The best place for rice noodles. I recommend starting off with an appetizer :) Either the cucumber salad or potato salad. It's also a nice palette cleanser when you eat your entree. If you really want an authentic experience, try their old friend noodle soup. Ask for mild if you've never had it since it can be pretty spicy. It has bamboo and the taste is an experience- it's different but in a really good way! I usually come back just to order a bowl. The service is nice and there is usually only one person serving but she is as attentive as she can be. Normally lots of seating available. I recommend! :) read more

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This restaurant is next to Sunmerry Bakery and Northern Cafe in Rowland Heights. Their main menu is rice noodles, which is interesting since there aren't many rice noodle restaurants compared to other noodle restaurants! Guilin Rice Noodle - It was pretty good, and I love all the many different toppings! It was very light but filling. Guilin Rice Noodles come with soup on the side so that you can eat them dry and soupy, but I prefer mine dry :D Beef Rice Noodle - The rice noodles itself were not bad but the soup was too salty and too sweet. I would not order this one again. I really like River Snail Rice Noodles so I might come back to try that here! read more

Five Stars Noodles - Guilin Rice Noodle - Chinese Near Me - Rowland Heights, California

Got takeout here for the first time. Was a 15 minute wait. They just opened so I was the first customer for the day. The portions are pretty generous for this price ($9.99 for a bowl of House Special Beef Brisket Rice Noodle). There are several large pieces of beef but I would've loved more bok choy. The soup tastes and smells delicious but a little on the saltier side. I would still come back to eat here though. read more

Five Stars Noodles - Beef noodle for $9.99 - Chinese Near Me - Rowland Heights, California

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I can't speak for the authenticity since I'm not from Guilin or know anyone who is. BUT! Oh my goodness the Guilin noodles were tasty. From what I read, the sauce is the essence to a good bowl of Guilin noodles and it is supposed to be enjoyed dry as opposed to in a soup. I think the sauce from Five Stars was remarkable - a little sour, spicy, salty and full of marinating sauce flavor. It's a great mix. I also tried their Old Friend Fried Rice Noodle. It wad a pleasant surprise. I've never had fried rice noodles like that - I loved the little sour taste in it. Not sure what the recipe is but it just works. This dish can only be made spicy but you could choose the spice level. Portions are also very generous! Come try this place out and satisfy your rice noodle cravings. read more

Authentic tasting! Love their Guilin rice noodles. We visited Guilin and Yangshuo in 07/19, was an unforgetable trip. Ate a bowl of Guilin noodles wherever it was on the menu to taste how each place made it. Funny thing is the Oil Tea is the #1 thing I missed the most, simple yet comforting. Five Stars' Guilin rice noodles reminds me of the noodles I had during our trip. Very deliscious and right on point. Before the trip, I was not a fan, but now, when I want a comforting bowl of rice noodles, I would drive to get this to go. The soup included can be drank separately or mix with the noodles mid eating. Hits the spot. As you can see in pics below, Five Star's noodles do not look bad at all compared to the real deal in Guangxi, China! read more

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My friends and I stumbled upon this place when we were looking for a place to dine in. The menu was definitely different from what I'm used to- the staff kindly explained to me that the rice noodles are authentically representative of what they consume in regions in Guangzhou. Throwing all caution to the wind, we stepped out on a limb and ordered the Guilin rice noodles, and the Old friend variety (one is a soup, the other is pan fried). Being a millennial, I tried to customize my order, but unfortunately they were unable to accommodate. Did it matter? Heck no! I was surprised to find that the food was fantastic, even with the items in the noodles I don't usually like. I especially loved the sauce mixed with the noodles, and my boyfriend loved the fried pork (it reminded him of chicharrones- he's Hispanic). My friends, who don't speak Chinese, also expressed their satisfaction with the food and overall experience. This, along with the staff friendliness and desire to communicate despite the language barrier, the lack of wait time, what I thought was a very reasonable price (~$11-13/person for lunch), and the cleanliness of the establishment led me to conclude that I will come back. As a note, even though the staff primarily speak Chinese, their menu has pictures, so you don't have to speak mandarin to frequent this place (: read more

Five Stars Noodles - Guilin rice noodles- so good!! - Chinese Near Me - Rowland Heights, California

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Very tasty. Slippery noodles combined with the various meats and mild sauce was wonderful. Ask for chili oil, makes it even better. read more

Five Stars Noodles - Guilin noodles - Chinese Near Me - Rowland Heights, California

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Best Guilin rice noodles in Southern California,so many meat and ingredients.I love it.

Located in a large plaza with ample parking. Could probably find nearby parking if you wait since most of the establishments are restaurants. Service was average. Was greeted by the only server. They gave us the menus before getting the table small 6oz cups of water. Came to get out order within 10 mins. Meal was delivered 5 mins after it was place. She left us to our meal and sat down at her own table to watch her iphone. Which is something I would definitely do if my workload was low. read more

Got togo order a few times, very tasty. Hope they will have longer business hours soon. read more

Foods were decent but services were extremely lacking even on a slow lunch time. Hope their service can improve!

This place open for long time and decided to try. The Guilin rice noodle is good, a lot of meat not just full of noodles most of the noodle place give. Will definitely try again. read more

Really terrible experience highly NOT RECOMMENDED.... lazy service match disgusting restaurant smell like toilet.... Honestly don't know why this kind of things can be open, but thanks Yelp that people can share here to let others know this experience to avoid wasting money and stomach on this worst thing ever. read more

Clean friendly restaurant, food is fast, service is good, Guilin rice noodle is very authentic flavor! I have to say it being back some of my old memories from China! read more

Five Stars Noodles - Chinese Near Me - Rowland Heights, California

Best guilin noodle. I haven't really try the other noodles, but this is my go to for guilin noodle.

