During a recent trip to Columbia, my family and I ordered take out from Peking Wok and boy were we ever surprised and delighted with our decision. We were wanting something familiar and filling - so Chinese take out fit the bill. Living in Honolulu, Hawaii, we've become accustomed to higher prices and smaller portions. So when we ordered, our Honolulu brains assumed the prices reflected the portions size . . . WE WERE VERY WRONG. We also assumed each entrée equalled one adult portion. Wrong again. Entrée sizes were MUCH larger than we assumed and definitely fed more than one adult. Needless to say, we ordered WAY too much food and had leftovers for DAYS. Fortunately, the food was flavorful. Hopefully, you like saucy dishes as they were very generously sauced. Definitely, NOT authentic Chinese food. 100% Americanized. If you're looking for orange chicken, kung pao chicken, mongolian beef, etc. then you've come to the right place. Since we called in our order, the wait time was minimal and extremely efficient. The counter person was pleasant and welcoming, and gave us extra soy sauce and other condiments. I actually had to ask for chopsticks, which was a bit weird, but I guess not everyone can eat rice with sticks. Brought a smile to my face. read more

Great for Chinese take out. Always quick, hot and tastes good. Singapore mei fun is one of our favorite dishes here

We go here every few weeks. Food is always hot and fast. We don't inside, take out only for us. There are a few tables, but not really quaint enough to sit and eat. There are too many kids coming in and out after school hours, especially Fridays. Recommend Kung Pao chicken, Orange chicken, excellent lo main, wish they would add more vegetables to vegetarian dishes like veg mei fun and veg lo mein. read more

Their Vegetable Bean Curd soup is always good tasting with fresh vegetables. Vegetable Buddhist Delight without Mushrooms also tastes good. We ordered VEGETABLE FRIED RICE NO EGGS. They gave us FRIED RICE WITHOUT VEGETABLES. That too tasted too SALTY..! In confirmed twice with them. they randomly giving out Take Out Orders in open cardboard box where any spill can result in messing your clothes, car seats if it seeps from cardboard box crevices/holes. This is the only restaurant that gives cardboard boxes for take out orders! I never had any other restaurant do this. read more

Peking Wok - Cardboard box for take out order - Chinese Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

Our family has been eating at this restaurant since it opened. Although they have pretty much eliminated the dine-in option, they have maintained the most consistently delicious menu! It is always ready when they promise and always well seasoned and fresh. They also have great prices and combos to choose from. Thank you for being the best Asian cuisine in NE Columbia! read more

03/11/25 Pros: 1. Quick They let you know how long it's going to take before serving you. It's usually quick 2. Quality Of Food Food taste good they make it a go to spot to eat Chinese Cons: 1. Restaurant Availability The place close at random times so you'll never know really until you call over the phone or get there when it will close. 2. Ambiance The place looks like a typical Chinese Spot it's not luxury looking but It doesn't have bugs crawling everywhere either. 3. To Go Spot & Nothing More It's a to go spot. Not really a place to sit down & eat. What Makes Me A Credible Source: I Always go here eat the Low Me-in, Vegetable bowl, Egg Rolls, Chicken Fried Rice, Chicken Wings, Orange Chicken, Bbq boneless Ribs, and nothing failed me except the Chinese donuts & Honey Fries which is probably what you dont go to a Chinese spot for anyway. read more

I had never been in here before and my daughter was telling me about their garlic sauce wings. They are delicious. The staff was nice, tables clean, floors clean. I will go back for another visit. read more

Peking Wok - Menu and awards - Chinese Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

Food was not fresh. I believe we got someone else's order who was late picking up their food. Sesame chicken was cold and tasted more like Ketchup. I appreciate the No MSG in food. Didn't have a headache or feel weird eating it. We may give this place another chance. read more

This is our favorite place to pick up chinese food. We love the sesame chicken, fried rice, Rangoon and I loooove the chicken skewers... they have such a nice blend of seasonings. read more

Experienced food poisoning today, 6/24/2023. Ordered within 10 mins of their 11:00 am opening, hopeful that all food would be fresh. Please consider yourself warned. This is not the Peking Wok of 5+ years ago. Not the same food care, preparation, or customer service. I will NEVER go back to this location. read more

It's Chinese. Good spot that is consistent. I eat here when I'm in the area. I will get either the egg foo young or mei fun. The portion sizes are nice and sometimes I have left overs or enough to share. read more

Sauces were gloppy, chicken way over cooked . Really , if I were you I would just skip it.

