Reviews Fat Rice

Possibly the best lunch ever! Staff were very helpful with menu choices and wine pairings. Love the bottomless quality offered. The Arroz Gordo is art in a bowl. Enough for 3 folks. Glad we finally made the trek!

Back for a second visit, I was again delighted with the delicious cocktails, the waiter who explained everything and was attentive, the selection and quality of the food, the perfect pace of the meal, ease of parking, and the great music. We had only been given the options of 5:45 or 9:00 reservations. I would have preferred 7ish but 5:45 worked out okay. Make your reservation far in advance- it’s worth it. Wonderful restaurant!

Amazing food, Entertaining staff, and the best chef in Chicago, Eric Sjaaheim! An experience I will never forget!

Dre was awesome as our server and the food was mind blowing! Highly recommend it!!

Fantastic!! Incredible food and spectacular service!! Highly recommend!!

Went there for Father's Day was surprised that my husband got a free drink, to celebrate the day from fat rice. We ordered the prawns for an appetizer, and they gave us little towels and Loughman to wipe her hands after we de-shelled them. They were delicious and the special sauce. We also ordered little samosas for an appetizer for the four of us. I had their chewy rice noodle stirfry and it was amazing! Everyone like their dish. Would go back there!

Loved everything! The decor, service And most of all the food. Very knowledgeable staff.

Fun fusion restaurant! I got the house made beef noodles and really enjoyed it. My only hesitation was that the beef pieces were really small compared to the noodle width so I felt like I was getting too much noodle in each bite. The prices were reasonable and the service was fast and friendly! The atmosphere was a lot of fun too and it’s walking distance to Logan Square Improv which is another plus.

We had incredible noodles and dumplings on the patio. I liked the patio a lot, it was a nice place to be. We had both the shrimp and the pork dumplings. I did prefer the pork dumplings. I also liked the beef noodles. Was yummy

Might be my new favorite place! We came here during happy hour to take advantage of discounted menu. The smoked tofu fried rice is a must! Jalapeño corn fritters and charcoal chicken were delicious! If you are used to eating spicy food then you’d have to ask for extra spicy for peanut chili noodles !

Finally there are some asian fusion food that actually makes sense to me. It’s Macanese, everything are so naturally. The chicken were juicy and full of flavor and the egg tarts are some of the best ones I have ever had in North American!

This is a part cocktail lounge, part cafe, part home kitchen serving fusion Portuguese-Chinese food that hits so perfectly it literally heals my soul. Every time I eat here my day is demonstrably better. Their pork bun was so good it allowed me to process my parent's divorce. This is a glorious gem of a place that will earn your affection at bite one.

