The soy milk was alright but the eel and tuna rice rolls were great! Even with purple rice! Service was also nice even if I had to wait a little read more

Love food here ! Service is good too Wish they have more comfortable table but is okay we buy take out most the time. Score 90 read more

There are very few places where you can get these Taiwanese breakfast rice rolls. I got the mei cai roll and it was really good. It is such an unusual mix of flavors and textures. I am still craving it. My friend also got the savory soy milk, which was very good as well. read more

Tao Rice Roll - Taiwanese Near Me - Plano, Texas

Just had lunch here with a friend - she had the kimchi roll and I had the Tao roll. Both were fantastic and would definitely order again.

This was snack food not a meal. It was a long wait, there was no ventilation inside so it was hot and humid. I got two rolls and it was very heavy but not filling at the same time. The grease made it heavy but it was not a lot of food. It was also ok, I didnt care much for this. read more

Such great flavors! I had the jianbing and the sauce they put on it was so flavorful my taste buds were so happy. I also loved the youtiao and hot soy milk combo. They were pretty fast and everything is freshly made. I'm already planning on going back tomorrow. read more

Hands down the best (and maybe only in the area?) place to get authentic Taiwanese breakfast food! Intimidated by all the Chinese words on the menu? As an American born Taiwanese "disappointment", so am I LOL.. but, there is a solution to follow! Rice rolls - exactly what it sounds like - picture a trendy "sushi burrito" but made with Taiwanese staple ingredients like their sweet sausage or pork floss (basically finely shredded pork-like jerky), or if you aren't in the mood - heck, you can get it with bacon or even tuna inside. (Yes I've tried them all, and they are quite glorious for breakfast!) The standard rice is a type of sticky rice if I'm not mistaken, and I've even seen others order a purple rice - which I have not tried. Not in a mood for rice? It's all good - they even have a noodle soup or a soy-milk (savory) type soup with some ground meat in it. Both are amazing and I swear if you don't get one of their savory slightly greasy donut sticks, you're missing out. It's definitely not your typical Chinese fare type food - it's on the lighter side flavor-wise (but still filling) and makes for a great breakfast. They open early but also close fairly early (except on saturdays) being that it's basically breakfast food, so make sure you check the times. Now on to my "hack" - order it on Uber eats and avoid the awkward "trying hard to read the asian menu even though you can't" moment if you're like me and enjoy your meal. =) read more

Tao Rice Roll - Taiwanese Near Me - Plano, Texas

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A small establishment with a variety of authentic and tasty Taiwanese breakfast foods. There are about 10 tables and it's always very busy on weekends. There's a range of noodles, egg crepes, rice rolls, and other items. You can grab an English menu to customize your order and they call it out by number. Prices are ranged from $5-8 per item and it's easy to order a lot because everything sounds interesting. The menu is simple and translated so it's best to do a bit of research before ordering because the line is quick and most people already know what they want. read more

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This is an amazing Taiwanese breakfast spot! It's hard to find places that serve breakfast so this is definitely a good find. The noodle soup is delicious and well priced. It was homey and comforting. The egg pancake is great too and you can customize the items inside. It's a bit different than what I've had in Taiwan but still good nonetheless. Overall a great place!! read more

Tao Rice Roll - Noodle Soup - Taiwanese Near Me - Plano, Texas

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Recently moved to DFW area and we have already been here twice! The Tao and Taiwan rice rolls are both so good and affordable. They're loaded with the good stuff and it's not just all rice. we also tried the egg pancake wrap and it was good but the rice rolls are our favorite. read more

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Finally get to try Tao rice roll. The rice rolls were good but smaller than I expected, you need to eat 2 to feel full. They were also out of water and all drinks when we were there on a Saturday, which I thought was strange considering how drying it is to eat rice roll, and 90 degree out. read more

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I adore this place! My friend introduced me to them awhile back and I've been hooked since. I love the Tuna Roll which is the thing that made me realize I actually do like cooked tuna, lol. The staff are so nice, quick, and make delicious food. No choice is a wrong one here! The dumplings, rice rolls, pancakes, it's all so tasty, Very authentic, affordable, and just the thing to hit the spot! I recommend coming during the week if you don't want to wait too long (they get really busy on Saturday!!) but they do close early then. Still, even if you have to wait, the food is always well worth it!! read more

