Golden Star Restaurant

I have been coming here for at least 45 years.
I don't live here anymore and this used to be my mother's favorite place.
So I was in town decided to stop in have a little lunch and it didn't disappoint.
Same owners same food, so yummy

Pros- Easy parking right in front of the restaurant.
Arrived just after 7 PM on a Friday, and it was not busy inside.
I think this location is much busier for lunch. The dining room appeared clean and orderly.
They have a large menu but an even larger special board, when you walk in, to choose from. The food arrived quickly and was very delicious with good-sized portions.
Usually you can choose any table in the dining room you would like.
Waters were constantly refilled.
At the end of your meal, they will bring to-go boxes before you even need to ask.
I ordered the tofu and mushrooms with steamed rice and the sauce was incredibly flavourful even without the heat. . Cons- Menu modifications are not a problem, but everything comes with an up-charge.
As soon as we sat down, the server tried to get our order, but we were not ready, so she instructed us that when we were ready to order, to look over at her and wave.
Surprisingly, the rice that comes with your meal is a very small portion, and if you ask for more, that is an additional charge.
Also, if you want hot sauce on the side, that too is an additional charge.
We sat at a round table with a spinning lazy-susan in the center, but when the food came out, the server awkwardly reached to hand them to us, instead of simply using the lazy-susan to spin it around to each person.
I believe the server was slightly upset when I did not realize she was handing the rice to me when I was still getting the dinner plate sat in front of me. They do offer a choice of heat levels from mild to medium to hot.
I chose the medium and could not taste any heat at all, so I would probably recommend getting a hot because if you try to get hot sauce on the side, they will charge you! I think what bothered me the most was that when she presented the checks, she expected immediate payment from everybody.
I WAS STILL EATING! She said that she did not want to make multiple trips to run the credit cards, so she expected us to pay all at once! She handed us several extremely dirty pens to sign our credit slips. And I really wish they would get new pens.
She made sure to return and get the signed credit slips before we ever stood up.
This felt awkward to us.
I honestly don't understand the rush because they were still open for another hour+, after we paid. . Maybe our server was having an off day, but I could see other servers that were much friendlier and knew how to smile that we may request to be with them on our next visit.

We really enjoyed our lunch here and will go back! We ordered a bowl of soup and split it; it wasn't my favorite, but my husband liked it.
I ordered Generals chicken - it's not like the traditional General Tsos, BUT...
it's good.
Very crunchy- great breading.
The sauce it different but I liked it, very rich flavors! My husband ordered Kung Pao Chicken and it was wonderful!