Golden Fountain Chinese Restaurant — Restaurant in Barnstable

Guys and gals, this place is just delicious.

The food is fresh, the portions are huge, and their crab rangoons (which are slightly sweet) are light, fluffy pockets of manna from heaven.

I've been coming here since I was a teenager/early 20's. I have lived in several states, from the west coast to the Mid-Atlantic, and this place is the standard to which I held all others (and in almost all cases, ended up disappointed, especially when it came to the crab rangoons. Seriously. I would marry them if I could.)

Now that I'm back on Cape almost 20 years later, this place still brings it, and the rangoons are just as delicious as ever. Not as cheap as some places, but worth every damn penny because of the quality and portion size, and no more expensive than anyplace decent in a large city. (A crab rangoon and shrimp lo mein will set you back $18 and change after tax and before tip.)

This is more a take out experience (the dining room is small, though they fit in probably... 20 to 24 (?) booths and tables, but it does leave you feeling slightly claustrophobic.) But, isn't just about all Chinese food a take out experience?

If I had any complaints it would be that they don't deliver, but it's clearly a small, family run business, and I'm happy to make the short drive to get my precious crab-filled wontons of goodness and support local business.

But seriously. Try the bleeping crab...

I have tried to like this place for years but have never had a good experience, was even called a liar once by the cook for complaining I got duck sauce instead of gravy for my Egg Foo Yong takeout! Yes, I AM an idiot for going back several times but there's slim pickings for Chinese food here. The Big Bonus is how incredibly rude, insulting and argumentative they are with customers, especially the woman whose glasses don't fit so she tilts her head back and literally looks down her nose at you and everyone else. I've watched her tell customers they are wrong, refuse to fix mistakes, just walk away, etc. And I'm tired of pretending the kitchen...

I stopped today to bring a snack back for my son and myself. I ordered an order of chicken wings, and spareribs, that is all. I picked it up and it came to $34.50!!!!!!!!! $34.50 for a tiny order of tiny nearly meatless ribs, and the smallest chicken wings I've ever seen. To top it off the wings sucked, they had a foul flavor, and the ribs didn't have enough meat for me to even have an opinion on the flavor. The restaurant is completely disgusting, the dirtiest on Cape by far. I will be calling the BOH, because that lobby/eating area is so filthy it can't be leagal. There are at least three better options within 5 minutes of...