Well what do you know, Arizona Mills Mall took out all the chain food places one would find in any given mall and replaced them with no named places. I was starving and at the mall so I decided to give Far East Asian Fire a try. Now I really really hate that this would be there 1st review, but maybe things will get better after it. When you walk up, you see items displayed, they do not look that enticing but you find out quickly they are just for display, not for eating, you can order what you want by looking at, and it will be cooked fresh for you. Great concept right? Well maybe, maybe not. I went with a 3 item combo, ordered pepper beef & chicken with green beans with a veggie low mein. Since they cook your food after you order, do not expect this to be fast food like Panda Express, I was lucky and got to wait even longer because they messed up my order and had to redo it! They did apologize for the wait, but at that point I was already over this place. Granted they have been there maybe for 2 months, but they don't seem to have their act together, and gawd forbid if it's a lunch hour rush with only one person cooking, expect to wait! Lets start with the pepper beef, the bell pepers where fresh, in fact somewhere still raw, the beef not every tender at all, was more like the ends of a tuff beef skirt cut. The chicken with green beans not bad, but not good either. The veggie low mein the noodles were completely over cooked and it tasted like mush. And my mushy meal cost me close to ten bucks and I didn't have a drink. Not the best bang for my buck. I wasn't impressed with the lunch I ordered and my return factor is very low, unless they catch me on a starving, must eat now day!!! But even then I will have to remember I will have to wait 15 minutes for my fast food haha. read more

Far East Asian Fire - Asian Fusion Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

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Every time I've been to this food court -- no matter the restaurant -- I'm always disappointed by the crunch factor of my rice. This is culinary 101. Learn how to cook and hot-hold rice! Anyhoo, aside from my crunchy surprise, the food was tasty. I had the General Tso's chicken and the ginger orange chicken. Both were nummy -- they also have packets of Sriracha so don't forget those! My only complaint with the food is that it isn't hot. Lukewarm at best. Oh and beware of the mixed veggies! They're good, but they add mushrooms to them! I hate mushrooms! Thankfully they're big so the nice lady was kind enough to pick them out for me when she was boxing up my order. read more

Far East Asian Fire - Two entrees with half side of brown rice and half side of veggies. - Asian Fusion Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

The menu says in huge lit up letters "Steamed Brown Rice". I asked for it and the guy working said they don't carry it. I pointed to the menu and showed him, he said oh. Pathetic Place. Should be closed soon based on other reviews. read more

Just had pot stickers. I think they were several days old. I mean they were dried out, tasteless. Several years ago, all the independent restaurants were kicked out of The Arizona Mills Mall and I think (not sure) the restaurants are owned by Simon Malls. Either way, the food totally sucked. But looking at the reviews, I don't think the owners care. read more

As a small business owner, I really try not to give low stars unless it's pretty bad. I even have came back and changed some if I give them a 2 nd chance. Back to the food. Bottom line is it sat there for a very long time. The orange chicken was gross and I have never threw away any Asian food in my life until today. I am hoping it's just because it's a mall location and if I go outside of the food court, I'll be more impressed. The cook looked like he was making fresh food at the time so maybe bad timing on my part. The young cashier guy also looked like he was on something other than great customer service skills, but it is the mall so I'll let that go as well. 2 stars because I actually liked the teriyaki chicken, even with it being old. read more

Far East Asian Fire - Looks pretty good. Tastes like microwave dinner though. - Asian Fusion Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

Iam so disgusted! They have no chicken that is not deep fried and sweet! They have no vegetables! There choices were few! There is so little at az mills food court that is kid friendly and good for you and not sweet. The choices are ridiculous! We used to eat at the Asian type food places quite often at az mills. Now never since Villa took over!!!!!! read more

Far East Asian Fire - Even the broccoli is old and tasted old - Asian Fusion Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

Wife ate here and said it was horrible. She ordered orange chicken with white rice. Rice tasted bland and old the orange chicken was made fresh and wasn't good. Will not be back read more

Rude service. No water was given even though we spent $30. The food amount is small and doesn't taste that good.

