Peking Wok

Great food but service is not good. We waited for over 30 mins for one order. After no one came to our table we asked what the hold up was. The young girl told us the health inspection was there and had to close to kitchen for a few minutes. (This was during the middle of lunch time) we hadn’t even gotten our soup yet. I asked if we could at least get the soup and they said ok, but I should not have had to ask that. After another ten mins they brought our food but did not offer a discount or anything to make up for the closed kitchen and time that we waited. Great food just needs better service

good lunch price and was well made. good service as well

Atmosphere–
Medium sized. Clean. Chinese decorations.
Staff–
Friendly. Not out going just friendly.
Food–
Pretty much tastes like all other Chinese Restaurants in the Birmingham area. I’ve only had 1 problem with the food. For a month or so the Mongolian Beef was so sweet it actually had chunks of sugar. Big crystallized chunks and it was bad. After a month or so they stopped doing that. Don’t go out of your way to eat here, but if your in the area it is fine.

Decided to come here despite the not so stellar reviews. I was pleasantly surprised!
We ordered the crab angels. They were so good. Hot and fresh!
I got the chicken and broccoli, my daughter got the orange chicken. I could tell they were freshly prepared. The food was piping hot with huge portions. I am not a fan of orange chicken but I decided to try a bite because it looked so good and it was the best I’ve ever tasted. My chicken and broccoli was really good too.
They have a buffet for lunch every day except Saturdays I’d like to try. I will be back!

So a few things up front — I feel terrible about writing this review because I like to support small businessses, but feedback hopefully generates the possibility that the recipes at this restaurant get a little bit more work. Secondly, I didn’t order the traditional American chinese food fare (i.e. General Tso, egg rolls, kung pao, etc.), so perhaps this review may come off as uneven.
I ordered the Crispy Duck and the Peking Duck. So I was pretty dissappointed by both. First off the Peking Duck was dried — not sure if that’s because I ordered delivery, but it was probably not cooked fresh to begin with (understandable, duck comes with expensive overhead if you are a small business), but still, my palate rejected the lack of succulent meat from the lack of duck fat, the lack of ‘recently roasted’ flavor and crispiness in the skin.
For the crispy duck — this was my biggest dissappointment. Crispy duck, just to give context, comes from the Shanghai region (northern Chinese cuisine if you want to extrapolate that type of distinction) and the fact that Peking Wok implies northern chinese cuisine, I expected better. Basically the crispy duck from this restaurant was just a regular peking duck dipped in a fryer or a wok full of oil. How sad. It was fried too long and all dried out (once again, probably because it was a refrigerated peking duck to begin with). See pictures for what I mean. For more context, crispy duck from Shanghai has a light batter on the skin and if done well (fried lightly), the meat should still be succulent from the heated duck fat. It should not be an overly fried peking duck, which is what I got at Peking Wok. Very dissappointing. Either remove it from the menu or learn how to cook it properly to give proper respect to the dish as well as to the future customer who should be going to Peking Wok for a beneficial experience.

Our «take out» lo mein, chow mein and egg rolls were excellent. Huge portions in easy save containers. I peeked at the leftover lunch buffet and it looked good. The restaurant itself appeared clean and well kept. Prices were reasonable. I’ll go back.

Let me start off this review with something positive…
The delivery was decent. 25 minute delivery time and the delivery guy was pleasant.
Now with that out of the way, I will share my honest review. The server who took my order did not fully understand what I asked for after asking multiple times of what I could order and not order. I simply asked for substitutions on certain items. If they couldn’t be done, I would order something else. Instead of telling me that could she couldn’t sub certain items, she simply charged me more for what I originally wanted.
I ordered the Teriyaki Chicken. It tasted like pure corn syrup with salt. The chicken was overcooked and rubbery, the veggies where no where near crisp and the rice was not truly fried; just soy sauce to make it look «fried». On top of that, I was charged extra for it.
I also got beef and broccoli because it was a side order. I asked for lo mein instead of rice. She told me she couldn’t sub the rice for lo mein. I asked her if I could get beef lo mein instead with added broccoli. She said yes.
Fast forward with my food and the lo mein noodles aren’t even lo mein noodles! This was regular spaghetti pasta! The noodles super dry, the beef looked old as it seemed preheated from the previous day, and the broccoli was criso except in s bad cway; it was raw.
I’m usually pretty lenient but this was unacceptable. I still paid for was seemed revenant of my actual order but rest assured I won’t order from this place again.

Food was average. Portions were small. Other places I usually have enough for lunch the next day. I got combination lo mein that was just noodles and very little meat. No veggies were found. Spicy chicken was very mild and seemed like a lunch portion. Fried rice substituted for steamed was extra charge. I’ve seen this at other places. Everything tasted ok. It just wasn’t super great. I won’t be back based on the portion size you get for the price.

Great food. Pickup orders are ready super fast. Great prices as well! $ 9 for a quart of wonton soup and four veggie spring rolls.
When Chinese restaurants are a dime a dozen, great taste with friendly service at an affordable price.

Ordered crab Rangoon, egg rolls, general tso chicken, and vegetable lo mein. Crab Rangoon and egg rolls were a 2 out of 10. Not a lot of cream cheese and «crab» filling and whatever they are wrapped in was tough and hard to chew. Same with egg rolls. Weak filling and tough. Chicken had decent flavor but nothing I would go back for. Lo mein lacked vegetables and flavor. It’s hard to find quality take out Chinese. These guys need to step it up. Won’t ever go back.

My default American-​style Chinese to go!
I normally like to reserve reviews on Unilocal for higher quality/​experience venues, but I know how much of a hassle it can be to find good, classic American-​style Chinese food, and I hope to tell you to look no further if you are in the Hoover area. I only order delivery, so I will not comment on the actual venue, but the food is fresh, the leftovers are actually edible, and it’s fairly priced. It’s a rare to find a Chinese service in Hoover that doesn’t give you a side of regret with your fortune cookie when you are finished forking.
Look no further if you simply can’t resist your urge to chow down on some Chinese food, I won’t judge your temptation for fried rice, if you won’t judge mine.

Ordered take-​out from them last week & it came right when promised. Had the egg roll (which was mostly cabbage), House Hot and Sour Soup was not spicy at all, had no scallops and the «crab meat» was artificial.
The main course was the Hunan Combo which was TOO spicy but good, the EGG fried rice substitution (.75 extra) had only one or two tiny bits of egg in the entire pint and had clumps of white rice.

Affordable buffet and friendly service.
Some of the best fried dumplings in Hoover

Great local Chinese spot when you are not in the mood to cook. Plenty of food for the price and always fresh!

Lunch buffet between 11:00 and noon is great price. The food is always great. If you visit towards the last 15 minutes before buffet ends at 2:00 PM — the buffet will be sparse, so consider yourself warned. They also deliver.
Crispy shrimp is awesome!