Takeaway: All-around great Chinese / Portuguese fusion with stand-out charcoal grilled proteins and an absolutely incredible egg tart (probably best in the city). I also want to flag the negative notoriety that owner Abe Conlon had garnered due to his workplaces practices and insensitive handling of DEI issues (most notably the cultural appropriation baked into the walls of this place). I'm focusing mostly on my personal experience in this review, but want to echo and acknowledge the many employees that have had poor (at-best) experiences under his management. Context: Dined in for dinner with two friends and did the meal for four. I haven't had a ton of Macau food before specifically (other than egg tarts), but have had plenty of Chinese food and a good amount of Portuguese. What I Got: Spicy Cucumbers (7.5/10) Cucumber salad (featuring wood ear mushrooms) tossed in a spicy sauce. I thought the sauce here was top-notch (and saved it the whole meal to mix with my rice later on), but the cucumbers themselves were perhaps a little bit disappointing. They were a bit too bitter for my taste and distracted from the overall great flavors (mushrooms were awesome though!) Ginger Cabbage Salad (6.5/10) Name kind of describes it all. This probably tastes exactly how you imagine it. Certainly not bad and a decent complement to the richer flavors that come later on, but nothing special by itself. Pork Dumplings (8/10) Thinly-wrapped ground pork dumplings served in a garlic & chili sauce - very reminiscent of a Sichuan-style chao shou with both the filling and the sauce. They did a great job at getting the perfect balance of savory and spicy with the sauce and you can really taste the quality of the pork they use. I could eat dozens of these. Smoked Tofu Fried Rice (7/10) Coconut rice stir-fried with tofu, curry sauce, and an array of different vegetables. While not something that could carry a meal on its own (which is how I feel about the vast majority of fried rice), I thought this was a great complement to the rest of the meal, particularly with the char siu (who doesn't love meat and rice). Put some of their chili oil on it if you can! Char Siu BBQ Berkshire Pork (8.5/10) Char siu over coconut rice with (uncooked?) scallions on the side. First of all, it's sort of weird that the scallions weren't better incorporated into the dish, but I'll just let it slide as decorative garnish I guess. The pork itself is great - tender in a way that is pretty different from most char siu I've had in the past. I don't know if I necessarily prefer it like this over the traditional way, but certainly appreciated the switch-up. Ultimately a pretty impressive char siu that doesn't stray too much from the classically sweet grilled pork that I've loved my whole life, while still being its own dish. Half Charcoal Chicken (8/10) Perfectly charcoal grilled chicken in a lemon / garlic / chili sauce over a bed of coconut rice - what more could you want? This was a wonderfully cooked half-chicken - the breast was a bit dry, but that's how grilled chicken breast almost always turns out. This reminded me heavily of a refined peri-peri chicken - perhaps there is a Macau-equivalent here, but that's all I was thinking about while eating this. Not that that's a bad thing - I adore peri-peri chicken. There's an undercurrent of spice here that is balanced by the various sources of rice that were provided. Egg Tart (9/10) Portuguese-style egg tarts, on-par with the best I've had in my life and certainly the top ones in Chicago. Perfectly flaky crust with a custard that's just the right balance of gooey and runny with a precise sweetness that will keep you craving more and more

This place has a good vibe to it, I believe that this is created by the delicate fusing of Macau/Chinese elements to the overall design of the restaurant. In terms of the food, the qualities are pretty decent. We ordered the egg tart and the "Fat Rice" Arroz Gordo. Egg tart is not something you can get everywhere in the US, let alone good ones. This is why I was really happy when I tried their egg tarts—they are really good! The texture of the custard is rich and smooth, the crust is soft, and the caramel is browned just to the right level. The only thing that I had a problem with is that the tarts were not served fresh so the crust lost some of the crunchiness. Hope it will be fresh the next time. The Arroz Gordo was, on the other hand, a little underwhelming. For the meats, the sausage and the shrimp were great, the char siu and the chicken tasted a little dry, but still alright. The rice itself was pretty bland, and it was only tasteful when combined with the mushroom soy sauce that they provides. In general, I wasn't too impressed by this signature dish of them. Nevertheless, I think this place is very worth a visit.

This place has the best pastries!! Try the egg tarts or the morning bun and you will be in heaven. The food here is excellent as well…I recommend the Veggie Mac and the Shrimp and Rice. Excellent service, amazing bakery!

Noodlebird at FatRice with its casual ordering and atmosphere delivers a diner experience up a notch with some amazing Asian food. We did the custom dinner for four special with the following choices: Proteins: Char Siu Pork, Spicy Jumbo Shrimp Sides: smoked tofu fried rice It then also comes with coconut rice, pork & ginger dumplings, ginger cabbage salad, spicy cucumbers and egg custard tarts. We also added some shrimp dumplings and guava donuts. Some highlights the char siu pork had amazing burnt ends that delighted, smoked tofu rice was spectacular highly recommend a generous dollop of the attack! Of the nightcrawlers cherry bomb ghost pepper hot sauce on this one. The crews highlights were the pork, shrimp dumplings, tofu rice and and guava donuts and the ghost pepper hot sauce. We purchased a bottle then and there. One note: it is nice to see the restaurant prices to pay fair wages, however this was missed on our first order and so 20%+ tip was automatically selected on our first order which for four people can add up and when it's already priced in feels a bit mischievous to autoselect.