Hop Hing’s Kitchen

Reviews

• Elaine E.

  star star star star star_border 12 August 2026

  I like Hop Hing's Kitchen for food and staff.  I grab a dinner there about every other month and the food is always excellent.  Staff are patient and kind.  I have my food to go, and agree that the dining space could use some warmth.  One of my favorites and exactly what I expect for such reasonable prices.

• Rick S.

  star star star star_border star_border 6 August 2026

  While visiting beautiful Napa County, I stopped in at the Silverado Plaza shopping Center around lunchtime. My plan was to grab a quick cup of coffee, but I noticed Hop Hing's Kitchen- maybe a snack and then coffee?
  
  Hop Hing's is a rather small Chinese restaurant that has a steam table with stainless steel trays that keep the food hot until you "point" to what you want and it's dished up. Pick rice, fried rice, chow mein etc and an entree or two and you have a combo plate. Yup- just like over at Panda. There seemed to be a good assortment of various meat entree's, vegetable entree's, and a combo of meat and veg to choose from.
  
  Notably, the dining area seemed very clean and the steam table and stainless trays were neat and orderly. What I always look for at a place like this is IF the tops of the entree's look dried out from sitting around without being stirred. This obviously makes for an unappetizing bite, but can also be a health problem. I noticed that none of the trays appeared to have sat unattended enough to dry out. Good signs for sure!
  
  As with many Chinese restaurants such as this, getting the 1 item or 2 item plus a "starch" item is most popular. Along these lines I narrowed my pick between the a "full sized" styrofoam lunch box of food for $10- (2 entree's and 1 starch) or a "snack box" half that size with 1 entree and 1 starch for $8-. I went with the snack box.
  
  Please note that your food will go into a styrofoam box if you get a combo meal to eat there or take out.  I chose broccoli with beef for the entree and chicken fried rice for the starch. The server took my order and I watched her dish it into the styrofoam box. The server interacted as little as possible. Instead of a greeting she sort of twitched her head as a signal to tell her what I wanted. after that it was "anything else?" And that's it.
  
  After my food was dished up and bagged in a plastic bag, she left it on the steam table and started pulling other entree's out through the pass through from the kitchen and was refilling the trays with items that had nothing to do with my order. She then sort of absentmindedly wiped down the countertop while glancing outside, as if killing time. My food sat on the counter and I stood there wondering when she was going to hand over my food. It was odd and funny at the same time!
  
  She did break through the fog and took my money and handed over my snack box. I sat in the dining room and opened the box.
  
  The meal looked pretty good. There is a LOT that COULD go wrong with broccoli beef, so it's a pretty good test of ingredients and cooking technique. It is one of those "simple but not simple" dishes because it can really expose when cheap ingredients are used or cooking technique is off. The broccoli had good color and it appeared to be cooked through without being overcooked. I was happily surprised to note that the beef was sliced very thin against the grain. Also, try as I might I could not find ANY excess gristle or fat in any of the slices of been on my plate. This is no small feat! It points to the fact that they don't toss in cheap cuts and they take time to trim them off properly to get rid of excess fat and gristle.
  
  The chicken fried rice looked like it was moist, but the chunks of chicken looked like they might have been cooked dry and the color of the rice looked drab.
  
  Flavor- the broccoli with beef was cooked well and was tasty. The broccoli had a slight crunch to it as it should if properly stir fried. The beef tasted beefy, was tender, had no excess fat and zero gristle! The stir fry "gravy" was heavy on the soy and salt- but was still tasty. Also, it had that "gloss" we expect from this type of dish.
  
  The chicken fried rice was just "okay" to me. The chunked chicken was very dry, and the rice while moist (fried rice is so often overcooked) it lacked seasoning. Overall the fried rice was rather "one note" and I found myself deciding to stop eating more because I figured I would save room for coffee which is a couple of doors down.
  
  While I ate, as did a few other patrons in the restaurant- I watched as two different employees sat in the dining room at the same time at two different tables to chat on cell phones. Now I understand this isn't a high end celebrity chef owned restaurant or anything, but basic food service rule is that the restaurant's dining room should not be used as an employee break room. Meals yes, playing and talking on the cell phone- no.
  
  Would I try Hop Hing again? Sure I would. And I will certainly visit the Silverado Plaza Shopping Center again because it is clean, comfortable and a welcoming place to eat, shop and just browse!

• Jill B.

  star star star_border star_border star_border 31 July 2026

  This is close to my house so thought I would give it a try. I'm sorry to say the food is not good and not especially fresh. I'm new to Napa  (from SF) and still looking for a solid Asian place.

• Cassy S.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 26 July 2026

  Sweet and sour pork was raw and I couldn't even eat the food , wasn't worth 10 dollars

• Pat S.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 17 July 2026

  Was very disappointed with the food and the service that delivered our food " DoorDash" food was cold and did not get soy sauce, plates, chop sticks or napkins! We had requested the above items before they delivered the food and. We were assured they would be included but was not! Food was poor quality and no flavor! Don't waste your money or time ordering from this location! They don't seem to care what you get!