Sun Ming Chinese Restaurant

The best chinese restaurant in town. Great selection on the menu both for americans and chinese. There are many traditional dishes that I can get here so I don’t have to cook myself!!!

Great Chinese food! And I am Asian so I am a little picky when it comes to Asian food. I always get the clay pot brisket, Cantonese seafood chow mein, mabo tofu, black bean ribs. :D

Sun Ming is by far one of my all time favorite Chinese restaurants. I’ve been here three times and I’ve yet to be disappointed.
The first time my husband and I dined here, we ordered off of their authentic menu. We had the bitter melon with black bean, kung pao chicken, and the shanghai bok choy. Everything was delicious but the kung pao was definitely my favorite.
The second time we ordered ja jang mein and Cantonese style pan fried beef noodles. Being Korean, I’ve had a lot of ja jang (the Korean-​ized version of the Chinese dish of noodles and black bean sauce) but this was very different in an amazing way. The Korean style ja jang is very mild and almost sweet but this was savory, spicy, and crazy addictive. The pan fried noodles were great too but we thought they were even better the second day when the noodles soaked up all the sauce they were sitting in.
The third time we ordered kung pa squid and ma po tofu. Again, both were amazing but I absolutely loved the tofu. It’s certainly not vegetarian though I think they could possibly make it that way if you asked. It was spicy, meaty, savory and just plain delicious. It’ll be hard not ordering that again the next time we go but there are so many things on their menu we want to try so we’re trying not to repeat yet.
They’ve been quite busy each time we went but I haven’t had to wait long to be seated or to receive our food. The service has been very prompt but maybe a bit cold with certain servers. Still, it’s been a great experience.
Their prices are a little steep if you don’t order a lunch special, but to me the it’s warranted for the sheer quantities of food they serve. We’ve always had to take leftovers home and have had enough for lunch the next day. I don’t know how they are with take out but dining in has been amazing all three times my husband and I have been here.

They’re slipping. Our last two takeouts were pretty dissapointing. My chow fun was gross! They usually have phenomenal fried rice. Maybe it was too busy? But they were also rude to my husband which I really didnt like.

This is one of my favorite Chinese restaurants. I always get food there when I go home. I must admit it’s not AS amazing as it was when it first opened, and there is one waiter who gives absolutely horrendous service whom I always seem to get, but their garlic chicken is delicious. The egg rolls are always fried well and aren’t full of grease. It’s my chinese food place.

I love the food here! No matter what I choose, it’s delicious. I just wish the wait staff was little friendlier.

Not the best I’ve had. Was impressed by the reviews so that’s why I went to try somewhere new. Nice interior design, clean, and decorated. Was greeted immediately and warmly. I got take out general tso chicken with shrimp fried rice $ 13. Asked for no onions, received onions. I did not like the flavor at all. The rice was a dark brown in color and tasted burnt. Good amount of shrimp. The chicken was not spicy at all and lacked a good flavor. It gave me a bad after taste. I didn’t even finish the meal. The egg roll was really good, hot and crunchy

I have had Chinese all over and this is one of the best I have had! Everything tastes fresh and you can tell they actually care about the food they send out. Best Mongolian beef I have had anywhere, and the lo mein is outstanding. Just the right amount of sesame oil. I highly recommend Sun Ming to anyone visiting or living in Irmo. I may not go back home.

I ordered Mongolian Beef… it was ok, nothing special. Friendly, fast service. Good size portions, decent value. Not memorable, I will likely go back.

This was probably the best Chinese food I have ever had! All of the meat was so tender and the veggies/​fruit were obviously fresh. We tried the pineapple beef and triple treat. We also sampled the crab puffs, spring rolls and egg rolls. Each item was great, and not greasy as so many of these selections can be. I was also impressed with the egg drop soup, which I always thought was only yellow, there’s is white and of a perfect consistency. In addition to above average food our server could not have done a better job, very attentive, prompt and also engaged our son and had him giggling. My fiancé and our 10 month old son were very happily stuffed and anxiously looking forward to our leftovers! We will definitely be back!

