Pei Wei

The first time I was here I had a good experience, not great, but good enough to come back. The second time I ordered the same dish and it didn’t taste anything like it did the first time. I figured maybe it was a fluke and gave them one more try, but the same thing happened.
It’s too bad, since I like their restaurant concept (similar to Noodles & Company, but with Asian dishes). They could have been good, but restaurants need to be consistent with the food they serve. Nobody wants to have their dish only be good 1 out of every 3 times they order it.

The Thai wonton soup was delish! Nice and bright. I ordered the cup and I actually had 3 wontons in it and was perfect. Wasn’t really sure if I’d have any in the soup considering it was a cup. I ordered the Japanese teriyaki noodle bowl and it was pretty tasty! I would definitely go here again.

we stop here from time to time. Like the concept but overall just. well. bland… Its not all bad, just need to notch it up a bit. 3 star is a good fit. Not all bad, but I dont sit home and crave it I guess.

I love Pei Wei. It blasts Leann Chin and other chains out of the water. I even love this Pei Wei. What I don’t like is the fact that the last 4 orders I’ve gotten have been wrong. Or changed on my when I arrive. Oh, we’re out of broccoli. Oh, we’re out of mango California rolls. Or, this time, we’re going to forget your favorite part of your damn meal, the topping of the caramel chicken. Disappointing. But I’ll be back. Taking an extra 5 minutes on the phone to confirm they have all my ingredients in stock before I order something.

Another mediocre meal from Pei Wei. Just like the last time we dined here, the entrées were brought out separately and about 5 minutes apart. Awkward for the diners. Their food is just ok at best. The sweet and sour chicken is just too sweet and much closer to an orange chicken. The rice is completely tasteless and dried out. Meh…

I like the concept of the flexible menu. You pick a protein and then pick an entrée. We had the sesame chicken, honey seared chicken and some vegetable spring rolls. The restaurant is a hip café setting and the open kitchen tells me that the kitchen is confident about their hygiene and food quality. The smell of this place is intoxicating and the sizzling of the food and sound of the steel woks is exciting. You have a choice of white rice or brown rice with most entrees. The brown rice seems to dry out really fast. The sesame chicken had large chunks of red peppers and onions. The sauce was thick, like a barbecue sauce and it was very savory and flavorful. The honey seared chicken were fried bites, in a sweet glaze. The sesame chicken started tasting a little too salty and the honey seared chicken started tasting a little too sweet so we bartered with each other and shared our food. The food is good and indulgent, however, I could see how many might feel that the food is over seasoned. We also had lo mein, and the noodles are not browned with soy sauce like I’m used to, but the meat and veggies tossed in, tasted great. I could see developing a Pei Wei craving. I had a couple of heartfelt and dramatic, «yums!» throughout the meal and isn’t that what a good meal is all about?

We ordered takeout, and this was the blandest meal I’ve had in a while. I understand that most chain Asian restaurants Americanize their menus, but the food we received was just bizarre. The lo mein noodles were way overcooked and tasted like it was just tossed in canola oil. The orange chicken was just sour and had no balance to it. The lettuce wraps were the most palatable thing we got, but nothing to shout about since it seemed like just ground meat with soy sauce. Now this would have been OK if it was a cheap place, but for the price of about $ 10 per low quality, smallish dish, this was just a huge disappointment and ripoff. We will never be going back that’s for sure!

I ordered pork egg rolls and ginger broccoli beef. The egg rolls were good but the ginger broccoli sauce was extremely salty. It’s almost too salty to eat. I had to drink lots of water while having the food. I was very disappointed at the dish.

Don’t touch with a 10 foot pole!
Worst meal I have had all year, we had to wait 20+ minutes for our food. And was not worth the wait. The restaurant was freezing cold and was unconfortable. My advice stick with what you know.

Boring. Ass. White people. Food.

Good Asian take-​out and Sunday football is a match made in heaven! We typically go to Taste of Thailand, but since they don’t open until 4PM, we decided to give Pei Wei a try.
If you’re used to real, quality, traditional Asian cuisine, you will not be impressed by Pei Wei. It’s a chain and it shows — over-​priced and boring. The Lo Mein was extremely greasy and turned to mush by the time we got home, the sweet and sour dish was border-​line inedible due to the crazy amount of fresh ginger and the spring rolls were teeny-​tiny for the price.

