I though I give this place a try for lunch and was craving some noodles. It appeared busy when I walked in but service was great hence the two stars. The food especially my noodle dish was a disappointment. It wasn't appealing to even look at. It just looked like a glob of food on a plate. I ordered shrimp lo mein, the crab Rangoon also one of the worse I have ever had all I could taste was cream cheese and salt. However the vegetable egg roll I got was good but definitely not worth me returning. read more

Rainbow Restaurant - Shrimp lo mein - Chinese Near Me - Farmington, Michigan

Came in with my mother who had a friend that was raving about this place. Not gonna lie, this place did not disappoint! I do not think I have ever really had Chinese food so fresh like this before in my life? ‍ The pork was so delectable in the fried rice! Freshly par steamed or shall I say blanched broccoli in with the general tso chicken that had a decent kick to it too! The egg roll seemed very freshly made and fried as well! Had to remove the super hot grease for it on a towel before serving obviously! I don't know take my word for it or not! What do I know? I'm just a chef....lolz read more

I eat here when I in the area because the food is always very good! The prices are fair, portions large and service is always spot on. There are over 7 restaurants near my home yet I will drive the 20 minutes to Rainbow because it's good and very consistent. It seems the owners are always working there and care very much about the food, service and cleanliness. I never get carry out as I live too far away. Every time I dine there I am impressed with the volume of carry out they do. Why because they do things right and you will not be sorry to dine at Rainbow!! In case you are not happy, speak up as they want to make things right. read more

First impressions are lasting ones! It was my first visit here and the food was great, but staff was incredibly rude, from the phone guy to the pick up! My money spends equally anywhere, and it's not hard to find amazing food, so when the experience is tainted by staff with terrible attitudes, I will just find another place that is appreciative of their customers and the hard earned dollars being spent on them! read more

Food was decent. I've had better but I have also had worse. The sesame chicken didn't have enough sauce on it.

I called in a order and the girl who answered the phone was just pathetically annoyed having to take an order, I haven't been here in years and I almost changed my mind due to her attitude/tone but I wanted almond chicken, always followed your instinct, gravy was horrible, the chicken tough couldn't bite into most pieces. Not happy, no more Rainbow. read more

Rainbow Chinese Restaurant is my go to Chinese restaurant when I return from DTW AIRPORT. I live in Troy, quite a ways from Farmington Hills, and I almost always stop here for a good GOURMET Chinese dinner on the way home. I'm Asian. Tommy Chen, the owner, probably has enough good Yelp ratings without my two cents, but I must compliment him on HIS culinary skills. He always seems to "pull a rabbit" out of his hat and prepares a couple of delicious Cantonese dishes not on his regular "chop suey" menu. On this last Sunday he recommended a fish dish: whole flounder, deboned & sautéed with vegetables in a white sauce; then he deep fried the rest of the fish (mostly bones) so crispy that you can actually eat most of the remaining fish, just not the larger bones. Very tasty! I've had this dish in NYC & Boston Chinatowns & Tommy's was much better. For presentation, he plated the fish bones and layered the meat on top. We also had a deep fried shrimp paste stuffed tofu in black bean sauce(not on the menu)-excellent! Our other two dishes were on the menu. I highly recommend the BEEF CHOW FUN, made with FRESH NOODLES, not the dried ones in packages which need to be rehydrated, there's a difference, believe me. The last dish was a Gai Kow, chicken with vegetables, a dish our friend likes-nothing special & if we weren't with good friends I would not order it. So how can I go wrong? The owner takes pride in his cooking & cooks our dinner himself. As a plus, the restaurant has been renovated with new flooring & tables. read more

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Hearty portions of all the usual Chinese dishes. Good to great tasting, I guarantee that you will be taking home leftovers!

If you've never been to Rainbow Restaurant it's typical Chinese (American) food. Today I'm also including info about their take out, since I'm doing more of that lately. It's a small restaurant if you want to dine in as we've done many times. Excellent service! For takeout I called it in first. You can also order takeout at the counter. Guessing a 20-30 minute wait from what I hear when I get my stuff. Call answered immediately. I was asked to hold and then put on hold. I'm not a fan of this but it seems to be a trend. Anyway, the call was picked up again less than a minute later. I gave my order and was told it would be 20 minutes. We ordered a quart of hot and sour soup, crab rangoons x 2, general Taos chicken and broccoli beef. The meat in both dishes was tender and the vegetables el dante - not mushy. The rangoons were filled very well. I do not like it when there is a tiny bit of filling and mostly dough. Yum! Their rangoons are great. The hot and sour soup was just right. If asked we usually order medium spicy. Came in about 19 minutes later and it was ready. The soup container was in a stapled paper bag and the other dishes were in a plastic bag but in recyclable food containers. I liked that their estimated time was accurate and that everything was packaged very well. Nobody wants soup spilled in the car. Leftovers welcome! read more

