You know it's good when there's one Chinese lady taking orders, filling waters and bringing out food for the entire restaurant. Props to that lady man. My grandpas a very hard person to please when it comes to food and every time he comes here he loves it. Can't go wrong with any item on the menu. And on top of that it has that spinny thing in the middle. 10/10

Back to our old stomping ground from the airport. Craving local Chinese food. We ordered enough to feed us for 5 days to wind down from our trip. Roast duck, Gau Gee Mein, Char siu chow fun, Pork Ong Choi with Ham hah sauce, Spicy eggplant & Salt & Pepper shrimp. Everything is good, not spectacular but good. Portions are large so we ended up taking everything, only finishing the shrimp since it must be eaten fresh to maintain the crispness. Duck was a little salty but it was tender and juicy. Loved the chow fun which had a delicious smokey flavor. Crispy Gau Gee was onolicious, nice array of fresh veggies on the mein, Pork Ong Choi was delicious, spicy eggplant was a little on the sour side and not sliced thin enough for me. Still good over rice. The Salt & Pepper shrimp was excellent. Perfect soices, large crispy shrimp! Yummy. So, overall, still a goto place.

When Rod U. speaks, you listen. Ummm....what I meant to say is "Pay attention to Rod U." You see, I've known Rod U. for about 10 years now via Yelp. I met him IRL at Yelp events where he also even attended my UYE's when I hosted them many blue moons ago. Rod is a cool Yeep and highly knowledgeable in many types of cuisine and I look up to him and respect him. Rod U. is the Duke of Golden Wheel (GW) with 33 check-in's as of 3/7/2024. When Judy C., our coordinator of a small, exclusive foodie group, suggested we try GW, I had my reservations but when I read Rod U.'s review and saw how many check in's he chalked up, I was game to give them a try. Located in Aiea Town Square with neighbors of Hughley's Southern Cuisine and Palazzo Ristorante Italiano, GW has been serving Cantonese cuisine in Aiea for over 15 years. As a townie and the Unofficial Mayor of Chinatown, I was very skeptical of Cantonese cuisine in Aiea but I have faith in Rod U. Judy C. has been to GW several times now and she made the reservations and suggested we try one of their set menus of 8 items for $93. I read both Rod U. and Kathy A.'s reviews where I really wanted to try the lemon chicken so when I saw the set menu had lemon chicken was included, I agreed. Once everyone arrived and sat at our seats, Judy advised the staff of the green light to start. THE VERDICT: GW seems like a restaurant of my past when I lived on Maunakea Street in Chinatown. They resemble Tin Tin Chinese Restaurant and the interior décor screams the 90's. Indeed the food here at GW is adjusted to suit the local, or Western palate. The food reminds me like I was eating at your typical "Chop Suey restaurant". Food here also revived my childhood days growing up in Chinatown with multiple chop suey restaurants. We ordered a set menu and the dishes were delivered quickly shortly after we started off with the scallop soup, which was surprisingly tasty that needed a splash of white pepper. Our meal started strong. Next, the lemon chicken was amazing. Dish was made fresh as it was delivered temperature hot and executed well. I also enjoyed the sweet and sour cabbage with beef, that was substituted instead of the beef with vegetables. Love the sweet and tart contrast of flavors with a nice crunchy texture from the sour cabbage. The flavor of the Sam See fried noodles was not bad but I'm not a fan of thick, starchy egg noodles. The temperature of the noodles was semi warm. I wasn't a fan of their roast duck, as it was clearly recooked by deep frying with the dark skin color and crispy skin. However, the duck was noticeably dry. I also wasn't a fan of the egg fu young. This dish is too westernized for my palate. The biggest disappointment of the night was the fried rice. Although this also had a generous serving, the fried rice was clearly premade and the temperature of rice was tepid. Lastly, the seafood with vegetables was pretty good. I could smell the wok hei and the Choy sum vegetables still had a great texture and seasoned well. Service was somewhat spotty with highs and lows. The restaurant was consistently busy with many tables occupied and even witnessed a Chinese family dine in where they received attention from the staff. Although fluent in Cantonese myself, the staff spoke a different dialect of Cantonese where I understood for the most part but declined to speak to staff in Cantonese. We only had our water glasses filled at the end of our meal. Overall, a decent first experience at GW where I wouldn't mind returning. The lemon chicken is delicious and next time I'd like to sample their Capital style pork chops. There was a miscommunication with our waitress as she didn't put in our order and we canceled it as we were stuffed with leftovers to take home. I don't think I'll suggest this place to my family as they may not appreciate the "chop suey" style of food here.

