The more things change, the more they change. My relationship with Wild Orchid is complicated. I loved 'em. I hated 'em. I loved 'em again. I felt the sting of disappointment. I sorta felt like I'd ended the relationship. But wait-- after a couple of years of not seeing my former favorite... I decided it was time to pay a visit, once again... and Magic, thy soul is a place. I don't know how long it will last, but this may be the best Hmong restaurant in town. New owners? I don't know or care. Just be sure to speak slowly to the guy at the register. His English is a little lacking. The food is so good I actually considered not posting this update-- to keep this place to myself. Yeah, right. Thank you, oh Gods of Asian Food, for granting us such yummies. read more

We were really fans of this place. It's all personal preference, but I felt like there was too much fish sauce in some of the dishes. The soy sauce in the table tasted like the fake cheap stuff. Just didn't work for us. read more

Best place for Hmong food around this area. I loved everything on the menu. It's delicious and consistent. My favorite is the Thai boat noodles. The service is great, the staff are attentive. read more

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Wild orchids makes me think of the "hole in the wall" type of restaurant serving comfort food. My favorite dishes is the hot and spicy chicken. It's the only place in town I eat it. read more

Wild Orchid - Hot and Spicy Chicken - Chinese Near Me - Maplewood, Minnesota

My wife wanted to go to Wild Orchid but it was under construction. The restaurant is small but cumbersome, the young waitress waited on us, I assume it is tgeir family memeber. My wife order Kapoon and springrolls and I order my Pad Kaprow ans 2 Wonton Soups. And 2 Thai Ice for me and my just wanted water. When we got our food it was huge, my wifes Kapoon is larger and her spring roll she order was 8-9inches and 1-1/2 inches in diameter. My Pad Kaprow vwry tasty, not hot, not to salty, my has an awesome run like how it should be, and my Wonton Soup is hugh, just at my photos if you go to any Asian restaurant they will give you small portion with a hugh bill. Our food came out to be $65 so I tip the young waitress $20 and thank her for an awesome food and service. This restaurant got my 5 stars rating and we will be back again. Huge portuon less cost. read more

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We've been here several times and really wanted to like it. Staff is nice and food is on time. The pho is bad, very bland broth and meat wasn't tasty. We tried it three times. Also tried stir fry which was good but very small portion. The cream cheese puffs were good, not the best ever but pretty good. My husband is Vietnamese is my review is backed up read more

The selection of the food is good, I always order a variation of Pho. My issue is I always do take out and always ask for extra Hoisin sauce when I order and if it is the bag when I pick up the food. Well... I am told yes and get home and it is not there. Only a small container 1/2 full with a combination of Hoisin & Siracha. When I spend $15 on soup I want it flavored to my taste. Their failure to add the Hoisin sauce made a big difference in the taste and my satisfaction. As Dan D mentioned this restaurant has gone through multiple owners and the quality of food, through the last several years has been a rollercoaster. read more

Worst place ever. Food was passable. Chicken overcooked and they brought 2 meals and not the third. The waitress was insolent. Told us wrong information Marion and were total unapologetic. Worst ever. read more

We ordered a couple stir fried Dishes to-go, it was about 14-16 dollars each. Very disappointed with the portions, very small for the cost compared to others. The taste wasn't bad, but wasn't outstanding to warrant the price vs portion ratio. Tried supporting a local business, but we won't be coming back after several Times of this. read more

While in the neighborhood... we looked on our handy Yelp app to find something good near by. Wild Orchid was rated higher than a few other AsIan food restaurants around. We decided to give it a chance. Service was a little slow for a Wednesday night as a new employee was getting ready trained in. Fortunately we weren't in a major hurry and we ordered an app to start. Food: -Cream cheese wontons: triangle folded and good flavor. We really enjoyed the tomato style sweet and sour dipping sauce. - Honey Walnut Shrimp: nice value for the price. Many large shrimp in breading with walnuts and a honey sauce. Some pieces were a little too sweet. Maybe due to the excess sauce on the plate. It made it look pretty though. - Sweet and sour Chicken: lightly breaded chicken and tasty s&s sauce. Peppers and pineapple added to this dish. - Chicken Egg Foo Yung: 2 large patties that had great flavor. The gravy was perfect and savory. - Chicken Fried Rice: they ask for a spice level. We asked for mild for my mother in law and it came out a little too spicy for her. We enjoyed! This had nice quality pieces of chicken in it. All and all a nice experience here. We would recommend if in the area. read more

