Golden Gate - Tulsa

Great little hole in the wall! Food here is always good, but beware, one order is equivalent to 3 meals, as an example one wonton is the size of a small plate. Definitely give it a try.

Clean, nice service, good portions. We will go there the next time in the area.

I had reasonable expectations because of the reviews. The service was personable, the food was atrocious. I assumed bad reviews were because the dishes were a different style than what you'd find in other establishments, but the food was just awful. The orange chicken was very different than any orange chicken I'd had with chicken tender style batter (no baking powder in the batter like the usual chinese restaurant style) and the sauce was very thin. I'm game to try different styles, but goodness it was awful. The chicken tasted floury. The eggroll tasted floury and it wasn't salty enough. When in the history of chinese food has something ever not been salty enough? The garlic chicken stir-fry was heaps and heaps of jarred garlic cooked to a bitter flavor on a very underwhelming vegetable mix. I found it strange the stir-fry chicken was plain shredded chunks and not the typical velveting and parboiling technique to make it tender, but I would have considered it a deliberate choice if the dish was somehow fresh and zesty. It was like the weeknight white people stir fry my mom would make for us growing up. The fried rice was terrible. It was a bland, unseasoned, terribly cooked mess. I regretted not buying frozen stir fry from Aldi across the street. We threw $25 worth of leftovers out. The service was the only thing I found acceptable. It was friendly and personable. I cannot stress enough how reasonable my expectations were. This was less than mid quality.

Went in to order a to go order. It was around 2pm and not busy at all. Older lady at the register asked me if I called the order in. I said no but I didn’t mind waiting. She rolled her eyes and said “what do you want?” I began my order of house lo mein and a pint of hot and sour soup. She got all huffy and said it would take an hour. I just walked out. That’s ridiculous. Her attitude came across as though she didn’t want to be there or wait on me. I drove to my usual spot Wang Wang’s down on Riverside Pkwy and got exactly what I wanted in less than 15 minutes with a smile.

The owner is so nice and proud of his food that’s made. The biggest egg roll I’ve ever had and the best general chicken sauce!