Hong Kong Cafe - Arlington

Best fried rice I've had in Texas. Reminds me of delicious NYC Chinese food!! Still in shock!

With absolutely no expectations, my wife and I have placed an order for the delivery with this restaurant a few weeks ago. The delivery arrived about 35 minutes later and the food was hot and delicious. Even my wife (which is not a huge Chinese food fan) noticed how good the food was. I was so impressed that I did something I've never done before I called the restaurant back and thanked them and told them how impressed I was. This is my new favorite restaurant. In any case 5 stars and we will order again soon.

I wish I could give zero stars. The owner has a complex about people not liking his food apparently. We ordered four dishes. First, it took fifteen to twenty minutes for ONE dish to come out. It was delicious! We were literally the only customers sitting down eating (only one or two picking up, too), so it was not extra busy. Twenty minutes later, when the second dish came out it looked and tasted horrible. I ordered Thai rice with a runny egg. When it came, the eggs looked horrible! The rice tasted horrible. I sent it back. He was noticeably offended and said, That 's expensive! . I said, I am sorry; that is not what I want! When I asked to send it back...while we were yet waiting for the other two dishes to come, mind you...the owner told me if I sent that one back, he refused to bring the other two. He was obviously offended because I didn 't like the food. Apparently, they had never topped Thai rice with a fried egg and did not know how (or could not communicate with each other as the owner speaks English but the sweet little cook did not and looked bewildered about it all). That would explain the half done (and I am being generous) egg I asked for over medium; it was not even a good sunny side up. It did not, however, account for the horrible taste of the rice. You could hear him in the back/kitchen yelling, That is the last time we ever do that! To which my husband replied to us, And this is the last time we will ever do this (meaning come to this restaurant). We were floored! In hindsight, they probably had not even cooked the other two dishes yet when he told us he would not bring them if I did not accept the Thai rice with raw egg. We still refused to keep nasty food and the second back and did not receive the others. We paid cash. When he brought the change, sheepishly, he said something about Eggs are $50 a carton. We had already spent $20 on the one dish; we were prepared to spend at least $50 on the entire meal. How unfortunate. We paid and left. We will never know if we would have liked the other two dishes because we never got the opportunity to taste them. If you own a restaurant but cannot budget for one dish to be sent back...or for an egg...you do not need to own a restaurant. The funny part is, people who know us know that we are foodies...we would have spent well over that little whatever that dish cost in subsequent visits... 'cause that 's how we roll. Too bad.

It is my first time eating from here. So I test a new place with just the Combo Fried Rice. If they can't make that right, then the rest will also be not right for me.But, The Mixed Fried Rice here has so much Flavor! No need to add that packet of Soy Sauce. Can't wait to try the rest of the Entrées.

My family loves this place. We? ve was loyal customers for over 10 years, but the new owners changed the cook and/or recipes and the food is not good. I'd drive from Mansfield weekly, but now I'm staying locally. Please return the original recipes and chefs. We want to come back, but the food is absolutely not as good as it was when the former owners ran the restaurant.