This is my review on my take out order today, April 21, 2024: 1) Crispy Chicken Over Rice: - The chicken was not crispy at all. It felt like taking a hard bite out of jerky chicken to me. Super dry, had an old feeling because you can literally feel the thread of meat with every bite and the fork could not even poke thru the chicken. Very disappointed! 2) Braised Beef and Tendon Noodle Soup: - It was okay. The soup was still flavorful, and the beef and tendon were very soft. Easy to chew. Did they change the ownership? I don't remember the food being this bad compared to the last time I had during the middle of the pandemic.
Spicy beef noodle with tripe - it's not that spicy but enjoyable. The soup is very flavorful and the thick noodle has a bit of texture if you like al dente texture. Tripe and beef is very tender.Noodle with tripe - tender tripe, soup is flavorful, the thin noodle is soft but not soggy. I like the soft noodle even I usually like al dente.Pan fried bun - very crispy, not too oily. Good amount of meat and veggies inside but unlike Shanghainese pan fried bun, it's got no soup inside. Still, taste pretty good.For a bowl of noodle soup, I think this is a great place.
Charles Yinchu Dong
I ordered fried chicken steak bento but the chicken obviously has been days old and was re-fried (see pics). Food quality is not guaranteed at all.
Food: 1
YT
Every time I come here, I feel that the service attitude is very good. There is soup in the small fried dumplings, which children especially like to eat!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Hitomi Iwamoto
I know this place is famous for the Taiwanese beef noodle soup , but I actually more enjoy their dessert, like black tea mixed with soy milk , tofu with taro ball !*Tofu dessert is seasonal .
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Janet K
Dishes are pretty delicious and flavorful. I like the 滷味 and cabbage!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Patrick Leong
Below average food and
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 2
Shirley Szeto
No service. Food OK
Vivienne C.
Honestly very disappointed in Old Taro. I remember going to their other locations previously, so was excited to try this one out. Got seated right away as there were not that many people in the store.- Taiwanese "Pickles" (Napa Cabbage) - The naming conventions of this palce is something else. Either way, felt like the typical garlic flavor didn't seep through the cabbage which was a bit disappointing.- Fried Pork Chop - Was not a huge fan of this as the pork wasn't super tender and the flavors didn't seep through. Also at first I was a little worried that we didn't order rice with this, but it turned out to be okay because the pork chop didn't have a lot of flavor anyways.- Stew Beef Combo Noodle Soup - I appreciate the different kinds of beef cuts they put in here including the beef itself, tendon, and stomach lining. The broth didn't particularly stand out to me. I should've ordered the spicy version of this instead, maybe that will have more flavor.Honestly, pretty disappointed with Old Taro - not sure if I will come back again. I think the biggest thing is the overall lack in flavor but ordering three dishes was very filling for two people as the portion sizes were all quite large which is a plus.
Loved everything here! Super authentic and everything was fresh. The beef noodle soup had thick and chewy noodles and the mochi came out warm and soft. The cabbage in pork stew and pork buns were so delicious too. I took the spicy peanuts home and finished them the next day.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
C L
Saw some not so good reviews, took us a while to visit the restaurant, surprisingly, noodles are great, payries are awesome, excellent services.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Spicy Beef Stew Noodles
HEIDI KO
There are a certain number of customers at noon on weekdaysNo need to make a reservation, there are still seats availableThe pork trotter rice I ordered this time was delicious, but the skin and meat were too thin and all were bones?, which was a bit unsatisfactory.The vegetables are light and the sauce for braised pork rice is appropriate and not too greasy.Compared to the beef noodles I ordered last time, I would choose the latterI want to try the mutton stove with my friends next time
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Julie Y.
Very clean. Beef noodle soup is flavorful authentic and generous portions. Fried rice is the best I've had in East Bay. Hot mochi is fresh and fun to eat. We will definitely come back again.
Danny L.
Not quite sure how this place has 4 stars on Yelp. The fried chicken we ordered was super dry, like it had been sitting under a heat lamp for days. Same with the braised pork belly rice bento. The pork belly tasted dry, which is crazy because pork belly is very fatty normally. Service was okay, not bad and not good. I don't recommend this place. I'm disappointed because I love Taiwanese food.
