Golden Mountain Chinese Take-Away in Gwynedd

I must say the food was terrible and the waiting time was appalling I am not very impressed with the choowmain and special fried rice nothing like I used to buy years ago it's brown dark and its dry it's not nice like it used to be nice and moist and the source it's terrible what's happened why is vegetables in the sauce they used to be pineapple tomato and peppers there's none of that anymore I won't be returning to your store shop again also I asked for dry beansprouts they came in some sort of sauce but yes not the best food and I felt not very good afterwards so sorry but we won't be recommended

Takeaway for family of four. Processed brown shredded chicken in chow mein and chicken fried rice. Crispy chilli beef and massive chunks which were difficult to cut or chew! Not great but filled a hunger hole

1 of the worst if not the worst, special curry's I've ever bought. The grease in the rice was awful, it got binned and there was nothing special about the curry.

Just received possibly the smallest portion of chips known to man. Literally a mouse sized portion/ a hand full (for a small child) Don’t think I’ll return

Been coming here regularly for years! Food is always good. Portions are good and you can make phone orders. Would recommend.

Ordered couple of dishes for dinner, they were very large portions and really well cooked. Definitely recommended

Different meats served in various shades of unknown gloop. Prawn Crackers were good though, everything else...disappointing.

had a visit and was suprised at the look of the food - started eating it and saw a few hairs in it!! un-acceptable. you can tell the ham inside the ham omlette has been re-heated!!

Very good . Very hot and very very tasty 👌🏼little bit pricy to other takeaways but very good so can’t grumble .would definitely go again 👍🏼

Ordered some takeaway from the golden mountain a few days ago. Please do not visit here. We waited over an hour to receive our food and we didn’t even order much. Other people would order their food after us and still receive it before. It seems as if they prefer to give the local their food before strangers! We asked the girl at the front desk a few times where our food was, and she replied very rudely saying ‘it’s not my fault’ and ‘what do you want me to do about it’. We eventually received the food after waiting for an hour. The shredded chicken we ordered was rock hard, cold and stale. Disgusting and inedible. The Kung pao chicken and rice we ordered weren’t great either, but the noodles were decent in all fairness. Overall we had a poor experience, especially with the service and wait times. Do not visit here if you are not a local!

Bought four meals for myself, the wife and kids while visiting Snowdonia and I have to say this is the worst Chinese food I have ever tried to eat. Utterly shocking. The special fu yung was a dried clump of burnt re-heated ingredients. I did my best, but had to quit half way through. The rest of the meals were no better, overcooked and without any of the tasty characteristics you come to expect from good Chinese food. Never again.

We decided to have take away one of the days, the food was packaged great, the food was hot, service was welcoming. Great portion of food given for two of us, I couldn’t finish it all but overall I recommend this restaurant

We were staying up the road in Llan Ffestiniog and one of the neighbours recommended this take away. Doesn't look much from the outside but the food was incredible, so much so we went twice within 4 days.

We've been meaning to give this place a try for some time because a number of people have said that they prefer it to the Taste Garden where we normally go. The service was warm and friendly, the menu looked very inviting (apart from the scarcity of vegetarian options) but the food was absolutely awful. Happily, our dogs aren't quite so fussy, so nothing was wasted. I shall not be going back.

Decent little takeaway, big selection of dishes. Food has always been fresh and piping hot for me. Although I do find that you have to order some dishes extra spicy if you like chilly.

Arrived to stay in the town and ordered mid evening Thursday. Mixed starter was literally like DRY LEATHER!!! Everything out of a can and the black bean sauce was particularly awful...re heated and re constituted rubbish. Makes me mad they can take people's good money! It still cost a lot too!!! Go to the Quarryman nearby!!!

decent food, easy to ring before and just collect, extensive menu, plenty to choose from. only downside is they dont do deliveries

The food here sometimes taste like it’s just reheated from Penrhyn but sometimes it’s very nice, like last weekend it was lovely, had the banquet for two with my mate Pumpkin aka Christy Heal

Service with a smile and a VERY nicely cooked meal. We will definitely be coming back next time we're on holiday here. Thank you :)

Always good food here. Polite staff. Not overpriced. There is no delivery service, so phone your order through.

