Good food and quick service. Nothing bad to say at all.

Decent food. terrible service. After asking for a $26 dish, they told us the other one was "better", and we ordered it. when the bill came, it ended up being a $69.99 flounder dish. After asking the manager and wait staff, they refused to alter the bill despite the fact we ordered $200 worth of food and eat there on a very regular basis.My main issues were that a. they should have told our table up front about the price of the dish they recommended since is was almost 3x the price of the one we asked for and b. the customer service was terrible after the fact. they never apologized and pretended they didn't speak english.

Anytime I see a group of tourists huddled around a window-posted menu in search of the best "Chinatown" restaurant, I always stop and recommend this place.You'll notice none of the Chinese joints in the area have particularly high ratings but TRUST ME - Ming's is your best bet for Chinese food. Unlike the other dingy, sub-par, questionable joints on H Street, Ming's is clean, (relatively) classy, and reliably delicious. The interior is modern and inviting and there's a full-service bar with two big-screen TVs.Any of the dishes my friends and I have ordered have never disappointed - I'm a big fan of the Sweet and Sour Chicken (crispy, with all-white meat and deliciously tangy sauce). The menu is diverse enough that you can order sushi, Chinese or Japanese - and even try something as daring as fried pork-intestines or go with perfectly safe bets like General Tso's chicken or Lo Mein.The prices aren't the cheapest ever - but they're fair for the small, family-sized offerings. The service *can* be a bit hit or miss, but usually the staff is pretty kind and accommodating.There are few remnants of anything authentically Chinese in Chinatown, but as the wave of hip/new restaurants surges, I'm grateful there's a good standby for Pan-Asian cuisine.

5 star short ribs.

Shrimp fried rice,I inhaled the entire plate so fast I think I knocked the cook into a food coma.No really, I looked up to find one of the cooks creeping into one of the booths across from our table, he comfortably sunk into a deep slumber....what a tease, wish i was him right @ that moment.

Congee is a must try, great Lo Mein as well

It sure has a nice decor and a good location in Chinatown. The dining room is much more warm and welcoming than those other Chinatown restaurants with their fluorescent lights, hard plastic chairs, and photocopied menus. Prices aren't bad here either.But how is the food? In a word, bad. Greasy, stale, and flavorless. My appetizer and main course both had virtually no flavor, just a crunchy (burnt) texture and an aroma of rancid fry oil. I will swear that my crispy beef had zero flavor -- except for the residue of the oil. If my eyes had been closed I would have thought I was eating stir-fried styrofoam or strips of cardboard. There are many, many places in this neighborhood with decent food, but this is not one of them.

I'm sure there's got to be better restaurants out there in D.C. Chinatown...I'm sorry, mom. You taught me to never judge a book by it's cover, but I did. I regret it, and you were right.Ming's Restaurant is an illusion. You get enticed by the outer elegance of the building -- its modern, yet representative Chinese architectural door; its granite-looking wall; and its well-groomed, rounded sign that reads "MING's". You walk inside and notice a well-lit bar with nice wooden bar chairs. Then you trek further and get impressed with the dining furniture, decor, and lighting. You make mental notes of how the ambiance looks pretty good, never suspecting that that's all you'll get out of this place. You get seated; take a look at their menu; you're delighted at the variety; you understand that the relatively higher prices should be justified. You place orders for a number of dishes. Each one comes out with nice presentation...Then you snap back into reality. The portions are half the size of other restaurants. The food tastes less than mediocre. Service is not slow per say, but certainly rude. Bottom line -- you paid a premium for a magic trick.

One word - HORRIBLE.Salmon avocado roll - So NOT fresh. Stale rice. Just tasted disgusting.Spricy tuna roll - This felt like I was eating chewing gum. Again - very stale and weird tasting.Wonton soup - BLAND and tasteless.We tried 2 cocktails - an appletini-ish drink and another lemon flavored cocktail. It was like were were drinking colored sugary syrup! Yuck.DO NOT spend your money at this place.

This place is complete garbage. Extremely rude staff and owner. I think someone there called her Michelle or Mickey?They will attempt to yell and argue with you if there is any issue/problem with the food, even if it is their mistake i.e. meat in a vegetarian dish. I mean, an actual professional restaurant would apologize and understand why that could be a problem for someone. What will happen when they ignore an allergy warning from a customer and someone gets really sick?In a city with great food like Washington, DC please go elsewhere. There are many businesses that take the customer experience more seriously, and considering the inflated prices at Ming's, you cant just chalk it up to being a cheap meal. You will leave disappointed.

We've been there with 5 friends, the food was terrible, I had fish and the flavor was weird, the service was bad, the place is not clean!. And what I hated most, even though I didn't think they deserved the tip, they included the tip in the check, so I had to pay it....will never go again, ever...

I was disappointed in the Sushi- it was very "ricey"n the wasabi was old (color and texture were the clue). The service was marginal and they charged me for fountain soda refills ($2.00)- which is odd for me. It's Chinatown- no need to go here, try another- it can not be worse.Oh, but they do take American Express.

