Golden Joy BBQ

We went for lunch service on a Friday. It was decently busy, but I only saw 2 handling all the tables. Because of that, a lot of the dishes were borderline cold or overcooked, which impacted the texture. For example, the soup dumplings barely had any soup and were steamed too long, making the wrapper pretty mushy. On the other hand, I enjoyed the baked pork bbq buns; however, they were served cold. I reheated the leftovers at home, and they tasted a lot better.

I recently had the opportunity to dine at Golden not BBQ, a dim sum restaurant. The restaurant is located in a small plaza with ample parking. The restaurant's atmosphere is cozy and inviting, with carts being pushed around by older Asian ladies, which adds to the authentic Chinese dim sum experience. The menu features a variety of dim sum dishes, ranging from $4.99 to $30.99 for a whole duck. While the dumplings were not to our taste due to the thick skin, we thoroughly enjoyed the other dim sum dishes, especially the chicken feet. We also ordered a duck to go, which seemed smaller compared to other places, but was still delicious. Overall, we had a pleasant dining experience at Golden not BBQ. The food was delicious, the service was friendly, and the prices were reasonable. We would likely return in the future.

The restaurant was very big but not crowded when we arrived. I gave 5 stars based on the food and services alone. The roasted duck and roasted pork are so nice! The meat was very soft and tender. The chicken feet also very good. We ordered a bit too much thinking that “dim sum” will be small portion. The waitress noticed that and prepare take away boxes for us without asking for it. Overall, everything was good. I just don’t like that the restaurant and restroom are a bit run down and not so clean.

The dimsums were so good! I love how authentic it was. The servers were so nice as well.

I was still on the quest to look for the elusive good dim sum place in DFW and this place is the best I've found so far. The restaurant was a little old, so it probably had some history. The dim sum cart ladies were friendly and showed me the kind of dim sum they had in the cart. Overall the dim sum were very solid and decent, but they were not at the same level as the dim sum restaurants in California, Vancouver or New York. I would say this place is an ok restaurant to satisfy my occasional cravings for dim sum.