We stayed right across from this Chinese take out and decided to give it a try. I asked for the Chicken Lo Mein to be made low sodium, low oil and they did. It was really tasty, good and hot. We also got some teriyaki chicken and boneless spare ribs. All of them were really well made. A place for Chinese take out close to most of the shopping in this part of Springfield VA I have posted menu photos since the link on Yelp to their menu is Years OLD...those prices are not remotely close to today's prices.... read more

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Portions very small now . Chicken fried rice has almost no chicken . Dinner combo box now a rip off. Have been going there for over 35 years ... no more. Service staff family have always been rude , but food made up for it . No more ...will not return . read more

I was on the hunt for a place to get some dinner during one of the recent snow storms and stumbled across this place. This was one of the few places that were open. This restaurant offers carryout, delivery and limited dine-in. This is your typical Chinese food carryout joint. It is located in a small strip mall and has an adequate amount of parking available. There are a couple of tables with chairs available in the restaurant that you can sit and wait or dine at. They serve your typical Chinese food including sweet and sour chicken, pepper steak, moo goo gai pan, shrimp lo mein, orange chicken, and egg foo young. I ordered the General Tso's chicken, which I substituted the rice with lo mein noddles and it came with an egg roll. I was surprised, but it did not come with a fortune cookie. The staff was friendly enough. My interaction with them was very limited. It took between 5 and 10 minutes for them to prepare my meal and I took it to go. There was a ton of food. I did not finish it in one sitting. My meal was pretty good. It tasted well and I enjoyed it. I would definitely eat here again. read more

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Cheap food that taste cheap,their food tastes bad, it looks like they recycle their food from 10 days, nothing looks fresh. Their service is not the best but not the worst. It's a small carry out restaurant so the place doesn't look great inside or outside. Most Chinese food tastes ok this place let down Chinese cuisine. read more

Relocated to Northern Virginia and was crazy for Chinese food. Ding How fulfilled all my expectations. Ordered my food to go, and when I arrived the food was ready! Thank you! read more

I was nearby on an errand and checked Yelp for good Chinese. Ding How did not disappoint. I had the shredded pork in garlic sauce. The sauce was superb. The vegetables were fresh and crunchy. I also got an order of Egg Foo Young to take home and can't wait to try that. This will be on repeat for me, errands or not! read more

Beef lo mein is absolutely my favorite at this mom and pop restaurant! Next in my list is the beef with broccoli then pepper steak!

This is my go-to Chinese place. The food is quite good and the owners are friendly. Sometimes I pick up, other times I have it delivered. My favorites are the General Tso's chicken, the egg rolls, Szechuan beef, and the chicken wings. read more

Great food, great service, family run business. This is my weekend treat. Food is great and prices are excellent. read more

Always looking for a good Chinese Food Carryout.. I don't get alot of people using "yellow rice" but this DID NOT disappoint but next time I will ask for light on the onions.. Staff are very polite, thank you read more

Ding How Carry Out - Pork fried rice.. - Chinese Near Me - Springfield, Virginia

The service was horrible very rude mother and daughter team. Acted like they don't speak English until it come to giving you the total.The food was disgusting! Ordered chicken with garlic sauce. Got some type of brown sauce that was very very sweet like they added sugar to it and not really fried rice just some crazy looking yellow rice with stuff in it. Crab rangoon it was also very sweet. It was just an all-around bad experience. Very much gave the vibe of " hurry up and pay now". Believe me only ate here because we were hungry from moving all. Please look elsewhere if you want actual Chinese food. read more

It's funny that this restaurant is on Bland Street because that's exactly how I felt my food was. I should've taken a picture of my food but I was so hungry I had to start eating it. I called in a lunch order for general tso's chicken lunch special with steamed white rice and it came with an egg roll. First issue I really have is with the rice, which is quite surprising as this is a Chinese food restaurant so the rice shouldn't be a complaint at all, but it was so soggy and not appetizing to me at all. The actual chicken was also a little soft but the sauce was really good not too spicy or too sweet. I was kind of disappointed because the pictures online shoe broccoli accompanying the food but there was no broccoli and I was looking forward to that the most. I actually really enjoy the egg roll which is uncommon for me. Overall, maybe they have other food options that taste a little better but I was not impressed by my food. In terms of customer service the woman on the phone was very quick, not nice but not mean. Not bad, although she didn't even tell me a time frame for when my food would be ready. I probably won't be returning. Not for general tso's at least. read more

