We went to this restaurant on a Tuesday night, and it wasn't too busy. We ordered two dishes from the new year special menu($11/12 per dish)--the eggplant with French beans and the deep-fried spicy chicken--as well as the whole roasted fish, which was also a special priced at $20. The wait was a bit long because the kitchen was focused on a large order from the VIP room. All of the dishes were very flavorful. The vegetable dish was the only non-spicy option, and it was executed perfectly with a subtle smoky flavor. The chicken had a good balance of meat and chili. The best value was the fish--it came with a variety of vegetables and was a very generous portion. We requested medium spice, and the heat level was just right. The special menu also comes with rice. If you spend over $40, you receive a scratch card with a prize; we won a free appetizer for our next visit. We also hope the special menu will include more variety--currently, the meat options are limited to chicken and pork. It would be great to see beef and fish added in the future. We plan to come back to try more dishes. read more

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The food was decent and tasted good overall, though it wasn't quite what I expected. I ordered the Zha Jiang Mian, but it was mixed with sesame sauce (Dan Dan sauce) rather than the traditional Northern Chinese-style sauce I was expecting. The service was excellent; the staff was fast, attentive, and friendly. The meat buns were freshly made and absolutely delicious. I'd come back again to try other dishes. read more

A Golden House - Meat buns - Chinese Near Me - Temple City, California

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Worst experience ever, we found a small beetle bug in our veggie dish, although the waitress agreed to exchange for another veggie dish. But they actually charged us more than 22% of gratuity on the bill. Totally a ripoff and will not going back. read more

Golden House in Temple City serves bold, authentic Sichuan food, praised for spicy, numbing flavors like grilled fish and dry pot. They are known for authentic, spicy, numbing kick, specializing in dishes like Grilled Fish and Spicy Cold Chicken. Wash down your food with duck shit tea. Spend $40 or more and get a scratcher to win prizes. read more

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This is a gem restaurant in the SGV. My friends and I went last week and we all LOVE it. The spicy pork intestines were so delicious. The cold chicken and the grilled fish were really good too. The place were clean and the servers came to us couple times and asked us if we need anything. read more

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I stopped by Chuan Yu in Temple City with a couple of friends and ended up liking it way more than I expected. The grilled fish ($19.99!) was the highlight. Crispy skin, tender meat, and zero fishy smell. For the price, it's honestly impressive. We tried a few other dishes: Eggplant & green beans - simple, home-style, really flavorful Kung pao chicken - not too sweet, nice crunch on the peanuts Three-delicacy dumplings - shrimp, pork, egg & chives; the filling was packed Beef roll - lightly crispy on the outside, warm and flavorful inside Brown sugar mochi - I already said I was full, then ate two pieces anyway Also discovered they have free KTV rooms, which is wild for a place at this price point. Service was friendly, portions were fair, and overall the food felt very "solid and safe" in a good way. Not a place I'd drive across LA for, but if you're in the area and want something tasty and affordable, this spot is definitely worth a try. read more

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Amazing Sichuan restaurant! Every dish was full of flavor and heat -- especially the spicy chicken and water-boiled fish. The balance of numbing spice and freshness was spot on. Great service and cozy atmosphere too. Definitely coming back! read more

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This place truly exceeded my expectations. The dishes are beautifully prepared and incredibly flavorful, with that unmistakable authentic Sichuan taste -- bold, aromatic, and perfectly balanced. Portions are very generous, and the prices are surprisingly reasonable for the quality and amount of food you get. Every bite felt like a taste of home-style cooking done right. If you're craving real Sichuan flavors -- spicy, rich, and satisfying -- this spot is absolutely worth a visit. read more

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The food was so fresh taste like local Sichuan. The flavors are absolutely incredible -- bold, spicy, and full of depth. The dishes are perfectly balanced between spicy and aromatic. I love the roasted fish so much, highly recommend! read more

