Reviews of Bento Asian Bistro (Restaurant)

Padhu Pattabiraman

A good Asian Bistro. Their vegetarian options were good. I chose the Tofu or Mixed Vegetables Bento Box.. it was very good. The spring rolls were tasty as well.

Tyson Danz

Had the House Special Fried Rice which means every kind of meat they have in with the rice. Though they differentiated theirs from other Asian/Chinese restaurants by adding pineapple. At first I thought that was a little strange but after the first bite I was sold. It definitely enhances the dish. They pile the dish high enough that you HAVE to take some home with you. Will most definitely be back!

Samantha Houston

Good food. I just didn’t appreciate their lack of customer loyalty. Came like 10-15 mins before close and got met by a very rude one word greeting of “close!” I come in pretty regularly so I was quite taken a back that I wasn’t able to order food up until 10pm, which is when they close.

Erin

Great food at decent prices. Nice place to hang out for IUPUI students

Brenton Frame

Excellent spot for a quality quick bite in a casual atmosphere. The sushi is well prepared, the rice and noodle dishes are generously portioned, and service is quick. PLUS you can get a bubble tea in loads of different flavors. I recommend the crazy tuna roll with a Thai Iced bubble tea. A+

A D

I was disappointed. Food was lackluster. More so fast food feel.

Cassidy Lynn

The have a typical American menu with mixed Asian cuisine and also a real chinese food menu on a chalkboard inside. Between the two there are endless options and on top of that: boba tea. Very yummy would recommend!

Heath Harper

Consistently good, eat here all the time.

Jason Y

Good food and reasonable prices. Better than the average Chinese carry out.

Nicholas Pierce

Pretty alright, nothing amazing. Just solid Asian flavors at a decent price.

amanda maybe

Sushi was ok not that good neither was the service, but the general tso's was very good

Vicki Mckay

The food is fresh and delicious

Krista T

DO NOT ORDER FROM THIS PLACE. ABSOLUTELY THE WORST! I waited 30 minutes longer than my estimated delivery time to call. When I called I was told they would be here in 5 minutes. I called back after another 20 minutes to be told that I would need to wait another 10 minutes. I explained that it had been too long and asked them if they were going to compensate me for losing my lunch hour. They said no, that they could only give me A SPRING ROLL. So, I said, I will contact GrubHub and sort things out. They came back to say that, since I am contacting GrubHub, they are cancelling my order and will never deliver here again.

Nick Amann

My favorite Asian restaurant in Indy. Expect a little bit of a wait as everything is made to order. Staff is always friendly and then prices are fair.

Hari Kulkarni

Food looked better than it tasted

Tina Magnusson

In addition to Japanese lunch boxes, you could also find some authetic Chinese dishes

Susan V

I've been there twice recently, one dine in, one carry out. Had Bento box both times and enjoyed it very much. The décor is very pleasing. I waited a full 30 minutes for my carry out order to be prepared. I will go again, but not if I am pressed for time.

Rebecca Kidwell

The food is cooked with savory flavors and made quickly. I love the Bubble Tea too! Only one other place I one makes Bubble Tea, yet Bento does it best. The staff is wonderful and the restaurant is kept clean, which is always a positive to how they keep the food well prepped.

Paloma Simundic

This was delicious!! Really great prices also. Good service. Sushi is yummy as well.

Amy Miller

Always a great meal and service, excellent value.

J SM

They serve the freshest Asian food that I have tasted in Indy! I have ordered delivery twice and the food has always arrived hot and fresh which is rare with any delivery service. I have even ordered smoothies on both occasions and they have arrived cold. From now on, they will be the only Asian restaurant that I order delivery for.

Joseph Puthussery

Neat place and friendly staff. Super cheap entres and really good quantity too. I tried the spicy chicken mango Thai, which came with sushi, spring roll and fried rice. it could have been a bit more Spicer but overall it was fine.. The lamb dish I ordered was unfortunately not that great, the lamb was very hard/chewy. If you want some quick meal and also want to save some money, I would recommend this place.

