It's Easter Sunday and we are looking for Chinese food. We forgot that it was Easter so it didn't occur to us that some places would be closed. It's sad because we were down the street yet drove across town to find the place was closed. So back we go toward the tower district to Ming's. We've been on the hunt for a good Chinese place ever since Shanghai closed. For me, it's an about the chow mein, and for my wife, she wants good orange chicken. I think it's hard to mess up Broccoli Beef, so I don't stress on that one. I think I've only once had bad broccoli beef. Our final standard is fried rice. That was our order and this is how it went. Starting with the fried rice, it wasn't fried. It's like they through the ingredients in a rice cooker, lots of butter, and that was it. It wasn't bad. I've definitely had worse, it just wasn't "fried" rice. Next was the orange chicken. It was sweet, but it didn't have that citrusy glaze that I would associate with orange chicken. It also wasn't crispy. Finally, the chow mein. We got the special chow mein because I like the variety of meats. It was just OK. If we come back, I think we'll just get the beef chow mein. It had better flavor than the other meats. But by no means has our hunt for a new Chinese restaurant ended. Another gripe of mine will be the hot mustard. I, for one, enjoy the overpowering aroma that it has. This "hot" mustard was more mustard than anything else. If we come back, maybe we will do sweet and sour pork since we know we don't like the orange chicken read more

Great flavor. Best Mongolian Beef I've ever had. Service was nice. Ambiance isn't great from what I saw, but I was just picking up my food. read more

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Egg foo young fans, try somewhere else. Unless you like deconstructed egg foo young covered with tons of crisp veggies (the veggies were nice), weird egg patty quarters which seemed to be a lot of corn starch and a little egg, and if you get it to go, all the gravy spills out. The egg rolls were good, nice and crispy! read more

Ming's - Egg Foo Yuck! - Chinese Near Me - Fresno, California

My GF and I came here after the Shen Yun show to keep with the Chinese theme. I had heard that this place is one of the oldest Chinese joints in town. Rolled in about 5pm on 2/22/26. It was low key the decor was definitely old school. Reminded me of 1990s vibe. Old drab colors, nothing modern about it. Service was quick/ I got the basic combo plate (pork fried rice, pork chow mein, SS pork). It had a good taste to it. I lOVE the bean sprouts! Then after I ordrered my meal the place just got INUNDATWD with tons of people! Quickly got crazy busy. read more

I've been a customer of Mings for almost 25 years. My children grew up eating there. When my daughter was a vegan, their cook came up with a special dish for her with black mushrooms and tofu. They serve the best Mongolian beef in town. Prices are reasonable, and their portions are very generous. read more

12/19/24 Getting lunch! Chicken Chow Fun with tofu added, spicy & cheese won tons ordered. The worker was very kind and said it would be ready in 10 min. I went to pick it up shortly later. Greeted by nice worker, paid for order and received with god day wishes. Nice restaurant. Large and spacious. Clean and spacious. Lunchtime! Order split. Chicken Chow Fun with tofu added was spicy and Really Delicious! Good amount of chicken & tofu and Great, large pieces of both. Fresh & tasty too! Spicy sauce includes made it even better! Cheese Won Tons were crunchy & tasty! Mother said hers was REALLY GREAT! Fortune cookies completed the GREAT lunch ! Lots of leftovers! We both have another meal! Good service and Great lunch! Highly recommended! read more

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I could have sworn I wrote a review on Mings. We tried the other Chinese Food restaurant in Tower District and weren't impressed. However, we happened upon Mings and were very blown away. As much as of a foodie or yelper that I think I am, I am pretty basic and like what I like. My favorite Chinese food was Kowloon with the previous owners, their spicy chicken was second to none. However, Mings has now taken over as our favorite Chinese food. I love their walnut shrimp and their chinquan chicken! So flavorful and spicy. I've never been inside and usually order to go, but I've always been satisfied. read more

