Golden Gate Restaurant — Restaurant in Alaska

My husband and I used to meet herebfor lunch at least once a week when he was working near the area and the food was always good and you got so much it would take me 4 meals to finish it all, now it takes two, and I can't eat more than a ½ to 1 cup of food at a time. Then the menu prices started going up, and the servings got smaller and the fried rice has suffered the most. It used to be delicious with chunks of chicken, scrambled egg, carrots and peas...it was flavorful too. Then the chicken disappeared, then the scrambled egg went bye bye, and then the flavor was gone, we got take out a while back and it was basically white rice with carrots and peas in it! Then my friend came down from Fairbanks and she wanted to meet there for lunch. I told her things had changed since she was last there, but she wanted to go. So what we got was white rice, slightly tinted with a tiny bit of soy sauce, and a few peas in it. Now even the carrots have been forfeited. I don't think I'll go back, it's not worth the cost for a few pieces of sesame beef and sweet n sour chicken, and fried rice that isn't fried rice any longer. I understand times are tight and everyone cut back during the bird flu epidemic when there was a shortage on chicken and eggs, but that started in Dec of 2022, so it's been a minute since there was a shortage on either one, and yes, prices are up, but they keep increasing their menu prices to match those rising costs...put the fried rice, back in the fried rice. If I wanted bland, I'd ask...

I recently ordered delivery from Golden Gate for the first time and the food exceeded my expectations. It was very delicious to my tastebuds and I would recommend giving them a try. Each entree came with an egg roll and fried rice and seemed to be a good value.

I ordered wontons, kung pao chicken, Szechuan chicken, and a combination plate with Mongolian beef and sweet and sour chicken. The kung pao chicken was good and as expected but not the best I’ve ever had, but far better than the worst I’ve ever had! Everything else was as expected. Oddly I did not see general tso’s chicken on the menu so I opted for the sweet and sour chicken, which was good. The fried rice is good but a bit short on vegetables and without any egg that I could detect, which I found odd. I would not recommend ordering here if you are craving a great fried rice.

I want to note that I did encounter a bite of shrimp in my order, and I mention that as a warning for people that may have allergies to be vigilant when ordering from this restaurant, because to my knowledge none of the items I ordered contain shrimp (but perhaps I’m mistaken??).

Overall I was pleasantly surprised by how good the food tasted and would recommend this restaurant to people that haven’t...

Really wish I could give five stars, let me start with the bad, the woman on the phone wanted to rush me, barely listened to what I had to say. I asked what brand of root beer they had, she refused to go check so she decided to say they were out of root beer, I then added at the end to tell the delivery driver to not walk on the wet paint that is on the porch and instead call. Food was delivered and no call, he ended walking on the paint and explained he never got the memo, nice guy, I tipped him. I am extremely unhappy that the woman on the phone doesn't know what customer service is. Now for the good, the food was hot, excellent and on time, the shrimp fried rice was wonderful, the chefs know what they are doing obviously, wish I could tip them. I say this to the restaurant itself, train the woman on the phone, she's the representative of your restaurant, if she continues ignoring your customers, you'll lose business, otherwise, good...