The dishes are well prepared, but some of the dishes have too much sauce! The waiter refills water frequently and delivers foods quickly.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
水妹
I took my parents here for dinner yesterday and the entire experience was extremely disappointing. We ordered the salted egg loofah, sizzling beef, three-cup salmon, and beef chow mein. The chow mein arrived with hot noodles but cold beef. The sizzling beef plate was watery, and the loofah dish was literally half a bowl of water. Only the three-cup salmon tasted decent.
When I spoke with the only server working that night, she was impatient and dismissive. She said the chow mein could be remade, claimed the loofah “is supposed to have water,” and insisted the sizzling plate “needs water or it will burn.” If the issues were just from the kitchen, we could have been understanding — but her attitude made everything worse. She showed no smile the rest of the meal, and because our table was next to the cashier, we could hear her loudly slamming dishes in the back.
This ended up being one of the worst meals we’ve had in the Bay Area. The food quality was poor, and the service was even worse. We will not be returning and cannot recommend this restaurant.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
D Y
You can taste the flavors of Taiwan right here.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Krishan Singh
Service very slow and people Behavior not good
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Emir Yryc
Very bad service
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 4
Service: 1
Kent Hinks
Always liked the food I get here. Good people and good food.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
AT
Oct '25 👍 $13.95 a bowl of Taiwanese braised pork belly rice, along with an egg and pickles? No cap! It's a lovely small eatery for Taiwanese quick bites. Closed on Mondays.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
chen wang
They’ve opened 10+ years, quality and taste never changed. Quite good, stir fry water spinach, three cup tofu and stir fry bamboo lamb. Nit: a little too much msg in veggie dish.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
xi z
Food is not good and over priced
Lindsey Gilbert
Red Hot Wok is a no-frills, consistently busy spot with generally easy seating. We ordered several containers of hot & sour soup, which is a personal favorite. While not the most authentic version, it was hearty and enjoyable with a few ingredient tweaks.
The beef fried rice with satay sauce was overly oily and had an overpowering “wok” taste. The beef fried noodles with kang kung lacked seasoning and fell flat in flavor.
There’s potential here, especially for casual bites—but a few key improvements could really elevate the experience.
Authentic Taiwanese stir fried dishes. Not the street food varieties, and no beef noodles. Killer mango shaved ice.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Max
the table is dirty and stick, and food is too salty and almost not inedible
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Maggie Lin
Place an order at 1:30 (during business hours)The store still cancels the order.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Jeremy Yen (Tay)
Ordered fried rice to go and there were some “stone”-like material mixed with rice. Very very disgusting
Food: 1
M L
We went here due to a friend's recommendation. This place did not disappoint. We ordered 3 cup chicken, scallions with lamb, stirred fried beef with noodle, and bitter melon with salty eggs. They were fresh, flavorful and delicious.
The dishes are well prepared, but some of the dishes have too much sauce! The waiter refills water frequently and delivers foods quickly.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
I took my parents here for dinner yesterday and the entire experience was extremely disappointing. We ordered the salted egg loofah, sizzling beef, three-cup salmon, and beef chow mein. The chow mein arrived with hot noodles but cold beef. The sizzling beef plate was watery, and the loofah dish was literally half a bowl of water. Only the three-cup salmon tasted decent.
When I spoke with the only server working that night, she was impatient and dismissive. She said the chow mein could be remade, claimed the loofah “is supposed to have water,” and insisted the sizzling plate “needs water or it will burn.” If the issues were just from the kitchen, we could have been understanding — but her attitude made everything worse. She showed no smile the rest of the meal, and because our table was next to the cashier, we could hear her loudly slamming dishes in the back.
This ended up being one of the worst meals we’ve had in the Bay Area. The food quality was poor, and the service was even worse. We will not be returning and cannot recommend this restaurant.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
You can taste the flavors of Taiwan right here.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Service very slow and people Behavior not good
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Very bad service
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 4
Service: 1
Always liked the food I get here. Good people and good food.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Oct '25 👍 $13.95 a bowl of Taiwanese braised pork belly rice, along with an egg and pickles? No cap! It's a lovely small eatery for Taiwanese quick bites. Closed on Mondays.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
They’ve opened 10+ years, quality and taste never changed. Quite good, stir fry water spinach, three cup tofu and stir fry bamboo lamb. Nit: a little too much msg in veggie dish.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Food is not good and over priced
Red Hot Wok is a no-frills, consistently busy spot with generally easy seating. We ordered several containers of hot & sour soup, which is a personal favorite. While not the most authentic version, it was hearty and enjoyable with a few ingredient tweaks.
The beef fried rice with satay sauce was overly oily and had an overpowering “wok” taste. The beef fried noodles with kang kung lacked seasoning and fell flat in flavor.
There’s potential here, especially for casual bites—but a few key improvements could really elevate the experience.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 4
Restaurantji Recommends
Authentic Taiwanese stir fried dishes. Not the street food varieties, and no beef noodles. Killer mango shaved ice.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
the table is dirty and stick, and food is too salty and almost not inedible
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Place an order at 1:30 (during business hours)The store still cancels the order.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Ordered fried rice to go and there were some “stone”-like material mixed with rice. Very very disgusting
Food: 1
We went here due to a friend's recommendation. This place did not disappoint. We ordered 3 cup chicken, scallions with lamb, stirred fried beef with noodle, and bitter melon with salty eggs. They were fresh, flavorful and delicious.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
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