We received a flyer on our door for this restaurant and decided to try it for take out. I read most of the Yelp reviews and for the most part, they were fairly positive. I did read the negative reviews but decided to take them with a grain of salt as some people are just inherently hard to please. Picked up the food, brought it straight home and noticed right away that none of it was very hot. Most of it seemed just above room temperature, but even that didn't deter me as I was starving this particular day. I microwaved my egg drop soup and began to eat. It was a bit bland, but otherwise fine. Next, I tried the szechuan green beans. These were very yummy. I really like them. Then I tried the fried rice, but it was also a bit bland and quite dry. Needed soy to be able to eat it. My bf got the Mongolian Beef. It looked great. It also tasted great. Then I tried my House Chow Mein. First bite, woah this is really tasty too. I was happy. Then I dug in for the 2nd bite. I immediately noticed something a little too pink/red and then proceeded to dig out many pieces of under-cooked meat just from the top of the dish. I immediately closed it up as I wasn't going to eat a dish with raw meat. Yuck, gross! After all, I had read a few reviews where other people had similar experiences and didn't notice at first and then ended up ill. I was actually worried about eating the other food due to cross contamination concerns, but I was so hungry I ate my fill of the other dishes. Here I am a day later with no ill effects. Yay! Lol. So, to conclude, order and eat at your own risk. Definitely pay attention to the meat in your dish to make sure it is thoroughly cooked. I wasn't convinced that the meat in the Mongolian Beef dish was cooked through, but beef is a bit different than chicken, and my bf ate it with no negative side effects. I will NOT order from this restaurant again! Raw meat at a Chinese place is a big no, no for me, especially as they are known to use lower quality cuts of meat to begin with. It's a shame, as the main dishes all had excellent flavor, which makes me understand the other high ratings. But there are too many other options available to risk food poisoning. My advice to the restaurant: take an extra 2-3 minutes and actually COOK the food. Make sure it's done and is hot! read more

Hot Wok Tempe - Under-cooked meat - Chinese Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

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Probably my favorite local Chinese spot. The portions and the prices are good. Delivery is fast and inexpensive. Crab Rangoons are my favorite and they give you 8 big ones for $4.75. I have tried a lot of the menu at this point and have never disliked anything although I stick to the basics like orange chicken and sweet and sour pork. read more

They still rock the wok. I got the broccoli shrimp this visit and I was pleased as was DD with his old fave: wor won ton soup. The sauce on mine wasn't as great as their moo goo gai pan. I'm used to a lighter white wine sauce which allows the delicate flavor of shrimp and broccoli through but it was still good if a little dark and heavy. My un-initiated colleague opted for the one non-Chinese item on the menu and was underwhelmed by his chicken teriyaki. I admonished him and am re-posting my approval of this strange little takeout place that still only bears the sign "Chinese Food" on its storefront. read more

Hot Wok Tempe - Broccoli Shrimp - on the dark side of the wok with a side of won ton soup - Chinese Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

I have tried many places before and after Hot Wok and none that are still in business compare. Their food is Outstanding. Everything is beyond delicious. Their prices are reasonable. The order is always correct & delivery time is reasonable. Love love love them. The other restaurants recommended dont even come close to Hot Wok. read more

I'm not one to complain about food because I'm not that picky but this was gross. My teriyaki chicken was pink. Like really flipping pink. Teriyaki chicken isn't supposed to be pink ever? I tried it because maybe it was how it was cooked but it didn't taste good at all. It was also drowning in teriyaki sauce. I called the store and asked for a refund but she wouldn't give me one just kept insisting they'd make me something else. I've worked in the food industry and understand why she insisted on not giving a refund but if they are adamant on the refund you give it to them... Annoying. read more

Hot Wok Tempe - Chinese Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

The House Lo Mein, still the real deal, but DON'T get the coconut shrimp. Trust me read more

Hot Wok Tempe - Between a nail salon and Red Wing Shoes - Chinese Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