I got the lunch special: orange chicken. It came with chicken fried rice and an egg roll, but they let me substitute for a spring roll. I LOVED the spring roll, it was quite possibly the best one I've ever had; it was so crispy and not soggy like most places. The rice was phenomenal, I couldn't stop myself from eating it all! I only rated 4 stars because I didn't really care for, or enjoy the orange chicken. It could be because I just don't like orange chicken, however, next time I will try the almond or sweet and sour. read more

Rainbow Restaurant - Spring Roll, Chicken Fried Rice, Orange Chicken - Chinese Near Me - Farmington, Michigan

I really like the food and it is one of my favorite Chinese Restaurants. They get you in and out.

Everything I have tried. There has been fantastic. Except for one dish. The mushroom chicken. It looks realistically similar to diarrhea. So stay away from it. OH, and one other item. Your potstickers are not the potstickers. I am used to it got something in there that just doesn't sit right with me. The filling should taste like meat, I don't know what the hell they are doing. read more

Staying in the area and decided to take chance on this place. Absolutely delicious. Highly recommend the Kung Pao Triple Delight & General Tso. Crab Rangoon, egg drop & hot sour soups really good too. Portions are very generous as well. Very happy with our to go order. read more

I had heard many good things about Rainbow since I moved to Livonia and after finally giving it a try, I was not disappointed. There's a reason this place is a carryout madhouse on weekend evenings. After years of avoiding Chinese carryout because I couldnt find a place I liked, I have finally found quality at Rainbow. Good price, excellent taste, and enough food for at least 2 meals. Can't go wrong with Rainbow. read more

Food was fantastic for a family dinner! All of these dishes were specially ordered in advanced (not on the menu), and the cook did an amazing job! Staff were very friendly and attentive. Will definitely be going back! read more

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Great little restaurant. Fast friendly service and clean location. Hot tea was delicious along with huge portions for lunch. The beef and broccoli was delicious. We also got orange chicken, and Kung pow chicken. We will definitely be back! read more

This is a solid 4.5 star Chinese restaurant! My family has been coming here for years and when I flew in from Florida to see mom and dad this was our first stop! The egg drop soup is off the chain amazing! I order the bowl and wow is it delicious! As always I ordered the General Tso chicken. The chicken is cooked perfect and the breading is light! I also love their fried rice. The prices are fair and the owner Tommy is awesome! I'll be back in November 2022 for another meal!! read more

The food is out of this world, worth driving over 10 miles for it. Staff is amazing and super friendly. Have recommended this restaurant to many people read more

My family used to come to this place all the time when I was a little kid. I hadn't been here in probably 20+ years, but I've come back twice so far in the past couple months, and had a great experience both times. The first time, they accommodated my request to have Cantonese pan fried noodles (Chow mein) even though it wasn't on their lunch menu. The chicken and vegetables were all fresh - even the oil they used for the complimentary wonton skins was fresh. There was a good variety of vegetables in the chow mein: water chestnuts, bok choy, baby corn, broccoli, carrots, and mushrooms. The gravy had good depth of flavor, but it was a little salty. I tried my friend's egg roll, which wasn't my favorite. The skin was good and crispy, but the filling was dry and not very tasty. I also tried some fried rice, which was decent. The sweet and sour pork looked dark, but it didn't taste burnt or bitter which is good. We had good service throughout the meal. The second time, I ordered takeout during the coronavirus pandemic. I got beef ho fan (wide rice noodles), orange chicken, and pan fried dumplings. The ho fan was excellent: fresh (not dried) noodles, great wok-seared flavor, fresh beef, generous portion size, and flavors on point. Only downside is that they used tenderizing powder on the beef. The orange chicken was also generously portioned. They used fresh white meat chicken, which was coated with a crispy breading. The breading wasn't too heavy or greasy, and the oil was fresh. The sauce was a little saltier than I like (wish it leaned a bit more toward sweet), but not bad. As for the dumplings, they were a little pricy for 6 regular-sized dumplings ($5.25), but good. They were filled with fresh, flavorful, juicy pork and the skins tasted homemade. It wasn't very browned on the outside, but when I pan fried them to reheat the next day, they crisped up very nicely and tasted a lot better. There are a lot of solid dishes here. They make great authentic Chinese food, as well as the Americanized stuff. I highly recommend it! read more

