Amazing Wok

Amazing Wok next to Kroger on Henderson Rd used to be a largely Americanized Chinese takeout place... or so I've heard from other people who have lived around there for decades. They're now under new ownership however and it now appears to be a super authentic Chinese restaurant. I shop at the Kroger next door pretty regularly and I always see Chinese college students hanging out there in groups, so it must be authentic?It looks like they have hot pots built into the tables now too? They still offer takeout, but it's definitely a lot more than a takeout restaurant now.I dropped by last weekend to grab lunch to go. I ordered their kung pao chicken and it was delicious! Grabbing food here comes with a bunch of challenges though.First of all, no one who works here speaks English fluently. So unless you're fluent in Mandarin (I'm not), that'll be a challenge.Second, I'm not sure if their website is updated or if it still reflects what was being served under the old ownership. Either way, their online menu and their menu in the store are completely different. And even within the store, there seems to be a different menu for Americanized Chinese food and authentic Chinese food. And their Chinese menu has some amusing translation issues. I have no idea what "Weird-flavored dry-pot duck" is!!Third, you'll need to have an adventurous dining mind because their menu has items like bullfrog and pork intestine.Their food is delicious... you'll just need a bit of courage to brave the language barrier and the unfamiliar menu!Hopefully they can update their website to make it easier to order online... that would solve a lot of the confusion for people who grew up in Ohio like me!

After this place gets a new owner, they become very pricy and food is bad. Especially the front desk lady is always very rude to customers. Even if their food is good. They don't deserve any customers' visit at all. Don't come here

One of my favorite place for dumplings! Love their handmade chives and pork dumplings!Fresh and juicy BBQ items are hit or miss, but still don't stop me for trying my luck with them! BBQ items are sold minimum 6 sticks per order.

I need to start by saying that their current staff only speaks Chinese. I didn't realize this when I walked in and a customer had to help translate for me.Aside from that, this was some of the best Chinese food I've ever had. The food was cooked with so much care and love, and everything was so well seasoned and had so much flavor, it was incredible. The fried rice almost made me cry.I might be coming back armed with Google translate, or maybe a week of learning Chinese on Duolingo. It was *that* good.

Amazing Wok has nothing amazing about it. I tried it several times and was never impressed. This is a fairly standard counter service Chinese restaurant with some plastic tables. It has no ambiance to speak of. The carryout is recommended and you get some off your bill. I had the Szechuan tofu on the most recent visit. It was nothing special and it cost about $6. They had some of the typical Chinese vegetables but this time it was mostly broccoli. It was also not spicy like it said on the menu. The sauce was weak and it barely added anything to it. It still is cheap though at lunch so it's not as bad as it could be. The restaurant also never uses MSG so that's a good thing. It's not a nice place for dining in. The interior is so humble and needs an update. It's also cash only can you believe it. They need to get with the times and modernize if they want to be successful. I wanted to like this more but they are not consistent enough at Amazing Wok. It has good prices especially at lunch. The only good thing about it, but it needs more to make me want to go there.

This review is based on the new management. Very authentic Chinese food (if you look at their separate menu, which is only in Chinese unfortunately). The place doesn't look the greatest at first glance, and the service was a little slow because of how busy it got, and you get served water in red solo cups but the food is good. You can also order ahead even for dining in if you tell the owner. Highly recommend their lamb skewers. They were seasoned very well. The price was pretty reasonable at $2 each. Overall the items were flavorful if not just a tad bit salty. Would definitely still go back for skewers though!

Stopped in and was looking for some Hunan chicken to go . I waited almost 10 minutes and as I was waiting there I feltLike there was going to be a language barrier and there was. I had some questions and the chef couldn't understand so a nice woman sitting at restaurant translated for me.The chicken was not what I was expecting it was more like general tso chicken. Sauce was thick and super gooey.I didn't eat much of it. It was horrible

It was my first time coming here after they changed owners. It's still family-owned. The new owners are from Hong Kong. They have very authentic Cantonese food! You need to ask for Chinese menu! My friends and I ordered Stir-Fry Beef with egg on Rice, Preserved egg with Pork Congee, Wonton Soup and Salted Fillet with Jalapeño. Every dish was tasty! They also have dim sum but you need to pre-order them. The owners were so friendly. I will definitely come back with friends!

This is the place where you can find authentic North East Chinese food. And the new owners are very nice couple. My friend and I would go there once a week. Sometime just a simple dumpling for lunch. Recommend to try everything on the menu.

(Edited to clarify my comments regarding the two vastly different ordering systems, and any reason for the addition of Americanized food as options since my previous visit are entirely conjecture on my part and reflect no actual firsthand information.) Met a friend for a birthday lunch at 1:15pm on a Friday. The neon open sign is turned off, as it was the last time, but the doors are unlocked. No other customers, but I was greeted non-verbally and provided with an extensive paper menu and a red solo cup of water as I waited in a booth by the window for my friend.They seemed to have updated the menu to include some standard Chinese-American take out dishes since we were here last, but the major of the menu is presumably authentic, meaning interesting things I've never heard of. When my friend arrived, she also was given a paper menu and a small acrylic sign with a QR code and a table number was brought to our attention. Scanning it links you to a very different menu than the one online, with many photos of the traditional offerings. The language barrier is neatly skirted this way, as orders are placed by clicking on the image. We had a braised pork dish with a slightly sticky, almost bbq-like coating on maybe bony pieces that might have been vertabrae? Two empty plates and two bowls of sticky rice came with, and the two bottles of differing soy sauce that were far better than the Kikkoman printing led us to expect were pointed out, and packets from a dish on the table that contained plastic gloves for eating them without utensils. (Disposable chopsticks for the rice. ) Second course was "sweet potatoes with sugar" that turned out to be a heaping pile of chunks of white sweet potatoes, crispy outside and fluffy inside, dangerously hot right out of a fryer and covered with golden molten sugar that hardened and formed threads of spun sugar in places. We were given metal forks and a shallow dish of plain water was placed between us beside the platter. Gestures informed us that we were to dip the potato chunks into the water before eating. This seemed a safety precaution to cool them just enough to avoid 3rd degree burns from the sugar coating and harden it. Interesting to eat, and delicious, although we ate too slowly and were unable to pry the last few chunks from the rock like hardened pool of sugar.Last course was one we had before and loved, a plate of 15 smallish steamed dumplings filled with ground lamb and grated carrot and a small dish for our preferred soy sauce for dipping (the darker, non-vinegary one).Other than bringing the courses and the brief gestures on how to eat the food, there was no other interaction with staff during the meal. While we may have been given space because we both arrived masked due to the air quality, I believe this is typical. Everything we needed was on the table. The lavish lunch ended up being about $55, and my card was swiped and totaled with no tip despite suggested amounts on the receipt. Pricey for the apparent hole in the wall location, but a bargain for the food and experience.If I've enticed you with my description, do not attempt to order online from the menu on their website. It seems to be an attempt to generate income by satisfying what they think Americans expect from a "Chinese takeout and delivery joint" I doubt they do it well. Unless you are fluent enough to order properly on the phone, go there, scan the QR code, place your order even if you want carryout. But you'll miss out on the experience if you don't dine in. This is the only indoor restaurant where I've removed my mask to dine in years, as we ordered carry out here last time. But we anticipated an empty dining room for a late lunch and it was well worth the risk.