Golden Chopsticks — Restaurant in Cobourg

visit: may 11, 2024

went with a couple of friends and 3 kids. pretty busy for a small joint. i had the red tuna sashimi and it's not bad.. miso soup was a little off, but I've had worse. the bulgogi bento the girlfriend ordered was pretty decent, chapchae needed a little tweaking, but not bad as a simple side dish.. didn't try the other stuff in the bento, although i stress that the main thing (bulgogi with vegetables) tasted very good! my friend had ordered the (pork) tonkatsu and it had the right texture and seasoning, pairs well with rice! (but so did my sashimi!) shrimp tempura was also good! I'd recommend the shrimp tempura, red tuna sashimi, the tonaktsu (pork) and the bulgogi (stir fry?). agedashi tofu was also good! I'd skip the chapchae, miso soup.. crab thingies served was complimentary, and our server was suuuuper nice. $310 for 6 adults and 3 minors.. not bad and would try them again! they take amex btw, a plus for me.. bring change though, parking may be a little challenging, and parking meters use coins i think.. (i forgot, i think you can also pay...

This review is only about the hostess. Not about the food or the service since we never got a chance. We were a party of 11: 6 adults, 2 teenagers and kids. Visiting Cobourg as tourists and looking to have a bite to eat somewhere. When we entered, I immediately noticed two things: one, could be a good place to eat and two, a person who is definitely not there to help you. One would think that a party of 11 would be a good thing for a restaurant and one would be wrong. It might be true that we were too large a party for this place but she didn't even want to pretend to care. She looked us straight in the eye and with absolutely no compassion she said "sorry, can't accommodate you". How about "Let me look at the reservations, let me see what I can do"? Or even to pretend that she cares but to make it impossible for us "I can probably seat you together in about 45 minutes". Obviously, we won't stick around for 45 min. but at least we won't feel like the...

Decent food. Dropped by for dinner after a day at the beach. It was around 6pm. The restaurant did not appear to be too busy. But took forever to get our food. 1 hour after we arrived all he had was our appetizers. We were there with 2 hungry kids so it was not as if it took us 45 mins to order. Apparently the kitchen was busy with the pick up or delivery orders. Aside from the above, the food was decent though a little on the sweet side for my taste but I sure there will be some out there who has such preference. Their bento boxes are very good deal as well. Huge portion with well balanced variety. Service from front of house staff was friendly. They appologized several times for the long wait. Overall it was a decent experience. Just upset with the poor management at the back of...