Really good quality food and it taste awesome! One of the best in town! Would come back again!! Thanks
Nidia C.
Best Chinese food that we've had in months!! Highly recommend stir fry Eggplant and Kung Pao!
Alex Qiu
I ordered 6 dumplings last night, and I am confident that the pork filling is raw.Apart from tasting raw (very hard to chew), the meat is still pink which further justifies my claim that the filling is uncooked.The bad news is, I didn't realize that the meat was raw until I have finished 3 of them.Does the owner have any idea the risks of eating uncooked pork? HOW COULD YOU SEVER RAW PORK TO YOUR CUSTOMERS ON NEW YEARS EVE???? IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS PANDEMIC????I am always willing to support local restaurants, including Chinese restaurants that were hit hard during the pandemic. However, by this incident, I WILL NEVER EVER VISIT GINKOG EVER AGAIN.If the owner wants to dispute, I more than happy to take the meat to the lab. Any person with common sense can tell that this is raw pork.
Hyung
To owner: please consider Cesco...
John K.
Gets the job done and fills our craving for szechuan food as we've been getting takeout since the pandemic. Particularly like their spicy fish dry pot, beef tendon/tongue, dan dan noodles, and spicy cold noodles. Orders have always been accurate and on-time.
Henry O.
My girlfriend and I were really happy with our meals at Ginkgo -- she ordered the lo mein and I ordered the Sichuan beef noodles. They were some of the best noodles I've ever had! Atmosphere was also charming and relaxed. I would highly recommend this place!
Christina S.
This little place is so good. The fried rice and Singapore Mei Fun are awesome! I have eaten in years ago and was please to find out they are still open and even deliver to UVA Hospital.
Mohammad alyas Haidari
If you want to order at least order two hours ago because there is only one person working and cooking
Richard C
Perhaps it's not fair to judge a restaurant by their lunch menu, but it is food that they serve: while the waitress was very nice and the facility seemed clean (enough), the food all seemed a bit generic Chinese. While I wouldn't rule out going back for dinner, I'm not sure I'd prioritize it either. Still, you'll leave filled if not a bit underwhelmed.
Horrible experience. This restaurant is tucked away and is often forgotten. Staff was super inattentive. Took forever to order. I was informed that the soup with the lunch special did not contain egg, but it did. The Ma Po tofu was unpalatable and not spicy as advertised. The food was burnt and they used the worst seasoning imaginable. I wasn’t asked what I wanted to drink (no water was offered). Additionally no napkins or utensils were brought out with the food. Would not recommend.
Annabelle Mastrandea
I started working in a restaurant about two years ago so I understand what it's like to try to make sure every customer is taken care of when you are short staffed and busy. That being said, the service was incredibly poor. My friend and I had placed an order online and went to Ginkgo to pick it up and when we walked in an employee looked at us and then went back to getting receipts together without any sort of acknowledgement. After walking back and forth to the counter a few times, the employee at the front desk eventually acknowledged us and asked us what we needed. I told her we had placed an order online and were there to pick it up. She had an online order receipt which she showed us and asked if it was ours, which it wasn't, and then asked what we had ordered. I told her and she went to the kitchen, I'd assumed to check on our order. She began to run food along with another employee and while I understand the importance of getting the food to customers, we received no feedback on if they were starting the food, finishing our order, etc. We stood at the counter for about 10 minutes and when we were approached once more by the same employee that we'd initially interacted with, we were once again asked the same question on what we ordered but this time I was asked to show the confirmation email. I had no problem with this, so I brought up the email and after about 20 minutes of waiting total, I was finally told they had not received my order. We were then asked for a third time what we wanted to order and in the midst of taking our order two other customers walked in and they appeared to be regulars since they were immediately greeted with smiles and conversation (which I might add, we were not). I understand saying hello to someone you know but their conversation lasted longer than a simple "hello, how are you" in which we were completely disregarded. We cancelled our order and found somewhere else to eat, seeing as how there are many locations on The Corner where you will be greeted and treated appropriately. I would give this restaurant 0 stars if only for poor customer service.
T. J
Our usual place was closed today, but we really had a hankering for Chinese. We decided to give this place a try. Portions are small and price tag way too high for what you get. The food was bland and flavorless.
Asher Caplan
Took over an hour for the food to come out. Not worth it. Literally any other place on the corner would’ve been faster and most were fully packed.
