Chinese
Beer/Wine
Delivery
Take-out
Non-veg
Serves meat, vegan options available. Chinese restaurant. Menu includes vegetarian section with many faux meat dishes. Specify vegan. Open Mon-Sat 11:30am-9:00pm, Sun 4:30pm-9:00pm.
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640 W Covell Blvd Ste B, Davis, California, USA, 95616
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14 Reviews
First Review by Tatiana
Brenda Jauqe
Points +725
Vegan Sweet and Sour Combination Plate - Edit
Their combination plate was perfect! It includes the vegan sweet and sour chicken, chow main and white rice.
Read moreI really loved the chow mein.
Guest
moonkey
Points +38
pretty fire - Edit
lots of choices, the only good vegan chinese place in davis
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corinal
Points +1698
Good food, too meat-like - Edit
I ordered the vegan orange chicken, lemon chicken, and the sweet and sour chicken and they all had great sauces and flavor. The fake meat in the lemon chicken was way too meat-like for me and I ordered take away so I couldn’t check with the staff about it. The fortune cookie wrappers have the ingredients on them and they are vegan and good.
Read morePros: Great selection
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ava&jossy
Points +16
specify vegan or you get vegetarian!!! - Edit
their vegan options say vegan on the vegan menu but sometimes contain egg. when i called for a refund, they stated i had to ASK for it to be made vegan and were generally unhelpful. again, off the vegan menu. i ordered “vegan hot and sour soup” got home and there was hella scrambled egg in it. i know hot and sour has egg, just didn’t think the “vegan” version would. and long wait time on a tuesday night. food is okay
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veganwholefoodfiend
Points +200
Yummy vegetarian “meat” - Edit
I had a great dinner here. They have tons of fake meat dishes. You can basically get any of the entrees made with fake meat. Had broccoli and “beef” that Would have fooled me. Really good vegetarian soup and eggplant dishes. Satisfying and my whole extended family loved it and they are meat eaters. You have to ask for the vegetarian menu though.
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Conniemm
Points +1770
Good Chinese food - Edit
I ate at Ding How last night and really enjoyed it.
Read moreWe requested the vegetarian menu and we had Mongolian "Beef", General Tso "chicken" and garlic broccoli.
The broccoli wasn't cooked all the way but I enjoyed everything.
The service was fine although it was harder to understand our waitress when we had questions for.
I'd go back again if I was in the area.
Pros: Lots of choices
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ronrom96
Points +288
Not recommended - Edit
A coworker recommended this place. Please do not go. Some of the worst vegan food I have had.
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maryai
Points +132
Is it even vegan? - Edit
I’ve eaten here several times before and after going vegan. The service has been pretty terrible each time but I overlooked it since the food was good. However, It is VERY challenging to find out whether something is vegan or not. They couldn’t really understand what I was asking and once the girl at the counter seemed to get really irritated by me simply asking whether the noodles were egg noodles. They have a separate vegetarian menu but I’m not sure whether anything is vegan because it’s so hard to get answers.
Read morePros: good portion sizes
Cons: poor customer service
jiahui7
Vegetarian menu is vegan ! Soy based
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Ali1
Points +20
No. - Edit
When we first arrived there was nobody in the dining area and we waited 5 minutes to be seated. They have a vegetarian menu but don’t underand what vegan is. I asked if something had dairy and she replied “what does that mean.” Food wasn’t very good. We didn’t get checked up on a single time but when an older lady came out for the first time to bring the check came the lady stood there staring at us until we pulled our money out even after I said we need a minute.
Read moreCons: Poor service, Don’t understand vegetarian vs. vegan , EXTREMELY rude
Guest
AaronCodden
Points +60
NOT vegan. - Edit
This place is gross and the food is gross too. They have no idea what vegan is. Don't eat here.
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relentlesscactus
Points +19
Great Variety! Separate Veggie kitchen! Tasty! - Edit
I love Ding How! The reviews here are really overly-harsh for a really tasty & traditional Chinese Restaurant that has catered to Davis vegetarians for over 30 years. They were the first in Davis to offer a separate, detailed, vegetarian menu and a separate vegetarian kitchen prep area. The quality has remained throughout.
Read moreThey have excellent fake-meat. (I love fake meat! It's fun!) Their ginger "beef" is superb! A friend once got lemon chicken and sent it back, saying it had "gristle" and must be real chicken, but he was assured it was veggie chicken. I once gave some leftovers to a friend who eats meat, and they never said a word about my having given them fake meat!
Honestly, I would give these guys five stars, and I think they deserve it for having a separate prep-area and having been there for us early veggies when no one else was!
Once downer (for some) is the almost parody-of-the-stereotype brusk chinese wait staff (some of them). Personally, I find it "charming" and humorous, and just go along with the joke. They are always professional, however.
Great place! Give it a try!
And give 'em a break, harsh Happy Cow critics!
