Reviews for The Rice Box in Houston, TX
A cyberpunk/Blade Runner?s dream! I can?t say enough about the aesthetics of this place, eating under the red neon at night,... while they had some awesome synthwave/lo-fi mix style instrumental music playing. I was living my dream. The only thing thatcould have made my experience any better was if it was raining, but hey, I?ll manage. My food picture is rough under the redneon, but we got the chicken lo mein and the Chinese broccoli meal with chicken. Each dish comes with white rice and an eggroll, but after seeing other reviews I had to get the fried rice for an extra $2 and loved everything about it. Nice garlicaromas coming from the food and the chicken is REAL marinated chicken. The prices have been steadily going up here, but you doget some pretty good size portions. We ate about half of what we ordered and I saved the rest for leftover lunch. There aresome beers available here (bonus points) even some Tsingtao which I obviously got. The staff was very nice andhelpful/accommodating to our needs. EDIT: They told us our order had about a 35min wait which was completely understandableconsidering it?s a busy place but they still got our order out much quicker than that, maybe no more than 15 minutes. Just anall around great atmosphere, of course I?m a little biased here but it?s by far one of the coolest places I?ve ever eaten andwill definitely be back for more! Read more
Disappointed. Ordered the chicken chow fun and the shrimp friend rice. The chicken was poor quality. There was a lot of it... but I couldn?t eat it. I?d say it was thigh meat but I like thigh meat. Small pieces held together by inedible, chewy, rubberband type stuff. The shrimp friend rice was decent. Read more
The ambiance is cool. Tried a few different selections such as the garlic green beens, orange chicken and another breaded spicy... chicken along with spicy fried rice. Unfortunately there was little spice in all of the dishes and wanted the hottest. As welldidn?t taste a dish that really jump out or have that ?it? factor-little below regular IMO. Read more
Drove by and the neon look at night caught our eye! We ordered to go since it was close to closing time. While we waited for our... food we had 3 televisions to watch something on all playing different things. The whole establishment smelled delicious!Everything in the menu sounded scrumptious. My husband ordered the Broccoli Beef with Fried Rice and it came with a chicken eggroll. I ordered the House Fried Rice with Chicken and Beef extra spicy and it also came with a chicken egg roll. It wasdelicious! Out to go order came with forks, chopsticks, fortune cookies, and multiple different flavored sauces; soy sauce,mustard, and duck sauce. We will definitely be coming back here to try more of their menu items! Read more
Pretty cool place! Gave it 4 starts because my food wasn?t spicy even tho i asked for it to be spicy. But that?s okay. It?s a... lot of food for one person. So definitely recommend to share a plate. Read more
The food was delicious ! Orange and sesame chicken 10/10. Fried rice is a must. The guy that took the order was friendly.... Definitely will be coming back. Read more
This place was amazing! We visited here from San Antonio & have to say this place is a must. My son and I had the chicken lo... mein, while my daughter had the sesame chicken. It was absolutely delicious. I wish they had a location in San Antonio. Verymuch Tokyo vibes. We sat outside, they had heaters which was nice and cozy since it was a bit cool. If we are ever back inHouston we will visit again! Read more
This was my first time trying this place! Let me just say I recommend it. I ordered take out. I had such a great experience.... They?re customer service was top notch!! I live 50 minutes away from this place & when I arrived home the food was still hot.The rice, Thai spaghetti, vegetables, chicken & egg rolls were delicious. The portions were pretty good, I had leftovers fornext day lunch considering the plate was quite full. I?ll definitely be back soon! It was worth the long drive. Read more