One star only because it is eatable food and I don't think that I was poisened. Over all the crappiest Asian style food I have ever had. Save yourself the disappointment and do not eat here. read more

Wanted to grab a quick bite before a movie. Panda express I never have an issue with so I don't see the difficulty here. Orange chicken was blande. Noodles were so overcooked and mushy I didn't touch them, and my egg roll was blonde and undercooked to the point you could taste grit in the roll. Not happy. Won't be back. Should have known better in the food court. read more

Far East Asian Fire - Egg roll and noodles. - Asian Fusion Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

The guy who was serving us was not pleasant. There was no smile, horrible presence. Thank god he wasn't cooking. The food is very dry. I got the sesame chicken and it was hard as a rock. Adding the sweet and sour sauce made the meal appealing. A sauce they don't even make. Sad. Won't order from here again. Disappointing. read more

Far East Asian Fire - a close - up of a meal in a styrofoam container - Asian Fusion Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

This has to be the most bland Asian food I have ever had in my life. What a waste of money and chicken, because the meat was pretty juicy it was just gross and far under seasoned. They do not have fried rice, only noodles or white rice. I got the sesame chicken which is normally my favorite, but this was the absolute worst sesame chicken I have ever tasted. The mushroom chicken was okay. The portions ar small as well. I won't be back. Normally I would say at least give them a shot, but I do not suggest this place to anyone. The AZ Mills food court is pathetic as it is, but try another place and save yourself the disappointment. read more

The food taste pretty basic. They hardly give you any food and all the employees are depressed and rude. Just pick a different spot. Overpriced too. read more

I mean.... how can you mess up Chinese food like this. First of, the white rice I got was made by a 3 year old child who you forgive for cooking the rice wrong. And then everything else is too salty and too dry and a waste of money, time and your day. Your whole day is just ruined big time. The food really really sucks. Please if you've gone this far, don't order anything and just skip for the love of all food in the world. Oh and you can't even enjoy number 2 because the food going down was the worst you've ever had. Don't let the sign and fake employees fool you. Everyone is saying the same thing so please run away. Please run like literally walk out and go to McDonald's or something read more

Got the sesame and orange chicken. Food is not bad, although the serving sizes are pretty small. read more

Far East Asian Fire - customers at the counter - Asian Fusion Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

Pass by a few times, their food don't look good but I finally gave it a try, because I was craving for Chinese food. Very limited choices, small portions, taste OK but super oily!! They are too generous on using oil! I don't like Panda Express that much, but if you compare this to Panda Express, Panda wins for sure! Not going back. read more

This is probably the worst asian restaurant I've ever been to. The food is frozen and it's not even good. I almost vomit in my mouth while trying this food. Not to mention when I tried to order the employee completely avoided me to talk to her co-worker. read more

Okay. So I am a little confused by all of these one star reviews.... I actually didn't look this place up on yelp before I went, i just happened to be in the food court of AZ Mills mall and wanted Chinese. So I got Chinese. After ordering I decided to check in and saw all the reviews and was a bit nervous about eating the food I just ordered. Turns out I really didn't have anything to worry about. Maybe it was a good day, or something but I got half fried rice, half lo mein, sesame chicken and orange ginger chicken. The rice was surprisingly good; most of the time it is dry but this wasn't. Same with the lo mein....I'm really picky about lo mein so for a place to actually have some that I consider good is saying a lot. The sesame chicken was very flavorful and had great seasoning on it... usually it is just meh with some random sauce that doesn't really have a flavor. The orange ginger chicken is why this is only 4 stars. It was okay but really not that great. Also when I had asked if it was spicy because some places do have spicy orange chicken I got a "um it's orange chicken...." Yes, I am aware of it... I can read. That doesn't answer weather it is spicy or not. Overall if I ever end up in the food court again I'd probably come back. read more

Don't bother. Panda Express is better. I went In Needing food because I was so hungry and regret my choice. The sesame chicken had too much sauce and were literally hard as rocks. I couldn't even taste the chicken because it was overpowered by the outer shell and the sauce. The spicy chicken was okay but it wasn't crazy spicy. I could taste the chicken but it felt like a bland entree. The only thing I enjoyed was the fried rice. Service is okay (the people are friendly!) but the food is incredibly passable. read more

STAY AWAY! EATER BEWARE! My wife ordered a meal that included steam rice. To our surprise the steam rice included some extra fixins in the way of maggots. If you don't mind the extra protein, then this could be a place for you. We will not be eating rice for a very long time, we are disgusted. Check out my profile picture of the maggots. read more

Yelp really needs to add a 0 star. Their food is garbage. I guess it's a good thing their servings are small which is why I did not feel guilty throwing the rest of it away. read more

Rip off... avoid. The food is flavorless and it's super expensive. Orange chicken looks like breaded chicken and doesn't taste like orange. Advertising bbq but they don't have any. read more

Orange ginger chicken was decent enough, kinda dry though. The "fried rice" was AWFUL!

