I ordered here based off the menu stuck on my door. I saw the yelp! reviews and was a little weary but gave it a shot. I ordered Green Chicken Curry and my husband got Teriyaki Chicken, two completely different meals obviously yet both were really good. Everything tasted fresh, good size portions, etc.
The only reason I am deducting a star is because the delivery dude was about 40 minutes late dropping the food off! I totally get being stuck in traffic or running behind but he called us after he was already 30 minutes late to tell us he got lost and took another 10 minutes to get here! When a delivery dude tells you, "I'll be there in 40 minutes" you watch every car go by like a dog with it's head out the window. Having to wait an additional 40 minutes really irritates a hungry person.
This is a small Chinese restaurant tucked away into a strip mall. I came here after going to Dancing the Soul, which is next door. I walked in and loved how good it smelled. It is a takeout place only - most of the restaurant is composed of the kitchen, with a table and a couple of chairs if you haven't called ahead to get your food. I didn't want a big meal, so I ordered the wonton soup. It was still piping hot by the time I got home. It was full of shredded cabbage and carrots, along with four plump wontons. The broth had a fantastic flavor as well. Best wonton soup I've had in a long time!
Review Source:Warning: gigantic portions of good Asian food! Â This is a small little takeout and delivery place, so you'll have to get your food to go if you stop by here. Â It's in a strip mall that not many people know about, but it's worth the visit. Â I've tried a few of the noodle dishes, of course, and am slowly making my way through other parts of the menu too. Â The mung bean thread noodles are quite good, and a little different than what's on the rest of the large menu, which is pretty standard, predominantly Chinese dishes. Â They make everything fresh when ordered, and you can watch your food being made if you stand there and wait for it. Â They only have a couple of people working at any given time since the place is so small, so it might take a few extra minutes to get your order. Â But they are always very friendly, and you get a huge amount of good-quality food for a reasonable price. Â That works for me.
Review Source:Awful, awful, awful!!! Â For some reason we got take out here instead of from our mainstay, Spicy Thai (go there instead!) Â We split an entree of sesame chicken, it was awful it must have been the cheapest fattiest cuts of chicken, I didn't have any white chicken at all, the crab wontons were horrendous, I told my husband that the inside tasted like thousand island dressing and there were all these chunks of orage stuff in them (carrot maybe? Â Who really knows) they were absolutely awful, we defintely didn't fight over them.
Spicy Thai is even a tiny bit cheaper and the food is great and the quality is so much better.
How does this place stay in business???
It is as good as it gets for Chinese Take-Out in the Mayfair area. Always fast delivery, good portions and fair prices. It fits the bill when I have a craving for Chinese, but it also always leaves me a bit wanting...We had sooo many great Chinese restaurants in Houston.
The food is good. Not great, but good. Nothing really stand-outs but nothing has ever been gross either.
This is definitely a take-out and delivery place only.
We've been ordering from Sweet Rice for 6+ years. We always stick to the Chinese part of the menu and mostly the deep-friend American Chinese, but I looove their sesame tofu (great texture, unlike almost anywhere else), and we always get the green beans. They are prompt and friendly, a great little neighborhood spot. I haven't found anywhere else as good in Denver. Also love that there is no MSG. We've occasionally had "off" days from them, but never ever a one-star level disappointment. Their lunch specials are a really good deal with an egg roll (or thin, fried spring roll, really), crab cheese wonton, and enough entree and fried rice to make the next day's lunch, too, for $7.25 or less.
Review Source:We got Chow Mien and a spicy shrimp dish, I can't remember its name, the Chow Mien was weak sauce but the spicy shrimp was great.
I think its a little pricey for Chinese take out but the portions were big and the food was pretty good. I vote it a good neighborhood restaurant. Nothing special but not too disappointing either.
I'm still looking round for good places that deliver.
This is not one of them! They were fine until the last time I ordered, The chicken was old, not just not fresh but really old. It smelled disgusting. and makes me really question the hygiene and cleanliness of the restaurant. It should be inspected for rotten foods.
After we had Sweet Rice Cafe delivery, we stopped ordering Chinese food from any place else. We always start with the wonton soup, and they have the best sesame chicken that we have found. Â The Panang Curry tofu is excellent too. They even have the option to order steamed meats and vegetables, as well as brown rice for healthier meals. Highly recommended for delivery! We can't comment on the location, we've never been there.
Review Source:I don't understand the negative reviews for this place.  I live in the neighborhood and we tried delivery from here on a whim when we moved in last year.  We haven't looked back.  It is always excellent.. they're  consistent, fast, and reasonably priced.  The Ginger Chicken is amazing.. Every dish I've ordered has always been made with very fresh ingredients and is always very good.  Highly recommended.. and I would also question the negative reviews, because we order from here at least once a month and it is ALWAYS good.
