Opening in 1958 as a small carryout operation, Fong's has grown into a Bloomington Institution. David Fong's has a banquet facility with its own bar and a capacity to seat up to 150 - Perfect for weddings, birthdays, and other private parties. David Fong's is a family run restaurant serving Chinese Cuisine and American style food since 1958.
It's details such as fresh quality ingredients, large portions, a loyal and tenured staff, and treating customers like houseguests that make David Fong's not only a Bloomington favorite but a standout in the Minnesota hospitality industry. David Fong's has been serving Minnesota-friendly versions of Cantonese favorites like chicken chow mein and New York Steak Chinatown for the last 50 years.
It's details such as fresh quality ingredients, large portions, a loyal and tenured staff, and treating customers like houseguests that make David Fong's not only a Bloomington favorite but a standout in the Minnesota hospitality industry. David Fong's has been serving Minnesota-friendly versions of Cantonese favorites like chicken chow mein and New York Steak Chinatown for the last 50 years.
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In the summer of 1958, David Sr. and Helen Fong drove down from Minneapolis in search of a place to open up a small Chinese carry-out. As the story goes, they were looking for a location in Richfield, got lost in the rain, and came upon a small strip mall in a small township called Bloomington. This original location was named Fong's Chow Mein.
David Fong's has been serving Minnesota-friendly versions of Cantonese favorites like chicken chow mein and New York Steak Chinatown for the last 50 years. Using fresh ingredients, their made-from-scratch meals they have become one of the Twin Cities favorite Chinese Restaurants. Please select our lunch, dinner or takeout menu to find the perfect dish to satisfy your craving.
David Fong's Chinese restaurant has a variety of delicious dinner menu items including Combination Family Dinners, Fong's Special Dinners, Chef's Suggestions, Options From Our Broiler, Stir-Fried Noodles, a Children's Menu and a variety of delicious Appetizers. Chicken white meat and diced vegetables in a specially prepared spicy sauce, topped with cashew nuts.
Cooking With WCCO: David Fong's Ed Fong from David Fong's, a winner of "Best Of Minnesota, " offers up the recipe for some of diner's favorite dishes, Jason DeRusha and Matt Brickman report (3:46). MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - With the holidays winding down, it's time take a deep breath, relax and order in dinner, which for many means Chinese food.
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Ryan R.
Jan 29, 2022
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Patricia Thomas
Jan 26, 2022
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Nicole Nyarko
Jan 25, 2022
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Michael O.
Jan 16, 2022
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Finally made the stop at David Fong's for lunch. I would sum it up as the quintessential American Chinese restaurant. We showed up on a Saturday afternoon and were promptly meet by the hostess and seated. Our server was right there with waters and said he would be back. There were three of us for lunch. One of us ordered off the lunch special menu (get a smaller portion of a select main dish, either fried egg roll or fried cream cheese wanton and fried rice. Other two ordered off the main menu. The lunch special was ok. But the mustard that came with the egg roll was phenomenal!
Benson Benson
Jan 14, 2022
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One, if not the best and most consistent Chinese food restaurants in the metro. Superior service and pours that are never wanting. The speed at which appetizers are prepared and served is top tier in the foodservice industry. One of my favorites is the service of placing food on your plate from the serving dish as they serve you with a family-style feel of keeping the serving dishes on the table.
Doug McKenzie
Jan 07, 2022
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Brenda Nesbitt
Jan 04, 2022
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Andrew Yun League Of Fools
Dec 29, 2021
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Nunteera B.
Dec 23, 2021
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First time here and I love the restaurant atmosphere it’s very nice and cozy inside the server was great but foods wasn’t that great. My fried rice was super hard and it tasted just like rice mix with soy sauce and the chicken in my stir fried was so tough also it was $$ pricy too nothing impressed me in this place I don’t know if I come back in my opinion.
R. K.
Dec 12, 2021
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THIS IS NO LONGER A GREAT PLACE TO EAT!
My husband and I have stopped in for a drink and dinner since 1985. It has ALWAYS been one of our favorites. Food had great flavors and the food was alway served piping hot!
Today we are saying "Good-bye" to an old tradition! We dropped in on a Saturday afternoon at 3:30 PM. Not too much going on...about 15 patrons in the place. The waitor was very attentive. He took our order and brought us drinks. When the food was served it was barely warm. The chicken in my dish was NOT FRESH. My husband remarked that his chicken tasted old and our companion
My husband and I have stopped in for a drink and dinner since 1985. It has ALWAYS been one of our favorites. Food had great flavors and the food was alway served piping hot!
