Chicken Meets Rice (inside EatUp! by 99 Ranch)

This is a pretty good chicken rice place. The hainan white meat with skin is good, not too dry, and the fried chicken was crispy and not too dry either. I also really like their special chicken rice, which is basically white rice infused with chicken flavor. The food isn't surprisingly good, but it is good, and the convenience of ordering is great. You just order online or at the in-person kiosk, wait 15 or so minutes, and then pick up your food at the counter. Since it is conveniently located in a food court, you can go grab some milk tea afterwards, if you want. Overall, recommend.

Parking: Easy

This place is the bee’s knees. Solid and fresh. Tap in. Parking: It’s easy

I was kinda excited to try this place as I’d never eaten at any CMR before. We got the fried chicken and 2 CMR wings. The fried chicken was ok but the wings were flavorless and tiny. The soup wasn’t very flavorful either. Perhaps the main (Hainan) chicken dish would’ve been better as other reviews seem to favor that. But for us, the fried chicken (meh) and the wings (double meh) were disappointing and we’re unlikely to eat here again.

Best hainanese chicken rice in silicon valley. Hands down. No frills, just like home.

The food itself is pretty good. Most of the servers are nice too. I was going a few times a month, but one time there was an employee who was not too nice. There were a bunch of to go/takeout orders waiting at the takeout/food pickup area. This is a place where people commonly check if their food is ready to go. He not so kindly told us to not touch the orders and that when it’s ready we will be called (would be different if his tone was more friendly), or just have a better system where you don’t take out your frustrations on the customer. Both the customer in front of me and I gave pause to the attitude. Anyways I waited for like 20+ minutes before they checked the order on the table again just to realize it was in fact my order. I didn’t go back after that experience. The food is decent but not good enough for me to look for passive aggressive attitudes while on my lunch break. Also not trying to pay money to be talked to like that either.

I had the grilled chicken with chicken rice!