Golden Ginger | Japanese

We read the reviews because we were in an unfamiliar part of Northern Utah. 4.5 stars? How could you go wrong? When we finally found the restaurant, we were a bit put off by the appearance, but going on the reviews we decided to go in and give it a try. We both had the bento box for dinner. She had the salmon and I had the chicken. I had miso soup. She had chicken soup. The miso soup was so so miso and was a little above room temperature. My wife didn’t finish the Egg drop soup. It was thick andh starchy and basically tasted like a chicken broth cube in thicken hot water. The presentation of the bento box was deceivingly good. (Proof’s always in the pudding) We never figured out what the salad dressing was, but it seemed like it was mostly mayonnaise with a little sugar. The potstickers.,. We’re not as good as what we get from Costco. The sushi, California roll that is, had the same kind of sauce as what was on the salad and it did not taste like a California roll. For me, the only flavor that tasted authentic was the wasabi and the white rice. They use a hydrolyzed soy sauce in their teriyaki sauce and you can taste it immediately. I would suggest they change to something of the quality of a brewed soy sauce like Kikkoman. Ask any chef at a high end Japanese restaurant if he or she uses hydrolized, un-brewed soy sauce in their meal preparation. (Absolutely never) The teriyaki sauce tasted like sweetened beef broth mixed with their hydrolyzed soy sauce. A pungent taste. After a while, and after having looked around the restaurant for a little bit, we could see that it was not very well kept, and we were worried about the condition of the kitchen. We did not finish our meal and when they asked us if we needed take-home cartons… We politely said no thank you. If you are expecting authentic 4.5 rated Japanese food, you will be disappointed…I would look elsewhere. If price is your only concern (we paid $30 plus tip) and you’re OK with it looking like Japanese food but tasting like something other than that, this restaurant is for you. I don’t normally leave reviews, but we were so disappointed after having anticipated a delicious Japanese dinner, that I don’t want another person to stumble into this place like we did and regret it… Like we did.👎🏻👎🏻

We read the reviews because we were in an unfamiliar part of Northern Utah. 4.5 stars? How could you go wrong? When we finally found the restaurant, we were a bit put off by the appearance, but going on the reviews we decided to go in and give it a try. We both had the bento box for dinner. She had the salmon and I had the chicken. I had miso soup. She had chicken soup. The miso soup was so so miso and was a little above room temperature. My wife didn’t finish the Egg drop soup. It was thick andh starchy and basically tasted like a chicken broth cube in thicken hot water. The presentation of the bento box was deceivingly good. (Proof’s always in the pudding) We never figured out what the salad dressing was, but it seemed like it was mostly mayonnaise with a little sugar. The potstickers.,. We’re not as good as what we get from Costco. The sushi, California roll that is, had the same kind of sauce as what was on the salad and it did not taste like a California roll. For me, the only flavor that tasted authentic was the wasabi and the white rice. They use a hydrolyzed soy sauce in their teriyaki sauce and you can taste it immediately. I would suggest they change to something of the quality of a brewed soy sauce like Kikkoman. Ask any chef at a high end Japanese restaurant if he or she uses hydrolized, un-brewed soy sauce in their meal preparation. (Absolutely never) The teriyaki sauce tasted like sweetened beef broth mixed with their hydrolyzed soy sauce. A pungent taste. After a while, and after having looked around the restaurant for a little bit, we could see that it was not very well kept, and we were worried about the condition of the kitchen. We did not finish our meal and when they asked us if we needed take-home cartons… We politely said no thank you. If you are expecting authentic 4.5 rated Japanese food, you will be disappointed…I would look elsewhere. If price is your only concern (we paid $30 plus tip) and you’re OK with it looking like Japanese food but tasting like something other than that, this restaurant is for you. I don’t normally leave reviews, but we were so disappointed after having anticipated a delicious Japanese dinner, that I don’t want another person to stumble into this place like we did and regret it… Like we did.👎🏻👎🏻

Food is great, however, I did see the sushi chef take off his gloves after cooking and then went on to mop the floors then he went back to put on the same dirty gloves that he left next to the food to continue cooking, cross contamination. Service takeout is awful very greedy with sauces very very greedy, I make sure that I tell them to give me enough sauce for everything that I order and they’d till just give me for example one sriracha, two soy sauce packets for $40 worth of sushi rolls. They also put my Shrimp tempura rolls together with my Nevada rolls, really? I get if I order the same sushi and they put them in the same container but two complete different once’s, I don’t think so.. When I called them to ask why they do this they said I have to tell them to separate them otherwise it will all come in the same tray and they also said something about their trays costing them $2.00 each, or they possibly meant to say I have to pay them $2.00 extra for separate trays? Bitter sweet case here, love their food but hate their service and hate their greediness…

Food is great, however, I did see the sushi chef take off his gloves after cooking and then went on to mop the floors then he went back to put on the same dirty gloves that he left next to the food to continue cooking, cross contamination. Service takeout is awful very greedy with sauces very very greedy, I make sure that I tell them to give me enough sauce for everything that I order and they’d till just give me for example one sriracha, two soy sauce packets for $40 worth of sushi rolls. They also put my Shrimp tempura rolls together with my Nevada rolls, really? I get if I order the same sushi and they put them in the same container but two complete different once’s, I don’t think so.. When I called them to ask why they do this they said I have to tell them to separate them otherwise it will all come in the same tray and they also said something about their trays costing them $2.00 each, or they possibly meant to say I have to pay them $2.00 extra for separate trays? Bitter sweet case here, love their food but hate their service and hate their greediness…

I have been to this restaurant twice and I ha e enjoyed it both times. The service is good even though others might have said otherwise. I would definitely recommend this for those who are vegetarian because they have more options. Those who I have been with who had either chicken or beef did say they thought their food was good as well. Sometimes it can be hard to find good Asian restaurants and I think an added plus for this restaurant is that they have Japanese, Chinese, some Indian and Vietnamese. Good food at a great price too!