The Golden Eatery

Was looking for another restaurant actually and stumbled upon this place. I can say with certainty it was 100% worth it!I asked the guy working what he suggested for a first timer and he said the Nashville Hot Chicken. I went with medium spice and it's definitely got a bite but it was delicious! The chicken was moist and juicy, the flavor was incredible!The vibes are cool as it's in this market that has a bunch of restaurants. I can't wait to go back as they have a few more menu items that look just as good!

A great spot for delicious smash burgers, loaded fires, wings, and hotdogs!They are located in the 4th Street Market Food Hall and I stopped by yesterday for lunch and had a good meal here.I went for their classic smash burger and their cheese fries. My smash burger was delicious. The patty was well smashed, it was flavorful and not dry, the buns were toasted and the sauce on top added to the overall richness. The cheese fries were good and there was plenty of cheese sauce throughout the box they came in and there was a hefty amount of fries and it's easily shareable.Service was friendly and fast and ordering was a breeze. The overall atmosphere is relaxing and lively with the various other tenants open and people walking about. If you want some good comfort food, I recommend stopping by the Golden Eatery!

There's no problem a solid smash burger can't solve. We got both the traditional and the bourbon bacon smash, and a side of tater tots. The traditional smash is beefy, juicy, and everything a good smash burger should be. But the bourbon bacon smash really stole the show. The subtle sweetness and caramelization really bring out the flavor of the beef. The tater tots are perfectly cooked as well. Love that they made it extra crispy.The meal was really filling as expected, but it's worth it for some sunshine and dank smash burger :)

Hanging out in the OC and decided to stop by the 4th Street Market for lunch. My nephew decided that he wanted to try The Golden Eatery, so I went with him. Looked over the menu and I got the single smash and an order of the chili fries. My nephew got a chicken sandwich combo (FYI - it doesn't come with a drink, just regular fries).While I was placing my order some random guy (homeless???) eating a plate of food TOLD me to order him a drink. You read that right, he told me like I knew him and he was part of my party. I just looked at him confused and went about placing my order. He tapped me on the shoulder again and said "never mind" as someone else handed him a soda. (This did no influence the rating).I pay and they handed me a pager. So we walked around to see what else the Marketplace had to offer while we waited.....and waited.....and waited. It took about 15 minutes to finally get our food, which consisted of 2 burgers and 2 fries. It took a really long time for the food to be ready.My single smash burger was good - had a sort of thousand island spread on it, the buns were slightly toasted and the cheese was nicely melted. The chili fries had a good amount of chili on them, it was nice and chunky with a lot of ground beef in it. My nephew said the chicken was a decent sized and was moist. The fries were seasoned well and had a good amount of crisp. Overall the food was good .The price tag: 2 burgers, fries and an order of chili fries was over $40 and did not include drinks. Kinda hefty considering you can get the same quality of food from your local burger chain with the double palm trees. The other issue for me was the amount of time it took to get our food, it was really long and annoying, The rest of our party (who went to other vendors for food) had received their food and begun eating by the time we finally got ours. While the food was good, the wait and price just didn't work out for me.

I had the Nashville Tots with the coleslaw and sauce on the side. Overall the tots were crispy but the flavor of the chicken was okay. I didn't get it spicy so maybe that is why but overall the tots were okay.

Came here twice for the Nashville hot chicken breakfast burrito. What a wild combination, but something I'd still come back for. It's no longer "on the menu", but I asked for it and they were able to make it. My friend also got a smash burger here the first time I went and he said it was pretty good. I can't give a full five stars because there was another time I came here, and the hours were listed at (I believe) up to 7pm on Yelp. It was like 6:20pm and they were already closing, so that was unfortunate. But yeah, would still recommend this place for the breakfast burrito and probably even try the burger and fries.

This place is pretty good but expensive. So beware of that. I don't really care, I've eaten here once before and it was tasty. So this time I took my GF before we went to a concert on 7/22. The Golden Eatery is located on 4th Street in the eating hall area. It's always pretty busy here so just know you can be waiting a while. We had a very simple order. 2 Smashburgers (1 Single/1 Double) w/ Tater tots and Mac & cheese. And 2 drinks. It all tasted so good! The double smash was just too much for myself, I should've definitely gotten a single lol. The mac and cheese wasn't very good at all. It tasted like it was microwaved and left sitting for a while. By the time it got to us it was cold, and not lukewarm. Besides the MAC, everything else was pretty solid.

My husband got the double smash burger and I tasted it. One thing I can say is this was truly a smash burger. Some places think smash means the meat is so thin it turns into to nothing but a crips. This is a real smash burger, still thick but flat. The burger was juicy and perfectly cooked. You could taste the seasoning on the meat. The fries were also delicious. The service was great as well

I hate writing these types of reviews but I gotta keep it 100% real for my readers I always have at least 2,000 people that want to know about my reviews cause they are honest. so here we go I came across this restaurant on yelp obcourse I typed in smashed burger cause that was my craving at the time all the pictures and the menu items lured me in the hamburgers looked delicious and a plus for me was that they have my favorite side tater tots so I ended up getting a bacon cheeseburger with tots I took to go although I must add I'm born and raised here in saoc and I'm impressed with what they are doing with 4th st it used to be one of the worsed parts of Santa Ana it took me about half hour to finally sit down and tear it up and what a disappointment it was the tots were soggy not crispy at all a good toot stays golden crispy regardless of how long the burger looked good I took a big bite and another and another I didn't detect any flavor another bite and I put it down I couldn't keep going the meat had no flavor the bacon with the condiments call me crazy but that was my experience with this place I was sad cause I thought I scored gold but I guess not. Then I was reading what the establishment had to say and to my surprise it said the meats and poultry is halal I'm not an expert on this so don't quote me of what I know halal food is made with Xtra caution extremely clean psysically and spiritually so I take it that has something to do with the burger having no flavor halal I don't think they cook the traditional way. Feel free to correct me cause I'm just guessing it's my fault for not reading the fine print and who would have known after seeing the pictures that it lack flavor. Would I go again I think not and it's just regarding the flavor everything else is cool the location is cool the young lady that took my order was professional for that reason I give 2stars another negative thing is the parking specially if u have a disability I parked very far and it wasn't fun it was a mission!

I'm not much of a hamburger person but the double smash burger was so good. It came with chopped grilled onions, chopped pickles, cheese, and their special sauce on a potato bun. It was super cheesy and juicy and tasted similar to a Shake Shack burger. It didn't look like a lot of food but was more than enough with a side of fries. And then the fries came packed with a seasoning similar to Old Bay Seasoning so you don't even need ranch or ketchup with them.It's located inside of 4th Street Market so it has a hip, trendy vibe. I like that they have outdoor seating both in the front and in the back, so that I can bring my dog.