Ordered house fried rice to go .. guy at counter said it was gonna be 5mins and sure enough it was 5 mins when he walked out with my rice. Rice had no flavor .. even after drowning it in soy sauce! read more

I have gotten takeout from this restaurant for over a decade and have never once been disappointed. My food always arrives hot, fresh and super tasty. Prices are very reasonable and my orders always arrive super fast. Ordering online is easy. I'm so glad the restaurant has survived this health crisis so far, but I'm sure they could use more loyal customers. read more

O-M-G! My family has traveled across the country by car 18 times....literally. And aside from the east coast, HOT WOK has THE BEST CHINESE FOOD HANDS DOWN!!! Hot Wok is clean, fast and sooo delicious! Every time we order, we order MORE so that we don't have to fight over who is eating how much of what! Their shrimp fried rice is so good (for example) that I can eat it right out of the container without soy sauce or anything! (Which is not ordinary for me). And their gravy for their egg foo young is to die for!!! In fact, as I write this review, I am praying that I'm not jinxing myself! Feel free to order over the phone because you won't be disappointed AT ALL! If you've never been here, YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE MISSING! It's like a Chinese Thanksgiving! read more

Just moved here and decided to try this place out. The guy taking orders not friendly at all when I picked my food up. I brought it home and I couldn't even eat it. The sweet and sour chicken was too oily and there was no sauce it was just breaded chicken for 12$. Don't waste your time or money, try a different place. read more

I only eat sweet and sour chicken... hard to mess up. Batter tastes like it was fried in old oil and somehow my white rice is very peppery. 11.50 for sweet and sour chicken that isn't edible. so sad :( read more

I ordered orange chicken with pork fried rice through Uber eats and it was soo delicious!!! My hunt for good Chinese food in the east valley has ended!! I also ordered chili oil and gave the perfect kick to the food. read more

Best Chinese restaurant in town by far. We usually order it once a week for work. Sometimes I drive down 30 minutes from my house to get some food for dinner because you can't find quality Asian food like this anywhere else. It doesn't look like much on the outside but the food is amazing. We usually get the wonton egg drop mixed soup and cream cheese ragoons. Excellent priced too! read more

If you grew up somewhere where there is no dinky little restaurants do not go there - You will be shocked! Shit, i grew up in NYC and i was a bit surprised, especially after living in Phoenix for a while. Their advertisement of NY Style Chinese Food is quite correct - dinky little place between nail saloon and bread store, disgusting dirty dishes on plastic beat up tables, some pimply asian teen who does not speak much English behind a counter, a "Chef" reading Chinese news paper in the corner chair. WOW Home sweet home! Since i called in and placed my order i did not have to wait too long, perhaps 3-5 min or so. Then i been given a bag with some boxes and told "Want somsing else? Its sere, in corner. Sank u, bye" Great, we will not go hungry tonight!!! So, i take it home and we dig in. Alright cool!!! They did not forget my free egg roll, very nice of them and i did not even need to remind anyone (Alright, i forgot myself!) At the end it was pretty nice dinner. They had somewhat hard to find Singaporean Noodle dish and i got that and was not disappointed - It tasted quite good and was not too greasy. Amazing Chicken was not so amazing but not too bad all in all. Not quite NYC caliber Chinese food, but not too bad. As long as you try not to think about sanitary conditions there. But hey, growing up in Brooklyn has its benefits, you learn to see past some things LOL "I like" read more

My search for the perfect plate of General Tso's chicken has taken me to dozens of Chinese food restaurants, large and small, all over the country. I can say with confidence that this place is one of the better Chinese food restaurants out there. I was not familiar with "New York style" Chinese food before, but apparently it means dingy restaurant, ugly chairs and tables, the same generic menu that you've seen dozens of times before, flimsy plastic eating utensils, and damn good food. I will overlook all of the meh that is on the exterior of this place for the fact that they serve what I consider to be the best General Tso's chicken in Arizona that I have found so far. read more

