I am a Chinese/Thai/Vietnamese food connoisseur and Chef Chen has the best beef fried rice that I've ever eaten. The portions are gigantic and the price is great. Staff is good as well. Only wish they were in Rockwall! read more

Apparently it's possible to have a five star fast food Chinese place in Rowlett, Texas! We regularly order to-go food for a very large extended family. It would be Soooo easy for them to screw it up, but they simply refuse to do so. Every special request, every minor detail, every side dish, every sauce- packaged up and ready as promised! It's amazing! They are literally the only restaurant in Rowlett that has never screwed up my takeout order. The vegetables are always fresh, the sauces are delicious, the meats are juicy. Let's talk about the spring rolls for a second... again, amazing! THEY HAVE INGREDIENTS BESIDES CABBAGE AND BREAD! Unheard of!! Try them out you won't be disappointed! read more

By far the best in town. Quick! Hot! Priced right! They had my delivery in 30 minutes!

Just called and spoke to Jay over the phone. he has been so helpful. Very patient with answering all my questions. I ordered Meat Dumplings Fried and Steamed, General Tsao's Chicken, Cathay Combo, Dan Dan Noodle Bowl Chicken, Dan Dan Noodle Bowl Scallops, and Beef Pepper Steak. Awaiting it's arrival for delivery. Delivered by Colton! very sweet helped me with the door. Very polite and respectful! Ok. So I'm going to give my very honest opinion. Let's start. Meat Dumplings Fried/Steamed - Either way you go it's yummy and you have to eat with sauce. General Tsao's Chicken - Sauce was yummy and portion size of chicken was good. But I'm not sure if I was impressed with the breading. It was kinda chewy. Cathay Combo- Sauce was very tasty. Lots of chicken some beef maybe 2 - 3 pieces of medium shrimp. And one of the shrimp had some of the shell left on. Dan Dan Noodle Bowl Scallops- Ok now I was very disappointed in this dish. Very tasty. But there were 8 mini marshmallow size scallops in the bowl. The rest of the bowl was NOODLES. I feel like they could of done a little better on the portion size for the scallops. I felt like I was paying for scallops but getting a bowl of noodles. Dan Dan Noodle Bowl Chicken- Same thing happened here as the scallops. It was tasty but just not enough meat. Beef Pepper Steak- Very Tasty lots of beef. Kinda chewy and some tender. Kind of hit or miss with this one. Rice- Slightly undercooked and hard. Overall flavors were all there. I was extremely satisfied with all the customer service. I may try it again to just see if maybe the General Tsao's is better another night. read more

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Neighborhood Chinese restaurant. Portions are plentiful and the price is good. My favorite go to for reliable quality and taste. Like this place more and more with each visit. I'm a fan and you should see for yourself. Give it a try. read more

Great food. Good service. New to the area but this is now our go-to spot for Chinese food. We have ordered the staples: fried rice, egg foo yung, Mongolian beef. Well, do yourself a favor and get the house special combination fried rice. Looking for something sweet? The sugar biscuits always cause a fight in house over who gets the last one lol. read more

My husband and I went to Chef Chen last night (11/19/2016) We had to wait about 20-25 minutes for orange chicken, sesame chicken and a order of crab cream cheese rangoons. When we got home to eat, the chicken was extremely hard almost not edible. And to top it off the young lady that took our order didn't even give us our correct change. We will not be coming back. read more

Just moved to Rockwall and we ordered from this place. Food was delicious probably one of the best Chinese food ive had in Texas. Will definitely be ordering in the future from here read more

Great Asian food. The dan dan noodle bowl was great. Girlfriend absolutely loved the food. Serving size was enough for two people

Ordered from this place before and it was good but this place has gone downhill. The food last night was greasy and had no taste. It was not just one but all three of our orders. Pepper steak, scheswan chicken and sesame chicken we're all so bad we could not eat it. The wonton soup had wontons that we're stuck together. I will never order from them again. Unless you want grease, fatty meat and no Flavor you should go somewhere else. read more

Very disappointed with our meal, we had 2 orders of crab cheese wontons, and 2 orders of sesame chicken and fried rice. When I called to place the order i specifically asked what came in the fried rice and I was told peas, carrots, and eggs. Our crab cheese wontons only had cream cheese, and our fried rice was only rice no veggies. The sesame chicken was adequate. When I called to ask if it was normal for the crab cheese wontons to not have any crab, I was informed by the manager that I didn't taste the crab but it's there and I was wrong. When I asked about the peas carrots and egg, I was told I have to ask for extra if I want any in my fried rice because even though it comes with it, they don't put it in the fried rice. I was then told I'm the only one to have ever complained and they have never once heard of anyone having issues, so I thought I would post this here so next time they can't tell someone else that they've never had a complaint ever in the history of being open. Very bad business practices will not be ordering again read more