Order was placed in store and the mushroom chicken that I ordered was freshly prepared. Didn't have to wait very long. Got home, opened the lid and was in awe of how good it looked. Plenty of vegetables and chicken. Extremely disappointed after my first bite. The chicken was tough to chew and it tasted as if it had been frozen. read more

Peking Wok - a bowl of food on a table - Chinese Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

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This is our go to spot for Chinese food. The wings are great, orange chicken, beef and broccoli and their rice.

The portions are huge but the service was not great. We spent almost $100 for take out. One of my kids was thirsty and i asked for a cup for some water while we were waiting. The lady said they don't have cups of water and I would need to buy a bottle water! Most of the plate was rice. My daughter ordered shrimp and broccoli. There was 4 pieces of shrimp and everything else was broccoli. They should rename it broccoli with shrimp or that's the way they serve it. They also squeezed 5 styrofoam take out containers into one plastic bag. Seriously???? And definitely can taste they put msg in their food. We WONT be going back again. read more

Today I visited the peking wok on hardscrabble. Wow, ate a little of the egg food young it was shrimp with bone in ribs. It had me in the restroom fir over a hour. Whst a rip off. It was a sacred for my health. Waste of money. Either it was dirty hands or dirty pots and pans. Took my money and almost killed me . I was so scared.​ read more

This restaurant (?) does the unthinkable and I am extremely serious when I say it is egregious that a food source for customers is a serious liability. I ordered chicken wings from this establishment and did not follow my normal practice of surveying the food before I leave a restaurant. Nevertheless, when I arrived home and opened the container what I saw was unacceptable and an insult to my being. The chicken wings were horrible to look at, because, it was apparently from another day. Needless to say I have found this practice prevalent among "most" Asian establishments. Rather than discarding the food they elect to save it for another day and pass it on to unsuspecting customers. I did not return to Peking Wok in my state of mind, because, choice words would have spewed out of mouth and the "garbage" they gave me to consume would have been returned in the hope that they gave it to their families to consume. I angrily tossed the order in the trash and made up my mind to go to this restaurant and hope it occurs again. I will save their "slop" and present it to the appropriate agency along with my complaint. If they can serve this "mess" to an adult I know when the children from the high school go to Peking Wok on their breaks are being subjected to the same. This is no occasional occurrence, this is standard procedure I'm sure. If you decide to cater to this place, consider yourself forewarned and inform your children to be vigilant and inspect their food before departing. read more

I always enjoy the food from the restaurant located on hardscrabble Road sometimes some of the food tastes a little old because degrees they're cooking things in maybe past its prime. But I do enjoy their sesame chicken and white rice and fried wontons. read more

Best Chinese carry out in the area. I've surveyed several carry out places and this one is tops for our family. Consistent, tasty, and reasonably priced. The always have my order ready when I walk in for pick up and I live ten minutes away. read more

I love the food here! Omgosh! I have been going here for almost 11 years and it has not changed at all! Best Chinese food in town!

My 2nd time in. Dear Peking Wok, please add unsweet tea to your menu. That would wash my meal down way better. I got hot and sour soup which is my favorite and it wasn't good. Like I couldn't even eat it. I tasted like Worcestershire sauce?!? Weird but the chicken Lo Mein was good. The service was "ok" read more

Tasted good but then whole family had bathrooms issues afterword for hours won't eat here again they also gave me two stalls when ordered one small for husband and one large to feed all my kids. To much money for food that made us sick. read more

The food is great! Clean place, and good prices, also good to know they a shield to try to protect them from COVID 19. But the cashier seem like she was rushing, but asides from that, I would recommend this place. I'll come back again. read more

Definitely not the BEST Chinese food in Columbia however if you are a local maybe it is! Greasy food almost to a non edible state... service is decent ... I had vegetable lomein first I tried to distinguish what type of cheap spaghetti looking noodles that were in my dish secondly I had to search for a taste! Totally terrible! Lastly I got sick from the two bites that I could tolerate! OMG gross! Oh did I mention it was an overpriced meal of vegetable lomein I suppose veggies means three pieces of broccoli! read more

