Popped in for lunch on a Saturday. It was cheap, fast and a ton of food! We got the beef lo mein (4 stars) and general tao's chicken (5 stars) with fried rice and hot & sour soup. I would give them a 5 for speed and value. Needless to say we will have leftovers. read more

Golden Pot - General Tao's Chicken with fried rice and hot & sour soup - lunch special - Chinese Near Me - McKinney, Texas

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burThey were better a few years ago but they have gotten cheap. For example if your order hunan beef or wny other dish with vegetables they fill it with the cheapest ones they have like zucchini i hate zucchini.. HUNAN BEEF is not supposed to have zucchini. Yet i order it its filled with it and not a single waterchestnut or baby corn like its suppose to have.. 2 mushrooms maybe not even straw mushrooms like its suppose to be.. They have good sauce but in the end they jusy rip you off. They think we dont know better. We do.. its theirs to take if you give it to them. I say stick with the bbq and burgers read more

They have really good food and their prices are reasonable. Their service is extremely good. Our order included the incorrect item once and they quickly replaced it with no problem. 10/25/17 Our new favorite is the Walnut Shrimp. The shrimp are cooked to perfection and the flavor is superb. read more

Keeping in mind that this is Chinese takeout and not a fancy restaurant, my star scale is slightly different. I would give Golden Pot 4 stars for Chinese takeout. It was pretty good. I got the Double Dragon (which is General Tso's chicken and sweet and sour chicken) and the vegetable spring rolls. The only bad thing I would say about any of it was that the sauce on the General Tso's chicken gets thick and gelatinous when it starts to cool down. It still tasted the same so it didn't bother me but if you have texture issues you might want to consider a different dish. I chose Golden Pot after receiving 2 different Chinese takeout menus on my door and Golden Pot was by far the cheaper of the 2. I would definitely order from them again. read more

Golden Pot - Double Dragon (general Tso and sweet and sour chicken)... 4 stars for takeout Chinese - Chinese Near Me - McKinney, Texas

The food is decent. The lo chicken lo mein is not the best. It's just chicken and noodles, no vegetables which is whatever but it is mildly plain-tasting. 1 star because when I ordered delivery from them last night they not only added but charged me for additional items that I did not order. My order was one Hot & Spicy beef entree, one large wonton soup, and one chicken lo mein. I received crab rangoons, a double order of chicken lo mein, the wonton soup, and the hot & spicy beef. Total paid was $31. read more

If I could give 0.5 or even 0 I would. Sauce or pan was burnt for General Tso. Sweet & Sour Shrimp was heavily breaded. No pineapple, peppers, or onion. .. just shrimp and sauce. While rice was green and had an odor. Whole plce...and the parking lot has an odd smell. burning oil and dirty smoke ? Crab Rangoon was bizarre to say the least. More of a dessert. ..sweet, no "crab" flavor and sloppy presentation. Their printer should be fired. The number of misspelled words (white flice anyone?). Hard to take this place seriously. I know the place is new...hope they take some time to figure this out. But there are many other decent choices in the area this place won't last if they don't change. read more

Golden Pot - Menu misprint - Chinese Near Me - McKinney, Texas

Finally decent Chinese food!!!! Only Took 5 years since I moved here. Really great and fresh. Thank you. read more

Food is tasty with good sized portions. This is purely a take-out spot and they are always prompt with their service.

No frills Chinese food -Lots of food for the money -A lot of options to choose from -Pretty tasty Enjoyed the Chicken Mien Fun & the Szechuan Chicken. read more