Chef Chen - "Crab" Cheese Wontons - Chinese Near Me - Rowlett, Texas

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I really enjoy eating at this restaurant. The fact they offer brown rice for those of us who try to eat healthier is the great. The food is excellent quality and the vegetables are fresh. I love they're healthy dish with the brown sauce on the side. It's oh so good. I treat it like having dressing on the side of my salad and dip. You'd be surprised how little you actually need for it to be flavorful and I still lost weight despite eating here twice in one week. read more

This is my first time trying this place and I must say it is amazing! I ordered the beef lo mein and it is wonderful! I had them deliver it, and it only took about 30 minutes. I also got the cheesecake. I was kind of skeptical ordering cheesecake from a Chinese place, but it was amazing none the less. Over all I'm extremely impressed. read more

Found this place via yelp and it was awesome. We got the sesame chicken with rice, side of lo Mei and chicken something. It was all really good. Made to order. Our new Chinese food spot. read more

Really good sesame chicken, and I enjoyed the egg drop soup.

Food was DELICIOUS!! Hot, fresh. Highly satisfied with everything about this place. So glad my friend recommended this place. Will definitely return again and again. read more

I've been twice. First time I went we had a large party that they were able to accommodate and the food was delicious. I went back this evening and ordered their Ginger Broccoli Shrimp, a bottle of hot and sour soup, fried rice, and a bottle of coke as a to go order that I waited for. Got home (20 min drive) opened my bag and my ginger broccoli shrimp is ginger broccoli chicken with 3 pieces of shrimp thrown in. Not only that but the hot and sour soup tasted oily ( won't order this again) and they didn't tell me I had to grab the drink myself. I called and they said they would fix it and deliver it and take back the wrong one. An hour later I received the new one which I checked while the driver was there and they messed up my order a second time. This time I got garlic shrimp with shrimp that was overdone read more

Love the lettuce wraps! Great food, fast & fresh. They keep my order on file so I can remember what I ordered last time :)

Really good authentic Chinese food! Great stuff. Off the beaten path. Everything was fresh.

Yum!! We've only tried delivery but so far amazing. We love the Lo mein chicken and the fried dumplings! We've ordered several times and it's always a great low price and we always have plenty of leftovers. read more

The best Chinese food in Rowlett. They deliver to me in Garland and the food always comes fresh and hot!

Terrible service, unorganized. I was ignored for the phones and the people behind me. Then the waiter just went and sat down to finish playing her game. Are you serious? read more

Great food and this is our favorite local Chinese food for delivery! Ask for it to be made spicy and it will be good and spicy and fresh! Thanks guys read more

The hot and sour soup was perfect! The crab wontons were sub par. I mean it was basically only cream cheese and green onions. Now for the entrees my dish was pretty salty. Like I took two bites and I just couldn't do it. My wife had the ginger broccoli beef. The flavor was great , but the beef was very chewy. I would recommend the chicken or just straight veggies. The service was a bit shotty. It looks like most of there business is to go, so the "wait staff" is poorly trained. I would order to go next time instead. read more

My go to Chinese place. Good prices friendly staff. The only thing keeping this review from 5 stars is the fried foods. To much breading and not enough chicken. Everything else is amazing. Huge portions for a low cost (keeps the hubby happy). We've never waited long. Enjoy. read more

The first time we ordered from there, they got our order totally wrong. The second time we ordered from there our fried rice was Burnt. There will not be a third, never going back. read more

Really good Americanized Chinese food. By far best around town and within a 20 miles radius easily. Definitely get a whole lot for what you pay too. read more

Easily, the best Chinese in Rowlett and the surrounding areas. Great prices and great portions, friendly staff and quiet atmosphere. Definitely recommend, stop by and enjoy! read more

Chef Chen is a hidden gem in a shopping center in Rowlett,Tx! Haven't tried a lot of things from the menu, but the orange chicken is really good. Also, the main reason i love going there is the minced chicken lettuce wraps! They are a must. read more

Just moved to Rowlett and looked for some good Chinese food. Yelp did not let me down! Had some great chicken fried rice and tasty wontons. Really nice service. Will be ordering again soon. The lunch sounds like a good deal. Might try it later in the week. read more

