Pei Wei

This is one of my favorite restaurant. The price is decent compared to what you get. Freshly cooked meal for about 9 $. Joined their reward program, spend 100 $ (which takes about 5 visits for 2 people), get a free dish! Their dishes are not constantly taste the same, sometimes the taste was not as good. And when they are busy, there are some tables left messy. But in all. I love this place

The food is good the sanitation is awful. The smell by the soda machine is one that anyone who has worked in a restaurant would recognize as the product of poor /​nonexistent cleaning. Not sure I’ll be back.

Food is great.
I order online every time, and it’s NEVER been ready at the pickup time. It’s ALWAYS 10 to 15 minutes after the pickup time promised.
Now I just go in 10 minutes after it shows it’ll be ready… Sometimes it’s not even done. I think that’s just horrible, to be honest. But the food is good. This place just needs to figure out timing better. Don’t promise something if you can’t produce it.

Ordered lettuce wraps, a favorite, meat tasted very odd. Brought it back, the kitchen replaced it and the new dish tasted odd — bitter, aa well. Mongolian beef was tasty but we passed on the lettuce wraps. Disappointing.

I like the food here. No complaints about that. However, we recently ate in the dining room and the cleanliness was lacking. You don’t have to look close to notice that chairs are smeared with the filth of a thousand diners. And don’t use the bathroom if you can avoid it. The door looks like a crime scene. A minimum wage kid and a wet rag would go a long way in this place.

Nice place to get some flavored food. Went there after work. They are out of new sushi rolls. Tried two varieties of sauces. It’s PF Chang restura. Food is Good. Nice ambiance (for a middle tier). Try extra spicy (Spicy levels are low here so ask for extra spicy)

I have always been happy with the food from this place! I order online, and just pick it up. Always done on time! I usually get the pad tai and it is always super good.

Up until earlier this week I’d had fairly good experiences with the SLP Pei Wei. I agree that it sometimes can take forever to get your food, including when the restaurant isn’t busy, but that never bothered me a whole lot as I’d come to expect it. What I experienced there on Tuesday night, however, was downright unacceptable as it involved basic cleanliness and food safety in addition to terrible customer service.
We ordered two entrees and sat down, waiting for our food to be delivered to us. Ten minutes, nothing. Fifteen minutes, still nothing. After twenty minutes, one of our entrees came out, the one that we had requested gluten free. One bite revealed that it was not gluten free. One small strike for not bringing out our entrees together per normal restaurant procedure, one huge strike for bringing out a gluten free entrée and declaring it so when it was indeed not gluten free.
At that point we were both frustrated and hungry, so we inquired with one of the staff as to the status of our order and to request that the gluten free entrée be remade. This staff member was both apathetic and clueless. I know a lot of restaurants hire high school kids in various roles, which is absolutely fine, but they need to be coached, trained, and encouraged. I then requested a manager and was greeted by a young woman claiming to be the manager but whose demeanor and communication skills suggested otherwise. She had completely lost control of the restaurant. People all over the restaurant dining in were without food looking impatient and there was a long line of people waiting for their take out orders. This «manager» was unable to offer any legitimate explanation as to why our entrees did not come out together and why one of them was not gluten free.
I went back to our table to weigh our options, and on the way grabbed silverware in case my entrée finally did come out. Looking at the silverware I was shocked to see that it was not at all clean. Not just spots from a dishwasher, but very questionable gross residue, and it was all over the «clean» self service knives and forks. I brought a couple of them up to the «manager» to make her aware of the situation, and she didn’t even acknowledge there was a problem. One of the young staff, sensing the urgency of the situation, promised to have the dishwahser redo all the silverware, but after several minutes passed nothing happened, the dirty silverware just sat there for people to grab and use.
This restaurant needs an experienced, hands-​on manager with adequate food safety training to keep things in order. It was a total disaster with at least one blatant health code violation in plain view (I’ve since informed Hennepin County). I would advise people to stay away from this place until order and cleanliness is restored.