I've been going to Ding How for 10+ years, they have changed hands but continue to make great food. Don't trust your food to the delivery services, I've always gone there to pick up my food. The current owners are a family and take pride in what they do! I love the Won-Ton Soup and order it by the quart. The pork fried rice and fried dumplings are my favorites! If I feel like spoiling myself I'll order Mrs.Tso's which is all white meat chicken or Lemon chicken covered in a lemon sauce. I've never had any issues with food quality and or service. They used to have hot tea for people when they walked in out of the cold. When it snowed a few years back they were open. This Chinese Take Out is a staple of the community and is what you think about when you think "Family Owned" The photo as you can see the roads were not favorable but they were open for service! read more

Ding How Carry Out - Chinese Near Me - Springfield, Virginia

I grew up in Springfield and had great memories of this place. However, today when I went by after being back in town, I was highly disappointed!! First of all, when we walked in, there were NO adults present to take our order, ONLY two teens playing on their phones. Despite that, we ordered sweet and sour chicken and fried rice, and were HIGHLY disappointed with BOTH!! The fried rice was yellow and had nothing but onions and bean sprouts in it and was TERRIBLE! The chicken was mainly batter, with very LITTLE meat inside and the sweet and sour sauce tasted like it came out of a can..I had heard the restaurant had new ownership, but the quality now is TERRIBLE and I would NOT repeat even for FREE!! read more

Love this place! Family owned and run. The kids answer the phone to take orders and are not the most personable, but they're kids! Otherwise great place. read more

We absolutely love Ding How - it is the best Chinese food in the area! Always consistent and never any issues with our order. Our favorite is the veggie lo mein! Chock full of veggies and non greasy! We love that all of their food is cooked fresh and not greasy. The spring rolls, dumplings, and chicken & broccoli are other favorites. The employees are friendly and always recognize my husband. We love Ding How! read more

Bad customer service, sub par and over priced food. Woman taking order was bothered by basic menu questions and generally acted like I was bothering her. They've both raised prices and shrank their portions. And quality of food has gone down a lot. read more

Horrible! Horrible! Horrible! Horrible! Horrible! This place get one Horrible! for each star that yelp allows. I ordered fried rice, hunan chicken, and lo mien. I knew I was in trouble when I opened the three containers and everything appeared to be the same dish. It wasn't until I forked one container, that I found noodles under the rice. I was willing to ignore fact that it all looked the same, but it even taste the same. Hey! Dong How you got me once, but you won't get me again. Is there a way to post No! Stars? Yelp help me. read more

I was in Springfield to play pool at Hard Times Cafe, but I couldn't do so on an empty stomach. I saw a Baskin Robbins and since my parents weren't around, I decided to have dessert before dinner. While heading towards the Baskin Robbins, I saw Ding How and suddenly I was craving Chinese food. I walked in and the place smelled really good, always a positive sign. However, this pleasant smell was drowned out by the loud noise coming from the children of the owners. They were crying and complaining at the top of their voices. This is very unprofessional for a restaurant. This is a workplace and is not a place for taking care of children. The menu looked great and had some nice options. I was deciding between the House special rice noodles (with chicken, beef, and shrimp) and the Singapore rice noodles (spicy curry with pork and shrimp). I wanted to replace the pork of the Singapore noodles with beef and the girl at the register said that would be an extra $2.50 due to the more expensive nature of beef. If you look at the menu, nowhere is beef that much more expensive than pork. I was not happy that she tried to swindle me like that. I ended up buying the House special noodles instead. Although the service wasn't great, the food was amazing. I absolutely loved the texture of the rice noodles and the combination of the meats. The meat was chewy and flavorful as well. However, you can get this kind of Chinese food at other restaurants with much better service. The food is great here, but they need to work on their service and presentation. read more

Ding How Carry Out - Delicious rice noodles! - Chinese Near Me - Springfield, Virginia

I ordered take out and got the general tso's chicken and chicken teriyaki. The food was good and plentiful. I had leftovers for the next day. It did take a little long for the chicken teriyaki but it was made fresh to order. read more

