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| - Let me start by saying I am very picky when it comes to dining out. Chinese food is about the only dining experience I ever look forward to going to, so I'm always looking for the next best place to get Chinese. Let me also say that I frequented a Chinese restaurant back in Pennsylvania that was absolutely the best, so my expectations are high and I've been trying to find one that can maybe please me here in Arizona. Golden Valley comes pretty damn close to being as good as my favorite place back home.
Don't let the looks fool you, I went with a friend and its in a tiny run down strip mall and you can barely tell its open. As the old saying goes, don't judge a book by its cover. Once we got in, it kind of smells and looks like a pizza shop, but all the Chinese authenticies your used to are present here. This restaurant is actually run by Asian people as well, as one of my pet peeves is when you go to a Chinese restaurant that's basically an American restaurant that just serves poor interpretations of Chinese good.
At Golden Valley, its very authentic. Let me avoid rambling though and get to the point. Food is priced great, with entrees ranging from $7-$9. You get an absolute ton of food as well, and while I'm accustomed to getting enough for two meals, they give you a plate so big and so overflowing its enough for 3 FULL meals and perhaps even 4 smaller ones. It's definitely a great value.
The staff is extremely friendly and courteous. The owner Tom is very friendly, and I have even had some great conversations with him when the restaurant is less busy and I was eating by myself. Even when I had not visited the restaurant in two months, Tom remembered my name, and recalled stuff we talked about 2 months ago. It was a very nice hospitable feeling.
The food comes fast too. Most entrees took only 5-10 minutes to come out. The food itself also tastes pretty damn good, and I would definitely go back again. Not the best by far, but certainly somewhere I would like to go again. I give this review 4 of 5 stars because everything was perfect except the meat used in the dishes. I got a chicken dish, and my friend a beef dish, and the meat in both our dishes was definitely "mystery meat" The meat was a little fattier than I expected. and had tiny bits of cartilage in it. The meal would have been next to perfect if I wasn't swallowing or having to spit out crunchy cartilage or fat deposits every few bites or so.
I can't speak for the beef, but the chicken was obviously just very poor thigh, wing, and leg meat, and very fatty ones at that. I will go back though as while not the best, it was a good meal, and hopefully they will get better quality meat. Food and service is still so good though that despite this, it's worth checking this place out.
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