Lu C

Friendly, Delicious! We go there for the real traditional Chinese food which is on a separate menu. I bring my parents and they love it! I see a lot of Chinese students here as well.

Anisha Dongol

Food: not bad but not great either. Portions: good. Service: very slow. We stood at the counter for 15 minutes before we could give our order (they were getting orders on the phone). Then waited quite a bit more for our food too. Although our two orders were the same except the choice of meat, my friend's order never came. Friend went up to ask and they said they had thought it was for takeaway and it was sitting all packed up at the counter instead

Taher Dawoodi

The customer service was really bad. I walked in and they wouldn't even look at me. The lady behind the counter was on her phone the whole time and didn't know what Red bean is for bubble tea. The bubble tea itself was below avaerage. The jelly tasted stale and the tea tasted artificial. Not used to this kind of food and service.

Loretta Boger

The food was good, the price was resable

Molly H

Average food, slow service.

Anna Zanoni

Yummy! Easy to look over with all the places around campus but ITS SO MUCH FOOD FOR CHEAP. Recommend it highly.

Bo Sun

Arguably the best authentic chinese food in downtown. Great service and friendly staff. I enjoy myself everytime I visit here.

Katherine Jones

Pretty darn good!

Alexander Namwali

The teriyaki chicken had a fishy taste. The rice wasn't great. My sushi roll was the only edible part of my bento box. I would have rather had room temp panda express.

Wicked Lady

This was my first taste of Asian food in Indianapolis. I ordered what should have been General Tso's chicken with a side of noodles, 2 springrolls, and mango/pinapple smoothie. Never again-this meal was purely disgusting. The General Tso's sauce was off color and had a really strong unpleasant odor. The noodles weren't cooked in any sort of flavoring, and even my smoothie is really off tasting-like canned mango. So, I spent almost 20 dollars for a meal that is headed straight to the trash. The only semi decent thing in the meal I just received was the spring rolls. GROSS!

Skylar McLaughlin

I love this place. Their sushi is great and reasonably priced. The chicken teriyaki is some of the best I've ever had. The staff is very friendly and always accommodating. Overall amazing place highly recommended.

Alyson Gurganus

This is my favorite Chinese Restaurant. Love the food and the owners are always very nice and efficient. They also have fantastic smoothies and bubble tea.

Damicca Johnson

Always full & happy after lunch/dinner! Call ahead to pick up hot orders; carry home for nutritious ready to eat meals.

Rutuj Gavankar

Quick service, but food isn't that great.

Brogan Dearinger

The food was alright, and very reasonably priced. I only tried a bento box and taro bubble tea, so I may have been more impressed by something else on their menu. It seems like a good spot for college students - it's fast-casual and would be an okay spot for studying/working while eating.

Lenny Alicea

Awesome place...

Ryan Hostetler

Good food. Nice staff

Steve Chestnut

Best Asian food ever.

Teresa St.Germain

Super Great as Always!

Julia Garringer

Food is always great here, service is always fast.

Andrea Hawkins

They had the best spring rolls I've ever had!

Erik Stewart

They have authentic Chinese food! 孜然羊肉 (cumin lamb) and 三杯鸡 (three cup chicken) were super good! Bento options were good but I wish they would keep to authentic sides and not the Americanized sides.

c g f s fsad

I really like to eat at this restaurant, the taste is very good! And there are a lot of tricks, the speed of cooking is not so long, and the service attitude is very good, it feels great!

Gary Ma

Delicious food at very good prices. A great value for pretty much everything you order. I had the pink lady roll and then ordered the mango sauce chicken and veggie stir fry to go. Nice staff as well. My main complaint is not specific to this place but to many Chinese restaurants which serve cream cheese wontons (they came as a side to my orders). I realize many people like them but to me, they are absolutely gross--a culinary nightmare which you will not find in Chinese food in China.

Randy B

Good food a little pricey

Xin Zhong

Food was OK. But the night when we were there, the table next to us was talking loud, and making extremely big laughs. I told the staff about this, but the staff said he could do nothing. We were quite disappointed in how they handled the situation.

Diego Espinosa

Their sushi is good but I've found their bento box meat is cheap. The overall feel of the place feels cheap...

