Golden Mandarin Chinese Cuisine

Best place to get take out Chinese food in San Diego!! They have a small dining room area too! Very good service and they very very fast too!

We come here for their salted pepper chicken wings. It's just as good as the crack chicken at Royal mandarin and golden chopsticks. We go to this location coz plaza blvd has a lot of traffic. This location also gets busy too. The servers are friendly and quick and ambiance is just like any other Chinese restaurant. I also like their Thai tea with boba and the egg drop soup with chili oil makes it a lot flavorful.

Google review summary543214.5(503)ReviewsAllServiceMealPriceprices42salt and pepper wings16dinner9orange chicken9+6Sort byMost relevantNewestHighestLowestDEL GAINESTake out | Dinner | $20-30Super terrific . New great place for me and us . I am huge foodie guy , love my food and I love this place ! ! Great fresh vegetables are my favorite any place I eat because I don't eat a lot of home cooked vegetables . The golden mandarin ... MoreAlex DominguezLocal Guide·157 reviews·109 photos4 months agoThis place is amazing. I've been eating here for years and it's quality has been always consistently high. Every dish is a masterpiece. ... MorePhoto 1 in review by Alex Dominguez Photo 2 in review by Alex Dominguez Wynette Sills18 reviews·8 photos3 weeks agoNEWDine in | Dinner | $10-20This family owned restaurant provided exceptional food with great service! Highly recommend! The restaurant was completely full and people were also picking up food to go, but somehow our dinner for six people was prepared quickly soon ... MoreRuth PLocal Guide·283 reviews·1840 photos8 months agoDine in | Lunch | $10-20I'm not a big fan of Chinese food, but I do like rice, vegetables, salt and pepper chicken, and lumpia. Well, Chinese has egg rolls, and this place has both!**** ... MorePhoto 1 in review by Ruth P Photo 2 in review by Ruth P Photo 3 in review by Ruth P Photo 4 in review by Ruth P +244RESERVE A TABLEORDER ONLINEDEL GAINESTake out | Dinner | $20-30Super terrific . New great place for me and us . I am huge foodie guy , love my food and I love this place ! ! Great fresh vegetables are my favorite any place I eat because I don't eat a lot of home cooked vegetables . The golden mandarin vegetables are seasoned perfect , fresh , I like with chicken . Very nice chicken , nice seasoning . Our whole family loved it . Very clean place , great cooks/chefs . No long wait , clean kitchen they move a lot of food , very busy on Sunday afternoon . We eat again there ordering today .Julie is friendly , busy and kind .I am happy to finally find a good place besides all my favorite Mexican food like Jalisco's in Bonita and in i.b. . Muriettas etc . Now I can get totally terrific food and full stomach at Golden Mandarin of Chula Vista !Maybe we can get our Mayor John McCann to try the food . Julie is so nice . excellent small business , quality , quantity , price . All 100% . Want to try all the menu.It's neat that Julie is multi lingual , loves learning English , fluent in Spanish as am I and so considerate of her customers .Will be eating here often as I can exit right off the freeway 54 or 5 or Broadway or any of the surface streets nice to just come in relaxed as is and eat while shopping the Walmart plaza , office Depot , grocery outlet , Dixie line and many of the other small businesses here like the party supply shop , etc etc etc .Ya , feed me good and I love you lolol!!!

Big portion fast service with tasty food!!! Tucked away across in the corner of the plaza

We visited this restaurant in the afternoon, it was relatively busy with to go orders, but we were seated quickly. I ordered salt and pepper chicken with fried rice, and dumplings as appetizer. The food came out quickly, and was fresh. Salt and Pepper wings were crispy and the texture was great, however, the flavor was less than I expected. Multiple friends of mine have recommended this place so I was expecting a bit more flavor. Fried rice was slightly bland, overall the food was an 8/10. However, it's not a bad spot for Chinese food and the service is quick. There are plenty of tables as well.

Someone recommended this place for the salt and pepper wings. We ended up eating there and the taking the wings for football watching later.Customer service was good. They were pretty busy but still had time to come over to check on us and refill the drinks.We ordered one dish each, thinking it was gonna be a regular size dish. Nope. They brought out huge family style dishes. My own damn fault for not checking on that. I'm sure it's written somewhere on the menu.The Szechuan shrimp was ok. I was expecting Szechuan pepper corns in the dish for that spicy and tingling sensation while you eat it. But it was just a general tso type sauce. It had good flavor though.We also got pork egg foo yung. The menu said BBQ pork foo yung but they swapped it out for regular pork at my request. That was a great dish. It was 3 pretty huge egg omelets with noodles and veggies inside. Covered in a mushroom, Veggies, and pork brown gravy that was a little sweet. Very solid dish. Of course we had two to go boxes of left over food. Lastly, the salt and pepper wings to go. We ate those a couple hours later and they were still super crispy and delicious. Each wing was hugh and meaty. Very flavorful and covered with fried garlic and green onions.This place is great. We're gonna take my in laws to eat there next time they come down from the Fresno area. Highly recommend!

UNHEALTHY YET TASTY CHINESE (3.5 stars + msg)- FOOD: unhealthy yet tasty- PRICE: super affordable- SERVICE: Excellent- AMBIANCE: plaza restaurant that's a tiny shoebox :: THE DETAILS ::So much items on the menu to chose from. With inflation prices, this restaurant still manages to keep affordable for the everyday people. It was nice to see (satisfied) everyday people coming in and out. Busy restaurant! Their price to serving portion are extremely generous!!! If you are looking for affordable, tasty Chinese food, that could literally feed an army then look no further.:: SERVICE ::Fast and efficient. The lady who runs the front speaks fluent Chinese and English.... get this... and knows Spanish! :: FOOD ::ALL DAY SPECIAL C ($11.50). From the list I chose ALMOND CHICKEN served with egg roll, steamed or regular fried rice (went with steamed). I haven't had Chinese combo meals at a cheap price like this since my broke college student days. Egg roll was sadly not good - it was mushy and tasted weird. however on their regular menu I saw they did offer Filipino Shanghai. The almond chicken was delicious but the veggies, especially the broccoli, were overcooked and mushy... but still edible. Portion had no portion control! SO MUCH FOOD. Can easily feed 2 (maybe 3) people. HIGHLY RECOMMEND. SALT AND PEPPER CHICKEN WINGS ($16.95/12pcs) - my opinion the alternative to Royal Mandarin but not as good. Some may not be able to taste the difference but I could. Royal Mandarins is still a step up. This salt and pepper chicken wings were too salty and you can strongly taste the msg. If both were reduced then I'd say Royal Mandarin would have some stiff competition. Although this wasn't ordered as a combo meal, it still comes with rice and went with fried rice. The fried rice was badsoysauce fried rice (no veggies). Again, so much food that could easily feed 2 (maybe 3) people. Until the next review...

Super amazing meal. Excellent fresh food. Service by choice without standing. I highly recommend any dish that they offer. My first time here and will definitely be back ~Paddimelt

Always delicious. I live near Convoy street in Kerny Mesa, yet I endure the long journey because the food is so good!Expect to wait this establishment is constantly busy no matter the time.One food server and 4 cooks extremely hectic. The food is that good, off the hook good.Try the Mongolian Beef, & the Hot Sour soup.

The food and service is top tier I have been out of San Diego for 7 years and I had to come back to my favorite place and the food is exactly how I remember fresh hot and seasoned to perfection I always get the salt and pepper calamari