Local restaurant with traditional Lao, Thai and Chinese cuisine
Nice place! Kinda tucked away behind a gas station so it was a bit trouble to find, but worth the visit!
I would 100% recommend the beef jerky. It a bit pricey but they made it in house, perfectly season and packed a good amount of heat. Their Pho was okay, tasty but definitely on the sweeter side, a bit lacking toppings (both meat & mints) for the price point, and the broth was a bit weak in flavor. I could tell that wasn't their strongest item on the menu. Thai coffee was definitely too sweet for my taste.
I would recommend this place, and will try it again in the near future for other items on the menu.
Good place for lunch! Enjoy the selectable spice level for the dishes. The drunken noodles and angry stir fry are both good choices. Great rangoons too!
All food is great. Lunch specials are "special" and great bargain. Watch hours to make sure they are open.
The pho special was incredible and very nice servers! Highly recommend this place!
The pho special was incredible and very nice servers! Highly recommend this place!
Good place for lunch! Enjoy the selectable spice level for the dishes. The drunken noodles and angry stir fry are both good choices. Great rangoons too!
All food is great. Lunch specials are "special" and great bargain. Watch hours to make sure they are open.
They never answer the phone . Called at 630 on a Saturday. . Foods good but can never get an order in . The hours are very inconsistent.
The wings and Khao Piek noodles are the best here!
The most stupid hours. Gg
It’s not even opened. Waste of time
Amazing service and very good food.
Food was terrible. Pho tasted like the broth was store bought and the rice dish was swimming in a soup rather than sauce.
Very good Mongolian beef and Thai tea
But wasn't expecting to spend $40 on lunch
Besides that I really liked it and will be back
BTW I would rather pay $40 on really good food then $20 on ok food
By far the best Chinese food in town I recommend everyone give this a try
So good every time we eat here! All the dishes are excellent and fresh! You can tell they put love into their cooking! Super friendly staff!
Drove for 35min it’s said it was open when I got there he told me there not open drive-through only so I ordered and the food was junk I give it 1 out of 10
Great place, great food!
My sesame chicken was literally in soup instead of sauce, super soggy, how on earth do you mess up sesame chicken… it was disgusting.
Awesome food for grimes iowa
Good food. Friendly service. Restaurant needs a facelift from being a maid right.
37 minutes from order confirmation to when they brought it out. Food was okay, nothing special.
I have to drive about 2 hours into Des Moines occasionally for work. One of the only things that make this bearable is this restaurant.
Food was amazing, service was fast. If they allowed it, I would just work from this restaurant.
2 year update: place still is the best Thai restaurant in Des Moines.
3 year update: they know my name now
Was really looking forward to some pho after a chilly day outside. Worst pho broth Ive ever had. It was so disappointing and they barely put any meat for what you pay. SMH. Pho broth tasted like it was store-bought pre-packaged broth. Should not be called pho if that’s what they are serving.
Good food, quick service, decent price, and atmosphere. Our first time there. We would go again.
Great quality Asian food from a clean place. Eaten both in house and gotten delivery and always good.
Absolutely delicious. I need to go back!
Ordered via grubhub. Beef pho, beef pad thai, veg spring rolls.
For some reason, the pho was very light on meat- about a 1/4c raw, about 1/8c cooked 😖.
Pad thai was good, but light on the spice, i ordered a 3, 5 is hottest. It was more like a 1 😪
But the flavors of both were very good.
I ordered via grubhub- which was crazy expensive.
I would return to try other dishes, they have a great menu. I was very surprised to not see pad khi mao on the menu- as delicious, popular as pad thai.
The spring rolls were super, perfect.
Thank you for dinner, it was great.
What a joke!!! They say they are open until 8:30pm on Saturday’s, we arrive at 8pm. Open sign is on and everything. Doors locked and we can’t get in. We could have gone somewhere else, not to mention the waste driving out there!
So glad they can respond to my review right away, but they couldn’t bother answering the phone when I called to inquire twice. THANK YOU!
Nice place! Kinda tucked away behind a gas station so it was a bit trouble to find, but worth the visit!
I would 100% recommend the beef jerky. It a bit pricey but they made it in house, perfectly season and packed a good amount of heat. Their Pho was okay, tasty but definitely on the sweeter side, a bit lacking toppings (both meat & mints) for the price point, and the broth was a bit weak in flavor. I could tell that wasn't their strongest item on the menu. Thai coffee was definitely too sweet for my taste.