A Golden House - Chinese Near Me - Temple City, California

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Wow, in my search for new eats in the SGV, thank the Lord Jesus he led me here. I was just driving until I said, heck, we are eating here. Parking in the rear, scarce. Try the street. This is truly top notch Taiwanese food. Well I am not Taiwanese nor have i been there, but I'm a fatty who's had a lot of their food, from Queens, NY to San Gabriel and I get to say it was very good! They have an extensive menu. Yes, juicy pork dumplings are there but keep turning the page to the end where the lunch menu is. All divided in $5.99, $6.99, $7.99 and $8.99 lunches. -Lion Pork Meatballs ($7.99 Menu) was AMAZING. So much flavor, the dish had 2 gigantic meatballs that were moist, tasty, surrounded by clear noodles and napa cabagge. OMG. A winner! -Three Cups Chicken ($8.99) This is when God shows you he loves you via your tummy. Loads of basil, soft chicken, th esauce was to die for. A MUST GET! All dishes came with a large white rice pot. There was so much food for 2 people, we took leftovers and had a whole new meal that only got better. Inexpensive, Quality, Service was good too (the owner helped us). Too bad they have a small drink menu, and no lemon iced tea (which i love) I cannot wait to come back!!! and I'm bringing all my friends next time. PS. Speak their language or bust. Love it! read more

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Was craving Chinese food and wanted to go somewhere I've never been, so my little brother brought me here! Loved their Shrimp Wontons and Orange Chicken! The Wontons were sooo flavorful and the Orange Chicken was lightly breaded and crunchy! Wasn't too fond with the Broccoli and Beef. Beef was a little too chewy for me... Nevertheless I'll be back to explore more of their menu! (there's parking in the back) read more

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This place is pretty good. I didn't order the usually dishes I order at a shanghainese restaurant (i.e. lion's head or the fried seaweed) but everything I ordered this time around was pretty good. The star dish was the shao rou! Dip it in some black vinegar & ginger & you're good to goo! The other food was quite delicious. The portions were large and the food came out quickly. I will DEFINITELY be back for their shao rou. Nomnom. read more

The dishes here are a hit or miss. Some are really good and authentic while some are bland. I always order the brown sauce tofu which sometimes comes perfectly but also has come out cold a couple times as well. I guess it depends on the chef working at the time? The positives are that the prices are reasonable and the portions are generous. I can always take home leftovers. read more

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So my dad has been saying their stir fried shanghai rice cakes are pretty decent, and we finally found a day where I'm around for lunch (he said it was more worth it to come for lunch special). We got the rice cakes, stir fried string beans, and the shanghai pork ribs. Pork ribs: I'm a sucker for all things sweet & sour so I thought the pork ribs were pretty good. There actually was a decent amount of meat on it too, vs some other places that give you mostly bones and fat. Rice cakes:I thought the rice cakes was lacking in flavor - seems like the sauce didn't really sink into the rice cakes? so overall it just tasted kind of bland, and it could also use more spinach. I think I like the rice cakes at ding tai fung better... String beans: If the rice cakes were under-sauced, this is almost over sauced. It was still good though, but at times I feel like I was eating charred sauce. At least the flavor was there? I didn't voice my opinion, but even my dad pointed out that this meal seemed lacking compared to the last few times he came. I guess I may have to give this place another try some time. Until then, 2.5 stars it is. read more

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Good quality home styled Shanghainese food here! Really authentic dishes here and the flavor is always on point! It's great Chinese comfort food or an new experience if you're not acquainted with Shanghai Chinese food. read more