This is my review on my take out order today, April 21, 2024: 1) Crispy Chicken Over Rice: - The chicken was not crispy at all. It felt like taking a hard bite out of jerky chicken to me. Super dry, had an old feeling because you can literally feel the thread of meat with every bite and the fork could not even poke thru the chicken. Very disappointed! 2) Braised Beef and Tendon Noodle Soup: - It was okay. The soup was still flavorful, and the beef and tendon were very soft. Easy to chew. Did they change the ownership? I don't remember the food being this bad compared to the last time I had during the middle of the pandemic.
Great beef noodle.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Spicy Beef & Ox Tendon Nood Soup
Spicy beef noodle with tripe - it's not that spicy but enjoyable. The soup is very flavorful and the thick noodle has a bit of texture if you like al dente texture. Tripe and beef is very tender.Noodle with tripe - tender tripe, soup is flavorful, the thin noodle is soft but not soggy. I like the soft noodle even I usually like al dente.Pan fried bun - very crispy, not too oily. Good amount of meat and veggies inside but unlike Shanghainese pan fried bun, it's got no soup inside. Still, taste pretty good.For a bowl of noodle soup, I think this is a great place.
I ordered fried chicken steak bento but the chicken obviously has been days old and was re-fried (see pics). Food quality is not guaranteed at all.
Food: 1
Every time I come here, I feel that the service attitude is very good. There is soup in the small fried dumplings, which children especially like to eat!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
I know this place is famous for the Taiwanese beef noodle soup , but I actually more enjoy their dessert, like black tea mixed with soy milk , tofu with taro ball !*Tofu dessert is seasonal .
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Dishes are pretty delicious and flavorful. I like the 滷味 and cabbage!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Below average food and
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 2
No service. Food OK
Honestly very disappointed in Old Taro. I remember going to their other locations previously, so was excited to try this one out. Got seated right away as there were not that many people in the store.- Taiwanese "Pickles" (Napa Cabbage) - The naming conventions of this palce is something else. Either way, felt like the typical garlic flavor didn't seep through the cabbage which was a bit disappointing.- Fried Pork Chop - Was not a huge fan of this as the pork wasn't super tender and the flavors didn't seep through. Also at first I was a little worried that we didn't order rice with this, but it turned out to be okay because the pork chop didn't have a lot of flavor anyways.- Stew Beef Combo Noodle Soup - I appreciate the different kinds of beef cuts they put in here including the beef itself, tendon, and stomach lining. The broth didn't particularly stand out to me. I should've ordered the spicy version of this instead, maybe that will have more flavor.Honestly, pretty disappointed with Old Taro - not sure if I will come back again. I think the biggest thing is the overall lack in flavor but ordering three dishes was very filling for two people as the portion sizes were all quite large which is a plus.
Restaurantji Recommends
Loved everything here! Super authentic and everything was fresh. The beef noodle soup had thick and chewy noodles and the mochi came out warm and soft. The cabbage in pork stew and pork buns were so delicious too. I took the spicy peanuts home and finished them the next day.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Saw some not so good reviews, took us a while to visit the restaurant, surprisingly, noodles are great, payries are awesome, excellent services.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Spicy Beef Stew Noodles
There are a certain number of customers at noon on weekdaysNo need to make a reservation, there are still seats availableThe pork trotter rice I ordered this time was delicious, but the skin and meat were too thin and all were bones?, which was a bit unsatisfactory.The vegetables are light and the sauce for braised pork rice is appropriate and not too greasy.Compared to the beef noodles I ordered last time, I would choose the latterI want to try the mutton stove with my friends next time
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Very clean. Beef noodle soup is flavorful authentic and generous portions. Fried rice is the best I've had in East Bay. Hot mochi is fresh and fun to eat. We will definitely come back again.
Not quite sure how this place has 4 stars on Yelp. The fried chicken we ordered was super dry, like it had been sitting under a heat lamp for days. Same with the braised pork belly rice bento. The pork belly tasted dry, which is crazy because pork belly is very fatty normally. Service was okay, not bad and not good. I don't recommend this place. I'm disappointed because I love Taiwanese food.