This is good, real, authentic Chinese food (Hong Kong style). The rest of the restaurants in the area would be facing good competition from them.. which is a good thing, since food quality from the existing restaurants are somewhat lacking. The staff are friendly and the speed of service is great, food variety is rich. I have went to Sidewalk thrice and was impressed with the food quality. In my last visit, they brought a wrong dish to our table, we did not notice, and went on to eat it. Later, they brought out the right dish and told us we have have both dishes, and did not charge us for the wrong dish. This is great business ethics. Prices are on the slightly higher end but I wouldn't mind paying for it for quality Chinese food. read more

Authentic Hong Kong style milk tea and roast duck. Probably the best hk style milk tea in town! Great variety of hk style dishes and attentive staff. Ideal for a small group, if you have more than 4 people you can call ahead and they would be more than happy to set up the table for you. We would definitely come back to try out more :) read more

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Came here for a quick dinner before a Timberwolf game. The service is slow, but the dishes are good.

My husband and I accidentally stumbled upon this restaurant and glad we did. I couldn't believe we were able to find good authentic Hong Kong food in Minneapolis. Everything was seasoned right. The beef chow fun had "wok air" and wasn't greasy. Yup can't find your own reflection at the bottom of the plate. The roasted duck was lean and flavorful. They even served it with the roasting sauce. Last but not least was the milk tea. Absolutely what milk tea should be, strong in tea flavor, not too sweet, and silky from the evaporated milk. The service was great, even though there was only three guys but they kicked ass in serving the food as soon as it was out and was attentive. read more

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This place is a dream for us East / Southeast Asians living in the Twin Cities desiring some real, flavorful Asian dishes. The portions are big, and guaranteed to make you feel happily bloated for a more than reasonable price. Aside from the food, the milk tea and mango smoothie we ordered also tasted amazing. I'm happy to learn that they offer delivery -- it'll definitely come in handy in Minnesotan winter. read more

Sidewalk Kitchen - Duck noodles, the glass to the right is the Hong Kong milk tea. Both were amazing. - Chinese Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

My first time ever ordering from this place using DoorDash. Wow. What a big disappointment. Their prawn with salt and pepper are definitely not prawns. It look pretty much like any medium size shrimp but with a large price tag of $23.87. The "medium" size shrimp over battered as well. Very oily and caky. Not the best tasting dish I've had. I also ordered their seafood Cantonese chow fun...wow, tilapia overload for $19.88. Hardly had any seafood bc I don't consider tilapia as seafood. If I wanted tilapia I have some in the freezer. I ordered another dish for my nephew, sesame chicken and not sure how that will taste. Super dark in coloration. A meal ticket of $62.97 before tax is definitely something hard to swallow (literally) for such crappy foYes, I don't think it is worth the money to order from this place. I felt quite ripped off. Major disappointment. read more

It is my best favorite Chinese restaurant in the states. All the dishes ordered were delicious. Especially, "Sidewalk house special stir fry" and Sidewalk deep fried oyster are very tasty, I want you to eat certainly. My wife loves porridge here and orders every time. Children love Mango Smoothie and fried tofu. Waiters were very friendly and excelent service for us. I am jealous Minneapolis' people who can eat such authentic and delicious Chinese cuisine at a reasonable price. read more

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I would say Sidewalk Kitchen is the best Chinese Food Restaurant in Minneapolis. It is very close to what I have back in China. I like this restaurant a lot. Every time my friends and I come to the city, we will visit Sidewalk Kitchen at least twice in a week. read more

Probably the best Asian cuisine I've had in my life. I'd deduct a star for raising the bar ridiculously high and creating disappointment everywhere else I go. read more

So good!! Sweet and sour pork is the best i have ever had. Will definitely be returning!! Also I got the Milk tea and that was incredible as well. read more

Sidewalk Kitchen - Chinese Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

Love the food here, nice service and delicious food. For the appetizer crispy cream custard is recommended to try. Not easy to find parking. read more