Tao in Chinese is rice with the shell on the straw. It is rice before processing. This restaurant match the name of the restaurant. Their specialty is the Taiwanese rice roll. There are many type rice roll they sell. Their menu mainly is Chinese, but I was able to download an English menu. We got three rice roll. We got an eel, Taiwanese salty egg and sausage and one Tao rice roll. Those are delicious choices. I like their rice preparation with right oil and spice. The choice of infill also delicious. We also got a salty soy milk. The soy milk come with fried dough. We also got a specialty herb soup. This soup has blackened chicken, herb, and more. Great to have. If you know how to eat chicken in bone, I recommend this soup. Overall is not much of service, other than order from counter, you just have to wait for the food. But you won't disappointed. Another plus side is affordable. read more

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A great spot for Taiwanese breakfast classics. The food is delicious here, but the service is pretty inefficient, and they run out of things a lot. They have a lot of rice rolls with various filings and purple rice. What's really great is that they have soy milk, herbal soups that are really healthy, and other small dishes. The interior is very small and gets crowded on Saturdays. I would highly, highly recommend calling ahead or ordering online. During busy times, it'll take 45 minutes to get your food. Just plan to wait that long even if you order ahead. Last time I ordered online, I still had to wait 30 minutes in store, and they gave me white rice instead of people rice, which costs extra. read more

Tao Rice Roll - Taiwanese Near Me - Plano, Texas

Their menu didn't have much English but they have it posted on their wall what each fan tuan has. I'd say the fan tuan is mid. It was a lot smaller than I thought and the flavors could be more intense. You can sit in and dine. Overall, I just felt like something was lacking. read more

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There's a store within a store; really nice. The restaurant specializes in rice burritos: traditional Chinese breakfast food that lands like a boulder. The service is exceptional and friendly. Tables are busy with traditional tables & chairs. read more

Soy Milk was pretty good Rice Rolls were average, disliked how the rolls fell apart easily read more

Wow what a THICK rice roll. Super flavorful, perfectly cooked rice, packed with filling. Definitely on the pricy end for a rice roll, but well worth it, in my opinion. It's practically a burrito. Staff is friendly and patient despite always having customers. Wait time can get long during busy times, but it was about 15 minutes for me. There is some seating here, but only a few tables. Most people use the seats to wait for their order. After enjoying their rice roll, I'll definitely need to go back and try the other Taiwanese classics! read more

Tao Rice Roll - Taiwanese Near Me - Plano, Texas

Love love the eel roll! I come back for these all the time. Love the crunch they add to the roll. Takes about 5min to make. For the most part fast service! read more

Tao Rice Roll - Taiwanese Near Me - Plano, Texas

For a little over $6, you can get a hearty breakfast or lunch at Tao Rice Roll! I got the vegan rice roll, which was filled with tofu skin, lettuce, a hard boiled egg, and a delicious sauce that was wrapped in a generous helping of rice and covered with a sheet of seaweed. They had various flavors that all looked delicious, and it took them maybe 5 minutes to make my order. I loved how convenient it was and it was perfect for a grab and go type of lunch! read more

Tao Rice Roll - Taiwanese Near Me - Plano, Texas

This is one of my favorite spots for comfort Taiwanese breakfast! I love all the options available here, and everything is made fresh to order. The prices might be a little expensive for a rice roll, but I love that you can find something you like. I always take my friends here for breakfast when they visit, and all of them enjoy the food even if it's their first time. My favorite roll is the Taiwan roll because I love the sausage, salted egg, and pork floss! It reminds me of Vietnamese xoi, except in a roll form. My challenge is wanting to order a bit of everything to try, but not everyone has the same taste. My boyfriend likes the sesame with youtiao and soup dumplings. The dumplings aren't the best you get in Dallas, but for $7, it's a solid deal. I also like their freshly made egg crepe with lettuce, and you can't go wrong with regular youtiao and hot soy milk. One thing to be aware of is since the food is always made fresh, the wait time can be longer than you'd like. Some days we'll wait 20-30 mins for our food, and some days it'll be 5-10 mins. I think they do take phone orders so I'd recommend calling them ahead of time. read more

