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Golden Bowl

Restaurant Chinese takeaway

One of the Most Revieweds in Drogheda


Address

2, 4 Bóthar Brugha, Drogheda, Co. Louth, A92 XDX8, Ireland

Website

goldenbowl-chinese.ie

Contact

+353 41 983 4077

Price rating

$ $$$

Rating on Google Maps

4.20 (258 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Wednesday: 5 pm to 1 am
  • Thursday: 5 pm to 1 am
  • Friday: 5 pm to 1:30 am
  • Saturday: 5 pm to 1:30 am
  • Sunday: 5 pm to 1:30 am
  • Monday: 5 pm to 1 am
  • Tuesday: 5 pm to 1 am

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: chicken (13) good (9) Chinese (9) sauce (7) order (6)
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  • 3/5 Karen G. 5 years ago on Google
    I'm on either side of the fence here. They do one of the best 3 in 1s but their chicken is what brings the stars down for me. I love a good crispy shredded chicken, their batter for it is one of the best in town but jesus their meat is an absolute chew fest and swallowing it is damn near impossible. Such a pity. The place is nearly always packed and you will be waiting up to an hour for delivery, but if your not ordering chicken then definitely try here.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Cole E. 7 months ago on Google
    All I can say is just wow that black bean makes me feel a different way and then the noodles 🤤
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Shane N. 2 years ago on Google
    With out a doubt the worst Chinese I have ever had. Rice was so dry and tasteless chicken in the chicken balls was rock hard all I could taste is grease and the crispy shredded chicken was like biting into stringy rubber. Went straight in the bin so disappointed.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Graham O M. 2 years ago on Google
    Always good food and friendly staff 😋
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 daniel p. 1 year ago on Google
    Ok food, terrible service. Staff walking around trying their best to ignore you. Short a can of 7up. When I rang to see was it not two cans I was supposed to get with the 12-in megabox, the person who answered the phone wasn't sure and had to go and ask. Never bothered coming back to me just hung up the phone. Got home opened the 12-inch megabox and half of the sauce was spilled in the bottom of it.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Brandon A. 4 months ago on Google
    Starting with the good, staff were on the ball and lovely. Being a person of colour in a new area you never know the interactions you’re going to get but you can tell these are good people. Cans were ice cold! Was very disappointed with the food. After moving here from Dublin we are trying to find a good Chinese and was unable to continue eating my meal. I got a spicebag and curry sauce. A lot of the chicken was really rubbery and almost fishy, chips were ok but where I’d just drown it in curry sauce, the curry sauce was deplorable. It was a bit sweet/tangy and potato-y and very liquidy.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Alan B. 1 year ago on Google
    Great food really nice.

  • 5/5 Angie E. 8 months ago on Google
    Excellent food, prices and customer service skills and deliveries and been long standing the test of time which speaks for itself

  • 1/5 chris f. 4 months ago on Google
    Gone to the dogs. The last three times I have ordered from here they messed up the delivery. From 2 hr wait to cold food and missing drinks. I am done with ordering from here.

  • 1/5 kevin o d. 8 months ago on Google
    Golden bowl is the worst Chinese in drogheda, nothing is cooked fresh you get left overs from the night before reheated rice and chips, chicken balls are always burned to a crisp and the salt and pepper chicken is disgusting big massive chunks of something that definitely is not chicken,horrible stringy muck, how have people given this place 5 stars I'll never know..dirt..avoid

  • 1/5 Anji T. 9 months ago on Google
    Ordered a house special last night, there was too much sauce on top of the rice. While I was eating I found a hair on top of my veg. We order salt and chilli squid it seem preheated and not fresh at all. Food was horrible never again!

  • 1/5 Tea P. 9 months ago on Google
    This place has really gone down hill! I ordered chicken balls and a chow mien. When I brought them home and opened the bag the chicken balls were soaked in grease. I tried to squeeze them out with blue roll, they were so bad they where dripping and I went through loads of roll before id gotten enough grease out them for them to be edible. The Chow mien was also very greasy, ive never had a greasy chow mien before but it was coated in pure grease. Absolutely disgusting, I will never order food from here again.

  • 1/5 Krzysztof W. 4 months ago on Google
    Quantity of the noodle box is much lower than before but the price is higher. Not recommended.

  • 5/5 Sandrina 5 months ago on Google
    Been going here since teenage years with friends, we’d always order the 3in1 which has the best curry in town. Their spice bag is also the best. Everything I’ve ordered is lovely and have had no problems. Until now they’re my favourite Chinese and I have good memories

  • 1/5 Rebecca M. 11 months ago on Google
    Order a takeaway this evening, order duck fried rice and friend noodles with szcheuan sauce. Got noodles with no sauce and no duck in fried rice all vegetables. Very dissapointed as we are regular customers to the Golden Bowl.

  • 1/5 Colm M. 1 year ago on Google
    Wouldnt no about the food.Orderd in shop watched 3 peopel who entered after me get serverd asked about my order told 5 mins.10 mins later asked again then told they couldnt find my order.Worst iv ever seen.Never again

  • 2/5 Tashvin J. 1 year ago on Google
    Cheap food, good price. Very salty black bean meals for over 1 year or more. Just shows mediocrity. Taste ur food bro. Very poor.

  • 5/5 Aaron O S. 1 year ago on Google
    Best Chinese in town lovely food but only problem never on time

  • 1/5 Meda B R. 1 year ago on Google
    Almost died when choked on shredded chicken from the spice bag it was rock hard and couldn’t eat it imagine that being a child I will be making further complaints !

  • 5/5 Paul D. 1 year ago on Google
    best Chinese in drogheda ordering from here for 20yrs never had a problem food is always delicious and always arrives on time nowhere else come close to this place ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

  • 1/5 McTapoutos 1 year ago on Google
    This was the 4th time that the food was disgusting, I'm well aware that European Chinese its not really Chinese food, I was in China but today it was the biggest low so far and I'm not criticising for the sake of because they use to have a good food like the the box, spice bags or some other dishes but since July the food is just dry, everything taste the same even chips are dry and taste like they just microwave it. Stay away and try a different place if you change the your staff well get them back or hire someone else to cook because the food is absolutely horrible.

  • 5/5 Pauline M. 1 year ago on Google
    Excellent food here. Prawns are always just perfect. I love the satay noodle box . Prices are very good and worth it. I've tried lots of meals and never been disappointed. Excellent friendly service. Definitely the best around.

  • 3/5 Sinead J. 2 years ago on Google
    Friendly and efficient. Can be hit our miss with food.

  • 1/5 Charlie M. 2 years ago on Google
    Awful experience, got it freezing cold and when I try to ring them I get no response.

  • 5/5 lisa b. 1 year ago on Google
    Always lovely food best chinese around

  • 5/5 B. R. M. 1 year ago on Google
    I have tried most Chinese takeaway's in the town but nothing beats the Golden Bowl everything in it is just perfect


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Amenities


  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Late-night food
  • Accessibility
    • ✗ Wheelchair-accessible seating
  • Service options
    • ✗ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Delivery
    • ✓️ Takeaway
    • ✓️ Kerbside pickup
    • ✓️ No-contact delivery

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