Gold City Chinese Restaurant — Restaurant in Milton

I really like Gold City. I enjoy coming for lunch or early dinner and the staff and atmosphere are very friendly. One of the owners, Mike, is a really nice and hard-working guy - he knows my orders and he never lets my coffee mug go empty.

The lunch specials are the best deal going in town, in my view. For letters "A" through "E" you get an egg roll, your choice of soup as well as fried rice, chop suey and a meat-based entree (chicken balls, breaded shrimp, sweet & sour ribs, etc). The menu is all highly Canadianized and very old-school, but that's what people demand in bedroom communities like Milton. When I crave more authentic Chinese cuisine, I hit up Dundas & Spadina in Toronto.

Dishes I highly recommend are the hot & sour soup (the staff seem to know I love it, it's a bit of a running gag over there), the Cantonese noodle soup (which has a bit of everything), the shanghai noodles (which also have a bit of everything, only with tasty thick noodles and no broth) and the Ma Po Do Fu (not exactly a crowd pleaser for most Western palates though).

The reason I've given it 4 instead of 5 stars is because some of the dishes are simply not up to par with what they are capable of judging by their overall work ethic and friendliness. For example, I wouldn't recommend any of the beef dishes; the beef is rubbery and tasteless and so the beef & broccoli was a big flavourless lunchbox letdown. The curries are also in need of a big flavour injection.

To conclude, despite some of its flaws, Gold City is probably the best Chinese restaurant in town. You can't go wrong with any of the traditional Canadianized dishes (except beef & broccoli) and I'd highly recommend it to anyone who grew up with this kind of greasy food and is stuck in MIlton with a craving for it without knowing where to go. The smiling faces of the friendly staff will greet you with open arms.

PS: Please note that they don't take debit; only cash & credit.

(edit: bumped review from four to five stars because I feel that the spirit and overall value of the food and service outweighs any minor...

I went in for the lunch special today and the place was packed. It's a white retiree patronage - come here for lunch if you want to feel youthful again. It's a really good value (hence the retiree set!) - put it this way, I'm stuffed. At $7 yeah you get a lot of rice but the rice is tasty - there are bits of chicken and veggies in it too. You alsovalue get your choice of soup as an appetizer and the hot and sour soup is pretty good. The Dark Horse about this little restaurant is the hot sauce they leave on the tables. It's simply delicious - really spicy, not that salty, but there's also little little hint of sweetness in it too. I put it on everything! The bean sprouts in the chop-suey are nice and fresh and crunchy. You only get three chicken balls in the chicken ball lunch special but what do you want for seven bucks? It's funny because Milton is getting a little chi chi and a lot of lunch specials I've given 5/5 here in Google Reviews don't even exist anymore. Yeah and I'd have to agree with other posters here - the owner could be a little bit friendlier as this is a hospitality business, as in...

I ordered specifically for a dish called Cantonese vegetable chow mein and it started it is all vegetables. We got home and saw shrimp. I was shocked because I knew exactly what we ordered. One of our family member is slightly allergic to shellfish and the rest of the family doesn't eat seafood at all. When we let the mamager know, they stated they will make a new dish. However, we were just out doing all errands and then in the end getting food for home. Of course we didnt feel like going back out. Then they offered Store credit. Well we haven't tried the food yet so we didn't know if we'd like the food. We wanted a refund. She became aggressive stating I want your name and I don't want you to ever come back here. After that comment... I wouldn't even go back. The manager was extremely rude and very unprofessional. This was a very disappointing experience for a new customer when we even explained that to them.

To be fair I will say the food was good but customer service was bad. If they took a moment to listen to our concerns they would have been able to act...