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I really enjoyed Tao Rice Roll. We were there twice in our week-long trip to Dallas. Both times we went around 7:30 AM when they first opened to avoid the line. Toward the end of the meal, we did see that the line started to form and the to go order we placed took a bit longer. But for good food, I am very patient lol. Of the two visits (and to go order), we tried 8 of the 13 different rice rolls, sweet soy milk, XLB, fried breadstick, sesame pancake, and double egg pancake. Even then, I wish we could have gone a few more times to try other menu items. What I love about Tao Rice Roll is being able to enjoy these yummy traditional breakfast items and on-the-go rice rolls etc.. in a shop that specializes in making these humble comfort foods. Everything tasted good. It's not a wow meal, but like seeing an old friend in a foreign city kind of feel for me. read more

This was a pretty good breakfast place to go to, and very unique. The egg pancake is really good, super flavorful, and has fresh herbs to cut a bit of that fried taste. The rice roll was okay, it was a little too sweet, but still pretty tasty. Service was pretty standard for a small restaurant, nothing too crazy. The atmosphere of the restaurant was also pretty standard read more

The food is expensive--eight soup dumplings, only slightly larger than a bottle cap, cost $6.50. The guy at the front desk had poor service, acting indifferent as if he didn't care about losing a customer. I'm never coming back. read more

The sweet soy milk here is super good! Really enjoyed getting a classic taiwanese breakfast... Got the Taiwan rice roll with pork floss, taiwanese sausage, and egg. Definitely recommend! less than $10 not too expensive read more

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The rice rolls were really my cup of tea! We had a sweet roll, Taiwan roll and a Tao roll. The Taiwan roll was my favorite. They put a good amount of the salted egg yolk in it and their pork floss is different from the ones we can get at the store. They also crushed some you tiao and put it in the roll and it gives it a really nice crunchy texture. The Tao roll and sweet roll were good too but not as good as the Taiwan roll. Check this spot out if you're near by! read more

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Good place to grab a quick grub. The rice roll reminds me of a Chinese tamale (zhong) and the crepe was very good. The rice in the rice roll was a bit hard but overall I would come here again! read more

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By chance, I bumped into this place. Seeing that there was a line, I decided to join in the wait. A quick glance of my fellow Yelpers' reviews - interesting. This time my curiosity payed off. Liking their seaweed wrapped burrito-like "Tao Roll". Served nice and hot, yummy filling, and well cooked rice. I couldn't find any English description then, so I went with their 'name'. Looking forward in trying it with eel and also their egg pancake handheld next. CHEERS! read more

Tao Rice Roll - A4 Tao Roll - great portions of filling to rice wrapped in seaweed Chinese 'burrito'! (05/28/22) - Taiwanese Near Me - Plano, Texas

After coming here several times now, I'd say it's great! Love the Taiwan roll and my son likes the sausage roll. Great warm soy milk. On the weekdays the wait isn't too long. It's tasty and worth it. It's a small space but I did see some people sitting and eating soup dumplings there. Nice young crew - some young guys working the front. Good service. read more

I always love coming to Tao! Stopped by at lunch time with some friends yesterday and it was super busy, probably because it was Memorial Day and everyone had the same idea to hit up places that were open. There's not a ton of seating and they can get pretty swamped with orders sometime, so I recommend ordering to go, but we were lucky enough to get four seats around one of the small tables to the side. Hands down my favorite rice roll here is the eel rice roll. It's so fatty and flavorful, and the texture combination with the pork floss and the fried dough is great. All the rice rolls I've tried here are pretty delicious though, and the rice to filling ratio here is the best I've tried in the area. Yesterday I also ended up trying the new tuna salad rice roll and it was also really delicious - think a Taiwanese style tuna mayo onigiri. This place also sells pancakes (煎饼果子); those are mostly just okay to me, but the rice rolls are really where it's at. Looking forward to coming back and trying some of the other flavors on the menu soon! read more