I would recommend this place, and will try it again in the near future for other items on the menu.
Had the Pho, was quite tasty. Appetizer of the Sesame jerky was unique and very good, intended to take half home but couldn't resist and ate it all.
Guess they don’t want to make money, show up at 5:30pm on Saturday and the door is locked.
The best! I love the pho here.
Best Thai I’ve ever had! Tom Yum soup & beef laab were both 10/10! Can’t wait to try more dishes
Fast service, nice and clean place. Red curry was delicious!
Had dinner with friends at Rolling Wok on Feb 28, 2023 and the food was OUTSTANDING! Plentiful portions and you can even customize how spicy you want your dish to be. This is my new favorite place!
This is the place! I can't wait to keep going back and try everything on their menu. Friendly staff. Fresh, quality, made to order real Recipes. It's not pre-frozen pre-battered thick sugary sauced junk. This is the real stuff.
Food was on point!!! So good! Great atmosphere and staff too. ❤
We will definitely be going back.
Highly recommend!
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We can't count how many times we've been there... we LOVE it! We also love our regular waitress Mae. Pop in and visit... have the Pad Thai and say hi to Mae!
Came here yesterday with 3 of my friends. I ordered a pibb Xtra that tasted like concentrated syrup. It had no carbonation. I orded the pho special and the broth tasted like chicken broth no flavor at all. We won't be coming back.
Great food!! This place doesn’t have a bad thing on their menu!!
Great environment, great food.
Staff was very friendly and attentive, food was made fresh as you order. Because of this there is a bit of a wait.
Another big plus, restrooms were very clean.
Ordered the drunken noodles with shrimp for take out...$20!!! Did not come with anything but a fortune cookie. No crab ragoon, not even soy sauce. The dish itself was just ok. Lacked flavor but did have some spice. I've seen alot of reviews and had been so excited to try. First and last for me
I sure did not see an upsale price! I've never paid $20 for a dish like this. WAY OVERPRICED
Fantastic Pad Thai
Ordered dinner for the family and missing sides and sauces. Extremely disappointed with service and quality. I called to share my feedback and was told I could get free rice next time which makes no sense - what will I eat the rice with?? Rude customer service and will not order from here ever again.
Its good
The crab rangoons are phenomenal 😋. The food is delicious Really enjoyed my experience
Enjoyed the food here. Decent prices
Terrible service!!! Waited over 30 minutes after our quoted time that we were told our Togo food would be done and still wasn’t ready.
When I came back in to get my food. Four tables came AFTER I placed my order inside the restaurant. They were all served their food, one was almost finished and one was checking out. My families food was still NOT finished. Asked to speak to the owner and she or he would not come speak to me. Very disappointing how my family was treated.
Good food!
Great place to grab lunch.
The Pad Thai and crab Rangoon are amazing!
This place is amazing!
It has a great menu with enough diversity for everyone to enjoy something. Friendly staff and a clean bathroom. Can't ask for much from a place with a $10 lunch special. However, this place well exceeded my expectations!
Easily a new go-to spot here in Des Moines!
My favorite go to spot! Food is always delicious!
This is an amazing place with great food and great service I highly recommend.
Our first visit of many. Everything was hot and full of flavor. Service was great and portions were generous.
Spring Rolls, Crab Rangoon, Brisket Pho and Pad See Ew with beef
has smoothie decals on the windows.
how can you get better than that?
I've been a huge fan of the East side location for years. I was so glad to find the Grimes location near my work.
My favorite is the Panang Curry and this location made it perfectly!
I always love eating at Rolling Wok in Grimes. Food was delivered quickly and was hot and spicy.
Good food.
Very tasty. Spicy heat wasn't too bad. Definitely will be back.
Very good food reasonable price
Great food and tasty. I do feel like it's been white washed a little. It's not spicy enough. But good flavor :)
Delicious food, best I have ever eaten! Place was very clean. Staff attentive, polite, & friendly! Will definitely be back!
Great food. Decently spicy, fantastic selection.
Great beef lo mein and pork egg rolls!
Love the place to eat, however ordering takeout is difficult as the phone just rings and rings.
We've been here a handful of times and as much as I want to try various items, I find myself ordering the chicken curry with 5 heat level. Presentation is fabulous, the staff is friendly and the place is modern and clean. Keep up the good work.
Food is always amazing as well as the service.
Everything is made fresh daily and you can taste it! Even the soup and appetizers are made from scratch. Best fast casual restaurant in the area
First time eating there. Wonderful experience. Great tasting food.
