GOURMET PALACE

"I thought I placed an order online. After 1/2 hour, I went to pick it up at about 6 pm. They did not have it. (My fault) However, they promptly got my 2 items ready and even offered me a snack. Great service, kindness, and especially food. The shrimp with lobster sauce was actually very tasty, and I had no urge to add my own garlic and other spices to it."

"This review is for the behavior of the employees here. We came into the restaurant at 9:30. They have a 10:00pm closing time. Before we physically walked into the restaurant, the woman at the counter/register (older lady) looks at her watch and starts shaking her head “NO” while looking out at us, still OUTSIDE the restaurant. She gestures to another employee, who checks the time on his phone and comes over to tell us we can’t sit to eat. We were never going to sit. We were there for take out!!!! They cared a heck of a lot more about getting rid of us than why we were there. I was so put off by the experience having just barely walked though the door that I no longer wanted their food. We left without even speaking to them and the man standing at the counter who wanted to get rid of us shrugged when we left and smiled, excited that we walked out because they didn’t want to bother serving us. Not going back. This place isn’t worth it. I’d like to support businesses that deserve it."

"Excellent food, good portions, some dishes have choice of SM or Lg, decent price in LA area; polite and attentive staff, clean and nicely decorated although area is small. Happy to visit again when in vicinity."

"Best Chinese food in the valley. Not usually a huge fan of chinese cause it makes you feel more hungry or even just tired after. This is quality food with a quality taste. Lots of flavor and great feeling after I ate it. I didn’t leave hungry."

"I think I've had enough Chinese food in my life but my wife and I thought the food was average at best, but perhaps your experience may vary depending on the dish. I ordered a take out on Christmas day from a recommendation by my friend who really loves this place. Perhaps because it was on Christmas, they were very busy and food wasn't ready for pickup and I waited about 20 min longer, which was fine. While waiting, I've seen many people go in and out and there was a DoorDash driver who came to pickup food, but the restaurant workers kept saying they closed orders from DoorDash so they don't have any orders. But the delivery lady kept showing on her phone and they were all clueless and helpless. One suggestion is to only open one food fulfillment service at a time. Because they do multiple such as ChowNow, GrubHub, etc and they close orders based on busyness, it makes customers try multiple options and can go through issues like that one customer's delivery order. But according to the restaurant staff, apparently people order for days in advance! About the food, the fried noodle dish I got had a lot of hope from me, but the noodle wasn't tasty compared to many others I've had. Dim sum dishes tasted overpowered by the soy sauce flavor and my wife longed for ones from Hong Kong. The rice dish was good. In all, we spent a little under $50 for three dishes from lunch menu, close to an hour spent on driving and waiting, etc. Perhaps I should've tried some of the common dishes like orange chicken or kung pao chicken or something, but it's great that they serve so many kinds of dishes for all to enjoy. YMMV, I'll just have to try again next time!"