Conner Chamberlin

I ordered sushi and a salad, a very minimal meal. I watched as order after order was completed (people who ordered AFTER me) until my food was ready over 30 minutes after I had ordered. If you want fast Asian food, this place is NOT the place you want to visit!

Adetoun Akinmboni

I’ve been coming here for over 3 years since I went to college around the restaurant. It’s one of my most memorable college experiences. Delicious food, down to earth surrounding and amazing owners. Thank you for making my tough days better.

Cody Thrasher

Great food, not great timing on getting food out. Everyone gets their food one person and one plate at a time.

Idania Alvarado

BAD,..Sushi lovers, PLEASE go to Sushi Boss instead, that's all i'm going to say.

aniluv2424

This place is the BEST!

Jasmin McGee

Shrimp fried rice is sooo good and I don’t even eat sushi but those spicy crab rolls were delicious!

Shu Zheng

I love this place. Food are tasty, clean environment, reasonable price. Bubble tea is great too!

Kora Koehler

Got a drink and noticed it tasted funny. Double check the cup and there was food caked on the inside. Gave them the cup, went to get a new one, and noticed several in the stack had food in them. Stuff usually gets that way when cups soak in dish water that has everyone's food in it. Nothing was done about the cups already out. After I told them about it and gave them my cup they didn't send anyone out to get the other filthy ones or check them. Disgusting. Food was good though.

dave ico

Good food just no one speaks English and the cost is way to high for Chinese food

Erik Mellinger

Good sushi at a good price. I've recently noticed they have bubble tea and I look forward to trying that out the next time I stop in. The only caveat to my experience is the service is a bit slow but the food is worth it if you have an extra minute.

Lorrikus Thomas

Oh my goody goody gumdrops!!! They are the best! Our school orders from Bento on a regular. Everything is awesome...fast delivery..great food..and the different types of teas and drinks..PCRHS love this place. I am already looking at the menu to see what I will order next.lthomas

swapnil Kosarabe

I like the bubble tea here

Shannon Quartuch

Great food and great bubble tea! The taro and blueberry are highly recommended, looking forward to trying the rest while I'm here for college. My friends and I love coming down here.

christianna herb

My husband and I love the bento boxes! They're filling, have a good variety, and come at a great price.

Sean Smith

The best

keywanna sloan

Fast.

Allison Lowery

If I could give zero stars I would. I have ordered through grubhub at this place for almost 2 years. I loved it. My last two orders have been really bad. The first one I let go because I thought it was a fluke. However, today I received the wrong sushi roll and my coworker received only 6 pieces when last two times she had 10 pieces for her roll. I contacted grubbhub who contacted the restaurant. They advised grubhub that I was lying and refused to remake the order. Are you serious? For 2 years my coworkers and I have order at least twice a month. We give good reviews and never really complained. The one time you really mess up you cannot take responsibility? We will never order here again. I would pay more for better customer service. Even grubhub said they could not believe they would not remake the order. INSANE.

Huan Yao

No chopstick or spoon and napkins for pick-up. Do not notice that until back home. The quantity of rice is extremely small.

Lisa Maydwell

Good food at a good price.

Austin Wilson

Fairly decent and authentic dining. Their portions are pretty generous. They have quite a few options. The only downside was that, even as the only customer in the restaurant, it took around 15 minutes for my to-go order to come out.

Asit Patel

This venue offers a wide selection of bento box combinations and bubble tea. The food was delicious.

Paul Sanders

Cozy little place with great food, reasonable prices. Employees are very friendly and the atmosphere is nice.

Alan Ferguson

Quick service and plenty of food. Had the terriaki and sushi.

Angela

I cannot day enough good things about this place! It is the BEST Asian food I have had in all of Indianapolis. I get their hibachi rice with shrimp and it is enough for TWO meals! Their portions are great and the food taste amazing. Also, I am super picky on spring rolls but these ones are perfect!

Luis Zepeda

Always very polite and quick. They are very concise and accurate with my orders and would eat there every day if I could.

