New Asia — Restaurant in Saint Paul

Three stars for quick delivery. I've been ordering from here since 2009. Food was great for dine in & delivery. Delivery food was always hot, cooked well & tasted very good. However, in the last few years the food in appearance & taste has diminished. Plain fried rice has smelled & tasted a little like fish several times. The fried chicken wings went from very good to awful in the past few months. The wings are over cooked. The outside crispy part looks & tastes like they were cooked the day before & reheated before going out the door for delivery. Plus the chicken constantly has a that every other piece that tastes odd, perhaps it's at or beyond the expiration date. The lunch and dinner specials that have beef are not good, the beef seems to always taste old & tough. Within 3 weeks of my last 2 delivery's there was something hard as heck I've bitten down on in my fired eggrolls, it looked like a piece of a bone. I will say the hot pepper oil is 5 star - I love that. My last order was placed a week ago. I wish the food was great as it was years ago. At $20.00 + per order every time I get a delivery I expect edible food. Sadly I'm done...

Ordered at 11:15. Instructions said to go to East Side door number 8 and to call when here. No call received, food was marked as delivered at 12:04. When I contacted qMenu they can't process a refund. They told qMenu they left it at the front desk.

Front desk did NOT get the food. TURNS OUT they left it ouside - did not ring the bell or knock or let anyone know. So I found out at almost 1PM from qMenu that they left it at the front desk (LIE).

That's not even the worst part. Their delivery driver CAME BACK at 2PM and started a scene in the front lobby of my work place yelling and was eventually kicked out by our HR department. Not only was this exteremely aggressive and rude - but HIGHLY UNPROFESSIONAL. I would NEVER order from this place again.

They also REFUSE to refund my order. I will be disputing it with my bank at this point. And - since this guy was clearly disturbed - I will be having someone walk me to my car after work. Absolutely...

We stopped by New Asia for take out and were pleasantly surprised by the quality of the food as well how quickly the staff were able to provide it. We couldn't have waited any longer than three minutes for our food, and the staff were very friendly while we waited.

When we arrived back home, we opened our dishes, anxious to see if the food was better than other nearby Chinese take out we had tried recently... We started with the Egg Foo Young, which was full of flavor and just the right consistency. The Lo Mein, peppered with shrimp and bits of veggies, also did disappoint. The finale, cream cheese puffs, lived up as classics, perfectly crispy and packed with cream cheese. All of the dishes were quite generous in size - we were full with plenty leftover for a midday snack the next day.

Overall, the price was right and we were quite pleased with our meal. We will be coming to New Asia again for any future...