Jeannie Bailey

Review of Golden Lion Restaurant

I'm not certain why all the raving reviews. I came...

I'm not certain why all the raving reviews. I came into town exhausted, overworked and late. I was apprehensive at first because the building appeared to be vacant of any customers now or ever but Google said they were open so I leaped at something without a drive thru. The (I assume) husband and wife were friendly and inviting. I chose two dinners just in case I wanted to snack the next day; the almond chicken, sweet and sour chicken, and the egg roll. The almond chicken I believe is actually old or has been sitting around it's literally all Bread and no chicken, very dry. Even the looks of it isn't appetizing unless you like breadding saturated with grease.very disappointed. The sweet and sour chicken with pork fried rice wasn't too bad, very typical thick breading, eat a few and you're set for 6 months, rice lite, not heavy at all but a bit bland I could have used some salt. The egg roll was probably the best eggroll I have ever had. If the staff ( mom & pop) weren't as friendly as they were I believe I'd be more apt to give them a one rating, but I feel an immense amount of guilt writing this review because they were so nice and the place has been around over 30 years so they must be doing something right. It is highly possible I caught them on a very bad night obviously at the end of the night and they needed to dump their leftovers.. however, the items I did get were very basic and that even on a good day I believe there's a little Chinese food amongst the breading.