Sui Yep Cafe

Solid dim sum experience! My friends and I arrived a little after 1pm on a Saturday and I was…read moreworried it might still be busy but it wasn't. I think we caught the tail end of their dim sum hours, which end at 2pm that day. As soon as we sat down, the staff rolled over countless trays of deliciousness and we immediately started feasting! Attentive service and honestly you can't go wrong with anything here. Since we arrived later in the day, I think some items had run out; sadly, we didn't get to try the dan tat (egg tarts)! Overall, a positive experience, though the dim sum was definitely on the pricier side.

Service was good, prices have gone up like most places, dumplings are ok. The best if still the…read morefermented eggs and pork congee along the egg custard buns. Haven't been to dim sum for awhile and got in quicker than expected. It seems it's less busier than in years past. A lot less carts going around now.

Interior

Toad fish

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Shrimp dumplings, pork dumplings, steam BBQ pork buns

Shuang Cheng Restaurant

4.0(455 reviews)

8.0 mi•University

I used to go here whenever I had an extra $10 back in the 90's when I was a college student at the…read moreUofM. I loved it, it was my comfort food spot. I hadn't been there since at least 1996 but my family and I visited last weekend. The lunch deals were inexpensive IMO. Egg rolls were nice and crispy, fried rice was yummy, and the garlic chicken was exactly as I remembered it. I'd love to go back and try some of the lobster and crab dishes. While Dinkytown has changed a LOT, Shuang Cheng hasn't, and that's a good thing! Also, my bro ordered the chicken with orange peel. I don't usually like sauces breaded chicken dishes because the reading is often soggy. We all agreed that their chicken was delicious! I'll go back the next time I'm in the beautiful Twin Cities!

There is a reason why a restaurant survives for 36 years. It has to have great quality food, be…read moreconsistent, have good service, and fair pricing. It helps too to have a well maintained, attractive place to eat. Shuang Cheng has ticked those boxes for three and half plus decades. Let's start with one of the most basic items: Wonton Soup. Boring, I hear you say! Well, consider this: broth that has a deep, deep flavor and wasn't something that was an afterthought. Generous slices of roasted pork, tender wonton wrappers stuffed with a great-tasting filling. Boring? Hardly. It's literally the best wonton soup I've ever had. OK, what about something like lobster with black bean sauce. Nailed it. Sweet, generous portion of lobster in a sauce so good, you can use it as a dip for your lobster and it's fantastic over the rice. EMPEROR'S CHICKEN (15.85) - My wife varied from her usual Sesame Chicken (which she thinks is better than any other Chinese restaurant) and is a lightly breaded and deep fried chicken fillet slices of ham over a bed of bok choy and mushrooms. Perfect she said. The service is always good, the restaurant was remodeled a few years ago and if you can overcome the parking challenge in Dinkytown, this traditional Cantonese restaurant deserves a permanent place on your regular restaurant rotation. Enough said.

The inside with their new, funky tile floor.

5 Spice Softshell Crab

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Dining room

Huie's Chow Mein

4.2(67 reviews)

10.3 mi•Nokomis

As always, excellent food! Fantastic! Here's the updated…read moremenu with pricing; photos as of 3-8-26. Oh, and don't forget; they do not accept cards, so bring cash!

Well, if food, service, and ambience are the three categories I should consider in my review,…read moresuffice it to say I wish I could give them negative stars. The neon sign outside says "Dine In" and yet the woman who stands behind the Covid era plexiglass will shout at you "take out only!!" To that end, there is no service. They only take cash, (so I'm relatively certain they're not reporting all of the income on their taxes). And when I say they only take cash, I mean there's no other options. No credit card, no debit card, no Zelle, Venmo, CashApp... Nothing else. Now for the main attraction, the Food. I'm reluctant to critique anyone's artistry, but this food is shit. There is no nicer word. Relatively certain the eggrolls, the chicken tenders, all of it comes frozen and is loudly prepared on a grill. Since you can't see it being cooked, all you can hear is the metal utensil clanging loudly against the grill. All of the sauce is store-bought, prepackaged, sugary, gelatinous slop. I suppose the only nice thing I can say about this place they have free parking. Seriously, save your time and your cash. Do NOT eat here.

Mapo Tofu

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Golden Chow Mein

3.7(110 reviews)

4.3 mi•West Seventh

I have eaten at Golden Chow Mein for years. I liked the old place; I thought the food was solid and…read morewas saddened when the owners retired and the place was to be closed. I am happy to report that the place is better under the new ownership. The cuisine has been elevated; for example the fried rice is more thoughtfuliy done and better tasting. I have sampled a number of dishes and haven't had a bad one yet. I highly recommend the Shanghai Noodles. I get takeout because I live close by, but the interior has been redone and people do eat in

Oh my god they changed owners and it's so weird. We ordered orange chicken and lo mein and idk what…read morewe even got. It doesn't taste bad but it's not anything like the Chinese food we expected these are like chicken nuggets and not lo mien noodles. The three kids working there had no idea what they were doing. As chicken nuggets go they weren't bad

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Egg Foo Young, chicken, almond ding

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Orange Chicken, Sweet and Sour Tofu, Chicken Lo Mein

Pagoda

3.7(638 reviews)

6.0 mi

Highly recommend Pagoda for all you can eat dim sum. This is definitely good for family style…read more Although this location is much smaller than their previous location, parking is better. Didn't get any pictures but they well have menu specials when they gave fresh seafood too. Ginger scallion lobster is a must. Chinese broccoli with garlic is cross delicious and refreshing. We also like the beef chow fun. Try the fried soft shell crab from dim sum and the beef tripe. The only I would say I expected more from is the chili oil. Not spicy or flavorful. Service is quick and we never had to ask or wait for water refills. The all you can drink mimosas are good too.

