E.M.W. China Bistro — Restaurant in Fresno

On a road trip to the Central Valley, my Mother and I joined a dear friend at this fabulous restaurant that she recommended. Oh my egg roll, it was so good I just have to tell the world!

The plates should be called platters. You really get your money’s worth because mom and I had to get to-go boxes to finish it later. Stella got the Cashew Chicken combo plate, mom the Orange Chicken, and I was more than satisfied with my Broccoli and Beef combo plate. I mean platter. It’s definitely a platter! It came with a tasty salad, fried noodles, crunchy egg roll, and choice of how you prefer your side of rice. Get the fried—you won’t regret it! The pictures I’m sharing don’t do it justice, but you really have to go try it yourself.

We dined in the outside patio that was serene and peaceful. There’s a fountain nearby and the running water was very comforting. The atmosphere inviting. You can eat inside of course, but given the choice I’d eat outside again and again. There’s plenty of parking, the server was attentive and friendly, and the menu had so many options, there’s always something...

I understand the staff are hard working immigrants, but they're outright rude. No clue how they're in their homes but it seems to me that the way they interact with customers is as coarse as they are at each other in their own culture. I'm an immigrant myself, and I try to learn and have a more positive outlook as a person to everyone, because this is the culture in California, and it is why I migrated to this country.

If you're in a foreign country, I believe you need to at least try to attune to the norms in the new place. Except maybe one lady here sometimes being relatively more welcoming, everyone else almost hate that I'm at this restaurant.

The place is seemingly clean, the food is "OK", but I don't feel I receive a basic level of respect as a human, and that makes me question, if they don't respect me at all, will they even care about serving clean or healthy food for me?

I will no longer be going to this place. I don't need to be treated angrily by some staff to just eat some food besides all the other negativity already...

My review will be based on gluten free food. I really appreciate this place for offering GF fried rice and GF chow fun. I am extremely . sensitive to gluten (I am even sensitive to cross contamination), and I missed Chinese food, thankfully EMW bistro has fixed that. I’ve ate from here 10 times to give the most honest opinion. They will carefully write down GF on the take out packaging. The GF fried rice and GF chow fun are 95% similar to the regular stuff which is AMAZING. Because something GF replacement items aren’t half as good as the regular food. I have ate there multiple times, I have NOT had any adverse reactions. Now I know many people use PF CHANGS for their GF Chinese food “fix” but EMW is much more authentic tasting. (GF FRIED RICE AND CHOW FUN). Now I know this review won’t help the average customer. I apologize. This is meant for those who suffer from gluten sensitivity. My only request, would be to offer GF soy sauce, not a big deal though, I’m still a...