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Really wish I could rate this place higher but I can't. Came here on a Friday evening and was sat by a both by the door. Restaurant was pretty much empty and we were really surprised by how slow the service was. We never got our menus and had to look on yelp for the menus. Server came around about 30 min after sitting us down to ask if we have any questions, we said no and then she walked away...I can understand how our response no could mean we're good but this was the first time we met her, like how about a hi how are you lol. Anyway we ordered our food and we got a lot of different options like the sweet and sour soup (pictured bellow), orange chicken, king pow chicken and the happy family. All the food was really good and flavorful; and this is why I wish I could rate this place higher. The service taking over 30 min before we even talked to anyone and other booths being sat down before us and getting their orders in and food in before us was just no acceptable. To add to that, one of the chiefs was sitting behind us in one of the booths with some customers that were food critics and sat and talked to them about all the food they were ordering and his opinion on them and he makes them all. Not cool golden phoenix
If you've only ever lived in the Lake Havasu bubble and haven't experienced real Chinese cuisine, you might think this place is good. (Think: snowbirds with a very limited palate.) But for anyone who isn't from Havasu and has actually tasted quality Chinese food, this place is a major disappointment. Walking in you're greeted with a bunch of elderly patrons (snowbird season) who are cheerfully eating their Chinese cuisine. The restaurant was apparently recently remodeled and looked pretty nice inside. We sat ourselves and waited about 5-10 minutes before someone walked over to take our order. Except - we didn't have any menus to look at so we couldn't exactly do that. Havasu doesn't offer many options--fast-food Chinese or a spot owned by someone I wouldn't want to give business to--so we ventured out hoping for something different. While the service was friendly and attentive, the food itself completely missed the mark. For the price, I honestly would've rather gone to the local steakhouse for steak and lobster. I gasped when i saw the prices but was reassured when our waitress boasted that we had ordered "a lot of food" more on that later ., Everything was BLAND. No flavor. No spice. No salt. No sweet. No sour. Nothing. Paper Wrapped Chicken Looks authentic at first glance, but tastes like absolutely nothing. Tiny pieces of unseasoned chicken. Not worth the price. Fried Rice If "rice with a splash of soy-colored water" was a dish, this would be it. No peas, no carrots, no veggies at all. Just plain rice. Spring Rolls Meh. Probably the best thing I ate, which isn't saying much. Egg Flower Soup Tasteless. Sweet & Sour Pork No sweet. No sour. Just a red gelatin-like sauce covering fried pork, peppers, and pineapple. The pork alone was maybe an 8, but the dish overall had no flavor. Mongolian Beef No flavor profile whatsoever. Beef was just okay. Chicken Chow Mein Where's the chicken? Or literally anything else that's supposed to be in this dish? Just noodles and disappointment. My parents ordered the walnut shrimp and chicken curry and swore it was good. I just looked at them like they were crazy. Have they had authentic Chinese food? Yes! But when you're living in the bubble with only three Chinese options in town, I guess this automatically becomes "the best." Our total bill? $148. Not including tip. That's $37 per person. For what? Tiny soup bowls of small portions, and barely any flavor. At any decent Chinese restaurant (honestly, even Panda Express), we would've ordered the same amount of food (or more) and still had leftovers for days and half the price. In fact i calculated it after we got home and it would have been about 93 bucks. So here we are .. we walked out with one tiny box of sad fried rice, 3 pieces of pork and chicken chow mein (without the chicken). As full-time residents, I'd honestly rather drive to California--or even Parker--for Chinese food than eat here again. It wasn't terrible, but it definitely wasn't good. I strongly urge you to try something else... anywhere else. Now i know why Panda had more positive reviews.
The food is very good we enjoyed our dinner very much. The service was very good and attentive. The restaurant is small but very cozy and comfortable. We will definitely be back next year.
I am stuffed!! Very pleased with our food tonight. I LOVE the Walnut Shrimp but hated paying $20+ for the little bit of small ones I'd get. NOW my shrimp were huge and it came with a little slaw, a strawberry, and orange slices as garnish. Very, very, delicious and I'm full! Excellent service as well. Very pretty inside, but we did take out.