Since my review, if I go here I only get their pork fried rice, egg drop soup or egg rolls. I got chicken lomein and it tasted like seafood. It made me feel so sick. Didn't taste like actual chicken at all. The noodles themselves are a bit slimy in texture. My own cats wouldn't even eat the chicken. My guess is that they must cook the chicken in the same wok as the seafood. read more

Terrible customer service! They don't ever give us utensils when we order. I asked for my food to be well done but it almost looked under cooked. I called to let them know but they insisted on telling me that the food was fine. I had to go back and forth with the lady about how the food wasn't right smh. Also the food is beyond bland won't be ordering here anymore. read more

Great local Chinese take-out. Quick and friendly. Waiting area is clean. Love that the lunch specials come with an option for two crab rangoons instead of an egg roll. read more

I had a hankering for some beef and broccoli Chinese food, and I decided to come to this restaurant because I was in the neighborhood. The price for the normal order was around $11.00 and that price is pretty much in line with other Chinese restaurants. I would consider this place more of a traditional Chinese carry out establishment. It's no frills, nothing spectacular, and not really smiling employees here so happy to serve their customers. It is what it is, and to me the quality of the food is what is important. Quality is what they delivered. It took them about five minutes to prepare my order which is what I had expected. I couldn't resist to take a bite once I got into the care. It was awesome! Very fresh and hot! What I like most about beef and broccoli is that it's a healthy food option, and I try to balance out the fast food junk that I eat other days. Maybe some day I will pay this place another visit! read more

Ding How Carry Out - a restaurant menu - Chinese Near Me - Springfield, Virginia

Definitely a 4 star Chinese restaurant and good for Virginia if you are from the northeast. It's a husband and wife biz with the kitchen in plain site. It may not be the best, but the kitchen is clean. Not close to Northeast quality but again, it's good for Virginia. read more

We've ordered from here the last 4-5x we wanted Chinese. Pick up experience is a little rough but delivery is fast. Food quality is really yum, I especially like the lo mein dishes. Food is nicely seasoned, not salty or underdone. We generally order lo mein, fried rice and things like beef & broccoli or chicken w/ vegetables. Tasty and reasonably priced. Will keep on keepin on! read more

Omg, say "yes" to Ding How. The only Chinese place I have ordered from since moving and easily the best Chinese I had in the entire state. There is nothing I have tried from Ding How which was anything less than excellent. The worst thing about delivery places is when the food doesn't come hot. With Ding-How that is NEVER a problem, the food is always fresh and hot. TLDR; Want Chinese = Eat Ding How read more

I have been eating Ding How since the early 90s. I agree with everyone that this Chinese carryout makes very good food. Very consistent. The reason why I gave it 2 stars and felt the need to take my time to write this review is to address the dishonesty that has been going on for the past year and continues to exist. Like everyone else, when I'm hungry, I just called and order my food. Drive there and pick the food up and pay and that's that. I am very consistent in that I order basically 98% of the time the same thing again and again. After about 5 months into going there (very heavily like every 3 days), I started noticing that the amount they charge me on my credit card (from ordering the same thing consistently 3 or 4 times in a row) are never the same. Sometimes it is 5 cents more. Sometimes it is 10 cents more. So I took out my calculator and calculate exactly how much the food cost with tax and found out that they have been overcharging me (from my record of credit card transactions) all these times. I confronted the owner's daughters (who work (and study there) as cashiers) in one instant and caught her red handed overcharging me. I asked her why and the girl couldn't answer me. They were embarrassed. I guess they needed additional money or something. Therefore, from that point on, I verify the amount before I go to pick up the food at their carryout AND give them $1 tip almost every time I placed the order. This evening, yet again, one of the daughter over charged me by 2 cents. It might sound cheap on my part to complain about these petty overcharges but let me ask your guys this: If they over charge everyone by 5 or 10 cents and they have 100 or 200 customers per day everyday, how much money is that? I do not like dishonesty. If they want to charge for containers or other things then MAKE IT CLEAR that they are doing that. There shouldn't be any underhand activity like this just to make a quick buck. Sorry... read more