Terrible customer service, if they forget part of your order they do not care. I understand it's the holidays during a pandemic, but the customer service issue we encountered went beyond that. We ordered at 545PM and the food arrived at approximately 7PM, incredibly reasonable turn around. Unfortunately, they forgot half of the order. No big deal- it happens- so we call and report the oversight. The manager immediately claims to call the driver to have him come back with the second half of our order. We received a promise they would call us with an update shortly. We called them again at 735PM and they advised they were making the second half of the order having it delivered. Ok, we were understanding and said that was fine. We called again at 834PM and were told the same thing. Again, we chose to stay calm. Its the holidays, people are busy- we get it. But when I called for a 4th time at 9PM and was told again, the order was going to be delivered shortly, I finally got frustrated. As of this time, it was more than 3 hours after we had ordered. Chef Chen never bothered to reach out to us, we had to call them each time. This is when we have officially become frustrated and finally ask for a cancellation or a refund of the missing items. The restaurant argued. Insisting on the order being delivered and offering a 15% discount on a future order. At this point, we have no desire to order again in the future, the food was no longer needed and we had to change meal plans for half the family. I had to ask numerous times for a refund before one was finally agreed to. A refund of $20.19 was offered to offset the items we had not yet received. At 910pm the food was delivered and we received a call from Chef Chen saying that instead of just refunding the items they would just have the driver leave the missing items and $20 and call it even. So, half our meal was 3.5 hours late, and were given $20 cash instead of a proper refund. The staff was very short on apologies and lacked understanding of how to correct an issue. Instead we were told numerous times it wasn't the restaurants fault because they were busy and just didn't have time to fix the mistake. Again, I understand it is busy- but when a restaurant makes a mistake it should not be a punishment for the customer. If they were not going to get the items out timely, we should have been told that upfront and given a chance to cancel the missing items. instead we were forced to call 4 times and request a refund multiple times before action was finally taken. As a customer, you shouldn't have to call 4 times to beg for your meal or a refund after 3.5 hours. read more

Just delicious and the staff is very nice. Definitely a top choice for Chinese in this area

Chef Chen is by far the best Chinese food option in Rowlett. Awesome fresh food and really quick delivery. Their chicken fried rice is my favorite fried rice ever and their hot and sour soup is amazing. Can't beat the lettuce wraps or lo mein either! read more

I order from here about once a month and have never had any problems until this time. My 8 year old daughter almost swallowed a 1 inch metal shaving found in her white rice. I have published this photo in the photo section. I called chef chen to let them know of the finding. They said that its probably from the metal brush they use to clean the pots with. They offered me 15% off my next visit and I found this to be a horrible resolution. I told them they needed to dump all that rice and stop using that brush . They said they would but it sounded like they just wanted me off the phone. If you want to eat metal I recommend this place but I will NEVER be back. I hope you choose a different place as well because anyone who simply offers you 15% off your NEXT purchase for something that could have put your daughter in the hospital, does not need to be in business. I'm thoroughly and utterly disgusted by their level of professionalism, customer service and basic care for human life. read more

Chef Chen - My daughter had this in her mouth from the steamed rice. Luckily she did not swallow it. - Chinese Near Me - Rowlett, Texas

We are family of 6. So we order out often. One of our favorite places to eat here in Rowlett, is Chef Chen. The staff is friendly and delivery is prompt. I though they already loaded the containers to the rim when we order delivery. Recently, we stopped in to eat and holy crap! Their portions were insane. Over the years, we have pretty much tried their various plates and can't think of one we really didn't like. Kuddos to Chef Chen for running an A++ establishment! Thank you..! read more

The best chinese food around. I travel from Sunnyvale because this place is just so good. I usually get the orange chicken with fried rice and an egg roll. It's amazing every single time and I can make 2-3 meals out of the dinner portion. read more

This place has the best Chinese delivery that I have had since I have moved to Texas. Food always arrives hot, fresh, and fast.

Uh free delivery and some of the best Chinese food in Rowlett?! What else could you ask for. They always have huge portions and it's always aaaamazing! read more

I went in to the restaurant to order a meal to go. The school age employees were way more interested in their phones than they were taking my order. I stood at the counter for a full minute before the finished his tweet/post/text and decided to take my order. I really felt like I was bothering them. The food was good, really good, but I won't bother going back. read more

Favorite take out Chinese food. Especially love the hot and sour soup. Very quick delivery. Hi by loves the shrimp fried rice. I love the beef with garlic sauce and I add baby corn to it as well. Kids love the noodle dish. read more