Derry Kangs Kitchen

I wouldn’t recommend this place to anyone! Food was reheated and hard, very greasy, even the hot sour soup was gross. Waitress got our order wrong & when she told her boss the woman was yelling at her. She came back with ONE chicken wing on a plate! We couldn’t eat the food but paid and left very disappointed. Only 2 other customers in the place at lunch time.

This place is in some old retail space, the inside is huge, but never full.
I’ve gotten takeout here only. The Vietnamese dishes are tasty. I enjoy the vegetarian rolls and Vietnamese rolls and the coconut soup is great with massive pieces of chicken and mushrooms. The pad thai, like many places that try and fail Thai, is mostly greasy noodles with sparse chicken or shrimp in sight. It’s suitable, if not exceptional, Asian food and there are not many better options of that kind of food nearby.

Not bad. We ordered take out. I ate here when they first opened and it was not bad. I asked if they could make twice cooked pork Chow Fun instead of the beef and it was no problem at all.
Back to the take out. It was very fresh and tastey. We ordered the lunch Pad Thai plate and the Pork lo-​mein plate. My wife asid that the chicken wing she received as a appetizer was good. I had the teriyaki chicken, crab rangoon and the boneless ribs for my appetizers. All of these were good, the chicken was very tender. The boneless ribs were not fatty or gristly like some are. You get a lot of food on these plates.

Disappointed. Walked in at 1pm and the place looked closed. The hostess/​server was nice enough but the beef Phở soup was not good and I’ve eaten it all over the place and it’s always the same goodness until now. The beef was tough and tasted old and the cook put lots of basil in prior to serving which is unusual. I ate 3 bites and moved on to the chicken lettuce cups. Those weren’t bad but not great and not enough to make me want to return in this lifetime. Overall, this place is drab and boring and didn’t appear to care about itself which translates into mediocre (at best) staff, atmosphere, and cuisine.

Food is pretty good. It’s better to get take out during lunch and get the cheap lunch plates. Foods always hot. Overall, the food is some of the top in the Derry area.
A big reason I don’t enjoy the place though is the staff.
It’s a bunch of young rude kids. They talk to their friends and fool around on the clock. They swear and are just plain rude to customers while you’re checking out. Most of the time they’re playing on their cell phones, completely disregarding their work. Not professional at all. Get new staff!

Not impressed. Staff needs training. Food was out 5 minutes after ordering, meaning it was not fresh. Pad Thai was pedestrian.

I really wanted to like this place.
We’ve been in twice. It’s close to home, and we love Chinese food. We used to go to the Power Wok, which was in the same building.
The first time we went in, we thought the place seemed dirty, the service was slow, and my daughter didn’t like the egg drop soup.
I decided to give it a try one more time. My daughter and I went in today. I ordered a lunch portion of General Tso’s chicken. My daughter got egg drop soup, an egg roll, barbecued spare ribs, and white rice.
We were one of three tables. The waitress took some time getting to us, and it took quite a while for the food to arrive. When it did, the General’s chicken was swimming in sauce, and the rice had soaked it up. My daughter was going to share the rice with me, but she didn’t like the sauce. The egg drop soup was an unappealing brown, rather thick, and room temperature. The egg roll was mostly overcooked cabbage and lacked flavor.
I called the waitress over and told her we didn’t like the soup and that it was cold. She acted rather annoyed and told me it had just been made and was not cold. I asked for more rice and she asked me several times why I wanted more rice. She finally took away the soup and brought us more rice.
I didn’t go into the bathrooms (we noticed that they were dirty the last time we were in) but the place seemed dirty to me and had a strange odor.
I won’t be back.

Oh dear. Been there twice. Last time there the waiter was working on a nasty infection in his stretched earlobes, and forgot half of our order. He kept saying he was sorry, was having a bad day, etc. Ugh. Owners seem very nice, and the food is good. They need help with the help.

