Thai Golden Bell Restaurant — Restaurant in Newmarket

When reading upon these reviews of saying how this restaurant was so good, I thought that my boyfriend and I had to come try it out. It did not meet up to the expectations of the reviews.

It was very warm and welcoming, but the sitting wasn't the best, when we were sitted in the smallest table with no room because the plates placed already filled up the whole table. It started out very nicely, because we were given our menus and free crab chips with a peanutty dipping sauce. It got my boyfriend excited about something free, but it goes down hill from here.

We had ordered the spring rolls, the pineapple fried rice and the curry vegetable side. The spring rolls were nice and hot, but when it said it had meat in it, we both tasted none, it was nice and fresh and the sauce was good but didn't fulfill its description. Then we were given both pineapple fried rice and curry vegetable, there was no room, and the waiter just kept moving our plates around to fit everything. It really wasn't helpful to have no space to eat.

As we were scooping rice onto our plates, the veggies side just looked like it was boiled in curry soup like you would boil veggies in water. There wasn't much of the veggies either, i would see a variety of veggies, but it'd be something like 2 broccolis, 3 sliced carrots, 2 napa cabbage and some peas... not what to expect when you wanted a dish of veggies. It was quite disappointing.

The fried rice had no taste, it was bland, it didn't even have any pineapple taste even with chunks of it within it. The only thing that helped, was when we poured the watery soup-like curry sauce onto it. The little condiments that was mixed within the fried rice was pretty disappointing too, because there were very few chicken slices, but it was really thick, and the cashews were whole, rather than chopped up or anything, and then you have tiny squares of carrots and peas like the ones Store bought, I have tasted real Thai food, and it's nothing like this, it wasn't bad but it wasn't great at all.

Overall, it was far from what the good reviews made it sound like, it wasn't even a busy day, but it was very disappointing overall. I don't think we would come back to try anything else, because as other comments shown, it isn't much of a Thai place, and it was...

I moved to Newmarket almost a year ago and have been ordering from a Thai restaurant in the area. A couple of people recommended Golden Bell and told me to try it.

I was not going to write a review because I thought maybe my experience was a one off, but when my friends ordered from the same restaurant yesterday and our food was just as boring I thought I am going to write a review.

The customer service is absolutely amazing! Very friendly and helpful. The food on the other hand is tasteless and blah. It looks very nice and the portions are fine, but there is nothing flavourful about the meals. When I ordered a couple of days ago, 2 of us had pad thai. both of us ordered it with some sort of spice. It tasted like plain white rice noodles. The two other meals (chicken satay and cashew chicken) were also very blah. My colleagues told me to have a taste. No thanks.

Last night I had the pad thai again . Just as bland. One of our friends had a thai curry vegetable which was what i was going to order but didn't. this too was bland. Thai food is usually very flavourful. I was disappointed. I will continue to order from the other restaurant. I'm sorry for the...

Loved it. 4 adults to kids 6 and 4 and we loved what we ate. When we first pulled into the plaza we thought it was the wrong place. When we were about to walk in we almost changed our minds but we trusted the reviews and went in despite its old decor and lack of visual appeal. I am so glad we went in. Very unassuming place. Very polite and friendly service. We walked out very full and very happy and wanting to go back soon! Generous portions including the meat and very tasty. Will be back this week or next with friends! How did you hide this place for so long Newmarket....slipped right under my radar. No it's not gourmet food 5 star. 5 Stars for Great food, great service, relaxed atmosphere, Asian soul-food worthy, Makes me want to come back really soon. I actually felt happy after this meal. That's when I know I...