A Golden House - Wintermelon soup - Chinese Near Me - Temple City, California

was craving for Shanghai food so we came here to give it a try for the first time. I didn't have any expectation since this place seems to have gotten mixed reviews. Came here for lunch and ordered the following: 1. XLB -- it wasn't the best for sure. Some of the XLB popped leaving no soup in them. The skin was thicker and the taste of the meat could add more flavor. 2. Pan Fried dumplings - NO good. I felt like they ran out of dumplings and just got random dumplings that are supposed to be for SOUP and fried it. It totally doesn't not taste like how a pan fried dumpling should be. What I ate would have gone well if it was steamed or put in soup. Definitely not for frying. The filling was filled with chives and was so bland and dry. 3. shanghai stir fry noodles -- this was good but a bit too dry. I'm used to eating this dish with a little bit of more sauce. However the taste is there and I wouldn't mind ordering it again. The portion is decent as well. 4. Fish with Special sauce, very saucey - must eat it with rice. What's the special sauce you ask? think Mapo Tofu; it is very similar to that taste. 5. Fried Fish strips with seaweeds (i'm not sure what's the actual dish is called but my mom ordered this) and it was really good. Not too heavy on the batter it was meaty and the seaweed give it some saltiness and was not overpowering. 6. Shanghai spareribs was just okay. I've had better. I felt like they didn't use spareribs and that they just cut up pieces of porkchops and fast fried it. The taste is there, but the meat was not the right kind. Atmosphere of the restaurant is spacious pretty comfortable seating. Service was okay. And the food is okay too. Parking in rear. Probably not the best Shanghainese food but if you're too lazy to drive out to San Gabriel / Alhambra area for it, then this Temple City location isn't too bad. read more

Cause we never been here so we decided to give it a try. From the outside it looks completely empty, we hesitated but then when we entered it looks pretty popping. The decor is pretty nice and the staffs were nice and tentative. Here are what we ordered. Bean Curd Appetizer: (4/5) YUM! Haven't had a good bean curd for a long time! Nice chewiness and very good flavor, even the mushroom and the bamboo are very flavorful. Crab meat tofu (5/5) My favorite dish of the night! Tender tofu with yummy crab meat flavor. The sauce is just delish! Don't know what exactly is in the sauce but its enough flavor if you want to eat it with rice, but it's not too overwhelming if you are eating it by itself. Snow Veggie with Tofu Skin: (2/5) Least favorite dish here. The tofu is dry and the stuffing was blend. The veggie underneath tasted better. Sour & Spicy soup: (4/5) Pretty good! There's not a lot of ingredients in the soup but the flavor was great, got a good kick but not too spicy and not too sour either. spicy lamb chop: (3/5) Very very very little meat. It's like 15% meat and 85%bone. But the flavor is pretty good. Spicy Fried Yellow fish (3/5) Same spice as the spicy lamb chop, so we thought it was redundant, (Waiter should have reminded us, since we don't know what flavor dishes are) we would have like it more simply with salt. But the fish was fresh! read more

A Golden House - Dinner dishes~ - Chinese Near Me - Temple City, California

Don't believed the discount promotion they just want to trick you to check in. I checked in and try to redeem the discount and show them but they refused to honor it and they do not have any discount on yelp and yelp created this without informing them. Food is read more

A Golden House - Chinese Near Me - Temple City, California

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This restaurant serves a variety of choices for shanghai food. Its menu is big but the quality of the food is up to standard. The dishes are also big with these reasonable prices! I've tried several dishes that are remarkable like the preserved napa w pork in casserole, the pork hock, tea shrimp, beef maw sichuan style. etc. Recently, i discovered that A golden house also have delivery service via the website www.chowlo.com , and i have actually tried to order their dishes through this website, to my surprise, the food were the same quality as those i ate in the restaurant. The hunan fish taste so good! and its still hot upon delivery! I really love the extend of services that i could actually just order a table of hot authentic dishes for my family without cooking! read more

Came here with the Family for a Red Egg (1 month old) baby celebration. We had 3 tables. (30+ people) The food was Ok. Service was a C-, but that was expected. They gave us plastic utensils to use for serving the food. Not large plastic serving spoons, the kinds they would give you if you were ordering take out. I would not return here on my own. Take out seems to be popular. I would not suggest this place for large family meal. 2 tables were blocked off in a secluded section, but our 3rd table was behind the benches. They are not really set up for large parties. read more

I tend to eat lunch at Chinese restaurants for their lunch specials and this place is by far probably the cheapest lunch place I have been to. You really get what you pay for though. The portions are smaller than what you would get at other restaurants. There aren't that many people in here during the afternoon as well. I though the food was okay, nothing quite special about it. During lunch, I don't usually judge the restaurant by their food or portions because they're obviously smaller than what you would get at lunch. Rather, I rate by their service. And this restaurant could have done better in their service. read more

