Golden City Chinese Restaurant

"Got the Mongolian beef lunch special, I was able to substitute the soup with a little bit extra rice, so hell yeah (I don't like soups much)! The beef was very tinder and good tasting, with a good amount of vegetables without overdoing it. The portion size was pretty decent and worth it. The only things I would change would be the decorations on the windows (so customers can see outside better), and the bathrooms were a tad dilapidated. Overall, I would definitely go here again, and might soon in the future."

"This was the family go-to for many years. It was fine for Americanized Chinese food and we enjoyed it. I believe they changed ownership because the last (and FINAL) time we went for takeout there it was HORRIBLE, literally inedible and not at all what we were used to. The worst was the Honey Walnut Prawns which were heavily breaded fried with a drizzle of some strange pink sauce ( before it was lightly deep fried and tossed with a delicious sauce!). We ate the pot stickers which were burnt but threw the rest away."

"The food here was really good! We ordered pork fried rice, cream cheese wontons, sweet and sour prawns and lemon chicken! Everything was delicious!! Our waitress was very kind, friendly and always had a smile. The atmosphere was nice, we liked all the windows with the sun shining in. We would definitely come here again. Recommend this place 10/10!!"

"Wow, just wow. I've been going to this restaurant for years and it's always been one of the best Chinese places in Santa Cruz. They recently just changed ownership and the quality took a tremendous nose dive. The lemon chicken was just awful, what was once a nice light breaded texture is now a deep fried, fishy smelling mess. The walnut shrimp was also very low quality. Way too much breading and dry as a bone. All of the meat in our order tasted very old and dry. The worst part by far was the egg rolls. For almost 5 dollars you get 2 Costco frozen isle egg rolls. Very small and pretty disgusting. A far cry from the egg rolls this restaurant used to have. I wish we saved the $70 and just went to Panda Express. That's seriously the quality you can expect from this place, worse than Panda. People who used to go here don't. It's not the same and the value you get now is abysmal."

"Golden City is my favorite Chinese restaurant in Santa Cruz, CA. Food is tasty, price is reasonable, and the people there are friendly. I've been eaten there for nearly five years during my stay in UC Santa Cruz. This place is always one option for my after-hour unions."