Golden Corner Chinese Resaurant

I was looking for a quick meal and ordered the prawn chow mein at this restaurant. The food was okay, but the portion was small. A beer cost $3.50. The staff were not very attentive and the overall experience was very average.

The restaurant is conveniently situated in Churchill Way, Cardiff. There is plenty of disabled parking in the street. There is a multi storey car park less than 5 minutes walk away in the Capitol Shopping Centre and Queen Street Station is around the corner. We visited on a Saturday evening In November 2019. There were 7 of us and my wife is Chinese and one of our friends was Thai. I have seen reviews saying the restaurant is scruffy. It is certainly basic compared with some fancy restaurants but we felt scruffy was a little harsh. Several of us have spent time in China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand and we felt it was the typical environment you would experience in many good restaurants in China and HK. Many there are far worse. We also felt the food was good and typical of what may be served in a restaurants in those countries. The food on Facebook is described as Cantonese. We felt many of the dishes were Szechuan and there were copious amounts of chillis. Delicious but those dishes are best avoided if you do not like spicy food. We tried many dishes including duck, chicken, pork, beef, sea bass and several vegetable dishes. They were all extremely good. The only complaint we had was that the soups described as chicken and sweetcorn and the crab and sweetcorn were below par. They were too sweet and the texture was not right. On the other hand the seafood soup was very good. The desserts were typically Chinese and would not appeal to most europeans. My wife (Chinese) felt that even Chinese customers would not rate these highly. We concluded that whilst the food cannot be described as outstanding it achieves a very good standard, it is tasty and it is definitely better and more authentic than most Chinese food in Cardiff. This was supported by the fact that the restaurant was full (some tables turned over several times) and 95% of the customers were Chinese. The service was good and the lady in charge spoke fluent English. We had plenty of food and boxed some to take home. The cost for 7 of us worked out at £24 per head which we thought was excellent.

We were the only non-Chinese in the place again, always a good sign. The decor is hardly salubrious and the draft from the front door that does not shut properly is a real nuisance, even in summer, but the food always trumps those niggles.

Food is really tasty, one of the best Chinese I have had. The restaurant it self isn't anything special and you have to get the staffs attention if you want service. But they were very polite. I would recommend.

So, there is a sign here saying if you have an allergic reaction to sulfur dioxide, let them know. What is it? -an preservative and antioxidant inorganic compound, a heavy, colorless, poisonous gas , as well as a chemical compound for burnt matches-. No wonder chinese food has been rated more unheallthy than fast food. What else are they adding in here?, it makes you wonder. If you feel like coming heree,, bring your appittee with you, as the big plates are filled high, the service iis slow, but is worth thee wait. Nice music,, the place opens up to the taste of japan well,, between the decor, the music and the chinese/asain local crusinee. Cash is king here, ' 'cash oonly ' ' a familiar molodrone you hear often i you come here for the first time, or many times.