Golden Wu Restaurant — Restaurant in Truro

This was a bit of a surprise!

We were having a drive and decided to stop in for a meal.

The parking is a bit limited given the size (especially once covid restrictions lift) but street parking is an option.

Service was good, quick and courteous.

Interior is well kept and decorated nicely, although it does feel a bit like a classic Chinese restaurant not a bad thing but don't expect a hyper modern look.

The menu options were actually pretty numerous from the standard combo deals (fried rice, a protein, egg roll), to more specific dishes like mapo tofu.

We picked some pretty standard dishes from the North American Chinese options, combo 7 and 8 (egg roll, BBQ pork. / Chicken balls, stir-fry / fried rice) as well as a hot and sour soup.

The soup was excellent, thick, with lots of BBQ pork.

The mains were also good, the egg roll was really nice and crispy with a meat filling. The chicken balls were excellent, freshly deep-fried the batter was crispy and airy while having a good ratio of meat. The BBQ pork was well made with a good level of seasoning and uniform cuts.

I had the stir-fry and it was also good ample bean sprouts! I tried the fried rice on my spouse's dish and it was also well done, good amount of soy sauce in there and a good texture to the rice.

Overall the portioning was appropriate, not a stuffed silly but enough that each combo will probably fill up a person amply.

Oh one other thing the table was actually set with white pepper, just a nice touch.

Lastly price, the prices here are great value! Combos start at $6! That is hard to see now days.

Overall...

For the review: the owners are friendly and the food is delicious. My favourites include the bean curd mixed vegetable, vegetable fried rice, and chicken chow mien. You can’t go wrong with the deep fried wontons, the veggie soup, or their epic veggie spring rolls either (crispy, light, and flaky stuffed with yummy contents and sweet plum sauce to dip). The food is delicious with a great price (especially their lunch specials) and great portions.

For the story: I went here after moving to the carriage house just up the road while it was being renovated. I went in just to check it out one day. One of the owners came out and asked if she could help me and I told her I was just looking for a menu to keep, that I just moved in next door, and I think that “maybe this might become my spot”. Well, it did. After eating here just once, a couple of weeks later I asked some of my fun but loud family to try it with me. We ate like royalty gathered around the big table served with fast and friendly service. We left with leftovers and a smile. Since then, I have went here to celebrate everything: my college graduation, my jobs, my promotions, etc. and I wouldn’t have it any other way. This place has...

Ordered to go. Chicken chow mein combo, and I asked for a spicy chicken combo. Woman asked what kind of spicy I liked. Szechuan I said & was told that could be done. What she failed to mention was that I was going to be charged $5 more for that! She only told me when I pointed out that my order had been $$14.99, not $19.99! Had every other place not been closing or closed, I would have said to keep it. Got the food home & it was probably the worst we ever have had. The egg rolls were mostly empty and flat. My husbands chow mein looked & tasted like it came from a can. The Szechuan was tiny portions with mostly vegetables and very little chicken. We threw most of both orders out & picked up Subs from Subway. Had the food at least been good…. ** We also ordered fried wontons. 12 for $6.99. They were NOT fried wontons! They were just fried wonton wrappers with no filling at all. Nothing in...