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    Golden Tao Restaurant

    4.2 (258 reviews)
    ModerateDim Sum
    Closed 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Amazing rice
    Jason R.

    Awesome service, lady was awesome with the kiddo, and food was great. My kid had a hard time picking something they like and they made a dish up for him

    Curry Chicken with Mix Vegetables combo
    John A.

    Had a very good lunch, curry chicken combo with fried rice. Just a lot of curry flavor, little heat. Came with beef teriyaki a bonus! The shrimp with lobster sauce in separate container, over fried rice, crab Rangoon so good. The place is clean, served on time ( to-go was ready) easy to deal with at checkout. We will be back.

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    Rose M.

    Stopped by for a late lunch. Located off some side streets in Manchester within a small plaza. The hospitality was amazing! Food served fresh with no long wait time. We dined in. The beef teriyaki was my favorite. The meat is tender and marinated to perfection. Two pieces with my lunch combo. I had the chicken and green beans. Very flavorful and good size portion. Came with pork fried rice. My hubby had the sweet and sour chicken. Chicken tenders tossed with the sweet/sour sauce featuring chunks of pineapple and cherry. He loved his dish. We shared the crab rangoons. Filling was nice and creamy. I would definitely return when I'm back in this area.

    Egg drop soup
    Jay B.

    *sigh* I realize some of you that follow my reviews are gonna say I'm being a "negative Ned" these days. But, guys....this one....we really had high hopes for this one. To start off with the positive, the egg drop soup was the MVP tonight. Aside from having a mysterious sweet aftertaste to it, for the most part, it was pretty amazing! Like, the best we've had since arriving to NH. A solid 8 out of 10. But when we get to the main course of the evening, everything starts to plummet rapidly. So, the so-called "salted spicy jumbo shrimp" was okay. The problem I have with this dish is that it's...neither salted nor spicy. It just tastes like regular fried shrimp. Come to think of it, the fantail shrimp at Weathervane tastes better (golly, I could sure go for some of those now). I actually had to break out the cocktail sauce to aptly enjoy them. 6 out of 10. Also, they give you a LOT of shrimp. Like, enough to feed two people. Wish I'd known that before spending 70 bucks on this shit. That's another thing. Since we had them deliver it as well, the food cost WAY more than it rightfully should have. But considering they price the jumbo shrimp at $20....*long sigh*.....I just...I....guys, this place sucks balls. Let's talk about the fried rice for a minute. As my wife and son both sampled this, I am taking this from their perspective. Which I trust. The fried rice is so bland, it tastes like white rice. Which means they had to have been using that low sodium soy sauce crap that we can't stand. Like, I get that certain people probably need this. But why make low sodium soy the default? I would think most people would require a bit more flavor in their food. But hey--what do I know? Even the egg rolls were devoid of any flavor or seasoning. WTF is happening here?! Look, good Chinese food is hard to come by in most states. I guess it also doesn't help that Chinese food in America is almost never actual Chinese food. But you get out there and find whatever makes your palate happy. As for this place, they may win the award for serving New England's blandest Chinese take-away of all time. Golden Tao is worthy of 2 fried shrimp labeled by false advertising out of 5.

    My favorite Chinese food place we come here all the time they are awesome and very welcoming and friendly. I bring my friends here but more importantly I bring my family here and we all love it here. Me and my fiance love the scorpion bowl and he love the seasame chicken and I love the pepper steak or tie bit 3 but I am going to continue trying many more new things as everything is amazing! Thank you Golden Tao for your exemplary service and food

    My favorite is the Combo plate #3. I pick beef teriyaki, boneless spare ribs, and crab rangoon. Always delicious!
    Carrie Ann G.

