Ending my last review for Golden Wok at 5 stars today. Sad to hear that they are closing shop. But,…read moreI understand their position. No one wants to take over the family business and their youngest wants more time with their parents. Growing up in the food industry, you, as the child, learn how to basically grow up faster cause your parents are working all the time. You learn to cook, be self sufficient and self entertain. It gets lonely. As the owner, you're stuck in between a rock and a hard spot. You have to put in the hours to keep your business running but sacrifice that time with your family to run it. Running a restaurant isn't for the weak! I empathize on both ends of the spectrum for these folks. I was the kid and I was also running the family joint, sacrificing time away from my own daughter. I had to get one last hooray in today! I tried ordering delivery the night before. Clearly everyone and their mama wanted food before the last day. They were about 2 hours out for delivery. So, I waited for today. The parking lot looked busy so I decided just to go through the drive thru. I ordered a large hot and sour soup with a side of pork and seeds. My pork and seeds were tasty! You gotta dip it in the right amount of hot mustard, ketchup and seeds. I can tell it was a fresh batch of char su from the coloring. I have had the soup a dozen times so I know my hot and sour soup with extra bamboo shoots will be good. I'm saving it for later. It's going to be sad not being able to come here for a quick meal with my daughter anymore. We frequented this joint when we want some Chinese food. It's been a good plan B since my family doesn't own a restaurant anymore. I have great memories of hot and sour soup with crab rangoons from Golden Wok. I'm sure many of your patrons have the same feelings as well. Your customers become family over the years so it's a heartbreaking for everyone. Thank you for so many great meals Golden Wok! Good luck to you, your family and your future endeavors!

Sadly, this place is closing. A note from the owners:…read moreGolden Wok, a family-owned business at 3948 W. Chinden Blvd., plans to close after a final day May 17. The restaurant has been in operation more than 27 years, according to a goodbye message posted on Facebook by owner Cuong Trinh. "We are so lucky we have a lot of customers supporting us, more and more come," he wrote, adding that he wished he could keep Golden Wok open longer.

we've been going here for years and it best Chinese food in Boise, live in the San Francisco Bayread more

Hard to find decent Chinese food in Boise area. And this…read moreplace has good food and place is clean and they have specials during the week. *And yes there are buffets in the area, but I don't care for buffets of any kind.

Love this place!! It's one of my favorite Chinese restaurants in meridian. Service is always great…read morewhen we go, and the food is always great! They have an amazing lunch special for a great price. Service can be a little slow during busy times, or large groups, but they always have great food worth the wait. My favorite part of Red Pavilion is the variety of great food that is offered. I can't say I love everything I've ordered, but often times if I don't love it my wife does so I know it's good food!

I love the food but I wish the feeling the restaurant gave me was a little better. It feels a…read morelittle dark to be sitting in. Overall pretty sweet !

Stopped here on a whim,just happened to be near.Food fantastic.Wait staff very friendly.One dish…read morewas way too spicy. Chen remade it,we didn't even expect him to or ask him to.Each dish made one at a time,so first person served will be done by the time last person served.( only con is that the building is need of some tlc and deep cleaning)

I have lived in the valley for a long time and I have never made me way into this local joint…read more Stopped in for lunch today. After reading the reviews, the one thing I got out of them was patience. One man, one wok. My family had owned a couple restaurants in the valley. We were always fully staffed. It's amazing that it's a one man show. If you're on a time crunch or you're really hungry, I would recommend you going somewhere else. You're waiting a hot minute for your food to be prepared. The chef/ owner was cooking when I walked in. Another patron came in after me. He told me just to grab a table. We both waited for a bit but we finally got menus and water. I ordered an egg roll and beef with broad rice noodles with a light gravy. I have been creeping out the menu for a couple days so I'm excited to eat! The egg roll (made to order) came out hot! That baby was packing heat. The exterior was fried golden and crunchy. The inside was savory with a good punch of pepper. I dipped that baby in the sweet and sour sauce. I love the sweet and savory combo. My beef with noodles looked so good! I like the veggies in it. Zucchini, broccoli and bok choy. The beef was nice and tender. The flavoring of the sauce was tasty! I would have liked more gravy, it was very dry. And unfortunately, my noodles were still very hard. They could have been cooked longer. They were hard to eat. I'm happy I got to try the place out. You can tell it's been around for a long time. Everything in the venue is dated. There were several customers there who told me they have been eating there for over 40 years, I love that kind of loyalty. The owner is up there in age so who knows how much longer this joint would be up and running. I'm just happy I got to experience it.

The restaurant is big with nice details. The staff is super friendly & helpful. Prices are more…read morethan reasonable. Food is plentiful & delicious. This will be my go to Cantonese restaurant!