Joyce Montgomery

Expensive nice decor. None of bathroom doors lock

Isabella Trusty

I saw an order slide across the counter to a customer and thought "IDK what it is, but I want it." and so I ordered the mystery plate and BAM, Fish in Oil! and it was Delicious!

fargreencountry swiftsunrise

Good food and excellent milk tea.

Noah Frankovitz

Bento' customer service is not good at all. So Bento' has reward cards that they stamp every time you bring the card and order an entree. I ordered The pad thai for delivery and asked if I could get a stamped rewards card and she said no .I told her that I ordered an entree and she knew I did because she took my order and still refused. She told me that I have to come into the restaurant to get a rewards card. The customer service is straight up disrespectful and they only care about saving money not their customers .

Feng Li

Chinese food. We like it a lot. Very convenient place. Besides the Bento box menu, the Chinese dishes are on the white board. Some of them are very authentic and delicious. Bamboo pork is my favorite. They also has the bubble tea, many different flavors.

Miranda Chattin

great food and always hot

Nash Murath

The Orange Chicken is delicious.

al al

The Yuki udon noodles with beef is amazing. The pineapple fried rice is really good. Most people order the boxes but would recommend trying the other options.

Demetrius Randolph

It was our first time there and we were impressed the value! We each ordered a Bento Special and got more than enough food to fill us up. Definitely recommend!

Mitchell Horton

My go to for Chinese food near IUPUI. Their prices are fair and the portions are big. The food is made to order and always hot. Their bubble tea is also great.

Noah Kinser

Great value. Amazing food.

Tunde O

Longer wait than I would have liked but great food.

Haley Hood

Greatest Asian restaurant I've ever been too! Friendly staff! Amazing food!

Florence Salamone

Large amount of food for what you pay. This place has boba tea!

Luke R

Bento is amazing! The food is as close to authentic as you can get in downtown Indy. It reminds me of the food I had on the daily during my time in China. Highly recommended!!!

Rebecca Rook

Their food is always very good! For the same price as a gross fast food hamburger meal, you can get freshly cooked Asian meal that fills your belly and is much healthier for you!

Billie Jean Barry

They used to be a really nice place but it's just turning into another run down Chinese restaurant.

Cierra

Everything we have gotten from here has been really tasty! Cream cheese wontons dont lack in filling like most chinse places. Teriyaki chicken and honey walnut shrimp are my favorite dishes from here. If you get the bento box, I would suggest upgrading your sushi because the California roll was a little lacking. Only thing I can really complain about was the price of the gyoza - not worth $5 for only 6 small peices. Try the bubble teas if you havent before! Mango is my favorite!

Alice Zhao

Bento box is delicious and not expensive. Service is slow and the dinning environment is loud and has strong Chinese stir fry smell.

Cassie Creasap

Great food. Long wait.

Connor Ray

A pretty good place for a quick bento box! The restaurant itself doesn't look all that appealing, but the food was alright. I got a sushi bento box with a thai bubble tea. It was all at least passable. Nothing bad, but nothing incredible. There are better sushi places in Indianapolis, so if that's what you're looking for I would recommend elsewhere. I always prefer places where I can see the preparation of the sushi, instead of doing it behind a big wall like they do here.

audra king

Good food and nice environment. Excellent wontons.

Gargeya Vunnava

Very good bubble tea!

Jimmy Crase

Jalapeno chicken is very good

john hema

Poor！The lady cashier yelled in front of me.

James Leisner

Excellent, and you get a ton of food for a reasonable cost.

Kevin Ger

Never skimps out on the rice. The only authenticate Chinese food near downtown.

Yung Wei Chin

Great selection for asian food. A good place for dinner and quick bites.

Holly Washer

The Food is excellent.

Gema Llamas

Delicious food!!! And cheap

Jonathan Garcia

Drew makes the best boba bubble tea ever! Food's good too.

Sabrina Detzel

Love getting the hibachi fried rice here with a boba tea

Three Silly Pits

My coworkers have been ordering from them for years. We ordered delivery from them today. They brought my coworker the completely wrong roll. It was covered in spicy mayo and the roll does not even list spicy mayo in the description. They were unwilling to make it right so it looks like we will have to find a better place to order sushi from.

