MOM AND POP ORIENTAL RESTAURANT.....AND IT IS NOT A PALACE…read more The Oriental Palace is a small mom and pop Chinese restaurant in a little plaza on Idaho. This is certainly "not" a palace. It has about twelve tables and offers nothing special as far as ambiance. To get to the restroom you have to walk through the kitchen. Yet, it is neat and clean enough for casual dining. Definitely not a place for a special occasion or a pleasant dining experience. The menu has many of the usual suspects for a Chinese restaurant but it seems to have a surfeit of chow mein offerings....a lot of shredded cabbage, carrots, and crispy noodles. Prices are very reasonable....the food is a good buy for the buck. The service I have always found to be friendly and somewhat efficient, but certainly not at the professional level. No complaints. It's just fine for a quick, casual meal. The food is prepared timely and refills offered regularly. When last there I ordered their MONGOLIAN BEEF. It arrived in a covered dish. In addition to the sliced beef there were the usual carrots, green peppers, and lots of onion (not scallions). The portion was hefty considering the price. The beef was tender and had a nice flavor. The sauce was a little sweet but pretty good. The meal was advertized as "hot" (as Mongolian Beef should be) but there was little heat to the meal. Overall, this was a decent presentation of Mongolian Beef but nothing unusual. This is "FAIR to MIDDLING CHINESE FOOD. Not bad but not great. When I sampled their chow mein I have found the food to be prepared fresh and beautifully presented. The veggies.....the cabbage and carrots were not limp and overcooked. The fried rice was just "rice" with no onion, eggs, peas, or carrot....just rice. The chow mein had little pieces of chicken in it, but the chicken lacked flavor. It was ok but not the most flavorful chicken. The food I had was somewhat bland. The sweet-and-sour sauce was not your traditional sweet-n-sour but rather strange. It too lacked flavor. All-in-all, the food at the Oriental Palace was ok but not something to go out of your way for. I do not find myself eager to return. But, it's all right in a pinch. What to expect if you go: A small, casual restaurant, ok service, good prices, and sort of fair Chinese food. Restaurant rating = THREE-AND-A-HALF STARS....meaning, better than average dining but not reaching the level of a really good dining experience. The food itself isn't bad however. Just don't expect anything great!

Was craving Chinese food. I don't understand why there is not a good Chinese restaurant in Las…read moreCruces. I really wanted to like & support this place. Unfortunately the food was blah. The chicken in the chow mein was brown... and the chow mein cabbage was yellow.... And very little chicken. The sweet & sour chicken was ok. The sauce is the only thing that tasted original. The egg drop soup was weird. Was not yellow and not much flavor.

Today- we enjoyed a nice dinner date and good experience. The staff were great and attentive…read more Food- we ordered 2 combos with Dr Pepper, which did not go empty. There was so much food with the daily special including 4 entrees- kung bao chicken (delicious), orange chicken (tasty), Mongolian beef (savory) and jalapeño chicken (good) with yummy friend rice and OK lo mein. The menu is SO HUGE that you can honestly order something new every-time. Overall good experience & highly recommend!

Good food, very laid back. Great service. The chicken with garlic sauce was really spicy and really…read moregood. The beef with broccoli was good as well. Got the #2 combo that includes a good egg roll. Also ordered crab rangoon. Thin wonton, crunchy and good. You get a lot if extra sauce and hot mustard. Sorry no dinner food pictures but food was piled on the plate with rice. Good portions. Returning here, Gumby thumbs up!

Great food and service, authentic food . The sushi chef is top notch ! Highly recommended!read more

Another place with dull, ok food. You don't need msg to make food tasty, but what you do need is…read moreSPICES. Herbs and spices. Why don't locals know this. So the food seems "clean" - no msg or other junk added. However, it was virtually tasteless. I mean, c'mon, add some garlic, onion, ginger, chile,... there're hundreds of options to add flavor. So yeah, food was bland. First time I got the chicken katsu bowl. The chicken was a bit bland, like the chicken itself had zero seasoning, not marinated for flavor, nothing. The breading was ok. Tempura was ok. Second time, I got Sweet and Sour Pork Soba. It wasn't breaded like most places, and that was ok, because I am Keto. But,... I was also a bit glad that there wasn't a lot of sauce, which is usually sugary elsewhere. However, the sauce in hand, was just like water with a little bit of redish something or other. Sweet and Sour is literally sugar (or SOMETHING sweet, like, perhaps, pineapple... ) and vinegar. This was a bowl of Soba with ten, maybe, 1/2" square chunks of tasteless pork, and 2 TB of cabbage. Bland. Unspiced. Boring. Would I eat there again? Probably not. Unless I was more in the mood for "clean" food, then tasty food. It IS possible to do both!

