Golden Star Restaurant — Restaurant in New Bedford

This is probably the one local Chinese place that has a history you need to know before diving into reviews. If all you want to know is, "is the food delicious?", the answer is yes. No need to read further, order here.

This hole in the wall place used to be owned by a very family oriented owner and staff who were exceptionally charming to be around. They were extremely pleasant, remembering people who were regulars' orders just by hearing your voice on the phone.

When the ownership changed, you'll start to see a shift in the reviews. The old timers like me start becoming negative while people who didn't realize the change never complain. I genuinely believe that this is because the change removed that intimate friendliness the old owners had.

That doesn't mean these new owners can't build rapport with us locals, but the old owners had been established as favorites, them being gone hurts a lot of us and I think that's where a lot of negativity comes from.

The food is great. They updated the menu as well and now we're starting to see more traditional Chinese dishes appearing like Sesame Cold Noodles (Chinese owners! We WANT to try real Chinese food! Please translate your secret menus!!)

What's more this is still the ONLY Chinese place that understands what I mean when I say, "extra spicy please".

Give these guys a chance. They're not the old owners, and that's ok. They can be our "new" old favorite place. They just need a little more time to work their way into the hearts of the old...

This Place has great prices but, the food was disgusting. We ordered here for the first time on July 15, 2020. I ordered vegetable egg foo young plate with pork fried rice & egg roll my husband got orange chicken not spicey with fried rice & egg roll. The food was hot but, tasted like a mouthful of grease. The rice was more like mush the egg roll was probably the best part of the meal but not stuffed with much veggies more of just something like marinated cabbage but was ok. They have lil packages of the sweet & sour sauce, hot mustard etc. To add flavor to food. Very disappointed in general. I would not even give 1 star but, you have no choice with google reviews. The woman that works the counter is so, loud even on the phone she gives you a hand written receipt for your order and I would never ever recommend this...

We got takeout from Golden Star once a week for many many years. My husband would call and the lady knew our order by heart. I couldn’t understand why the food all of a sudden was horrible. I remember they had closed for a week, which they sometimes did, but I guess it changed ownership. We tried it maybe 4 times not realizing what was happening but it was just awful. I am very sad about it bc I always looked forward to my weekly Chinese food. It’s so disappointing! Kam’s is okay but their Crab Rangoons are completely different and the chicken fingers have a thicker batter. I just don’t know where to go now!...