Do NOT waste your time with this rude joke. I called to place a delivery order... Was in the MIDDLE of my order, when he put me on "hold" to answer another call. Unfortunately for this vendor- "hold" was live and I could hear this guy putting me on the backburner while he took someone else's call for takeout ahead of mine. I asked WHY I had to wait for someone who called in AFTER me... After waiting on hold for 15 minutes... The guy literally said "f*** you" and hung up. Not only have I not tried this place- DONT WANT TO! Good luck, jerks! And don't hang your trash on my doorknob again. read more

I have been eating at the Hot Wok AKA "Chinese Food" for years now... I did eat in once and it was kind of a cluster of a dive in that place so I block those memories out when ordering deliver. I always order #49 Moo Shu Beef, #149 Mongolian style Lamb and some egg rolls. The Moo Shu Beef has to be the best I have found so far around Arizona and I love the lamb dish as well always a great place to have great food delivered. read more

I knew I was in a NY style Chinese place as soon as I saw the huge poster-sized paper menus. It seems like every Chinese place I ever ate at as a kid before moving to Arizona had that exact menu. I knew right then that I would like this place. I ordered the spicy eggplant, and they happily added tofu to the order at my request. It was very good and full of flavor, but I will ask for it to be a little spicier next time. Overall, it's a pretty good Chinese place. It's reasonably priced and the portions are just right. I'll definitely be back. read more

Typical strip mall chinese restaurant where they have 800 things on their menu but could probably give you 800 reasons not to go back. The tiny plate and whimpy plastic utensils made it close to impossible to make the best of the below average food. I wanted to stick my fingers down my throat when I walked out the door. I ordered the L29, but it didn't resemble any L29 I've ever had before. read more

I have Hot Wok deliver to my work at least once every weekend. They are normally very prompt and the food is really good. The first item i Purchased was their Priciest one, the Five Stars Around Moon. I loved it. If you're looking for Chinese delivery, give this place a shot. Also, I realized their online menu really is down ALL THE TIME, so I uploaded some pics of the one that I had at work, so we all can use it. :) Happy Yelping. read more

Hot Wok Tempe - Front of Menu (05/14/2011) - Chinese Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

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For years now I have been disappointed time and time again by Chinese restaurants around the valley. I really thought there was just no good Chinese food to be found. Until Hot Wok! Finally, real, good Chinese food!! Hot Wok is BY FAR the best I have found. The portions are huge and the prices are good. I can order a small and get two meals from it. My favorite is the chicken with mixed vegetables. The chicken is not breaded and the veggies are a nice mix - broccoli, carrots, zucchini, mushrooms, water chestnuts and onion. It's served in a sauce that is so flavorful my mouth is watering just thinking about it. I've also had the chicken with string beans and that was tasty as well. A favorite of the boyfriend is the pineapple chicken. Breaded chicken with a tangy fruity sauce and big chunks of pineapple. Their cream cheese wontons are good too but it's pretty hard to mess those up. This is definitely a take-out place. They do have tables, but it's nothing special. read more

Good news, bad news here. Unfortunately, the good news is that it's really good food and pretty reasonably priced. The bad news is that we got delivery last night and used a brand new credit card that we'd had for 6 months and never used. Guess what happened today? Visa fraud called and said that the card number was used 3 times before they caught it. If I stretch the benefit of the doubt really far, it still ads up to someone connected to this restaurant ganked my credit card number. Maybe they wrote it down and didn't shred it and some bum dug it out of their garbage, but I dont' care. Somehow the info was misused. So now I'll either have to go there or pay cash for delivery, or go back to my old stand-bys, Golden Eggroll or Chopstick Express. Bummer, because neither of those has fried bread! read more

I'm no meat expert, but I'm pretty sure this "beef" is not edible unless you want food poisoning for 2 weeks. They were very kind in partially refunding me though. read more