We've been coming here for years and we just really were like "What happened ?" I asked for hot green tea and I got just hot tea. Then portion sizes!!!! What the heck happened??? Food was great but literally they cut the portions in half.... But not the price! Paid $50 for a Sunday lunch ! Very disappointing and won't be back!
Pleasure to meet the chef, he suggested sea bass and it was definitely good, heres to our go to Chinese restaurant.
Consistently delicious cuisine. The owner is amazing and he's very concerned about her customers experience.
It had been a very long time since I had been to Golden Phoenix. When you walk in you find a table yourself and a server will bring you the menus. The food was delicious. I ordered Mongolian Beef and it had the perfect amount of spice. My Mother-In-Law ordered Moo Goo Gai Pan and she was pleased with her dish. The service was slow. They had one friendly server working the dining room. You had to wait patiently for refills and the bill. I will visit again to try some different dishes.
Servers are always friendly, the restaurant isn't very large so tables fill up fast during dinner hours, especially during winter (snowbird season). Often times I just order and pick up to dine at home during the busy season. Best chinese food in town, IMO. It's a casual atmosphere. The food is tasty, but sometimes inconsistent with ingredients. Once there was very little chicken and mostly chow mein, the next time there was adequate chicken in my order. I now stick with the shrimp with lobster sauce and it's consistently very good. Hubby usually orders the curry chicken. Tip: park in the back if there is not room to park in front.
Our first time here - Good, friendly, efficient service. I ordered General Tso's chicken and it was cooked perfectly and had great flavor! I would order it again. Husband had Mongolian Beef I thought it was so-so. Prices were average. Clean restaurant and busy!
This place has a horrible service . The main hostess is very rude . We waited for 30 mins for placing the order and the. Most of the food came after another 30 minutes . They forgot one main entree and I had to remind them and still they didn't come to give and update on it and the main hostess came and gave some random reason that we asked for no beef so it took 45 mins !! The fried rice said it will have carrots and peas and it had nothing and it felt like soy cause only friend rice and scarce eggs in it . The spring dish was also horrible . The only thing that was decent was the pan fried noodles The ambience is okie but experience is dreadful
2 months ago
IN 40 YEARS OF EATING, THIS IS THE BEST CHINESE FOOD I HAVE EVER, EVER HAD! I've been a chef longer than you probably want to know, and I've had Asian cuisine at some of the best restaurants in the world, pre-yelp. With that said, this place absolutely blew me away. From the plating, presentation, flavor, atmosphere, and decor, everything was on point. This place isn't just good--it's up on top of the mountain. Absolutely perfect. And honestly, I don't understand some of the one- and two-star reviews. Bland? Old food? DoorDash mistake? A bad day? Didn't like the flooring? Some reviews seem to have everything to do with a bad attitude instead of the all important: Food. Taste is subjective, of course. But when you've spent decades around food, you know when something is done exceptionally well....This was exceptional! If you don't like this food, I'm not saying there's something wrong with you. ...but something Wong with you! Look at my pics, no filter needed... tastes just as good as it looks. 10/10. One of the best Chinese dining experiences we've ever had. read more
10/26/25 - After the Posten Pilgrimage ended my wife and I decided to go to Lake Havasu City. We went to Lake Havasu about 45 minutes north of Parker AZ. We had a craving for Chinese food. We found Golden Phoenix in a small strip mall. The restaurant had good reviews so we decided to check it out. We kept it light and ordered a fried tofu dish w/mixed vegetables stir fried. This was well prepared the fried tofu was very good & the stir fried vegetables were cooked to perfection. For us this means stir fried so the vegetables aren't overcooked & still maintain a nice texture & color. Nothing worse than overcooked vegetables. This dish was pretty good. We also ordered fish fillet w/scallion cut green onions & baby bok choy (meh kind of bland & tasteless. This dish wasn't very good. The server was very good. read more
13 days ago
