Shuang Cheng Restaurant

This is just a run of the mill Chinese restaurant. The pluses are the food items are well priced and there is plenty of available seating (as this appears to be a popular hangout for the college crowd). Other than that, it is just your garden variety Chinese take out quality. Nothing really authentic or full of flavor.

My favorite spot to go for Chinese food. Love the owners and their family. Always friendly and always helpful in choosing the right dishes. A must try!

One of the cheapest and very best places to eat around dinkytown ! However avoid take away during the end of the week as the place is crowded and the quality of taste goes down during that time (read:lunch specials). But it is a good option for a budget dine out

I work at the University of Minnesota and used to eat at Shuang Cheng frequently but I had not been back for several years. Shuang Cheng serves Cantonese style Chinese food which is very familiar to most of us. Recently friend suggested we go there for lunch and I am glad we did as the food and service were very good. We ordered two dishes from the specials listed on the white board in the back of the restaurant. I would recommend this. I have never tried the luncheon specials so can’t comment on them but as a general rule these are not as good as ordering individual dishes in Chinese restaurants. We had beef and asparagus and tofu vegetable stir fries served with a large bowl of white rice. Both dishes were excellent. The quantity of food was large and we took about half home. Service was friendly which is often not the case at restaurants near campus. The restaurant was clean and comfortable. We got our food in a reasonable time. Everything was cooked to order and the veggies were nice and crisp. I am glad I finally got back to Shuang Cheng and plan on returning soon.

I know your place is popular and there are a ton of really good reviews but please, cut back on the MSG. The food was tasty but the MSG hangover was not worth it. I generally ask ‘please no MSG, but I forgot to this time. Both of us woke up feeling lousy with a pounding headache, so much so that we gave the leftovers away. We had the appetizer sampler, Beef and Chinese Broccoli, Pork Egg Foo Young, and Mock Duck with mixed vegetables and garlic sauce. Again, the food certainly tasted good but I don’t know why they have to use so much MSG.

To be fair, I think I am done with trying to find American/​Chinese food that recaptures what I think I recall from the ‘70s and ‘80s. I suspect the quality then was actually better, and certainly my expectations were lower, and my tastes more basic.
There may well be some enjoyable dishes, but between me and my guest we failed to order them.
Egg rolls were greasy, limp, and rather expensive for the size. Pretty bland. Possibly homemade, and most likely cooked long before we ordered. They seemed to have been sitting for a while.
Har Ding was listed as a Chefs Suggestion. «Jumbo» shrimp were tiny and few. The dish was not nasty or anything, but was pretty bland. A little more garlic would go a long way here.
Chicken Egg Foo Young was a near win, but again, suffered from blandness. A huge portion, it was not as greasy as some places serve it, and it was not swimming in super salty brown gravy. In fact, the gravy had a little yellow curry in it (a nice change), but could actually have benefitted from some more seasoning. Almost there on this dish, but just not quite.
The service was dismissive, and the food all came out at different times, with the appetizer arriving second, and the egg foo young arriving long after we finished the entrée. Weird.
I am doubtful I will bother to try this place again, in hopes of finding the good stuff that many seem to enjoy.

Went there for the first time yesterday for the lunch special. I ordered the sesame chicken with fried rice and it was very good. Portions were larger than expected too for only a 7 dollar meal! Also the cheese wontons were incredible! Service was good and friendly and the food came out super fast! ¹⁰⁄₁₀ will for sure come back sometime

Although they were a bit slow our waiter was very polite and educated us well what dishes were good. I was very pleased with my food. We got stir fry veggie, spicy crab, squid and roasted duck. The duck was okay I’ve had better. The rest is the food was great. I will return just for the crab

Really good. But the service is super slow. Went here for their lunch special and dinner

Good lunch specials, around $ 7, and even better, you can order them until 4:30. I often grab a couple late in the afternoon to bring home for supper.
Large portions, so each takeout lunch special can easily be split among two people or two meals.
Their lo mein is awesome — thick noodles, tasty sauce.

This is such a popular palace that caters to the college population and oh everyone in the area! Expect to wait a bit for your food.
Wow, the food, the menu, the staff! This place is a well-​oiled machine. The food is fresh, so definitely check the hand-​written menu board. I was delighted at the amazing selection of fresh greens like watercress and baby bok choy and green beans and pea shoots. What more could I want from a Chinese restaurant? Nothing. Portions are generous.
I would go back because the quality is good, service is fast and the high turnover means fresh food! Yum! Not bad for Minneapolis.

When someone told me this is the best Chinese in Minneapolis I did not believe them but it turned out to be the best, if only because there are not too many good Chinese restaurants in MN overall. I probably ate here 15 – 20 times even though it was a drive for me since its tucked away near the University in Dinkytown.
Even now I miss their fried rice, it’s got a flavor that makes me want to come back to frozen MN!
The lunch special is a decent value with a choice of soup and fried wontons and they give you fried rice on the side for free. The jasmine tea is free too. My favorite dish here is chicken with all the vegetables made spicy, it’s not on the menu but they always made it for me. The menu is pretty expansive and they have daily specials as well.
The décor is basic but service is decent. There is a parking across the road and they validate for an hour. It’s also open late probably due to the University crowd and good for a later dinner.

