When I heard Halal Guys was coming to town, I was excited. I talked it up for weeks to my husband. I told him about their reputation, the food was great and they had this "crack sauce." I was so excited, it got him excited.
Our first visit, not long after their opening, was a COMPLETE disappointment. The chicken was dry and not tasty. The rice was flavorless and the "crack sauce" was like watery ranch.
I made excuses to my husband and told him they had to work out their kinks, maybe the workers needed better training. We left and forgot about the Halal Guys. Fast forward over a year later.. plenty of time for them to work out their issues, right? NO. The second visit was worse than the first. Actually, it was really the same issues as the last visit except this time, the rice was crunchy. Really dry and hard. I ordered the bowl and had mixed the rice in, so the hard rice was in every bite.
Halal guys is NOT okie dokie. I say avoid it... unless you enjoy crunchy rice.