Golden Daisy Restaurant

Golden Daisy owns our hearts. We drive about 30 minutes just for pickup.
The place is pretty small and almost always packed with customers waiting on delicious goodness.
We order shumai for almost every occasion from them. Call ahead and order. They are very prompt, when you say you want something for pickup for 330. It will be ready for 330. Just make sure your cash is ready since it’s cash only.

If you’re fussy about décor or nervous about grimy hole in the wall places, you probably won’t like Golden Daisy. English is barely spoken, it’s cash only and the list goes on.
I do not care. It’s been my experience that some of the best food comes from the unlikeliest of sources. Golden Daisy falls neatly into that category.
Seriously great dim sum. Probably the best shui mai in town. The bbq duck & pork are stellar and fresh. And the prices? Like a budgie: cheap!!!
The staff is sweet and accommodating in a gruff way. Again, you’ll either love it or hate it. Can’t please everyone and Golden Daisy is about as unpretentious as can be. But it’s very solid!

Yup, still the best roast duck in Seattle, in my opinion. Tender, juicy, and amazing.

BEST SHUMAI I HAVE EVER HAD. BBQ pork, roast pork and ROAST DUCK are amazing. Exactly the favors you want when craving good roast duck. The actual restaurant is a for sure a hole in the wall and English is barely spoken, but the food is so amazing and sets this place a part from the other dim sum I have had in Seattle. If I could only eat at on place for the rest of my life I would choose Golden Daisy hands down.

The old dirty walls. The greasy looking tables. The dusty fan. The old woman at the front door yelling «sit here» The warm musty air filling me and my friend full of fear. We looked around and wondered why anyone would possibly order anything to eat here? Did the good reviews come from well-​meaning relatives of the owners? Or are they cruel pranksters with a wicked sense of humor? If you should feel life is no longer worth living. I recommend you purchase your Last Meal here. My friend and I quickly walked out and thanked our lucky stars we still had another chance to find a cleaner more appetizing venue to order Dim Sum. 1 star given for the worst restaurant ever seen in Seattle.

Cashew chicken is pretty good. Mongolian beef is also okay. Price is reasonable.
BBQ pork bun is good. The cake was also good.
It is 3.5 stars.

This place is small and outdated but it’s convenient. They have Chinese bbq, dim sum and a menu with various stir fry items. It’s not as good as going to Chinatown but it’s close to home. The folks are really nice. We usually get the fuk chow fried rice, chow fun or Singapore noodles. It’s usually not too greasy or salty. Oh, they also have delivery.

If you want the best SidePork or ChaChu (BBQ pork), this is the place. You need to be there around 11.00am or you’ll miss out. Make sure you get the fatty pork and just remove the fat and discard. The rest of the meat is the tastiest you’ll experience. Not sure about the in-​house food. Isn’t the cleanest place either.

Excellent Chinese BBQ. Already getting lots of recognition for it despite not being in the International District. The skin on the BBQ pig is always crispy. BBQ pork and duck is on the mark. It would get even much more recognition if it delivered the same type of quality with its other menu items such as dim sum.

Review is only for catering experience — namely BBQ whole pig! In terms of presentation, serving the whole animal will surely make an impression on guests! We got a 30 lb piggie for hosting a wedding party for my sister.
The restaurant is mostly BBQ takeout and they do have dim sum to go. It’s really tiny and parking is virtually non-​existent. The good news is that they will help you haul out the pig to your trunk if you park in the loading zone.
As for the pig itself — amazing! Crispy skin and some if the most juiciest meat imaginable. All the guests enjoyed it and my uncle commented it was better than versions he had in San Francisco! 30 lbs of pig was quickly chopped up and distributed to the various families by the end of the day. Not sure who got to keep the best part though — according to Andrew Zimmer it’s the cheeks!

Do not eat dim sum here. We went to tried it out because of the review and could not finish what we order. The food is cheap, but the taste is horrible.

Excellent prices. The Chinese BBQ is cheaper and much more flavorful than most places in Seattle. Good place for ordering to go if you’re in a hurry. My personal favorite is the roast duck. It always gets sold out by the end of the day so get there early!

