The concept of a nice chinese place, I thought, would be hard to pull off, but Mings does it well. The atmosphere is pleasant, and food and service were good. Its tucked away along 280 and hard to find at first. My impression was that more time and care is taken in preparing the meals here than at other places in town which cater to the "carry-out" crowd or the "buffet" eating population. Prices are reasonable and overall I have always been pleased with my meals, but I have yet to venture away from standard fare here like sesame chicken, etc...

Okay..let me start of by saying that I normally never complain about restaurants however with this one I just had never gone through such a situation and felt the need to post it. I was taking someone very special to me to lunch. Lunch was about over so we were the very last customers in the restaurant. The food was great, the decor was just fab and the waitress did an awesome job. The person that I had taken wasn't too sure about the place but for time sake decided to give it a try.....Needless to say - That was the first and the last - PERIOD. As I was paying (I am trying to cut debt so I never carry plastic or cash....well until now) only my checkcard. I knew that I had plenty of money...so she swiped my card twice and handed it back to me declined. She refused to try it one more time. I found myself almost begging for her to try one more time because it had to be something on her end that was the problem. Anyway, as she handed me the card back I asked her (since she swiped in twice and would not anymore) what did she want me to do. Her reply was "Well, I can't swipe it again it cost me 35 cents everytime I swipe it...I guess your friend will have to pay"....I was so upset. I have never had a restaurant do to me that way. I was insulted. So, I guess my advice to you is if you go....take cash with you. Just to put a conclusion on to the story. I got home and called the bank (because the restaurant had me worried about identity thief by the time I left..since they surely assumed it was my fault) the bank said that they saw no problem with the card and did not understand why the restaurant declined.