Friendly and quick service. I was born and raised in Hong Kong so I can tell you that this place is legit. You won't see those oily & brown Americanized Chinese fried rice here. The prices are very affordable if you are down to have a big portion of leftover to if you go with a bigger group. The entrees are pretty big, and should be enough for 2 people. The HK style milk tea is a must if you would like a taste of Hong Kong, it is a completely different style from the Taiwanese milk tea. Every thing tasted like how it should be if you were to get it in Hong Kong, except the broth of the wonton noodles was a tiny bit sweeter than expected. Generous amount of fish balls when you ordered the fish ball noodle soup The owner was very nice and warned me that there was a very decent amount of fish balls in the bowl, however I didn't listen and added wontons to my noodle soup so I ended up eating 8 pieces of fish balls and 4 big wontons..... learned my lesson read more

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I am a fan of sidewalk and order frequent pickup / delivery. Today I decided to try something different and ordered the chicken fried rice for almost $15. The rice is inedible and it's not fried at all. The chicken was sparse and very dry. Stick with the combination specials and you'll save money and have a much better Update: today I ordered carry out and clarified twice that I wanted the special with lo main. When I got to the restaurant they charged me $16. I asked why the bill was so high. She got the manager and he said I didn't specify "combo" so they gave me the regular order at twice the cost and about 10% more food. To those ordering take out be clear that you want the $8 or you'll have a fun surprise when you get there. read more

Food was delicious, fast (served in less than 10 minutes), bathrooms and facilities were clean, and all staff were friendly and happy to serve. Great Asian fusion spot on campus! read more

Sidewalk Kitchen - Roasted Duck (1/4) Appetizer - Chinese Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

Overpriced and food was mediocre. I had the Kung Pao Chicken. The chicken was cut so small it was barely visible. About a third of the dish I was served was carrots and celery - filler that I'm not sure should even be in the dish. Very disappointed. read more

This is by far, hands down, the best authentic Chinese food place in Minneapolis (with HK Noodle as a close second). You come here not for the service, the ambiance, or location. You come here for the food which will be hot, delicious and with large portions. Order the boiled fish fillet and thank me later (and when you're eating the leftovers for 2 other meals). Order the twiced cooked pork (basically stir fried bacon) with leeks and green beans and you'll have a meal. It's a small location, with lots of Chinese students, with ok service, but great food. read more

