Ming’s Palace

The General’s Tso’s Chicken was very dry and very tough, as if it had been cooked a week ago, then reheated each day for a lunch buffet, then served as if it was a freshly cooked dinner.
The rice is mediocre, the cream cheese puffs are tough and hard to eat, and the fried pork egg rolls are kind of doughy and flavorless.

Okay delivery but nothing amazing. It seems to be the down and dirty chinese place in the Howe neighborhood.

What a great little Chinese place! Prices are great, friendly staff, and delicious food! I love the family-​owned quaint vibe I get from this place! We always have quick take out and delivery!

We’ve been ordering from Mings for over 5 years now. At first it was great food, fast delivery and a very friendly staff. Now it’s bland food that tastes like it sits out a while, still fast delivery and unfriendly service (at least with the younger gal that drives the mini-​cooper.) I’m so disappointed in this place I had to write this review. Oh well at least we have alot of other options with better food and service.

Been eating kings for at least 15 years. It’s good. I usually order the bbq pork egg foo young and fried rice. The sesame beef is tasty as are their wings.

The food is really good but I called to tell them the u forgot my sweet and sour sauce for the wontons and they were very rude and told me it doesn’t come with it u have to ask for it smh everyone know wontnos come with sauce word of advice mings the customer is always right

So if you’re looking for gourmet Chinese food, this isn’t your spot. HOWEVER I like Mings! It’s cheap, it’s pretty good, it’s neighborhoody and it’s fast. Food isn’t outstanding but it isn’t awful. I always get the tofu and veggies, tofu is a great texture and the veggies taste crisp but they definitely need some more spice! The cream cheese wontons are delicious. I’m a bit of a foodie but every once in a while I just want some run-​of-​the-​mill Chinese and this place is my go-​to for that craving.

I agree with Matthew K’s review. Our experiences were quite similar, just moved to the neighborhood and needed something to eat, since our kitchen was all boxed up. I had such high hopes for Ming’s but no, it was just bland soggy food. Tasted like it had been sitting out for awhile. It also seems really shady in there when we went to pick up our takeout. I was uncomfortable and would never go back.
Huge bummer.
There are lots of other options for Chinese delivery near Lake & Minnehaha, as well as lots of other good restaurants in the area.

Didn’t want to stay and eat in because it wasn’t inviting at all. The food tastes better than the restaurant looks. I ordered the sweet and sour chicken, and it was pretty good. The lady up front wasn’t super nice but not rude. It is a mediocre place.

I hate to say it, but Ming’s was a pretty big disappointment in the food department. We just moved to the neighborhood, and with the kitchen not unpacked yet we decided to order some Chinese food for delivery. Both the person taking our order and the girl who delivered were very friendly, and the food came quickly. But unfortunately it just didn’t taste all that great.
Chicken fried rice had processed preformed chicken strips in it.
Lo Mein noodles were quite bland.
Kung Pao was not very spicy at all and had an out-​of-​place sweetness to it.
Cream cheese wontons tasted like they’d been sitting under the heat lamp for hours.
Prices weren’t all that great either. Sorry Ming’s, I probably won’t order again.

I’ve ridden bike past this place so many times I just had to stop in with the hope of finding a gem.
When I arrived I was the only customer, something that generally throws up red flags to me, but it was 1:35 on a Friday afternoon, not exactly prime time.
Now I have two rules about what I order at Chinese restaurants:
1. Always choose a house specialty
2. Always get something spicy
I scanned the menu and arrived at the Triple Kung Pao under house specialties. Woot Woot!, I love Kung Pao and it’s one of their specialties! The downer came when the Kung Pao was spicy like Cheerios and sweet like Honey Nut Cheerios, ugh. I got a sugar rush, crash and that shitty taste in my mouth like after eating rock candy.
Why not 1 star? The large carefree server was polite.

Great service! And even better food! Gotta love a place that remenbers your order. All I have to do is say my address and they know exactly my order right down to extra hot mustard. Not on the menu technicaly but order the sesame tofu, it’s amazing!

I’m a fan of Ming’s because south Minneapolis is like the Bermuda Triangle for good Chinese food. Seriously, Hop Wong and China Wok appear to be two different restaurants; they’re a block apart, have different names, but they are the same thing. They are part of ‘THE SYNDICATE’, as my girlfriend and I like to call it. You know: that secret network of Chinese restaurants that apparently has a heavy-​hitting advertising budget and spills identical flyers and menus into your mailbox. Dragon Star? Star Moon? Baby Dragon? I can’t even keep them straight anymore, but if the menu is printed just like Hop Wong and has the exact same offerings, please just recycle it.
Ming’s, on the other hand, is independent. I popped in for a takeout menu since I’ve been trying to find a Chinese place in the area that would not only deliver but would have good food. Pleasantly I found their menu to be a completely different pamphlet than those of THE SYNDICATE. No more propaganda.
We’ve now ordered from them many times and I have to say, compared to the inedible trash nearby, this is actually pretty good. I’ve had a variety of their chicken and beef dishes, and they’ve all been pretty solid. If you ask for spice, they actually do it up spicy and provide some extra spice on the side. The egg rolls are nothing much but they are OK, and the soup is good. The dumplings aren’t as robust as I’d like but they are light years beyond what Hop Wong has tried to pass off as dumplings. This place is handy and the delivery is very punctual. The folks that work there are very kind.
Biggest knock: they are closed Sundays and close every night at 9pm. I don’t know about you, but I often eat dinner later than that and it seems like everything in Minneapolis closes so early. This is a metropolitan area, right?

So I live in Longfellow, and our lovely neighborhood features the great triangle of Americanized Chinese Food.
To the Northwest we have Hop Wong, which features an extensive menu that basically all tastes the same. Also, I was supposed to get free cream cheese puffs with my order and they didn’t end up in my greasy little paper bag. Jerks.
On Lake Street there is Kong’s, which features lovely owners, good lunch specials, but unfortunately, no delivery service. Honestly, the resturant is a little depressing inside, so I don’t want to have to go there to pick up my food. It’s good though.
To the south, there is Ming’s Palace. Ming’s strikes a great combination of crazy cheap prices, delivery service and *gasp* an all you can eat buffet. According to my boyfriend, this last part makes them the clear choice.
Honestly though, it’s a little too pink for my taste in here, but you can’t beat the giant pile of Chow Mein, Fried Rice & Egg Foo Yung for $ 5.15, even at dinner! That’s a crazy price.

We like this place, but the buffet is kind of an odd deal. You go up to the buffet and ask the lady to dish out the goods like you are at Panda Express or something.
Each of the times we have been here we have sat down and ordered from the menu and it is good stuff. I liked the Mongolian beef the best so far, and their fried rice isn’t bad either.

I love Mings Mongolian beef. Great family owned restaurant. Super delivery fast and friendly.

good family restaurant… prices are awesome and food is great… I visited for four days and ate there three of those days… will definitely go back again when I visit.

I had lunch here, on 05/13/2009.Ming’s has on street parking only. Inside, it is roomy, but sparsely decorated. The lunch specials, are from 11am-2;30,and it is $ 5.50…a good deal, for the all you can eat buffet. I had the sweet&sour chicken,$ 8.95…a nice serving of breaded fried chicken, in a tasty sweet&sour sauce. Came with a bowl of rice. The soda glasses, are way too small, for my tastes. Service was fast, and attentive. The place was dead, when i was there… i was the only customer in the place. If you live in the minnehaha neighborhood area, ming’s palace, is a safe bet, for whenever you the urge, for chinese food. They take visa, cash, but no checks.