I have lived in Nampa since 1998 and had never been to this place. You don't really notice it driving by because the trees hide the sign both way. I was surprised when I searched online for Chow Mien near me and it suggested this place. I went online and ordered the Chicken Chow Mien and Teriyaki chicken. I then put the address on Ways to take me there. It's next to the Airport Bar and Grill. It's very plain inside but when talking to the employee, she said 90% order for pickup which is what I would recommend. The Chicken Chow Mien was good but plain. I would like to see some scallions and egg in it. Portions were good. The Teriyaki Chicken was very good. I would recommend this place and will order again. A good hole in the wall find for Nampa. read more

Wow! What a horrible experience. I ordered at 518pm, food came via door dash at 730. Terrible. No communication. I am new ro doordash, so it was a hard lesson learned. I wouldve saved 45$. I had no idea i could cancel. Well, what came was cold soggy mandarin chix, hard pork fried rice, chow mein noodles ( no veggie or meat pan fried) that had so much greese in the bottom they all just slid out of the box. A store bought mini egg roll for $6. One can honestly tell that this food had been sitting there for at least a good 1 hr or 1 1/2 hours. How could they send this out? This was awful... ended up.disposing it and had fried eggs and toast. I am suprised cause even when going inside, they are NEVER busy... their food was always so so.. bagged already made sweet and sour sauce... food that sits on buffet for at least 45 min. Not being touched so who knows how long it has been under the heat lights in total. What an embarrassment for this place! Is this what we are now calling ok at a restaurant? Please save your money! read more

Ming Hao - "Egg roll" sweer and sour chicken pork feied rice - Chinese Near Me - Nampa, Idaho

Put in a to go order. They screwed up and forgot an item, refunded the item and then charged again for the mistake when someone went all the way back to get it. Rude customer service!! read more

Everything was overly salty The egg foo young was good The fried pork is ham Service was ok, not very friendly read more

Great place. I only have ordered off the menu. Always fresh and great customer service. Soups are great too.

We did a big order to go, the food was horrible, the orange chicken was hard to chew and tasted like bones in it, the fried rice was hard, I ordered the large order of fried shrimp, it was hard and you couldn't even get to the shrimp because of it being overly battered! We spent over $50 and it was a huge disappointment! read more

Great food, friendly staff. We tried this place for the first time today and I'm surprised it's not busy! Everyone is super friendly and the food is amazing 10/10 Would recommend read more

Ming Hao - Chinese Near Me - Nampa, Idaho

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This restaurant is really close to my where I live, so I was excited when I came across it. Unfortunately, the food was almost inedible. No real flavor, and the textures were really off. However, the fried rice and the egg rolls were decent. read more

I called previous to coming in and ask if the buffet was open and how much it was. The person said $9. So of course this would have been a steal so I went. The sign up front said $15. When i Googled it said the prices included drinks. And they sign said nothing about drinks so I figured even if it was $15 with drinks that would be ok. But it didn't include drinks. Once getting my food they had 3 egg rolls that we ate and maybe 8-10 items total with a few slots empty. Besides the food being cold, if we brought 5 people they would have had to make more food on the first pass. When I was paying they still had no egg rolls. The only item replenished during our visit was fried rice which was not there when we came in. Most items I could count on one had how many were available, plus it was barely warmish, and this was at 1pm. They need to include drinks, lower their price, or provide enough hot food. Disappointing. read more

The food and service was really good and I enjoyed the buffet thank you for give me the best time ever

Only been there once and we did a pick up order the server was very friendly according to my wife.,but the food was Good it's nice to have another option for Chinese food in the nampa/caldwell area. Definitely worth a stop in and check it out. read more

Best Chinese food we've had since leaving California 8 yrs ago. Chow mein, rice and prawns all very good. Absolutely the HOTTEST mustard you will ever eat!!! Loved it! Be very careful read more

