Manchurian Rice Co.

The best Chinese food I’ve ever had. Staying at a hotel & ordered delivery by chance. We got the pork fried rice, Mongolian beef and black pepper chicken. The BEST pork fried rice I’ve ever had and I’m from NY. And to top it off, the delivery guy was really friendly! Highly Recommend

This was the best Chinese food spot I’ve been to since I’ve been in Baltimore, The first time I had the Kung Pao it was the best I ever had and that’s saying a lot being that I’m from the home of the best Chinese in the States NYC.

Came here for Chinese food. It was just okay. I got the kung pao which is my go to when trying a new spot. I also go the spring rolls. Neither one left a memory. In fact I only had one bite of the roll and never went in for a second bite. Eh, that’s all I got.

I used Order Up for delivery…
Egg drop soup was not what I was expecting– I’d like it to be more «eggy»
Shaolin veggie dish was delish!
My husband got the Mongolian beef, and he like it as well.
Egg rolls were great too!
Overall, I like this place and will order again.

They have great food which is actually cooked right in front of you. Their shrimp fried rice is wonderful, and you can get anything spicy, or not. this place is great if your looking to do something quick/​easy/​delicious and fast. I love Manchurian’s food, it’s all tasty and the shrimp have no tails. the chicken and beef are tender.

Generally when I try a new place for Chinese food, I use their orange chicken as my gauge. Such was also the case with this location.
The chicken was just ok… not quite crispy enough, a little dry on the sauce, & I was used to receiving some broccoli with orange chicken at previous Chinese establishments. Manchurian serves it instead with carrots and snow peas, which is OK just not expected. I wouldn’t say that it added anything to the experience. My friend tried to order the shrimp egg rolls, but apparently they’ve been discontinued for months and yet they’re still on the menu.
The seaweed salad was decent. Overall I would simply say that the food is overpriced for what you get. The staff, on the other hand, was friendly and helpful. Better than the food lol.

As I said previously. I do think they have the best Chinese delivery service. Since my last review, I’ve had no complaints. Chinese… is Chinese so if you want it to be good don’t be upset when you order it in Baltimore and it’s just something to say you got for dinner. Overall, they do good work and thought they deserved an updated review since I’ve had no issues ordering from them or with their food since the «rush order»

I ordered from here today and the food was good. I got sesame chicken, crab rangoon, and wonton soup. The best thing about this place is that THEY DELIVER BEER AND WINE!!! (They’re only sold individually, but I was happy to pay $ 3.99 for a mini bottle of chardonnay. The crab rangoon wasn’t the best and there was no sauce with it, which is why I’m only giving 3 stars.

«This place isn’t bad, for a quick lunch at a chain restaurant»
«It’s not a chain»
«WHAT?!?»
Manchurian Rice Co is American Chinese food — not necessarily at its best, or at its worst. They keep it not too oily, not too spicy, but possibly a tad on a bland side. You probably won’t find anything on the menu you’ll hate, or that you’ll love, despite an extensive menu.
The thing is, it’s a lunch for around 10 bucks (you can go under or over a bit easily) that comes out in about 10 minutes after you order, and can easily be brought back to work. That means — I’m gonna be a regular here.
For my first venture I got the shrimp pad thai. It was a tad on the bland side, just a bit spicy, and okay. The shrimp was actually quite good (larger than you’ll find at many places, especially for lunch and for 10 bucks).
As a pro-​tip, that my co-​worker found out — you get a free roll (egg roll I think) if you order off the lunch special menu. She wasn’t a fan of the roll… but its free, so worth considering — hey, you might even like it.

I’ve walked by this place on my way to work for a year and finally tried it last week. It wasn’t bad, but it certainly wasn’t good, either.
I got carryout for the Crab Wontons, Chicken Fried Rice, and General Tso’s Chicken. The wontons were pretty okay, tasted quite old with how hard to bite into the crisp around the crab and cream cheese was. The General Tso’s Chicken was nothing much more than mediocre, there’s not much to say. Lastly, the fried rice actually wasn’t bad. It was very good (even better cold, actually).
And I was supposed to get a drink with my carryout, but the staff totally forgot about it. That day, I learned a valuable lesson of checking your bag carefully…
Overall, I’m not really blown away by these guys. Maybe I’ll come back again, no clue. They didn’t really make me want to with their food.

Baltimore is really lacking in quality Chinese food. Manchurian Rice is typical Americanized versions of the usual dishes but they do know how to spice things up and they’re not cheap with the condiments (I swear the have to threaten the people at DIng How to get a second mustard packet)
Also while it’s not the cheapest spot they do give very generous portions especially the lunch specials.
As others have mentioned it’s best to stick the the traditional dishes some of the Pad Thai and Korean entrees are off the mark. Still a lot cleaner than other Chinese carry-​outs in the area and service has actually been getting faster in recent months.

Seems like a great place for cheap, filling Americanized Chinese food. Prices are decent for the amount of food you get.
Staff was friendly, but the food does take a little time. They have a second floor seating area, so its pretty good for large groups!