Ming's - Chinese Near Me - Fresno, California

I came here yesterday evening after craving Chinese food and I have no regrets. It was empty inside, but I can definitely say the staff is extremely friendly. Food is extremely delicious and definitely worth the price you pay for. I will definitely be coming back next time I am in Fresno. read more

Ming's - Combination Plate #1 - Chinese Near Me - Fresno, California

Always order through door dash Chinese style chow mein is to die for best chow mein so far I'm from San Francisco so I know good chow mein when I taste it a must try read more

Ming's is a FABULOUS Chinese food restaurant near the Tower District. We have ordered thru Door Dash several times recently and the food from Ming's ALWAYS arrives within 15 - 20 minutes piping hot and so FRESH! I have called Ming's to get advice on how to order a dish or which dish to order and the phone answering is always immediate & very helpful! After ordering. I've also called to explain my order & see IF I got it right: lol. The staff there are wonderful! Our Chow Mein dishes are so delicious & huge servings! The Lemon Chicken is so tender & absolutely delicious! We also ordered a "Vegetable Chow Mein WITHOUT the noodles": just ALL VEGETABLES: it was fabulous! A Loaded container of many delicious FRESH VEGETABLES! We HIGHLY RECOMMEND Ming's Chinese Food! It's a GEM! read more

IF this is the same ownership/menu that was called "Ming's Panda" that was up on Van Ness near the railroad tracks - then this is a 101% YES! I have lived Coast To Coast and many places in between and Ming's Panda was one of the best 2 Chinese Restaurants that I have ever been to!! If it's the same - then I am overjoyed! I have missed that amazing food for decades!! read more

I've lived in LA and SF and here in Fresno and can honestly say the food I get at Ming's is consistently my favorite! The food is excellent and the proportions are large. There's a dorky adorable employee who takes your order and who is always friendly and sweet. When it gets busy one of the chefs/ employees comes out to help him and he is equally as nice. I will always be a fan of Mings in the Tower District in Fresno. I've been coming here for nearly 30 years and honestly find no need to look elsewhere. read more

Food was great! Best Chinese food I've had in Fresno for quite some time. We had orange chicken over fried rice. Chicken was great, rice was a bit sweet, but kids loved it. Shezuan (spelling, sorry) beef was phenomenal, over pan fried noodles. This was my first time to Ming's, but I will be back! Great food, good price! read more

There's a reason why this place has been around for so long. Friendly staff and reasonably priced GREAT food. Everything is served quickly and food is fresh as can be. 10/10 would recommend. read more

Ming's - Egg Roll - Chinese Near Me - Fresno, California

The food? Amazing. The service? Friendly as all can be. The ambience? Feels like home. I love Ming's with all my heart, and even though I don't live in Fresno anymore, I make a point to eat here every time I visit my family. I dream of Ming's when we are separated by hundreds of miles.. I love you, Ming's. I do. read more

Best authentic Chinese food I've had in a while. Friendly staff and love the atmosphere. I recommend you try it.

It was awful!I have not eaten there in years, but we decided to try,I had fried shrimp and egg foo young.My Husband had Pork chow mein and egg foo Yong. Probably the worst Chinese food I have ever had ,I didn't eat that much because I couldn't really tell what was in it ,the "egg" foo Yong had no evidence of egg at all, I could go on but that's enough. read more

Oh baby!! This has been a favorite spot for years!! The curry beef tomato chow mein is delicious!!! Give them a try!!

Eaten here a couple of times recently. What I like is .....a very good value. Been there, just about 100 years. Very courteous service. Family atmosphere Had the oyster beef. Was pretty good. Tried other dishes and they were good too. Would recommend you use your restroom before arrival here, because theirs is not really open for consumers. Update....2023. Changed from 4 stars to 3.5 in my limited experience and book. Rounded up of course to 4 stars. Comfortable seating. Had the oyster beef again and it was tender but not quite as tasty as I remember earlier. Not sure about the very good value. read more