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Live in Northville for 2 years now and coming from the east side very hard to find a good Chinese restaurant. Recommend by a friend and was not disappointed will definitely be my place to go for food. Portions were good and flavor was also good too cute little restaurant. read more

I eat here on a regular basis as it's not far from work. Everything I've had has been very delicious. In my opinion they're hot and sour soup is the best I've had. I've read other reviews where they said it's too peppery, but that's what I like. I find that other places I have to add pepper to it to taste the way I like. After eating a bowl of their hot and sour soup, I usually break out in a nice mild sweat, and my nose is running signifying that it's perfect. I've had dumplings, Szechuan, chicken, chop, Suey, and other dishesall very reasonably priced and their services is very very good. Can't wait to go back. read more

I pickup a carry out order. Their sizzling rice soup was amazing and fresh. The vegetables were cooked and still had a bite to them so they were not all mushy. The chicken fried rice was a little sweet but was good it could have a little more veggies in it. The General Tso chicken was great I had it medium spicy and it good the pieces were nice and big and a lot and the veggies were fresh and were not mushy. read more

We love this place! The food is always good whether dining in or taking out & the staff is always kind! The best wonton soup and egg rolls around - personal favorites are the almond chicken and Szechuan chicken. read more

It was great really good food fast service take care of me right away very pleasant to talk to and a great atmosphere

Best Chinese food, we drive from Canton to eat here. My husband loves the Almond boneless chicken.

The food is great, only cons are that egg roll is in dinner box, rather be separate so still crisp. But, u can ask for seperste packaging. Other con is that they don't serve dinner rolls, homemade read more

Recently returned- the lunch portions are pretty small, but the lemon chicken was yummy. And it was obviously chicken, know what I'm sayin'? The sauce is lemony, tangy, and sweet. Overall, I think the food is fresher and portions are larger if you dine in. The eggrolls and fried crispy won-ton thingies were not super fresh. The hot and sour was also pretty bland this time. Idk. Hit or miss? The service is great, but Sun China on Telegraph is killin' em with their price, portion, and even flavor. I wasn't unhappy, but I won't rush back. I'd get the lemon chicken again, for sure. read more

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The service was spot on. The food was delicious. I had the sweet and sour chicken which I usually don't order. It was good the won ton soup was very good lots of dumplings the crackers are my fav. The egg roll was very crispy not soggy. The seafood delite was also very good. read more

Great service, very large portions, food very good. Best egg drop soup I've EVER had!!

Went here after seeing good GF friendly reviews on the Find Me GF app. It was super busy with take out order so we had to wait a bit, including to have a take cleared. The server was very knowledgeable about GF stuff and when I told her vegetarian, she seemed thrown for a second and then starting listing off GF vegetarian things I could have. While many sounded fine, I asked if they could do sweet and sour tofu, and she said yes...OR sesame tofu!! Got the latter, and the combo came with a soup(either egg drop is GF vegetarian but has eggs or vegetable soup is both GF and veggie/egg free). Portions were generous and while it didn't taste quite like the sesame tofu I remember (and looked a little tinnier than my partners sesame chicken), it was quite delicious. They packed up my extras which heated up well for lunch the next day. I was pleasantly surprised by this shopping center find, and will definitely be back! read more

Rainbow Restaurant - Gluten-free sesame tofu! - Chinese Near Me - Farmington, Michigan

Food is delicious.. no long wait time.. prices are very reasonable especially for the food portion's..

I recently had to go to a completely gluten free diet and discovered that my favorite Chinese Restaurant offers a ton of gluten free options. I ordered the chicken subgum and fried rice combo. Even though it's gluten free it tastes as good as it ever did! The restaurant staff is very friendly and helpful! Best Chinese food around! read more

Rainbow Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Farmington, Michigan

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This is by far the best Chinese food restaurant in Farmington Hills, which, now that I say it out loud, I realize isn't saying much. Nonetheless, I've been here many, many times and I've never been disappointed. The owners are always friendly and accommodating to specific tastes and care enough to remember their regulars and what they like. That is no simple task, as they have a very large and loyal following of regulars! They restaurant, itself, is small and the takeout orders come in by the dozens at a time. It is honestly quite an impressive takeout operation with the volume they handles so well. The portions are huge and the prices are very reasonable. The food is consistently fresh and delicious (even though it is obviously tailored mostly to an American palate). Yes, there are Chinese restaurants in the region that are certainly more authentically focused on Chinese cuisine, but I challenge anyone to find one more hospitable than this one! read more