Due to the limited choice of take away we had no other option but to go here after reading some of the reviews we were sceptical but hungry. Upon arriving the place was busy with people coming and going. There is a hygiene eating certificate in the window with 1 on, not sure if the date and if this was for the restaurant part or all (restaurant was shut.) We ordered half a crispy duck, Sweet & sour pork balls, had to buy rice separate and BBQ ribs with syrup. We were not holding out for anything spectacular buy up on receiving the sweet & sour I has to question if the order was correct. It was a polyester tub of bright pink sauce, no onions, peppers or pineapple literally just a sauce. She said that's how they served it despite having a picture with what is expect from sweet and sour. The staff then mentioned a Cantonese sweet and sour so maybe we should have ordered that. The duck was better than we expected, although expensive. The ribs were fine, slightly over cooked and the syrup debatable to have just been Lyons syrup.The portions were average and the prices slightly expensive as you have to buy chips/rice separate so worked our about £8 a meal. Overall mediocre

We were going to eat at Y Meirion but they only have limited servings but allow take away. Blaenau is so small that there are about three restaurants open at this time of year and three-four pubs. There are three takeaways and I opted for the higher stars. The restaurant probably doesn't care because they have a captive audience. The portions were generous but why does plain rice cost half the cost of the main dish? It's just rice. I ordered Kung Pao (or as they have it --Po) prawns. There were indeed prawns and not too stingy there and they weren't overdone. The dish contained bamboo shoots, water chestnuts and i think one or two slices of carrot and one green thing (a pepper?) This could have been all fine but the sauce was slightly spicy and super sweet. Truly the worst Chinese food I've had. I live where there are many Asian restaurants so I know what's good. The weather was terrible, the eaters were desperate, the food and the weather competed.

Was looking forward to Chinese for tea. The portions were small and do not know what meat they use in beef curry it was awful. It all went in the bin not sure what we were eating. Never go there again also the fried rice was brow and tasted awful.

We came here for food on a Sunday night. They don't deliver. I ordered a chicken chow mein and it was very strange. There was no meat in it, instead there was a strange shredded meat on the top of it, that I wasn't sure if it was chicken or not haha. It was fine tasting it was just strange. The spring rolls were lovely.

Good Chinese take away. Nicely cooked (son says best chicken chow mein he's ever had) and reasonable value (Good portion size).

We came here twice during our stay at Ffestiniog. The staff were very nice and friendly, the takeaway was clean and the food was delicious. Highly recommended.

After a day walking, the kids were hungry, as were we, and this was the local Chinese to where we were staying. Got 8/9 dishes, all of them were good. Don’t be put off by bad reviews, just don’t expect the worlds best Chinese.

I was expecting worse thanks to the not-so-glowing reviews on here, but out of desperation/exhaution from walking we decided to give it a go.

I did not enjoy this meal at all!

Staying nearby walked down to the Chinese as it was closest. When your not actually sure when type of meat your eating maybe you shouldn’t eat it! Rice was dry and tasteless and the 2 dishes we had was more like soup with sweaty leftover veg chucked in. The staff were rude and unprofessional saying ‘what’ when she walked out from the back and proceeded to seat the couple behind me as they were eating in.

Estábamos un poco escépticos sobre pedidos China desde aquí en otras críticas, sin embargo la otra China en Blaenau Ffestiniog críticas mixtas. Así que el tren bala y poco.

La comida era deliciosa, barata y el servicio era rápido, como dice el título! El personal estaba dispuesto a responder a la pregunta acerca de alergenos. Teníamos arroz frito, singapore chow mein, vegetales mixtos Curry, champiñones arroz frito con huevo (no estaban contentos para personalizar este), rollitos de primavera y patatas fritas. Curry de verduras mezcladas mi era particularmente agradable. Mi única objeción era las patatas fritas eran un poco seco.

Pedimos el aperitivo mezclado, que era bastante bueno. Los rollos de cocina cantonesa eran bonitas, la tostada de gambas y costillas sabía que eran simplemente calentado.

Curry de verduras que tenía, OH tenía curry especial y ambos disfrutamos de nuestras comidas. El servicio siempre con una sonrisa, con un promedio de espera de 10 a 15 minutos. Los precios son muy razonables. No estoy seguro de lo que los comentarios son muy negativos. Bien, no es el Ritz, así que no juzgo así. Es una comida para llevar y sirve comida razonable para llevar.

Visitamos este para llevar durante su estancia en la localidad. Este tiene que ser el peor lugar que he comprado comida.

Very tasty food quickly prepared. I especially enjoyed the Kung Po Chicken. My daughter had the Satay chicken and said that was tasty also. Would buy from there again

Hice una búsqueda en google para la mejor comida para llevar, y la gente calificó esta.

Teníamos un chino desde aquí y era preciosa, el personal gente encantadora recomendaría este chino se paga un poco más que el otro en el pueblo, pero vale la pena.

