Hot Wok Delivery

I have only ordered their food once, but it left a great impression and I expect Hot Wok will become our new go-​to Asian delivery food. The food tasted less greasy and more fresh than most other Asian take-​out restaurants. I will have to try it again a few more times to draw a more solid conclusion.

Solid food ! Since Chaing Mai Thai closed, Hot Wok its our go to Asian place. Delivery can be slow, so order early. Enjoy.
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The food was pretty good. I ordered the chicken lo mein and egg rolls for delivery. They added a dollar to my chicken lo mein order (already $ 9.95) that said chicken next to it. I don’t know why they added a dollar for chicken for something that already comes with chicken. The egg rolls were unique and smaller than standard egg rolls from other Chinese places. Overall, it was pretty decent.

Mongolian stir fry with tofu — 90% onions, 10% tofu. Bitter onions to boot. Other vegetables besides onions would have been nice.

Never again will I have food delivered from Hot Wok. Of all the Chinese delivery options around Uptown, we opted for Hot Wok one Saturday evening. I ordered the sesame chicken combo platter which comes with an egg roll and fried rice. I was really craving Lo Mein though so I paid $ 2 extra to substitute that in place of the fried rice. We were told the delivery would take around 40 minutes, which is not bad for prime time on a Saturday!
We were pleasantly surprised when the food came in about 45 minutes. By this time we were all starving and excited to stuff our faces. I opened my container to find that I had received fried rice, and the Lo Mein wasn’t to be found anywhere. Although we had been charged the $ 2 for it. A small disappointment but I decided it wasn’t worth it to try and figure it out or call the restaurant, so I settled for the fried rice.
I dug into the food and I was honestly unimpressed. I’m not super picky when it comes to Chinese food but the sesame chicken was fatty and lacked flavor. I’ve also never seen egg rolls so small in my life!!! They are about the width of a finger. The fried rice didn’t do anything for me either. The price of the food is very affordable but the portions aren’t as large as those I’ve ordered from other places in the area. I’m the type of person that likes to have leftovers and I didn’t think it was worth it to save what I had left.
I wouldn’t recommend this place to anyone. It left me unsatisfied and with a bad stomachache.

First time we ate there my wife thought the sesame chicken was ok. I really liked the cheese wontons, I agree with other reviews that they are fantastic. I had the General Tso’s chicken and while it was hot, I thought it was really tasty. Just had my second round and got the Kung Pao Chicken. It was so hot I couldn’t finish it. I had three glasses of milk trying to finish it and it was still super hot. Good customer service at this place, friendly people.

Perfectly executed affordable Chinese takeout. Nails what it sets out to do. Friendly staff and clean facilities are a nice bonus.

Best crispy eggrolls ever! Fried rice is remarkable! Other stuff like eggfooyung is not traditional the sauce is really odd but pineapple chicken is great. Overall with service cleanliness and food its a solid five star place

Fast delivery and friendly service. The spring rolls were fresh and delicious. The pad thai was not as spicy as I’d like, but nothing a bit of sriracha couldnt fix. We also got the mongolian beef which had a nice kick. We will definitely order again!

After scoping out the joint from across the street, I thought I’d pay this place a visit. I ordered the potstickers and the kung pao chicken. The potstickers were okay — 5 or 6 in an order, deep fried, not terribly flavorful, the kind that you would find in the freezer section, deep fried. The kung pao chicken was sadly pretty disappointing. There was definitely a spice to it, but other than that, the sauce was very salty and was a hot, corn starchy mess. The ingredients were too soaked in the sauce and so everything was too salty.
The service here though was fantastic — the guy always had a smile on his face and getting the food to go was QUICK. Sadly, it’s about the food for me, and can’t give it that many more stars for that.
There is bar seating in front of the window with 4 – 5 seats in case you want to stay in to eat. It’s a great view in the summer time — sunshine, people watching, busy street.

