Ming’s Pagoda

While the service was very good the food quality was underwhelming. Menu options are mainly heavily fried which really makes the experience a not so pleasant one. Prices are about the same as competitors in the area which I may add gives the feeling of being in the hood. Overall I’d say there are many better options in the surrounding area.

Seriously, this food was delivered hot, fresh and tasty to our hotel! The House lo mein is delicious, plenty of tender beef, chicken and shrimp! The Orange chicken is round balls of fluffy fried goodness packed with insane orange flavor and a little orange zest to brighten it up! The crab puffs are sweet and amazing! And all 3 dishes only 27.00 with delivery fee! What! Oh yeah I said it! And the delivery guy was prompt and friendly! I don’t know anything about the actual building it came from, but for fast, fresh, delicious delivery, this is a must try! Eat and live well! Enjoy!

Rice is so so. It’s a hit or miss but that sesame beef, omg that’s good! Big potion sizes. place is a bit ran down, so I recommend take out or delivery.

Don’t waste your hard earned money. Bad or rotten food gives you trips to the john.

We ordered egg rolls, their specialty fried rice, three separate meals including beef and broccoli, cashew chicken, and Mongolian beef. None of it was edible. This has to be our worst Asian food experience ever.

So yummy! The Egg Drop soup Was so fresh and so was the potstickers and seasame chicken. LOVE THIS PLACE.

Excellent food, excellent service. The good is fantastic! I’m torn between 3 and 4 stars because the food is fantastic. Portions are good, prices are excellent. I love their meal deals.
Now the reason I am torn. The restaurant atmosphere is not that great. It’s like they only have a swamp cooler. It’s hot and sticky.
Go for delivery!

Mings is awesome. We order out from there at least once a month. The portions are huge and I haven’t ordered anything I haven’t liked yet. The wontons are a miss but I never order them they just give them to me free since I order more than the $ 25 required to get the free order.
There has been a couple times that I think they had a different cook. Reason being was my order was over cooked a few times. They always say it will be an hour to deliver and we get our food fairly quick usually 30 min.
The website has improved but is still lacking. They don’t have all the options on there when choosing a family meal as they do when you call. Hopefully they will improve that part of the website. Now a days most people use websites to order food so if the site isn’t great that is a negative.

I have to give only 2 stars because the fried rice that came with the meal tasted stale, blah and the egg rolls filling was pink (I’ve never seen that before in an egg roll). I’m sorry but, I love my rice and if something as Simple as rice is not good at a Chinese restaurant (a main staple) then it makes me think twice about returning. I liked the lemon chicken but, again it was not the freshest and the lemon sauce was more like a syrup. I do have to note I received my meal via delivery that may have had an impact on the quality. I don’t think I would give them another chance.

I ordered chicken curry, NOT GREEN PEPPER CURRY!
BIG disappointment when I got my styro home.
The chicken bits were small and not very plentiful.
I had to SEARCH for them among the LOADS of green pepper chunks.
This was like finding your burrito was stuffed with lettuce or your sushi double riced.
I WAS ANGRY.
I doubt I will ever be back, since weekday lunch isn’t possible and that’s probably the only good deal to be had.
I should’ve checked my styro while I was still in the parking lot in my car.
Review downgraded to ONE STAR for the possibly illegal Chinese gal with glasses who struggled with the calculator.
OH YEAH and my 80-​year-​old German mother makes better chicken curry!

I wish I could give them no stars. The second time I ate here, I found hair in my food. After I told management they seem to not care or comp that part of my meal… After a while we decided to try to eat here again, sadly I shouldn’t have done that. My third visit was cut short because yet again, I found another unwanted hair. Last time I would ever set foot in that building. Disgusting. Beyond disgusting!

Disappointing.
Im going to start my review of Ming’s Pagoda on a positive note. The service at Ming’s Pagoda was quick and the staff was accomdating, the food however was not good.
The egg drop soup was thick and lacked flavor and the wontons were stale and challenging to chew. On my first visit to Ming’s Pagoda I had the lemon chicken. The lemon chicken was very disaponting. The coating was crunchy but the chicken was dry, not moist at all, and there was just to much lemon sauce placed over the chicken.
My lunch companion had the chicken lo mein. The noodles were somewhat greasy and once again the chicken was dry. The fried rice, eggrolls, and fried wontons were equally disappointing.
Not the best restaurant experience.