With a variety of dishes that are worth eating, this place is best to come with at least 3 – 4 people in order to order a couple of dishes to share. I came with three other people and we each ordered Mapo Tofu, Village Delight, sizzling pork with preserved vegetables, and honey walnut shrimp. The food, as usual, was tasty and we all had at least two servings of rice. The place provides hot tea, which is a great combination to balance out the greasiness of the food. The food came out promptly although the restaurant was pretty full. The restaurant has a mix of regular tables, booths, and round spinning tables so it is a great place to come with your family as well. I look forward to coming back soon.

Authentic Chinese food.
I’d recommend ordering off menu authentic Chinese food if your craving any specialties your used to your mom making you. They definitely have a Chinese person making the food because it’s delicious!!!
I asked for Hong Kong style noodles, combination, and they were on point. Noodles were crispy on outside but cooked through and soft when mixed together. Brown sauce was delicious and meats/​veggies tasted fresh.
If I come back, I’m getting the crab or duck– kudos to this place!

Typically this is my go-​to asian seafood place but when I came here it was just disappointing. I came here with a party of 9 and ordered a lot of food.
We ordered the;
–Beef and Chinese broccoli as well as the chicken and chinese broccoli — This is the only thing that the guys would eat because they’re not that into seafood & the girls ordered a lot of seafood.
–Beef Chow Fun, can’t really go wrong here.
–Fried large walleye with ginger scallion sauce, over-​fried and sauce was not good
–Chicken wings, for the kids-​which were dry.
–Walnut shrimp, over-​battered and doughy.
–Fish Maw soup, this was good! We doubled the portion and got a lot, which i’m really glad about because a lot of us were really disappointed with everything else.
–½lb duck, also dry.
–Ginger scallion stir-​fried lobster, this was ok but I felt like it was a little over-​cooked as well.
–Fried rice, can’t go wrong there.
Over-​all i’d give this experience a 2 star. Just because I felt like a lot of it was over-​cooked.
Service was ok, had to grab our own extra plates and silverware. & they never asked if we wanted anything else to drink besides water, so we all felt like dicks when we asked if we could have other beverages.

I am from Hong Kong and am sad to say that food here is not authentic cantonese food. We ordered Chinese BBQ platter; the roasted pork and cha-​shu were very dry, almost inediable. The clam was not fresh and the ginger and scallion sauce tasted like chicken stock with corn starch which had no flavor at all. The stir fry green bean was acceptable.
The portion was generous with good price though. That said, I’d rather pay more for more authentic and quality cantonese food. This is not the place if you are searching for authentic cantonese cuisine.

Best place for Chinese food in the area! Staff has been here for years and continue to dish out great food at a great price.
Get the lunch special! It’s great price and you can get enough food for dinner as well! If your ever in the area, just stop by and you won’t be disappointed :)

I got off a plane in Minneapolis and the town’s most thoughtful host brought me straight here, because he knows my soul. I love old school family joints and his family has been coming here for years. I deferred to him and his wise girlfriend on the ordering so I’m not sure on the names of the dishes but everything was delicious. The sea food was especially fresh (unexpected for me in the mid-​west, since even in Montréal fresh seafood is hard to find) and the flavours in the sauces were delicate and delicious and excellent. We had some mediocre wine and beer but who cares? It was inexpensive and they brought us piles of food in a laughing and loving way and it was full of people having a tasty and wonderful time. Not fancy, but if you want to go to a local favourite for authentic Chinese food, go here.

Crack-​Tofu is what I call the Mapo Tofu here. Try it, and you will know what I mean. Tofu is not for everyone I know, but try it with some rice and get it down son. The rest of the menu is pretty good as well, the most common combo I see is the Mapo Tofu with Sesame Chicken but that’s probably coming from a Korean American perspective. Nestled in the heart of Dinky town, the staff is friendly and the place is big enough to not have much wait even during their busy times.
Seriously though, Crack-​tofu. You will be hooked on that stuff.

This is a family favorite – we go here when we crave good Chinese food. This mom and pop place has been around forever.
They have generous lunch portions and even bigger dinner portions. Get the orange beef fried extra crispy with the sauce on the side. Other picks include the seafood pan fried noodles, duck fried rice, ginger scallion lobster or New York style lobster, ma po tofu. Black bean mussels and oysters are good too.
Parking is hard to find because you are in Dinkytown, but there is pay lot right across the street. Be careful though because you have to download an app to pay for parking and they tow people like crazy if you don’t pay for parking. There’s a public parking lot two blocks across from Shuang… near the Target Express that you can use.