The food is wonderful.
Scheduled a pick up order 40 min ahead of time they disregarded my time and made it right away so it was cold when I got it. When I asked the lady that have it to me why they made it ahead of time she had a bad attitude and shut the window on us. I will never go back.
One of the most under-rated Asian restaurants in the area! Everything is fresh and tastes way better than typical fast-casual Asian food. Their pickup service is phenomenal with the drive through window, and the food is always hot. Highly recommend the Pad Thai and Pad See Ew!
Got through door dash. It was alright but very bland. I got the pho special and the broth just doesn't have a lot of flavor.
Only thing is they always run out of beef jerky a lot.
Good food good service
We've enjoyed everything we've tried here. I took my mom out to lunch and chose here because of the food service and variety of food.
They are closed until July 26th, according to sign on the door. I wish their voicemail message would have said that...
Locally owned fusion of Asian delicacies! Whether you want Chicken Pad Thai, Pho, Sticky Rice, Lo Mein, Sesame Chicken, Beef and Broccoli, or whatever your taste buds are craving, Alex and his staff should be in your nightly eating out options.(If not your 1st option). Great and fun atmosphere inside with wonderful conversations with the owner makes this a must try. If you still desire to go home and eat, they have a drive-thru!! Just call ahead, swing by, and grab it. They also deliver via food delivery apps. Also they have Fanta Strawberry on tap as well as the newest alcoholic beverages. My family will continue to diner here as our 1st option for Asian!
I ordered chicken fried rice . They asked me what spice level I wanted I had never heard of a spice levels for this dish, but I said mild, They gave me a dish so spicey I threw most of it away, Called them back and they told me about the star system and mild should have been one star, Too bad. The menu looked interesting but I will never go there again,
One of our favorite local Asian cuisine places and right down the road from us!
I have eaten here several times, food and service are great! Highly recommend.
Great food, probably my families second favorite Chinese restaurant, just due to the distance from our house
It was bussin
The best chinese I've had. EVERYTHING is prepared fresh down to the egg rolls. Wait tends to be long but the food is always worth the wait. Love that you can choose how hot each dish is but be careful 😂. The pho is amazing. Everything is good .
Great staff. Green curry with beef is the best.
First time at this restaurant and I will be back. The server was excellent and food was served fast, hot, and perfectly delicious.
VERY DELICIOUS FOOD AND WONDERFUL STAFF!!!!!
Had Shrimp Pad Thai n Red Curry for lunch, its delicious. Awesome preperation. Good job chef.
5 star guys 😊
Clean restaurant, extremely attentive staff and you will immediately know that everything is made from scratch even before you taste it! You can see the fresh ingredients prepared by hand Instead of just heated up like so many other restaurants. Then when you taste the flavor and feel the texture you know the care and attention that was put into preparing the meal.
Love PHO here!
First time coming here were Amazing. The server were super friendly. And the food is super good. Doesn’t matter what you get, you will not be disappointed.
This place is awesome! Been going there since they opened and have never been disappointed! The Pho is amazing! Hot crunchy egg rolls! So much more!
Great Good and Great Service, They are always busy in their drive-thru that just goes to show the popularity of their food and the staff that work day and night to provide awesome dishes, so if your hungry Rolling Wok in Grimes is the place to visit.
Delicious Pho and great fried rice
Ordered delivery tonight for convenience. Missing a side and part of another dish. The stuff we ordered was so spicy, even though we ordered medium on one and mild on another, it was inedible. One star is too much. Wasted over $40 on this meal and nobody got a full belly. The kids didn't eat theirs because their rice was missing. We specifically ordered a rice dish because that's what my kids will eat. My wife ordered the lowest spice level but could not eat it because it was too spicy. I like a little spice so ordered a step above the lowest level but was WAY spicer than my wife's. I would not recommend. Spring rolls were bland with overly sweet sauce. Ordered for convenience but still had to cook to feed the family and wasted money on top. Extremely disappointed.
They consistently get their orders correct. Im very impressed. I've ordered over 20 times over this last year:)
If you haven't had the Lao sausage get the Lao sausage... Pork and shrimp spring rolls are great. Pho is really good. Now my fav place. Authentic good food.. never had a bad time here. 6 stars.
Pathetic service by the staff
!Made my dish with zero spices after requesting the hottest level of heat #5. Called the restaurant and said the cook made my order correctly and that was that. Didn't ask to remake my order but told me I could contact Grub Hub to get my money back. Thanks...