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Terrible, dangerous and doesn't care!!! After having eaten this place a handful of times in the past, I opted to view it as just a quick and cheap version of lunch. Nothing amazing, nothing terrible.... until now. Not only did we receive raw chicken and end up with violent food poisoning, our shrimp dish came with 2 pieces of shrimp, the rice was old and (not refried) reheated, and none of our vegetables were even seared let alone cooked. We are now dealing with missed work, doctors co pays for anti-emetics and overall aggravation at the staff who have no sympathy or concern over the quality of their food. This turned a $5.50 per lunch special into a costly event.... DO NOT EAT HERE! read more

I haven't visited Hot Wok, but order delivery almost religiously for our biweekly game nights. Delivery is fairly prompt, usually within about 40 minutes (ordering for 6 people), although we've seen orders arrive in as little as 20. Portions are large for the price, usually lasting me a few meals. So far, my favorite dishes are the curry chicken, garlic chicken (emphasis on garlic), and Hot Wok-style chicken. The chicken egg foo yung isn't the most flavorful, but it's tasty, and a bit of Chinese mustard really makes the dish. The egg rolls are decent. The steamed pork dumplings are amazing, and the crab won tons are some of the best I've tasted. While I can't speak for the dining-in experience, I highly recommend their food. read more

Hot Wok Mr. Cook. I have been into the actual establishment twice. I have ordered delivery on many occasion. I don't know what New York style means, if it means damn good chinese food, then well done. When in New York I will ask that they do it Hot Wok Mr. Cook style, because if it's that good to be copied then they will know what I'm talking about right? read more

While "New York Style" Chinese carries a questionable connotation in regard to food quality or style of cooking, the main meaning - in my mind at least - is that you do NOT eat in the restaurant, unless you are actually used to that "authentic Chinatown" ambiance. You order ahead and take out, or (preferably) order for delivery. Having said that, I've ordered in from these guys about 10 times now. I have yet to have them get my order wrong, or take appreciably more time to deliver than promised. And the food... No, it won't win awards... and to be honest the quality hasn't always been consistent. But when they're on, that's some of the best General Tso's chicken I've ever had. If you like your Chinese unapologetically trashy - in the tradition of the best New York and San Francisco noodle dives - check this place out! read more

I'm not really a fan I have to say. I was really excited when my food arrived in 15 minutes... like really excited. That's Jimmy John's delivery quick. It looked very well packaged but that's about where the experience stops being fantastic. I love my spice... don't get me wrong. I usually order my Thai on the high end of the spice scale. Spice is a great way to get a flavorful dish. It also can reveal the caliber of the place you are ordering from. Typically a take out Chinese establishment is not going to offer a scale for their spice. It's not a Thai restaurant. They simply indicate with a little pepper when something is going to be spicy. My dish which was a scallop dish was very overpowering on the spice end, and not in a good way. The spice completely overpowered my food and any good flavor that could've resulted. I may try it again and order a non spicy dish to see how that ends up, but for now, it's out of rotation on my take out list. read more

I'm a big fan of Hot Wok. They definitely give you your moneys worth. I have never had a bad meal here, as they are always consistent and fresh. Everything I have tried is amazing and the portions are very large, enough that even the lunch specials are so much food I have leftovers for several days. The NY style chinese is simply amazing, the quality, the freshness of the veggies and meats they simply cannot be beat. Also they have the best shrimp n chicken egg rolls in town. HW's soups are amazing, If you're into looks and ambiance you will be disappointed. HW is better than Chinese sit down restaurants.. and without the flair. Here you get freshness, non greasy flavorful Chinese food made to order, it's a winner! For Great NY Style Chinese, go to hot wok... at 250 I'm glad they're not close or I would be in trouble read more

I so wish you could do 3 1/2 stars. i would give it. Not bad chinese. NYC style. If you have lived in or around NYC you would completely understand. I LOVE the Fried Dumplings. SO GOOD!! Highly recommend them. Pork Lomein is good to. Take out for sure. Not really a place to sit and eat. you can do it but it is more geared for take out. read more