Stumbled across this take away whilst staying at a nearby campsite, food was prepared quickly and was of amazing quality! It looked great and tasted great, already excited to come back next time I'm in the area!!

We stopped and ordered around 6pm, we had to wait for about 25 minutes for our food but it was worth it. We asked about gluten free food and the language barrier stopped us from understanding or knowing what they did. The food that we had was lovely

I was a little apprehensive after reading some reviews. However I was pleasantly surprised as everything was fine. Basically people who post reviews usually have an axe to grind. I would encourage anyone visiting Blaeneu Ffestiniog and fancying a Chinese takeaway to give them a try.

Ordered a meal for a crowd of us, food barely edible, staff had an attitude and both girls working there looked unclean and untidy. Had to wait longer than expected in the dirty waiting area. Would never return as the food was also horrible and tasted strange. Avoid at all cost.

We were starving and had driven around for 1/2 hour looking for a takeaway so this was where we stopped. Ordered a selection to feed 8 of us including 1 vegetarian. I was OK but not much flavour to be honest. Wouldn't go back or recommend to anyone.

Meals ok but very oil a bit disappointed with sweet and sour as full of batter. Then the meal did not have any sweet and sour sauce which we had to return to collect.

Maybe we were unlucky with our choices, but 2/3 of what we ordered was revolting. Sweet & Sour chicken was gloopy, gelatinous and weird tasting, crispy chilli beef wasn't crispy, chilli flavoured and it didn't taste much like beef either.It not often I throw food away, but I did with our take away from here.... sorry, but just very unpleasant.

We use golden mountain quite a lot as our nearest Chinese takeaway. Very rarely do they disappoint. Dishes are very flavoursome, and there's a great range on offer which all have their own distinctive flavours (so often find many dishes taste much the Same at other places).Aleays generous portions and friendly staff. Sometimes have to wait a bit, but it's usually worth it. It is beginning to look a bit shabby but don't let that put you off. We tend not to appreciate it as it's our 'local' but quite often realise just how good the food is after visiting other establishments when we're away etc.

Got a takeway here New Year's Eve. Usually it is pretty decent but this time it was really poor. The main problem though was the attitude of the owners when I went back to complain. I was made to feel like I was in the wrong. If they think that providing the wrong food and undercooking the chicken is fine then that it poor in my opinion. Had they admitted their mistake then I can accept that but to argue with customers in front of other customers isn't on.I shall not be going there again and I'd suggest getting something from the chippy, kebab or Indian if you are going to having a takeaway in Blaenau or even having something cooked for you from the Meirion.

Popped in one night after reading Trip Advisor reviews. I'll be honest, I wasn't hopeful but it was much, much better than I expected. Miles better than the Chinese takeaways in my area of Birmingham. The meat was good quality, portion sizes were generous and full of flavour. I'd go back if it wasn't a four hour drive away...

We are stopping in a village a few miles out of town and decided to make the trek for a Chinese takeaway. Due to the recommendations on trip advisor, I decided to visit the golden mountain. In the words of Julia Roberts in pretty woman " big mistake, huge mistake".I was initially encouraged by the fact that it was quite busy. The fact that it was not cheaper than our Chinese restaurant at home was also a positive sign. However, having gotten home it all went a bit wrong. The duck was fine. The chicken Kung po was more of a Thai curry, this we could deal with. The sweet and sour chicken balls however were something else. They had to be sawed open as they were so burnt and once they were open the grease seeped out and the chicken was rock had. The omelette was dry and rolled around tinned mushrooms. The omelette also came with soggy chips and some half cooked peas underneath. Not sure if this is a Welsh variant but I doubt any Chinese person would have touched this food. And neither did we.I have never found a Chinese takeaway that I could not finish - and I have eaten a lot - but this one was just too much and certainly one to avoid!

The food was very good, portion size was good. We enjoyed the meal, which in my opinion was good value for money. The only reason I haven't rated this with a five was due to the waiting time after ordering. Having said that, it was very busy with orders received by phone. If possible I would recommend ordering by phone and picking up.

good portions and tasted great, friendly service and quick. will be going back to try more. the spring rolls are delicious

Love the food here, always have. I always choose the same thing.....But needs to be re-decorated asap! Looks a bit dated

We ordered from here this evening on recommendation from some local people (we are travelling in the area) the food was fresh, portions generous and service friendly. Complimentary prawn crackers were a nice touch considering we are not regulars! Would happily recommend.

Use here quite often. Always decent. But last night's was exceptional. The ginger spring onion dishes are my favourite.Cheers.