Absolutely outstanding food and even better service. All of our food was made fresh to order and used no MSG, which can be hard to find these days. The vermicelli noodle salad and k’tieu cha were AMAZING, perhaps the best I’ve ever had. I Definitely will be coming back soon!

First time order delivery. Happy that most everything was at least warm, it was delivery! It was somewhat late, but it is a Friday night. Egg foo young, egg rolls, crème cheese won tons, tofu with veggies, and chow mein. CUT THE SUGAR, PLEASE. Everything except the egg rolls and the white rice had way to much sugar. The egg roll was very good, even without the sauce. But every thing else had way too much sugar. I’ve never had such sweet Asian food. Please, lower the sugar content and you will be the place we return to for delivery of very good Asian food. The service over the phone was great, the driver was great. I even got a phone call from the restaurant when the food was 10 minutes late stating ‘Sorry, we are running a little late’, what fast food place does this? Oh, and the noodles for the chow mein were not crunchy, keep them sealed until they are ready to go out with an order, please. Or buy single serving bags of them, that will ensure they are crunchy, if not fresh.

We decided to give Hot Wok a try after reviewing some favorable reviews and because they currently have a great Groupon deal. We ordered the fresh spring rolls and cream cheese wontons (per other Unilocalers recommendations). The spring rolls were fresh and large and came with two different dipping sauces. The cream cheese wontons are the some of the best I’ve had in Minneapolis and another Unilocaler wasn’t kidding when they described them as extra creamy. YUM!
Both of our entrees were good (Chicken and Veggie and General Tso Chicken) but for me the fried rice that came with the combo was the best part of the dish!
It look about 45 minutes for our order to arrive but our delivery was very pleasant. We appreciated that all the boxes were labeled and individually sealed with a description of our order. We did not experience any soggy boxes as described in an earlier review. This is going to be our new «bad» Chinese go-​to delivery place!
**Note: There is a $ 2.95 delivery charge on all orders that they don’t tell you when placing an order.

I had a groupon to use at this place twice and both times have been equally bad. You don’t get nearly as much food as you do at other (better) asian food places, and it’s not high quality. I tried the vermicelli noodle salad and the pad Thai. Neither of them taste close to authentic and needed a LOT of extra sauce and spice to make them even bearable. The only reason they got two stars instead of one is because their spring rolls are okay and so is the tofu. I do not recommend this place!
UPDATE: the stir fry we got doesn’t even have rice or noodles or anything. Pathetic.
And I just found a HAIR in my spring roll! I will NEVER be going back there.
And don’t even try to call them to leave a message after hours, their mailbox is full!

I am a big Xin Wong Fan, but figured I would try the new guy on the block. Ordered the fresh spring rolls, chicken pad thai, and potstickers on a Sunday night. Food came about when it was supposed to and the delivery guy was nice. The spring rolls were great, fresh shrimp, crunchy cabbage, and dang fine roll. The sauce was not as salty as you get with those in a lot of places.
Potstickers were a bit on the small side, but tasty nonetheless. 8 to an order, thy were well cooked and not chewey.
The Pad Thai was probably my least favorite. The chicken was pretty dry and the whole dish was pretty bland. It wasnt bad, just probably would not order again. I’ll try the Sesame chicken next time!

If I ever become a teacher, I’d love to have a student with an effort like Hot Wok.
For what appeared as another panda-​express on the surface, Hot Wok went above and beyond others in its class by yards and miles. The staffs were very nice and cordial, and their service was impeccable. When I picked up my order, I was surprised by how neatly packaged my take-​out bag was assembled. As for the food containers, I cannot emphasize enough about how impressed I was that the staffs took the time to wrap them nicely as if they were merchandises. For a klutz like me, the wrapping helped a lot since nothing leaked out from the boxes while I was driving. Not only did the external presentation of the food earn an A+, the actual product, namely the food itself, was also über d’lish. Thanks for saving my carseat and my tummy, Hot Wok!
To quote the (ex)gov’nator, «I’ll be back!»