Pretty average lunch specials. The only good thing that's 3.99 is the brown sauce chicken. The other really good thing for lunch is the white wine chicken, which is surprisingly juicy. Other than that, the food is just whatever, the service is just whatever, and the prices are reasonable but are what you pay for. read more

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Recently went back this restaurant with family after the last visit back in 2011. Service- 4 stars, all 3 servers were very friendly and attentive. Food- 4 stars. steam fish- very fresh, sour cabbage soup- good, the cabbage tasted like homemade. good flavor! Chinese-style ham hock-very flavorful, the sauce is prefect for the rice, we don't normally eat rice but the 4 of us all had 2 bowls of rice with the yummy sauce. The meat is very tender, if they can add more green veggie on the side, it would be awesome. Spicy 8 mix veggies with shrimp ( ba-bao)- my new favorite dish now, love the bamboo shoots in there. Great dish to mix with rice or noodle. House mix veggies- compared to the other dishes we ordered, the mix veggie is a bit plain. Sweet Taro desert- sweet and delish. A good dinner with tons of left over is only $70ish. read more

First time here, however, I had their take out before and heard story about the services. The waiters, they either can't prioritize, don't have a good memory, or maybe the restaurant just didn't hire enough people. We had to remind them at least twice before we get what we requested for. The food was ok. They do have lunch special starts at $3.99. read more

Pros: - Regular Chinese-style restaurant with booths and tables to sit at, they even have 2 private rooms that you can probably book, surprisingly bigger than I thought it would be - Menu has variety but doesn't have everything - Prices are average, not cheap not expensive - Service isn't bad but also wasn't amazing either - Parking is available behind the restaurant, entrance is at the back and not on the street when driving past Cons: - Stopped serving stinky tofu, have only soft tofu for dishes, everything is pretty spicy (hard for people who can't eat spicy) read more

A Golden House - Lamb rack (小羊排) $10.99 - Chinese Near Me - Temple City, California

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The lunch special yellow fish with seaweed is so fresh and crispy shredded pork with dry tofu is so delicious preserved cabbage fish soup is best one I ever have read more

A Golden House - Chinese Near Me - Temple City, California

The food was pretty good and the environment was nice. It seems like they have put a lot of money into the interior design. The best dish that I have tried there was the shanghai style pork ribs, but they were tiny. The dishes that I ordered were all pretty large so that's a good thing. However, service is terribly slow. It seems as if they are understaffed. Do not come here if you are in a rush, because it seems like you will never get your food in time. The price was reasonable and I would probably visit again. read more

A Golden House - Small Porkchops - Chinese Near Me - Temple City, California

how... does this place have such low reviews! carolllllll to the rescue!!! I'm on a mission to help raise ratings for all my favorite places! and this shall be one of them! I'd give this place a 5 stars... but then I'd be lying :\ service here really could be a bit better... but the food makes up for it! important stuff: - parking in the back! - great lunch specials - not too great service (from the waiters) but the owner/manager is really nice and knows how to treat her customers well! - sweet and sour fish... you won't regret it! my family always gets the same things here... but they're super delicious and you all should definitely give these plates a try. - string beans with preserved pickles - 3 cups chicken (?) - soy beans with tofu skin (?) they look like edamame beans without the shell! - sweet and sour fish but yeah... like I said, the servers here are kinda weird... they always look super frazzled (but this place does gets busy at lunch time) but they always look... like yeah...not peaceful or something lols and they super try to avoid eye contact with customers whenever they can... but whatevers, just come here prepared to chillll, have a nice family meal and enjoy the food! last time we came here, the owner lady gave our family complimentary steamed bread cuz we da regulars ^_^ ~ she seriously always wears a different outfit super matching all the time. lols cute cute. anyways, give this place a try, order all those dishes I mentioned above, and I'm sure you'll be back again for more! read more