This is for the burnt egg roll and blah fried rice- it's hard to know if it's an error or just the way they make fried rice but it was lacking flavor, no veggies, scrambled eggs - the chow is a mix of shrimp, chicken and pork- it lacked the toasted sesame oil flavor... soy sauce- for the first time, I actually had to use the soy packets (2) which wasn't enough for the Qt. - I will say they give you an overflowing container of it- The soups were 5 stars Spring rolls 5 stars Steamed dumplings 3 Friendly service 5 Accuracy 5 read more

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I can't believe that I have never gone into Rainbow when it's literally right next door to Tofu House and Sushi House when I go to those about once a week. I guess I just assumed it was another run of the mill Chinese restaurants, but the meal definitely exceeded my expectations. First of all, I was so excited because the people that work there speak Cantonese, so as soon as I started talking to them in Cantonese, I was immediately able to establish a good rapport. I honestly don't even remember which lunch combo I was intending to try, but right away they suggested this Cantonese/Hong Kong dish that has beef slices, scallions, bean sprouts, served over wide rice noodles with a brown sauce. It also came with a bowl of soup, so I chose wonton soup. The picture shows a very small cup of soup, but that's because I had eaten half of it before I remembered to take a picture. Oops. Wonton soup was definitely run of the mill - the soup was basically water with chicken bouillon. The wonton was 90% skin with minimal meat. Although I'm a sucker for those fried wonton strips. I loved the actual dish. It can probably use an extra dash or 2 of soy sauce, but it's a good dish and it does remind me of being in Hong Kong. The pieces of beef were tender and the noodles weren't overcooked. The restaurant wasn't very big, but it was clean and the service was great. And even though I didn't get there until well after 1:30, my dish still came out very quickly and very fresh.I will for sure be going back. read more

Rainbow Restaurant - Beef and veggies with wide rice noodles, a Hong Kong staple. - Chinese Near Me - Farmington, Michigan

Our go -to for almond chicken always! Tommy and Mai are always hospitable. Would recommend

I tried this spot based off Evie's review because one of my many many guilty pleasures is General Tso's Chicken. I placed an order for take-out for the General's and an order of Crab Rangoon, the two things that I feel any great Chinese joint should do really well. I ordered my General's Chicken HOT, sadly I haven't found a place yet that makes it hot enough for me. I picked up my order from a nice man who seemed rushed, I'm guessing he wanted to get down with the staff lunch steaming at one of the tables...regardless he was prompt, and off I went. When I got back to the office I was hoping for something spectacular. I first found that the Crab Rangoon were enormous!! For $4.95 for only 4, I needed something to be extraordinary about them. There must have been 3-5 Tablespoons of cream cheese crab filling in each of the four - pretty extraordinary in my experience. They were folded over like pockets rather than the traditional flower-like presentation but they tasted nice and I noticed some orange zest running through the filling which is always an added touch. The dipping sauce, however, was the basic Egg roll plum sauce in a larger container...I generally prefer the thicker and more typical Rangoon sauce on these. The General Tso's (they call it Tao's) was OK at best. The broccoli was bright and fresh while maybe just slightly raw....it only came with 4 medium florets but they were good. The Egg roll was not great and fried to death. The chicken itself was a little rubbery with some crispy edges that I liked, but while the sauce was an improvement over most others I've had, Szechuan Empire South still has my favorite (or used to have my favorite...gotta check that place out again to see if there still the jam). The heat was lacking but it always is no matter where I go....does anyone know where I can get really fiery General's Chicken? Pi's maybe? All that aside, it was fairly good and I'd bet they have some great signature dishes but the General's wasn't craveworthy....and if you order, try an order of their Goons sometime. read more

Rainbow Restaurant - Enormous Crab Rangoon - Chinese Near Me - Farmington, Michigan

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Our "go-to" Chinese food - never had a bad meal. Family run and always remember us when we walk in the door. Portions are generous and food is spot on!! read more

Always the BEST Chinese food in town or anywhere! Been coming here for years- never disappointed!

Great selection, fast service and awesome tasting dishes. The owners are always friendly and accommodating for food allergies. Highly recommend Rainbow! read more