The bang bang chicken at Shiso Crispy didn't just steal my attention. It robbed me, took my wallet, and I'd gladly help it escape. First off, the crunch is so loud it could qualify as a sound effect in an action movie. I took one bite and half expected someone to yell "CUT!" The chicken itself is juicy, but let's be honest it's really just a vehicle for that bang bang sauce, which tastes like sweet, spicy, and "text your ex you've changed" all rolled into one. I told myself I'd share. That was a lie. A bold faced, shameless lie. The plate hit the table and suddenly I turned into a territorial raccoon guarding its last meal. By the end, my fingers were sticky, my dignity was gone, and I was seriously considering ordering a second round like I hadn't just embarrassed myself in public. read more

I'd been wanting to try this spot for a while! I've heard so many good things about their St. Pete location so when I saw they had a food truck in downtown Tampa, I had to finally check it out. I went right when they opened and they were SO quick with my order. I got the short rib dirty rice, bang bang chicken, and ahi tuna bao buns, and everything was fresh and seriously SO good. Asian food is one of my favorites, and they definitely did not disappoint Also, the portions are HUGE. They do not play about the rice. You definitely get your money's worth here. There's street parking and a 717 parking lot nearby, but I can definitely see parking being a little more challenging during busy hours. read more

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Sorry, I normally don't leave bad reviews, and I really wanted to like this place. I've been driving past for years and finally had the chance to stop. I ordered the bang bang chicken bao buns, which seemed ordinary and not inspired. Like sweet and sour chicken on a boa bun. Fine. On this day, they were out of the tuna so I got the BBQ pork dirty rice, no sauce. The rice was fine and pretty good. But like the chicken, the BBQ pork was almost sickeningly sweet. Frankly, I couldn't even finish the meal, and I was starving. Not to mention the prices. They mistakenly gave me two orders of the bao buns, and then I gave an 18% tip for $9. Total bill $58.65 Nice. I am not a huge food truck guy, but when I do go, perhaps I expect too much. This one I will not be giving a second chance. Again, I support small business, and it seems these guys are quite successful. So they must have a following, it's just not me. read more

Shysters. The tuna dish was 19 dollars. Was a good dish and my gf got it a few times. Now it "was" suddenly 24 dollars and is half price for 12. Kind of weird but okay. This is a new dish, if you can even call it one. Literally two slices of tuna, no side of sauce which it's supposed to have, a bunch of old cabbage for filling (even though the new container is half the size as it is), and what could be nothing else but soggy potato chips (yes, literally they put in chips, I don't even know how else to put it except it literally had chips in it). Pathetic. Completely pathetic. read more

We were downtown and wanted a quick bite, so we looked around and found Shiso Crispy Food Truck. We ended up getting Bang Bang Chicken Bao and Gyoza. We ordered our food and it came in about 15 minutes! We enjoyed the options, especially the Bao and Gyoza. They were made well and were tasty, perfect to satisfy our hunger. read more

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I finally made it to Shiso Crispy and was excited to give it a try! Since it was my first visit, I asked for a recommendation and was told the Bang Bang Chicken was their most popular item. Of course, being a little greedy, I also ordered the Wagyu gyoza. The service was quick and prompt, which I appreciated. The food was decent overall, but I may need to give them another shot when I'm not absolutely starving and inhaling everything in sight. Definitely willing to try more from the menu next time! read more

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The food is good but thats the only positive thing I can say about this place. Small dirty hot sweaty kitchen, unkind staff, inaccurate wait times... maybe only go if they just opened read more

Cute food truck that had really good chicken. The sauce was really tasty.there was a very small seating area. read more

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Located as a food truck in the 717 parking lot across from Duckweed is a congregation of several food trucks. Shiso Crispy has a simple menu with gluten free options, I ordered the crispy chicken. It's over $20 dollars, but is large enough to share. My only critique was the mayo heavy sauce and I wish they had different options, such as orange chicken or general tsaos sauce. For a huge portion of fried chicken and rice this hits the spot, next time I'll order sauce on the side. read more

I ordered the BBQ short rib dirty rice for delivery. It was just okay, but it was not what I expected. The short rib was not very tender and overall it gave more like pulled beef over bbq flavored rice. I didn't get much flavor from the other things on the rice. read more

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Food was really good, but the customer service here is the best I've ever experienced!! Thank you Mike for your hospitality.