I had the teriyaki chicken, & was pleased with the amount of meat that it had. It wasn't just a…read moreplate of steamed rice, with tiny cuts of chicken lol had a good amount of flavor to it as well My friend had a bento box, with the same meat, spring rolls, & potstickers. She had no complaints The service was good. Food came out at a decent amount of time for their lunch rush Ambiance is a mixture of hipster/asian culture. It's a very small place, but they were playing "The Dark Crystal," on repeat on their tv, so I was happy

Got the Bento Box for lunch today. Teriyaki salmon and potstickers were excellent and the…read morevegetables, miso soup, and rice were quite nice as well. Our server was very attentive. My only knock is that the seating arrangement could use a little work, as we were sort of jammed in a corner and the vegetables, while nice, weren't completely softened. Not bad!

Super quick, simple and fresh. Love mexican food but on a hot day in the desert, K bowl was a…read morenice change. Will be back

This place was so awesome the food was so good. I totally recommend the spicy pork bowl.. it's…read morepretty good for a first timer. Maybe I'll get the kimchi bowl next time. :) The service was friendly and awesome.. and the music was fire! it was hard not to dance to bts.

I rotate throughout the same items and they are always delicious…read more The list of foods/drinks I'll order: -Pad thai -Thai fried rice -Thai tea -Coconut pineapple drink (never had anything like it before!) -I have also had the wonton soup before and loved everything about it. The broth is unique and tasty. The service is consistently amazing as well. The staff are such hard workers and I am always pleased. The ambiance was surprising the first time I went because the outside was not as well decorated. You forget all about it once you're inside and eating though.

First time trying Renoo's Thai Time. We saw mostly positive reviews online and wanted to try it for…read morea birthday celebration. What was good: the Panang Curry was very flavorful with complex curry paste and peanut flavor that was palate enriching and satisfying. It was a little more spicy than what I would typically expect for a mild curry but very good. The interior of the restaurant was also very nice and surprising considering the restaurant is about 20 minutes from Las Cruces in an underdeveloped area near the mountains. What was disappointing: My Pad Thai was rather bland with only one real flavor note. I typically expect more tamarind flavor which usually gives that sweet, sour, and salty flavor that just wasn't present in the dish. If anything, it almost tasted like tomatoes were part of the sauce. I asked for some lime which made it better but this dish was a big no for me. Also, the mango sticky rice was kind of bland unlike the thicker, tongue velveting texture you expect. The server actually said that the person who typically makes the mango sticky rice was not working when we were there. Service: This was also a bit frustrating. They seemed understaffed but the dining room wasn't that big. Maybe four or five tables being served. We waited about ten minutes for our drink order after getting the menu and then longer to take our order. The food came out about ten minutes later but our server didn't check on us for refills or to see if we needed anything. We asked for the mango sticky rice to come out with our meal but it didn't arrive until almost 15 minutes after we finished our food. The server was kind enough to give a small discount on the sticky rice because it took so long (which we appreciated). In the end, I wanted to give this restaurant a three out of five but the quality of the food and delays in service were just too much in the end. I'll try some of the other Thai restaurants around town next time.

Our son, who used to live here came from Rio Rancho to visit us for a couple of days. He is a…read morefoodie who enjoys dining out where he lives and goes to Santa Fe every weekend to one of the many restaurants options. On his short visit, he wanted to go back to Renoo's but it was closed on Sunday so we came here. My wife had their Tom Kha Gai $8.50 that it's her favorite dish in Thai restaurants. Our son had the Stir Fried Basil dish with veggies and chicken. I ordered the Drunken Noodles with vegetables and tofu. Both dishes were $13.50 and they offer a side salad or miso soup. We both choose the miso soup. The food was delicious as always. The main course was a nice size. However, my wife mentioned that in the past the Tom Kha Gai soup was served in a larger bowl. My son and I ordered Chai Thai Tea, my son with half and half and I had it with Coconut Milk at $4 with refills. The server Christina was outstanding! We were glad we went there.

What a surprise to find a quality Thai restaurant in Mesilla. The food is great, the service…read morefriendly and the prices are very reasonable. Highly recommended.

Today, for lunch, we stopped at the Sansei Japan restaurant in the Mesilla Valley Mall. My wife…read morehad the chicken teriyaki and I had the beef teriyaki. We both had the entrees with chow mein (noodles) instead of steamed rice. Both of our meals were very good and they did not scrimp on the noodles or veggies. Mall ambience. Excellent service with no chance of your meal not being hot, since it is cooked right in front of you.

The food at this mall location tasted great, service was 5 star. Only one man working in the back…read moredoing all the positions he did a fantastic job, ambiance is great it's inviting, definitely going to come back