Really wish I could rate this place higher but I can't. Came here on a Friday evening and was sat by a both by the door. Restaurant was pretty much empty and we were really surprised by how slow the service was. We never got our menus and had to look on yelp for the menus. Server came around about 30 min after sitting us down to ask if we have any questions, we said no and then she walked away...I can understand how our response no could mean we're good but this was the first time we met her, like how about a hi how are you lol. Anyway we ordered our food and we got a lot of different options like the sweet and sour soup (pictured bellow), orange chicken, king pow chicken and the happy family. All the food was really good and flavorful; and this is why I wish I could rate this place higher. The service taking over 30 min before we even talked to anyone and other booths being sat down before us and getting their orders in and food in before us was just no acceptable. To add to that, one of the chiefs was sitting behind us in one of the booths with some customers that were food critics and sat and talked to them about all the food they were ordering and his opinion on them and he makes them all. Not cool golden phoenix read more
If you've only ever lived in the Lake Havasu bubble and haven't experienced real Chinese cuisine, you might think this place is good. (Think: snowbirds with a very limited palate.) But for anyone who isn't from Havasu and has actually tasted quality Chinese food, this place is a major disappointment. Walking in you're greeted with a bunch of elderly patrons (snowbird season) who are cheerfully eating their Chinese cuisine. The restaurant was apparently recently remodeled and looked pretty nice inside. We sat ourselves and waited about 5-10 minutes before someone walked over to take our order. Except - we didn't have any menus to look at so we couldn't exactly do that. Havasu doesn't offer many options--fast-food Chinese or a spot owned by someone I wouldn't want to give business to--so we ventured out hoping for something different. While the service was friendly and attentive, the food itself completely missed the mark. For the price, I honestly would've rather gone to the local steakhouse for steak and lobster. I gasped when i saw the prices but was reassured when our waitress boasted that we had ordered "a lot of food" more on that later ., Everything was BLAND. No flavor. No spice. No salt. No sweet. No sour. Nothing. Paper Wrapped Chicken Looks authentic at first glance, but tastes like absolutely nothing. Tiny pieces of unseasoned chicken. Not worth the price. Fried Rice If "rice with a splash of soy-colored water" was a dish, this would be it. No peas, no carrots, no veggies at all. Just plain rice. Spring Rolls Meh. Probably the best thing I ate, which isn't saying much. Egg Flower Soup Tasteless. Sweet & Sour Pork No sweet. No sour. Just a red gelatin-like sauce covering fried pork, peppers, and pineapple. The pork alone was maybe an 8, but the dish overall had no flavor. Mongolian Beef No flavor profile whatsoever. Beef was just okay. Chicken Chow Mein Where's the chicken? Or literally anything else that's supposed to be in this dish? Just noodles and disappointment. My parents ordered the walnut shrimp and chicken curry and swore it was good. I just looked at them like they were crazy. Have they had authentic Chinese food? Yes! But when you're living in the bubble with only three Chinese options in town, I guess this automatically becomes "the best." Our total bill? $148. Not including tip. That's $37 per person. For what? Tiny soup bowls of small portions, and barely any flavor. At any decent Chinese restaurant (honestly, even Panda Express), we would've ordered the same amount of food (or more) and still had leftovers for days and half the price. In fact i calculated it after we got home and it would have been about 93 bucks. So here we are .. we walked out with one tiny box of sad fried rice, 3 pieces of pork and chicken chow mein (without the chicken). As full-time residents, I'd honestly rather drive to California--or even Parker--for Chinese food than eat here again. It wasn't terrible, but it definitely wasn't good. I strongly urge you to try something else... anywhere else. Now i know why Panda had more positive reviews. read more
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I am stuffed!! Very pleased with our food tonight. I LOVE the Walnut Shrimp but hated paying $20+ for the little bit of small ones I'd get. NOW my shrimp were huge and it came with a little slaw, a strawberry, and orange slices as garnish. Very, very, delicious and I'm full! Excellent service as well. Very pretty inside, but we did take out. read more
7 months ago
We've been coming here for years and we just really were like "What happened ?" I asked for hot green tea and I got just hot tea. Then portion sizes!!!! What the heck happened??? Food was great but literally they cut the portions in half.... But not the price! Paid $50 for a Sunday lunch ! Very disappointing and won't be back! read more