Good legit Chinese food is hard to find. Period. That said, fewer people know what legit Chinese food is, and what's Korean, and what's Thai. This is a Chinese restaurant. This means, don't order the kimchi, don't order the kalbi or anything with the word "Korean" in it. Likewise, don't order anything with "Japanese" or anything associated with Japan in it. Maybe Thai. Actually, stay away from the Pad Thai. Stop it. Order _Chinese_ food. It's like going to an Italian restaurant, but ordering perogis. You won't do that there, hell, you probably won't even go to that restaurant if it ordered it. Don't do similar at a Chinese restaurant, even if it's offered on the menu Second, know what's Chinese and what's fake Chinese. Like what gnocchi is to Italian, and like what deep dish pizza is to Italian. You wouldn't order a deep dish pizza in Italy (or an Italian restaurant). Don't order moo goo gai pan or chop suey in China (or a Chinese restaurant), unless you want your meal to get f-ed up. Other dishes to avoid? Anything "stir fry," sesame/orange/General Tso's/sweet and sour/Mandarin/Cashew chicken, Mongolian/sesame/mandarin beef, anything with regular Western broccoli, cream cheese puffs (Asians don't even eat cheese), fried chicken wings. Oh, and avoid the lunch/dinner specials -- those are pretty much Americanized dishes too. And anyone who orders any of the dishes before this sentence does not have the right to review legitimate Chinese establishments like these, because you're ordering shitty Americanized Chinese food and no Chinese chef interested in making legitimate Chinese food will care how they make Americanized Chinese food. This includes those who claim to be part Chinese. Gatekeeping finished. Now we move on to the review. The place is quite literally a hole in the wall establishment. It's tucked in next door to a Vietnamese restaurant whose name dominates the front door and doesn't indicate that you need to go right to get into the restaurant instead of left -- easy to walk by if you don't have Google Maps. It's got a little bit of the streetside/hole-in-the-wall feel with the hanging roast duck and roast pork cuts by the kitchen, but the decor is a bit more upscale. That said, the food is quite good. I've only ordered a handful of dishes: wonton in chili oil, honey BBQ pork, beef ho fun (chow fun for the Westerners) with XO sauce, sidewalk roast pork belly (yes, eastern Asians were roasting pork belly before it was cool in the US), mala chicken pot, and eggplant with garlic sauce. The wontons are well made with a mix of shrimp and pork that is cooked to a nice sold, yet soft skin consistency and the filling is moist. It is indeed bathed in chili oil and garnished with green onions. However, it seems to be missing some potential salty and sour contrast that would be brought well with a little dark rice vinegar and perhaps some soy sauce. That said, this is a good dish to try out that isn't very spicy and not all that aggressive on the tongue or palate. Honey BBQ pork is a fairly traditional roasted BBQ pork. Variable fat content on different pieces, but tender, and good flavor throughout. Can't go wrong with this dish. Eggplant with garlic sauce is a high-temperature pan fry with some garlic sauce, in this case, a little more sweet than salty. It can be done many different ways depending on the cook, but in this case the eggplant had excellent texture, and the sauce with a nice flavor that wasn't overwhelmingly sweet or salty. It was a nice balance to some of the fattier dishes that I ordered, like the pork belly. That said, the pork belly was quite good, with chunks of pork belly that melted in your mouth and had sauce and bok choi that cut the fattiness down managably. The beef ho fun with XO sauce is also quite good. The beef is very tender from the high temperature sear with firm ho fun noodles and was overall not too salty or overwhelmed with soy sauce flavor. The XO sauce is present, but more as a lingering flavor as opposed to being in your face. Not too greasy of a dish either. I would probably go for the regular beef ho fun to compare. Overall, all of these previous dishes are actually quite simple with regards flavor, which is expected of Guangdong/HK dishes. However, the best dish so far is the Mala Chicken Pot. Diced bone-in chicken (skin included) stewed with veggies. This dish has obvious Sichuan influences (green chiles, Sichuan peppercorns, garlic). The chicken flavor is prevalent, but the mala has much to be desired. If it had more peppercorns, it'd be much better. Overall, this is restaurant is solid. Prices are a bit more expensive compared to what you'd expect for Chinese food, but the selection is good. Sadly, I've only ordered takeout from here, so I'll need to stick around and dine in for how the food tastes fresh from the kitchen. Given the offerings in the Twin Cities, i can see myself returning. For everyone else, just make sure you order the Chinese food. read more

Best HK-style cuisine in Twin Cities (reminds me of HK). Hands down. Never disappoints with fantastic customer service. The quality beats many restaurants even in bigger cities with Chinatowns (e.g. Chicago). Would highly recommend. read more

Great authentic Chinese food, but horrible service. Be prepared to wait a LONG time for your food.

I recently moved to Minneapolis seeking of our Friday night Chinese takeout joint and rest assured I think I found it. Everything I had was delicious and tasty. We usually order the same thing at every Chinese restaurant and that is, mini port dumplings (very similar to Xiao long Baos), fried chicken wings, shrimp and beef pan fried noodles, pork and egg congee with fried bread stick, and giant prawns with mayonnaise and walnuts. It was so good and the amount of food you get was enough for dinner again the next day. All this food would probably be enough for dinner and light lunch for 2 people. read more

Delicious-duck noodle soup is to die for.

The Mongolian beef there was alright to me but the special sauce stir fry pork belly sliced gave me a filling! The food was delicious and there isn't really much more to say. The customer service was good and received my order on time! Would visit again. read more

Only reason this gets 2 stars rather than 1 is the food was nice and hot at pickup. The good stops there. Paid over $55 for take out for 2 people and they forgot steamed rice. Only got a super small portion of fried rice that was substandard for the up-charge. Spicy chicken looks good in pictures but this dish had so many ingredients that were inedible (diced dried Thai chilies, green onion stalks the consistency of straw/hay). Will not be returning as the cream cheese wonton tasted like paper. read more

Dropping our kid off for sophomore year at UMN and used YELP to find a spot to eat. Wife, son and I all went. Egg Flower soup was DELICIOUS, very rich, served promptly! My wife and I split a simple chicken with mixed veggies and white rice, we split it and a to-go box for lunch tomorrow. Son went for the dinner special General Tso chicken with fried rice and egg roll. I "sampled it" and it was equally tasty. Staff all prompt with service. would definitely eat there again, since the menu was very extensive read more