American Chinese plain and simple. Not a lot to say...there's a million of these restaurants across America. Nothing new, nothing stands out. That being said I do like it better than Panda Express. They are very generous with their portions and protein. Great value if you want protein and a ton of somewhat bland uncreative Chinese-ish food. Why can't we just have one good authentic Chinese restaurant in the area? Salt Lake City is the closest thing we have. read more

This was the first experience I've had at a restaurant. We walked in for what we thought was a buffet, there was no food in the trays, the meat for the hibachi looked like it had been sitting out for hours. The waitress was beyond rude. She said that they make food as people come in, so they would bring out two egg rolls, two shrimp etc at a time. The food like the chicken for the sweet and sour chicken was pink in the middle. The taste of everything was horrible. All of this for 77$. I will never go back here again or tell anyone too. What a horrible experience read more

Good Food! Hibachi was piping hot. Food selection wasnt very big but it was early in the day. read more

Ming Hao - Decent food! Not a Big selection at the time for a saturday. The Hibachi was on point and piping hot! - Chinese Near Me - Nampa, Idaho

My family and I ate here about a week ago. Staff was very friendly and welcoming. Food came out quickly and was the best we've had in a while. Pretty much old school Chinese food not upscale. The restaurant was exceptionally clean and bright. We enjoyed our 1st vist and will be back. Oh and the doughnuts were excellent! read more

so many bullshit reviews. There are no good Chinese places in Nampa and only two in the entire boise area. 3-4 star reviews are bullshit. Flavorless, bland, cheap and poor quality frozen battered meat chunks in grey-brown sauce, Where are the good, value restaurants, anymore? read more

This was the worst Chinese food that we have ever eaten. I ordered the Special spicy chicken. It tasted like it had been cooked with a tablespoon of salt. My husband had Beef with vegetables and hard noodles and again the only flavor was salt. We threw it in the garbage. So sad, we would love to find a good Chinese restaurant. read more

Get the teriyaki chicken it is delicious! We truly enjoyed the food here! I haven't been able to stop thinking about the teriyaki chicken from this place since we ate here months ago have since DoorDashed an order as well. read more

Their buffet is like a haunted house. Their chicken is yellow. Their beef looks rotten, and the chef came out and touched me with the same stick as they touched the noodles with it is straight up. Disgusting please don't come here you're wasting your money. read more

Front door was clean (which Donald Trump said is a good sign kitchen is too). Food was delicious best since San Francisco. Service was good and everyone was helpful. We couldn't figure why there was so small a crowd for lunch. Come on Nampa you can't do much better than this place. read more

We've been ordering Chinese from Ming Hao's for years. We've tried other Chinese that deliver to our area and found Ming Hao's was by far the best. We've ordered so long that they had made notes under our phone number that explains how we like our food cooked. Nothing fancy, it was simply that we want our pork and shrimp cooked extra well done and that we prefer the vegetables still slightly crisp. It's never been a problem. We've ordered the same thing.. all the time. So, this evening I called to make a delivery order. It was a new girl taking my order. She was very slow getting it put together to send it to the cooks and then she was slow to complete my payment info. I've worked in the food service industry over 30 years so I understand that a new person will take longer than someone that's been there a while so when the phone call to place my order was just shy of 14 minutes. I told the girl to make sure the cooks get my specific orders as to how well done to cook our food. She assured me they would get the notes. About 35 minutes later our food arrives. We got our plates and silverware and eagerly open the cartons full of yummy food. SURPRISE!! No yummy food for us. Nothing was cooked the way we ordered it. The sweet and sour pork was not cooked all the way, the beef and broccoli tasted like a salt shaker emptied into the wok where it was cooked, the shrimp looked like they dropped it into the deep fryer and pulled it 60 seconds later. The tempura batter was still light yellow/white in color. It definitely didn't look safe to eat.. I don't eat raw shrimp. Also, they forgot one whole Chinese special combo of Pork Chow Mein and Fried Rice. So, I called them. I told them the problem. I was explaining to them that they need to remake the order (at least the pork and shrimp) and send it and we would give them the mistakes with them. At first I was told I would have to bring the incorrectly prepared food. I told them No. that wasn't right. I made a delivery order which I paid for. It should be them bringing the correct food to me, not me having to get dressed and bring them their mistake. Anyway I was abruptly told they were too busy to discuss it and basically hung up on me while I was still talking. I waited about 20 minutes and called them back. This time I was told that the only thing they were willing to do was to deliver the pork chow mein. I asked why they couldn't bring my pork and shrimp while they are bringing my chow mein and was told that's all they are willing to do. They REFUSED to remake our order that we paid OVER $40 for!! I was treated very unfairly. I asked to talk to the manager and they said he doesn't speak English and no one cooking spoke English. I was robbed. That's how I see it. I have always spoken well about this restaurant and I've referred many people to them. Well GUESS WHAT??? From this point on I advise you all DO NOT GIVE ONE CENT TO THIS BUSINESS. I have been a loyal customer for many many years. Apparently that means nothing. The manager or supervisor doesn't speak English??? Well sorry, you're operating a business in the USA and here we speak English. Your defense to delivering uncooked shrimp and sending out an order cooked improperly is that you don't speak English??? I call bull^hit. You've lost a cash paying customer and I hope you lose a lot more read more

