Mr Holy Gao in San Diego

Review №1

2023-11-18 16:24:33

Searched for Ma-dasao but come to a link called Mr Holy Gao. The restaurant owner must not want reviews.The rating is more like 2.5Came here because it is close to work. Owner changed and food went south. My friend’s Hainanese chicken rice was too yellow. Was it dyed. Garlic shrimp was too salty. The chef must have a heavy hand on salt. Noodle bowl was ok.When we pay the bill, the waitress won’t let go of the handle electronic device. It was so awkward and inconvenient to input tips and personal information for the receipt. Let go! I won’t take the device home.Probably won’t come here too often.

Review №2

2023-12-08 23:45:06

Nice place and really good comfort food and at a reasonable price point. Do not think of anything fancy but it has all the regular favourites. I certainly liked the fried rice and also the goo young.

Review №3

2022-10-08 01:37:55

I came here after a long day of work. I ordered the wontons in spicy chili sauce and beef fried rice. Now I rather enjoyed the spicy wontons and I also liked the lettuce garnish they added to it. Most spicy wontons I’ve had never had that but I like it. It’s nice to have a crunch for added texture. Also I added the sauce from the wontons to the fried rice because it was a bit dry. Made it 3x better. The beef fried rice is quite good and I enjoyed this place. Now the spicy wontons weren’t that spicy so I asked for my chili oil on the side. It was way better in my opinion but my spicy tolerance is way higher than most so don’t overdue it folks. Play it safe and work your way up to the heat.The staff were pretty friendly and I can’t wait to come back and try more.

Review №4

2018-10-04 04:07:48

Authentic northern Chinese food! Loved it and Ill definitely go there again if Im ever back in San Diego! The staff was super friendly and large portion of food for the price. I saw a horrible rating saying the food is bad compared to China Town and I what kind of restaurants they went to. I guess they either went to the non authentic ones or the ones doing other styles of Chinese food. To me the Sichuan dishes and there northern dishes I got were pretty authentic. Enjoyed the taste from home overall.

Review №5

2023-02-10 04:18:58

Horrible customer serviceI saw this place on the San Diego Eater list of essential Chinese eateries. I ordered the pork shank among several other items and instead received “pork belly with preserved Napa in brown sauce”. NOT THE SAME. It was the restaurants error and when I picked it up they said I had to wait 30-40 minutes for pork shank if I wanted it. I couldn’t wait and asked if they could take care of the incorrect item which the rude lady refused. So I paid for pork belly since it was for a work lunch and had to go. The pork belly sucked. I don’t like to eat that much pig fat which was 50% of the meal.String beans were good, as were the egg rolls, Kung pao chicken and noodle soup that my colleagues ordered. I will never go to this place again as a service professional.

Review №6

2023-03-02 01:35:46

Overall: The food was good, very authentic, and it took 20 minutes for the food to come out.Fish with sour soup: The flavor is strong! But it was the perfect mixture of spicy and sour. I would highly recommend it pouring over and eating over the rice.Spicy Noodle Soup: Again, more spicy than sour. However, it was the perfect Mala spicy-nessLocation: Its in a plaza lose to the Qualcomm work place with a lot of the other places to eat. The parking might be limited if it is a busy day.Service: Food came out fast. You know its authentic when you see a lot of Asian people eating there too. The ambiance was nice too, clean and minimally decorated.Price: Its a little pricy for my taste. However, the quality is good.

Review №7

2022-11-11 06:29:04

We ordered take out. It was ready within 15 min. from our call. We had house fried rice, honey walnut shrimp, Kung Pao chicken, Mongolian beef, chow mein, egg rolls. It was a lot. Adored the honey walnut shrimp -- big juicy tender shrimp with broccoli. The Mongolian beef was also tender. We really enjoyed the flavors of the dishes, none too spicy. The egg rolls and chow mein were just okay. The shrimp and beef were outstanding. The fried rice was still good 3 days later; it had a nice mix of stuff and was tasty. The shrimp was so good that there was no leftover shrimp. We had loads of leftovers, portions were way more than PF Changs. Cant wait to go back and try other menu items (they have duck, so we really want to go back). The restaurant is in a tiny almost dead looking corner strip mall. From one street you can see the sign for Mr. Holy Gao, but from a different street and from within the parking lot the restaurant has a different name. GPS told us where to go but when in the parking lot we couldnt find it until we pulled out and saw the Holy Gao sign from the other street and had to double back to the strip mall. Its not far from Gravity Heights.

Review №8

2022-09-10 03:19:12

Very delicious, very good service. Were here on holiday from Boston. The price of this restaurant is much cheaper than that of our restaurant.

Review №9

2018-09-27 08:58:35

We were there for lunch today and quite surprised at the portions of each dish for $7.99 lunch deals. Literally, you can have three people share two orders if not one. Busy during lunch hour so theres a bit of wait time. After we ordered, the food did come fairly quickly. The shrimps are huge, fresh. Most dishes taste like home cook meals rather than restaurant food. They do not skimp on the ingredients. This is the freshest value meals Ive tasted in a very long time. Must try.

Review №10

2019-06-07 03:30:39

The owner and staff are fun and friendly. The menu here offers many hard to find and unique dishes. If you like spicy food, there are a lot of options for you here, too.The food here is well prepared and very flavorful. This is not a greasy Chinese fast food restaurant. This is a sit-down restaurant that offers great dishes.