Great Wok

I have eaten in at this location, gone inside for food to go, and called in orders to pick up at the drive-​thru window. The customer service is lacking by a long shot. The food is definitely the Americanized version, there isn’t anything authentic about this restaurant. The food is edible. The interior could use a good deep cleaning. There seems to be a sheen of oil on the entire interior of the restaurant, and the food has a certain sliminess to it that is just unpleasant. There never seems to be many people who frequent here. It seems to have an air of abandonment, lack of care. Which is a shame, as this area is lacking in a variety of restaurants.
Its just kind of depressing, and I will not be back.

Found this place due to a late evening food craving. I’d always passed by the building but it always looked abandoned. The food was actually pretty good. We had the sesame chicken with chicken fried rice. I don’t eat Chinese takeout often but I’ll probably come back here when I do. Also, I don’t think the drive-​thru is functional just fyi. The service was also really great.

what happened here? whoa. you have changed. it looks really nice here inside, but I miss my young girl who worked the counter. she was so sweet.
for all the work you did in here it looks nice, but your bathroom is a lawsuit waiting to happen. super greasy floors that stuck to my shoes, and then became an ice rink after I walked back into the main room. wow. someone could fall and hurt themselves.
the portions are different.
food is good tho. but a baby’s butt on the counter of where you stick food to be served? isn’t a good idea. fact is? its gross. and talking about me in your language and staring at me? didn’t make me feel like I was welcome. I tipped too before you even did that to me.
a smile and a thank you goes a long way. get over the fact that I asked for some hot sauce.
dunno if I’ll be back. used to come here all the time, but that was just mean spirited.

There’s a little extra oomph in the Chinese here than most others in Orleans Parish; at least on this side of the river. If there’s one thing I’ll give the Westbank credit for, it’s their Chinese food options. However, we’re in Gentilly with it and Great Wok has something that keeps me coming back.
I’ve only had their General Tso plate, and it’s one of my favorite places to get a plate of that caliber. The chicken (compared to some others) taste like chicken throughout. Maybe it’s just me, but ever had a plate of «chicken» from a Chinese joint that a few pieces out of it don’t taste or even have the same texture as chicken is supposed to? Well here I find that not only is it flavorful, but even in its sauce, the meat has a good little crunch to it.
Their rice I find myself woofing down on in a ravenous fury of ingestion. I sub the pork for shrimp-​fried rice and they are not those tiny little frozen shrimps either. I will say tho, eating inside here would not be my first choice. The dining area is not my type of environment, really. Why would you want to anyway with the beautiful city park less than a half mile away?
Staff seems nice, I always order to pick up so my interaction with them is brief but in the years I’ve been coming here, they’ve been pleasant. I venture from Mid City from time to time to pay them a visit, today might be a good day for another.
Perhaps I’ll try the wings…

Tried this place for the first time today and I love it! From the shrimp egg rolls to the sesame chicken, everything was good. The employees were also very friendly. I’ll be back!

Food was not bad, but not great either. Staff was very friendly, waiting time was short for the food. The shrimp egg roll left something to be desired, but the veggie spring roll was palatable. As another reviewer stated, the spice dishes were lacking in actual spiciness.
The inside of the building was mostly empty with only two tables and boxes piled up in sight.
Overall, it’s eatable food but I’m not sure I would go back.

Now this is great Chinese food‼ I ordered the Boneless chicken & shrimp fried rice & I gotta say, that’s the best fried rice I have ever eaten. I might just start going here every single day. Their egg rolls are also perfect. The size of the shrimps are great. I know a lot of Chinese restaurants that use shrimps the size of peanuts in a sunflower seed. It’s pointless to have shrimp in your fried rice & egg rolls if it’s going to be that small. The only thing I didn’t like is some type of brown sauce they have me to go with my food but I really don’t like eating any type of sauce with my food unless it’s some type of sauce with spice. I tried a little bit of the sauce, it really doesn’t have a taste. It’s a good thing that they put the brown sauce on the side.

The egg rolls are soooo good! Best around. I got the sesame chicken with fried rice and it was also very good. Very surprised how fast it was ready and they have a drive thru

Great combination Lo Mein ask for spicy
Fast service
Good customer service
Convenient
Easy to get to
Easy to park
Fairly clean
Definitely no frills
Affordable: 2 can eat for under $ 10
Good egg rolls

So, I will start by saying that I think New Orleans truly lacks good Chinese food. Since I know that upfront, I am comparing this to other like establishments in the area… This is like the «McDonald’s» of Chinese food.
The place is worn around the edges, the tables were sticky, the floor needs a good scrubbing, three of the chairs have massive holes/​rips in them, and the walls are scuffed up. Although the dining room is a mess, the kitchen appears to be fairly clean.
The woman at the counter was very friendly and took my order quickly. I tend to go for General Tso’s chicken as a baseline because it’s a good barometer of a place. They provide a very large portion, including rice and an eggroll for $ 7.95. That’s a fair price. The chicken was lacking the most basic of spice and heat you would expect from General Tso’s chicken. The rice was yellowish brown and had a few chopped onions in it — but nothing else… not anything… The eggroll was actually excellent and prepared nicely. It had a lot of veggies in it that were finely minced, which is what I am used to and prefer…
The lo mein was tasteless — very disappointing. The fried rice that accompanied my husband’s dish had some pork in it and onion — but not much else. At least it wasn’t greasy…
The boneless ribs were ok — some of them were all fatty — and the flavor was ok.
I’m not sure I’m going to go back — bottom line — but it wasn’t a total loss…

Being born and raised in New York City I am a super tough critic when it comes to Chinese food. This is the best Chinese or closest to nyc style Chinese I have tasted here in NOLA. It’s cheap and is a hole in the wall but it taste amazing.

We take out here about once a week. Very good, not greasy and very reasonably priced hole in the wall. The counter girl is very sweet and always remembers our order.

Great food, great price. the staff is really friendly. They make delicious dumplings and they even change the number of dumplings I want. I usually order 1.5 order of it as 1 order is too less and 2 is too much. Very helpful.
recommend: Hot and sour pork, dumpling

Had I known I was working within a 5 minute drive of this humble building I would be much fatter. The fact that this restaurant even exists still given its low-​traffic location speaks volumes about the food.
The General Tso chicken I am gorging myself on right now is crispy, delectably sweet, with just the right bite and homage to the sesame oil it is cooked in. The pork lo-​mein I am supplementing my General joy with is flavorful, porkful, and veggieful. I am tickled pink to try my egg roll momentarily.
I was previously a «Yummy Yummy» guy, but will go the extra distance to get this, the finest Chinese food in the city, hands down, no competitors, 5 Happiness does not hold a candle to this happiness.