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WHAT? how does this place only have 2.5 stars?? :( I just went yesterday to celebrate my dad's birthday and food was good! Not sure what other people are ordering here.. but everything I GOT was YUM! .. and why are people ordering brocolli beef at a restaurant? this aint no panda express.. sorry. Excuse my lack of pinyin and Chinese here.. :x my parents ordered lol Dou Ban Yu (spicy fish filet + tofu) - REALLY good. Came out HOT HOT HOT! Yes, a little on the salty side but that's just how it is... you need to eat it with rice. We're Chinese. Duh. Seafood + Tofu bowl (sorry I don't know this is called :() - but super super tasty! I wish they had the menu posted so I can find what it is. It had fried tofu, the 'elephant ear', imitation crab, shrimp, and brocolli in a tasty gravy. NOM! Pork + Bun - they used the bun they have for the peking duck, it was quite tasty~ Ma La beef bowl with cabbage (again, sorry~) Not as spicy as it looks, but that could be because it didn't have a chance to soak it up! Filled with lots of beef and napa cabbage Lions Head (meat ball) - I was never a lover of this dish, but it was good nonetheless.. It's a typical Chinese restaurant so you're not going to get top-notch 5 star service here. But they were all kind and waitress was really nice.. read more

When I come here I just want cheap chinese food... But my cheap Chinese food isn't Panda Express. It's places like this! Not too fancy but the older Asians love it. The service is so-so. They try and the owner is usually milling about but they speak limited English which makes it hard for people, even me!, to order. They have a lunch specials menu which is when the food is really worth it. The even too is pretty affordable with dishes ranging from $10-15. Eaten family style with rice. Order number of people in your party plus 1 dishes. Got it? I like their sweet and spicy soup, the spicy fried intestine, salted egg pumpkin, stir fry bamboo, fried bread, and the soybean tofu skin preserved veggie item. I have to take pictures next time. Things aren't spelled right on the menu so that's kind if comical too. read more

Can't say it's bad but I think I won't come again. The flavor is not right and the waiters are lack of experience. read more

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Definitely not the best Shanghai-nese food in town. I think the problem is the massive amount of variety on the menu that they don't have any good dishes, but just a lot of mediocre/bad dishes. Nothing tasted authentic, just tons of msg. Service was terrible. The place was packed and there were not enough waiters. We sat down for 20 minutes before anyone saw me waving my hands like crazy to come take our order. When the waitress comes, she starts walking away after I ordered one dish. I was like "Wait, we have more to order" and she responded "Oh, I thought you were just adding the dish to your order." Uhhh, I've been waiting here for 20 minutes before you came along. The food came out super slow. I think they forgot our soup because it came out 30 minutes after everything else arrived. When we asked for the bill and some to-go boxes, it took forever and a day! They didn't give us enough boxes for our leftovers, and when I asked for one more, she gave me the look like she didn't believe me. Why would I lie to get more to-go boxes?! I don't think I'll be coming back anytime soon. Or at least not until ratings on yelp improve! Parking: Free lot in the back. Also free street parking out front. read more

Out of the 5 dishes we ordered, probably only one dish was ok. The Xiao Long Bao was soggy and over steamed. Like seriously how do you serve this to customers? We also ordered the cummin lamb dish. It is usually really bomb at other Chinese restaurants but this place literally ruined it. It was fried like pork chop and seasoned with chili peppers at the end. IT LOOKED NOTHING like what was advertised.The bitter melon stirred fry with salty eggs was bland. When bringing it up to the waitress she basically said there is nothing she could do about it because it is the kitchen's problem. I would avoid this place at all cost. read more