This is a dependable food truck in downtown Tampa. I get the crispy chicken on dirty rice. It is at least two meals worth of food and always hits the spot flavor wise. read more

Definitely worth the bucks cause it is so filling. It is tasty, however, I personally would add something acidic, like kimchi or pickle, to enhance the flavor. Recommend getting this to share!! It is a little food truck in a parking lot downtown. There are some seatings which are nice to sit to people and car watch. read more

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We came to Shiso Crispy for the vegan options and they knocked our socks off. The vegan Bang Bang Chicken and BBQ Jackfruit dirty rice were beyond tasty and super filling. They even had vegan crab Rangoon at the Tampa truck which was amazing. Highly recommend. read more

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It is about 3.5 stars. The food truck price is almost the restaurant with physical address price. It is a tall task for the value of the food to compare a sit down order restaurant. We got the ahi tuna rice plate. The slices of ahi tuna is a bit little less for the value we have paid. Event the side is less of number. Overall is a good to try and been there. read more

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The wontons were tasty. The chicken was not - heavy, chewy and gloppy - not what you'd expect from eponymous Shiso Crispy. Also, it's a street truck with tables so I wasn't expecting spotless, but at least it should be clean. Can't recommend and would not repeat. read more

We came here on a Saturday around 8pm. The flavors here, amazing! We ordered and food service took about 20 mins. This is a food truck and we didn't want to eat outside at the tables so We had a 10 minute drive home. By time we got home our food was ice cold. The packing isn't great so I assume that's why the heat didn't keep. Also the food tasted as if it was fried really hard & like the oil tasted kind of burnt. I'd try this place again bc the flavors were so good. I'd just come earlier in the day read more

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The vegetarian options are a hit or a miss. Bbq jackfruit bao is little too sweet, the vegan dumplings are pretty good. Staff was okay, could be more friendly. read more

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Yummy food (good amount for decent price) Great customer service and nice place to sit (could keep seating area cleaner though) One bowl while $20 ish can definitely feed two, lots of meat. read more

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We absolutely love the lobster Rangoon! Every time we are in the downtown area we make sure to swing by and grab an order (or two) the Bao are also extremely light and flavorful! Everything here is Fresh and delicious. This is definitely a hidden gem the locals love to keep hidden! The employees are always friendly and the food comes quick! We take a seat next to the truck or to a bar nearby! read more

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Always recommend this place to whoever is in downtown Tampa. This is a comfort meal but is definitely a brick to eat all of it. read more

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Okay, this is Asian Fusion, folks... so we need to keep that in mind. Pros: Friendly, fast, great presentation and portion, she is definitely so crispy, recommended by hotel staff. Cons: 1) Okay, this is definitely one of those if you've got the munchies or been drinking all night type of food. The spice is kind of underwhelming and I honestly think they should give it a choice of different levels of spice. I think it is too sweet! 2) It is heaavyyyyyy on the carbs, breading, and sauce. I kinda felt sick after eating half of it. A suggestion would be to add some kind of veggie freshness to enhance the dish and to balance it all out. Or at least give it an option to. 3) It's very filling, but not sure if the amount of quality ingredients is worth the price. Take it as you will, but this is coming from an Asian so... I sorta know what I'm talking about read more

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We were downtown for a show at the Straz on a weekday. We didn't have time to eat before the show and Shiso Crispy was open and not a long walk at all. First, I was surprised (not disappointed!) that this was a food truck. No worries at all. There are some cute little covered tables and bar height chairs to enjoy your food and it was a gorgeous night. We ordered Bang Bang Chicken Bowl and two orders of Bao Buns to share, the tuna and the short rib. This was a one man operation with a lot of customers to feed so it took a bit for the food to be ready. No problem at all. When it did come, one of our orders of Bao buns was missing. Easily remedied. The Bang Bang Chicken was very good, but not a whisper of heat in the vicinity. Like it was temperature hot, but where was the Bang? Mush less the Bang Bang? The rice was terrific. But dang I wanted some kind of heat from the chicken. I opened up the Bao buns and my heart sank. They were COVERED in a dark vegetal substance. I hoped it was seaweed but in my heart, I knew. I have a pesky and ongoing allergy to cabbage and these days, restaurants are straight up leaving it off of descriptions and surprising me with it. I get that menu boards have limited space, but when the dish has three components- bun, meat and slaw (and loads and loads of slaw), it's worth mentioning. Especially since the word slaw only has four teensy letters. My friend did a taste test and yep- purple cabbage. For Pete's sake. I spent a considerable amount of time removing every speck and sliver of cabbage and trying the tuna bun. It was fine. I know why it had a slaw, and am sure I'd have liked it much better had I been able to eat it as intended. But had I known the slaw was a component I wouldn't have ordered it at all. If I'm in the area and need sustenance, I would definitely get a bowl with that delicious rice. But sadly, I'm not rushing back. read more

They claim to use beef tallow but upon my visit me and my friend spotted a can of seed oils in the kitchen and to be more specific it was sesame. This is pretty misleading and the portions were small for the price. Very overpriced items especially for them to not even be using beef tallow like they claim. Flavor was pretty good but the bang bang chicken tastes like a normal chicken nugget with a good sauce. Overall 2/10 read more