    I still love Golden Tao years later. They have the best Chinese food in the area in my opinion. If you haven't ever tried them, I'd encourage you do. Our local restaurants need us now more than ever before. This unassuming restaurant is tucked away in a small strip mall on the West side. I love their combo plate options (my favorite is the create your own CS3 I get mine with pork fried rice, crab rangoon, beef teriyaki, and boneless spare rib), the beef and vegetable moo shu, wonton soup, the homemade pork dumpling soup, peking ravioli, scallion pancakes, spring rolls, and Szechuan spicy beef are what we order the most. In addition to their delicious food, they are owned by the sweetest family. They get to know their customers. When they ask how you are and about you, they really want to know. Other restaurants could learn a lot from them. If you want consistently great food and service, Golden Tao is for you.

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    Food and service were great. Delivery was quick. Nice place to keep in mind. Combo plates were good.

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    Love this place went there for a graduation they had good egg food Yung gravy was amazing

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    Great Chinese food always hot when I pick it up very friendly I love sweet-and-sour chicken.

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    I just spent 60 dollars here and it was terrible. The egg rolls tasted like soap and the rice and lo mein were super dry. Won't go back

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    North Garden Restaurant

    North Garden Restaurant

    3.7
    (124 reviews)
    1.1 mi
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    We are always on the search for authentic Chinese (especially Sichuan) food. We stopped at North…read moreGarden because they offer dim sum, which is usually a good sign. We stopped in for dinner and got: - "Pan-fried" Peking raviolis - Beef with ginger and scallion hotpot. First, the raviolis came out deep-fried, not pan-fried. Which is fine, but there is a difference and should be reflected on the menu. They were good, but being fully fried, the texture is different from a pan-fried dumpling. Next, the beef hotpot. It came out in a sizzling bowl. It was a large portion of beef, mushrooms, and vegetables (mostly onion). The flavor was okay. Certainly nothing offensive, and it was good, although a bit oily, but it was lacking an OOMPH. I wish it had more ginger flavor. Or maybe fermented black bean - that would have kicked it up a notch. There are actually two separate spaces here: 1 is the dining area, and 1 is a bar and lounge. Both spaces can order the full menu. The dining space was clean and casual. The staff working there were very nice and super friendly. From our experience, it's a middle-of-the-road Chinese restaurant, a place I'd go again but not a place I'd go out of my way for.

    Second time here for dim sum. The sticky rice in lotus leaves was by far the best I've tasted in…read moreawhile. I also had the shrimp dumplings which were good. The fried sticky rice balls with sesame and the filling is a sweet lotus pod --it was freshly made and so good. The black tea with my dim sum was the perfect compliment. Again, the sticky rice in lotus leaves was so so so good. I'll be back for dim sum more often. I left thinking this is the best dim sum in New Hampshire. The service was efficient and good.

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    Sweet and sour pork, shrimp with scrambled eggs and chicken eggplant hot pot.
    Sweet and sour pork, shrimp with scrambled eggs and chicken eggplant hot pot.
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    Dynasty

    Dynasty

    4.2
    (270 reviews)
    49.3 mi

    Exceptional food, great service with a unique experience you can only get in Boston's China…read moreChinatown. Dynasty is iconic. Known for a stem sum, we certainly enjoyed the dim sum offerings as well as traditional dishes . We've been there several times. This night, we had a table of 10 including a visit visitor from Germany for the World Cup. Unfortunately, I was so excited about the food. I missed several photos. It is all about the food. You can get some less common dishes. Two of my young adult children had friends who were eager to try the scallion, pancake crab Rangoon they had learned about on social media - it lived up to its reputation albeit a little messy! Dumplings of different varieties were amazing. Salt & pepper calamari was fresh, tender and a big hit! The generous portion of Chinese broccoli with garlic was amazing. The beef filet with pepper was one of the most popular dishes at the table and went quickly - the beef was tender with the right amount of spice. Every single dish was fully consumed. Most of all, it was a great value. Had I gone to the north end or anywhere else in Boston? It would've been 30 to 40% more expensive. We got great quality, food and service and an experience in the process. We didn't stray far except for Jelly fish appetizer that was crunchy with cucumber and a vinegar sauce that was tasty. The service is consistently attentive. As soon as you are seated, we had hot tea and drink orders. As food arrived, the table was always cleared. Nice to have this energy.

