Chinese Vegetables Soup
Food Works

Food Works

50 SW Cutoff Worcester, MA 01604, United States

Food • Drinks • Chinese • Chicken


"Food tasted bland and seemed like it might have been reheated in microwave. Hostess/Waitress was extremely rude and passive aggressive. My aunt, while waiting to use the restroom, which was repulsively dirty, witnessed her rudely kick out and confront a potential customer for using the bathroom first, grilling her to see whether she was there to purchase anything as well. Afterwards saw said customer’s party she was with go to the bar and order a drink and ask where his date went, only to find out from another patron that crazy hostess lady had scared her off. Definitely gave me, my aunt, and the rest of our group bad vibes and they not only lost those two customers, but me and my extended family as well forever in the future. We left almost immediately after them because we felt uncomfortable, definitely not the atmosphere any of us want to to return to after everything being reopened again from the pandemic shutdowns. Also the bar was wayyyyy too bright, the lighting gave me and my aunt a headache. Those bright lights are meant for closing time, not chill and enjoy a beer 9:00pm on Saturday time. Last, but not least their dart boards were barely functional and service was incredibly slow. Probably because the only waitress was busy bullying the customers, but whose to really say I guess. I don’t think Chinese takeout and dive-y bars are the best choice of a fusion theme. Be takeout or be a bar, to try to do both is ambitiously tacky."

Golden Phoenix Restaurant

Golden Phoenix Restaurant

4542 Cleveland Ave Columbus, OH 43231-5854, United States

Asian • Chinese • Chicken • American


"Good food, good service for a large group, and definitely had that classic, old school , Chinese restaurant vibe! My partner and I were invited to met up with some friends and acquaintances for dinner. I am so glad we were able to make it and had such a wonderful evening out. Good food and good conversations and the host picked this awesome spot. It made for a lovely Saturday evening and met some new friends. Parking appeared to be limited to the lot size. We arrived at the perfect time and found a spot while others took a bit more time to get a spot. There were 10 of us dining in total with about 6 different checks. The server did a good job keeping up with the orders but there was in mix up with one concerning the wrong order being charged to the wrong card. That was creatively fixed and it can happen in a large group with multiple checks. The food was absolutely delicious. I had potstickers $6.50), an egg roll $1.85), and sesame chicken $12.25). All very yummy with good flavor. Only critiques were that they chicken potstickers but we didn 't ask and nothing was said), and the sesame chicken only had sesame seeds on half my order. Wasn 't really an issue as the food was good. My partner enjoyed the Triple Delight $13.25) with chicken, beef, and shrimp. I would say The Golden Phoenix is great for single dining, two people, or a family. I would also add they handle large groups really well as in addition to our group of 10, there was also a 40th Birthday party at the same time, with a pretty full restaurant. I recommend grabbing a meal here and would come back for another visit. In addition to the good food, I also want to highlight that we did not feel rushed at all. We dinned there for roughy 2 1/2 hours enjoy the food and conversations and the restaurant and staff were truly accommodating."