OH wow, Im surprised they only have 2.5 stars! Waiting (4/5): There's barely any waiting; unless you come in during rush hour; but its not THAT bad even its dinner time. Food (5/5): every delicious authentic ShanHainese food. Absolutely delicious and awesome portion for their cheap price. Recommend: - Stir fry shrimps - House special braised pork ribs - Stir fry egg plants - Xiao long bao! yummm :) - Pickled green mustard w/ bean curd sheets (Great for vegetarian) - Tofu with Crab eggs (MUST MUST MUST :D) Service (4/5): haha as I've always said, I have different standard for Chinese restaurant services. They aren't as friendly as american and other restaurants; but at Golden House, they ARE friendly and even though they are very busy, they still try their best to get to your service asap. My family always come here for family gathering, We sure will still come back! :) read more

This is a Shanghainese style Chinese restaurant. They have nice lunch specials and the food tastes okay. Wow....nothing much to say about this place...nothing spectacular and no negative remarks. If you're craving Shanghainese food then try this place out. The prices here are good. Many people complain about it being oily and greasy but it seemed okay to me. I like oily and greasy food though, tastes better ;) read more

You know I like their food, but when their website states that they open at 5pm and you get there 15 minutes before 5, then at 5 someone come to the door and says that they don't open until 5:30. They lost a customer. Hence, 1 star. read more

Good for shanghainese food! A little bit on the oily side. Parking lot in the back. read more

This place was just ok. It's a typical Chinese restaurant. It's supposed to be Shanghai cuisine but after a lifetime of eating all kinds of Chinese food, they all seem the same to me now. Let's start off with service. The servers were polite enough. A little bit hard to understand because of their thick accent. They ran out of a few things we had wanted and they were apologetic. All in all I'd say the service was pretty good. Definitely better than most Chinese place. As for the food, it was a bit on the greasy side like some of the other reviewers had mentioned but I don't really mind. I you're that concerned about your health, you really shouldn't be eating out and at a Chinese restaurant no less. Thy have this pickled vegetable and white meat soup that was pretty awesome. A little bit sour and very very tasty. The hubby put down like 4 bowls of that soup. I came with my whole family so we ordered like 10 dishes. I'll just go into Some of the ones that made an impression, both good and bad. Fried tofu - this came with a really nice dipping sauce. The tofu was silky smooth on the inside and crunchy on the outside without being over breaded. Walnut shrimp - I've had better. The shrimp was not crunchy on the outside and the batter was mealy and feels like I'm eating some raw flour. Not cool! Pork belly - this was disappointing. The pork belly wasn't that well marinated and kind of bland. Bland pork belly is gross because now you're really just eating a mouthful of fat. Meh, my mom makes it much better. Peking pork - this was pretty good. I would've eaten more if I wasn't so full already. Great with white rice. Pickled vegetable and white meat soup- I know, the name doesn't sound too appetizing but believe me when I say it's really good. If you like Hot and Sour soup or the Thai Tom Yum soup, you're gonna love this soup. But beware, there is MSG in the soup. Don't get your panties in a knot, MSG isn't that bad. Just everything in moderation. This soup is worth the MSG. Recap: 1) get the soup! 2) good service 3) expect some greasiness in food read more

I start eat here from they beginning their business here. I understand shanghai dishes kind of oily and sweet. They remain acceptable region. Waiter / waitress are warm and friendly even wife of owner would come out and help. Today experience is far beyond acceptable. Table/Dishes are not clean at all, price goes up while portion goes down. Service is the worst ever. It surely cross out from our list and we had to try out more new restaurant. read more

Worst experience ever! This restaurant serves sub-par Chinese food and they have horrible service. The food is extremely greasy. At the end of the meal, we gave the owner $40 for the bill and she gave us change as though we had only given her $30. Not only was she rude when we told her, she started an arguing match and raised her voice at our family. She yelled at me and told me to "Shut up!" She was so loud that the few tables that were seated for lunch turned to stare at her behavior. She then went over to another table and started yelling at them too! Given that we are parents to young children, her behavior was not only unacceptable, it was horrific. The owner is a lady who loses her temper easily and treats her employees horribly. This is not a family friendly restaurant. We brought a large group one time and they would not accomodate us even though there were so many empty tables. This will be the last time that we visit this restaurant. If you're looking for Chinese food, there are so many other restaurants in the area that do an excellent job. Stay away from this place! read more