You get what you pay for! This place was really good! We got the green beans and beef with General Tso’s chicken. Everything was great, service was spot on, price was fair, everything was clean, watched a football game, and ambience was cool too. Check it out for yourselves.

This is an impressive little Chinese restaurant with fantastic décor outside of Columbia. My SO’s parents (I guess my quasi-​in laws) bring me here all the time.
It is definitely Chinese American (their Chinese style sweet and sour is not remotely authentic) but their food is pretty delicious if I could say so. The egg drop is one of the most flavorful I’ve ever had and they have a nice, interesting assortment of Chinese greens with their chicken with mixed vegetables. I also had the shrimp in lobster sauce before, which was delish.

I’ll go ahead and give you guys 4star. Although u guys don’t delivery but Unilocal has it on as a delivery restaurant. Plus, snobby host lol. I ordered the general Tso chkn and ribs tonight. The food is Excellent! I hope the Foo chows don’t open up a big Buffet restaurant right next to u guys serving just as good of a food. It will effect you guys like it did the rest of the mom & pop restaurant in Columbia. Gl and you will have repeat customers from us! :)

Love this place. For some reason people love Miyos, but I find it just okay. I’m pretty sure this is the place Chinese people go to get legit Chinese food. I love everything I’ve tried. The service has always been good, and the food is just incredible.

Good food. Decent proportion. Not so expensive. Would go there again.
Went with a group of 10. service was fast and food was great. Vegetable curry was good.

This is my go-​to restaurant for authentic Asian cuisine. Excellent atmosphere and outstanding service. A bit pricey, but worth it. Highly recommend!

Best AUTHENTIC Chinese food in town. I highly recommend it. The only downside is they don’t deliver. But with how good the food is, they aren’t really missing out on the business, because those that patronize this place know it’s worth the drive.
My favorite things to get are the hot and sour soup or wor wonton soup for an appetizer. For their entrée, I prefer their lo mein, amoy rice noodles, Singapore rice noodles, or their spicy tofu. You also can’t go wrong with general tso’s chicken… or any chicken/​beef dish for that matter.
Don’t be afraid to venture out and try new things. You won’t regret it.

I am reviewing this as a Vegetarian.
Sun Ming is one of the few places that actually has a Chinese menu with more traditional flavors than what you find in American Chinese food. The vegetarian sections of the menu are a little light because many of the dishes are meant to be served family style as a side, not an entrée. This is easily remedied however by asking for a tofu substitution on many of their other menu items — just me smart about it. The last time I was there, I had their fermented cabbage with pork made into fermented cabbage with tofu. Sour, salty, fermented … divine. Warning, fermented cabbage is not a starter dish — you may interpret some of the flavors as spoiled instead of simply fermented.
If they ever decide to serve DimSum I will upgrade them to Six Stars.

This past Sunday was a sad day…
I’d been cravingggggggggg Sun Ming. I wanted some fresh «authentic» Chinese and Sun Ming has recently been my go-​to ONLY option.
We’ve always had excellent service dining in and to-​go!
We arrive around 5pm, review the menu, order a tonnnnnn of food and the waiter suggests we move to a larger table to accommodate all the food, which was great because we needed it.
We moved over to one of the family tables by the wall, we’re chatting, enjoying ourselves and low and behold there’s a ROACH crawling down the wall.
Seriously.
It. Was. A. Roach.
Not the «typical» palmetto bugs that are seen here during the rainy humid months… It was the other little nasty kind!!!
My dad killed it with his napkin, told our waiter what happened, and I’m not really sure if there was a language barrier or if he didn’t really care, but he just kinda laughed and walked away… (I don’t know what I’d expect him to say or do, the bug was dead — awkward!).
I’m sure the food was just as good as it was the last times we’d eaten here, but this time it just didn’t taste the same.
I’d say it’s safe to assume a lottttttttttt of places have «issues» and it is what it is, but, what you don’t know won’t hurt you!
It’s unfortunate and I’m depressed now!

My foodie friend and I split half of the fried Cantonese duck and we annihilated that thing! We also had sweet and sour soup and a few spring rolls. It was so tasty, the restaurant was nice and clean– the service was great as well. I bet this place could do dim sum really well with their extensive traditional Chinese menu. Let’s start a petition!