Has to be by far the worse Asian food I have ever had! Chicken is dried out and burned, rice is tasteless, noodles are mushy. Gross! Save your money. Go somewhere else!!! read more

Greasy, bland, and overpriced. This is NOT Panda Express, as much as it try's to be. Avoid if possible

Don't bother, wish I'd read the reviews first. I ordered orange and pepper chicken. He said it wasn't spicy because it's black people, well guess what? My mouth and throat are on fire. Not very good cuts of chicken, chewy and fatty. Horrible, plus my food is Luke warm. read more

Food is alright for mall food. People are not that friendly, and how do you run out of rice on a weekday at around 2pm. I asked the girl why, she said "It gets busy, we run out of rice." Ridiculous! read more

Not very Asian if you ask me. The food was greasy and salty even for mall food. Most of it was soggy and the vegetables didn't even have a crunch or crisp to them. The 2 entrée plate was not worth the $7.00 paid. Even my kids did not want to eat it and they love Panda Express. This place, however does not even come close in comparison. I'm sad that after the remodel, they did not return. I will not eat here ever again. If I wanted grease I should have gone to Church's Chicken a few spots over. read more

I just finished my meal and I really don't think I'll be coming back. Food was old and just sitting out there. But I was hungry. The lo mein had no veggies and the fried rice was dried out and old. I think they could do better. read more

Went on a Sunday afternoon and I recommend not going to this place. This was by far the worst chinese food I ever ate! I mean c'mon people did you taste the food you make? I thought this place would be a little better than panda express since its not a huge franchize but NO not good at all. I got a two 3 entrees with a totally of 6 different items and some egg drop soup which of awful along with fried rice and wanna be lo mein noodles and the 6 items! not tasty whatsoever. waste of money and food if you wanna call it that, which went right into the trash. read more

The service here is complete ASS. The food was all dry and looked like it has been out for a couple hours. We got 3 entrees and we received small portions. The workers are all RUDE. I felt a nasty vibe from the front employees. To top it all off i got food poisoning the same day. HORRIBLE HORRIBLE. if i could give 0 stars i would. read more

Far East Asian Fire - Asian Fusion Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

Not good and expensive!! Don't get fooled by the fancy name save your money and get some pizza from next door

this is basically a cheap version of panda express food taste like it was old and hard, on top of it all they charged me 3 times on my card and had to wait 4 days for a refund! sorry but its just not fair my kids were really hungry and food was to hard for them even chew... read more

Service was ok I guess but doesn't make up for the rice which was not good at all. I had a better chance at buying frozen Asian rice from frys! I was not satisfied read more

Should have checked Yelp before getting this food. This is a new low in Mall food court offerings. Bad taste, tiny portions, $1.99 for one egg roll, no Chinese mustard. The steamed rice was dry and tasteless. One of my entrees was covered in oil. Lo mein made with some sort of flour noodles instead of Buckwheat noodles. My daughter couldn't even eat her food it was so bad! Buy pork and vegetables had a meat with gristle in it. read more

This place was so terrible even for a mall Chinese food place. The food was mediocre but it still tasted fine. The real issue is paying like 8 something when the lady shorted me on my food. She gave me like 2 half scoops of rice and two half scoops of the Orange and sesame chicken. The other guy next to her was serving full scoops of food! I don't know who the he'll trained this lady cuz that was just awful! I kept watching her and she kept doing the same to other customers as well. I've paid far less for far more food at other Chinese places I really don't get what the he'll this lady was doing. She's probably one of the cooks try to short customers on food cuz she's too lazy to make more batches of food. Overall I would not come here again. Save you're money and just eat anywhere but this mall. The food court is all owned by the same company so you'll probably get the same crap service. read more

First off customer service, does not exist! Not friendly, did not smile or suggest anything. I had a bowl with fried rice and Kung Pao Chicken, overcooked and cold! I also ordered the spring rolls dry and cold. They did not have sweet and sour, some other packaged dip. My total bill was over $10.00 I won't be eating at this place again. Very disappointed! read more

I wouldn't give any stars, if I could. By far the worst Chinese food I've ever tried. Portions are ridiculously small for the prices. The employees made sure to shake any "excess" off before placing on the plate. I only got noodles for the side, because the rice didn't look very good. The peppered veggies and steak and the sesame chicken were dry and hard. Not a happy customer and I can't say I've ever said that about Chinese food. You know it's bad when the fork breaks off in the chicken smh.. I should have known, considering they were the only place with nobody in line. read more

This is the worst chinese food I've every had and I normally like any chinese food place. The portions and prices are ridiculously out of wack for such bad quality of food and service. There was a lack of variety and what I had was terrible fried rice is so bad the chicken had way to much breading. I threw my food away and I'm fat. Then they had the nerve to charge for a refill on top of all that. I would never go back. read more

Bad. Bad. Bad. We had orange chicken that was a mush of panko bread crumbs (~70%) and a few pieces of chicken. The jalapeno chicken was the same, 3 impossible to eat with chopsticks pieces of chicken in a huge amount of onions an jalapeno that did not taste like jalapeno but rather like bell peppers. The egg drop soup was kind of okay but looked like hot water with egg. Food should look tasty, too. Very very disappointed. read more