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I ordered delivery $100 worth of food at Wild Orchid one night because I just didn't have time to cook. I got: -Eggrolls -cream cheese wantons -Bun grilled pork -Bun Special -chicken pad Thai -sweet and sour chicken -fried rice Online ordering was super easy through Yelp. My food was dropped off at the front door within an hour and I could even track where the delivery car was. The food was good but I have a few complaints. My first complaint were the Eggrolls. I thought they would be Vietnamese style Eggrolls but they were more like Chinese style, with the thick wrapper and full of cabbage. I'm not a big fan of Chinese style Eggrolls so I was a bit disappointed. Secondly, there were no option to choose "no spice" for spice levels online. It was mandatory that I choose a spice level which was from 1-5, and when the food came, there were some spice to a lot of my orders. Kids were going to be eating the food but they couldn't eat the majority of the entrees because there were spice to it. I would order again but will not be ordering through the Yelp online order platform. I will also not order the Eggrolls. read more

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The food was a welcome surprise. Tucked away in a little strip mall next to a Mexican restaurant is this little jewel. We had won ton soup which was very good. Pot stickers were very flavorful. Not greasy at all. The special Pad Thai was wonderful. Just the right touch of spice and the honey walnut shrimp was light and sweet and not at all greasy. I'd come back. Good tea too. read more

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Lissa Orchid is the new name previously known as Wild Orchid. The management has changed. We went right when they open for the day. The vibes are quite casual with family and kids around. The service was pretty fast during my experiences (2nd time). The food was overall pretty delicious with bigger portions for sure! Overall great experience only lost a star due to some menu items being served during a certain time frame and was not made known as well as some food items like the grilled pork was not grilled. read more

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We ordered vegetable spring rolls and received regular spring rolls with pork and shrimp. When we attempted to remove the meat, the shrimp had a long, disgusting vein in it. We noticed that none of the shrimp were deveined. My husband got the pad Thai, which was good, although very sweet. The shrimp in this were also not deveined. That grossed us out so we didn't eat any of the shrimp. I ordered the veggie pho, which was good, but nothing special. The wontons were average. The egg rolls were quite good though! There was definitely a lot of food for your money though, and well priced. read more

Wild Orchid - Chinese Near Me - Maplewood, Minnesota

I was working out in Woodbury and had a bit of time to kill, so I popped up Yelp and Wild Orchid came on my list. Ironically enough, I had some free GrubHub cash that was expiring that day, so that made my decision quite easy. I went with the Bun ga' nuong', which is a Vietnamese grilled chicken salad. I got mine extra spicy. There honestly had to have been 20 ingredients in this dish and I was elated with the amount of effort that must've went in to this dish. The combination of endless fresh veggies, vibrant noodles, and spiced chicken were to die for. This would undoubtedly be one of my go to's in the city. The residents of Maplewood/Woodbury don't realize how good they have it with this spot. I've seen some mixed reviews, but many of those came from Americanized Chinese dishes. The owners are Vietnamese. While I can only speak about the dish I had, I can truly say that it's something that I'd eat at least once a week if it were in Downtown Minny. Furthermore, the prices are ridiculously low and the same aforementioned dish would be $3-4 higher if it weren't out there in the 'burbs. Realize what you've got and give this place some love! read more

Wild Orchid - Chinese Near Me - Maplewood, Minnesota

I thought this food as okay. Ordered Vietnamese and Chinese cuisine because I was craving both. I was not a fan of their Kung Pao chicken. It was mostly a saucy stir fry with peanuts. Where was that distinctive spice and numbness? No where to be tasted. The vermecelli salad was decent. I would recommend this over their Kung pao chicken. The cream cheese wontons are on the sweeter side. read more

