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This is my favorite Taiwanese bento spot in the Bay Area -- I love coming here because the food is always consistent and I love the variety of sides you can choose from I always get their #13 combo and each combo meal comes with 4 sides to choose from The service is always fast and bring cash because they give a small cash discount
As a Sunnyvale resident, I've been sleeping on this small take out restaurant. The service was super quick, they have laid out how to order poster for customer to checkout before coming in. Which I think is super convenient. They have a total of 1 to 16 bento boxes. With different protein of choice. Not sure if they have other type of rice beside white rice. After you pick your protein, you got to pick 4 side dishes. I need to load on fiber. So I picked broccoli, celery with seafood, and cabbage with bacon. the fried pork is so tender and freshly fried. The price point is fair for the amount of good food you get. I will give the food 4/5 but with the price point and convenient service. This place got a 5/5 from me!
Bento Express is a go to for Taiwanese style fast food. The portions you get are so generous, it's literally 2 meals for under $15. We love the super sized Fried Pork Chop and the Popcorn Chicken. The Main proteins are very well seasoned and the assorted sides to choose from are abundant and delicious. This place is a very small deli style take out in the sense of you just walk up and pick your protein and sides as the employee loads your Bento box for you. I tend to tell them which sections I prefer my food placed. This is primarily take out. There are two tables on the outside but rarely seem used. The service is friendly and helpful! I highly recommend this place for its value and delicious options.
Best bento place in the area. Supper fast service and the amount of food you get is worthy of the price. The place might seem small but they have lots of option to choose from.
This place still has the best popcorn chicken for the best price. It comes out hot & fresh. I've tried the pork chop entree and it's good too. My kids still like the sides for the bento box too. My mother thinks it's too salty unfortunately. I tend to agree with her so this is a nice lunch maybe once a month. It is very authentic. Depending on the cook, some dishes turn out really good.
I think the food here is just alright. I always get stressed out ordering here because I feel rushed. I usually get a bento with an extra side instead of rice for $2 more. There aren't too many vegetarian options. My favorite is the broccoli but honestly you can just make that at home. The tofu with cabbage is not bad either but tofu is kind of too firm. The store is very small and gets busy during meal times.
I haven't tried Bento Express before, but my partner recommended we stop by for dinner when we were in the area. He said "it's pretty worth" since you get to choose 4 sides with each bento. He got bento number 8 (fried pork chop) while I got bento number 2 (stewed minced pork). I got eggplant, tofu strips, seaweed, and pig ear with my bento. I think portions are decently generous (not quite as generous as some supermarket bento boxes -- iykyk), I was pretty full and I've had more of an appetite from an increase in cardio recently! The sides were all made really well and well seasoned. I particularly liked the tofu strips and seaweed, but I think they were all good. My partner said his pork chop was a bit dry, but I liked the minced pork in mine. There's a very generous amount of rice (too much for a pre diabetic) in each bento, and since the meat is served on top of the rice it absorbs all the wonderful sauce. For around $16-$18 dollars for the bentos with meat, I think this is a pretty good deal! You do get 7% discount if you pay with cash. Service was great! They speak both English and Chinese and get you your food very quickly. I don't think there's any tables inside, this is very much a get your food and go eat elsewhere kind of place (makes sense it's bento Express). Overall: worth a try!
8/18/25 Bento Express 1677 Hollenbeck Ave Sunnyvale, CA 94087 I went there for an early dinner. It's in the CVS plaza at Homestead and Hollenbeck, so plenty of parking. It's a takeout only order and plate setup, no interior dining. There are many main entree selections and it comes with four sides, including both protein and vegetable choices. I got the fried pork chop, three vegetable sides and a sausage. Everything was lightly seasoned, not excessively salted. The chop was huge with a crispy breading and tender. Service was fast and with mass quantities, good for 2 meals. A good value and repeatable.
5 stars. The value here is so good. You pick a main entree and you get to choose 4 sides to go with your bento. All the sides looked really good. I ended up choosing tomato egg, Taiwanese sausage, stir fried cabbage, and tofu. For a little less than $20, you get an extremely filling meal that is very good quality. This is peak comfort food and it's really quick and convenient. There are no tables for indoor seating. There were like 2 tables outside, but this place is definitely more of a grab and go place. Overall, I highly recommend this spot if you're looking for a filling, comforting, and tasty meal
It's getting very expensive. $19 for a pop corn chicken bento takeout... For the side, they will put the smallest item on the bigger tray. For example, tofu skin, it's literally one piece and they will put it into the 2nd bigger tray, so you ended up getting less food for the other side dishes. The food is not bad, but just very expensive and the portion is getting smaller. When other restaurants in the area are mostly $16 to $17, I just have to come here less often.
