Love this place with my whole heart.
I grew up with this food,the owners, and went to school with their son. All great people with good hearts making good food.
The location itself very much reminds me of comfort. Getting your oil changed at Walmart? Sit here and have lunch.
Menu? When my dad turned vegetarian, there were still excellent options based on veggies and tofu. Especially now, THEY STARTED EXPERIMENTING!!!! Orange tofu and salt and pepper eggplant??? Sign me up yo. Both veggie soup and egg drop good for when sick obvi.
This place is it. Period.
Golden House is usually my second choice (or last choice) when comes to Chinese restaurant selection in Southbay area. Golden House just doesn't come to mind next to Golden Chopstix or Royal Mandarin in National City, which is further out from where I live (8 miles). This is not my first time at Golden House, by the way.
Last night, I was actually craving for Pho but did not follow through due to long wait and time at the restaurants we wanted to go to. Since Golden House was on my way back home and there was no wait - perfect, my partner and I stayed.
We ordered Mongolian beef with rice and hot tea. It came out in no time, nice and hot. The dish look good, smelled good but was overly garnished with onions, which appeared "fuller." Besides onions abundance, the beef itself was on the tough side. I found myself chewing pieces of meat longer than I should.
I must say I do like the restaurant. It was pleasant, calm and inviting. Staff were friendly and food was quick.
Good chinese food. Servings are big. The service was really good. The owner interacts with you and is really nice. I will definitely recommend this place with big families. They have a big variety of food options.
We come here almost every Thursday at the same time and order the same thing: hot and sour soup, thin pepper chicken, and fried rice. Honestly, I could eat here every day.
What really makes this place special is the staff. They know us, they know our order, and they always ask about our kids and grandchildren. If we miss a week or two, when we come back they remember and ask where we’ve been. Last time we had been in Texas visiting our grandchild, and they already knew!
The food is always amazing and consistent. When we finally make our move out of the area, I already know this will be one of the restaurants I’ll miss the most. No one makes it quite like they do.
Do I dare say they might even be better than Royal Mandarin?
Yep… I said it.