Not the best food in town. I haven't ate since 12 in the afternoon so I am super hungry. Was actually really excited about this place. A Friend recommended this place and I am so disappointed. A friend said, "the thai boat is so good, taste like you had it in thailand." If the Thai Boat taste like this in thailand then i will never ever get it, its just taste like water and salt. Good thing i only got a mini and not the big bowl. The laab esaan was OK, i ask for slight bitterness but none, the flavor was alright. Got some spice and salt, couldn't taste the rice powder in it. I didn't get my stick my rice i ordered with it. I don't even want to talk about the green curry. Its a soup of green water, after i had it, i lost my appetite. I didnt even want to take it home but the husband said to take it because we hate wasting foods. The service was not the greatest, waited at least 10 minutes for someone to come to us, they forgot forks for us, didn't give us plates to share. I probably wouldn't recommend this place to anyone. read more

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I ordered the chicken pad Thai. The flavors are good but more on the sweeter side. I think if you add a dash of fish sauce will do the trick. It's not bad but I wouldn't order again. read more

Wild Orchid - Chicken Pad Thai - Chinese Near Me - Maplewood, Minnesota

YUCK. I feel so ripped off right now. Weird, shabby food; drab, cold, unwelcoming environment, inattentive service. This is a junk joint. I would never come back, and advise you to avoid it. Surely there is better Chinese/Asian food around if you are hungry for it. You won't get it here. Read all the recent reviews; evidently the new owners have ruined this place. My sesame chicken was ALL batter, very little chicken. The sauce was a slightly brown version of sweet and sour sauce, and it had nothing at all like the crisp, meaty classic sesame chicken you know. A ripoff. The vegetable spring rolls were essentially huge amounts of letter wrapped in a micro-thin membrane passing as... something. With a bit of tasteless rice-type.. noodles? inside. It came with an odd peanut type sauce. Purely nothing. An excuse to put something on a place. Soda came straight from the glass-door refrigerator that was not hooked up. Soda here is not cold. If I hadn't asked for ice, I wouldn't have gotten any. When I asked for my second soda, it was delivered once in again in a can, warm. The "fried rice" -- for which you have to pay extra -- is really tasteless, and only technically fried, in the sense that it has been tossed around in a hot pan. We were so hungry. If I hadn't been with my elderly mother, I would have sent everything back. If some enterprising person in Oakdale would open a real Chinese or Asian restaurant, they could make a killing. I really was expecting more based on 75 reviews with an average of 4 stars. read more

I'm here right now. Waited for my to go order. After waiting 15+ minutes the hostess finally asked what I was waiting for. She said oh your order disappeared from the system. She had to reorder it all. I asked if she was going to expedite it and she did a nervous laugh. I said I have to wait 15+ minutes again. So here I am still waiting. I would tell her to cancel but I've already paid! read more

Absolutely amazing bún! I was in the mood for bún, but BF made me look for a new place, and Wild Orchid came up. Not too far, let's give it a try -- SO HAPPY we did! I had the grilled pork bún, and it was absolutely delicious. The pork itself was more in the style of a stir fried pork, served over the salad in a rich and flavorful sauce, and the salad itself was incredibly fresh. Crisp bean sprouts, crunchy lettuce, delicious pickles. The pour over sauce was delicious as well, and overall I think I have a new favorite bun place! (Sorry, I was so busy enjoying myself I forgot to take a picture) read more

Wild Orchid is back in my good graces! After two mishaps with delivery, my wife convinced me to go back for their egg rolls and spring rolls. All I can say is, their egg rolls are AWESOME!!! Flavorful, hot, and huge. A definite must try. read more

Good food, ample parking and nice atmosphere. This is a place worth checking out. I recommend it.

The vermicelli with crispy tofu is the best. The tofu is fried perfectly and the garlic sauce they use for it is amazing. It's probably one of the best tofu I've had. Order this. Everything else is a 3/5 (at best) that I've seen/tasted. Also, their lunch specials are a great deal. read more

Wild Orchid - Perfect tofu in this vermicelli bowl...order this. - Chinese Near Me - Maplewood, Minnesota

If I ever ate rat/bat meat it was today. It was so gross. The fried rice was nasty, the sweet and sour chicken didn't come with sauce and was so dry with no flavor. The hot and spicy chicken was also dry. The sauce was okay but definitely don't recommend this place at all! Waste of my money! read more

I went to Wild Orchid for first time. I ordered sesame chicken and rice. The rice was not warm and chicken only semi-warm. The wontons were hot. I asked if the meal could be warmed up. I could not understand the response I was given but no effort was given to do anything. The chicken tasted like rubber with no taste. It was also supposed to be spicy and was not. Even the rice was strange as the soy sauce did not even darken it. When I went to pay, the card reader did not work with credit card. Never going back. read more