Interesting place! I don't know of anything like this in Southern California with all our Taiwanese restaurants. You choose the main dish which they cook immediately for you, then choose from 4 side dishes. I ordered the pork chop, a Taiwanese sausage, cabbage and stuff I can't remember. The price was reasonable, and the bento was enough to feed both my wife and I. Service was friendly even though I didn't know what I wanted. They normally accept both credit card and cash, except when I showed up and the credit card machine wasn't working. It was similar, yet different from the Taiwanese food in the Los Angeles area. I liked it even though I can't remember what the other 2 sides were.
Huge fan! The pork belly was perfectly cooked, and the fatty part was super quick. The rice is really good, very chewy and slightly sticky. Also love their pig ear, cooked very soft and flavorful All of the veggies were not oily or salty. Definitely a go to for me when I want a healthier, cheap, but still super delicious option for dinner or lunch. Reminds me of really good home-cooked taiwanese food!
Quality/Quantity - Got two bento boxes. As a first time customer, the process was way harder than it should have been. I told the poor employee that helped me that it was my first time here and that my wife sent me. My wife wanted any chicken that was NOT deep fried. Well most of the meats here are deep fried. Finally, it was suggested that I get her the orange chicken. I thought I was buying an orange chicken bento box, they sold me a container of just orange chicken. Redo... By the way, decent portions. Then I selected my bento box with deep fried pork chops. Well, by the time I got home, it was far from deep fried; it was soggy. I am thinking it was probably soggy when they put it into the box...? Then it was hard for me to select the sides because trays were sitting on top of trays. And I did not know what I was allowed to select or not...? While writing this Yelp and going through my pictures, I discovered that there are actually 3 menus above the counter that lets you know what all the sides are. And I believe anything/everything could have been a side, hence the orange chicken as a side for my wife after we remade her order. In summary, pick a "main" item and anything in the warmer case in front of you can be a side, period. Atmosphere - Small local business with outside seating. Plenty of mall parking. Open 11am to 8pm 6 days a week, closed Sundays. Service - Good, friendly but confusing. The girl that helped me can use some additional training especially when it comes to helping new customers. Price - Cash discount - 5% off. $33 after discount. Reasonable for the quantity of food, but not quality. Owner Comment - Congrats on your success since 2016.
Been coming here for OVER A DECADE and safe to say this is still a hot Sunnyvale staple! It's a small corner store with plenty of parking and very tidy inside. There's always a line out the door during dinner rush, but it moves quickly. The staff are fast, efficient, and have always served the best customer service since they've opened. I love this family business! Im happy to see they're still doing well. :) read more
I haven't been coming to Bento Express for a while so we decided to come by and grab some of their delicious bento for lunch. It wasn't as busy as I remembered it but nonetheless, I was very much looking forward to grabbing my bento. Lining up, the young lady asked me if I was with the party in front of me. "No", I said. She continued to ask me twice to which I continued to say "no". Afraid that she's confused, I said, "I'm by myself and I will be ordering a bento alone". She then skipped me and asked the person behind me and started taking his order? I was appalled and I gave her a weird look of discontent. She didn't stop and basically just skipped me. It literally took me a minute to realize what has just happened and you can imagine the feeling you felt if it ever happened to you. I could have: A. Make a scene about it and give them a piece of my mind B. Take the high road I took the high road. The bento wasn't as delicious as it was last I remembered it and with plenty of bento spots close by, it's a hard sell especially with how disrespectful this interaction was made me realize why the line was a lot shorter this time around. On a different day I may give them a piece of my mind, but not today. It doesn't seem like it was the first time this has occurred and the lady that took the order of the person behind me first went hiding in the kitchen afterwards. A seemingly polite act of disengaging conflict from her while running away from responsibility thinking conflicts will disappear doesn't work. Sometimes, just a little apology goes a long way and perhaps that's what they need to boost the business more. As for me, I don't care how good it is, I just don't tolerate this type of behavior and I won't be coming back. If you were me, what would you have done? read more
4 months ago
4 months ago
This is my favorite Taiwanese bento spot in the Bay Area -- I love coming here because the food is always consistent and I love the variety of sides you can choose from I always get their #13 combo and each combo meal comes with 4 sides to choose from The service is always fast and bring cash because they give a small cash discount read more
