From teppanyaki-cooked to lightly seasoned, 5 restaurant chains serve the best chicken fried rice, according to diners

P.F. Chang’s Wok-Fired Rice

P.F. Chang’s serves wok-fired chicken rice, described as one of the Chinese chain’s popular choices. Diners reviewing the restaurant mention fried rice alongside other dishes and praise its flavor.

One TripAdvisor reviewer said the vegetables in a fried rice order tasted fresh. Another diner singled out the chain’s gluten-free chicken fried rice and spicy chicken as the best they had tried there.

Benihana’s Teppanyaki Favorite

Benihana’s chicken fried rice is cooked on the teppanyaki grill and is one of the Japanese chain’s popular menu items. The restaurant describes it as a combination of chicken, rice, egg and chopped vegetables with garlic-flavored butter.

Yelp reviewers praise the dish and the chefs’ cooking in front of guests. One customer said the chicken fried rice was especially worthwhile, while the chain calls it a frequently craved menu item.

Pei Wei’s Chicken And Rice

Pei Wei Asian Kitchen’s Chicken Fried Rice includes steamed white-meat chicken, scallions, egg, peas, bean sprouts, carrots and yellow onion, tossed in savory soy sauce. A TripAdvisor diner appreciated that the dish can be ordered with brown rice, saying the flavor holds up with that option.

Kona Grill And Pick Up Stix

Kona Grill serves Crispy Chicken Fried Rice with lime and chili oil. A Yelp reviewer praised its fried rice as a side and said they often ordered extra or substituted it for another side.

Pick Up Stix lists Fried Rice among its signature dishes, with eggs, bean sprouts, carrots, onions and peas. One Yelp reviewer liked its light seasoning, and another welcomed the brown-rice fried rice option.