Golden Palace

I love this place! I have been coming here for years for Chinese food! They are always polite and food is always warm. I suggest chicken Lo Mein and Sesame Chicken. My husband likes Sesame Chicken and General Sao. Wonderful place and worth the price

Love this place!!! We have been coming here for 20+ years. It is great to have a good Chinese restaurant right near home. They do have the best SWEET TEA !
I have ordered many different things off the menu and all of them are tasty. They even have a little buffet on Sunday for lunch, very reasonable price. Portions are also large. Highly recommend when you are craving good comfort Chinese!

had it for lunch today, really good food. the soup is just delicious! they are always nice and friendly and seat you as soon as they can, fast service too. definitely my favorite Chinese food in Gastonia if not everywhere!

There is literally nothing bad I can say about this place. It is cute and divey. My mother and I have been coming here for years. We absolutely love it. We always get the dinner for two, chicken and broccoli, in white sauce, hot and spicy with fried rice. It is the best Chinese food! I rarely venture back to Gastonia, but when I do, this is one of the places I stop for. The chicken and broccoli is absolutely delicious. You get a ton of food (more like a dinner for four) for $ 20. The rice is cooked to perfection and they have delicious egg drop soup! Each person gets an entrée, rice, soup, egg roll, and crunchy noodles & hot tea or iced tea. What more could you ask for? Their hot tea is to die for. You won’t find anything like it any other place. We love it and I will continue to go back!

Tonight I arrived 20 mins before they closed. The staff was very courteous. The sweet tea was amazing. My wife had the four happiness and her only complaint was that she only got 3 shrimp. Other than that she was impressed. We had the dumplings as an appetizer. They were steamed and amazing. I tried the garlic and ginger shrimp. First time trying it ever at any restaurant. Plenty of shrimp and already de-​tailed and de veined. Plenty of peppers and onions. Fried rice was great as well. Will go back to eat there.

Shocked. After years of being faithful customers, we received inedible food and a too bad/​so sad.
Sesame Chicken looked hushpuppies. No sauce. Mongolian Beef was bad. Could not eat it.
I called the restaurant to find out what was going on, we have been going there for 20 yrs. I was told and I quote «I’ve sold twenty dinners, and you the only complaint». Really?
No where near their normal quality. I have had better tv dinners. Refused to allow me to speak to manager.
They have to have new owner or chef. Never been treated with such disrespect!

Delicious Chinese cuisine. This has to be the best Chinese restaurant in Gastonia. Very friendly staff. The food is very good and presented well. The restaurant is very clean and cozy. We have eaten here a couple of times and also ordered take out. The prices are very reasonable. I highly recommend The Golden Palace. Try the teriyaki chicken is fabulous! Best I’ve ever had!!!

When it comes to Chinese, I compare every place I eat at to Golden Palace. I have grown up eating at this place so my taste buds might be biased. Several have mentioned the wonton soup (I’m not that big of a wonton fan so I can’t judge that). My personal fav is the spring rolls and crab ragoo, they are great! Entrees: beef with garlic or your basic sweet and sour chicken. Sauce is nice and thick for both and has a great flavor. You don’t get the «mystery meat» with either and it’s always tender, never a chewy blob that I’ve experienced at other Chinese places (yes ew I know).
The wait staff is always super friendly and great. We usually take out and it’s ready within 5 – 10 mins. Love that! They know me when I walk in the door.

The restaurant is deceptive from the outside. It is quite large a clean on the inside. Our southern waitress was surprised we hadn’t been there before as it is a place locals go.
Reviews said the soup was good. Got wonton which was flavorless… I kept thinking it needed salt. I went without because who needs extra salt in their diet?
The meals came quickly (it was lunch and we were there early). I had Sa-​cha chicken, which she said was spicy and a favorite. It was not spicy at all (maybe southern spicy?) and there was a heavy taste of Chinese 5 spice powder which gets overwhelming after eating the dish. Maybe it’s just over-​spiced?
The Hunan chicken my daughter got tasted exactly the same as the Sa-​cha chicken and she could only eat a few bites.
The fried rice was rice and egg, no peas or carrots.
The portion size was good for lunch without leftovers.
All I know is that now I have to take my daughter to her favorite Chinese in Charlotte, Taipei South, because this didn’t come close to satisfying.

I used to live in Gastonia and this was my favorite Chinese restaurant. After I moved to Charlotte I still drove back there to eat once in a while! They have excellent soup. Best in town. All the entrees are fresh and taste very good even for a Chinese like myself.

This place has been a staple in the Forestbrook Shopping Center for quite a while now, ever since I can remember as a kid. And if you’ve read some of my other Chinese food reviews before, you’ll know I’m not a big fan of this type of food. But they do serve up a pretty good menu with all of your Chinese food favorites.
I’m not very knowledgeable when it comes to the names of Chinese dishes, & heck, I sometimes have no idea what the difference between Chinese & Japanese is. But if you’re unlike me, which most people are, then you’ll love the food this place serves up. You can never go wrong with rice, broccoli, & chicken, covered in some sort of sauce, so that’s my usual choice. Everything I’ve tried here is pretty good, considering by disdain for Chinese in general, so you can’t really go wrong in the food department.
It’s a stand alone restaurant, which is unheard of for a non chain in Gastonia. Usually, stand alones are left to only the large franchises in this town. The place can get pretty crowded at your usual dinner hours, but nothing crazy.
Golden Palace hits all the key areas for a decent restaurant, being that it serves up tasty food for a good price, all while in a good atmosphere. There really isn’t anything special about the place, but this is coming from a Chinese food hater.