Golden Gate in Watford

Delicious food, lovely atmosphere but always busy so if you are looking for quite and romantic this is not the place to be.

After seeing what was meant to be dishes from around the world,it was hardly that!!! The Asian food, there was plenty and Italian but that's as far as it goes. Apparently Yorkshire puddings is the only thing the English have to offer!! One seafood paella from Spain... the desserts looked disgusting, it was almost like a toddler made them. It was the biggest let down by far not to mention after being seated we come back to find another family had also been giving our seat's. The only plus side was the Asian food was good but it would of been better and half the price to get a takeaway. Don't waste your money!!!

Lovely buffet available for everyone's taste - Chinese, Japanese, Indian, American, British etc and also a fruit and desert section.

Nothing like I expected, very disappointing tbh. One pic says it all ,the prawn crackers were empty for the full 1.5 hrs we were there. Lots of staff clearing the tables but very few filling the dishes up. I told 3 members of staff that someone had been sick all the way to the gents toilet, still hasn't been cleaned as we left ,so I left my disabled mum to run to the nearest pub. Stick to your local takeaway wasn't the mother's day meal we wanted. Complete waste of £50

They had more food options at Watford than that of Ilford.Everything was tasty as usual.This one was also bigger and had a lot of guests.No parking space for this one, you’ll have to park off the high street and walk to the venue.I was engrossed in the food and forgot to take pictures

First time going to Watford and I have to say I was underwhelmed. Staff were friendly. Starter selection was really good, it went downhill from there. The fresh cooked station, well I love scallops and this person did not know how to cook they ended up burnt , also a thin minute steak over cooked chewy. Ribs burnt. Clams over cooked chewy. Indian section had no meat dishes all veg. Not a great selection of desserts, two sets of shelves both containing the same things. Was happy to see a Black Forest cake but it was bland. The Banana mouse seemed like it had a bottle of flavouring added. Not all bad Chinese section was very good, pizza, they actually got the calamari rings perfectly. Good crab claws, great Dim Sum. We traveled over 40 minuets because we were told it was that good, won’t be doing that again.

Expected a lot considering the reviews and the stars however it fell short of expectations. No chocolate fountain, cleaner staff rude and tried to deny me entry to toilet to wash my hands and face, denied me toilet paper to clean my hands.Some of the foods were repetitive for example the dessert section appears large with two different sections however they display the exact same cakes on both sides.Ice cream wasn’t kept cold and tasted like mousse, some things were clearly re fried. Place wasn’t clean enough and various cakes and ice cream left on the tongs and bowl.However I liked the way the foods are labelled showing which country it comes from and the Chinese section particularly the duck wrap section was the highlight and nearly always gone. The steamed dishes were also ok, and the char Sui dumplings soft as cake. The sauces at the section was also very nice. Teppanyaki was interesting, cook was clean and professional but the steak cooked tough.Overall a good vibe and nice for family out. There isn’t a lot of food choices and mostly space used for tables and walking around.

My husband and I visited today at 6:30pm after making a reservation and it was very busy. When we arrived we had to wait for a while to be seated at a table, which we could understand since it was clearly busy at this time, but when we were shown to our table we walked right past a whole area of unoccupied tables and was sat in a crowded corner. The table we were given was very wobbly and not fit for purpose. We had never been before and nothing was explained to us as we were seated.As we were sitting we noticed that the fire escape was blocked by some chairs that were not in use. Even though they are easily moved they still presented a big fire hazard, especially in such a crowded room.There was lots of options of food and the quality was okay, but nothing to be amazed about. The sushi itself was warm, which is worrying when it was raw fish.Tongs in desert area were covered in different types of pudding and put me off from enjoying the whole desert experience. The scoops in the ice-cream area were left in a bowl of water with different types of ice-cream floating in it.To top it all off, there was children running everywhere, running up and down the buffet areas. I even heard a small group playing hide and seek. I understand that 'kids will be kids', however they almost knocked my plate out of my hands a couple of times and staff was just watching on doing nothing.Overall I got the impression that staff were over worked and had given up caring about the service they were providing. Maybe they were having an off day, but that was the first and last time that we were visiting.

Great Food & Friendly Service with affordable top branded drinks 😀

On arrival of the restaurant, staff were very rude and unprofessional. They weren't very helpful of directing where to find things. Very over priced for what it is. Food was cold, overcooked and undercooked. Clean plates were dirty, it took a while to find a plate that was decent to eat from. All 3 of us got food poisoning after an hour of eating. When we asked to for some cups from the bar the lady was very rude and slammed the cups on the bar and tutted. Over all the experience was shocking and will never attend again. The decoration of the place was better then the food. Externally disappointed because it was for a special occasion.