This is my first and LAST time ordering from this place. I ordered the Sha Cha Chicken and it tasted and smelled like straight up seafood. The bowl was full of veggies and a few bit-sized pieces of chicken. There was no seafood in it, nor did the menu mention seafood tasting sauce. I called them to let them know that my daughter has a seafood allergy and that I wanted a refund. During this conversation they talked about how the seafood taste and smell was coming from the sauce. There was no indication or disclaimer of seafood being present in the dish. So for the smell to be so pungent, its a problem. After hearing management discussing loudly on the phone about what to do about our situation, for well over five minutes, the phone disconnected. I called back to make sure the line did not drop. Just to be forwarded to their voicemail system after two rings. So it appears that they deliberately didn't answer my call TWICE. I would give them a zero but since i can't, SADLY here is the 1 star. P.S. i better not see another menu on my door. Your menus are scattered all over the ground anyway. So dont kill the trees advertising your foul food. read more

Their food is very good I love the shrimp in lobster sauce, and sweet and sour chicken. The people there are very polite and helpful. I definitely suggest this place for someone that likes Chinese food. The sides that come with the food are good like the crab Rangoon. read more

Soo this is how bad this place is...bad enough that i actually signed up for yelp so i can review it...I went and tried it because of all the good reviews.. and where should I start: 1. I ordered carry out (online order), picked up in store, went home and found my soup missing!! not even worth it to drive back to get it.. 2. The food - HORRIBLE!! .. i am not picky.. i can eat either authentic Chinese or American Chinese (like Panda Express), but this place just SUCKS big time... all my dishes tasted the same (soy sauce taste).. and greasy. read more

Good was great. They delivered even on a day the government was shut down due to a snow storm. The BEST part was two little girls delivered my food to my door (talking maybe like 6 yrs old!?). They were so sweet and all smiles! A pleasant surprise which made my boring snow day happy! read more

We got a group lunch order for the office. How hard is it to pair Lunch specials (L1, L2, etc) with either white or fried rice and egg roll or soup. We had to pretty much say the L# and all fried rice and all egg rolls. Ok, I got the Shrimp Lo Mein lunch. I really didn't care that it came with what was supposed to be fried rice. I have never ever in my 32 years that I have been Chinese seen yellow fried rice. Yup, yellow. It was as if i was eating yellow Tex Mex rice. No soy sauce in the fried rice at all. However, the lo mein was pretty darn good. So, 4 for the lo mein, 1-2 for everything else. read more

Fast service, nice family that runs this establishment, and they are training their kids well to properly run a nice facility. Delicious food served quickly. read more

BY FAR, the best mom and pop Asian place in the area. The rice is amazing. The Shrimp is seasoned perfect. It's traditionally. Everything you get on the menu is great. Take out takes awhile(5-15mins) but the delivery is surprisingly fast(25-35 mins) YOU MUST TRY! read more

I was very pleasantly surprised with this take-out restaurant. The lady was very friendly and greeted me with a warm smile, which is more than I can say for 90% of take-out Chinese-American restaurants. I ordered the mapo tofu which took about 5-7 minutes for them to prepare, and I was sent on my way. The portion was pretty large for the price, and it was an easy and quick exchange. Would definitely order from here again to support the kind owners. read more

Ding How is the original Chinese carryout of my youth. It was once a reliable place for Friday night carryout until it went downhill and new management took over. Unfortunately, I have to agree with other commenters regarding the place being run by children. This lends a less than business like environment that can turn people off from coming here. It is good to have Ding How back to good food. The eggrolls are as good as ever and the General Tso's chicken is highly recommended. read more

Chinese food worth a visit. Better than several of the dives in this area. General Tso's chicken and shredded pork w garlic sauce are worth a repeat; fried chicken wings were great; szechuan beef was as Michael O's review-more assorted veggie than beef. (Note: beef prices are on the rise now due to the drought out west.) However, the spiciness/heat level of the szechuan dish was great. No attitude seen as reported in an older review. Family owned and friendly. A great carry out place location if you partner shops at Talbots. read more

Ordered takeout around 9:15pm online. The restaurant closes at 10pm. I waited until about 9:40pm for a call, and when I didn't receive one, I called them. The lady said my food was ready, but I don't understand why they didn't notify me (I specified to call). When I got there, it was 9:59pm, and all the lights were off except one, and the family who owns that place were all waiting for me to show up. I mean, waiting as in as soon as I left, they also left and locked the door. Besides making it feel a little weird and awkward, I'm really happy they were waiting. The food is pretty good, I got the veggie lo mein with a cup of hot and sour soup. read more

Not bad for Chinese food. I stick with the general tso's nothing too far out there. Frie rie is good