Rice Box Express - Sarasota Chinese Restaurant

The Rice Box - Sarasota: A Takeout Gem for Pan-Asian Cuisine The Rice Box in Sarasota is a fantastic choice for takeout if you’re craving well-executed, flavorful Pan-Asian dishes. Our order included a Crab Rangoon appetizer, which was perfectly crispy on the outside with a creamy, delicious filling. For mains, I had the Tofu in Bourbon Sauce, while my friend enjoyed the Three Meat Fried Rice—both were excellent. The flavors were spot on, and the food arrived exactly as we ordered it. Portion sizes were generous, easily enough for two meals per person, making it an outstanding value for the price. Everything was well-prepared, fresh, and delicious, with no mistakes or missing items—a rarity for takeout! If you’re looking for satisfying, high-quality Asian cuisine at a reasonable price, The Rice Box is definitely worth a visit. Highly recommended!

Food is absolutely fabulous! The fried rice is actual fried rice. Not that light red/ orange crap with diced carrots and peas. This the only place I'll spend my money for good take out! Service is great too!! It's a win, win for me

Hands down, the BEST Chinese Take-Out in town! Consistently delicious, always lots of leftovers and reusable packaging. I order for pickup because they are so fast, but they also have a delivery option. The staff is wonderful and very attentive to when you arrive. You need to order online as this is not a walk in establishment. But as soon as you pull up, they run out to your car with your order. I believe I've seen some people order outside at the door, but I'm not sure about that process. So just order ahead for pickup. The Orange Chicken is the absolute best! Along with Sweet and Sour Chicken, Lo Mein and Fried Rice. I also have to have the Krab Rangoons because they are so good!! If you're craving fast Chinese food, this place is a must try!

The food was awful. The ‘fried rice’ is white rice covered in soy sauce. No vegetables no egg nothing, only white rice in soy sauce. I don’t know if this is new for them since we never ate there before but it was such a waste of money. The boneless ribs were maybe 4 ounces of ‘sliced beef’ that was swimming jn a container of ‘sauce’ we thought maybe it was soup and they made a mistake but it wasn’t, :( I ordered the shrimp and it was soggy and undercooked. We paid over $50 for the food and nothing was able to be eaten

I decided to give Rice Box Express a try as it is one of the better rated Chinese places around although it recently has received some negative reviews. Unfortunately, I found that the reviews were more than true. The food was almost inedible. My Bourbon Chicken was SO salty that I was only able to have a couple of bites before tossing it away. The rice and lo mein was extremely dry and seemed a bit stale. The only things that were good were the egg rolls and the dumplings which I’m sure come frozen and they just steam and fry.