The sign for $ 2.99 teriyaki bowls lured us in. The prospect of egg drop soup sounded even more tasty, so I ordered that with the teriyaki bowl. The lemonade was really gross, so I ordered a soda instead. I think there’s something weird going on with their soda dispenser.
The egg drop soup was so good, with a heaping portion of crunchy wontons. My friend’s orange chicken was spicy and tasty. The waitress was attentive. Pretty good for pretty cheap. Conveniently across the street from the post office, I’m pretty sure I’ll go again.

Have to judge on what I ordered… Shrimp Fried Rice… It was pretty d*^m good. We ordered SFR with the extra shrimp & I was impressed with the amount of shrimp & the size of the order. & they use real shrimp… not those fake baby shrimp.

I have passed by countless times over the years, never stopping in because I thought it was more of a bar/​lounge type of place from the outside. Finally stopped in for lunch and it was great. The hostess/​server is super friendly and attentive, the food was NY style Chinese and delicious. The food came fast and hot. The prices are super reasonable. It reminds me of some of the little places in NY Chinatown. Clean. I would definitely recommend.

I love «Old School» Chinese/​American Joints… and Mings is one of the last of it’s kind… This type of Food should have it’s own category, and does in my book, so having said this I can tell ya Ming’s IS a 4.5… When I was a kid this was the only type of Chinese Cuisine available… I will miss this Joint when it gone.

If you’re looking for a place based on price, look no further. I was there and got the lunch special for $ 5.50. You get an incredible amount of food for the price– soup, your choice of meat, fried rice, egg roll, and two fried wontons. The egg drop soup was my favorite part of the meal. Was not the best Asian food I have had, but you cannot beat the price.

I remember walking here with my friend back when we were kids and I also remember how much I use to love it. Then I moved to Glendale and never came back… until recently!
Upon arrival, it looked exactly the way I remembered it to. Big place, lots of seating, and almost empty…(nostalgic). Apparently, its more popular for pick up orders. Anyway…
We take a seat and I am screaming on the inside eager to order! I always get the same thing, the beef lo mein. My friend got the kung pao chicken and we got a plate of veggies to share. The lo mein was as delicious I remembered it to be and the veggies were crisp and tender. So good! The kung pao chicken was good too, it just needed some more sauce. The peanuts gave it a nice crunchy texture to it. The portions are huge and the prices are low. For being 110lbs, I eat a lot and I finished my entire plate. I think the waitress was surprised because I always get the «where does it all go?» look. Hey, it was delicious, what can I say?!
I can’t believe its taken me over 12 years to come back here! Needless to say, I will be coming back for often! Definitely my favorite Chinese restaurant… yes, better than PF Changs gross ass food.
P. S. Their lunch menu is great! $ 5.50 for lunch?! Yes, please.

The portion sizes ARE big, BUT the meat included (whether shrimp, pork, beef or chicken) will be MINIMAL. So all their fried rice dishes are mostly rice and very little meat or fish.
Also, the fried rice is very dark brown and not very appealing.
The beef & broccoli was almost ALL broccoli, and the beef was slimy and thin.
The eggroll tasted very strange — I couldn’t put my finger on what that flavor was.
The Sweet & Sour chicken was very overly breaded. The breaded chicken came separate from the sauce, which I think someone here referred to as «radioactive» probably because of the unnatural bright red color. The sauce was overly sweet. So if you like sweet sauce full of Red Dye poured over bread, go for it.
Everything that had been fried in oil tasted like the oil was very OLD. Usually when ordering Chinese food to go, you smell good smells in your car as you drive home. The smell of their food was not very good — it smelled like heavy, old oil.
The place had old furnishings. The cleanliness was «okay,» but the air vents in the ceiling had visible dirt around the ceiling paint. One of the waitresses was getting ready for the dinner crowd by SWEEPING the carpet…
The hot tea I drank while waiting for my order (short wait) was good.
WHY IS IT SO HARD TO FIND GOOD CHINESE FOOD IN PHOENIX?!

Throw Back Alert
This place has been a N Phx icon if you will for 20 years. The décor reflects that too.
The service and the food kicked ass.
We had a Poo Poo platter, where they still have the flaming pot to cook the beef skewers, along with the normal items.
We had a terriaki chicken plate and an orange chicken plate. Both were really good. I preferred the Orange.
We had a ton of left over… order to share as the portions are HUGE.
The price is right too… bob~