Comments on: Golden Pagoda Resaurant, Chinatown, Los Angeles, 1975

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:29:18 +0000

Ha! My mother and grandmother took me to the Golden Pagoda when I finished elementary school. Gee…that was over 40 years ago. I think I will take my niece and her boyfriend tonight before we go to the Orpheum Theatre to see the silent movie Safety Last. They love old things.

By: Gingi Yee

Gingi Yee — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 04:45:06 +0000

Was there just last night! The start of Chinese New Year! 2011! Definitely a walk into the past! Like time stood still here! So Fun! And yes, the food hasn’t changed much! So many years past, my Dad work as a bartender just across the way at Grandview Gardens, the building now gone! But the sign is still there in amazingly good condition! (unaware of the absent building!) Love strolling down Gin Ling Way, so nostalgic!

By: eddie moz

eddie moz — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:19:51 +0000

there is a photo on the stairs going up to hop louie restaurant of Marilyn Monroe.
it is an ‘original’ (taken by the owner as she was descending the stairs after dinner in 1950′s).
check it out next time.

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:48:30 +0000

Growing up in Long Beach the 1960s, a trek up to the Golden Pagoda in Chinatown was truly a special occasion. Whenever we had relatives or friends visiting from out-of-town, dinner at the Golden Pagoda was on the agenda. I had my ‘going away to college’ party there in 1983. My mother’s favorite was the “fried chicken” – served with a finger bowl in those days! – It was delicious (and greasy) I’ve never been in another ‘Chinese’ restaurant that served anything like it.

I still take my family there for Sunday lunch once in a while, if we are downtown – its now called Hop Luie’s. The decor is a bit worn down now, but it is still a fun place to eat – especially with all those memories.

By: Wilma

Wilma — Sun, 18 May 2008 11:35:48 +0000

Joel, yes, this is the same restaurant in the named A-Team episode.

By: joel

joel — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 18:01:59 +0000

is this the same restaurant that was in the a-team episode called the maltese cow?

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 05:33:21 +0000

Maybe I always catch this place at a bad time, but normally I’m like one of 3 people in the entire restaurant, and “spectacular” is not the word I’d pick for the dining room.

By: Lara Jay

Lara Jay — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 23:01:14 +0000

When I was a kid, and before Thai food & 99cent Chinese food was on every mini-mall corner, my family would dress up and we would wind down the 110 frwy from Pasadena for a monthly Chinatown visit and for dinner at the Golden Pagoda. There was a beautiful chinese woman, in silk dress, who would play the synth piano in the downstairs bar while we waited for a giant round table complete with lazy susan to be free upstairs. My fav part was her wind-up mechanical monkey that would clack symbols together (oh and the Shirely Temple drinks!). The food was greasy and we felt very international. Then we would walk around the ailing Chinatown (ailing even in the mid-70′s) and I could buy a treat. Sweet memories of the big-gone era. I hope that area has a resergence (aside from hipster artists).

By: Trish

Trish — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 09:43:05 +0000

I can smell the tea and hear the crinkle of the fried noodle take out bags now.

RIP Jerry

By: Tim Severs

Tim Severs — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 12:34:41 +0000

That sounds like a neat place to visit. I hope to go there someday and try the food.