Recently moved to Salinas are and had been wanting to try this place since i pass it frequently. Ordered dinner there last night and it was delicious. The beef chow mein was perfect. And so was the shrimp fried rice. And they use actual shrimp I might add none of those tiny little shrimps for salads. But the highlight of the meal I would have to say would be their chicken curry. I would highly recommend and glad I found my new to go to place for Chinese food. read more

Very good food. I recommend their mixed vegetables with black mushrooms, beef broccoli, any dish there has been good.

Best Chinese food in Salinas. Been coming here for years and years. Doing take out now,but owner Anna always has our food ready fast. Hopefully we will be able to dine in soon as restrictions ease up. Not a fancy looking place but never judge a book by it's cover. Great food! read more

I'm sad I didn't snap a photo as the portion was HUGE. I ordered the Kung pao chicken lunch special. It was served with egg dower soup and fried rice. The veggies on the chicken were absolutely delicious and the best part of my meal. Only 4 stars because the fried rice was made with small pieces of pork meat and I didn't care for the flavor. Next time I'll ask for the fried rice to be veggies only. I will set come again as they are literally a few blocks from work and the lunch portion was enough for two of me. read more

This place is by far the best I have been to in Salinas THE FLAVOR and the cleanliness is worth every star

Time to update my review. So happy that this place has finally reopened. It's been closed for over a year due to a kitchen fire, then remodel. I've really missed my favorite Chinese place in Salinas. The food is just as great as it's always been. Portions are huge so come hungry! read more

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I was so happy to see this place reopen after the kitchen fire, it's been closed for over a year.. This is my 2nd favorite Chinese place to eat at. The food is always great as is the family that runs it. They have reasonably priced lunch specials and they always serve huge portions. read more

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All very good. Love this place for lunch specials. Best place in town. Get the spring egg rolls. Curry shrimp is tasty too. Fried rice and chow Mein on point too. Never had a bad order from here. read more

The Wor wonton soup is amazing!!! Always great food here. Prices went up a bit but good portions read more

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Love Golden China. It's one of the best Chinese restaurants in Salinas and Monterey county. The owners are friendly and always very welcoming. The food is delicious. I love that the food is not greasy and well served portions both during dine in and take out. I have bee coming to Golden China for many years and would not trade this place for any other. Support local family owned businesses! read more

Love this hole in the wall. Super good portions. The wait staff is lovely. Huge shout out to the server guy with the glasses and the bus boy with the smiley face shirt. You guys seriously rock and we really appreciate your hard work. We ordered 10+ dishes on a Friday night and each dish was more satisfying than the last. Thank you. My favorite was the salt and pepper fish fillet. read more

Fresh and delicious foodgood food portions highly recommend the general chicken.Best Chinese food in salinas

Living in the Bay Area where good food and restaurants are of abundance, I had very little expectations with this place. Service was a bit slow, but to my surprise the food was amazingly very good! You can really see and taste the freshness. No wonder they were awarded top 100 best chinese restaurant in the USA! I will definitely be coming back when in the area again. read more

Golden China - Top 100 Chinese restaurant in USA - Chinese Near Me - Salinas, California

This has some of the beat Chinese food in the area. The staff is friendly and good people. When you were able to eat in the service was great and quick,can't go wrong here. read more

This place is the absolute best most amazing unbelievably delicious Chinese food of all times. My husband & I love going for our anniversary, birthday, a big celebration or just to eat good. We took my father & mother in law & they fell in love with it too. I love Chinese food & i have been disappointed by other "authentic" chinese restaurants before but I'm glad I found this one of a kind truly unique rare gem. We continue to go & will continue to go because its just that great :))))))))))))))))))))) read more

Love, love, love the food here long time costumers ... we have had family gatherings here, it is very spacious. This place is clean, food is always on point, fresh and hot! Soups are delicious lots of seasonal veggies, sweet and sour is perfect my one yr old loves it. I order chop suey extra bean sprouts as special request and they always get it done right! The egg foo young is amazing. (Got to try) Their lunch specials are incredible. Oh man I'm hungry now!!! Closed on Tuesdays.... read more

Moved to the east coast about 4 years ago and the Chinese food is slightly different on the west coast. Honestly, Golden China is some of the best Chinese food coast to coast. If you're in Salinas and you want Chinese food, this is the place to go. Good portions, good prices, and good flavor. The reviews under four stars are just people who are never pleased. read more

On our way to San Francisco and it was my mom's bday. It was like 8:30p and was still on the road we needed to at least have a bday dinner for her. She was craving chinese and every chinese spot in the area was closing at 9pm and only taking to go orders during the last 30 minutes. This spot closes at 9:30p we arrived at 9pm and they were still very welcoming of us. They did not rush us, or limit us to any foods. As I looked around I saw lots of awards they received about being on the top 100 list in all of the US. I was very impressed and actually very happy to know we wouldn't be disappointed by eating her. The food arrived and it was far from disappointing. We loved the food. taste great, portions were huge! someone even arrived later than we did, and they still let them dine in. I think that alone is what sets them aside from the rest. It was easy to find, nicely decorated, a little sketch at night as far as the surroundings but It was well worth taking the chance. So glad I was able to find this on yelp and have a great bday dinner for my mom. thank you to the staff working 9/3 right before closing. I appreciate it ! read more

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Had lunch at Golden China recently and was very pleased with the meal. The two of us ordered wor won ton soup and the serving was huge. The large bowl, more than enough for 2, contained a generous number of tasty meat stuffed won ton, vegetables, bbq pork read more

The food was very tasty. The vegetables in every entree were very fresh and crunchy, not soggy. It was my first time here and I was very pleased. read more

Really great Chinese food and excellent prices! I've been coming here for years with my family. Always come for the won ton soup. The sweet and sour and beef and broccoli is fire! read more

I called in my order. Everything was fresh and delicious. It was neatly packed in a takeout box for easy transport to the car and no spilling. No msg. Generous portions. read more

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Ordered the fired race and sweet and sour chicken. The rice a little salty but otherwise not bad.

