins finally takes our order with a whole bunch of attitude like she was the one waiting 35mins just to take a damn order but we wait an hour for our food and get this when she brought it was cold! Not only that she brought out my soup with our cold food! I'm pissed and it wasn't the fact that she was busy because she checked on the people beside us 3 times she just didn't want to serve us. I officially hate this place. read more

This use to be my favorite, Not anymore!Horrible horrible experience! It took 2hrs for a 1 course meal to be served and rang up. Drinks we order were the exact same ones and didnt even look alike. There special board was rubbed of so the drinks were $5 more than what it appeared to be. The Manager seeing that his only 2 servers couldnt clearly keep up or remember what was going on, did not take a second to help them catch up! When I mentioned to him what I felt was lacking from a personal/professional stand point he didnt seem to care. So when i asked "looking at your response to what I have to say and my suggestions You probably won't take anything of what I have to say into consideration, right?!" He said "Probably Not." Wooooow I just let him know we wouldnt be coming back! read more

Came to eat here, and it's been a long long time. Ordered bbq appetizer and one of the sauces was sweet and sour sauce, hot mustard and sesame seeds. Never heard pf sweet and sour sauce on this order. I ordered #9 combo plate: chow mein, almond chicken, sweet sour chicken, fried rice. It was okay but not like I remember it. The fried rice was dry. The bread on the sweet and sour chicken was falling off. The waitress had long in between of checking on our table and it wasn't busy. Not sure if it was because it was the middle of the week, or that's how it always is. Not sure if I would return to a once good place to eat. read more

Golden Wheel - #9 sweet and sour chicken pork chow mein, almond chicken, fried rice - Chinese Near Me - Yakima, Washington

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The food was absolutely disgusting. Everything we got (potstickers, senior meal, orange chicken) was horrible. The service was just as bad. We were totally ignored and when we told him we didn't like what we got, he barely acknowledged us. I will definitely never be back and would never recommend this to anyone who actually likes decent food. I wouldn't even feed the food to my dog. read more

We ate lunch here today, and I wasn't impressed For appetizers, we got soup and egg rolls. The egg rolls were the best part of the meal; hence, the second star. My wife and girls ordered egg flower soup. It was tough to find any egg in the soup. I ordered hot & sour soup, and it was neither hot nor sour. It was sweet, most likely because of all the carrots and peas in it For the main course, I ordered General Tao's chicken. First, the chicken pieces were huge, at least three bites each. The batter was not crispy, and just slimed off the meat. There were also lots and lots of vegetables, which is a first for me with this dish. Finally, I asked for the dish to be very spicy. It wasn't. It was very, very bland, with no kick at all My wife and kids ordered a combination plate. Not much of those were eaten either While the portions were very large, none of us took a to-go box. Not worth taking with us read more

I worked here for a couple of days as a dishwasher. Time for some truth people. How this kitchen passes health inspections is beyond me! The last straw for me happened when I was working with the primary cook helping him deep fry the chicken. He dropped a couple pieces on the floor and when I went to get a dustpan and broom to clean it up, he said it's OK and picked it up and put the dirty pieces in with the clean ones. Easily the worst kitchen I have ever had the privilege of working for in so many ways. Ask them about how they "soak" the dishes next time you visit for maximum LOL. read more

I just picked up an order of special chow mein and fried rice. My family has patronized this place for three generations. This is absolutely the worst meal - both dishes - that I have ever had bar none and that includes every other Chinese restaurant anywhere. I will not be back. Wasted $18 bucks and neither of us could finish our meals. The good was dry and the pork was left over or cooked to death. I feel like I should takes what is left back just to make my point. I took this back two reviews ago but don't see my updates. Here's another. This place has redeemed itself several times over. Had lunch there today and it was again excellent. Gave it five stars. read more

I love this place, good food, huge portions. My favorite is sesame ginger chicken with pan fried noodles. I love that it's a family owned restaurant that's been around since 1937. True character, love it! read more

Golden Wheel - a bar filled with bottles of alcohol - Chinese Near Me - Yakima, Washington

So good! I have ordered pick up and dined in and never had a bad plate. However, some times the food for pick up or delivery is not always warm, a little cold. Other than that, great Place to eat and friendly service. read more

Not good. Small portions. Ordered 3 meals and the happy appetizer plate. Happy appetizer plate was onion rings and potato bites with two small egg rolls and bbq pork. Not deep fried vegetables like I expected. The only thing good that we received was the sweet and sour spare ribs. Won't be going back read more

Just in town for a couple of days - was looking for some good, classic Chinese food. This was not the place. I didn't like anything I ordered (fried rice, chicken chow mein, some kind of prawns... I think sweet and sour...) Everything was a bit mushy and did not taste good. I pulled off the breading of the prawns.. they did not even attempt to devein them... and they tasty fishy. (yes, I realize they are shrimp... but I hate fishy shrimp) My guess is this is a nice place for some locals - who are looking for a quiet, dark, but familiar atmostphere - where they know all the staff. They probably stop in 3 times a week and order the cheesburger and fries (or chicken) -- yes, the menu has those things. It might be a very nice place for that . Other reviews mention the owner and staff are nice - and friendly. The price is good... a chinese lunch plate for about $6.95. Burgers were probably inexpenisve as well. Truly I think the cooking needs a major overhaul. read more

I was hesitant to order because the quality was so diminished the past 6-7 years. WOW! What an improvement! The way I used to remember them. Ordered a combination plate and quantity and quality was excellent! I always bragged about my own home-made Chow Mein because it tasted so much better than the Restaurant's and made with all the traditional vege's. The Almond Chicken and the Sweet and Sour Chicken was cooked wonderfully and really meaty not just breading. The quantity was more than I could eat at one setting (but I did anyway). Two Thumbs UP! read more