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I've been looking for good Chinese food in McKinney & thought I'd check Golden Pot out even though they don't deliver to my house. They deliver only to 6 mile radius & sadly I live 8 miles away. So, I ordered off their website which was super easy & was surprised that orders over $35 get a General Tso's chicken entree for free! What?!? That's awesome but is the food awesome? I ordered all my favorites: vegetable eggrolls, pork eggrolls, fried potstickers, sweet n sour chicken, beef & broccoli, & szechuan chicken, fried rice, lo mein noodles, & steamed rice. I expect a Chinese restaurant to excel at these simple dishes. So, I drove across town & picked up my order 40 minutes after ordering. I wasn't surprised that it was located in a small strip mall, had few tables, & the decor was minimal & somewhat dated. The young lady at the counter was pleasant & had my order all packed up. So far so good. Once I got home, I unpacked the order & was pleased that everything was packaged perfectly. No spills. No grease. The sweet & sour chicken was packaged with the top open so the fried chicken nuggets wouldn't be soggy. This was the BEST sweet & sour chicken I've had in a long time! Glad I ordered it & recommend highly for the beautiful white chicken chunks & light sweet & sour sauce! Both kinds of eggrolls were good, I preferred the veggie eggrolls for the crispness. The fried potstickers were good, full of meat filling, had a good dipping sauce, & was perfectly cooked. The steamed rice was perfectly steamed, the fried rice was light & flavorful with little oil taste. Recommend the lo mein too...delish soft noodles, not too oily or dry. Just right. Then came the other entrees: The Szechuan chicken was good, fresh veggies, & big chunks of chicken but abit oily. The Beef & Broccoli was good, fresh broccoli & the beef not too tough but abit oily as well. The General Tso's chicken was okay. Nice sauce & plenty of chicken, not bad at all for a freebie. Everything was fresh, tasty, appropriately priced for the amount of food you receive. Very nice sized portions, two people could easily share an entree. Overall, I would recommend Golden Pot! They passed my taste test on many items & I would definitely order again. Just wished they would deliver to my house! Hint, hint! read more

Golden Pot - S&S chicken, Beef & broc, Szech chicken, GenTso's chicken, lomein, steamed & fried rice, potstickers, and veg & pork eggrolls - Chinese Near Me - McKinney, Texas

The food was awful! Dine-in order beef&broccoli with fried rice. Plate came out quickly but everything was already cold. The sauce was a brown jelly unlike anything I have never seen. Broccoli was raw. Try another Chinese place & leave Golden Pot behind!!!! read more

I've been ordering from these lovely folks for about 3 years now. Food is always fresh and the BEST dumplings in the area. Double phoenix, garlic chicken, and the soups are all my faves. read more

Okay, I admit it. I love the quick and easy lunch here. I go to Wal-Mart, get the groceries for a week and then swing by here and have lunch. Quick, easy and tasty. Yep, I admit it, I eat at Golden Pot! read more

Food was delicious. I ordered the Mongolian Beef, fried chicken wings, and pork egg rolls.

Great place for Chinese food! Place was clean and people were very friendly. I got the shrimp lo mein lunch portion, which comes with a generous amount of rice as well your choice of Egg Drop or Wonton soup.. all for $7.04!!! (And that's with tax!!) Quality of food was good! Awesome little place. Will be back!! read more

Very friendly staff and place appeared to be clean floors , tables. Ordered the pork egg roll w mongolian beef and rice. Very good except alot of onions and not alot of meat. But was enough to feed 2 except egg roll of course No fountain sodas just canned. Not really a dine in Chinese restaurant but does have a few tables if you wish to. It's located in a strip center w Walmart and few other stores. read more

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It was probably the worst Chinese food I've ever had The chicken in my fried rice had a bad odor My cashier was some 9 year old kid There was a man standing next to the kid playing games on his phone and he never bother looking up Will never go back read more

This is the go to Chinese food place in my neighborhood. They usually put some free crab rangoons in the delivery bag too.

Very sad. The formally amazing dumplings have been replaced by the premade kind you can buy yourself at the grocer. Wonton soup is still worth ordering, but otherwise I'm done patronizing this business. read more

Yummy yummy in my tummy, other restaurants aren't that yummy. Yummy yummy in my tummy tastes better than my favorite gummy!

I usually get the Saint Louis style rice which is pretty good. Last night I got the beef lo mein . Broccoli was fresh and crisp, sauce was tasty but the beef had to have been fake meat. Was really chewy, almost gummy. I was disappointed read more

Ordered several items off the menu and they were all terrible. Low quality and questionable meat. Crab Rangoon's were all cream cheese no meat. read more

I've been here a couple of times now and I like the greasy chinese food from this place. I usually just take it to go since there's not a whole lot of seating. A couple of booths and tables. Looks like the whole family is here. What I like about it, is that it is cheap and they give you a good amount of food. For 6 bucks lunch special that comes with soup and fried rice, I pretty much have 2 meals. I usually get the orange chicken because it's a safe bet anywhere. They made it crunchy, a lot of sauce, and extra greasy. You get a choice of soup for the lunch special between the wonton and the hot and sour soup. I usually get the hot and sour and ti comes with croutons or what ever they want to call those crunchy things. That can be a meal in itself too because they give a good size portion. Overall, I look forward to stopping by again whenever I stop by the Gamestop next door and I want some quick cheap lunch. read more