The service is good, the restaurant is spacious and has plenty of seating, but the dim sum I…read moreordered was so disappointing. My heart aches just thinking about it. The first thing I noticed was the xiao long Bao were frozen. Then I looked at all the rest of my order and knew they were all frozen and steamed/fried to order. You can get fresh hand-made dim sum for the same price that the frozen dim sum here is sold for. It was about $70! The lunch and dinner entrees look good and legit, but I wouldn't recommend getting dim sum here unless you are having a craving for it at non dim sum hours AND if Pagoda lowers the prices.

Stir fry clams

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Potstickers

House of Wu

3.7(113 reviews)

17.5 mi

Woohoo! Or should I say, Wu-hoo?…read more I'll admit we're guilty that if we're craving Chinese food, we'll typically hit up Panda Express. It so happens that there was not a Panda conveniently located to us the day we were craving it, so I popped open my maps app to look around for alternatives. This place came up and I used their online menu to quickly take a peek at options/pricing, and deemed it somewhere I wanted to give a try. SO GLAD I did. The location is in a little bit of a dead-end street, but it's absolutely worth making the small detour. True to its name, it looks like a house. There was plenty of parking available. We discovered upon arrival that they've got some temporary hours for actually dining in, though that didn't matter to us since we were getting take out to eat back at home on our porch on a lovely warm, sunny afternoon. The inside of the place is pretty nice with lots of authentic decor, so no doubt dining in would be pleasant when it's an option. We were offered a menu so we could figure out our order; there was lots of yummy options to choose from. Plenty of folks were grabbing orders to-go that they'd called in for (which we might take advantage of in the future, since the wait time was around fifteen minutes for our food to be prepared; we just waited in the lobby on some comfortable chairs scrolling our phones, lol). It was rather apparent this place is frequented by Asian Americans rather than catering to random white people like us, as there was lots of fluent speaking in Chinese between customers and employees. Even so, they didn't make us feel unwelcome or out of place in the slightest. When our order was handed to us, I was in awe of the sheer WEIGHT of the bag I was given. It was A LOT of food, which was awesome. The pricing was extremely reasonable. I got a shrimp dish for around $13, and it was so ample that I ate from it not once, not twice, but THREE times. The cream cheese wontons were $5 for a baggie of ten, and sooo delicious (and easily reheated in our air fryer). All of it was delicious. My tastebuds were delighted. We will absolutely be coming here again, and again, and again. I'm excited to try more dishes! Thanks, House of Wu!

I have been coming for 25 years when the original owner ( older lady) ran " a super TIGHT" ship…read morebarking orders to staff, racing around full speed with her almost non stop orders especially on weekends. (Loved chatting with her, miss her.) Several times I saw whole HUGE beautifully roasted and decorated entire pigs sold out the door for private parties! EVERYONE came back then from EVERYWHERE! She was " famous" state wide for having the BEST DUCK. She had delicious big bowls of noodle duck soup too! Her roast duck and roast or barbecued pork were New York City Chinatown quality!!!!! ( I grew up & worked in NewYork for 40 years) Sadly she passed away and about 5 years ago I slowly saw the quality portion size cooking process and especially taste/flavor in the seasoning and marinating almost disappear. I wrote about this on my last trip from Florida where I moved 5 years ago. We permanently moved back to MN 1/26 and just returned to House of Wu today. OUTSTANDING.... Perfect Juicy. Just like in her original old days! Yay! Finally. Today the dining room was filled with 10 older and a few younger family and staff- - an EXCELLENT sign that her original recipes and wonderful care and quality of preparation HAVE RETURNED. Thank you. Thank you family.

Interior (not always available for dine in currently)

Bbq pork

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Signage

Enjoy China

3.2(36 reviews)

20.3 mi

3.5/5 We ordered take out and they had the food ready pretty…read morequickly. We ordered subgum lo mein, vegetable lo mein, chicken in orange flavor, szechuan chicken and cheese puffs. I didn't find either chicken dish to be spicy. If I were to order it again I'd want to increase the spice level. I could eat just the cheese puffs for the rest of my life and be happy about it. They were worried about the amount of rice with our order (you get some with the chicken/entree purchase) and gave us more rice for free. It was nice and if you are a big rice eater I'd recommend increasing your order to a pint.

Enjoy China is closed permanently after 27 years. Lease ran out and couldn't be renewed.read more

Bee with Oyster Sauce

Fried Rice. Also Served white rice

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Lo Mein Noodles

Star Wok

3.4(73 reviews)

17.2 mi

Delicious! The hot and sour soup was delightful, with plenty of delicious tofu and a perfect soup…read moreconsistency! Only one size available so I can enjoy again tomorrow. I also ordered the vegetable chowmein. I enjoyed it and the rice sent along was very light and delicious! Will definitely order from there again!

It's no frills, but they hit the target on timing. I came in person rather than calling ahead (not…read morerecommended). They told me 20 minutes and they got it done in 20. My wife and I split the seafood delight. It was good and plenty for the two of us for supper.