Golden Wok Take Out — Restaurant in Saint John

So far this is the best Chinese food we've had in Saint John. The food was fresh, tasty and the portions were generous. My wife and I both liked that the vegetables were not over cooked. I have to admit that this is only the second Chinese place we've tried in SJ in our first year here. The first place was so bad, we got a little gun shy - it had rave reviews on Trip Adviser. We talked to a lot of locals before we braved the waters a second time. We actually had a number of folks point us to a restaurant in Fredericton! Golden Wok was an absolutely refreshing experience. If you're looking for good value and good Cantonese style food, this...

The portions are more than generous, the service is very fast and friendly, and it is extremely economical. However the fare is very heavily skewed towards "Canadian-style" Chinese, with emphasis placed more on filling you up than pleasing the palate. Their chow-mein is about 80% cabbage with the remainder being meat and mushrooms, their fried rice omits scallion and egg which results in it being extremely bland. The Shrimp in Lobster Sauce, while being made of fresh good quality ingredients is a greasy pork gravy masquerading as an asian dish. Good for picky kids; not so much if you actually appreciate...

I am so disappointed. They used to be so good with fresh tasting food but recently the food has seriously declined in quality...every so often, I get a bad order but now my last few orders have been terrible... Rice was bland/tasteless and mushy, the chowmein tasted "off" like the meat had started to turn bad in it and the garlic spare ribs were very tough and full of grissle. The egg rolls don't taste homemade (taste like the frozen ones you get at the grocery store) and they only have packets of plum sauce...not real stuff made there. The other weird thing is .... Why on earth are they...