I meannnn it’s fine. Came here after a workout and was feeling motivated to be healthy. I got the lettuce wraps, and they were flavorful, crisp, and satisfying without putting my workout completely to waste. My bf was precious because he never heard of Pei Wei before and found the format super intriguing. He got the special Thai pineapple — it was sweet, spicy, and decent. He was happy with his choice. I feel like all their food tastes the same, and I can probably make it at home. I think their sauces don’t expand much further than soy, sriracha, and maybe hoisin?
Pei Wei is by no means authentic, but it’s not supposed to be. It’s for the privileged suburbanites who may wanna feel a little «ethnic» from time to time. It makes the cut for a quick post workout meal.

Pei Wei is an expensive quick service restaurant. It tends to be busy during peak times, but the food seems to come up quick.
There is little to no order in the To-​Go area which tends to be their busiest area. It drives me crazy that people just stand around with their mouth open as if they have never ordered food to-​go before. But, you can’t fault that on Pei Wei.
I do feel the layout is not conducive of what their clientele needs, therefore, it tends to be an awkward experience when ordering or picking up food to go.
I’ve ate there twice and each time my standard order was wrong. The food was good, it just wasn’t the food I ordered or wanted. Not the end of the world, just good to know when deciding where to go.
Because of price and order accuracy, this is the last place on my list to pick to eat at in the area.

It’s hit or miss here, even when it comes to the same items from week to week. I’ve had Pad Thai that was bold and flavorful, but too many times it has come out watery and bland. The Spicy Korean and Thai Dynamite have been more consistent; definitely more flavorful with a little heat.
It used to be one-​size-​fits-​all for wok entrees, but they’ve now implemented two sizes. Let’s call them medium and large, since the smaller of the two is plenty for one meal and the larger option will definitely leave you with leftovers if you’re of average appetite. Any entrée with chicken as your protein, white rice, and water is going to set you back about $ 7. Not bad, but not great, which sums up my general feelings about this place.
The service is fast casual as you order up front, find a seat, and the food is brought out to you. I will say that the staff is always friendly and appear willing to do what it takes to ensure you have all you need, though I am low maintenance and not sure what their follow-​through actual would be. I will continue to frequent this place since it is close to my office, with convenience being a greater lure than value and quality.

I don’t like this place! There isn’t a «wow» entrée in my eyes. I live fairly close to this place and I normally go to Yangtze just a bit farther. PW is pretty slow on take out and Yangtze is always ready to go. When I have dined there, the dining room has been dirty. Not appealing whatsoever.

the takeout here is a little time-​consuming, so i’d definitely suggest ordering online or calling ahead as opposed to just stopping in & waiting.
honey chicken dish is delicious! my sister & i don’t usually agree on what food we like, but in this case we couldn’t agree more — it’s awesome!
their portions are big & the restaurant itself is nicer than the price-​point suggests. i’m pretty picky, but i wouldn’t mind sitting down at this place.

Not even a have a meal on us $ 10 coupon can redeem this place.
Ordered an egg roll and spicy Korean dish with shrimp. First bite into the egg roll and am greeted with a splash of burning hot oil in my mouth and on my face. To top that off the egg roll had NO flavor. The «hot mustard» sauce that was served with it was watered down and sweetened to negate any heat that might be in the mustard. We wouldn’t want to upset grandma’s delicate stomach, I guess.
On to the Korean shrimp — at least the shrimp weren’t battered and fried but they didn’t have any flavor to them and they were covered in a corn starch heavy and overly salty sauce that while reddish orange had no discernible hint of authentic Korean pepper sauce, also known as gochugang. There was a slight burn to the sauce so better make sure it doesn’t get near grandma.
The dish was so salty that I could not finish it. I did not contact the manager because I didn’t think they could do any better. My best option was to simply leave. I felt very sorry for the shrimp that gave their lives only to wind up in that dish.
Who do they use to sample when they develop recipes? Nursing home residents?
NO flavor.
NO authenticity.
NO return.