賴奕翔
The food is decent. Just the dish serving speed could be better.
Was good
Really good quality food and it taste awesome! One of the best in town! Would come back again!! Thanks
Best Chinese food that we've had in months!! Highly recommend stir fry Eggplant and Kung Pao!
I ordered 6 dumplings last night, and I am confident that the pork filling is raw.Apart from tasting raw (very hard to chew), the meat is still pink which further justifies my claim that the filling is uncooked.The bad news is, I didn't realize that the meat was raw until I have finished 3 of them.Does the owner have any idea the risks of eating uncooked pork? HOW COULD YOU SEVER RAW PORK TO YOUR CUSTOMERS ON NEW YEARS EVE???? IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS PANDEMIC????I am always willing to support local restaurants, including Chinese restaurants that were hit hard during the pandemic. However, by this incident, I WILL NEVER EVER VISIT GINKOG EVER AGAIN.If the owner wants to dispute, I more than happy to take the meat to the lab. Any person with common sense can tell that this is raw pork.
To owner: please consider Cesco...
Gets the job done and fills our craving for szechuan food as we've been getting takeout since the pandemic. Particularly like their spicy fish dry pot, beef tendon/tongue, dan dan noodles, and spicy cold noodles. Orders have always been accurate and on-time.
My girlfriend and I were really happy with our meals at Ginkgo -- she ordered the lo mein and I ordered the Sichuan beef noodles. They were some of the best noodles I've ever had! Atmosphere was also charming and relaxed. I would highly recommend this place!
This little place is so good. The fried rice and Singapore Mei Fun are awesome! I have eaten in years ago and was please to find out they are still open and even deliver to UVA Hospital.
If you want to order at least order two hours ago because there is only one person working and cooking
Perhaps it's not fair to judge a restaurant by their lunch menu, but it is food that they serve: while the waitress was very nice and the facility seemed clean (enough), the food all seemed a bit generic Chinese. While I wouldn't rule out going back for dinner, I'm not sure I'd prioritize it either. Still, you'll leave filled if not a bit underwhelmed.
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Horrible experience. This restaurant is tucked away and is often forgotten. Staff was super inattentive. Took forever to order. I was informed that the soup with the lunch special did not contain egg, but it did. The Ma Po tofu was unpalatable and not spicy as advertised. The food was burnt and they used the worst seasoning imaginable. I wasn’t asked what I wanted to drink (no water was offered). Additionally no napkins or utensils were brought out with the food. Would not recommend.
I started working in a restaurant about two years ago so I understand what it's like to try to make sure every customer is taken care of when you are short staffed and busy. That being said, the service was incredibly poor. My friend and I had placed an order online and went to Ginkgo to pick it up and when we walked in an employee looked at us and then went back to getting receipts together without any sort of acknowledgement. After walking back and forth to the counter a few times, the employee at the front desk eventually acknowledged us and asked us what we needed. I told her we had placed an order online and were there to pick it up. She had an online order receipt which she showed us and asked if it was ours, which it wasn't, and then asked what we had ordered. I told her and she went to the kitchen, I'd assumed to check on our order. She began to run food along with another employee and while I understand the importance of getting the food to customers, we received no feedback on if they were starting the food, finishing our order, etc. We stood at the counter for about 10 minutes and when we were approached once more by the same employee that we'd initially interacted with, we were once again asked the same question on what we ordered but this time I was asked to show the confirmation email. I had no problem with this, so I brought up the email and after about 20 minutes of waiting total, I was finally told they had not received my order. We were then asked for a third time what we wanted to order and in the midst of taking our order two other customers walked in and they appeared to be regulars since they were immediately greeted with smiles and conversation (which I might add, we were not). I understand saying hello to someone you know but their conversation lasted longer than a simple "hello, how are you" in which we were completely disregarded. We cancelled our order and found somewhere else to eat, seeing as how there are many locations on The Corner where you will be greeted and treated appropriately. I would give this restaurant 0 stars if only for poor customer service.
Our usual place was closed today, but we really had a hankering for Chinese. We decided to give this place a try. Portions are small and price tag way too high for what you get. The food was bland and flavorless.
Took over an hour for the food to come out. Not worth it. Literally any other place on the corner would’ve been faster and most were fully packed.
The food is decent. Just the dish serving speed could be better.