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I've been passing by Ming's for *years* (probably more like decades) and this was my first time ever trying their food. All in all, it was a mixed bag of dishes. While we really liked the sizzling rice soup and the "yee-fu wonton" dish, the tomato beef curry chow mein was just so/so (it did not taste like there was any curry in it), and the chicken chow fun was also just ok. The inside was also not super nice for dine-in (we ended up getting takeout), even having no bathroom for patrons. The prices are cheap and the service was fairly fast and the server helpful, but even so, I would only give this place three stars. read more

Ming's - Menu December 2022 - Chinese Near Me - Fresno, California

I live a block away & only ate there once about 10 years ago. Craved Chinese food, so I ordered salt & pepper wings and the tomatoe beef chowmein in curry sauce. Chicken well flavored, super crispy & juicy. Curry sauce was delicate, smoky, which paired well with the buttery soft beef. I will be ordering there every chance I get! I ordered ahead to avoid the wait, but there was Only 1 couple seated around 5 p.m. so plenty of seating if need be. Staff was polite and welcoming. Street parking was available at the time too. read more

Good but not spectacular. I had the combo plate with pork chow mein , pork fried rice and fried shrimp. The demo was a bit dry as if it had been sitting under the light for too long. Pork chow mein was good very fresh but the sliced pork was very bland with little taste. Pork fried rice was the stand out. Lots of flavor and the chopped pork bit were sweet and smoky. I was surprised because fried rice is not usually my favorite. I will try again to see if it gets even better. read more

Mings feels like home. I come here so often I can't believe I haven't left a review yet! My husband and I are here at least once a week, there have been times where we've come 3 times in a day lol There isn't a single thing about Mings that's not good. This place is ALWAYS busy. No matter what time of day and what day you come, if you don't see people sitting in , they're constantly getting take out. All their food is delicious so I'll list my recommendations. The service is always really good! They serve you right away and check up often. We're always served by Kevin and he's amazing! I love the dim lights and comfy booths. If we're not here having dinner with our 2 little ones we're here for a date night to escape our little ones. We've come to Mings since our kids were newborns until now. My recommendations: (we always ask for the noddles to be extra fried and it's perfect mix of extra crispy and soft noodles) - Walnut shrimp - Orange chicken (This dish I swear is pure comfort food! Way better and way different than Panda Express) -Egg flower soup (if you love a little spice add some hot oil and soy sauce, so good and perfect for cold weather) - Mapo Tofu (this stuff is too good! I never knew about fermented beans until this dish, the ingredients are genius and it's sooo saucy and a bit spicy) -Sweet and sour tofu (perfect thin batter and perfect balance of crispiness/soft tofu) -Broccoli beef on pan fried noddles -Mings special chow mein (it's FILLED with meat, absolutely perfect dish) -Beef in oyster sauce (fun fact: Bruce Lee's favorite dish and Ming's makes it perfect!) read more

Ming's - Eggplant tofu - Chinese Near Me - Fresno, California

Favorite go to place for Chinese Food. Love tofu vegetable and Chicken chow fun & chop suey chow mein read more

We've been eating at Mings for years & refuse to go anywhere else for some good Chinese food. We moved across town & still drive all the way there for our regular "Letter G". The staff is always polite & helpful. I will always recommend them. read more

My husband had to use the bathroom and he had to go through the kitchen to use the restroom and he came back to the car and said "Never again will we eat there" I told him to call the health department. I felt sick to my stomach after we had just at soup. Watch out! read more

I've been going to Mings for years. Food is always delicious and fast! My favorite dish is the Pork Chop Suey Chow Mein. I take out mostly but I occasionally dine in. read more

Let me just tell you if you want the best food of your life come to Ming's they make such a profound flavor and taste I truly do love Ming's A late night dinner is always good with Ming's thanks you read more

Service is excellent-been around for over 30 years as a family restaurant-the place could use a remodel and some decoration Feng Sui and the food is pretty good they give you a lot of food for the price. I recommend new flooring and a nice paint job. It just needs some TLC in the building but the people are great! read more

