Invited to try Mama Rosa with a friend for lunch I was pretty excited to learn theirs a Filipino…read morespot close to home. The restaurant has simple seating, buffet style views of some of their food items and features grocery items. It's nice to have a spot to grab different items to try while also sitting down for a little meal. In restaurant I tried the bbq chicken skewers with garlic fried rice. For my to go order I grabbed pancit and lumpia since those are my husband's favorite. We all enjoyed the flavor profile in each of these items and cannot wait to come back to work our way through more of the menu.

I had a pickup order and it was ready on the time I said I would come get it. They've been…read moreconsistent in the past and we always get their pork barbecue and lumpia shanghai, among others. This time, the pork barbecue looked a little dry. Missing some of the "taba" (fat) at the end which would have been nice. Taste is still ok and just dipped in vinegar so it's not too dry. The grilled fish we got was a little on the burnt side which made it difficult to eat on account of the bitter taste and it was in a place where it was difficult to separate the burnt part from the meat. Also, my one beef is that there was an added credit card surcharge of 3% which I was not informed of ahead of time. This is big as my bill before taxes was already over $135! If I knew beforehand, I would have prepared to bring cash because that surcharge was big and this was not even verbally offered at the time of payment. I have been a loyal customer for many years now but we don't come as often as we don't leave near. It used to be bag fees, and I brought my own bag in for groceries, but this surcharge left a bad taste. if this is to be standard, please put up a sign at the counter or on your website. Otherwise, I like the variety of food and grocery items offered, but there has to be better communication with customers.

The food is SO good! I've loved everything I've tried, from the rice to the lumpia to the pork…read morebelly. Delicious, flavorful, and friendly service. The only downside is the last 3 times we've gone out to get their food from the place posted online, they've cancelled last minute. Understandable that things happen, but 3 times in a row we've had to pivot to something else on the fly. Twice they didn't post that they cancelled, we found out in the comments because people were wondering. Overall, great food when you can find them!

The food, service and ambiance are all amazing! Chef Maria…read morecurates delicious Filipino favorites and it is a beloved staple in Howard County and the DMV area!

Chicken & Spaghetti Al dente cooked spaghetti noodles with a…read moreflavorful meat sauce. I love the chunks of tomato, executed well. I love lots of sauce and would've preferred more with it. The fried chicken was perfectly golden brown, good crunch on the skin, juicy on the inside mostly and seasoned well. A couple pieces were a tad dry. Candied Yams Fresh sweet potatoes baked to perfection with the right amount of brown sugar and a hint of maple syrup. Mac N Cheese Al dente cooked noodles with a fantastic cheese sauce that is garlic based giving this standard staple a different twist. Perfect amount of cheese and noodle ratio. Collard Greens Tender cooked, clean, collards, with good flavor. I would've liked a tad more vinegar because I like mine tangy; delicious as they are. Seafood Salad Plentiful amount of seafood. I love the spice kick to his secret spice recipe. I even didn't mind the imitation crab. I'm a Maryland girl, so I would've preferred it to have been real crab cause that's my jam. Location It's a food truck, so follow them on Insta to make sure you're current on the hours of operation and the menu. It's a one-man show, he cooks to order and all the food comes out piping hot. Bring so patience and wait for the goodness. I absolutely recommend them. Be sure to check them out.

Not only is this guy great for what he contributes to the community- his food is solid every time I…read morehave had it. Here are some recommendations: Seafood Salad: seasoned with right amount of spice; creamy; packed with shrimp and crab. Banging every time! Salmon - it's served over a bed of rice buf the combo of honey/oldbay on salmon is perfectly married together Fried chicken wings - golden brown and juicy. I get it with cabbage and candied yams. Its big back behavior at its fullest

Mona's has been a staple in the Fort Meade area for YEARS!! If is most certainly a local favorite…read more If you're from this area, then you've either eaten here or know all about it. Glad to see that after a venue move and years of operation, the food is still amazing! My go-to is the beef bulgogi, which I ordered most recently. The beef was very tender and flavored generously. The first bite took me right back to my teenage years, when I used to patronize the business literally once a week when I was taking a break from my job at Progressive Motions Hair Studio. The service is still A1, the owners are very nice and personable. The inside is laid out the same as every other carry-out in Maryland. Comfortable enough to enjoy your meal, but nothing to write home about. I really hope that Mona continues to stand the test of time!

