Retro: 'Far East' Murfreesboro Review

2026 Intro:

The very first blog I posted. Probably around 2009-ish? I only say that because the third or fourth blog I posted was about Alabama winning their first National Championship in 17 years, and that was early 2010. I can't remember if I ever ate there again, but likely not. I don't remember.

Original Post:

Ok, first off, I have to say, I'm not the easiest person to get to try new things, but when the Wifey REALLY wanted to go too Far East Asian Restaurant for the first time, I reluctantly went with her. I decided to give it a shot, since I'm a lover of Chinese and sometimes Japanese foods. People she knows have apparently been raving about it.

I'll preface the review by saying I've lived up here for a little over five years, and every single time that I can remember passing the place, the Wifey always has to comment on how nasty the outside looks, which it does. That's the main reason we've never went. If they can't keep the outside looking half-way decent, why would we assume the inside's any better?

We went in, and well, it was the same as the outside, just plain nasty. We went in and sat down after not knowing what to do for a few seconds. There was no menu. Granted, this may be because it was lunchtime, but still, no MENU!? Even normal Asian buffets have menus just in case you don't want the buffet.

So, we went to the 'buffet' table, which had I think 8 or 10 places for food, 2 or 3 being starches. Not a good selection at ALL. I decided to get the fried rice, General Tso's chicken, and Chicken w/ Vegetables.

The General Tso chicken didn't taste like anything really. Not much flavor at all. It had sauce on it, because it looked like most chicken I see at other restaurants, but nothing came of it. At least it had SOME flavor, because the Chicken w/Vegetables, well, didn't at all.

The Chicken w/Vegetables, granted it was what looked like 100% chicken breast torn in pieces by the staff, was just awful. If you like plain chicken, it was great, but I like some flavor in my meal. The vegetables were just steamed and seemed out of place.

My 'fried rice' wasn't fried at all it didn't look like. It looked more like the rice at Golden Eagle Stir Fry, but if I'm at an Asian restaurant that has Chinese food, I would like real fried rice.

And this wasn't a huge deal for me, but they had a bar where drinks were put up on so you could get them. When I went up to the bar, there were 4 glasses of water sitting there, barely having ice in them. I thought they may be for another customer, since no restaurant in their right mind would just leave drinks sitting where other things could get into it, but the manager (I'm assuming) said take one of those when I told him I wanted water. I just looked at them, and I'm guessing he got the point, because he said let me get you a couple of fresh ones with ice.

The topper came right before we walked out the door. Not surprisingly, India saw that the last health score for Far East Asian Restaurant was an 83....EIGHTY THREE!!!!

Never again will I go there, and I know the Wifey won't. I'm only sad because they got some of our money. But it won't happen again.

Please, don't waste your time or money for the Far East Asian Restaurant on E. Main St. in Murfreesboro, TN. You'll do whatever you want, but if you're smart, you'll see what I meant if you do go.

Update: The Wifey LOVES Far East now.  Go figure…