Review Source:I went to the Art Institute and this is located across the street from the dorms. After moving out and graduating, I still find myself needing their Kung Pao Tofu. It's amazing. The only problem is that I am now literally one block outside their delivery range and they refuse to deliver to my apartment, so I go to my friends house (in 80218 instead of 80203) which is two blocks away and have it delivered there. Sometimes it's so incredibly fast (especially being 5 miles away) that I wonder if they have esp on me.
Review Source:This place is awful! Â That being said, I've only done take out so I can't speak for how it is when you go there. Â
How do you mess up egg drop soup and crab cheese wontons? Â I don't know, but this place gets an A+ in doing so. Â The egg drop soup had so much corn in it they should have called it 'corn drop soup'. Â The wontons tasted like they had been dipped in sewage water first. Â
This place serves some of the worst food I've ever had- do yourself a favor and skip it!
We've been getting delivery from Sweet Rice for about 3 years now...and they have been consistently good. Â I think every restaurant has 'off' days...and Sweet Rice has their share of 'off' days...but overall I think they do a good job. Maybe it depends on the chef that day? Some days the orange chicken is out of this world! But the next time it's average - but still good. I wish we could figure out if this is linked to a chef...we would then order on the nights he/she is cooking.
Delivery is lightning fast...true we live only about 10 blocks away...but it's still really quick - and always steaming hot when it arrives. Nothing worse than ordering sesame or orange chicken and finding a luke-warm soggy mess after a slow delivery...never an issue with Sweet Rice.
I too am surprised to read the other negative reviews. I have lived in this hood for years now and we find Sweet Rice to be a consistent, quality and reliable take out place. What could a girl be more thankful for than that? A great go to place when you can't think of what to do for dinner, are having a hankering' for Chinese or just can't bare the thought of washing one more pan. It's good stuff.
Good delivery times when I have smallish people who can easily ask 12 times a piece when the dinner will be here is a huge plus. Never had a wrong or jacked up order, also big plus. Once I only had a large bill in which to pay and when I asked if it would be a problem, they said the driver wouldn't be able to make change but we'd just take care of it " next time", this is a really cool way to do business with a repeat customer.
So the place is not the BEST I've ever had, China town in Chicago is the best I've had.I have however not been able to find better take out in a close, easy, reliable place ANYWHERE! Their chicken and pea pod is super good, egg foo young... pretty satisfying, mung bean thread... my kids LOVE this, hot and sour soup, coconut shrimp, Damn Skippy!
Now I'm hungry for sure. I dig this place and see it in my immediate future.
I am actually really surprised by the negative reviews Sweet Rice Cafe has received. I am always looking for really good Chinese food. If you are anything like me, you know it isn't easy to find.
Sweet Rice Cafe is, without a doubt, the best Chinese food I have had. Everything that we have tried so far has been amazing. I especially recommend the Firecracker Shrimp and the General Tso's Chicken. Truly, truly excellent.
Ugh.
1) Is sesame chicken supposed to stick to your teeth like carmel? I really thought I was going to pull out a filling.
2) Is wonton soup supposed to be filled with lettuce and ONE wonton?
3) Should it take an hour to deliver two entrees two blocks?
How are they in business so long? Is this some money laundering front?
All these questions make me angry. Chinese food should be good, not induce rage. I won't order from them again.
I tried Sweet Rice Cafe again and, this time, it was horrible. I barely ate any of the food and threw most of it away. I would say that it was the worst pad thai I have ever had but I have a hard time even calling it pad thai. More like bland noodles with a slight pad thai flavor. I dumped peanut sauce all over it in hopes of making it edible and, while it did taste a bit better, I was still aware that I was eating noodles with peanut sauce dumped all over it.
The change between this time and the last time was that I didn't order any of the americanized entrees. No honey-walnut prawns, no general tso's. So I suppose if you only like American-style Chinese food, you'll be happy. If you like real Chinese food, you'll be horrified.
Also, this time I made sure to tell them that I wanted it to be really spicy and it tasted exactly the same as it did the first time when I didn't.
The food is great but best bet - call beforehand and pick up, or just have it delivered. Both times I went to Sweet Rice (which is the sweetest little Asian cafe) I took my kids to the park just across the street and waited patiently. It is worth the wait, by all means.
I ordered the egg foo young and my daughter ordered curry beef, we always get wontons, egg rolls, and fried rice. The food is always flavorful with the perfect amount of spice.
They have a traditional Chinese menu with a few Thai specialites (which are very good). Lots of vegetarian offerings and great soups.
Note:
There is no seating for dining in, only a table for waiting orders. There seemed to be just as many delivery drivers as workers on site- so, again order in ;)
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