If you want something fast to eat for lunch. This is the place. I like eating, there food is not bad at all. And fast and quick. read more

Golden China - Fish with vegetable - Chinese Near Me - Salinas, California

The food is great, the prices are great, & I enjoy the service. I really recommend their lunch specials and the sesame seed balls as a dessert. read more

Excellent food. Total hole in the wall and minimal environment. Tables are 50+ years old. BUT WOW!!! The food was incredible!!! Huge plates of food. I think I weigh 5 lbs more right now... Worth a stop. Kids enjoyed too. We are introducing new foods and they enjoyed it all. Very rare for them. read more

The past reviews are strange I found the chicken curry as good As anywhere else The wife owner/chef were eating their Lunch which I had sauntered in while Doing a smog on my Honda Lotsa nice chicken Sauce not too creamy neither too Watery . It was ok. If ya got time to kill In an area of drive by shootings And warring gangs You can feel safe sound And served decent chinese food And a nice waitress read more

If you are looking for great tasting authentic Chinese food...stay away from this place. Food is bland and not served at the right temperature. Gave it three stars for the free tea and great customer service. read more

On October 6th 2017 I Went to eat here for lunch with my Mother, Daughter, and Aunt. I Do Not Recommend eating here I found a Cockroach in their food!!!!! Please Please do not eat here!!! The Owner was very polite but I do not Recommend anyone to eat here We walked out we didn't finish our food!!! if you want to Eat here, Eat at your Own Risk. Hopefully the cockroaches are gone by the time they reopen! read more

Golden China - Chinese Near Me - Salinas, California

My family comes here all the time. The hit and sour soup is really good. They have dim sum it's really good. I think the owners name is sue and her son they are really nice. read more

Golden China - Hot and sour soup - Chinese Near Me - Salinas, California

Flavor of the food was alright. I've had better authentic food before. The rice was hard. The crab Rangoon had mozzarella cheese mixed in with cream cheese so there wasn't much flavor in it. 2 stars for good service but food was a let down. read more

I was craving a won ton war soup and decided to give this place a shot. As I walked in, I received immediate and very friendly service. I received my food within 10 mins after being seated and it was perfect. Will definitely return and try something new. read more

Food was very good! Ordered the fried rice, combo chow fun, sweet and sour pork, and bbq ribs all of it was fresh and delicious. Service was fast and very friendly . Will definitely make this my go to place for Chinese food. read more

I was referred to this place by a friend. We came here around 4 and were greeted and seated right away. The staff was super friendly and took our order right away. We had hot jasmine tea to start was really good! My boyfriend and I shared the dinner #1 which included egg drop soup, fried prawns, egg rolls, pork fried rice, chicken and shrimp chow mein, and sweet and sour pork. Was soooo good!! Everything tasted fresh and wonderful. Highly recommend this place! read more

The rice noodle soup is delicious. Vegetables are delivered daily, and noodles are cooked to perfection. Service is ok, has room for improvement. Staff is friendly, and they had a smile the whole time I was there. If your ever in town, I would recommend you try this place. read more

Golden China - Rice Noodle soup with shrimp. - Chinese Near Me - Salinas, California

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My favorite place to eat. The whole family is so wonderful and the food is always fresh and delicious. Try your noodles pan-fried and the mandarin chicken wings are the bomb. read more

New owners and we had a great meal last night. Party of 6 and more food than we could eat. The pot-stickers were wonderful and others raved about their Lemon Chicken and Mongolian Beef. I had a precious tofu clay pot which was wonderful. As many of the Chinese restaurants in town have gone down in quality this was a nice improvement read more

If you're looking for haute cuisine or ambiance, don't come here. But honest to goodness Chinese home-style cooking, yes! We enjoyed our second good meal at this place, and plan to return. This time we ordered the dry beef chow fun, baby bok choy, broccoli with BBQ pork, combination fried rice, and Chinese style beef stew. The wait-person mistakenly served us sizzling plate steak with vegetables instead of seafood, but it was probably a language misunderstanding and we didn't send it back. The only thing I didn't care for was the fried rice, which had soy sauce mixed into it. The vegetables were fresh and stir-fry crisp, the beef and pork of good quality, the food flavorful but not overly salty or greasy. The portions were ample, and the service excellent. Most of all, our meal was inexpensive. $55 before tax and tip fed the 9 of us, with leftovers to take home. read more

Awesome food fast and hot had pork fried rice kung pao chicken and wor wonton noodle soup which was incredible

DON'T EAT HERE! IF you value your health, go somewhere else. The dining room was FILTHY! Every empty table was piled high with dirty dishes. The hostess seated a family at a table after quickly clearing the table and moving the dirty dishes to another table and putting down new paper placemats and silverware WITHOUT WIPING THE TABLE DOWN! UPDATE 11/17/2017 12:30PM: I was contacted by Anna from this restaurant and she stated that they were closed for remodeling.Apparently, my comment had been sitting in my Draft Box and was not uploaded. My experience happened several months ago. I simply moved my comment out the Draft Box and was not aware that this restaurant was closed. My original post was not timely since I vowed at the time to never return but my original comments describing the dining room that night were 100% accurate. read more