    When I was planning this trip to Boston with my daughter, eating dim sum in a major city is a must!…read moreWe eat dim sum at every new city we hit up. Our mother/daughter tradition. So after looking up local Chinese joints to eat at, Dynasty popped up. They also offer street parking so that is what sold me on this joint. Considering Boston's Chinatown looks pretty run down, you should never judge a book by it's cover. Walking in, this joint is really bright and clean. The young man working the register greeted us and got my daughter and I a table. The big list of food items was dropped off and we were ready to get the party started! We ordered a handful of things! It's been a while since we have had dim sum so we were ready to put in work. Our food was starting to slowly trickle out. We started off with the congee. It came out pretty fast since it was probably made earlier waiting to be served. Shortly after the rest of our dumplings were making their way to our table. The congee was simple, savory and comforting. It tasted like my childhood. The fried shrimp rolls were tasty, crispy and savory. I have had similar fried shrimp dumplings like this served with a sauce similar to walnut shrimp. That sauce would have been killer with these rolls. The long rice noodles were silky and filled with char sui. The sauce was more vinegar than sweet which is how I have normally had it. Still good! Har gaw and shu mai were fabulous once they dropped off soy and chili oil to dip them in. The turnip cake will always be one of my favorites. My daughter enjoyed the soup dumplings and the rice in lotus leaf. I was too full to try them. Customer service was ok. They got you what you needed but not a lot of exchange in conversation. I feel like most dim sum experiences are like that. The food was so good! I enjoyed every bit of it with my daughter. Parking might be free but very limited and challenging to find. I'm still happy we got to check this joint out and have a great meal here!

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    Adonis my son treating me to a late birthday dinner.
    Adonis my son treating me to a late birthday dinner.
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    Yin yang fried rice
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    Tasty Dumplings

    Tasty Dumplings

    4.6
    (325 reviews)
    25.4 mi
    $$

    This place is such an amazing spot to have in Lowell. Parking is street parking, and you can pay at…read morethe kiosk or through the Passport app. It really depends on when you go since parking can get a little tricky. Inside, it's very cozy and has that Chinese cafe feel. It's clean, and they also have outdoor seating. My favorite are the individual window seats. I like sitting there and people-watching, though it's not exactly the busiest area for people-watching. Soup dumplings? Yes, please. The skin is slightly thicker than the ones I've had in New York, though they're still great. I never just order one thing here. They have a lot of variety with Chinese appetizers, dumplings, noodles, rice, and even mala hot pot. Do not pass up the braised pork rice bowl if you like hearty, authentic Asian dishes. I keep forgetting this place is here until the weather gets colder or I'm craving dumplings. Overall Service: Always so nice. There was one time I was on-call while dining here and got paged, and they helped box everything up for me to take home. I really appreciated that. Definitely a place I'm glad to have in the area.

    This place has the best dumplings in the area, their mala stir fry is amazing. A group of friends…read moreand I are almost regulars here. But today's experience was sub par to what we are used to. I didn't leave the establishment because I was with others who wanted to enjoy the food. The first issue was we couldn't seat where we wanted, it had to be where the waitress or manager decided we were to seat. Not one client in the restaurant. Then she brought the bill before we requested no one was waiting to be seated, then refused to split the bill when previous times with a different server was not a problem. We split the bill to only 2 because thats all she could do, me paying for 4 people she denies my tip amount and says if I don't tip a 18% , theywill charge me $80 extra for a party of 6, again we were only 4 people. I am very disappointed with my service and treatment, unfortunately I don't know the server name but she is one that speaks more English. Will I go back and be bullied into tipping what they want? Probably no.

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    Inside
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    Golden Tao Restaurant - dimsum - Updated August 2026

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