Golden Palace Chinese Restaurant
| Address: | 1101 Eagleview Dr, Marion, IA 52302, USA |
| Phone: | +1 319-377-9977 |
| Site: | goldenpalacechinesebuffet.com |
| Rating: | 3.1 |
| Working: | 10:30AM–9PM 10:30AM–9PM 10:30AM–9PM 10:30AM–9PM 10:30AM–9PM 10:30AM–9PM 11:30AM–9PM |
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Bree Smith
MOST DISGUSTING EXPERIENCE! NEVER GOING BACK! My boyfriend and I have been coming here for a lil while now for the lunch buffet, the food was good but the Chinese women working had her two little kids there (Id say theyre about 5 & 7) and they were hanging over from the booth next to us and just stared at us while we ate. They then tried talking to us. The women didnt do anything to stop them, even when asked to. Then we went to their dinner buffet; TERRIBLE. Food was all dried out and the same kids were just wondering around and being loud (not the environment I want when Im trying to relax and eat, especially when their dinner buffet is WAY overpriced for the quality and dealing with their kids). We gave them the benefit of the doubt and went again last night (7/13/15) again it was TERRIBLE! Food dried out AGAIN! and their was very little to even choose from this time. And then the worst thing happened: the waitress was separating silverware behind us and we watched as she handed her little daughter (the same one mentioned before) soup spoons and told her to put them over by the soup. We then watched as the little girl PUT ALL OF THE SPOONS IN HER MOUTH AND PROCEEDED TO PUT THEM OVER BY THE SOUPS!!! As we were leaving the little boy whos younger started to clear our table (we were the ONLY people in there so why couldnt their mother, also the waitress, do it herself??????) This place is disgusting and will never get our service again! It needs to be shut down!
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Stopped around 8:30 tonight and ordered to go. I got beef & mushroom, my bf ordered generals chicken and we got a side of crab Rangoons. To say I am disappointed is an understatement. The Generals chicken was not spicy at all. More like a sweet n sour sauce was used. The rangoons are ok but we only received one small cup for 2 dinners that each contained a side (eggroll & rangoon) as well as an order of 6 rangoons. The worst is the beef & mushroom. Not only were there other veggies in It, it was the most flavorless pile of crap Ive ever encountered. While the mushrooms are huge, there was literally no flavor to the sauce used. Even dousing the dish in soy sauce did nothing to improve this. I am fairly sure this is how canned dog food probably tastes. Lastly, dinner is typically served with the rice in a container separate from the main dish itself. They serve their dinners in the same container as the rice. Not cool. Overall, worst Chinese Ive ever had.
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Aaron Luna
One of the worst Chinese buffets Ive been to, & it amazes me it has remained open this long. After two visits during normal dinner hours where we were the only ones there, this place just keeps on standing. Maybe their carryout menu offers something better, because the phone seemed to be ringing a lot. The food on the buffet is your standard fare that looks like it was warmed up leftovers from yesterday & has been stirred up a few times throughout the current day. Unless you have no other options or youre really drunk & dont care what youre eating because you have a gnarly craving for some Chinese eats, I recommend avoiding this place.
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Tim Bulechek
This place deserves no stars. I ate 2 bites of slimy, cold, stale chicken before I felt like projectile barfing. Everything on the buffet looked like a chemistry project, even the fried rice (pretty hard to mess up) was crunchy. Hands down THE worst place Ive ever had the displeasure of eating at. I think I will head home and try to void my bowels of anything that may have had an opportunity to begin digesting. If some set of unfortunate events ever leads you to this fowl place, take a look at the bathroom, and Im positive you will reconsider your dining options.
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Chris Howard
This place is awesome, me and my girlfriend went on a Sunday about an hour before they closed and still found a great selection of fresh food on the buffet. Not only is it a cheap place to get lots of good food but the people are friendly and offer good customer service. I also really enjoyed the endless crab rangoons "i think i had like 12," and my girlfriend really liked the fried biscuits, sesame chicken, and the fact that they have a good dessert section on the buffet. Long story short we found a great new place to go to and plan on going again tonight!
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Jim Putman
I showed up around 8:30pm on a Saturday night and was pleasantly surprised at the cheerful greeting by the owners 14yr old son. He was polite and quick to get my beverage on the table. The food was hot and delicious. Though the selections werent as large as some other buffets that I have visited, there was plenty for me to choose from. At $9.99, I felt I got more than my moneys worth. This was a short walk from the Microtel next door.....and the Dairy Queen was next door, too. I liked it so much that I came back in on Sunday.
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Andy Asher
Went to this place multiple times trying to find a good chinese restaurant, I like giving restaurants the benefit of the doubt so I will eat there up to three times to figure out if they are good or not. This restaurant is hit and miss. They have good food, but sometimes the food stays out on the buffet to long which makes it really dry. They do okay Sweet and sour chicken, but there are better places.
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Aaron Coon
Very little selection. Only one bar with hot food and very slow to bring more food out. We spent more time waiting for food to be brought out to refill the buffet than we had actually eating. Two-thirds of everything was empty or completely picked through most of the time (keep in mind this was 2:30pm, their least busiest time).
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Clayton Dryden
So many oils, so many sugar, I will be plump woman in year!! Could not find buffet food to eat, but I did find bugs...... Did not eat thoughs even when I was hungry! MacDonald has better Chinese selection and 4 percent less bugs I would rather eat bugs at Bejing Express! -Bejing Express
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Josh Lamb
Great for Delivery. Order about twice a month and they are very consistent with their food. Wonderful attitudes and the food has always been good. Its not the best food in the world but thats not what Im looking for when I order take-out Chinese is it? Would not eat Buffet. Delivery only.
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Erin Baker
1 star is more than this place deserves! In one word DISGUSTING!!! My 4 year old and I went into the bathroom and our feet literally stuck to the floor! I told him do not touch anything! Meanwhile our drinks were delivered, kids glasses were dirty and sticky, gross.
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Tina Vanourney
We have been eating here for over 10 years. We love the food we love the wonderfully friendly servers. We go 1-3 times a month and they remember what we drink and what we love most on the buffet. Its a great quiet casual place to take your family!!
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Todd Vandagrifft
It was pretty terrible but thats usual for American Chinese. If you go, check out the bathrooms. Super disgusting. Food was halfway done. Ill go again if theres absolutely no other choice than cooking myself.
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Cory Petersen
Food was cold and they didnt put out new food when container became empty. They let their own kids run around the restaurant pretty much unsupervised and food that was warm tasted like it was old and stale