12 days ago
As a Sunnyvale resident, I've been sleeping on this small take out restaurant. The service was super quick, they have laid out how to order poster for customer to checkout before coming in. Which I think is super convenient. They have a total of 1 to 16 bento boxes. With different protein of choice. Not sure if they have other type of rice beside white rice. After you pick your protein, you got to pick 4 side dishes. I need to load on fiber. So I picked broccoli, celery with seafood, and cabbage with bacon. the fried pork is so tender and freshly fried. The price point is fair for the amount of good food you get. I will give the food 4/5 but with the price point and convenient service. This place got a 5/5 from me! read more
10 months ago
Bento Express is a go to for Taiwanese style fast food. The portions you get are so generous, it's literally 2 meals for under $15. We love the super sized Fried Pork Chop and the Popcorn Chicken. The Main proteins are very well seasoned and the assorted sides to choose from are abundant and delicious. This place is a very small deli style take out in the sense of you just walk up and pick your protein and sides as the employee loads your Bento box for you. I tend to tell them which sections I prefer my food placed. This is primarily take out. There are two tables on the outside but rarely seem used. The service is friendly and helpful! I highly recommend this place for its value and delicious options. read more
This place still has the best popcorn chicken for the best price. It comes out hot & fresh. I've tried the pork chop entree and it's good too. My kids still like the sides for the bento box too. My mother thinks it's too salty unfortunately. I tend to agree with her so this is a nice lunch maybe once a month. It is very authentic. Depending on the cook, some dishes turn out really good. read more
1 year ago
I think the food here is just alright. I always get stressed out ordering here because I feel rushed. I usually get a bento with an extra side instead of rice for $2 more. There aren't too many vegetarian options. My favorite is the broccoli but honestly you can just make that at home. The tofu with cabbage is not bad either but tofu is kind of too firm. The store is very small and gets busy during meal times. read more
I haven't tried Bento Express before, but my partner recommended we stop by for dinner when we were in the area. He said "it's pretty worth" since you get to choose 4 sides with each bento. He got bento number 8 (fried pork chop) while I got bento number 2 (stewed minced pork). I got eggplant, tofu strips, seaweed, and pig ear with my bento. I think portions are decently generous (not quite as generous as some supermarket bento boxes -- iykyk), I was pretty full and I've had more of an appetite from an increase in cardio recently! The sides were all made really well and well seasoned. I particularly liked the tofu strips and seaweed, but I think they were all good. My partner said his pork chop was a bit dry, but I liked the minced pork in mine. There's a very generous amount of rice (too much for a pre diabetic) in each bento, and since the meat is served on top of the rice it absorbs all the wonderful sauce. For around $16-$18 dollars for the bentos with meat, I think this is a pretty good deal! You do get 7% discount if you pay with cash. Service was great! They speak both English and Chinese and get you your food very quickly. I don't think there's any tables inside, this is very much a get your food and go eat elsewhere kind of place (makes sense it's bento Express). Overall: worth a try! read more
8/18/25 Bento Express 1677 Hollenbeck Ave Sunnyvale, CA 94087 I went there for an early dinner. It's in the CVS plaza at Homestead and Hollenbeck, so plenty of parking. It's a takeout only order and plate setup, no interior dining. There are many main entree selections and it comes with four sides, including both protein and vegetable choices. I got the fried pork chop, three vegetable sides and a sausage. Everything was lightly seasoned, not excessively salted. The chop was huge with a crispy breading and tender. Service was fast and with mass quantities, good for 2 meals. A good value and repeatable. read more
2 months ago
11 months ago
5 stars. The value here is so good. You pick a main entree and you get to choose 4 sides to go with your bento. All the sides looked really good. I ended up choosing tomato egg, Taiwanese sausage, stir fried cabbage, and tofu. For a little less than $20, you get an extremely filling meal that is very good quality. This is peak comfort food and it's really quick and convenient. There are no tables for indoor seating. There were like 2 tables outside, but this place is definitely more of a grab and go place. Overall, I highly recommend this spot if you're looking for a filling, comforting, and tasty meal read more
5 months ago