Peking Wok - Greasy and tasteless! - Chinese Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

Saturday afternoon to order two general tso specials. I was in and out in less than five minutes. I asked for extra sauce and that's just what I got. The tables were clean and the AC was cool. For a six dollar lunch special I would have thought it would come with an eggroll but that's only with dinner. read more

I'm not sure what was going on with their reviews a few years back. I'm assuming maybe new ppl , anywho , the food is very decent . I moved to Columbia in Jan , tried multiples other restaurants. But, I always find my way back there ‍ read more

Have eaten here many times and most dishes are really good. Ordered Broccoli Beef for the first time and the Beef... I don't know what kind of cows it's came from but it was like NO beef I've ever had. Will not take a chance on the beef ever again. House Fried rice always good. Stick with shrimp. read more

Great local spot if you are craving Chinese food. We called in a take out order and they had our food ready in less than 15 minutes. They are fairly priced and very friendly. I would definitely recommend. read more

I love this place. Never disappointed. Eat here often bc my husband is such a fan too. I always get Dragon & Phoenix. I get my General TSO with shrimp and veggie fix with this dish. Plus, the shrimp are large. The steamed dumplings and house fried rice are great too. read more

Well they were our go to place for Beef and Broccoli, because the meat was so lean and tender, but the last two or three times we ordered it we have been disappointed. It looks almost the same, but the beef seems like it is covered in a fatty film. It makes it taste rubbery and you don't taste the beef as well. Now we only go for the rice and potstickers. read more

I ordered chicken with cashew nuts. One major problem, they forgot the cashew nuts. If I didn't live so far away, I would have gone back but it wasn't worth it. The chicken was good, but the celery in the entree was cut in 3 inch pieces. Very disappointing. read more

We picked this up for dinner and I could even eat it. I ordered chicken fried rice and it was the most disgusting thing I've ever seen or eaten. First of all the fried rice has a weird color but I decided to give it a try. The chicken can't possibly be chicken. It was pale and had a disgusting texture. It was like gelatin. I took one bite and spit it out. I am baffled as to how this place gets so many good ratings. Chicken fried rice is impossible to mess up. I'd happily pay a little more for real chicken. read more

The food is AWEFUL. I literally ordered food from their that stunk up my car and we hadn't even dug in. They are also inconsistent when it comes to price. My daughter and her friend went to purchase honey fries (ewww) and they normally pay $2.50 for the Small ALWAYS. When they went back, a man tried to charge my daughter $2.75 and call it "tax". I guess he thought she was dumb but 25 cents more is not tax in Columbia. Save your money and don't go here. The worst I've EVER had. read more

I ordered sesame chicken. The order was ready so fast, I was concerned. Half of the chicken chunks were so hard, I couldn't stab them with a fork. Rice was ok. They gave me an egg roll but sauce to dip it in. Very dissappointing read more

Best Chinese in Columbia, I prefer over well known restaurants like Sun Ming. Have been eating at Peking for over a year and food is always fresh. You should always call in advance on Fridays because they get very crowded. I did not like steamed dumplings until I tried theirs and they are always great. I have tried several items including Mongolian Beef, Spare Ribs, and Orange Chicken. They also have really good egg rolls. read more

I love Chinese take out. And I've had good, mediocre and really bad...Peking Wok is my favorite. Their food is GOOD, they're fast, portion size great, and good prices. I especially recommend their steamed dumplings...out of this world! read more

Delicious food! Great service! We frequent another Chinese restaurant but decided to try something different, so glad we did! This is our new favorite! The only reason I'm not giving them a 5 is because we waited in line for quite awhile because the phone kept ringing for orders. Would have been helpful if they had someone to answer the phone orders.. but all in all, we highly recommend. read more

This is really good Chinese. I'm pretty picky. Love the pork fried rice and also beef with broccoli. They give you a ton of rice for the money and don't skimp on the broccoli. Great place to eat good food! read more

The beef & broccoli was very good! The service was fast and friendly. I also tried the whole wings. There was nothing special about the wings. Bland tasting which is unusual for a Chinese restaurant! Wings should be marinated to give them that Chinese flare. I give it 4 stars for my 1st visit. read more

Its alright. After school took many kids there. I like the hot and sour soup. But I prefer calypso next door.