Great food and a nice family run restaurant. They use good quality meat and chicken. I had the Mongolian beef which was great and my wife had noodles. We also had the pot stickers which are VERY VERY good. We will be back. read more

Good price and great food. Always ready when they say it's gonna be ready for pickup and delivery is just as timely. My favorite is the hot and hour soup with crabrangoon read more

This is the true definition of a hole in the wall place. The food is served on paper plates with plastic utensils that are so cheap that you cannot pick up broccoli with it. And you know the cheap spoons that have the edges that are still sharp and cut your lip when you use them. LOL However, when it comes to the food it is excellent. The garlic shrimp was so flavorful with large pieces of shrimp. The wonton soup had great broth and full flavor. Do not let the appearance fool you but just know what you are getting when you try to eat there. Great for takeout and eating at home. read more

I'm super disappointed in what was my favorite Chinese food place. Whenever I order Chinese I order from this facility. I LOVE their fried dumplings and I literally crave them. The last time I ordered I guess I said fried wonton instead of fried dumpling? I never order wontons but I chalked it up to my mistake. So that is not a knock against them. This time, however, I clearly said fried dumpling and Josh read it back to me as fried dumplings. When the order came I gladly tipped the driver and went in to the kitchen to unpack all the yummy food. However, my dumplings were steamed and not fried . I called them back and letting them know and Josh said that they were switched with another customers. Okay, no biggie. I asked if they could bring me an order of fried ones and he said they would. I acknowledged how busy they probably were at lunch and how they can take their time. He clearly said the words "exchange" so I did not eat the steamed dumplings and left them on the counter. At 5pm (I ordered originally at 11:09) I decided to call back to check in. Josh told me the kitchen would not make them and there was nothing he could do but put a credit on my account. I let him know how disappointed I was. He mentioned that I could call back tomorrow to talk to the owner. I know this seems like a big deal over dumplings but I'm more so upset about the lack of consideration when it comes to how accompanying I was and the lack of clear communication between phone orders and the chefs. Sadly, I'm not sure if I will order from here again due to these questionable issues. read more

Food had no flavor and taste! Was not thrilled with no flavor. Broccoli with extra payment with beef was plain

Poor service, they don't answer their phone and refused to deliver when they actually do answer more than 1.5 hours before they close. Other competitors are willing to do much more, don't dine here. read more

I ordered general Tso's tofu on Uber eats and when it arrived I realized I had received chicken. I have been a vegetarian for over 5.5 years so eating chicken at this point would make me physically sick. When I called the restaurant to see if they could send me the correct order- they admitted to sending me chicken instead of tofu but didn't even offer an apology or a refund. They offered to make me a new order, but I had to drive in to pick up the correct dish. I had just taken a medication which I can't drive on, and when I asked if they could come deliver the correct order to me, they claimed it was "too far". Super helpful. Horrible customer service experience read more

I was in the parking lot when I saw this restaurant. I was hungry, so I walked in and ordered. I had no idea about the free rangoon, so that was a pleasant and delicious surprise! I had no problems with customer service and the food was very tasty. read more

We love Golden Pot! They are always friendly and they get our order right every time! This is our go to place to order fresh, hot food, and get it delivered very quickly. read more

Tried take out for the first time tonight. Was great. Dumplings & Crab Rangoons were tasty and veggie spring rolls were nice. Favorites were Bourbon chicken, Walnut shrimp, scallops. Served hot and plenty for our crew. Service was nice and timely. Will be back again. read more

Imposible to order online! Website doesn't allow or give the payment option making impossible to check out

Tried to place an order over the phone for pick up but it was difficult. I told whoever was on the phone what I wanted to order; I'm reading the items straight from my cart on their website! They repeated the order I repeated the order and somehow it still didn't come out right when I went for pick up; even took the screen shot photo to show and check. Picked up the order and one of the items was to be a chef's special half General Tso's chicken other half Bourbon. They packed them separate as individual dinner orders. Ordered 6 wings which I didn't receive, and to top it off I got fried wontons which I clearly and slowly repeated that I no longer wanted on my order. I wanted it removed because on the site if you order over $25 you get free wontons. I asked if they were still free with a phone order they responded YES. So when they read me the total I noticed it didn't match the total from what I had in the screen shot photo of the order. That listed my total as $25.60 and they told me $33 and change. I know tax is not that high so I asked to repeat the order AGAIN. Repeated it and realized they charged for the wontons so I had them removed. Told me the total was $25.60! Went and ended up paying $31 and change because they messed up my order and I didn't want to wait any longer for my food. Overall food tasted ok, only reason for 3 stars, though I've had better. I WON'T be making a phone order to here again! I'll given them one more chance but it won't be any time soon! read more