Ming Hao - Shrimp undercooked. Batter didn't even brown. You can see how undercooked it is - Chinese Near Me - Nampa, Idaho

The day went by too fast and we forgot to prep for dinner so we splurged on the family meal from here and it changed our whole vibe. Loved it. read more

Worst Chinese food I've ever had and not close. This place might be a crack house. Spent $55 and got hard as a rock dumplings, wet soggy general Tso chicken, and rangoons that had a chemical taste. Ordering takeout at 530pm on a Saturday and there wasn't a single person eating. Couldn't pay me to eat it. read more

This is the 2nd time I have ordered from this restaurant and certainly the last. Chow main was terrible, hardly any veggies and not much taste. The pork fried rice was okay and so was the sweet and sour chicken. The wontan soup had little to no taste and had to be doctored with my Chinese sauces from my fridge. Save your money and pick a different place to eat. read more

This place is disgusting. I am not even talking about the food. We ordered take out and I went to pick it up. While waiting there things that just grossed me out. 1. The lady behind the counter was kind of unkempt. She had two kids running around, both swearing up a storm. She was yelling at them across the store to stop it, but as soon as she was out of sight, they started up again. Could care less about the kids, but yelling across the room was not good.. Totally unprofessional. The kids also had random music playing very loudly over their phone, which was annoying (but tolerable, they are kids) 2. The reason the kids could run around is that they had the dining area blocked off. No clue why unless they were maybe closing, but it was early for that. The carpet and decor look like they are about 50 years old and it smelled a bit. 3. There were cobwebs and messes all over the place (see pics). If they can't deal with the visible bugs, what is crawling around the kitchen? Nasty. 4. I feel like I dodged a bullet. It took me 15 minutes to get there, my order wasn't ready and I get the impression they never started it. After waiting another 15 or so minutes listening to the kids, their music, and the lady yell at them, discovering how dirty the place is, I decided to eat elsewhere. Do yourself a huge favor and avoid this place s. I don't know if the food is any good, but the health inspector should pay a visit. Yikes! read more

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Food was great and staff friendly but the restaurant itself is extremely run down and not taken care of so just be aware you're headed to a dive and be ok with that before going. If you're local and not interested in dining in at that type of location you can order delivery. read more

The pricing is a little bit more than I would pay but the portions make up for it! This place has the best fried pork rice! Services is a bit slow but they are constantly busy with online orders! They also just opened up their buffet again!! read more

I really enjoy 'good' oriental food - I think Ming Hao is Chinese...whatever it is, it's delicious and comes to my door fast and hot, inexpensive, but worth every penny. It has all your favorites and mine too so try it, you'll like it y'all. No pics because taking pictures of one's food is ridiculous... read more

Some of the Best Chinese food I've ever had. And they deliver what's better than that! Some of the Best Chinese food I've ever had. And they deliver what's better than that! read more

