Golden Rolls — Restaurant in Woodstock

First time here and WILL be the last!! Worst service I’ve ever encountered. took the waitress 15 minutes to get our drink order. As we were explaining our sushi order I had asked for crunch to be put on top of my roll, I order this at every sushi place and never have a problem. She proceeds to give me an attitude and say “it’s just going to fall off I don’t know what you’re talking about.” I no longer feel like having to explain myself so I just tell her to put it on the side and I’ll do it myself. No big deal whatever. a table of 4 walks in, sits down and not even 20 minutes later is being served their food, as if we haven’t been waiting for over an hour already. how can there be not even 4 tables in the entire restaurant and the last table to sit down is eating? It just doesn’t make sense. As we try to ask what’s going on the waitress has the audacity to tell me she doesn’t know what I am talking about and that the 4 top was sitting and ordered before us. Are you serious? I am a sever myself and If having two tables at a time is too overwhelming then maybe serving isn’t for you? Or multitasking at that. I understand there are to go orders but then hire more people!!! - What I think happened is the server was so unorganized at her job she forgot to put our order in and ended up putting in the 4 tops order in first then ours and when confronted she had to cover up her mistakes by saying they were there before us. But seriously you can only do that when your chefs aren’t making the food right in front of customers eyes. this restaurant needs a serious reality check on how to properly deal with situations like this and offer or do something to make it right. While no action of apologizing was taking place, and both the chef and waitress wanted to argue with paying customers, we left. my best advice is to only eat here if you have 4 hours to wait on a couple rolls and the energy to deal with a waitress who doesn’t know how to do their job. No wonder this place was empty the service SUCKS. Save your money, literally any other sushi place is better than this one, and they’ll actually treat their customers with...

There are a lot of options for sushi in the northern Illinois/greater Chicagoland area, but Golden Rolls is my FAVORITE. Let me tell you why.

Golden Rolls does NOT skimp on the fish! The rolls may be comparative in general size to rolls that you get elsewhere, but when you order a sushi roll at this restaurant, you can visibly see that your roll has a generous portion of fish and avocado, areas where some restaurants save money by thinning down. The increased portion size on the good stuff gives you more bang for your buck and for your taste buds! This is true of their sashimi as well. The slices are generous, with only the sea bass being thinner cuts (it makes sense of course, because sea bass is considerably more expensive).

The sushi is served VERY COLD (if it's supposed to be cold, lol). I'm really picky about this, to be honest. In my opinion, the temperature at which a cold roll is served is the difference between an okay roll and a roll that is crisp, refreshing, and bright. Golden Rolls has always been the latter in my experience.

I know some people say this place is pricey--unless you are accustomed to eating at a sushi buffet, I really don't understand this, as it is quite comparable to most non-buffet locations that I have dined at and, as stated above, has more generous portions equaling greater overall value. It's not a cheap dinner out but I don't expect that of a sushi night.

Atmosphere is generally pretty quiet which I appreciate.

I am not a fan of cooked/hot rolls but I have tried a couple here when others have ordered them and even those are good. I haven't ordered a non-sushi entree so can't comment much on that. I have actually never had anything here that I don't like, but with my preference for cold rolls that are big on the fish-factor, my favorites are their Rainbow Roll, Alaskan Roll, Boston Roll, Crazy Roll, and Cucumber Eel Roll. The tuna tataki appetizer is also fabulous here (it's a warm dish) and their seaweed salad is very tasty (though it's an acquired taste and texture).

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𝔾𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕖𝕟 ℝ𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕤 𝕊𝕦𝕤𝕙𝕚 𝔹𝕒𝕣 & 𝔾𝕣𝕚𝕝𝕝 ⁷⁹⁰ ˢ ᴱᵃˢᵗʷᵒᵒᵈ ᴰʳ, ᵂᵒᵒᵈˢᵗᵒᶜᵏ, ᴵᴸ ⁶⁰⁰⁹⁸ 🆁🅴🆅🅸🅴🆆 4/5 ⭐️

𝐃𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒: 𝑫𝙞𝒆𝙩 𝘾𝒐𝙠𝒆 (𝙣𝒐 𝒊𝙘𝒆) & 𝘿𝒓. 𝙋𝒆𝙥𝒑𝙚𝒓 (𝙡𝒊𝙜𝒉𝙩 𝙞𝒄𝙚) Served as canned with glasses to pour in ourselves

𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑: 𝑮𝙤𝒍𝙙𝒆𝙣 𝙎𝒉𝙧𝒊𝙢𝒑 3 pieces of shrimp topped with a generous amount of golden sauce atop a bed of white rice splashed with soy sauce.

𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐍: 𝑪𝙧𝒂𝙗 𝙍𝒂𝙣𝒈𝙤𝒐𝙣 𝙍𝒐𝙡𝒍 -king crab, cream cheese, masago, green onions -deep fried-topped with eel sauce and sriracha 𝑪𝙧𝒂𝙗 𝘾𝒂𝙠𝒆 𝑹𝙤𝒍𝙡 -crab cake avocado topped w/masago with garlic cream sauce

𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 (𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐰) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞. 𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐒𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐩 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐰𝐲/𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝. 𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥 (𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐛 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐧) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬! 𝐈 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐒𝐫𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐛 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐨 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐲, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐬𝐨 𝐈 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭. 𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐫𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭. 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝. 𝐌𝐲 𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭! 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞. 𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐲! 𝐈 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰/𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐫𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚! 𝐌𝐲 𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥 (𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐛 𝐂𝐚𝐤𝐞) 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞. 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐲, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝟕:𝟑𝟎𝐩𝐦. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 "𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥" 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐛𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬. 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞. 𝐈 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐢𝐜. 𝐈 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠...