Rice Bowl Deluxe

When our first choice for a grab and go lunch was closed on a Sunday we were pleased to come across rice bowl deluxe. It’s a cute, modern restaurant with a number of enticing choices. I’m a sucker for pictures on the menu board and each dish is accompanied by a photo so you know what to expect. We tried the green curry with chicken, pad thai with tofu and szechuan beef. They were all flavourful and hit the spot. Any of the dishes can be ordered with tofu which means there are still lots of options for our veggie friends. I thought the take out container design was pretty smart. The rice and curry are kept separate to be combined as you eat. It was quite a large portion and made it easy to keep for leftovers. We were also offered sample cups to try the frozen yogurt. There were some interesting flavours including butter popcorn which were surprisingly… okay.

Slow service and terrible food quality.
After waiting around 15 minutes for my order of Speedo chicken, I got a bowl of slightly warm rubbery chicken, and some poorly cooked rice.
I do not recommend his place. It marks the first time I’ve ever walked out of a restaurant without eating more than a few bites.

My absolute favorite Monday night stop. Affordable, delicious, and more options for drinks than most places! !!! I love their iced tea options and their real fruit bubble teas.

Delivery: food always arrived within 30 minutes of ordering. If you live close by, your food will arrive hot. Bubble tea will arrive in a bag of ice so it is nice and cold! To the reviewer who complained about the service, the campus map is extremely confusing and was unreasonable in her expectations that the driver should be able to figure it out.
Food: pretty good for a place that offers a variety of asian cuisines. Their curries and stew are quite good, as well as their fried meats (Japanese pork and coconut shrimp). I felt their Chinese and Vietnamese bowls were weak– chow fun noodles had a weird ginger taste and much better at Buddy’s across the street, and I would probably not order their Vietnamese noodle bowl again. Their pad thai has been consistently decent, though some days a little too sweet.
Overall, great place with reasonable prices. The food is well cooked and I love the variety. My new go to place when needing a quick delivery for dinner!

Still as good as ever ! This place has yet to disappoint me. The staff are friendly and the food is always hot and tastes fresh. It may seems like a long wait some times but it is worth the wait! Not 5 stars yet but still is a great spot to sit eat and talk.

This place may be on the pricey end of fast food, but it’s worth the cash. The portions are quite large, and the food is delicious. There is something for everybody, including us vegetarians. Everything comes out quickly, hot and fresh. The space is bright and clean, so it’s pleasant to actually stay to eat rather than heading back to work with your lunch.

Great spot if you enjoy westernized Asian cuisine, the menu contains a wide variety of flavours. Fast and efficient service and no BS, and this place is extremely clean. Someone runs a tight ship, but there’s no mutiny in sight.

I am so surprised I haven’t reviewed this place yet! I LOVE Rice Bowl Deluxe. It is a great alternative to other Asian fast food places like Edo, Mongoli Grill, Tokyo Express etc. as there are just so many options to satisfy whatever your are craving. While they are called Rice Bowl Deluxe, they do have a number of noodle bowls to choose from as well. As an office, we go there for lunch often because everyone always finds something that they are craving and overall the food is pretty consistent. There have been times where my meat is a bit too grisly for my liking, but not enough that I can really complain. Having been as many times as I have, I’ve been able to sample quite a few bowls, and by far the Thai Green Curry is still my favorite. The food comes in two separate steamers so you mix the meat/​veggies with the rice or noodles. It’s especially nice with the curry bowl because if I only plan on eating half, I can control how much sauce gets on the rice and have delicious left overs. I think it is great value for what you get, and the quality has always been great.
They also have FroYo but because I never have any room left over I haven’t tried any yet!

We loved the curry shrimp so much I wish I had gotten a curry bowl. The rice bowls we ordered were good the only thing was there seemed to be an oil on everything? Not necessarily grease but it was odd. We will be back for the curry for sure.

We get Rice Bowl every few weeks now. It’s close by and in a good location. We have tried many items on their menu and all have been really good. It’s nice that they separate the rice on the bottom for the rice bowls since we usually take it to go. It’s not greasy like a lot of other Chinese food.
The staff is always friendly and the service is speedy. The place is clean and has a nice atmosphere. The prices are a bit high for fast food. Overall, it’s a great place.

For fast food, we were impressed with how fresh the food was. The menu offers a lot of options! Hubby ordered the Filipino garlic ribs and I ordered the Cantonese sweet and sour. Both were super tasty! Veggies in my meal were really crisp and fresh. I also liked that the meat was not served directly on the rice.
The place is clean and service was good. Prices are higher (about $ 10 per meal) than let’s say Edo, but the taste and quality are worth the few extra dollars.
Will have to try the bubble tea next time. Our little one has froyo for dessert and she gave it 2 thumbs up.

We stopped into Rice Bowl Deluxe for supper last night (Monday) and tried a couple of their rice bowls. The service was quick and the food was hot and fresh. We ordered the szechuan beef (with peppers and onion) and chicken fried rice.
I loved how the beef was served in a tray that sat in the bowl on top of the rice, so you can eat them separately. The beef was perfectly cooked and the rice was not dry (an issue I encounter often). There was also plenty of sauce. The Chicken fried rice was maybe the best fried rice we’ve ever had. The chicken was tender and not over cooked. Both dishes were flavorful and plentiful. The vegetables were cooked just enough.
We went with bottled drinks, but they also have smoothies and Yogurt. The place was very clean and very modern. The staff were polite and attentive, though they sometimes seemed to stare at customers. There are two washrooms with an outside sink in between the doors, which almost seemed odd at first, but was practical.
We will definitely be back again. For less than $ 25 for two people, it was a pretty good value.

Rice Bowl Deluxe is a nice little spot for a quick bite to eat. Offering tidy, smartly appointed premises, friendly service, and a wide range of dishes, including a frozen yoghurt bar, it’s a good choice for the indecisive or those travelling in a group. If I could offer one tip, it would be this: don’t bother with the fried rice upgrade for the rice bowls. It’s strangely like some of the decidedly inauthentic pre-​packaged fried rice disasters that used to – and may still — be sold in lilly white parts of Canada to people who don’t know what good fried rice should taste like. All in all, Rice Bowl Deluxe is recommended.

Rice Bowl Deluxe offers a great range of choices — not just rice bowls, but noodle bowls, soups, and appetizers. I really love their Pad Thai and Tom Yum Soup. The ingredients are fresh, the noodles are cooked perfectly, and I love being able to choose my choice of protein.
Their bubble tea menu is great as well since you can choose your milk preference and pick from a large selection of flavours. I’d recommend coconut or piña colada — delicious!

I got one of those take out menus on my mail the other day, so on my way home, I decided to stop at Rice Bowl Deluxe. The atmosphere is great. The place is very modern and very clean.
I ordered the Szechuan Beef Rice Bowl (it comes with rice, onions and bell peppers) and I found it to be very yummy. The beef was at the top in a see through plastic bowl and the rice was at the bottom in the bigger bowl. I like the way that the meal is set up since I like to add the meat onto the rice as I eat it.
All bowls are $ 9.29−10.29
Except: veggie bowl– $ 7.29 and
kid’s teriyaki bowl $ 5.29

I was feeling a little under the weather and figured a trip to Rice Bowl Deluxe would be a great way to beat the tickle forming in my throat. I decided on ordering the green onion cakes and the tom yum soup. The green onion cakes were good, crispy on the outside and slightly chewy on the outside. Pretty standard for these type of places. The tom yum soup was good, but nothing great. Now I didn’t truly expect authentic tom yum but this soup was lacking a little bit. The only veggies that were included were broccoli and mushrooms, along with the addition of tofu. The broth was good, not as spicy as I prefer but I like things really hot.
The service was quick. I walked in and most of the tables were full and there were three orders ahead of me. From time of order until I was walking out the door with my food was just a little over 5 minutes. I would stop back in to try one of the rice bowls that look delicious. Overall the food was good, fresh and tasty. Not too bad for a pop up eatery.

I actually was stopping at the organic market next door, and see this rice place. I decided heck I am hungry try something new. This place is really great. The ingredients are like as promised, and fresh. This is some of the best rice I have every had. It is as good as what I had, in Hong Kong. I had the Korean BBQ chicken bowl and you get it in to seperate bowl steamers. I really loved it, and my Grandpa would of loved it as well. Its kind of a old country thing. I dont have much complanints really, except when they promote healthy food… they dont really have that in a drink option. Overall this is a great place.
Overall score: 8.5÷10
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