Rice Bowl Express

Best Chinese Food Yet! Since we moved here 3 years ago, I have been in search of a really good Chinese Food restaurant. I was beginning to think that Garland just has no foodies and the restaurant selection reflects it. One of the first places I tried was just down the street from us at Wynn Joyce and Broadway called Rice Bowl Express. Not only was it bad, but it was maybe the worst I have ever tried. So for the last 3 years, I have shunned this place like the plague. When we had that bad freeze and no one could cook, the few restaurants that stayed open had lines down the street. As we passed the cars in line for that place, I thought poor neighbors - they would be better off with a cold can of pork and beans. Seriously, it was that bad. Then, one day, I thought I saw a sign that said new owners or maybe I just imagined it? So yesterday I decided to throw caution to the wind and try it again and the menu did look different although the ordering speaker still did not work - you had to go up to the window to order. I ordered the spicy Szechuan - beef and chicken (sometimes the pork is dry and the shrimp is soggy at even the best restaurants) with white rice and some hot and sour soup. The soup was average and so was the rice. But the meal? OMG, I think it was the best Chinese food I have ever eaten! The vegetables were freshly cooked hot and crispy on the outside yet tender on the inside. Even the celery was delicious! Meat was not real plentiful, but the sauce was so flavorful that I could have poured it over rice crispies and it would have been delicious!! I cannot wait to go back and if you have had a bad experience with this place in the past, I urge you to give it another try. Over the next couple of months, I will be there multiple times a week trying all of their dishes and I will keep you posted. BTW, when they say spicy, they are not kidding.

I've been ordering food from Rice Bowl for many yrs. I had a few small issue thur the years. But never issues like, pieces of bones and gristle in the Orange chicken,.Broccoli stringy & Shrimp over cooked and rubbery. Crispy noodles was very stale. I wasted my $32 & time. Never Never again, this place is Disgusting! I wouldn't eat from here if it was free!

THE KID AT THE FROMT COUNTER HATES HIS JOB DOENST GREET AND HAS A ATTITUDE WHEN YOUR ORDERING LIKE BRO IM PAYING TO GET FOOD AND FOR YOU A PAY CHECK,FOOD CAME OUT THE SWEET AND SOUR CHICKEN WAS OVER COOKED THE COOK IN THE BACK WAS ON THE PHONE AND TOOK FOR EVER TO GET THE TICKET DONT RECOMMEND THEY WENT DOWN HILL USED TO ALWAYS COME HERE 2x A WEEK