Wild Ginger

The ambiance of this place is top notch. Great decor and clean. Service was a bit slow at 4pm on a Tuesday, but took a few minutes for someone tossing eat us (might just be starting a shift). The food didn't match the restaurant. We ordered pad Thai, fried rice, and tofu eggplant dish. Everything tasted too salty. Togo and eggplant were drenched in sauce. Fried rice was too salty. Pad Thai was very salty and had too much flavor. The mango Palmer was too sweet and we had to dilute it with water. A bit disappointed.

Ambient and service was 5 stars, food was 4 and price was 3.5. The servings were very large. I ordered the chicken wings appetizer and it was stuffy for party of 4-5. Super crunchy, moist on the inside and has good sauce and flavor. I really enjoyed it. The Mongolian noodles were tasty, quite spicy and enjoyed the variety of veggies in it. The 'char' flavor makes the noodles flavorful and have more depth without too much sauce. It is more like a dry stir fry. The duck was flavorful but I have had better. Maybe because I love duck and ordered them whenever I can so I have pretty high expectations. The flavor is more on the savory side vs the more caramel y/sweet flavor from traditional Chinese duck place. It has more spices like five spice and like I said, is more salty than sweet. Many might like it this way better. Likely a personal preference. The buns and sauces were fun to eat with. The half is more than enough to share if you are ordering other dishes. The spring roll was tasty, only 3, a little small but overall appreciate the vegan offerings including the Mongolian noodles that is great for vegetarian diners.

One of our favorite happy hour spots in Bellevue. We enjoy both the food and cocktail selection. Our favorite foods to order are the Vietnamese Chicken Wings and the Tofu Phad Thai. The drinks are very refreshing and our personal favorite is probably the "Laid Back" which is gin, fresh squeezed lemonade & creme de violette. The happy hour is good for an early dinner or a mid afternoon snack. Seating is walk in at the bar which also includes some tables on the side. Our servers are consistently friendly and attentive.

So, the food was very flavorful. Mongolian beef noodles were so good, the chicken wings were GREAT, the lettuce cups wee Phad Thai in lettuce. All were on the verge of too salty but I love heavy flavors so it was good with me. We were the only table seated in the bar and the service was strange. Noodles didn't come out for a long time and when i asked about them I was told they were the main dish and I had the appetizers first. Okayyyyy well for the only table there we waited a bit for the main dish. Nobody came to gi

Decided to stop by after work for happy hour. Ordered several different items off of the happy hour menu, as well as some drinks. Had a wonderful time. The atmosphere, and the vibe was great.

The service was outstanding! The duck wasn't as good as I remembered. The skin had 1/3rd" layer of fat, unrendered. Not a bit of crispy skin. The Thai spring rolls were very nice, with lots of herbs and lettuce to wrap them with. The fried rice was another highlight, with lots of little pieces of Chinese sausage and topped with a fried egg. The 7 flavor beef was different than I remember, but it was tasty. The meat wasn't the quality I expected. The cabbage chicken salad was ok, but nothing special. Would make a good lunch if you could pick it up at a deli. The string beans were delicious! Cooked perfectly and well seasoned. I think it's worth going here, but I would no longer recommend the duck.

Such good food. Went to a business dinner here where they had family style type of dining. There were numerous different dishes, and I felt like they kept coming out with different entrees all night. Every dish we had, was delicious! The service was impeccable for such a large group (about 35- 40 people). The restaurant is nice, not too loud with good lighting. I would def come back and order a few of the dishes again.

Sammar and I visited the Wild Ginger in Bellevue this past Sunday for dinner.We ordered the Gluten-Free Chicken Wings and the Siam Lettuce Cups with Sea Bass and Jicama for our shared appetizers.Sammar had the Duck for her main, and I had the Sri Lankan Dahl (soup) for my main.We also ordered 3 pots of the delicious hot emerald blossom tea (which has jasmine in it - we both love jasmine), to share.The Siam Lettuce Cups were fantastic. I don't know how they manage to keep the jicama strips so crisp when they have so much yummy sauce all over them, but this flavor combination was super.The Wings were great, too. I rarely get to eat anything that is breaded, because breaded items almost always have gluten in them. It was thoughtful of the chefs to create a gluten-free breaded item like this, and the sauce with the wings was very flavorful.I'm not taking a star off for the fact that the Dahl wasn't really up to my standards, because I do not think that it is fair to compare their Dahl to the home-cooked Dahl of my friend Vineet's Indian Mother. She simmers hers for several hours, and hers is way better. I had expected this when I had decided to order the Dahl, but I was still a bit disappointed with it. However, it wasn't bad, just not as good as what I am used to eating in terms of Dahl.I'm also not taking a star off for the service - even though Sammar mentioned to me quietly that she felt that our waitress didn't like her. Sammar is extremely likable, and I was surprised that she felt this way, as she has never mentioned this to me about any other service person during any of our other get-togethers. Our waitress must have been pretty subtle about it if she really did feel that way, because I didn't notice anything overt in that respect. I thought the service was kind, welcoming and attentive, but obviously Sammar didn't agree.The ambiance was a bit on the austere side, but it was very clean, and the restrooms were lovely.Probably a 4.5 star experience for me, so I am rounding up to 5 stars.I want to eat those Siam Lettuce Cups again as soon as possible.

Came as a big group so service is gonna be kind of slow so I can't comment on that. I ordered the Indian butter chicken and the flavor was en pointe. It was delicious and had enough spices that it's not watered down. I also tried some of their other dishes:Thai mushrooms- plate looks underwhelming but don't let looks fool you. The mushrooms were delicious Thai spring rolls - crispy and tasted as expected. Not badSeven flavor beef - beef kind of dry and over cooked Chicken wings - big pieces and crispy. Flavor was okMongolian noodles - also just ok

I came with a group of 14 for a corporate dinner, and we were very well taken care of. Our reservation was originally for 12, but the hostess was very kind and quick to add another table for our extra two guests. For such a large party, our servers were quick to get our orders and the food and drinks came out quite fast.I started off with the Gimlet, which was our server's recommendation. It was really good and had a twist compared to classic gimlets with the addition of thai basil. My coworkers also enjoyed their drinks, which included from the bitter martini (grapefruit) and yuzu mule. For appetizers, we ordered the sea bass lettuce cups, chicken satay, and beef satay. Everything was so yummy and great texture, my favorite was definitely the chicken satay, it came with a great peanut sauce that was a little chunky (appreciated that it wasn't runny). We asked our waiter for help on how many dishes to order since we were going to originally do one dish per person, but the plates seemed quite large so we ended up sharing instead. The noodles are enough for 2 people and the mains enough for 1 to 1 1/2 people. Our end of the table (5 people) shared the Mongolian noodles with beef, butter chicken, seven flavor beef, duck, green beans, and chicken curry. My hands down favorite was the beef, but everything was very very good. The Mongolian noodles were really tasty and had a lot of veggies, but it was spicy so I'd caution if you aren't able to handle anything above mild. The duck came with really fluffy buns and a citrus glaze dip, which I really enjoyed. Some people found the duck to be bland, but I thought it was a nice change of pace compared to the other dishes that are very rich.A lot of people liked the butter chicken as well, and it was very flavorful but was not close to traditional butter chicken that you'd find at Indian restaurants. The green beans were very crunchy and had great flavor, could have used a little more salt but still really enjoyable. I had thought it would be too much food for us but it was the perfect amount and we finished almost everything, save for a couple of bites. I was surprised to see that the restaurant was rated below 4 stars on Yelp, as I was thoroughly impressed with each bite!