3 months ago
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Pleasure to meet the chef, he suggested sea bass and it was definitely good, heres to our go to Chinese restaurant. read more
3 months ago
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Consistently delicious cuisine. The owner is amazing and he's very concerned about her customers experience. read more
4 months ago
It had been a very long time since I had been to Golden Phoenix. When you walk in you find a table yourself and a server will bring you the menus. The food was delicious. I ordered Mongolian Beef and it had the perfect amount of spice. My Mother-In-Law ordered Moo Goo Gai Pan and she was pleased with her dish. The service was slow. They had one friendly server working the dining room. You had to wait patiently for refills and the bill. I will visit again to try some different dishes. read more
1 month ago
7 months ago
Servers are always friendly, the restaurant isn't very large so tables fill up fast during dinner hours, especially during winter (snowbird season). Often times I just order and pick up to dine at home during the busy season. Best chinese food in town, IMO. It's a casual atmosphere. The food is tasty, but sometimes inconsistent with ingredients. Once there was very little chicken and mostly chow mein, the next time there was adequate chicken in my order. I now stick with the shrimp with lobster sauce and it's consistently very good. Hubby usually orders the curry chicken. Tip: park in the back if there is not room to park in front. read more
10 months ago
Our first time here - Good, friendly, efficient service. I ordered General Tso's chicken and it was cooked perfectly and had great flavor! I would order it again. Husband had Mongolian Beef I thought it was so-so. Prices were average. Clean restaurant and busy! read more
4 months ago
9 months ago
This place has a horrible service . The main hostess is very rude . We waited for 30 mins for placing the order and the. Most of the food came after another 30 minutes . They forgot one main entree and I had to remind them and still they didn't come to give and update on it and the main hostess came and gave some random reason that we asked for no beef so it took 45 mins !! The fried rice said it will have carrots and peas and it had nothing and it felt like soy cause only friend rice and scarce eggs in it . The spring dish was also horrible . The only thing that was decent was the pan fried noodles The ambience is okie but experience is dreadful read more
5 months ago
My mother has lived in Havasu for quite some time and has dined here many times over the years. She'd experienced some lacklustre meals awhile back and stopped coming but had heard that some recent changes at the restaurant were showing much promise. Our recent excursion proved that feedback to be more than accurate. Our dinner was some of the best Chinese food I've had. (and we have much to choose from in California's Bay Area!) The broth in the Wor Wonton soup was spot on - flavourful and balanced packed with bright vegetables, tender shrimp, chicken, and beef. The appetiser platter that we shared was beautifully presented and the eggrolls delightfully spiced, with everything crispy and tasty. Each of our entrees were uniquely flavoured and delicious - accompanied by fluffy fried rice. Note, we chose the Golden Phoenix Dinner for $24.95 per person which included the Wor wonton soup, appetisers, fried rice and your choice of any entree on the menu (except duck). An excellent value for this quality and the freedom to choose from a large selection of entrees. This experience was a marvellous surprise and my Mom was absolutely delighted! Service was thoughtful and gracious. We will absolutely be back on our next visit to Havasu! This Phoenix has risen!! read more
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The food was great and the presentation was wonderful. I would recommend this Chinese food location to anyone. Very reasonably priced. We had the walnut shrimp, Bo Bo plater and War wonton soup. It's was great. read more
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Hadn't been here for a while and was pleasantly surprised. They got a new chef and the food is delicious along with a beautiful presentation. Very friendly staff also. Highly recommend if you want fresh Chinese food! read more
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There has always been good food here but now they have a real Chef and the food was phenomenal. read more
1 year ago
Being Vegan has been so challenging in LHC but not with Golden Phoenix! The food was so yummy the best I've ever had. The servers so kind, friendly absolutely amazing! read more
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