Ordered two takeout orders of Singapore noodles for a get together yesterday. Very reasonably priced and the order generous. Traveled well, noodles still firm, and the guests gobbled it up, even though there was a lot of other potluck items. Hubby said restaurant was clean and lady was nice. We picked it up early at 5:15pm. Lot of parking in complex. We used to go there a lot a long time ago, but we plan to return there and try other items on the menu.

On a recent Sunday Funday in January, lunch with my Momma. We dined here for the very first time and def. won't be our last. We usually go to our favorite place but this time momma wanted Chinese, last minute saw Golden Wheel from the stairs when we were on our way to another biz. nearby. Yay Momma and Golden Wheel was on my bookmarks after reading a few reviews by Yelp friends. Mom and pop, old school, hole in the wall business had been around for 30 + years, dining here brought back memories of my dating days when I first had Chinese food with my hubby ( Pearl City Chinese Restaurant) The menu, lunch, dinner specials reminds me of it too. The restaurant is small, cozy. I met Stella, waitress and owner. She was very nice, She remembers 2 Yelp friends that are regular here. ( hehe. Kathy & Rod) Glancing at the menu, we decided upon the dinner plate (only $13.) and the saimin with look fun ($11.) Decided on this since the dinner special has all of our favorite choices, and momma wanted soup. The dinner plate is such a deal, can't beat this price! It comes with beef with vegetable, sweet and sour spareribs, chicken chow mein, crispy won ton, crispy gau gee, fried shrimp and fried rice. The portions was more than enough for 2. It tasted so fresh, could taste the food cooking coming out wok fresh. Not only did I enjoy the dinner plate, my momma too. She mentioned, the food so Ono, yah?! YES, Momma, it is! The saimin soup comes with look fun, veggies and char siu. Momma enjoyed this, she said it wasn't oily, the broth is light. It was just perfect to compliment our dinner plate. We shared this and got a nice 2 small rice bowl size soup, each out of this. Next time I plan must try the lemon chicken along with more items on the menu, & dine Chinese style with friends and family! All in all, the main thing my momma is happy dining here, makes it an even more Happy Sunday Funday! We will be back, recommend. Please support this local business, they need us! Happy Eating!

I haven't had the food from Golden Wheel since the eighties. I at that time, I worked at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard. Golden Wheel was nearly a once a week take out place for the crew. Today, it was dine in for me and my wife. We both ordered the dinner special. You get fried rice, beef with noodles, sweet and sour spareribs, gau gee, won ton, and shrimp. Good size potions. Well worth the price. Overall, I'd say the food was average. It's the price point , service, and the nice open dine in area make it a come bak to restaurant. Enjoy

Posting an updated review since it's been a year... We order the same every time...2 Dinner Plate because you get a variety of food and it's tasty! We don't live far so when we bring it home, the food is HOT! When I call in my order, the worker is very pleasant on the phone. They never ask for my name and phone number...guess they don't have too many no-shows. When I arrive, my food is ready. Fast service...awesome!

Hole in the wall Chinese food in Newtown square. Quickly accommodated our party of 12 & arranged tables so we could all remain together. Double orders of each dish was enough to feed us all. Pork with vegetable soup had just the right amount of seasoning. Gau gee mein was tasty & crispy. Steamed fish with ginger and green onion was perfect. Honey walnut shrimp was the 1st to go (no pic). Super ono. Friendly service. Clean bathrooms & restaurant. Fits around 40 people max.