Awlful food! Ordered Japchae and it was so gummy and chewy i literally could not eat it! Why would…read moreyou serve that to someone?! Not to mention the food is overpriced and the portions are skimpy. Doesn't even come with bon chon. I paid extra for kimchi and it was disgusting!! Like again, in edible! Do yourself a favor and travel a little further to Ja Kim Sung instead for authentic, perfectly priced Korean food!

never tried Hawaiian food before so looked up places to eat and this showed up…read more menu looks really good! the location is a strange-looking old place. they have SMALLER size meals! which is awesome because i never know what i want to try because the portions are so large. we got the loco moco, coconut and spam musubi. i never really liked mac and cheese until now because it's like mac and cheese coleslaw (comes with the mini meal) staff are really friendly! loco-moco: 7/10 (was just OK) coconut shrimp: 10/10 spam musubi: 10/10

I'm back again! I…read moregrabbed some takeout and decided to try the Kalua pork meal with white rice and mac salad. I also got some teriyaki sauce on the side and I'm glad I did because the pork definitely needed a little sauce. There were onions in the pork that I wished were cooked a bit more, they basically steamed. The flavor was delicious but the takeout bag leaked pork juice (?) all over my other groceries so that kinda sucked. That's the only reason for my 4 stars this time, but the food was amazing as always!

Discovering Rick's Banh Mi is a treasure that takes me back to Westminster. With hints of anise…read morethat I love, the banh mi ga swirls depths of flavor of generous portions from smokey char, to that rich umami of fish sauce, and the excellent crunch of pickled daikon, carrot sticks, cilantro, and fresh jalapeños. Good heavens me, because is this really a food truck?! Oh and the baguette is excellent! My son inhaled his com ga and said it was as good as he remembers from Little Saigon. I miss THH and Thanh My, indeed Rick's brought me back. I hope they expand their menu for specials to include banh xeo, nem nuong cuon, banh cuon thit nuong, and che. Oh, and maybe some of that cococane of fresh coconut and cane juice too, please! Excellent food truck, check them out!

This food truck is located within a gas station. It's nice that they have two picnic tables in the…read moreshade adjacent to the food truck and a garbage can nearby. I got the mango fresh tea ($6), which was very refreshing. The Vietnamese iced coffee ($6) also hit the spot. The Bahn Mi was reasonably priced at $11-$12. I really like the quality of the bread used. It was soft on the inside and had a crispy exterior. The flavors were good, although they could've used a bit more cilantro and acidity. Service was also great. We got our food in a reasonable time.

Lengua burrito with no beans and a bottle soda = $20.00 I…read moredon't care for black beans so I opted to not have them. If there was pinto I would have not done the standard sour cream, cheese, lettuce or tomato . Not worth it in my opinion. I've eaten 1/2 the burrito and it's been rice with a hint of cheese and sour cream. No heat other than a very liquid salsa. Asked what type of rice and it is white rice with a hint of orange. Will not be back for a burrito. Will be back to try the street tacos just because the burrito does have flavor just very lite on the meat for the price paid. Song says $13 but was charged $17 + $3 for a soda.

8.5.22 My husband…read morepicked up tacos for himself and surprised me with the chicken quesadilla. He is the best and always so thoughtful. Food is the way to my heart. The quesadilla was $10 but the portion size is very huge and hearty. I'm sure at Chipotle or California Tortilla it's half or 2/3 the size here. Since I didn't eat it right away, I reheated it in the toaster oven and it came out perfectly. The tortilla was crispy and the cheese was gooey. They didn't go skimpy on the chicken. I would definitely come back to have the quesadilla or try other items.

The food is good however, I wanted tacos that they have on the picture display inside of the…read morerestaurant but apparently they don't have tacos with cilantro online. So I consider that false advertisement because I couldn't get what I wanted. Secondly the employees displayed an attitude when I requested sauce on my food and extra sauce I'm not sure why that was an issue but they were not trying to give me what I was requesting. Also the car reader was having a lot of issues. I don't recommend going back simply because I'm not sure if there is a language barrier but I clearly requested the same thing several times and could not get what I wanted at first until I had to do hand gestures and I felt like it caused a scene in the restaurant.

Representing 2020 in alphabet series, L is for Lima's Chicken. I moved to Russett in western Anne…read moreArundel County in November 2020. I went here a few times in the first year living in Russett including in November 2020 as it was just up the road to Hanover. My parents & I enjoyed the chicken at the time when they visited the week of Thanksgiving. Their chicken was pretty good, but nothing to write home about. It's no Don Pollo, Sardi's, or others, but it does the good and was convenient at times. The last time I went to Lima's was in October 2024. It was Friday, 10/11/24. I had a Poker night at an acquaintance's place in Arundel Mills area, and this was on the way. I wanted to eat beforehand as I wasn't sure what the food situation was going to be. Ultimately, Lima's kind of pissed me off. I was asking about trying samples of a couple of the sides (as I didn't remember; it had been maybe 2 years since I went), and there was a language barrier, where I had to repeat, which was frustrating. I ate in the restaurant. Cashier was unfriendly, and I realized they charged me 10 cents for the Anne Arundel County's stupid bag tax, or maybe it was Lima's just wanting to charge the fee. It was complete laziness on their part to not ask me whether I was eating in the restaurant or taking it to go. I know it's only 10 cents, but it's the principle of it. I won't return here.