E J China Bistro & Sushi — Restaurant in San Antonio

It had been several years since my last visit here, and I honestly didnt remember much of my previous experience. I visited late in the evening, for a last minute meal.

I decided to order the combo, so I could try more than one item, and ultimately neither item I got was impressive, and both were what I would consider decent.

I ordered the dinner combo, with general chicken and beef with garlic sauce.

Service The food came out after a little bit, along with my soup, my drink and everything else. Nothing was brought out while I was waiting for the entrees to arrive.

Portion Size The portions were huge, and I knew immediately I would need a to go box. When the waitress brought the food and said "anything else I can get you?" I said "a to go box".. she was confused a bit, but explained it wasnt because they took a bit, its because theres no way I could finish that much food.

Food Flavor The general chicken was a bit dense, the cubes of chicken were tender, but overly large, and the batter on the pieces was soggy, with no crispness, and a more vinegary style sauce.

The beef with garlic sauce was unimpressive a well, it had a very vinegary flavor, almost like there was so much garlic it gave the sauce a sour flavor.

I saw other food come out with comparable portion sizes Everyone received portions that required to-go boxes reguardless of the item. For the price, the portions are enough to split between 2-3 people, but finding an item that is good flavor wise might take some exploring of the menu.

Overall Impression I was neither impressed or turned off by the experience. This was one of those average experiences. The food was priced decently well for the portion sizes, the flavors were decent, but not impressive, and the menu had a huge selection of items. I feel like something here has to be really good, but the general chicken was one of the most mentioned items in the reviews and I felt...

This is my first time here so this rating is based off this one visit. I liked that the place is wide open. No walls or divisions just open seating in a huge squared off area allowing for TV viewing and a lot of elbow room. The waitress recommended a few dishes and explained the local favorites and how the cuisine was Chinese and Thai. They offered a tempting list of Bobba drinks. The food was great. I really enjoyed the hot and sour soup. The reason for the 4 stars instead of 5 was for a couple of things. The first being that they put just a small portion of rice for the entree. Possibly it was because I was there during lunch, however more amount would have been perfect. Secondly, the Bobba menu was enticing so as I placed my order for one...it wasn't available so I ordered an alternate and the same thing, not available. I was told that some of the ingredients needed for the recipes were not available. Other than these things, for the first visit I felt like it was a good...

I went today to enjoy a nice lunch with my best friend, however, the owner’s husband had the tv full blast and was watching a Chinese show which was showing violence towards women. After about 10 minutes I went and asked him if he could please change the channel as the show was disturbing and we wanted to enjoy our lunch. His response was “well, sit somewhere else and don’t watch it.” I told him that we were sitting as far as we could and even if I chose a different chair that we could still hear the screaming- could he please lower the volume? His second response was “well then you can just leave.” Wow, I was as respectful as I could be and didn’t expect his rudeness. Our food was coming and my friend wanted to stay because our waitress had been kind. Sad to say the food was not good at all and were very disappointed. We thanked our kind waitress and she apologized for what happened, said that man is always rude to customers and many do not...