If you're out on the town binge drinking until bars close, late-night binge dining is just something that naturally happens next. Sometimes it's pizza. Sometimes it's falafel. Sometimes it's diner food. At one point in time, I would've argued that this is an event largely unplanned. But that was before I met Ming's.On the weekends, DC bars shut down at 3a (although I hear there's a push to extend liquor sales to 4a), and if you feel like you could really use, say, an hour and a half more of bad decisions, Ming's is gonna serve you until 430a if you sit down and order food. To no one's surprise, there is a mad rush of people in here after last call. This all leads to sake bombs, sake chants, sake pounding on the tables, and sake spilling all over yourself.This is not your hole-in-the-wall Asian joint, but rather a three-floor, lounge-like, full-blown restaurant. And I've got to say, the food here is pretty damn good. Nevermind this coming from someone who's only been here hammered, I will tell you what to order, as it's been ordered for me first-hand from friends in the area who have probably logged enough hours here to fill out timesheets for a full-time position. The Shredded Crispy Beef is my number one, just a delicious mound of red meat strips doused in a thick Szechuan sauce I wish some place, somewhere would put on some wings. A round of Wonton Soups for the table is a must order, especially at $2 apiece. The broth will help you ease from bar drinking to Ming's drinking - trust me. The Peking Duck is also a popular pick, served as giant slices of fatty bird just dropped in the center of the table for everyone to fight over. The Crab Rangoon is also a great call at 6 for $6, if perhaps a bit too creamy. And finally, sake bombs. Duh.Prior to hitting the town, I usually don't care where I wind up being a disgusting, drunk slob at the end of the night. But in DC, I'm thinking about it by the time we hit the first bar. In DC, if I'm gonna be that slob, it's gotta be at Ming's.

Cheap sushi. They're speedy and attentive.

300th review whoo. I came here with a friend for dinner and we sat at the bar while we waited for a table. I noticed that the TV was on, and they were showing some show about eating bugs for meals. I lost my appetite for a minute there, and was pretty happy that we weren't seated anywhere near the TV once our table was ready. Food wise, we ordered three dishes to split:Chicken corn chowder - tasty but I don't think that they use fresh corn, the difference is pretty obviousCrispy beef - so good! Super heavy though.Jumbo shrimp in wine sauce - apparently wine sauce = orange sauce. It tasted okay though, although they could've given it more pizazz by adding a greater variety of veggies instead of only throwing in a can of water chestnuts.Overall, their meat dishes could definitely go a little heavier on the veggies. I was craving something healthy and started eating the garnishes lol, but gnawed on something that turned out to be super bitter and I had to spit it out :(

You ever experience a situation where you don't get what you want but trying to complain or fix the problem would take more effort?Well that is what happened to me here at Ming's. I ate here after a long day at the Museums and wanted something to hit home, like Hong Kong style noodles with beef. I asked the waiter if they had that and he pointed to the menu under noodles to something called Chow Fun beef and Chinese broccoli. That sounded like something close to hong Kong style noodles, even he said so. When it came to my table, it looked nothing like the noodles I eat back I'm LA. These noodles looked more like pad see ew, the long wide ones. I didn't want to complain, and I ate it because I was hungry. It wasn't bad at all, but I was eating something that I didn't want. Maybe I should have known what Chow Fun noodles are, or at least spoken up. I hated how I sensed them watching me as I ate.

HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT. Would not return. Overpriced for such mediocre food quality.If you've NEVER had take out Chinese food from your local Chinese restaurant with fortune cookies and all that jazz, then maybe you'll think this is a great place. Otherwise, you should understand where I'm coming fromPrice: OVERPRICED. I've never seen more overpriced Chinese food. They are making the same dishes that I pay $7 dollars for. And those even come with a soup or something! Especially considering what I'm paying for, no no no. Never again.Food quality: Sucked. Again, it's the same things they serve at a small run down Chinese restaurant but on a fancy plate. My partner had the shrimp with walnuts while I decided to give their sushi a try. Shrimp with walnuts dish had a hair in the shrimp... NOT ON TOP of the shrimp, IN THE BATTER. Gross. Sushi was really terrible. Fish was decently fresh but poorly rolled and don't get me started on how much rice they put in those "bite size" cuts.Service: The other waiters seemed very friendly. I guess we happened to be unlucky and got the cranky lady. Wasn't very helpful or friendly. Meh.Maybe I'm comparing it with NYC prices and food quality, but I know I sure as hell wouldn't go here again.OH and not to mention, when I brought up the hair in the food situation, instead of apologizing, the woman (who seemed to be the one in charge) said, alright well I can just give you 50% off this dish, that's all I can do for you. Is that what you call customer service?

Beef chow fun was the best dish- even my picky 9 yr old gobbled it up to the exclusion of evertyhing elseOrange chicken solid offering if just a bit too sweetCombo fried rice was again solidOnly minus to the meal was my tsing tao beer wasnt ice cold

I... was just not blown away. The service was great when I ate here a few weeks ago, and they accomodated one of our party requesting water with No ice. There were still refills!When it comes to menus, I either know what I want or I really do not. Impulsive in the moment when everyone else had ordered, I chose shrimp with lobster sauce. As my mother raved about whatever interesting shrimp dish she selected and our vegetarian ice-hater delighted over her tofu, two of us remained quiet. Apparently the beef fried rice and my lobster sauce soup (nope, I didn't order soup; there was just that much sauce) were not what put Ming's on the best-of lists in DC.I find myself wanting to blame the impulse decision rather than the restaurant for my banal entree. In fact, the crab rangoon was very hot and pretty tasty. Then again, too much fried dough & not enough stuff. Maybe sushi would have been a better way to go.

I love eating in Chinatown! And Mings did not disappoint. The service was great... and fast. The food was great. I tried the super spicy boiled beef... I never had a dish like that before so I was a little skeptical, but the flavor was outstanding. I like my food spicy, but there is only so much you can do at restaurants, so I could have stood a notch or two spicier :-) but no matter, it was yummy!My wife had the Szechuan chicken. That was very good too. No complaints. Food great, service great... highly recommended.

I never cared for Chinese food much until I was taken to Ming's. The food is wonderful, the best I've had.

Mings has to be one of the best Chinese restaurants in Chinatown! The appetizers tasted great. The Kung Pao Chicken and the Prawns were delicious. All the food tastes fresh. I haven't been to a Chinese restaurant with better decor. The ambient lighting, the ornaments, and the furniture are amazing!