Tao Rice Roll - Taiwanese Near Me - Plano, Texas

Tried several items off the menu, and was pretty happy with most of them. We got three separate rolls, which were all tasty, along with an egg crepe that I also enjoyed. We got the nourishing soup which was okay but not my favorite in terms of the underlying flavor. The milk drinks and soup were also tasty, I'd definitely get those again. There is some seating inside, I'd assume usually enough to cover most visitors to the restaurant. Would recommend for the rolls! read more

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We ordered a few rice rolls. They were absolutely wonderful and good price. We ordered eel rice roll, pork and kimchi rice rolls. They all have the dried shredded pork that my niece would call it carpet. It gives the amount of crunchiness and they were really good. The noodle soup broth was light in flavor which balance out. Service was wonderful, however the menu is in Chinese. They do have English menu on the wall. Overall, really good food and we will definitely return. read more

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You don't go here for the ambiance, you go here for the incredible breakfast and probably take it to go. The hot sweet soy milk is great, their scallion pancakes traditional rice roll is life changing and the donut is a must. I love this place and will be back frequently. read more

Quality is great , but prices are steep. The roll prices are ok. But a bowl of black chicken soup cost $7 for 16 oz and the medium sized cold soy milk $3.5 Simple bfast for one person ; $18 without tip. The menu only says different rolls type but mentioned nothing else. Later I saw ppl eating fried Chinese doughnuts and xiao long bao read more

There's not a lot of these places that do Tawainese breakfast, so when my wife found this place she insisted that we make a stop to try it out. There's barely any room to eat inside, so it's mostly grab and go and the prices are a bit on the higher side for what it is, but nonetheless, the traditional items are delicious. Fan tao is a grab and go rice roll stuffed with fillings - mei cai (pickled vegetables), pork floss, chinese donut and an egg are delicious as it's a melange of textures and flavors that sound a bit funky but work. They even have purple rice! The double egg pancake with sausage is also a great grab and go breakfast, with herbaceous notes, a little heat, deeply savory sauce, with a crisp fried cracker, lettuce and a hearty amount of egg all bundled in a crepe. Wash it all down with some soy milk now. All in all, price aside, I would love to eat this for breakfast every day until I died. They cook everything fresh, so it might take some time if it's busy, but worth it. read more

Based on Yelp reviews.. I got the double egg pancake. It comes in this cute paper bag and is piping hot! The green scallions, sauce, pickles... wow everything together is really delicious. It's quite large as well. I also got the eel roll for second breakfast, lol, review on that later! I came about 7:45am on a Friday morning. Zero wait to order and then about 5 min as everything is made to order. There are 2 seater tables inside this small shop and well distanced, I'd come back to have some hot soy milk next time! read more

Tao Rice Roll - Double egg pancake! - Taiwanese Near Me - Plano, Texas

Amazing food!!! It definitely is an amazing experience to try out these sticky rice rolls. They're packed with so much goodness and flavor. Must try out the Original Tao Rice Roll and if you're into seafood, the Blue Tuna Rice Roll is a must try! Service was good and friendly with a calm and quiet ambiance. Will come back soon! read more

Interesting breakfast place. They advertise it as Taiwanese breakfast but they don't really sell authentic Taiwanese rice balls. It's more of a Chinese/Taiwanese fusion. The crepe they make is also more of a Chinese dish. I love that they have purple rice options! Even if you get regular rice, it still might come with some combo of purple rice. The purple rice eel is smaller in size compared to the regular rice balls. (My friend got the traditional). Not sure if it's because I got eel or if it's because I got it with purple rice. Took off one star because it's not authentic... but still has a good taste! They are also not great at making modifications with your order. My friend asked for no sauce and they still added sauce in her rice ball. read more

Tao Rice Roll - Eel Rice Ball with purple rice - Taiwanese Near Me - Plano, Texas

Great authentic food and it's wonderful they open early enough for breakfast. The soups are a must try if one likes herbal soups. Will go back when in the neighborhood. read more

Hubby & I woke up famished during Thanksgiving day. We found this little place who made different varieties of rice rolls. The roll was a bit too salty for me. The egg pancake was rather interesting. It was rather tricky to eat when it's steamy hot. There were no utensils. Will give ratings for the creativity but not so much for the flavors. The overall service took a bit of time to prepare. read more

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