Really slow service. Disorganized. Did not like the food at all. Crab rangoons were good though. We had packed up the leftovers but when we left we both agreed we would not eat them so in the dumpster they went. Wont be back.

Classic example of trying to do too much and not achieving anything. The menu is huge and that seems to confuse the cooks back there. The Phở is very watered down and there are no condiments at the table. You have to ask for everything and the vegetables are already in the soup when you order it. That takes the fun out of it. Living in Derry and only 10 minutes from the restaurant, I really wanted to like it. I was really hoping it would knock my socks off and I’d have a place close to home that i’d go too every other weekend or so, but sadly it isn’t and it saddens me.

Since Kangs has opened we have been there about 10 times. Most of the trips have been for the phở soup which is awesome. I have had the seafood, chicken, and the beef. (I have a small bowl for lunch and it is very filling) We have had the crab Rangoon on two occasions and thought they were the best that we’ve had in Derry, very light coating almost like a tempura. The pad Thai as well as the pupu platter are very good.

A refreshing addition to Derry’s oriental food options! The summer roles are fresh, light, and tasty. The Basil Mussels are perfectly cooked and plentiful. All of the dishes we tried were fantastic – we’ll above the norm for Chinese and the Vietnamese/​Thai variations make this place special.

Just so-​so. Crab rangoons were decent. Teriyaki was okay. The rest was not good enough to go back. I was excited to see that they have quite a selection for Vietnamese and Thai food in addition to the Chinese, but maybe because they offer so much the quality suffers. Fried rice was very dry, chicken fingers tasted weird, and the phở and Vietnamese spring rolls didn’t have much flavor. Also, the walls/​trim, etc was very dirty upon walking in-​being a new restaurant you would think they would have better attention to detail especially in the area that gives you your first impression. The bar makes for very interesting people watching, yikes. Might give them another chance since their menu is so extensive, and I will update if its any better the second time around.

Derry Kang’s Kitchen opened recently in the former Power Wok space. This new restaurant serves up Chinese and Vietnamese cuisine including phở soups, stir frys, pad thai, chow foon, and other specialties.
This restaurant has the same layout as its predecessor with a full service dining room and full bar section with TV. However, there is no longer a daily lunch & dinner buffet offered here (when it was Power Wok), just offered for parties only.
I stopped in here for lunch takeout recently to take advantage of the lunch specials served daily until 3PM. I ordered two lunch specials L3 ($ 7.50) and the L14 ($ 7.25), which were all set to go in 10 minutes as promised.
L3: Pork Lo Mein with choice of 3 appetizers (I chose chicken teriyaki, beef teriyaki, & egg roll) & soup (hot & sour). The pork lo mein had a mix of minimal vegetables and tender roast pork strips and plenty of firm noodles. The chicken teriyaki stick had tender slightly chewy pieces of boneless chicken (sweet flavor). The beef teriyaki stick had a big tender strip of beef, which had a sweet flavor. The egg roll (not too greasy) was filled with shredded cabbage, celery, spices, and ground pork and had a bit of a salty flavor. The hot & sour soup had a medium spicy taste.
L14: Mango Shrimp with pork fried rice & soup (wonton). The main dish had a mix of red & green peppers, onions, sliced mangoes & tender shrimp (cleaned) in a sweet sauce. The fried rice tasted fresh which had a mix of tender roast pork pieces and soft rice. The wonton soup had 4 small wontons (very soft) with a mix of cabbage & light chicken broth.
Overall, the food was pretty good and tasted fresh. The portions of food were good and I enjoyed the extra food from lunch for a late dinner.

This place is decent. It didn’t knock my sox off by any means. It is better then the other options nearby. The food came out quick and with large portions. The staff is very attentive to your needs. It is still very quiet because it is new. The beef teriyaki is excellent. The only downside was the duck special wasn’t that great. I would try something else and expect it to be good based on my other dishes.