Mei Wei — Restaurant in Durham

Don't recommend. I ordered take out said ready in 15 I showed up exactly 15 minutes I don't want my food getting cold (I live only few minutes away) and my food was already bagged and ready. Cool no wait that's like perfect timing. I get in car and pop it open, to steal a spare rib (usually a fave anywhere I go) it's not cold but it's not warm. Same with rice. Chicken finger were placed in a bag those were luke warm. The lo mein though was super hot. And Rangoon were ok temp too. Typically a little warmer but no complaints on those.

A break down from not so good to the recommendations if you do decide to eat here anyways. (Just don't expect much Chinese food flavor)

The rice zero flavor for pork fried rice very very bland and not hot not even warm. Should have looked at color of it and known it would lack any taste.

The spare ribs needed to be cooked longer like quite a bit longer, the normal Chinese spare rib flavor was missing. Maybe a lack of marinating. The texture just was off too.

The chicken fingers were ok at best. combo came with 4, 1 was super skinny. It lacked any crisp to the breading. It wasn't soggy it was dry but felt like they were too soft but weren't dough. They were cooked but maybe needed longer? Or a higher temp I'm not sure. They did taste better without their duck sauce.

Now the lo mein was very hot when I got home which was great... but the veggies were off the green leave in it looked and tasted like a wilted salad and under cooked, sautéing them longer would have helped I believe or were they just not fresh. The noodles were so bland and plain. But theni got some from the bottom and they tasted alot better and had some flavor to them. Put the cover on and flipped it over and shook it. The liquid that was all in the bottom of the container cover the noodles and have some flavor. I picked around the vegetables. And ate some noodles. I've never had to this any other place usually the flavor is cooked into the noodles I guess. This all the flower was in the bottom of the container. Was the soy sauce added after it had been sitting. Or had my food been sitting a while. I'm unsure but order just the noodles skip the veggies and shake up your container before you even try it.

Now the Crab Rangoons were an ok temp when I got home and they had alot of flavor. It's the 1 thing I would order again. From here. I did end up eating all 4 of those. They were packed full. These were great. These are the shining point and if you order...

I would be wary of choosing this restaurant.

I ordered take-out dinner there several weeks ago, and had the feeling the price was high, but was in a hurry so went home. Later I could see they charged more for each item than they posted on the website.

So I went back the next day, and was immediately offered an excuse, that the price had changed, then they pulled out their menu as attempt to prove. Well if the price changed, they should update their website, and I can now see 3 weeks later the fake prices are still posted. Perhaps they rely on most people not catching them.

They should also immediately have offered to pay the difference, rather than try to justify. I explained that all to them, so they finally offered to give me a gift card for the $4.00 they overcharged me. I told them I lived 6 hours away, so they explained that they could not credit me because it was not the same day. Terrible! If it was my restaurant, I would be ashamed that something like this could happen, would stop making excuses, and would pull out my wallet and pay the customer $10 cash on the spot for his trouble.

In any event, I would not want their gift card. I don't expect amazing Chinese food in NH, but this was substandard. The Vegetable Delight was 80% broccoli with regular American grocery store mushrooms, not the wonderful Chinese mushrooms usually served. The scallops dish had hardly any scallops, they were tiny, and obviously frozen.

It's too bad. My parents live up there, and instead of creating a loyal customer, this experience convinced all of us...

Have been ordering from here on doordash for quite awhile. But I made a big order three days ago. Just now getting to my low mein. And there was a nice piece of metal in it. I have no idea how much I could have possibly eaten. Will never order from here again. That's unacceptable. I can never feel comfortable with food from here ever again. Also! It's not foil. It's thick metal. I used no foil to cover or store. Right from the to go container to a bowl with a paper towel then into the microwave, surprised it didn't mess up my microwave. If I have health issues from this it will become a major issue. Update:The response from the owners was great. I understand how this could have happened. Stuff happens, people have bad days, and serious issues can occur. I'm not upset about this, and I have no intentions of pushing this point if no complications occur. I feel as though they are responding to this properly and taking the necessary precautions to make sure this never happens again. Will more then likely visit to verify. But I have faith this is not a poorly managed establishment and all steps will be...