Reviews for Golden Carriage Restaurant in Courtenay, BC
The beef and broccoli is my favorite! They use the best wine to cook the beef and the flavors are so good. This restaurant is... tops and done perfectly. Truly a gift for the people here to have access to this food culture. The expertise in this kitchenshould be respected. Hands up to you! Thank you for making dinner special on occasions! Read more
This place used to be the best in town but they have sadly gone downhill. The deep fried spicy squid was soaking in oil and so... soggy that the coating had fallen off. The fried rice had what appears to be cheap frozen mixed veg. Just down rightdisappointed. Read more
Food is absolutely DELICIOUS!!! piping hot, full of flavor, not greasy at all. It is some of the best Americanized Chinese food... that I have ever tasted. You can tell that a lot.of care goes into the food. Don't walk... run to get this tasty treat!! Nom NomNom!! Read more
Old school, nostalgic family run restaurant that offers the popular Chop Suey Nation fare (Southern Chinese cuisine adapted to... suit the tastes of small towns and not found in traditional restaurants), and also authentic favourites many CBCs will rememberfrom their childhoods. Food - The portions are absolutely massive for how they are priced. We had the Singapore curryvermicelli and asked them to kick the spice up a few notches. It did not disappoint - springy noodles with a bit of crispiness,clocked full of eggs and shrimp, and just the right level of curry for us. Also had the mapo tofu, which leaned more heavilytowards the numbing ma than the hot la and had a good amount of chilli oil, but could have had bean taste. Lastly we had wontonjust because who doesn’t love wonton, and ordered a small bowl. The bowl that came was not small. We asked if there was amistake, and nope their small is really just that large. The wontons were plump and juicy, and the skins were thin and smooth.Surprisingly it came with some barbeque pork and broccoli. Service - The dishes came out quickly, and service was attentive andfriendly. We appreciated that they looked over every so often to make sure we had enough water for the tea, but otherwise leftus to our meal. After we had finished they came over to chat, and shared a bit of history and asked about ours. Read more
Consistently hot, fresh, and delicious. The staff are friendly, and the restaurant clean. I love the BBQ pork fried rice, and... the boneless honey garlic pork. You will not be disappointed. I love going to the sit-in buffet too. Best Chinese in the Valley,and no one even comes close. Read more
Grabbed some take out last night. I ordered the Golden Carriage Hot Pot, it was loaded with Shrimp,Chicken, BBQ Pork, Tofu... +Ginger, it was enough to feed 3 people. And I had an appy of Chinese Sausage was perfect. The Food was So Good!!!. I'mdefinitely going back Read more
We usually have good food here. We order off the menu and have never had the buffet. The service is usually good and the food... hot and fresh. Tonight - the Monday of Family Day weekend - they were full with 2 huge tables of Kiwanis Courtenay memberscelebrating Chinese New Year, a couple of other reserved tables and lots of to go orders. They found us a table in the back ofthe restaurant more than big enough for the 3 of us. We said if they had to seat more people we'd happily share the table. Thefood was excellent. The best deep fried wontons we've ever had (as you can tell by the photo of the best empty plate). Theyhad red table clothes and oranges on the table for New Year's and little shrimp crackers. (So sweet) We ended up sharing thetable with a lovely couple and had a great time at dinner. Thanks to Robert from the Kiwanis for the the yummy cake and happybirthday to the gentleman celebrating his 94th birthday! Thank you to the very attentive and friendly staff. Read more
We stopped in for the buffet but it wasn't available so we ordered the Squids and Prawns Hotpot and it was very good with an... excellent ginger broth. Along with an order of vegetable chow main it was more than e ough for the two of us. Read more