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Guilin Rice Noodles

Guilin Rice Noodles

1183 S De Anza Blvd, 95129, San Jose, United States

Asian • Noodle • Casual • Noodles


"Been to this place for many years on and off. I had good and bad experience and give this place many chance. Since it's I grew up in Guilin, GRN is my childhood dish, so I'm not giving up on this place. I usually order the GRN, sometimes I order other dishes. Since I moved down to SoCal, every time I'm up here I visit this place for GRN. Last time their WiFi was out, so they wasn't taking orders. Which was a bumped. This time I came, they are still doing take out only and you can eat the take out inside but no service. I noticed improvements and some disappointment. Improved: 1. The noodle is not dry now!! (without requesting extra sauce and adding chili and broth. I'm happy to finally see this improvement after many years of coming here. 2. They put less noodles now for the regular size which I liked. It used to be a lot of noodle in my liking, soaking up all the sauce and become extra dry. Always feel it was too much noodle. Now it's perfect portion! 3. They don't have $20+ credit card policy anymore. Yay since I don't carry cash around. What I didn't liked: 1. First they were out of napkins, which is not a huge deal but the boss need to do his delivery more on time. I understand he's in Oakland. If things are out in the restaurant, there's always cash out for employees to grab things the restaurant is out of. 2. They don't offer pickled long string beans and substituted with pickled mustard cabbage. The pickled string beans adds an important flavor to GNL. I was bummed out. The pickled cabbage added too much sweetness to the dish. 3. They don't offer the chili paste anymore which makes the flavor difference! I understand covid add difficulty to the restaurant business. To save money by getting cheaper Togo spoons or chopsticks or bags I understand. However cutting corners to save money when it comes to the flavor of the food is a turnoff. 4. Since it's been takeout only, the soup has always been cold. (I always eat the take out right away, because GNL doesn't take good if it sits too long idk if they prepare them ahead of time or what. Like I said I'm not giving up on this place. But next time I'll call in and ask if they start serving the chili paste pickled string beans. The server was really nice and friendly : !"