Yummy Wok

I just got takeout from Yummy Wok, and was not impressed. The quality of the meat was sub-​par, but that doesn’t even begin to cover the beef. I had Orange Beef, which was gray, gristly, and just about pure fat. It also tasted somewhere between eggs and dishwater– not my favorite flavor for beef– (or any food). The rice was fine, (kind of hard to go wrong on); the lo mein was about 3 and a half stars. The food was really just flavored by the sauces, the meats had no flavor of their own (except for the previously mentioned unfortunate beef mystery meat). There are only two tables. The wait, estimated at 10 minutes, was slightly longer than expected, clocking in at 30 minutes. Overall, I did not enjoy my food, and will not be returning in the near future. Oh, and one funny little fluke. Got a fortune cookie with NO FORTUNE!!! Haha.

When I come here I always get the house fried rice and it always tastes fresh and so yummy. I also get the chicken teriyaki which is some of the best chicken teriyaki I found in Norfolk I like mine with a little bit of sweetness in it and it has that.

The best Chinese takeout in the city. Usually fast delivery and super fast inside if you don’t hit the dinner rush. Everything is delicious, but if your dish is lacking spiciness you can always ask for a hot oil to heat things up. I especially like the veggie dumplings and anything with the garlic sauce!

This place is our go to spot for Chinese food. Im sad too see the negative reviews because after several years of ordering food here I’ve never had a bad experience. They are always accommodating with changing sauces or spiciness on dishes and the food is always fresh when I order.

The materials are not fresh. Ate several bad peanuts in the kung pao. Will not come back.

I did not expect much from a take-​out restaurant, but this was one of the worst Chinese restaurants I have ever been to. The food was not prepared the right way. Too salty. I dumped most of the food in the trash can.

My friend and I used to order food from here often. The food is good but that’s it. The girl up front seems like she’s annoyed every time we go in there. If she is doing something she will continue doing it until she’s done and won’t even acknowledge you are standing there. They also raised their prices again, and everything you see is priced wrong. We won’t be going back.

Okay, so I would have given this place a good review. The food is good. But I just called to get food delivered and she refused. I’m literally 3 – 5 mins away and she insisted I was 10 – 15 minutes away. So I told her I Google mapped it and that I’ve driven there before and it’s 5 minutes or under. So she said NO and hungup. Wow. Great service.

I love YW. I have tried all the veg options they have and I love the Szechuan tofu and the garlic vegetables. They have french fries that are really good too. I have gotten to know the owners and they make everything there from scratch: the dumplings, eggrolls, sauces etc are all made in house. There was a guy on here that said the eggrolls are of the frozen variety, but they actually make big batches by hand and then freeze them. I eat here multiple times a week and rarely even have the smallest of complaints. :)

Their lunch specials are cheap and delicious! I prefer take-​out as their store is quite small

Had lunch today. I ordered the lunch portion General Tso chicken with fried rice. Pretty large portion for lunch size so your hard earned money goes far here. The chicken had the perfect amount of sauce and spice. The fried rice was good. Just an observation but usually the fried rice I have had from other establishments have egg in it and I admit I missed that. Nevertheless, the rice was still tasty.
I read other reviews about the gruff looking guy behind the counter. I had to lol because I also observed what they’re talking about, but ya know, sometimes you just gotta ignore it and don’t take it personal! To the gruff guy: your smile could go a long way and maybe «get you some»… more business… haha…if you really care… not sure if you’re just a paid employee or have an investment, but whatever it is, you look pissed, dude! Is it THAT bad?
Anyway, I’ll be back to try other menu items.

Yummy Wok is seriously yummy. I get the sesame tofu or general tsao’s tofu– they are both delicious.
They are open always (during inclement weather), and they are super friendly.

The food is still good but the staff is freaking the worst… rude and rude… just nasty acting‼

More than a little bit upset with Yummy Wok because they overcharged me for a delivery AND made me very ill.
Let me explain.
Since my initial review, I have been there for takeout a few times. I found them to be an easy place for a quick and ultra cheap lunch and never experienced the kind of awful service other Unilocalers complained about.
Well, for the first time I decided to get some food delivered. BIG mistake. I knew the minimum was $ 10 so I ordered the Gen Taos lunch special, egg roll, and fried pan wontons. I asked the gentleman if this was close enough and he said yes… but are you sure you want the egg roll since what I ordered was close enough and I thought he said something like, it isn’t a big deal, just $ 10.
Well I thought he was being nice by being a little flexible on the delivery minimum — which other places have done — because my work is very close to YW. Instead what he did was to charge me for the egg roll (which I did not get at his suggestion) AND an additional bit to bring my total to $ 10. Honestly, I am totally bewildered by this because it is such mind blowingly bad customer service. If he had just made it clear how stringent they were, I wouldn’t have minded, I would have just ordered two lunch specials or more egg rolls. Instead they just decided to up-​charge me. I felt like I was robbed.
Even worse? This is the ONLY thing I had all day and it made me very ill that night — the gift that kept giving.
Thanks Yummy Wok, for the sake of a couple of bucks, you lost a repeat customer. Trust me when I say that I will never be back and have been advising anyone who asks not to go there as well.

I have eaten at Yummy dozens of times and have never had a bad experience. The food is always fresh and portions are generous. This is an excellent spot for good, and fast Chinese take out. Nothing fancy, just decent food. favorites are the pork fried rice, the dumplings are great and I love the roast pork with vegetables

The food is very fresh and delicious Since it made to order. Tt’s mainly take out, but you can eat there too. The Sesame Chicken, General Tso’s Chicken and crab Rangoon seem to be popular dishes here. I would recommend this place if you are in the mood for take out and are in the area.

I ordered the Mongolian Beef, which looked great on their picture menu on the wall. To my surprise, it was not (less vegetables). The bad: Tasted terrible! The person who took my order did not point out I could have saved $ 4 by ordering off their lunch menu (almost every other entrée is on there), and they charged me for bottled water when I ordered a cup of water in place of tea. The only tea option, at a Chinese restaurant, no less, is sweet tea!!! :(
Plus, they served my dine-​in meal in a plastic box and rice on a styrofoam plate. Way to kill Mother Earth!

I’ve been coming here for a while, but this will be my last. We got several things to go, including vegetable soup and found bugs. about about 20 – 30 when we almost finished the soup. We probably ate more. There are photos. I highly recommend you not go here, unless you want some extra protein.

I thought that because of all the terrific reviews, I had finally found a decent Chinese place in Norfolk. Nope.
I may be convinced that Chinese food (at least American Mom & Pop style) in general is disgusting and not really Chinese at all.
I ordered Chicken Fried Rice and the Chinese Donuts. The rice was greasy. The chicken was slimy — as if it had been boiled first. As with most Chinese food places, their meat (whether it’s chicken, beef, pork, etc) is like mystery meat. I could barely finish it. It was truly horrible.
Now the Chinese donuts. I love these things. They are the equivalent to Pollard’s puffs rolled in sugar. Probably not Chinese at all — but they are the bomb.
I’m going to give them ONE more chance in the future and hopefully I can give them more stars. But like I said — I just am dying to find a truly authentic, fresh Chinese place.

I had a very good lunch from here recently. We were swamped at work and called in an order which one of the crew picked up. Having not eaten here before I went with a basic dish, Beef & Broccoli. I was pleasantly surprised with the portion received and enjoyed it a great deal. On the flip side the pork egg roll wasn’t so hot. It was the frozen variety, who’s aren’t, and had a funny taste to it. I hope it wasn’t dog. ;)
All in all it was a good meal and I’ll definitely be trying them out again.