Pros: Separate Veggie Menu, Wide-variety of dishes, Tasty
Cons: Sometimes Brusk Staff -- that's part of the charm , Don't serve-in after 8:45pm though open to 9:30
Guest
Cool Cuisine
Points +175
Separate Vegetarian Menu - Edit
Ding How is a fairly average Chinese restaurant that has a separate vegetarian version of their menu (so ask for it for it and specifically notify the server, maybe twice). The vegetables are fresh and when I am in the mood for a lot of veggies I go there for a stir fry. I know from another restaurant owner that they have large canisters of MSG in the back so if you don't like that, request your food without. The faux meats--some are old school (TVP for chicken, a beef that is not as good as current brands). They have a shrimp and they make some of the "chicken" from a mushroom mix that I like.
Read moreOne time I ordered to go, said "vegan" at least four times and when I opened it at home I found pieces of pork in the food. So they are inconsistent.
I think that back in the day they were one of the only things going for vegetarians in Davis.
Pros: easy place to order vegan or vegetarian, fresh vegetables, have faux meat
Cons: the faux meat is not A+, MSG, careful of inconsistent listening by staff
Guest
kdmcshane
Points +20
Excellent Chinese Food For Vegans - Edit
This restaurant probably has some of the most realistic and delicious vegan dishes I've ever had. Prices are pretty good for what you actually get. Every meal provides a decent portion of food. My wife and I often have to get to go boxes because we can never finish the meals we ordered.
Read moreIf you're vegan, many of the vegetarian dishes will have you wondering or even asking the staff if it really is vegan. But be assured that it is. The staff is very knowledgeable when it comes to serving those on a vegan diet. The only things you have to specifically ask them to not bring you is the fortune cookie (which is not vegan.) And I would be careful about some of the sauces that come with a few of the vegan dishes. We received a sauce that tasted like it might have been worcestershire sauce. Great service. Very friendly. You don't typically have to worry about order mistakes here if you're vegan. They even will inform you if something has egg in it if you are ordering off their vegetarian menu. The menu says vegetarian, but most of everything you see on the vegetarian menu is vegan. If it is not, the staff will tell you.
Some recommendations from my wife and I. These are some of the best dishes we've had. We haven't tried them all but we've tried many of the vegetarian menu dishes.
- Vegetarian Sweet & Sour Chicken
- Vegetarian Twice Cooked Pork
- Any of the Vegetarian Beef is good.
- Vegetarian Spicy Tofu.
For the most part, you'll just have to do trial and error to find the dishes you like and which ones you don't like but almost all the dishes are delicious. Even though the menu items are called pork, beef, chicken, prawns, or fish, these are not actually the actual thing when you refer to them as the vegetarian options. Some of the soups do have egg in them however.
This place should definitely be on any vegan's list of favorite places to eat if you're in the area.
Updated from previous review on Friday December 21, 2012
Pros: Food Quality, Price, Amount of food.
Cons: Other customers that laugh at vegan menu, Not open in morning
Guest
Tatiana
Points +169
Unfortunately this is too gross to ever return - Edit
I will attach my previous review below. However, I have to update my review. I have only been here a handful of times, but I have family who went there quite often....that is, until they got a cigarette [censored] in their take out. That's right, a giant cigarette [censored], right in with their green beans. When they called, the owner was apologetic and did offer new food, but I don't think any of us will ever be going back. If you can find a cigarette [censored] in the kitchen, what else does that say about the restaurant?
Read morePrevious review: Ding How is a regular Chinese restaurant with all the standard fare you'd expect. But if you ask for it (this is key, if you don't ask, they won't give it to you), you can get a full vegetarian menu, including several pages of options. It is mostly faux meat dishes, but they did offer vegetarian noodle dishes as well, that were faux meat free. The vegetarian menu was designed much like the regular menu but everything said "vegetarian" in the front. Some dishes were Vegetarian Sweet 'n Sour Shrimp, Vegetarian Cashew Chicken, etc. The dishes were not labeled vegan, so many of those mock meats may not be vegan, so ask! Also a lot of the food is greasy, the vegetarian options are definitely not low fat. This is a good place to eat if you are with die hard meat eaters and want to be able to eat more than one thing on the menu. Hot tea was given free. Service is fast and there is plenty of seating as it isn't usually super busy. Overall a nice option for veg in the Davis area.
Pros: full vegetarian menu * one of the few options in the area * fast service
Cons: full meat menu * not labeled vegan, need to ask * greasy
Pros: veggie menu
Cons: cigarette [censored] in food
relentlesscactus
OK, that's an awful experience. I do, however give every restaurant one pass -- including a place in Alameda that gave me a fried vegetable dish with greens that included a small snail, and another place that gave me food poisoning. Both were one-offs and I talked to the owners and didn't dump them for one terrible mistake.
Read moreThis one awful experience was eight years ago. I have eaten at Ding How for over 30 years and probably 200 times and I've never had a bad meal or a bad experience. Give it a try!
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