Golden Horse - San Francisc

Nothing really stood out. Average Chinese food at reasonable prices.

Solid Chinese-American, with lunchtime hot bar serving choice of 1, 2 or 3 mains and chow mien, fried or white rice. Heaping portions lunch platter for under $10 — a bargain. Crispy fried pork chop, yum. Vegetable stir fry, comfortable and tasty. Chicken chow mien, unassuming but nothing special. A good option when seeking something casual, familiar and local.

We ordered the roasted duck lunch option. It was served witch pak choi and rice as a side without any sauce. This was already a little bit disappoiting but not yet a problem. The bad part of the meal was the duck, which only consisted of bones and fat. There was barely any meat on it. We ate the rice and went somewhere else to get good food. Prices are decent but that's useless if the food sucks. Can't recommend going there at all.

The food is great, and cheap if you order from the lunch special counter. BUT the place is filthy. The tables are all sticky with old food grime. The menus are gross to touch. Dried food on the underside of your plate. I'm not that picky generally, but this place left me not wanting to touch anything. If it wasn't for that, this place would've received 4.5 to 5 from me.

Good Chow Fun, Rock Cod, Soups, Seafood, Chicken Curry, Duck on a regular and consistent basis for decades. Banquet menu reasonable and worth the gathering with friends and family.