Golden Stove

I’ve only eaten here twice, but each time was an impromptu affair that left me thinking «I really couldn’t have picked a better place».
My first time visiting the restaurant was a fluke happenstance. My girlfriend and I were hungry and walking in the general area looking for restaurants that were still open. The store itself is situated in a very unassuming location and almost mends with it’s surroundings. Indeed, when one thinks of a quality hole-​in-​the-​wall establishment, Golden Stove definitely fits the bill.
Upon entering, the employee/​owner of the restaurant looked up from his chair and eyed my girlfriend and I down. He muted the volume on the TV show he was watching and approached us and asked if we would like to stay or take out. I said we’d stay.
The restaurant was empty so my girlfriend and I had a fairly roomy experience. The TV was softly humming as we looked over the menu. It was your standard selection of chinese food. As my eyes skimmed over the combination plates, I had to do a double-​take. The prices of these combination plates were low. Suspiciously low. I had to assume the portions must have been tiny. Still, I took a leap of faith and ordered a combination plate that included chicken fried rice, sweet and sour pork and an egg roll. My girlfriend picked something similar, but with Chicken Balls.
The order took maybe 10 minutes to arrive on our table but when it did, my jaw hung low. There was a lot of food. An impossibly huge amount of food for 6 dollars. I couldn’t believe it. It tasted great too. Salty and savoury to the right extent and just filled the palette with enough variety that I found myself mellowing into a mild stupor while shovelling food into my mouth.
The owner sat with us for a moment to ask how the food was, to which we responded very positively. He asked if he were from the area, to which I said we’ve been around for less than year. He told us that the restaurant was a very exclusive restaurant and that he typically only served people by word-​of-​mouth and that the restaurant itself is only open for a period of 4 hours every night. We just happened to walk in at the right time. I told him that I we were really lucky to be just walking by. He smirked and said something that no restaurant owner has ever said to me: «Well, the service kinda sucks but the food’s pretty good, right?» and with that he walked back to the TV and started watching it again.
We were halfway through our meal when I realized we couldn’t eat anymore so we took the rest of the meal to go. To which it served an entire meal again by leftovers alone.
I’ve since gone again and ordered the same meal to see whether or not was a fluke, but this time it was to go. The food arrived in a plastic bag and the quantity, as I had hoped, was insanely huge. My girlfriend and I ended up eating it together and we still couldn’t quite get through all of it. The only downside, if you want to even call it that, is that the establishment only accepts cash, but that is something I could have expected easily based on the overall look of the place.
Only open between 6pm and 10pm, if there is even the slightest craving for chinese food, the Golden Stove definitely scratches that itch in spades. Strongly recommended.

Ordered takeout by phone, was quoted an hour. Arrived an hour later, was told it was busy and would be an extra 15 minutes. 35 minutes later I was ready to walk out and was told 5 more minutes. 10 minutes later it was ready.
Portion sizes were huge, food was alright, but honestly they should raise the prices and hire some people. And maybe buy some Windex and a mop. We won’t order again.

The stereotypical North American Chinese food fare.
Having said that, ain’t nothing wrong with a little beef fried rice, sweet and sour pork and some broccoli beef when you’re too busy binge watching the first 2 seasons of The Last Ship.
May be formulaic, but it’s the best this side of Spadina and Dundas.

This place had the best Chinese food I’ve ever had. My family has been going there for over a decade now and have always been pleased with the food. Prices are very reasonable and the food is always top notch. The service is average but we know the owners and exactly what we want now so we don’t need much service. Things we order consistently :
Hot and sour soup
Cantonese chow mien with shrimp
Lemon chicken
Calgary crispy beef
Shrimp fried rice
These dishes always taste top notch and I have never been disappointed. Oh and the portion sizes are huge! Whenever we get those dishes above we always have at least 1 – 2 meals of leftovers again. I have been to other places that utterly disappoint me compared to Golden Stove. It’s worth the longer drive to make sure the food I get tastes great. Way to my go Golden Stove. Keep up the good work!

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Ok, the food was yummy. Really good sized portions and flavourful. We took home the Crispy Chicken Wings, Beef Chow Mein, Chicken with vegetables and 2 spring rolls for $ 30. My hubby can really pack away the food, and we still have tons of leftovers!
The spring rolls were huge and delicious with a nice thick crunch to them. The chicken with vegetables was ok. The beef chow mein was my dinner and I had lots of leftover for my lunch the next day. I think it was actually better the next day. Lots of beef, although not very many vegatables, and too many onions. It was the crispy chicken wings that was the surprise winner of dinner. So good! So saucy and so crunchy! I don’t even really like chicken wings, my husband ordered them for himself, but i had to steal a few because they looked and smelled so delicious.
I’d say the food was 4 stars and the service was 2 stars, so I’ll give Golden Stove 3 stars overall. I might come back here for the food, but I’m gonna try another place in the area as well. They haven’t quite won me over yet.

It’s so hard to find a good Chinese food place in Etobicoke, so I’m glad I tried this place. It cost me $ 20.00 for chicken fried rice, vegetable chow mein and honey garlic ribs. By the time I got home the sauce from the ribs was all over the bag so they were dry and didn’t taste that good, so I probably won’t get them next time. Everything else was soooo good! I haven’t had good Chinese food in a while! I’m going back for sure! I don’t think they deliver though.

Very big portions for the price. Quality was decent. Not the best Chinese food by any stretch, but definitely good value.
Make sure you order well in advance. This place gets busy on weekend nights and the take-​out can take a while. All in all, you get what you pay for and I would return

Do not be fooled by the exterior — sure it may need a bit of an update, but it’s the BEST food. It’s a family business with the parents cooking and the son running the front — the food is fresh and of the best quality! I am not a fan of left overs and even two days later the food tastes amazing
Pat

We drive over from the Riverdale area to the west end because it truly is the best chinese food that we’ve had in T.O. We were introduced to it by friends who live in Mimico and have been ordering from there ever since. If we can drive a half-​hour to get it, those who live in the neighbourhood should be eating there on a regular basis!!!

Went to this place with my girl last night. It was pretty good. The portions were fucking huge and we definitely ordered too much food for $ 35. Be sure to call ahead if you want take out, because it’s going to take 20 mins for them to cook everything up!
Although I had better chinese food but I think this is one of the better chinese restaurants within the Etobicoke area. Cheers!

My second time here and I can’t believe how tasty the food is!
The place is a family restaurant cooking up Canadian Chinese food… ie sweet& sour chicken balls, chow mien, etc but it also has some dishes that are out of this world…
I tried the empress chicken which was sweet, tangy and had a nice kick. The chicken was tender and fresh and the veggies were so fresh.
I also had their Cashew nut chicken, hunan beef and it was also awesome.
Definitely trying other stuff the next time I go back.
Portion size… huge, price not so much.
I suggest calling them and ordering take out as the last time I went and waited they were crazy busy.
Btw they are only open for dinner!!!