Wah Kue Cafe

It's your average Chinese food! The bad reviews on here seem really dramatic- its a Chinese dive bar that smells like smoke and has the decor and ambiance to match it. While nothing I had was outstanding, everything I had was as expected given the ambiance, shortness of staff, and time of day (late evening on a holiday). I kept it simple with General Tso's, Orange Chicken, hot and sour soup (was really good), veggie chow mein, crab rangoon, and green tea. I will say that the veggie chow mein had a LOT of vegetables in it and minimal noodle so if that ratio could be bumped a little I would like it :) Not bad but not horrible and yes I would go here again.

Food was delicious and the staff were very friendly! Some of the best Chinese food I've had in the area! Highly recommend! 10/10 will be going back again!

Service good and friendly. Restaurant is clean.Food is awful and expensive. Unfortunately Mardarin Kitchen in Des Moines, which is our go-to is closed for a week or so, so we came here instead because I had heard good things. I am hugely disappointed and want my money back!Hot and sour soup has no flavor and way too much cornstarch making it a gelatinous tub of paste.Kung pao chicken has no zucchini or even water chestnuts but instead a ton of cheap celery. Oh and maybe 1/2 a large chicken breast in total for meat.House fried rice is adequate, but not terrific. Egg rolls meh.Don't recommend.

This food at Waukee is the best! The fried rice is so good. The sweet and sour has no match to any restaurant in the area. Everything is great!!

Very admirable to have Employees that been there for 30 years! Meet nice people every time I visit. Good American Chinese food too.

Disappointed. Wah Kue has been mediocre for years but it's reached a new low. The chicken noodle soup tasted like noodles in dishwater, awful. I sent it back. The beef fried rice and boneless almond fried chicken were okay, nothing like years past when it was pretty good. Expensive. Three dishes + drinks $144. I've been going here since I was a kid yet I may not go back.

Hadn't been in ages, but was craving some chicken subgum. It was delicious even if they forgot to give me any of the crispy noodles to go with it.

S.O. raved about this place. He started going here many years ago and liked their food. From the outside, it looks unassuming and your typical mom-and-pop place. We were seated right away. It wasn't very busy but it was rather late in the day. We ordered BBQ pork, almond chicken, pork fried rice. The food came out timely and the portions were okay. BF liked their chow mein underneath but there wasn't enough noodles.The owners were nice and made sure our waters were filled. It was a nice meal but BF did say that it wasn't the same but decent.It's good if you have a hankering for some quick Chinese American food from a local joint.

Probably the most flavor less over cooked chinese food I've ever had. The Salt and pepper chicken wing appetizer was oddly sweet for the amount of seasoning it did not have. Also some of the fried chicken was so cooked it was rock hard. The Kung Pow Chicken was like chewing on a piece of rubber and tatsteless except for the peanuts, it also was not spicy. The broccoli and beef again lacked flavor and the beef itself tasted like beef an the verge of spoiling. The beef chow mein was again very tasteless. The Mandarin Chicken was okay.

Our usual place was closed and my husband craving hot & sour soup. Placed a pick up order and I tipped over 20% because while I waited they were very nice and place was clean and cute. Food was not great and soup was horrible! It was thick and gelatin like abd had weird sweet flavor. Inedible really if you like hot and sour soup.Sad because we like to support local and I originally thought this might be out new place. $80 later, won't ever go back!