Good tasting food but over priced. The management staff does not have enough people covering the front of the house.
Poor counter service! 15 people had their orders taken before the one girl could walk 8 feet to the take-​away counter. Not her fault, mangers fault!!!

Been going there for years. Very reasonably priced and the portions are plentiful. Spicy Korean chicken is an absolute favorite. Chicken is pure white tender meat. You’ve gotta try it.

Okay. Lettuce wraps were the best part. S&S chicken too sweet. And the kids did not like their meal.

We stopped in here for a bite on a weeknight just before Christmas. Having never been here we asked the person at the counter how things worked and what was popular. She gave us advice and told us how things worked. We ordered and she gave us free pops — which I thought was nice.
The eating area was cold, dark and needed a scrub. The tables were sticky and although I saw gals (yes — everyone I saw working was female, young and blond which was sort of weird. Maybe they have group hair coloring nights for the employees?) clearing tables — nobody seemed to be actually cleaning the tables.
We were brought out our spring rolls first. They had more spice than I am normally happy with but they were good.
Next came 2 crab won-​tons. We ordered (and paid for) 4 so we were a little irritated that they only brought us two. (We decided to call it a wash since we got free pops.) The won-​tons are AWESOME.
I had the Mongolian style chicken and my hubby had Kung Pao Shrimp. Mine was fine. The ingredients tasted fresh and it was fine. My husband said his was so spicy he could barely eat it — but otherwise it was fine.
We talked about our meal after we left and were heading home into yet more snow. Neither one of us would race back here for food, but we wouldn’t avoid it if someone else wanted us to join them there. It’s definitely not going into our rotation of places to hit — but it wasn’t bad.
Maybe we just didn’t order the right stuff. Other than the won-​tons that is. Those were DEFINITELY the right stuff.

I’m not supposed to like Pei Wei according to the cork sniffers. After all, it’s a chain, right?
BS!
My family and I had a great meal here. The chicken salad spring rolls are the best spring rolls I’ve had anywhere, and I’ve had many.
I had red coconut curry, extra spicy and it was excellent. The green beans were so perfectly cooked they squeaked. My son had the ginger broccoli chicken and he loved it, again, perfectly cooked.
My wife’s pad thai was great and my daughter’s lo mein was just what she wanted.
Everything ordered was piping hot, fresh out of the woks. The service was cheerful and attentive.
Their menu has something for everyone. The restaurant is clean, comfortable and I’m glad we went there.
I won’t abandon my favorite local asian joints, but Pei Wei will join them in my favorites.

I ordered food *online* for take-​out at lunchtime today for myself and some co-​workers. What a slick process! It’s so seamless. You can even customize your dish online.
Oh, and they have brown rice at no extra cost. Yes!

On the recommendation of a foodie – a foodie of Asian heritage – I came back and got the Kung Pao chicken to go. It was the best I’ve ever had, and I’ve had a *lot* of Kung Pao. I don’t like cooked carrots (and oddly, this is served with carrot coins rather than the typical matchstick shape), but I inhaled every one.
Again, service was stellar. I was given a complimentary beverage for my wait – which wasn’t long – and it was a paper cup, so I could have theoretically sat by the fountain station and guzzled away as I waited and still taken a full cup to go. Better than that, once again, staff was very friendly, competent, and a pleasure to deal with. Someone somewhere in the Pei Wei/​PF Changs/​whoever the parent company is is doing something right.

I used to go to the Pei-​Wei in St. Anthony before it kicked the bucket.. . and wasn’t that impressed. Which doesn’t mean that this Pei-​Wei is a Pei-Don’t, but the menus are probably the same. I guess I’m just not a fan of the chain-​asian places.. . it’s like you can tell they’re not real.
That said, if you like PF Chang and LeAnn Chin’s, you’ll probably dig Pei-​Wei.

Lettuce Wraps Rock!
Pei Wei is a good choice (albeit a chain) for something quick, tasty, and reasonably priced.
The crowds at Pei Wei are very unpredictable. We’ve been there on a Friday and there have been plenty of places to sit, but you go on a Sunday at 6 and the place is packed.
We’ve been there a few times and have never been disappointed. I love the orange peel chicken and the lemon pepper chicken.
The lettuce wraps are excellent and a must have for any trip to Pei Wei.
I think the portions are large — large enough to take some home, but not large enough to share with others.
It’s a good alternative to local Chinese places (I like to eat too much, so I like buffets instead of sit down Chinese) when you know what you want and you want it to be hot and fast.