The Golden Star
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About The Golden Star
The Golden Star is a Chinese takeaway on High St in Johnstone, with its premises at number 70. The menu follows the familiar takeaway range, and chicken curry is paired with fried rice to make up a full meal. Salt and chilli chips, also written as salty chilly chicken chips, are on the menu alongside the curry. Orders are usually ready quickly, without a long wait, and the food arrives hot.
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Reviews
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention chicken curry, salt and chilli chips, fried rice and big portions.
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention chicken curry, salt and chilli chips, fried rice and big portions.
Customer Review Summary
Reviewers most often single out the chicken curry, praised for generous portions and a sauce one says is now thicker than the watery version from before. Salt and chilli chips and fried rice come up close behind, along with prawn crackers described as fresh. Several say the food arrives piping hot and quickly, whether delivered or ordered in person, and the staff are called friendly. A few long-time customers say they have never had a bad meal, while one first-time orderer calls it the best Chinese meal in years of living in the area. The complaints are specific. One reviewer received chips that were soggy and hard in the middle, with the paper bag falling apart. Another got undercooked chicken, raw onions, boiled rice and only a little curry sauce in place of the chicken curry and fried rice they ordered. A third finds it pricier than a usual takeaway in Glasgow, by almost the cost of a side dish for the same meal. One diner says the portions were big and the chips good.
Customer Review Summary
Reviewers most often single out the chicken curry, praised for generous portions and a sauce one says is now thicker than the watery version from before. Salt and chilli chips and fried rice come up close behind, along with prawn crackers described as fresh. Several say the food arrives piping hot and quickly, whether delivered or ordered in person, and the staff are called friendly. A few long-time customers say they have never had a bad meal, while one first-time orderer calls it the best Chinese meal in years of living in the area. The complaints are specific. One reviewer received chips that were soggy and hard in the middle, with the paper bag falling apart. Another got undercooked chicken, raw onions, boiled rice and only a little curry sauce in place of the chicken curry and fried rice they ordered. A third finds it pricier than a usual takeaway in Glasgow, by almost the cost of a side dish for the same meal. One diner says the portions were big and the chips good.
Featured reviews
- Kenny Kelly
“Very nice food, good portions. First visit, so, well impressed 👍”
- Pauline Burns
“I ordered chips and a portion of curry sauce at the takeout on Friday. I drove home and was shocked at how undercooked the chips were. They were soggy, the paper bag disintegrated, so I had to pick paper off the chips. They were still very hot but I tried heating them up in the oven to cook them a bit more, but they were still hard and undercooked in the middle. They should have never been served to a customer. They tasted like they had been partially cooked hours before, placed in a paper bag then microwaved, which made them soggy and floppy. Awful!”
- Allan Williams
“Food served quickly and delicious as always Very friendly staff and food always piping hot.”
- Colin Clark
“Good quality food and great staff, never had a bad meal from here in all the years I’ve been going 👍🏼”
- Michal Olszewski
“GOLDEN STAR take a way is the best you can imagine, we ordered chicken curry and salty chilly chicken chips and came hot, DIVINE, DELICIOUS, TASTY always generous portion 🥳and on reasonable time. I have tried few takeaways in Johnstone but GOLDEN STAR IS NUMBER 1. Highly reccomend it 🤤🌹all excellent 🤩”
Hours
- Monday
- Tuesday
- Closed
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Saturday
- Sunday
Good to know
“Johnstone Chinese Takeaway”
- AccessibilityWheelchair-accessible entrance · Wheelchair-accessible seating
Amenities
- Wheelchair-accessible entrance
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- Wheelchair-accessible seating
Location
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- Golden City4.32073.4 mi£10–20
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- 3.5 mi£10–20
salt and pepper chicken, curry, salt and pepper chips
- 3.6 mi
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| Place | Rating | Distance | Price | Mentioned in reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Golden Star | 4.3142 | — | — | chicken curry, salt and chilli chips, fried rice |
| Golden City | 4.3207 | 3.4 mi | £10–20 | chicken curry, chicken fried rice, chow mein |
| Fortune Star Chinese Takeaway | 4.378 | 3.5 mi | £10–20 | salt and pepper chicken, curry, salt and pepper chips |
| Rainbow Garden Paisley | 4.462 | 3.6 mi | — | salt and chilli prawns, salt and chilli chicken, honey chilli chicken |
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