The customer service ALONE deserves 5Stars, food was amazing. Order the seafood Pho, absolutely amazing! 💞💞💞💞 will definitely be stopping by again.
If you are GrubHub driver, they will ask you to wait in the parking and pick up through the drive through (only when they send a notification that your order is “ready for pickup”). However, they did forget in my case and were super rude when I pointed out that had forgotten to notify me through their app ..Unprofessional!
Delicious food and friendly staff. Order some pho for takeout and pick it up in the drive through! My faves include the beef jerky and sticky rice. 😋
Clean fresh and rich food. Best laav in town!
First time here for lunch today. Had the potstickers and seafood pho. Amazing. I will be back and truly regret waiting to go here. Hats off to the Chef.
The panang curry is so good I could eat it every day for the rest of my life.
Good variety of lunch specials, good prices, fast, clean and tasty. This was my first visit. I'll definitely be back.
Awesome food at an awesome price! Very affordable and yet very tasty. Would go again any time
Great food, some of the best hot and sour soup
Decent selection
Food is highly recommended!!! Friendly owner and very accommodating!
Great food
Probably some of the best food around. Highly highly recommend.
Best ever!! Excellent food and great service - love this place.
Best egg drop soup ever, so flavorful. The spring rolls out classed Cool Basil. I will be back
Never answer there phones, the pho is very bland almost like water. The noodles are over cooked and the brisket is green. Not very good since the switch from sassy souks. Would not recommend.
Six of us went for lunch. One other customer. We ordered appetizers, arrived ok (some were cold). Ordered our food, two people NEVER got theirs. We ended up canceling their food as the rest of us were almost done. They did get more customers and served them food. Will not go back or recommend this place
AMAZING asian food and an awesome variety...chinese, Lao, vietnamese, etc. The Pho is excellent and the heavenly beef jerky is a must try! Friendly staff. Cool casual vibe. 5 Stars.
I've been to this location when it was Sassy Souks. Since the switch I've been back twice. The last time I was there the service was very poor. They only made 2 of our 3 dishes. The pho lacked flavor and all my noodles were stuck together at the bottom of the bowl. Will probably go back one more time to see if it was just an off day. The sesame chicken was cooked well, but a bit bland and the same with the pot stickers
The place is nice and clean. The have a good menu, plenty of options. They also have a lunch menu, which is always a bonus. I had the lunch and that included a soup and a crab Rangoon with my main plate, which is plenty of food for a meal at a great price. The best part is that their red curry is really good! -i've been searching around DSM for good curry and this one is the closest I've gotten to finding the one. Definitely check this place out!
Food good
Amazing food and service. 100% recommend ordering in or taking out. Can’t say enough good things about this eatery to my friends and family.
So good! Very thankful a really good restaurant finally moved into Grimes!! Definitely my go to for Asian cuisine!
Everything on the menu is fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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- 185 reviews
- 4.4 Health Rating
- Contact: +1 515-300-9521
- Website: http://rollingwokgrimes.com/
- Location: 3600 SE Crossroads Dr Suite F, Grimes, IA 50111, United States
- Map: 41.6591589, -93.7729548
- Restaurant
- Chinese restaurant
- Thai restaurant
- Monday: Closed
- Tuesday: 11 AM–2 PM–5–8 PM
- Wednesday: 11 AM–2 PM–5–8 PM
- Thursday: 11 AM–2 PM–5–8 PM
- Friday: 11 AM–2 PM–5–8 PM
- Saturday: 12–8 PM
- Sunday: Closed
- No-contact delivery: Available
- Delivery: Available
- Takeaway: Available
- Dine-in: Available
- Lunch: Available
- Dinner: Available
- Solo dining: Available
- Wheelchair-accessible car park: Available
- Wheelchair-accessible entrance: Available
- Wheelchair-accessible seating: Available
- Wheelchair-accessible toilet: Available
- Comfort food: Available
- Healthy options: Available
- Quick bite: Available
- Small plates: Available
- Vegetarian options: Available
- Lunch: Available
- Dinner: Available
- Dessert: Available
- Seating: Available
- Toilet: Available
- Casual: Available
- Cosy: Available
- Groups: Available
- Accepts reservations: Available
- Credit cards: Available
- Debit cards: Available
- NFC mobile payments: Available
- Credit cards: Available
- Good for kids: Available
- High chairs: Available
- Kids' menu: Available
- Free of charge street parking: Available
- Free parking lot: Available