hot wok cafe

fresh and delicious food!. we have lived all over the world and this is our favorite chinese food take-out place!greatcooks, friendly staff and freshly prepared food! our go to take out on friday nights. we always order our usual and it's always ready when we go pick it up!
just moved to the area? this will be one of your favorites!

i work in the food industry. everything about this place is a1. the staff there are wonderful people and are truly there to please. the environment is welcoming and the food is cheap and delicious.greatquality, plentiful quantity and the speed of service is incredible. they make the food fresh right in front of your face. by far my favorite dine-in/take-out place to eat in the cedar park area!

i'm a fan!. whether i'm eating in or having it delivered, i've been enjoying hot wok's food for over a year now. it's agreatlittle place for chinese food, and the staff has always been courteous and fast. the kitchen is open to the front of house, so if you dine in or carry out you can watch the cooking. i always find that kind of interesting.

my only criticism is that their idea of making a spicy dish 'mild' is still a bit hotter than a wimp like me can handle. it's still too good not to eat, though!

great stir-fry. i'm a little bit confused how someone could compare this place to mall chinese food. just because it comes fast, doesn't make it fast food. this place deserves to be compared to any other wok shop around.
stir fry is a difficult technique to master. because the food is prepared over such high heat and so fast, there is no room for error, and it takes a lot of experience to know the signs for success and danger at a glance. such is the experience at hot wok.
i had the dinner combo with fried rice and egg drop soup, and everything came out so fast that it was all in front of me before the soup had cooled off enough to eat without danger! nevertheless, i finally got through all of it to render a verdict.
the fried rice was simple and well-cooked, but nothing spectacular. it was agreatcomplement to my kung pow chicken/shrimp dish, especially when i dumped the remainder in to enjoy them together.
the main dish itself was equally well-cooked, and the sauce was agreatblend of spicy and pungent, with the heavy consistency that goes best with stir fry. it's hard to get chicken and shrimp to cook equally in stir fry without overcooking the shrimp or undercooking the chicken, but nothing was wrong here.
the accoutrements to the meal were a spring roll and cheese wonton, and it was refreshing to actually get one of each without having to pay separately for them. the spring roll was very well prepared, and fried to a perfect golden brown without feeling heavy in the mouth. the wonton was also fried well, and didn't have the papery-crispy-ness often found with cheap ones.
and after all this was finished, i could finally eat my soup! egg drop soup is easy to get wrong, because the albumen in eggs is very protein-heavy, and if you don't prepare and store it right, it will seize on you, and film up, and generally just look nasty and have very poor mouth feel. that being said, i was very pleased with the soup i got. it was a just-right blend between the heavy, savory flavors of the eggs and the subtle sweetness from the celery, lettuce, and carrot shreds.
final price for all this goodness? $9.75, excluding drink and tax, certainly not too much for a poor college student stuck up at acc all day. i would not hesitate to go back.

great!. this is agreatlittle place to grab food for a family. we can typically feed a family of 5 for $30. the orange chicken, dumplings, and curry dishes are top notch. i'd rate this place 8 out of 10 for chinese food. the staff is always nice to us, fast and responsive.