Today we are saying "Good-bye" to an old tradition! We dropped in on a Saturday afternoon at 3:30 PM. Not too much going on...about 15 patrons in the place. The waitor was very attentive. He took our order and brought us drinks. When the food was served it was barely warm. The chicken in my dish was NOT FRESH. My husband remarked that his chicken tasted old and our companion
Sandy Stoa
Oct 14, 2021
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Tarun Shetty
Aug 23, 2021
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I had a very nice dining experience in this restaurant. The staff was extremely friendly & helped us with choosing the right dish to order. I ordered the stir fried chicken lo mein noodles & it was pretty good. The staff also helped my friend who is a vegetarian in ordering a dish without meat,egg & shrimp. Overall good food & have given one star extra for the friendly staff. Thank you !
Mary W.
Aug 14, 2021
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Oh, no!!! What happened to this place?? I've come here for decades and am sooo disappointed in what it's become. If you eat in the bar, your server splits his time with bartending. It's very rushed service because of this. The prices have gotten outrageous. Honey Walnut Shrimp went from $14.95 (Friday special price) to $25.95! Teriyaki Steak went from $17.95 to $32.xx! The Potstickers were inedible... very obvious they were store-bought frozen. Horrible. Fong's has always been a reliable standby for us as far as price, service and quality goes. Until now. We understand
Kristina K.
Aug 09, 2021
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Denali G.
Jul 17, 2021
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My family came here for dinner one night and we did have a nice time. I like they have a large parking lot. this is definitely a "white person chinese restaurant" so if that's what you're looking for come on in. we liked the sweet and sour sauce that came with our cream cheese wontons. i got the seasame chicken, i have had better elsewhere. the chicken was sort of.. stringy? i do think it was slightly over priced for the quality. overall, a pretty average chinese restaurant that is reliably "good"
Denise B.
Jun 23, 2021
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Ordered chicken chow mein, egg foo young and fried rice. The egg foo young was tough and dry. The chicken in the chow mein was so dry and everything was mushy and covered in brown thick lukewarm gravy. The rice was salty brown rice. Everything tasted like it was in a buffet for hours. The wine was good. If you like a plate of brown salty food this is the place. I relayed this information to the server - no response. They were closing soon so the spray bleach they were using was permeating the food which did not help. Left the food. I'll come back and order something less brown because
Malaika C.
Apr 29, 2021
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Sam V.
Apr 16, 2021
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I'm just gonna start out by saying I am from the San Francisco Bay Area. I tell my wife never to pick a Chinese restaurant in any state because it's NOT THE SAME as the Bay Area! I went here because of high reviews. The people here I'm sorry to say don't know what Chinese food is supposed to taste like. They said fresh but the mushrooms were from a can, I can tell. The chicken although was white meat , a plus, was dry. The fried rice was kind of a sweet taste and super brown ? Like brown rice? Not fried rice. BEAUTIFUL PLACE but I'm sorry not to my California expectations
Jeremy
Mar 02, 2021
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Shayna T.
Feb 06, 2020
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My family comes here a lot for family birthdays and most seem to really enjoy it. They have a good selection of drinks and just one is enough to give you a kick...Food is a mix of Chinese and American. Most dishes come with white rice (or fried for more $). A really great place if you like ordering several things and sharing/tasting all fo them. The honey walnut shrimp is a family favorite.
Victoria C.
Jan 30, 2020
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Annette N.
Jan 12, 2020
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This establishment I would classify as a "Classic" and I like classics because it isn't always the quality of the food you receive but it is that warm familiar welcome you feel when you walk in and see those red Naugahyde booths, loose bar stools, servers that you would want to sit down at your table and let them share some stories of the early years of the place.
Anyway, this place/space is big and we apparently didn't enter the front door. Came right into a bar area... not really sure it is Fongs exactly but we made heads turn when we walked in looking for the restaurant
Anyway, this place/space is big and we apparently didn't enter the front door. Came right into a bar area... not really sure it is Fongs exactly but we made heads turn when we walked in looking for the restaurant
Eric O.