I would get me some of this everyday if I could!!! Wish I lived closer or I would definitely be here every day and night!!! YUM!!! read more

Wild Orchid - Sooooo gooooood!!! - Chinese Near Me - Maplewood, Minnesota

We dined in last time we ate here and the food was good but not on point. We just ordered for take out and everything was amazing. We had orange chicken, general tso chicken and egg rolls. Everything was fresh and hot! read more

ordered the beef lo mein . It had a very strong fish smell and the beef was grey in color like it had been sitting in hot water or something. I took it back and was told ( Well the food is not for every body ) The employee then turned her back to me and walked off. .I took the food and put it into the Dumpster. I tried to eat it however the fish smell was too much. read more

I've traveled the world and eaten amazing food, I can say with absolute certainty that this is some of the best Asian food in the area. Fast and delicious, you will not regret going or ordering from here. Enjoy! read more

Great food! I appreciate that this time the food was well packaged and the driver was very cautious with delivering my food. I was I would tip more. The driver was lost and very thoughtful to call and bring me my food all to my back yard door! Pho was delicious and food was yummy !!! Big thank you to GrubHub and Wild Orchid! read more

Wild Orchid - Veggie Lo mein - Chinese Near Me - Maplewood, Minnesota

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My first time here. The food was right on spot. Fresh and delicious! My kids loved every dish especially the appetizers they killed it. Definitely will be coming back. Haven't had great food in a long time. read more

Yummy food! Chicken and rice was delicious also the cheese wontons too! Delicious food and got my home delivery delivered! Thank you!!!! read more

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I'm not good at reviews, but I know what I like and this place is delicious. I came here first for the reviews I read on there delicious egg rolls. The reviews were accurate! Best I have ever had. Huge, crunchy, full of flavor. My girlfriend likes the cream cheese puffs so we usually get those as well. For being not a huge fan they are amazing. Full of flavor, large portions, huge size. I cannot remember the other selections we have had for main course, but today we had the combination Mi which was also suggested. Once again full of flavor and good portion. I would highly suggest trying this place out. read more

Wild Orchid - Combination Mi - Chinese Near Me - Maplewood, Minnesota

My food was delivered very nicely and warm. I got the special vermicelli salad! It was delicious with the sauce, meat, and veggies. I've order here before and they're always good with their orders. I just wished the salad didn't have too much liquid. read more

I've been eating here for years (before it was sold off). It used to be a fantastic place to eat. Friendly staff, fast service, good food, and convenient. New ownership has taken over. Not good. Pho doesn't taste the same. Eggrolls are different. Spring rolls were not wrapped nicely and were un-proportional. Staff was not well trained. He couldn't answer our questions, like how how is level 5 hot? It's weak. Level 5 hot doesn't even compete with Hot Cheetos. We had a party of 4. We were 1 of 2 parties in the restaurant, but service was very slow. We ordered mostly noodle dishes. We didn't get water right away. When they brought out the eggrolls, there was no dipping sauce. The Pho dishes came out last. I don't know why, but pho usually comes out first at other places because it's so easy to make. Well, they also forgot to give us spoons and chopsticks and the little dish of basil, sprouts, and lime. We had to constantly tell the waiter that we're missing stuff. Water refills should be common sense, but not for these guys. Will not be going back. read more

Google "Wild Orchid" and the results will be a soft-core porn starring Mickey Rourke. HA! How ridiculously random to associate an Asian fusion restaurant with a porno! Fast forward to me deep-throating an egg-roll. Ok, rewind, so this place used to be Duc's a little while ago, which kinda sucked Duc, so I was skeptical when I showed up to Wild Orchid, which looked the same as the previous business. I have since been back a handful of times for lunch because this place is thankfully a huge improvement. I was recognized after just a couple visits, service is fast, the employees are super friendly, and one of them sounds like Louise from Bob's Burgers. That is a good thing in my book, and an even better thing that instead of finding a "Human Polenta-Pede Burger" in front of me, I usually find delicious Mi, egg rolls, and bun. It was frustrating how long it took me to find an egg roll that t I like in the Midwest. I mean, how hard can it be to make something deep friend, delicious, and phallic?? But Wild Orchid's had finally presented me with a crave-worthy one. I don't even know what it is about it that's so addicting, I just hope it's legal. I recommend checking out their ~$8 lunch specials. I enjoy their pork bun, which is a generous serving and comes with an E-roll. My only complaint is that they're skimpy on the cucumber and carrots even when I ask for extra. I also recommend their Combination Mi, which includes thin egg noodles (that hold up much better than the rice noodles in pho), wontons, pork, and shrimp. Oh, but I'm not a fan of their egg drop soup, as it had random chicken nubs in it ugh. I'm so glad that Wild Orchid is in my work neighborhood, and that horny Mickey Rourke is not. read more

