Rice Garden

It’s pretty much a Panda Express inside Bashas. If there’s a line in front of you, expect to wait a while since there’s only 2 workers and one cooks while the other gets food for you. The food’s pretty standard American-​Chinese takeout, nothing special there but nothing to complain too much about either. They’re often out of food though, so you may have to wait a bit before they restock it or you have to get something else.
The good news is that they send out buy-​one-​get-​one coupons pretty often in the mail so it’s pretty cheap if you split it with someone or save the other combo for lunch the next day. Personally I’d never go there if I didn’t have a coupon with me though.

I love this place. Delicious food, much better side options than Panda Express and the owners are appreciative. Good value for the money.

Horrible, seriously worst Chinese business I’ve been too, very disappointed! I had a coupon and young lady was very rude. Made us feel extremely stupid and couldn’t understand her! Highly recommend any other place than this. Had to wait on food and didn’t feel important at all. I will not be giving my money to this place again.

This is the second time in a row I didn’t get credit, points, for my purchase and I purposely pointed out the points credit. The lady simply crumpled up my information card and when asked where my information card was and did she give me points credit she said «next time».
There will never be another next time. Hell they can’t even do it right this time!
You gotta be kidding… WONT BE BACK, poor poor poor customer service!!!
07−17−15 update
Corporate office was contacted and responded appropriately. I hope this employee will become a better customer service rep. Thank you Corporate office. Wish your firm all the good will and success.

The closer to dinner time you go, the better the food (5 – 7). If you go after 7pm or so the chicken is pretty dried out from sitting under those lamps and can taste like beef jerky. We’ve learned 6pm is when you get the food fresh, & when it’s fresh, it’s GREAT. Otherwise, a let down. Choose your meal at prime lunch or dinner time & you’ll enjoy it.

Food has always been fresh and soooooo good !!! I love the orange chicken and chicken and mushroom… eggrolls better than spring rolls … spring rolls are mushy :(. they hook up the plates to go !!

Love BBQ pork !!!

Fast food is rarely going to be epic. Tonight was my first time eating there in a LONG time. The staff was nice. 7 bucks for 2 entrees and some spring rolls was a pretty good deal.
The spicy chicken was overall good. Overall the batter was crispy, though a few pieces were not. The spring rolls were mediocre. They were not the worst I’ve ever had, but I’ve had better. The lo mien tasted doey like it wasn’t all the way cooked or something.
To be honest, there are better places out there, but if you’re in a pinch and hankering for chinese it’s better than nothing. The chicken and the service saved what otherwise would have been a 1 * rating.

This fast-​food Americanized Chinese cuisine wants to be as good as Panda Express. And I’m saying that knowing full well that Panda Express isn’t that great either. The convenience factor (buying a quick to-​go meal in the grocery store) is the biggest draw of this establishment.
Cafeteria-​style serving, the food is generally not very hot, the portions are small for an extremely high price ($ 8+ for a 3-​item entrée consists of a small scoop of each of your entrees and not that much rice, either), and the staff is often rude. If you question the portion size, they’ll add a little more and say something in another language to whoever’s in the back that usually elicits laughter. I don’t mind people communicating in their preferred language, but the timing and the laughter makes me uncomfortable.
I used to be a big fan of this place, until the pricing went up and the portions went down — along with the service. They charge extra for shrimp or BBQ pork ($ 1.50 upcharge why? — the items aren’t that special). The worst part was that the next day the leftovers made me incredibly sick (after being stored in the fridge and reheated properly) which did not happen on previous trips.
Skip Rice Garden even if you’re in Bashas’ and hungry — there’s a few other places in the strip mall and a freezer section in the grocery store. They’re not open very late, the food is likely to not be hot enough anyway, and the price does not reflect the quality.