We had the sweet and sour chicken and the stir fried beef. We also had the egg rolls. The sweet sour chicken was good. The beef and onions was salty. I don't remember which beef dish we had. The egg rolls were tasty. I will be back for more. read more

This is the WORST food I have had in a long time. Disgusting. I'm not mad at these people and had no issue with their customer service or anything. We paid $50 for our order. There weren't any vegetables in the sweet and sour chicken, the egg rolls were super greasy and tasted like bacon. The salad had celery and bacon in it but almost no lettuce like they had run out of salad. The chowmein was greasy and had no flavor to it. The fried rice also had weird ingredients. When we picked up our order the lady working has tattoos all over her face. The restaurant is in a weird industrial area and there were no other cars around....it was weird. We will NOT be back. To the owner, sometimes it's better to either close your establishment or totally redo it, rename it, etc. Cause I'm not sure how you'd turn that place around. read more

Just not impressed and I hate doing reviews but I'm trying to figure out how they got 3.5 stars. Generals chicken had no flavor, chicken had tough spots which indicates for some reason it was microwaved, just my experience. Fried rice wasn't fried, very bland as well as were the Krab Ragoons. Going to try a few others in the area and at some point give these guys another try. Girl at the front was very nice so that's a plus. I always save leftovers, not this time. read more

We had it delivered and this was by far the worst Chinese food we have ever had. Like the other reviews say, you're better off going to panda. We took a bite of everything and it went straight into the dumpster. Super disappointing. read more

Another visit to Ming Hao aka Saigon Buffet. The value is definitely there - $7.25 for all-you-can-eat lunch buffet. And it's not bad food. It's probably pretty average Chinese food. I've had better and I've had way worse. The service is not great. They only have 1 person who works outside of the kitchen and she greets and seats, cleans tables, brings drinks, runs around with a push broom thing, and takes payment after. So, while I want to say she's grumpy, she maybe has reason to be. I never had their ice cream before - you serve yourself out of the tubs in the case. It's cheap stuff, more ice than cream. The men's room was out of order and had duct tape across the door with a sign telling men to use the ladies' room. The overall cleanliness of the restaurant leaves a lot to be desired (messy photo included). I say all this, but honestly, we'd probably go back for cheap all-you-can-eat Chinese food. Just know what you're walking into, I guess. read more

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I had dinner here tonight with a group of family and friends, and I did enjoy the meal. The service was great, especially since we showed up with a group of 11. The staff quickly pushed some tables together to get us all seated, which was awesome. The food in the buffet was fresh and good. Very typical westernized Chinese food. I didn't have anything that really knocked my socks off, but everything was good enough for me to go back for seconds. I think this would be a great place for lunch if you were in the area, or if you wanted quick and easy dinner with a group of friends. read more

Ming Hao - Chinese Near Me - Nampa, Idaho

I was very excited to try this but hands down worst Chinese food, I have ever had and I consistently try hole in the wall Chinese food and try Chinese food buffets. On the positives prices weren't bad, staff was friendly, and food was warm. Negatives were no flavor in the food or sauce of any kind on the chow mein. read more

Ming Hao - "Chow Mein" - Chinese Near Me - Nampa, Idaho

Food is good, service is horrendous. Not worth the money or the headache.Hate to say it, but you'd be better off at Panda Express.

Pick up only since covid I assume. Wonton soup had shrimp in it and mushrooms. Not my thing. Egg rolls was good. Crab Rangoon was good. Sweet and sour chicken sauce was good chicken was not flavored by itself. Nice staff. read more

Went here with a group after helping my daughter move. Most Chinese buffets are petty mediocre. This one was beyond that! The food was really good. I always go for the egg foo young, some variety of chicken dish and chow mien and pot stickers. Egg foo young was just the way I like it, fresh veggies in an egg batter. I got the peppered chicken and it was tasty, but the big winner was the pot stickers! The dough was thin and tender and the meat filling was delicious. I'll be coming back. read more