Golden Sands

Decent chinese take away food. Price is very very cheap average £4-6 per dish. We had the egg fried rice, chow mein and lemon chicken. Rice and noodle is fine but the lemon chicken’s sauce is too thick and chicken are all soaked too much in but would expect glaze of lemon sauce.
Overall decent food quality at this price range.

Enjoyed this meal alot!
Service is always fast and proffesional.
Thank you.

Average Chinese takeaway at a good price. Not accepting card payments is a pretty major knock against it these days though.

I’m very picking when it comes to Chinese Take Away (due to bad experiences), but this shop is good.

Their Kung Po Chicken is A1 ✨

Lived in Custom House all my life and grew up on golden sands. Moved to Essex 8 years ago but still drive back for it.

I love this shop the food is delicious the people are always good to me and the food is more than reasonably priced. I highly recommend the beef with ginger and spring onion and their chicken chow mein and the special fried rice. They're my go to. The whole experience is a joy. Love them dearly.

Tasty trusted local family takeout. food is good quality every time. Sweet &sour chicken is just right not too sweet like some restaurants. Perfect taste. Chicken chow mein, sesame prawn toast are also great.

AVOID - HAZARDS IN FOOD, DON'T IGNORE (SEE PHOTO)

Genuinely awful. I went to this takeaway hesitantly as I knew it to be the worst Chinese takeaway around my area, but I thought it was fair to give them another chance after a bad experience years ago. I checked Google reviews just to be sure and found that it's somehow got 4.3 stars (as of writing this review) so I assumed that things might have changed. I couldn't possibly be more incorrect.

I ordered chicken fried rice since it's almost impossible to mess up and it's usually seen as the "safe bet". Again I was proven completely wrong. It was hands down the worst bit of Chinese I've ever had and I've been AROUND. Insanely bland overall, the chicken was rubbery and had loads of black bits with weird jellies hanging off the meat. After eating 30% of my rice I discovered a glaring piece of metal wire in the middle of my food. I immediately felt sick and prayed to God that I hadn't ingested any of it, but chances are I had. I took a video and photo of it and without digging around any further, I went back into the shop and told/showed them what I had found. They simply refunded me my fiver.

Oh also! They have a VISA sign on the shop front, but force you to pay in cash - I wonder why?

I'm an idiot for going back here and giving it another chance. Potentially a costly mistake, I could have destroyed a tooth or fallen badly ill. So far I seem fine, but who knows.