Ginger Hop - Minneapolis

I visited on a saturday with two other people. The server was a little flustered, and as he under the drinking age he confessed he couldn 't make any cocktail recommendations from his own experience. The hostess provided some good recs, though. My companions each had the green curry in coconut milk with udon noodles, and they both loved it. I always try pad thai at every restaurant that has it, and I knew going in that this was not necessarily a 'classic ' PT, but something new, with a soy sauce base. Unfortunately it lacked the aspects of PT I appreciate the most namely, crisp bean sprouts, green onions, and peanuts (there were plenty of the latter at least). The sauce was too heavy and overpowered the delicate balance of the other ingredients, and the sauce 'puddled ' on the bottom as opposed to lightly coating the noodles. It didn 't taste bad, but the texture was just dull and boring without the crispness of fresh, less cooked bean sprouts and green onions, it just had an overall 'soft ' mouthfeel, with the thankful addition of good peanuts. The named, classic cocktails were all decidedly in the 'sweet ' category, with no 'dry, ' more savory cocktails to be found. I did enjoy the tequila mockingbird, with a hint of black pepper dusting the top. Overall, I 'd return and try other dishes, but I 'd probably pass on the cocktails entirely and stick with their large beer selection.

Lots of vegetarian options. Carmelized cream cheese wontons are amazing. Best fried rice I've had...with curry seasoning. I want to eat here every day!

The food had great flavors unlike i have had before at similar places. Service was on point!

Absolutely best happy hour in Minneapolis. Great deal on food and drinks. One of the few places that has amazing cocktails included in the happy hour. Great burgers and kimchi spring rolls and satay! Come here often! The white cosmo is to die for. Not really but it’s a nice light but not too sweet drink.

Cool place, with pretty good food. Mostly sir fry and southern Asian cuisine. Decor is like a colonial British idea of fancy dining in SE Asia. They had a DJ when I was there, which was weird considering the venue. Like I said, cool place just an interesting choice on what they're trying to do.