I dont even write reviews on places, but this place had me ready to write on after eating there... First off, prices are good and its a decent amount of food for what you pay, hence the ONE star they did get. The food is AWEFUL! I have no clue how they have 4 stars unless its the employees and family. I am a big fan of chinese food and love trying new places. I had the General Tso's Chicken with fried rice and hot and sour soup. The soup was really bland with a major lack of flavor and the crisps they gave me to put in it were beyond stale. The fried rice had chunks of pork in it giving the rice a pork flavor. This might be good for some, but i dont eat pork and that made the rice inedible for me. Lastly, the chicken was easily the worst attempt at General Tso's Ive had. The sauce was very ketchup-y and thick and just gross. It was like McDonalds made an attempt at a chinese dish and it was not a good thing. Wont be going back. read more

This places is really set up for take out. They have a few tables available and the food was very good. As we had our lunch I would say 80% of the people came in to pick up a To Go order. If you eat in the ultisols are plastic, probably the same ones in your go bag. But again, the food was very good. I may consider this place for a Chinese picnic lunch in the park. So, three stars as a sit down restaurant and probably 5 stars for local take out. read more

Had to order some take out last minute on Christmas Day, so since Golden Pot was on the way from one house to the next, they were chosen by default. I gotta say, they did a nice job. Got a mixture of several different entrees, and all of them hit the spot quite nicely. Hunan Chicken, S&S Pork, Beef & Broccoli, Garlic String Beans...plus chicken fried rice and potstickers. Again, all very good. Would return...and may the next time I'm in the 'burbs and need some Chinese. read more

Went in Noon Saturday 12/20. Place smelled funny. Hopefully an easily resolvable plumbing issue. Observed the wide open kitchen and decided it looked clean enough to try. Chefs were prepping large containers of items for the evenings take out and delivery. I didn't see anything to make me think they weren't doing a great job. We ordered! Seated ourselves after ordering 3 Lunch Specials, Hot and Sour soup, and Steamed Rice. We were served our soup in to go containers, with plastic spoons and knives. The spoon and fork were odd, didn't fit for eating in. I hate eating soup with a plastic spoon. It was a little bigger than baby spoon size. Really! The soup came out first, It was hot, sometimes you go to these places and you get luke warm soup, this wasn't. The soup was nicely thickened and had a nice consistency of tofu, veggies, and shrooms. The soup had a very good flavor. I wished they had some vinegar on the tables, as I like mine fairly sour. Please add vinegar and pepper flakes to the tables. All in all, much better than the last 5 or 6 most places I have been recently. I eat Chinese at least once a week. I ordered the General's Tso's Chicken. I grade my Chinese restaurants on this dish, if you have read my reviews, you would know. It was smoking hot, just out of the Wok, but the broccoli on the side was ice cold. They plated the broccoli without reheating it after they had blanched it. That sucked! I don't eat anything that isn't hot unless I cook it! The sauce on the chicken was very thick, and not running all over the plate.. The chicken was crispy and flavorful. The plate besides the broccoli was a delight to eat. My friends ordered the Chicken with mixed vegetables, and the Beef with mixed vegetables. They said both were very good, and hot as served. The vegetables in each dish werer perfectly cooked, tender crisp, and not soggy. Woo hoo! They stated that the sauce was a good stir fry sauce and they didn't have any issues with the flavor. Not too much garlic, not too little garlic, etc. We ordered the steamed rice with all the dishes and it was well made, and plenty for the lunch specials. The hostess was very nice. read more

Dont get me wrong, the food here is delicious but the order takers are very short and rude at times. I order all the time during lunch mostly and i have to say everytime, i get someone who talks like "please dont call here again"..Im like i dont get a thank you or your order will be ready with a time given or anything. I know its not just me bec i have called at different times and get the same attitude. Again the food is delicious but i really hate calling in my orders. I hope they improve on the customer service going forward. read more