Aug 04, 2019
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Decor is unique. Employees were nice. Patrons are not a good sign for another 60 years. We had to have been the only people under 40 in there who weren't employees. After our meal I can see why.
Sadly I'm interested in food as bad service won't kill me. Simply put it is the worst meal I have ever been served. My wife and I ordered the dinner for two. Soups ok but certainly not great. Appetizers meh. Cheese puffs were stale and clearly not fresh. And who splits an egg roll... Talk about penny pinching. The main course had bad sauce and what I believe to be either old, freezer burned
Sadly I'm interested in food as bad service won't kill me. Simply put it is the worst meal I have ever been served. My wife and I ordered the dinner for two. Soups ok but certainly not great. Appetizers meh. Cheese puffs were stale and clearly not fresh. And who splits an egg roll... Talk about penny pinching. The main course had bad sauce and what I believe to be either old, freezer burned
David W.
Jul 06, 2019
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Kelsey K.
Jun 15, 2019
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There are a ton of Chinese places around the metro but this one is just a little different and it's delicious! They have take out that is ready in ten minutes if you're looking for a quick bite to eat. Their lunch combos are great and cheap!
They have your typical Chinese dishes. One of my favorites is the sweet and sour chicken. Usually sweet and sour chicken is that fried chicken and then you add that weird pink sauce right? David Fongs sweet and sour chicken comes with tomatoes, green peppers and pineapples mixed in and it so good. I also love their chicken lomein. I kinda just like
They have your typical Chinese dishes. One of my favorites is the sweet and sour chicken. Usually sweet and sour chicken is that fried chicken and then you add that weird pink sauce right? David Fongs sweet and sour chicken comes with tomatoes, green peppers and pineapples mixed in and it so good. I also love their chicken lomein. I kinda just like
Alex D.
Jun 03, 2019
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I don't write reviews, so the fact that I'm going out of my way to write this is saying a lot. We came in today around 5, and even though we were one of the few tables in the whole restaurant it was a terrible experience front start to finish.
The host was rude, and even though the ENTIRE restaurant was empty except 4 or 5 tables she had to "call" a manager to find a table for 6 people. All of our food was lukewarm at best. My chicken noodle soup tasted like it came out of a can. Every single sauce on the table was so thick and gummy that I wouldn't even classify it as
The host was rude, and even though the ENTIRE restaurant was empty except 4 or 5 tables she had to "call" a manager to find a table for 6 people. All of our food was lukewarm at best. My chicken noodle soup tasted like it came out of a can. Every single sauce on the table was so thick and gummy that I wouldn't even classify it as
Donna L.
Dec 03, 2018
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Cassie M.
Aug 29, 2018
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My favorite thing about this place was the retro Chinese restaurant decor. It reminded me of a place I used to go as a kid up in northern Minnesota. Cool lanterns, and those red vinyl booths and wood paneling make a solid 70s statement. My boyfriend called it an Asian-themed VFW. Made even more accurate by the fact that karaoke was getting fired up as we were getting ready to leave.
My next favorite thing was the Mai Tai. Strong, boozy, fruity. After ordering drinks, we also tried to get an order of veggie eggrolls. Nope. Don't even bother asking because you'll be shot down right away
My next favorite thing was the Mai Tai. Strong, boozy, fruity. After ordering drinks, we also tried to get an order of veggie eggrolls. Nope. Don't even bother asking because you'll be shot down right away
Sarah A.
May 22, 2016
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RUN. Seriously, it was that bad and I'll tell you why.
Yes I know it's "Chinese American food" but oh my goodness this was the worst restaurant I have ever been to.
My boyfriend and I had the "dinner for 2". This included egg rolls, cream cheese, soup of the day, orange chicken and chicken almond.
1. Soup of the day: NASTY! It came out dark brown, thick, and had huge mushroom pieces and Unknown meat in there along with random dark vegetables. Honestly, it looked like sewage. We tried to eat it all but barely scratched the surface because the taste was horrible
Yes I know it's "Chinese American food" but oh my goodness this was the worst restaurant I have ever been to.
My boyfriend and I had the "dinner for 2". This included egg rolls, cream cheese, soup of the day, orange chicken and chicken almond.
1. Soup of the day: NASTY! It came out dark brown, thick, and had huge mushroom pieces and Unknown meat in there along with random dark vegetables. Honestly, it looked like sewage. We tried to eat it all but barely scratched the surface because the taste was horrible