The best Guangxi rice noodle restaurant in LA. Old friend fried rice noodle cured my homesickness literally. read more

Five Stars Noodles - 老友炒粉 Old friend fired rice noodle - Chinese Near Me - Rowland Heights, California

It's just... okay. The price vs Food Ratio is not good. If comparing prices, then there are much better tasting places for what you get. I had the Guilin Rice Noodle Bowl, it had interesting flavors. It was average at best. The only positive was that it provides you with different types of protein. Their stinky bamboo is extremely off-putting and stinky, barely edible in my opinion. Looking at other responses, seems like a hit or miss, I'd say it's a miss but try it for yourself. read more

This place has very good River Snails Rice Noodle (aka 螺蛳粉 aka Luosifen). There is a good amount of ingredients in the noodle soup, the sourness and spiciness are just right. If you can't eat spicy, ask for mild or no spicy. The sour bamboo and sour string beans are delicious. My boyfriend had the beef stew noodle soup, which is also pretty decent. I used to cook the instant 螺螄粉 at home, but not anymore after I found this place. :) read more

This place is so shitty, the shrewd potatoes is the worst one I have ever tasted, and the noodles whatever is not really hand made. Never gonna come back again. 太他妈难吃了，我从来不知道土豆丝可以这么难吃，像在醋水里泡的，面的调味不如超市买的。非常不推荐。 read more

Amazing fried rice noodles oh my god please bring all your homies after you go to frank and sons

Very delicious Guilin Noodles! And for the price, it can't be beat! The lady in charge was nice enough to take our order even though we got there before opening time. Would definitely return to try their other house special - luo si noodles. read more

Best gui lin mi feng i every ate , im from sacramento and i drove all the way to LA just to try it out and everything was great the noodle , soup , and the meat everything was well balance. read more

Five Stars Noodles - Guling noodles, also had soup on the side - Chinese Near Me - Rowland Heights, California

Delicious noodles with generous portions. Been here a couple times and tried both the Guilin Rice Noodle and the River Snail Rice Noodle (luosifen). Guilin Rice Noodle was tasty and had more meat than I could finish. Crispy pork belly was the best. River Snail Rice Noodle was perfectly pungent (from the pickled veggies, not the snails) and flavorful just like good stinky tofu. read more

Rediculous services. When there were 0 customers, the lady place the food at the table besides me and asked me to sit there. And she asked me to give the tips :). What for? For this rude treatment? read more

Food was loaded with msg and yet tasteless. And horrible service as well. Never come here.

Five stars? WISHFUL THINKING!!! I hate to write a bad review for a newly opened restaurant but dang the food sucked stinky socks! Only good thing about this place is that Northern Cafe is right next door. Even tho the service sucks at NC at least the food is edible read more

Way too salty. Small portion. Service wad barely these. Price not competitive. Won't come a second time.

Had Guilin rice noodles before, but I won't recommend this restaurant, you can try to see if I said right or not. I cook even better than this read more

If you are from Nanning, you know you are in the right place!!! Almost authentic flavor,and good service, definitely coming back

I tried it's neighbor last weekend, wasn't impressed. Decided to try 5 Star Rice Noodle this weekend, definitely giving it 5 stars. I had the Guilin noodles and I enjoyed it a lot. I think I've finally found my noodle spot, will definitely be back. It's currently doing a soft opening, hopefully the quality and taste stays consistent. read more

Yum for sure, but the hour have changed. From morning around 11:30 to 3:30, 5:00pm till 11:00? For this kind of noodle, best in greater LA!

Extremely salty hurt my throat on my gosh never come again I was gonna go Lanzhou noodle however they are packed this place has no ppl for a reason lol read more

Drove from Westwood to Rowland Heights just for this Five Stars Noodles! The best rice noodles in LA! Tastes exactly the same as that in Guangxi. Very authentic. The service is great. Definitely will come back for other five stars noodles! read more

Five Stars Noodles - River Snail Rice Noodle - Chinese Near Me - Rowland Heights, California

Delicious food and beef broth. The flavours were so good and the noodles are so silky and smooth:)

每次开车半个小时都会去吃的米粉，味道非常好！唯一的问题就是有一位男服务员的态度非常不好，甚至可以说是很差，我们去了两次，每次吃个饭还要看他的脸色的感觉，让人心情非常不愉悦。还是喜欢第一次去吃时台湾老板娘的服务态度，非常好！

Their food is so good! I think it is better than the northern noodle which is next to them. Just don't know why there is long queue for northern noodle. People need to try this one and will definitely fall in love with it read more

I ordered the seafood noodle soup and it was very disappointing. There was no flavor and the soup was bland. The noodles were too soft and mushy. The service was also not very good. I do not recommend this place to those who are considering it. read more

First time visiting here and the food is very flavorful- the noodle has a really good texture. Service was decent and the facility is clean and neat. We will be back! read more

The soup have no other taste but salt. It has lots of stuff in it, but everything just taste salty. I am from a place where we have lots of different rice noodles, but this reminds me nothing from my home town. I don't like it. Will not come back. read more

The service is terrible. I was waiting for 5 minutes to order and the young gentleman was just counting his freaking tips and never bother to hand me the menu. read more