I tried half-pound egg rolls packed with flavor in Charlotte. What I got for $25
If I’m being honest, egg rolls were the last thing I wanted when I pulled up to Eggroll Company on Tuesday morning.
I had an egg roll with the sesame chicken I ordered the night before. But the ones at Eggroll Company belong in an entirely different category.
The restaurant, tucked inside the Keswick District food stalls at Camp North End, started as a food truck before settling into its brick-and-mortar home in November 2024, CharlotteFive reported. Not long before that, it won the People’s Choice title at Dessert Wars, which helps explain why the place already carries the feeling of somewhere people talk about before you’ve even been there.
I had seen the TikToks, of course — Charlotte influencers lifting giant egg rolls toward the camera with both hands, pulling them apart so steam drifts into the lens. Wanting to avoid the lunch crowd that I assumed would arrive by noon, I showed up right when the doors opened.
Even then, I still underestimated the scale of what I had ordered. After I paid, the person behind me in line asked how large the egg rolls were, and I heard the woman at the register answer: “Half-pound.”
According to the restaurant’s website, the owners say they don’t “just serve food” — they “roll experiences, one egg roll at a time.”
I was ready for the challenge.
Here’s what you need to know about Eggroll Company.
What’s on the menu at Eggroll Company?
The menu at Eggroll Company puts a creative spin on classic egg rolls with oversized, fried-to-order creations packed with bold fillings.
Popular savory options include the Uptown Steak and Uptown Chicken rolls with peppers, onions, mozzarella, provolone and garlic cheese spread, along with flavors like Pizza, Chicken Bacon Ranch and Veggie Delight. They also venture into dessert territory with sweet rolls such as Apple Pie Cheesecake and other rotating cheesecake flavors.
Most egg rolls fall in roughly the $8-$12 range, with sides and drinks costing a few dollars extra.
Here’s everything I got for $25 (including tax and tip):
- Hot Honey Steak Egg Roll ($10): Topped with grilled steak, melted mozzarella and provolone cheese and spicy hot honey sauce.
- Apple Pie Biscoff Cheesecake Egg Roll ($9): A buttery pastry with warm fried apples, creamy cheesecake filling and topped with homemade cream cheese icing, Biscoff cookies, cinnamon and powdered sugar.
Social media would have you believe the public has finally grown tired of hot honey. Maybe that’s true for some people, but I wouldn’t know. I have yet to encounter a hot honey creation I didn’t enjoy, and this egg roll did nothing to challenge that streak.
The combination of the crisp shell, seasoned steak and melted cheese carried the familiar comfort of a cheesesteak, though without the heaviness that usually follows one. And the hot honey sauce added just enough sweetness to balance the flavors, without the heat punching you in the face right away. Then there was the ranch, thick enough to resemble dip more than dressing, which I appreciated.
I devoured that one so I could get to dessert quickly.
I considered it a good sign that I could barely pick up the cheesecake egg roll with one hand due to its size and weight. Inside the buttery shell were soft fried apples, warm and cinnamon-heavy like pie filling scooped straight from the pan, along with a cheesecake filling that added a smooth richness to every bite.
Then there were the extras — the cream cheese icing, powdered sugar, cinnamon and crumbled Biscoff cookies — which somehow make an already over-the-top dessert even better. It was sweet, warm, crunchy, creamy and hard to stop eating once I started.
By the end of the meal, I ordered a second Hot Honey Steak Egg Roll for the road, though “for the road” turned out to mean somewhere around the parking lot. If you’re good at math, you’ve probably already calculated that I consumed roughly a pound and a half of egg roll in one sitting.
My immediate future now involves a pillow and probably some form of cardio.
Eggroll Company
Location: Camp North End, 301 Camp Road, Suite 102, Charlotte NC 28206
Cuisine: Egg rolls
Instagram: @eggrollco