Awful! They just don’t get it right. I have been forced to eat here over 10 times because new people get to the building and want to go to this place. They need to change chefs or something because they are very inconsistent. I have tried the fried rice, singapore noodles and pad thai *the biggest mistake) and they are all bland. They should not offered PAD THAI if they don’t know what it is and how to cook it. Simply terrible.

This is a decent little place kind of out of the way of things. Empty on a Saturday just past noon, we decided a rice dish would be good as we were planning a big meal later that day. We tried the teriyaki tofu with fried rice.
The food was good — the tofu was well cooked and the rice was pretty yummy. It wasn’t amazing, but it was definitely good tofu, and it’s actually quite often we run into underseasoned or too soft tofu.

Sit outside if the weather allows

Worst pad thai I’ve ever had. So bland and tasteless that even British people would complain about it. Kudos to the chef who created a menu when he/​she had a stuffed up nose.

I was walking to Whole Foods the other day to get some salad bar items for lunch, but it looked like it was going to start raining and I wasn’t going to be able to make it so I stopped at Manchurian Rice Co. Immediately I wanted to walk out and I should have just scurried on over to Whole Foods only a block or so away, but I was really paranoid about getting caught in the rain. So I ordered kung pao chicken and stood awkwardly in the small space between the tables and the counter while waiting for my order. There were only about four tables in this area, but they were all occupied. I saw the sign for additional seating upstairs, but there was no need to venture up there since I would be leaving as soon as my order was complete.
There was a guy waiting for his order to be picked up and after his was ready, I took his spot at the table he was occupying. The place was clean, but the seemed a little crowded for my liking. Upstairs is probably a different story. There was an Asian game show on the television, but the music was so loud you couldn’t watch if you wanted to. Which is too bad because Asian game shows are hilarious even if you don’t know what they are saying. My order was ready a few minutes later and I grabbed a couple napkins and a pair of chopsticks from the condiment stand and headed back to work just in time to beat the rain.
As I got back to my office, I took out two containers: one with the kung pao chicken and a smaller one with white rice. The sauce in the chicken container had leaked through the container and into the bag all over the wrapped fortune cookie as well as the table, but that wasn’t too big of a deal. The kung pao chicken was loaded with peanuts. Way too many, actually. It was ok, but I definitely have had better. And for the price I paid for this, I could have easily gotten a larger portion of kung pao chicken and a spring roll AND egg drop soup at my local chinese take out. Ahh, such is life at Harbor East. Why can’t there just be cheap buffets around here so I can load up on food and go about my day?

I ordered some food from Manchurian Rice with some friends. The food wasn’t bad here but was a little different from what I was expecting. Normally, when you think Chinese food, you think greasy, somewhat unhealthy dishes. Well, Manchurian Rice seems to have taken those foods and make them a little more higher end.
The General Tso’s chicken wasn’t deep fried like a typical Chinese carry out’s chicken. The breading was thin and not crunchy at all. It also wasn’t covered in the sticky goop that generally accompanies the dish. Unfortunately, it also lacked a lot of the flavor you get with General Tso’s chicken. The chicken, which appeared to be all breast meat, was somewhat dry and very flavorless. It may have been salvageable if the sauce was sticky enough to cling to the chicken pieces… but it didn’t. The portion size was good though.
The Mongolian Beef, likewise, tasted cleaner and less greasier than your typical Mongolian Beef dish. The beef seemed leaner and more tough. However, it did have a lot more flavor compared to the tasteless General Tso’s chicken.
I did like how they have chili oil sauce if you want some extra spice… but at least to me, it looked a lot more spicier than it really was.
While I appreciate Manchurian Rice’s attempt to make their dishes a little more high class, I think it ultimately fails because it just didn’t taste that great. Other places like Pei Wei/P.F. Changs do a better job at creating a more classy version of Chinese take out, at least with the items I tried. But it wasn’t a horrible experience and the food definitely tasted fresh… i’ll probably give them another shot if I’m in the area.
Interestingly, I think this place might be owned by the same people who own the Harbor East Delicatessen & Pizzeria next door because one of the workers (who seemed to be at least a manager, if not higher ranked) was wearing the pizzeria’s uniform.

Baltimore needs some good Asian fast food. Rice Co. is new, clean, and welcoming (a MXC dvd was playing). However the food is not good and overpriced. Had the shrimp pad thai, which did not taste anything like pad thai and also was $ 10.

It’s fast food, but it’s not. You go up to the counter to order, and they prepare your food as you wait for the table. You’re given an empty cup and can help yourself to drinks at the soda fountain. There’s a stand with chopsticks, chili sauce, and packets of soy for you to load up on. The tables are wooden, with spacious upstairs seating, simple but quite nice. Interestingly there are authentic canvas paintings of Asian themes hung about the place. It took about 10 min for our food to show up, and when it did, it came in fresh and hot. Interestingly it arrived in plastic containers with lids, so when you couldn’t eat anymore, just snap on the lid and you’re ready to go home with left overs.
A great concept!
The orange chicken was moist, and the Manchurian beef was flavorful and peppery. Veggies were cooked but still crisp, which is perfect. The rice was fresh and lightly spiced.