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My first visit to Wild Orchid was met with a bit of trepidation due to the rather lackluster tenant that used to occupy this address. That said, while the atmosphere hasn't changed much, fortunately the food has. As others have mentioned, no order here is complete without at least one egg roll - they're great. The menu has a number of Vietnamese items (i.e., bun, pho, etc.) and a few American Chinese and Thai items thrown in for good measure. The pho hits the spot on a chilly day, especially after going overboard on the accompanying chili oil and hot sauce. Other items like the lo mein and noodle salads have been fine, if nothing remarkable. Service has always been no frills - you'll order, food will come, sometimes you'll get a water refill, sometimes you won't. Who cares, just order more egg rolls. read more

Sorry I have to give them a one star. If I can do a negative star I would. The waitress is soooooo rude. We waited for almost an hour for our food. I ask for tea when we first got there and later after 45 minutes, I ask for a tea refill, the waitress gave us an attitude say "more tea". Wth. The broth is too salty. My goodness it's my first time here and I will not be coming back. The spoon for soup was dirty. Ewww... I have nothing nice to say about the food and definitely nothing good to say about the service. 1 whole hour wait for our food!!! Btw, they brought out a dish that we didn't order. I order chicken pho and my group all order beef pho. But they brought out beef pho for me too. They just assume we all order the same thing. They mess up on our orders 3 times. No water refill. I don't know if it's a back day for the waitress but I'm not going back to this place. read more

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I give the food only 2 star. It needs improvement in atmosphere and food. 1. Pho - broth was decent rate pho 3 out of 5. Better than some hmong places but not vietnamese places. 2. Tofu Vermacilli noodle with sweet sauce- 4.5/5. The flavor in the sauce they put in there along with the sweet sauce was actually amazing and tasty. But the freshness in the shredded lettuce and very little mint was not all there to bring it all together. It would be a perfect dish if the freshness in vegetables were there. 3. Chicken lo mein- 5/5 Best dish out of all dishes we ordered. Fantastic taste and texture of egg noodle, carrot, celery, chicken. Wouldn't change a thing for this one. Awesome. 4. Fried chicken wing- 1/5. this was pretty basic appetizer, which tasted like it sat there for a bit then brought out. It was warm, but not piping hot like it was just out the fryer made to order as it was the first thing out for us. The chopped green onions thrown ontop didnt help or enhance this basic dish. And the pepper sauce wasnt spicey nor very flavorful. Basic hmong chopped herb and pepper kind of bland but you taste the salt of the fish sauce. No wow factor that enhanced the wings. 5. Hot and spicey chicken- 0.5/5. This was the lowest rated dish. It threw me off when I tasted it. Right off the bat you taste lemon grass and it's very very sweet. There was no spice at all. Alot of chicken and alot of sliced onions. It comes with either white rice or fried rice. I picked fried rice but it wasnt fried rice like I expected. It was rice with soy sauce. I was expecting something at least along the lines of Chinese sweet and spicey dish with an actual side of chinese fried rice. 6. Pad thai- 3/5. What I liked out of this dish were the fresh bean sprouts and fresh shredded carrots on the side to balance out the sweet sauce. Server was not as attentive as I'd expect. We didnt have all silverware already on the table after being seated and server didnt ask if we needed more until we got our first few dishes out. Ordered pop and it was forgotten until mid meal and we remembered. Water didnt come around for refills til we were already done eating then server came with pitcher. We came out because we heard good reviews on eat and go through Facebook. This was disappointing. Entire visit rated 2/5 for only 2 dishes that were done well. read more

Wild Orchid - Chinese Near Me - Maplewood, Minnesota

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