Now, I’m probably biased — I eat the same thing at this restaurant every stinkin time we go. But, I’m a bit of a foodie, so that should tell you how great I think these things are.
CARAMEL CHICKEN W/​EXTRA CILANTRO & CRAB WONTONS! *drops the mic*
That is all. Now, Go!
P. S. Oh yea, and this is another place that plays great music??? It’s a quick service restaurant that has me bopping in my seat while I eat. It doesn’t get much awesomer.

This joint is across from the gym, so I stop in occasionally when I feel I’ve earned myself a «real» dinner instead of a protein shake.
I usually get the beef and broccoli. The stalk of broccoli are HUGE! I wish they’d cut them a bit smaller but at least it’s fresh produce. The beef is generally pretty good, and they usually don’t put too much sauce on it.
They give you a ton of rice, which I try to only eat in moderation (for the carbs), but since it’s on the plate I do tend to eat way more of it than I should.
The other dishes they have are ok, but not memorable. I feel like Pei Wei really is just a nicer version of Panda Express décor and staff-​wise. Food quality seems to be about the same. It’s good and all but not stand out special, or stand out authentic. Just westernized fried stuff.
It’s in a smaller strip mall, and parking is occasionally a challenge.

It’s a quick dinner fix after the gym. Clean and friendly atmosphere. If you don’t mind the stir fry smell then def stop by. I typically order the pad thai, mango chicken, Mongolian beef, hot and sour soup and the green tea. Not all in one sitting!
Anyhow they allow you to call ahead and order they also got you memorized if you call more than once. It’s called caller ID. Also, don’t forget the fortune cookie as they got the best ones out of all the Chinese Asian places I’ve been to. And I don’t feel bad about eating more than 3 :)

Pei Wei holds a lot of memories for me. Many highschool hang outs were at a Pei Wei. I met a boy at Pei Wei (he was the cashier) and ended up dating him for a year. Since he worked at Pei Wei he knew the «ins and outs» and with his nice discount… we ate at Pei Wei quite a bit.
What I love about chain restaurants is their ability to keep food so consistent across cities and states. Walking into Pei Wei in SLP was nostalgic of my favorite Pei Wei in Houston. As always, there are digital menus on the side exploding with enthusiasm and showcasing their new dish. This time was some Vietnamese dish. You order at the cash register (there’s a separate line for to go), you get a number, and sit down and they bring you your food (almost crazy fast).
Pei Wei is in no way, shape or form authentic in any sense. But not being authentic doesn’t mean it isn’t good. The food and flavors here are so so good. After going here for what seems like 50 dates, I’ve settled on the things I really like and order those religiously: a cup of hot and sour soup, (2) crab won tons (you can get the won tons in orders of 2 which is perfect for a 1 or 2 person party.) and a lo mein with ½ steak and ½ vegetables. mmmm so tasty. It even tastes better as leftovers!
Pei Wei is my guilty pleasure for Americanized Asian food.

Don’t let the fact that this restaurant is a chain scare you away, it’s delicious!
I’ve had so many great meals here. They have a full gluten free menu, my personal favorite right now are the Vietnamese Rolls.
My husband always gets the regular General Tso’s chicken with brown rice and loves it.
FYI, pets are NOT allowed on their patio!
Their chocolate chip cookies are soft and delicious as well for dessert.

Think PF Chang’s in a Noodles and Company format with Americanized Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Korean, and Vietnamese dishes.
Pretty crowded Friday at noon. Good thing we had takeout since there weren’t any tables readily available. I appreciate the separate dine-​in vs order-​out line. Take out took about 10 – 15 mins to get; remind me to order online next time.
Interior is very clean, new and modern with electronic menus and shiny wood tables with black chairs/​cushions and red floors. One bathroom for men and one for women (no multiple stalls).
Food is palatable, but not amazing. Better than Asian Max. On par with LeAnn Chin’s, but less mass produced.