This is by far the most authentic Hong Kong style restaurant I've ever had in MN. The owner is very nice and their food is savory and delicious, plus they always give complimentary rice and the amount of dishes are HUGE. Their milk tea is different from anyone else's, taste just like what I drank growing up. They are running with few crews as a small business but you can really see they are passionate about creating nice food. read more

It isn't bad they give you your money's worth I'll tell you that but I asked for fried rice and they basically gave me yellow rice with egg but the beef and Broccoli is really good just wish they gave me soy sauce with my order as well otherwise nice place read more

Sidewalk Kitchen - Beef and D11. Beef with Broccoli Dinner - Chinese Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

I thought by having 4 stars it would be up there with my top 5; however, it disappointed. I usually try Hot and Sour Soup, Mongolian Beef, egg rolls, and pot stickers to see if there is a unique flair. I did eat the pot stickers; however, I do not know whether they were handmade or not. I did not eat the rest. read more

The Bite squad app showing Sidewalk Kitchen items and prices still shows significant price increases on your food. When researching bite squads mission they originally stated that they were only a delivery service just charging a delivery fee. So why do they have your menu with significant price increases on your food in their app? read more

if possible I would give it negative star. First it is over expensive. 10 dollars for a small cup of pottage with chicken and 14 dollars for some poorly cooked tung choy. Think of the cost guys! Maybe 4 dollars? But they sell at such a high price! Second it tastes sooooo poor! The pottage tastes like ginger water which is definitely not what a Chinese pottage should be! And the vegetables are not fresh at all! Will never come back again! read more

Remember to ask for spring rolls before you take away your takeout order. Apparently they forgot to pack mine.. read more

Sidewalk Kitchen - L7. Kung Pao Chicken Lunch - Chinese Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

Amazing! Love the service and food here. I recommend the BBQ Pork, clay pots, Singaporean fry noodle, beef Ho fun, durian & ovaltine drinks.

Meh....I'm sorry but I had higher expectations. We ordered seven different dishes and I didn't love any of them. The broth in the won ton soup didn't taste right. The meat in the dishes was over cooked. We did have one noodle dish that was passable. This place just wasn't a favorite for my family. Sadly, we won't be back. read more

I am so happy this place opened up. As someone who grew up traveling to Hong Kong, Sidewalk Kitchen immediately transports me back there. It has got to be one of the most authentic Cantonese restaurants in the Midwest! We are still exploring the extensive menu, but I recommend the preserved egg congee, wonton noodle soup, roasted duck and pork, salt and pepper deep fried squid, and Cantonese style pan fried noodles. Portions are huge, ingredients are high-quality, and service is great. They have a constantly changing list of chef's specials, too. (The chef is from Hong Kong.) If you want to explore Hong Kong-style food right here in Minneapolis, check out this place! read more

I tried the Mongolian beef and I really liked it. The meat was juicy and with the perfect spicy level. Service was also friendly

They have the best HK style milk tea in MN! I went there 4 times already since they opened 5 days ago. The manager is super cool and friendly. The atmosphere make me feels like I'm in Hong Kong. My new favorite place to dine in. read more

Sidewalk Kitchen - Best HK style milk tea in town. - Chinese Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

Authentic! My friend went there six days in a role. I went four times already, tried a couple of different dishes and all of them are the Cantonese flavor that Minneapolis has been missing. read more

Sidewalk Kitchen - Chinese Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Exactly what we wanted to satisfy our craving on Christmas Day. I got the Shrimp Pad Thai & my husband got General Tso's Chicken. Came out very fast & was my favorite Pad Thai ever. read more

The atmosphere is very Cantonese style and food is pretty good. The service is good as well. Compared with other Chinese place, I would consider this one as rather authentic. Would go back again. read more

Not sure why this place got four stars. I ordered General sows chicken with fried rice in the rice came out yellow not so tasty also the hot and sour soup is not good at all no flavor only good thing they had was the potstickers but the sauce they have with the potstickers a little bit overwhelming with vinegar or use that sparingly n read more

I love this restaurant! I took my family over there the other day and they were very satisfied with the quality of the food. They offered great customer service and the food was phenomenal! Authentic Chinese food is hard to find in MN but they've got it figured out. Thumbs up! read more