I ordered delivery and I did not like the chicken and vegetables at all! It was so flavorless and I…read morecouldn't eat it. It did take an awful long time for the food to get delivered as well. The kung pao chicken was good and if I were to go back I would get that. I can't speak on the ambience because we had delivery but from this experience I will not be going back

Heather the server is super sweet and doesn't a great job ensuring our order was correct and hooked…read moreus up with their awesome mustard. Only good Chinese food in town, highly recommend.

If generosity were a flavor, New Garden Chinese Restaurant would be a Michelin-star contender…read more We ordered a couple of combination dinner plates and a hot and sour soup, and let me tell you--this wasn't a meal, it was a logistical event. The bags arrived promptly, steaming like they had just been hustled out of the wok and into our lives with purpose. Credit where it's due: delivery was fast, everything was hot, and the sheer volume of food bordered on heroic. This is the kind of place that feeds not just your table, but possibly your entire week. Visually? No notes. Golden egg roll, glossy sauces, that comforting, familiar American-Chinese glow that promises indulgence and maybe a nap afterward. And yes, it delivered on the nap. This is heavy food--the kind that makes you loosen a belt and reconsider your evening plans. But then... the flavor. The hot and sour soup leaned a little too enthusiastically into the "sweet" side of its personality, like it had somewhere else to be and rushed the "sour" part. The egg roll came in bold--very bold--with a five-spice presence that kicked the door in, rearranged the furniture, and didn't really ask if you wanted that kind of energy. Across the board, things landed in that curious middle ground: low mein, fried rice not bad, not offensive, just... there. Like a cover band that knows all the notes but hasn't quite found the groove. To be fair, this is American Chinese comfort food in Boise, not a culinary pilgrimage. And in that lane, New Garden absolutely delivers on value, portion size, and speed. You will not go hungry. You may, however, find yourself wishing the flavors hit with the same confidence as the portions. So: shoutout to the delivery game. Shoutout to the sheer abundance. But flavor-wise? It's a polite shrug with potential. Would I order again? Maybe--on a day when quantity feels more important than nuance, and I'm ready to commit to leftovers as a lifestyle.

Been coming here for at least 20 years. Best traditional Chinese food for your $ you'll find in…read moreEagle ID. Same family has provided consistently Awesome food and service. Had the #3 family dinner for two. My new favorite. Brought home lots for another meal.

Excellent spot for quality Chinese food, very traditional and delicious. Glad I finally found a…read moreplace to get the quality Cantonese type food I use to get back home. Nice environment with friendly and attentive wait staff who seem to appreciate your business. I know it sounds crazy, but it makes a difference. Better try them out.

Enjoyed the quick seating Food was all pretty good…read moreGreat price for the variety Service was prompt.

I'd give it a zero if I could. Food was not good, dirty inside, and zero quality. Ate 1 plate of…read morefood and left disgusted. Definitely won't ever return to this dump.

I recently read in the Idaho Statesman that this local Chinese joint was going to close at the end…read moreof the month. So sad, their situation. The rental company didn't give them an option to renew their lease. After 17 years, they are closing their doors without a choice. With closure comes choas. I remember when my family gave notice of our closure. We were chaotic from the time we announced it till the doors closed. Everyone is getting in their last hooray in. I anticipated that kind of madness when we stopped in for lunch today. And I was right, the place was a madhouse. When I have eaten here in the past, there was hardly anyone. It was just another table along with mine. It's always chill. Today on the other hand was pure madness. Tables were full of customers and dirty plates. I went ahead and sat myself and waited for my server. It took a minute for my server to get to me. She was the only one working so I just hung out till she got to me. Tea and menus were finally dropped off and I kicked it till my daughter showed up to have lunch with me. My daughter and I looked over the menu. Knowing it's our last meal at this joint, we decided to go ham. We both ordered soup, a lunch and I also snagged a tofu chow fun for later. My soup order was hot and sour. For lunch I went with your typical order of mandarin chicken, chow mein and pork fried rice. My daughter got won ton soup and beef with broccoli, fried rice and an egg roll. We waited for a hot minute for our food to be prepared. You can tell they were not staffed properly. Only one server with a whole dining room full of guests. I'm sure there were only a couple people working the kitchen trying to push out all of the orders coming in. Our soup did finally make it out. We both ordered small bowls but the bowl size was gracious. They were both hot and steamy. My hot and sour soup was ok. It wasn't really spicy but it did have a nice sour element to it. There were pieces of tofu, bamboo and carrots. It was thick and hearty but overall it was ok. My daughter's won ton soup was average. The broth was nice but there was not a lot of filling in the won ton. It was mainly won ton wrapper. And I found it odd that they put lettuce in the won ton soup. Lunch was dropped off shortly after we started working on our soup. When I placed my order, I had asked for fried rice with my meal. Server said it would be an extra charge and I figured it would be. My plate didn't have the fried rice. It only came with my chicken and chow mien. After I addressed my server about it, she looked completely lost. I got an "ok" and never saw her again. So, I just worked on what I had. The chicken was good. It was fresh this time around. I love the saltiness of the chicken with the sweet and sour sauce. The chow mien will always be one of my favorite dishes. It reminds me of my childhood, growing up at my uncle's Chinese restaurant and eating it all the time. I love when the crunchy noodles get all soft from the sauce. The bean sprouts are my favorite. The chow fun was really good. It was savory, the noodles were chewy and the tofu was perfectly fried. They will always have some of the best chow fun in town. I'm giving today's visit a 5 star but in reality it's truly a 3. I didn't get my rice, our server didn't really tend to our table and I had to get my bill adjusted for extra charges. I know the end of the road is coming soon for them but hopefully they will be able to prepare themselves for the next couple days because the choas will only get worse and clearly they need the extra hands. I wish these folks the best of luck with their future endeavors, whatever they may be. I'm happy I got one last meal in before doors are finally closed at the end of this month. Truly sad that another local joint will be just a fond memory for us now.

