Golden Chopsticks

Rated a 1 because 0 and negative numbers are not an option. Visited in 11/2009. Spent $100+ for anniversary dinner. We love chinese food (one of our most purchased food categories in the last 30 years), expected by location and appearance we'd get some spectacular food. We had half of the General Tsao's chicken first and mostly enjoyed it though it was lacking in the 'trinity' of chinese food, ginger/garlic/scallion (which plays the same role that mirepoix, onion/celery/carrot, does in french and other cuisines) before we moved on to the other dishes. The lack of those classic chinese flavors were even more pronounced in the other dishes - no detectable ginger/garlic/scallion at all. The sauce was bland and "goopy", like grocery store canned chinese food mixes. There was a second "spicy" breaded dish - prawns - and the sauce there fell short even of the General Tsao's, plus the breading was doughy and seemed as if far too much baking soda had been used. Went back to the General Tsao's and found that the rest also had the nasty, doughy batter that we'd found on the prawns. Expressing our extreme disappointment to the owner/manager was what truly cinched our disgust and disappointment. I described what had been lacking - classic ginger/garlic/scallion flavor, doughy, badly flavored batter - and her position was that I was just wrong about the flavor/quality and that it was unreasonable for me to expect any sort of refund, remake (I still had the remainder of the food at this point), anything to make it right. After talking to the manager/owner we ultimately discarded most of the food away as even the desire to not throw our money away was not enough to make it worth choking down. In my opinion this "soup nazi" of chinese food doesn't deserve to have a business until she learns how to cook, perform customer service and accept that her business is based on customers, not her ego. more

been here several times for lunch. their food are really tasty and delicious. the place is great and wide . very clean. no bad odors. very decent and everything is in good/proper order. perfumed paper used in their MENU book. price is quite high. have to wait long for your order. they have only 2 waiters. my favorite here is "almond chicken". Been to many chinese resto in town but this (for me )is the best when it comes to the taste of chi food. more

My Husband and I ate at Golden Chopsticks over in Redmond today, and it was pretty good. When you first walk in you'll notice a really large table in the center of the room, cool for large groups, I guess. The menu is really cool. I don't think I've ever been to a place where the menu actually smelled good!! REALLY! It kind of smells like a woman's perfume. There are a lot of choices on the menu, which is cool. I ordered the Garlic Chicken and soup lunch special. I didn't like the soup, but maybe someone else would. The service was good and the prices were good also. All and all its really just a Fancy looking Chinese Food restaurant. more

A friend and I dined at Golden Chopsticks tonight and had such a shockingly bad experience we were dumbfounded. It will be easier to start out by listing the things that were done right. The rice was acceptable. The hot & sour soup was OK. The water was pretty good. No, I said the WATER, the WAITER was terrible. We did not have to wait long for service as we were the only two in the restaurant (on a Saturday night... I should have taken the clue) and, as such, were outnumbered by staff more than two to one. The tea service consisted of the cutest china I've ever seen. Now the rest. I heard no complaints from my friend about the egg-flower soup, possibly because she wasn't permitted to finish much of it before it was whisked away. The tea was just plain bad. It was supposed to be a loose-leaf oolong, but didn't resemble oolong in any recognizable way. Possibly because it was old. Maybe it was just cheap. My money is on cheap and old. And not an oolong. Because the tea was loose-leaf and placed in the teapot without any means of straining it and because of the size of the proffered teacups (which, as I mentioned earlier were just darling) it was impossible to drain the tea fast enough to prevent it's becoming dangerously over-steeped. My friend ordered the almond chicken. It was luke warm, breaded breast filets swimming in an unidentified broth-sauce-gravy with no flavor with some chopped nuts (possibly almonds) tossed on top. It didn't look or taste like something you would receive at any restaurant, let alone an 'upscale' Chinese restaurant. It would have been sub-par for a microwave meal. This dish cost over $10. My pork dish was acceptable, but nothing to write home about and worth about half the $11 asking price. I was not asked how hot I wanted it (heat-wise) and it could certainly have had more than a single pepper in it for being listed on the menu as hot. It was also luke warm. The janitor spent most of the time we were dining mopping the dining room. Fortunately he let us finish most of our alleged meal before attempting to mop under our table. I believe this is the first time in my life that I have not left a tip. It felt kind of weird doing so but try as I might, I could not think of a single deed worthy of tipping that I had experienced from the time I walked though the door of this palace of sub-mediocre fare and callous service. Oh, and the chopsticks were terrible, too. more

Golden Chopsticks has some good Americanized Chinese Cuisine. I like their lunch specials which come with an entree of your choice, rice, soup and a fortune cookie. The orange beef is a little on the sweet side, but last time I enjoyed the tofu with vegetables, which was great because it wasn't so heavy. Most of the time service has been good, but on a few occasions they have been understaffed. more

Golden Chopsticks calls itself a "modern Chinese restaurant." I don't know about that, but their Szechwan Dinner for $15.50 per person rocks. You get soup, an eggroll and depending on the number of people in your party, Szechwan string beans, Kung Pao Chicken, Szechwan spicy beef (our favorite), sweet and sour chicken, or prawns a la Szechwan. They have other dinner combos as well or an a la carte menu. To check out the menu: http://www.golden-chopsticks.com/ Decor *is* pretty modern, service is courteous and fast, take-out is great here, and basically, I just really like it! more