I ordered the #1 dinner it had Noodled with sprouts which I had ask to be Removed I do not like them. We ordered more than one dinner . His food wasn't up to par Either. The WHITE RICE. TASTED FISHY. YUCK! The Noodles weren't to great either. Barely fried but very greese coated. The two pks of soysauce didn't help at all. Everything has a fishtaste but the shrimp tasted so bland it could of used sauce or something. fish it all tasted like. Fish and I hate fish . Haven't eaten here since 2013 and it's gone down hill. I won't be eating here again anytime soon. Tower district in fresno needs to improve the restaurant scene. read more

Decent atmosphere and good service. Went around 7pm so it was quiet. No tvs just ppl enjoying their meals. Food were good & decent amount for the price, 5 of us for $50 worth of food not bad at all. read more

0 stars. Do not eat here- unseasoned and barely cooked "chow mein" with a flavorless gelatin gravy on top. Absolutely disgusting. Food had a strange flavor, barely seasoned and flavorless food. Worst experience so far with Chinese food. No way people are giving this restaurant more than one star. read more

Ming's - Sweet and Sour Chicken and Pork Chow Mein - Chinese Near Me - Fresno, California

We always try to support neighborhood and local businesses, and had not been two Mings in quite a while. Ordered the chicken salad and pork chow fun. The chicken salad was OK... It had a little more flavor than the one from Shanghai, but not that exciting really. I liked the freshness of the veggies in the chow fun, but again it just seemed to not have a lot of flavor. Fortunately I had some chili crisp oil and soy sauce at home to help it out a little bit. We will try it again, and I'll order some thing different next time, see how that goes. read more

Food is so bad that I refused to eat it, and I've never had truly BAD Chinese food until I went to this place. It has an off putting flavor that I can't quite explain. Almost like they're cooking the food in old, rancid oil. Anyway, no clue how anyone would give this place a good review, but it's gross and the restaurant is dirty, as are the bathrooms. read more

Love this place. I'm a regular. Order the hot and sour soup, Chinese style noodles, Mongolian beef, egg rolls. Damn, there's so many good items. Friendly service and family vibe. read more

Amazing portions, classic ambience, and one of the best places to escape the heat and have a nice cool lunch. The good thing about Yelp is that you can help things that are kind of a secret to become less so :-) please become a regular at this place. read more

This is our go to spot for Chinese food, it's a good hour drive. What I like about this restaurant is the dishes that are not usually ordered. Our family usually will get the Spicy boiled beef, spicy cabbage, spicy potatoes and chow fun (Our preference is the thicker noodles.) This is a family owned restaurant which means you will hear the children there when they are on break. I mention that because particular people get offended by hearing children, us on the other hand welcome it. It's great for the younger generation to see how the business works. Back to the food, we enjoy the level of spice, and textures for the dishes we order. It's a place where you have to order and find what you enjoy. There are some dishes I am not fond, I instead focus on the ones I do like. The host/server can be shy but warms up and can be quite friendly/funny. The food is good for Togo but even better right there when it just comes out. Overall this is our spot and I look forward to each time we go. read more

First time ordering from them. The food was great. Made quick & was affordable. would definitely order again & recommend. Best we ever had. Everyone should try it... you wont be disappointed... read more

Fast service and delicious food. I have been coming here since I was a little girl. A Fresno staple!

"Ambiance"? Mings? 20th Century Chinese food joint . . . FOOD? In the approximately (¿ 40+ ?) YEARS I've been going here, it's ALWAYS been wonderful. Yes, that's been awhile, but I cannot remember EVER having a complaint. Fresh and tasty. Service? Well, long ago they always were friendly, courteous and helpful to the THEN young adult having dinner before a night of drinking and music at what STARTED as The Olympic Tavern next door . . . Now, the last few years I haven't been in, I've only gotten delivery, so I can't speak much to service, other than one person I complained to about some of the packages leaking saying they would immediately order some upgraded containers. Heck, MAYBE the place had a major upgrade to the "ambiance" since I was last in, but . . . I was never there for the scenery . . . I've just always loved MING's. read more