It's getting very expensive. $19 for a pop corn chicken bento takeout... For the side, they will put the smallest item on the bigger tray. For example, tofu skin, it's literally one piece and they will put it into the 2nd bigger tray, so you ended up getting less food for the other side dishes. The food is not bad, but just very expensive and the portion is getting smaller. When other restaurants in the area are mostly $16 to $17, I just have to come here less often. read more
Interesting place! I don't know of anything like this in Southern California with all our Taiwanese restaurants. You choose the main dish which they cook immediately for you, then choose from 4 side dishes. I ordered the pork chop, a Taiwanese sausage, cabbage and stuff I can't remember. The price was reasonable, and the bento was enough to feed both my wife and I. Service was friendly even though I didn't know what I wanted. They normally accept both credit card and cash, except when I showed up and the credit card machine wasn't working. It was similar, yet different from the Taiwanese food in the Los Angeles area. I liked it even though I can't remember what the other 2 sides were. read more
3 months ago
Huge fan! The pork belly was perfectly cooked, and the fatty part was super quick. The rice is really good, very chewy and slightly sticky. Also love their pig ear, cooked very soft and flavorful All of the veggies were not oily or salty. Definitely a go to for me when I want a healthier, cheap, but still super delicious option for dinner or lunch. Reminds me of really good home-cooked taiwanese food! read more
5 months ago
Quality/Quantity - Got two bento boxes. As a first time customer, the process was way harder than it should have been. I told the poor employee that helped me that it was my first time here and that my wife sent me. My wife wanted any chicken that was NOT deep fried. Well most of the meats here are deep fried. Finally, it was suggested that I get her the orange chicken. I thought I was buying an orange chicken bento box, they sold me a container of just orange chicken. Redo... By the way, decent portions. Then I selected my bento box with deep fried pork chops. Well, by the time I got home, it was far from deep fried; it was soggy. I am thinking it was probably soggy when they put it into the box...? Then it was hard for me to select the sides because trays were sitting on top of trays. And I did not know what I was allowed to select or not...? While writing this Yelp and going through my pictures, I discovered that there are actually 3 menus above the counter that lets you know what all the sides are. And I believe anything/everything could have been a side, hence the orange chicken as a side for my wife after we remade her order. In summary, pick a "main" item and anything in the warmer case in front of you can be a side, period. Atmosphere - Small local business with outside seating. Plenty of mall parking. Open 11am to 8pm 6 days a week, closed Sundays. Service - Good, friendly but confusing. The girl that helped me can use some additional training especially when it comes to helping new customers. Price - Cash discount - 5% off. $33 after discount. Reasonable for the quantity of food, but not quality. Owner Comment - Congrats on your success since 2016. read more
2 years ago
Fantastic authentic Taiwanese food -- my family has been coming here for years! Detailed breakdown below: **Service, 5/5** Relatively quick service; you order all your side dishes and then might need to wait if you order a fried main dish (as opposed to a braised main dish) since they're fried to order. No seating, it's a grab and go situation, but parking is never an issue. **Price & portion, 5/5** Prices have steadily increased throughout the years unfortunately with rising costs of everything, but the quality and quantity has remained consistent. A bento easily lasts me two meals. **Taste of the food, 5/5** My favorite is the fried pork chop, but genuinely every main and side dish here is fantastic. Love the wide assortment and abundance of choices, and how you can order a different combination each time. All the side dishes are relatively healthy and super flavorful. You genuinely can't go wrong with any choice, but some of my favorites are the napa cabbage, mapo tofu, and the classic tomato egg. read more
2 months ago
Authentic~ for what it is Taiwanese bento experience. 5% Discount if you pay with cash It was my first time, but if I were to come again I would get the combination entree and for the 4 sides: tofu strips, eggplant, pig ear, vermicelli noodle read more
2 years ago
I've never had a Taiwanese bento before but this was amazing. For the price and how much food they give you it's def worth it. My mom and I split a bento with pig feet, tomato egg, eggplant, meatball and bittermelon. Def pass on the meatball next time it was okay, but the rest of the sides were so yummy. My favorite was the eggplant! The pig feet could have been a bit more tender, but it was still delicious. You have to get the rice with the sauce!! For two people we were definitely very full, but I would like to note if you are splitting with someone to ask for extra rice. read more
