Hadiyah Zahir

Review of Golden Lion Restaurant

Had some take out from here on a week night. It wa...

Had some take out from here on a week night. It was my first time ordering from here so I checked out their reviews and everything looked good. Lots of good reviews. I called and ordered three dishes. The plain fried rice, a chicken dish and chicken chow mein. They told me that I will get 10% off my bill because I was doing a pick up, which was very nice. The person taking my order was very friendly and helpful. I was told it will be about 20 mins for my food to be ready for pick up. Which was very reasonable! I was just apply and excited to try this place out after all the great reviews. 20 mins later, I arrived at the restaurant and was happy to see that there was ample parking available. They have a huge lot. The restaurant was not super busy, a few tables but mostly quiet. The guy at the counter was very friendly. I paid and left . Got home and my bf and I began unpacking and eating our dinner . Unfortunately, we were both really disappointed with the food . We are by no means picky eaters but the food was hard to eat. The fried rice was just ok but the other two dishes were not enjoyable at all. The chicken chow mein was just boiled noodles with no sauce, vegetables or any type of seasoning and plain boiled chicken pieces on top. I was expecting something stir fried or for the chicken to be seasoned . But it was just pale, plain, boiled chicken pieces. Everything tasted very bland and dry. The food was not fresh for whatever reason. Perhaps we just caught them on a bad day .. but we couldn't eat much of the food that night and unfortunately it ended up in the compost .