Best I ever had. Yes and I say that with conviction, it is the best I have ever, personally, tasted. Japanese food truck. The tables out front are super cute. The woman that took my order was helpful, kind and polite. :) It's a bit of a wait for the food so my recommendation is get more than you need to take home so the wait makes sense unless you have some time to chill and wait for an order. However, there is an upside to this. The food you can watch them make fresh in front of you. She even said, "sorry for the wait. I wanted to make sure they were super fresh." Well, how lovely. The end result? Divine Boa buns. Boas Jackfruit- 10/10 Bang bang- 10/10 Steak 8/10 - but to other buns not here it's probably a 10. Bang bang meal - so divine - you crave it again right after you eat it. I legit bit into and went mmmm. You know the flavors are great, texture is great. Must experience and it's soooo worth it. All the best success to you! read more

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I love that this food truck is conveniently located and open pretty late, we went here after our flights to Tampa arrived after 10 PM, and didn't pull up to here until almost midnight. The portions were generous, we tried the chicken dirty rice bowl, and the two buns. I felt the chicken was a little dry and too crispy, but I really loved the buns. The beef, short rib inside of them was fresh and juicy and well seasoned. I would have rather gotten the rice with this too. The prices were no steal, but being the only late night food option that isn't fast food comes with a price I guess. read more

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Tasty, but only the half that effort is put into. Meat is great and you get a lot, but the rice is bland and unseasoned, even for white rice. Quite expensive and would not recommend unless there isn't much else around - which there is. read more

The food here is fire!!! The portions are large enough to share, or have leftovers! The service is always pleasant! The flavors are robust, food is hot,& rice is perfect every time! My only complaint is that I have been here multiple times and they are always out of the Gyozas no matter what time I come. If you have had them you will understand my disappointment. I would rather they just change the menu to not include them. However they do have other yummy options, from the choices they do have! read more

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Shiso Crispy makes me feel old. A food truck parked within a downtown parking lot open late sounds like a great find. However, the food is more for a late-night meal after an evening of drinking. I ordered the chicken and it is massive! It's two pounds of rice and 13 pieces of fried chicken with sauce over it. It tasted fine, but I got full after eating a third of it. I couldn't stomach more. read more

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Huge portions which is great if you like eating a lot of rice. Unpopular opinion . . . The quality to the price is no where near close. For almost $20 there should be more meat. The sticky rice was too sweet for my taste buds. My wife feel sick after eating her food. Was pulling for this spot being a small business but just not my cup of tea read more

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The Bang Bang Chicken was Bangin'. Such a great food truck! Amazing service and food. A+++

This shit slaps. I stay down the road from this place once in a while for work. I found this food truck on google and decided to make the trek one day when I didn't feel like going to a sit down place, and I'm glad I did! The bang bang chicken was really good! The gyoza was great, the spring rolls were also great, and the lobster Rangoon is good as well. If you're debating trying this place, do it! read more

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I was excited to try this place since the vibe/atmosphere seemed cool. The food was not as good as expected. Service was not great, but not terrible. read more

DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY!! The rice was hard and the chicken was flavorless it tastes like a concoction of duck sauce rice vinegar & yum yum sauce. Not worth $20 a plate me and my husband ended up throwing it away as it wasn't edible & I would like a Refund if possible . read more

Amazing food with great service! Comfortable outside seating. I really do not eat from food trucks; however, I read so many good reviews I felt like it was worth a try. I was extremely pleased! read more

We ordered the bang bang chicken and bbq short rib and both were delicious!!! Although this is served from a food truck the service and quality exceeded my expectations. Highly recommend trying their desserts as well (pistachio coconut cheesecake and butterscotch banana cake). Plenty of seating interior and exterior. Would definitely try again whenever we are in the Tampa area! read more

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Food was yummy and although there was only one individual worker on the truck he was keeping up and pushing out orders in a timely manner! Our order only took about 15 mins, took a quick walk at river walk across the street to kill time. Flavor was on point and we'll definitely be back! read more

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This place was really good. Service was great and the things we ordered were tasty. Lack of seating and pretty dirty around the seating area but otherwise great spot and pretty conveniently located. The entree was filling enough for two people to share and the bao buns were super flavorful and had great texture. read more

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Awesome food, great employees. If you have time it's definitely worth the trip. I hope the city takes the time to clean up the park

Ok first and foremost the food is freakin delicious, the chicken is crazy crunchy and rice is great. The Lobster Rangoon was also tasty. Love the outside sitting area was cute but I did take my food to go. The woman taking my order was super nice and friendly . I would come again, I would recommend others to come and I'd totally bring my mom here too. Can't wait to come again!!! read more

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