Got a bento box to go with my coworkers around 12:15pm. Selected this place per recommendation of my Taiwanese coworker who says this is authentic Taiwanese food. We all ordered the same thing, and it was great! I wished I would have ordered my sides in a different order as I feel I received way too much eggplant and not enough tofu salad - the order is kind of random though so probably just need to communicate with the server. It looked like we just got ahead of the lunch rush. After we got our food, there was a line of 8 out the door! This is a small to-go only corner store with 2 small tables on the side of the store. They were taken when we arrived but the vibes are not great and there's barely any shade so do plan for another place to eat. read more
2 years ago
Me: My first time here. How to order? She: One main course and any four side dishes. Me: four? She: Yes. Any four side dishes. Me: ok. I want fried chicken cutlet and these four. She: ok. ..... Me: How come there are only sides dishes and rice in my bento box. Where is my chicken cutlet? She: Sir. The fried Chicken cutlet is our most popular main course. IT IS TOO BIG SO WE NEED TO USE A SECOND BOX. Me: ....You are all real Taiwanese aren't you....Only Taiwanese store will do that. She: yep. read more
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1 year ago
Quantity. Choice. Value. I love this place. Needed some convenient takeout because I was heading into a meeting, and I was surprised by how much food there was in the bento served here. When I ordered the popcorn chicken bento, I fully expected the popcorn chicken to be stuffed into the box as a meager portion, but they brought out a carry out box filled to the brim with popcorn chicken in addition to my rice and sides. Nonetheless, I was very full and happily satiated from this meal. The choice for 4 sides is the best thing about this place. There are so many options to choose from that selecting 4 items almost becomes difficult; they all look really good. All the food is well cooked, and flavors are there. What this place lacks in "extraordinary flavor" they completely make up for in speed of service as well as variety and value. Everything in this store is takeout, and there are 2 tiny tables outside. I would recommend taking bentos elsewhere to eat. The line moves quick and I was in and out within 10 minutes even around dinner rush time. I know that I will be coming here often. read more
1 year ago
TLDR - Amazing bentos! I've only had Taiwanese bentos from O2 valley before and got to say that Bento Express is now my favorite. My friend told me that getting the popcorn chicken was the most value since they can't fit it into the bento and give you a whole separate box for it! The chicken was perfectly cooked. I also love how you can choose from the many sides they offer. Some of the slides were more meat, veggies, tofu, and some classics like pig ear. As for service, they are so kind! They speak both Mandarin and English so they got you covered. The lady helping was so nice in helping me organize my sides if I wanted them to be a certain way. Lastly for the ambiance, the store is quite small, in a corner of a plaza, so not too many people can be in the store at once. The line went out the door. That's how popular it was! It's super cute though and they have many more classic Taiwanese and Chinese foods around the walls if you want to quickly pick up something and go. My friends and I for sure with be coming back! read more
My boyfriend stumble across this place on his way back from work and now it has become our weekly dinner. We love the variety of dishes and portion size of each bento. Each bento varies from $10-$12 depending on the main dish you chose. Every bento comes with 3 sides Our go to bento includes: Me - main: either ground braised pork or popcorn chicken - fish cake!! (i usually get double of this) - orange chicken - tomato eggs His - main: chicken leg chop - bitter melon - pig ear - fish cake read more
A corner Taiwanese restaurant in a shopping plaza serving up fast bento boxes for take-out! It's very small inside so if it gets busy, a line forms out the door. I visited Bento Express on a weekday around noon for lunch. It was steadily busy with 3-4 customers ahead of me. Surprisingly, the wait wasn't too long! In and out in less than 12 minutes. *5% discount for customers using CASH. They do accept card payments & tap to pay. SERVICE Quick! 3 employees total at the front of store. 2 servers and 1 cashier. If you're ordering anything "fried protein" on the menu, go ahead and let the cashier know so the kitchen can start on it. FOOD *Popcorn Chicken - It was ok. Lacking flavor. Not enough basil and the breading is a tad too sweet for my liking. *Fried Pork Chop Bento - their bento are pretty affordable compared to other competitors and very big portions. You get to choose up to 4 sides!!! I love this aspect because sometimes I'm craving certain items. The pork chop came as a THICK chop with bone. It was pretty good. There could be a little more breading to add a crunch factor. For the sides, I ordered: tomato eggs, stir fry bittermelon, broccoli and stir fry eggplants. All the sides were good. Overall, solid Taiwanese food. read more
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