Golden Spring Mandarin Cuisine — Restaurant in California

I ordered General Tso's Chicken which had a pepper on the menu which means "hot." I asked for it to be mild, as well as no bell peppers, and substitute broccoli for the peppers. The server seemed amenable to that. My two friends ordered a dinner and most of their food came out before my one dish. My food came out and looked great. However, after eating about 1/3 of it, my mouth was BURNING FROM THE SALT!! The "sauce" was just straight soy sauce! No other flavors came through! To me, it was like eating a salt shaker! It was awful! Since I hadn't eaten most of the day, I could barely get through about 1/2 of the dish & called over the server and explained to her how inedible it was. Her response was no one has ever complained before. I gave it to her, she took it back. Normally, in a decent restaurant, I would be comped or some kind of discount. Not this place! She gave me my receipt for $9.73, and I paid her $10. Even my friend tasted it and agreed it was just soy sauce and extremely salty! We all left and I decided to write this review to stop others from my awful experience. One of my friends suggested Happy Garden, but this place was closer to where we all lived. NEVER AGAIN!! Reading the other reviews, I think they've probably changed hands or gotten another "chef" who obviously doesn't know how to cook! Save your money - DON'T GO TO...

I placed an order to go, they told me 20 minutes. I got there in twenty two minutes being hungry. They then told me it wasn't ready after another 20 minutes of waiting they finally called my name The only way to describe how the Mongolian beef tasted would be to pretend you went into a Mexican restaurant and described to the chef(who had never had Mongolian beef in his/her entire life) and had them make it from your description and that is what it taste like. The chow mein, sweet and sour pork or pot stickers weren't very good either. Do your self a favor and go to either Shanghai Restaurant or Happy Garden or really do your self a favor and take a trip to...

ATTENTION ALL:

Any negative reviews ... are bogus. I grew up in the Bay Area and know the difference between awesome Chinese cuisine and average. Golden Spring is the absolute best Chinese I have had in nearly 30-years (this includes my travels throughout the United States and Canada).

These people are kind, attentive, reasonably quick (as fast as can be expected when quality is the focus) and they work hard to ensure we have a great dining experience each and every time.

This is one of those "hole in the wall" places that delivers excellence in every sense...