If you are feeling some quick Chinese food, pop in here. I enjoy the older feeling of the…read morerestaurant, it reminds me of when I was kid. Most places have remodeled and taken out the charm and ambiance of restaurants making them stale. Lucky Palace still has that charm and evokes that feeling of being a kid, with your family, on a Friday night family date. I will say the food seems to be on the saltier side here, pretty consistently. And I am on the search for the best sweet and sour chicken in the valley, the chicken was overcooked on the sweet and sour and the sauce on the extreme sweet side. The one time I ordered generals chicken, it was a bit unmanageable to eat because of the salt. I never waste leftovers, I did not eat these leftovers because of the salt content. With that said, I think you can find some good things on the menu. We did enjoy the egg rolls (on the super greasy side), and my parents manage to find great options such as the Lo Mein. Give this a few tries and I do believe you can find a dish you will keep coming back for. Hidden in a strip mall type setup, you would never know it is there unless you are looking for it. I kind of like that. It feels hidden. Like a secret restaurant.

Opened in 2008, this is family owned and the young wife of the husband wife duo who has been…read moreworking at the order counter on our couple of trips in is always so sweet and cheerful with all customers, greeting what seems to be regulars for take out as if old friends. She also speaks Chinese to whomever is doing the cooking in the kitchen behind her that diners can't see into through the high open widow space into it but one can hear the sounds of cooking and Chinese being spoken. In that exchange it is also friendly and maybe even familial. In my book it is the delightful attitude that adds the extra star to rating. And as much as local people are boo-hooing about the closure in this calendar year (2025) of a number of long time Chinese food restaurants in the greater Treasure Valley, from Middleton to Nampa to Garden City and Boise, it seems they want to be super critical of the true little mom-n-pop places like this. Just saying. THE FOOD: This Cantonese - Mandarin menu is structured to appeal to American palates for diners who think Orange Chicken or General Tsao's are real things. That isn't my husband and me given we have been able to enjoy some extraordinary Chinese cuisine via Chinatowns in NYC and SF when we lived there and in Portland (OR) too when there was briefly a restaurant with Xinjiang dishes. But even for us there are things here to appreciate (although, as with all Chinese food places where we do not know the owners personally, we focus on vegetarian options) and if one is looking for Chinese food to take away, one can do a lot worse than this. Dishes (rice included) are generously sized and are in the $12 - 14 range. Noodle dishes maybe around $12. THE SPACE & SEATING: If you are planning to go for the first time, you need to know the space is very small, a handful of booths split between both sides of the room, and a round table in the middle. Also, because it is small, they are going to occasionally have things like bags of rice and other supplies stacked on the floor outside the kitchen. For that reason I am unable to report if the loo is unisex or not because I couldn't get to it on the only eat-in visit because of the supplies that had just been delivered and stacked in the way. And on that note, in the vein of everything being connected to everything else, the owner and delivery driver had a delightful conversation as if they were old friends through this connection of supplier and owner. Our preference here is take-out and we note there seems to be a brisk business for them in that. PARKING: This is a sort of old time Western town themed strip mall in Star (which at one time may have been thought of as that kind of town but which has been gentrified of late by out of state - read California homebuyers) and it has a parking lot. ACCESSIBILITY: ADA parking in the lot. The round table seating might work for a wheelchair user but I didn't look at it closely. Other than that, booth seating. WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?: Right next door you will find Sea Salt Creamery + Bakeshop where the owner crafts outrageously good small batch ice cream and also does baking of delicious things from cookies to handpies to cakes to... See reviews for this biz too and do not miss it to pick up dessert to take home with your to-go Chinese food dinner.

The food is ok but the kitchen can be seen on the way to the bathroom. I will never go back based…read moreon seeing both the kitchen and bathroom. It really needs a health code violation based on what my friend and I saw. Service was not bad just really not even close to being up to health code violation based I will not be back as I do not want to eat in such a dirty place.