I may be in the minority (like I care) but I was totally disappointed with my visit and the food. I can not recommend this establishment to anyone. My coworker told us while in training of these terrible experiences at a local restaurant but I never paid much attention. After visiting Hot Wok today, I asked him what place he had been been talking about months ago....it was Hot Wok. read more

War Wonton soup... Not bad! Not awesome but definitely not bad. Teriyaki chicken... Well, it's teriyaki chicken. The 'special' shrimp and scallops... Not really scallops. More like baby pieces of fish that resemble scallops... Delivery was super fast! I'm just down Warner on McClintock so that helps. They included fried wontons and all sauces which was nice. read more

I don't have a lot to say here...I ordered delivery and should have known better than to order Chinese delivery. The food was delicious. I have no complaints about the taste except that the chicken tasted a little...off...but was perfectly seasoned. It just had the texture of raw chicken, but I couldn't tell with the sauce and seasoning. Had I not woken up with extreme food poisoning, I would have given this place 5 stars. But I woke up with food poisoning and hadn't eaten anything the day before but Hot Wok Mr. Cook. I am entirely open to the thought that I got a bad batch of chicken and this never happens. But I got food poisoning. As such, I give 2 stars for the fantastic taste of everything except the chicken that made me sick. read more

Our FAVORITE Chineese food at my work! I have to admit I would have never probably tried it had not everyone at work raved about it! Now All of us at American Airlines Rez Center orders there more than once a week! They let you order it as you want... ONLY X,X.X and mild or spicy for EVERY dish! Lunch is AMAZING for about $6.00 with an entree, rice/noodles and SOUP! I can easily make two meals out of their lunch and 3 meals out of their dinner! By driving by you might think...hmmmmm... after you try their food you WILL BE BACK! Yummy! :) read more

Terrible, awful food. All of it. What a waste. Sooo bummed. They get 1 star for speedy delivery - to get rid of old food, I assume. Spring rolls look like they were re-wrapped after numerous of times in the fryer. Trash can seemed grateful when I took it all to the dumpster instead, as I didn't want the house smelling like day old grease. And the "meat" in our entrees was highly questionable. This was at 4pm on a Saturday :( read more

Hot Wok Tempe - Chinese Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

So good!! We ordered teriyaki chicken, pork lo mein and beef with mixed vegetables. All proteins were so flavorful and moist. The vegetables were crisp, the noodles and rice were cooked perfect It has been so long since we have found a good Chinese restaurant. We will definitely be back. read more

This is some legit New York Chinese here. Singapore noodles have a nice mix of shrimp, sliced chicken, and sliced roast pork, with a good dose of yellow curry powder. Egg foo yung, the meat and veg is cooked in the egg patty as it should be (not piled on top as it inexplicably is in some AZ Chinese joints)--very good gravy. Fried rice appropriately greasy. This is not one of those places that's afraid to use oil and your leftovers are dry as a bone the next day--I order a few things at work and have delicious lunches for days. I wasn't keen on the stir-fry dish I ordered with tofu, meats, and veg, but I'll try again and also try to update with photos sometime. read more

I've had some horrible Chinese food delivered recently. I got spring rolls nothing special but exactly what you would imagine. I was not disappointed by them. Finally, edible duck! The last few places I ordered from it went in the trash, almost immediately. The general tso's was tasty. Great shrimp fried rice. read more

Let's start with the food. The orange chicken we ordered was not cooked well. There was pink in some of the chicken pieces and the rice was a little on the firm side. Moving forward to customer service. When I called about the food issue the gentleman on the phone asked me to bring the food in (which I could not do because I had to be putting my kids to bed). He told me instead to bring the food tomorrow, although they wouldn't give me a refund of any kind. The food was bad and the customer service is worse. Never ordering from here again. read more

One of the best chinese restaurants around the area. We have ordered take out 3x within the past month and are never disappointed. You must try the pork dumplings (steamed). So much meat in it and the sauce that comes with it is a great compliment to the appetizer. The hot and sour soup and egg drop soup are good too. When you order those soups to go, you get a lot for what you pay for (which is very reasonably priced for the size you want). read more