Disclaimer: I am trying to get a job here as a delivery driver.
I went for the first time yesterday. My first impression walking in is positive. The menu is not big and it is not identical to the average Lutheran/​Chinese restaurants that permeate this state, all serving 99.9% of the same bland dishes, and their menu is not from the same printer on Canal Street in NYC that the rest of them use, spelling errors intact. They refer to themselves as Asian Fusion so the choices are not strictly what one would call Chinese. They are also emphasizing that they have some gluten-​free choices. If they’re still around after a year I’ll be suggesting that they transition to GMO-​free and all organic ingredients. That is what many of the newer people in the neighborhood will be looking for, even if it means slightly higher prices.
Eating alone, I can’t order too much. In this visit I had the egg rolls: excellent, assembled fresh, not the standard frozen ones filled with mostly cabbage. The egg drop soup is also very good, not the usual thick goop found in most places. It’s a very flavorful broth (chicken?). The Kung Pao shrimp has good tasting ingredients. My only complaint there is the lack of spice. What does that pepper symbol on the menu mean?
Within 1.5 miles of me are six or so MN style Chinese ‘greasy spoons’. I don’t expect to be going to any of them again.

I tried this place for the first time about a month ago. I had some coupons that I had gotten in the mail and figured «why not? «
I was absolutely pleasantly surprised! Best Chinese food I’ve had in a LONG time. Super friendly people, food doesn’t taste like it has MSG in it, tastes fresh.
Even the cream cheese wontons are the best I’ve had from any other place. This could easily become my new holy grail of Chinese places.

In terms of fast-​casual food (think Noodles and Company, LeeAnn Chin, My Burger, etc), this place is great! Overall, they do a great job at what they do. It’s also a totally local concept, which I love!
I called in and ordered a little bit of everything: egg rolls, fresh spring rolls, fried rice, chicken with vegetables, orange chicken, and cream cheese wontons. The gentleman who took my order was super friendly and helpful and spoke clearly, which I appreciated. All of the food was delivered to my home by another super friendly guy within 45 minutes. The food was hot, too!
As far as I can tell, they appear to only use all white meat chicken in their chicken dishes (which isn’t my thing personally, but is most definitely something that a lot of people will appreciate). The vegetables were wonderfully crisp yet tender — totally perfect. The fried rice, which had little flecks of egg and scallion in it, was a little more moist and sticky than I’m used to, but was good nonetheless. The orange chicken was passable with overly salty, sweet, sticky, and thick sauce that and didn’t have much orange flavor to it at all. That said, there was a pleasant (super light) spiciness to it, which is out of the ordinary for Chinese delivery.
What really stood out to me were the fresh spring rolls and the cream cheese wontons. The spring rolls were stuffed with plenty of shrimp, crunchy english cucumber, mint, big leaves of lettuce, noodles, carrots, bean sprouts, scallions, and a little bit of roast pork. Everything inside was perfectly proportioned. The cream cheese wontons, although sweet as a previous reviewer mentioned, were crunchy and pillowy. The cream cheese was SUPER rich and creamy — not at all rubbery as it is at many other Chinese delivery places. The added sugar isn’t a wonderful addition to the cream cheese wontons in my opinion, but it’s absolutely not atypical — most other Chinese and Vietnamese restaurants in the area that do exactly the same thing.
Overall I’m happy with Hot Wok. It’s not the type of place that I’d ever see myself entering if I felt like leaving my house — there are SO MANY incredible Chinese and Vietnamese places on Eat Street that don’t deliver and are out-​of-​this-​world — but I can see myself ordering delivery from here again. Check it out and see for yourself!

Overall, I was impressed with Hot Wok Delivery. I got the Saiko Ang (beef skewers), fried rice, and egg rolls to go and the food tasted fresh and wasn’t greasy at all.
The portions and prices were reasonable and the staff was very friendly. I’ve heard that the Pad Thai is really good so I’ll have to try that the next time I’m in town.