I found they are such a rip off. Dirty getto place. They have two types of menu with different price. Pink one is more expensive than white one. They switch it for deferent people. I didn’t know the difference and I just picked up white menu and I ordered to go, then I found them putting higher price. I checked with pink menu price that was still cheaper than they were charging. It was even before tax. I couldn’t believe they do this. They’ve lost a very good customer for good cause’ I will never go back there again. Very sad.

Great flavor on their roast pork and it’s cheaper than most other places. They also have cheap dimsum items like hargow, shumai, cheurng fun, law mai gai, etc. They also have cheap charsiu baos for something like 3/​$ 1. The word cheap has appeared three times in this review so it’s time to introduce the word grimey… which this place kind of is. It’s not a huge deal though and the owner lady is really nice. Set your expectations appropriately and you won’t be disappointed.

If you are looking for shu mai and ha kau on steroids… This should be your go to spot! Talk about getting your money’s worth! Yammmmy

Hole in the wall with amazingly good food.
Their roast duck is delicious, tender with well marinated lite crisp skin with delicious duck/​plum sauce.
Roast pork is delicious as well! Skin crisp to perfection with great swt and sour sauce to it.
They have other options in food as well, I’ve have their duck noodle soup and chow mein before. All delicious, have I mentioned it was delicious?
It can get hot and stuffy on a warm summer day BUT its worth the heat, in my opinion.
Must try! And I believe it’s cash only.

It seems like this place has been here forever. They have good BBQ lunch boxes and cheap dim sum. They have siu mai, har gau, mushroom, shrimp and beef rice rolls, chicken feet, pork spare ribs, gin duey, bok hong tay and malaysia cake for dim sum. Most are priced at $ 2.
The bbq lunch boxes come with stir fried cabbage. Sometimes I just eat a few pieces of the bbq pork or roast pig and just end up eating all the rice and cabbage cause it is just that good. Yummy. I had ordered their chicken and shrimp chow mein and honey walnut shrimp and they were all yummy. The chow mein can get a little too oily sometimes though. I’ve mainly have gotten my orders to go. I did end up eating inside twice and it is a small old bare bones kinda place. So no ambiance if that is what you are looking for. But they have a fish tank to gaze at.
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They have solid good grub. I had a late night craving for something simple, some good simple Chinese take-​out. BBQ Pork and Rice — awwwh yeeah! Big portion for value. The gentleman there had poor english skills but good finger-​menu-​pointing skills. :)
It definitely could see better days inside, but I know now that I can get some good grub here.

Solid lunch box for Chinese BBQ, Cantonese Chinese Food, and Dim Sum in the Beacon Hill area.
I love supporting our local business in my hood. I usually get the BBQ Char Siew and Dim Sum when I do not want to drive to Chinatown.
A hole in the wall small location with a big window displaying all the Chinese BBQ. They have a few tables if you want to dine in but I normally do take out from here. My daughter enjoys staring at the fish tank.
The Char Siew is pretty tasty with good flavor and not too fatty. The Dim Sum are simple selection of har gao, siu mai, lotus leaf sticky rice, steam char siew bao, chicken feet, spareribs, rice noodles with standard beef or shrimp, sesame ball, and fried pork ball.
Nothing really stand out but the chicken feet are pretty good and fried pork ball was also delicious for the price. I like that the har gao and siu mai are larger size portions. I didn’t like the lotus leaf sticky rice, it has hard texture rice with peanuts… yuk.
The prices were inexpensive to standard price range and the customer service is slow but it is a family owned business so I let that go because of the convenience factor.

Gourmet? No. Inexpensive and friendly? Absolutely!
Golden Daisy is a tiny Chinese restaurant offering your regular Chinese food/​BBQ as well as a super small number of dim sum items.
From the dim sum menu:
— The tea was weak.
— Har gao was OK.
— Sticky rice was OK.
— Rice noodles (only ones with beef or shrimp were available) were plentiful and decent, but they took forever to come out.
From the regular menu:
— Shrimp with Snow Peas was decent. (I love snow peas!)
I like how a huge pile of rice noodles was only $ 1; however, the quality of food did not impress me enough. I might try their BBQ duck ($ 14), but I don’t think I’ll ever go back there for dim sum.