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| - The restaurant is located in a second-rate strip mall. It is old and dated, not particularly comfortable or attractive. The middle aged lady who greeted us and began serving us was pleasant and smiling. She provided one water refill. She left the restaurant not long after taking our orders and we were then served, in a way, by a teenage girl who was doing paperwork and disinterested in service. I ordered chicken egg roll, tofu with mixed vegetables soup, and tofu with mixed vegetables. As minute after minute passed with no food, I figured we would not be receiving one course at a time and I was right. The egg roll and the soup came together after fifteen minutes and the entrees followed within five minutes. My entree came to the table first, then within a minute, my lady's entree was delivered. The egg roll was tasty, but small. The soup had many good things in it, but hardly any taste. The tofu was surprising excellent: a good portion served in a rich sauce, but there were only a few snow peas and slivers of carrot in it. No one performed a quality check. The restaurant is only slightly less expensive than my favorite, Red Tea House in Mount Lebanon: a beautiful, attractive restaurant with ambience, where the diner immediately receives the best crispy fried noodles and refills (complimentary) to keep them happily munching as they wait for their food. I would dine at Golden Wok Inn again only for convenience as it is closer to my home than some of the fine Chinese restaurants. I can do better.
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