Arika Mullis

My co-workers and I love this place! We go here every friday. The food tastes amazing and it's pretty inexpensive compared to other places around Indy.

Ebony Wiley

Horrible customer service. Food is subpar. Informed the cashier I was allergic to shellfish and they gave me a cheese wonton with crab meat without offering any substitutions. Requested seasame chicken, received orange chicken and the man sprinkled seasame seeds on the chicken at the counter before handing me my food. Trash.

George Brantley

Great deals, great food!

Sarah Battista

Really good food, great prices, nice decor. Definitely going to be a regular place to eat.

esther escobedo

On a good day its good, other days its ......something

Clinton Garber

Great food and family friendly

cbcblad0

Good for quick quality food. I like the miso soup. Items priced a bit high for what they are, but good quality food.

Keesha B.

I ordered the pineapple

Kaitlyn Abercrombie

I went to this place with my friends and had a great time over there. Service was fast and food was hot and fresh and tasty also.

L.K. T.

I LOVE their bubble tea! All of the flavors are amazing. The food is delicious and the presentation is beautiful. The restaurant is wonderfully decorated as well.

Anthony Aguilar

The Bent Boxes are always great. A good deal for the money spent. I haven't tried the sushi rolls, but I hear they're good. Their fried rice and pad Thai, though, are a bit bland. Overall, a great place.

David Major

My new go to place for tasty food - btw it's basically a Chinese restaurant that happens to have some Japanese menu items, IMHO.

Darling Iokepa-little

The Boba tea is amazing

Ana Paola Ruiz

fast service, friendly staff, satisfying food.

J Y

Dont offer online delivery services if you cannot keep up with the demands of your customers. Our orders always get canceled!

Boho Bella

Ordered the sweetheart roll, my fiancé ate less than two pieces of it. I liked the sushi, as long as it’s not raw, because I wouldn’t trust this place’s raw fish. Opt out for the California roll here if you need to. Whatever dressing they put on the salads looks like diarrhea and tastes like sugar. I would’ve preferred a plain salad.

Ethan Thompson

Great Asian food for a pretty good price

JL Penn

chilly boiled fish is amazing. me like it!

SkylerKing

I just got back to the US after living in Southeast Asia for the last four years. I was told that this place was really good and served "authentic" bubble tea. I went in and started ordering, while speaking Chinese. The guy behind the counter looked annoyed that I was speaking Chinese and responded in English, asking what flavor bubble tea I want. This seemed odd, since traditional bubble tea doesn't have various "flavors". I continued to order but switched to English. I noticed that it took a very long time to get the drink, which also seemed odd, because it takes less than 2 minutes from ordering a drink to receiving it, in Asia. While I waited, I saw a woman bringing the guy a tray of bubbles (tapioca pearls) from the fridge, which is a bad sign. The guy came back without my drink, for some reason. I asked him what kind of cuisine was offered, since the theme seemed inconsistent. He looked at me like I was stupid and didn't even respond. I said "well, I see one dish is Mongolian, another is Thai, another is Taiwanese, etc" to which is snapped angrily "CHINESE, this is a CHINESE restaurant". I decided not to point out that none of the dishes I had pointed out were Chinese, and instead I just let it go. He quickly walked away and a few moments later he brought my drink. It was tiny. The bubble tea drinks in Asia are 2x to 3x as large as the one he brought me, and they cost between $1 and $1.50. This tiny bubble tea he brought me had costs around $4 or $5. I gave it a taste and... It was awful. They used cream powder instead of fresh milk, and the bubbles were old, cold, and hard rather than fresh, soft, and warm. I asked the woman who was now at the register (I spoke Chinese so that none of the other customers would understand me, in an effort to save the workers from any feeling of embarrassment) "why is this drink so small and yet so expensive?" to which she replied "oh, no, this is the normal size and price that it always is in Asia". I said (still in Chinese) "no, this is very small and very expensive, in Asia, they are much cheaper and much larger". She replied "oh, really?" To which I said "yes, they are...". She didn't respond after that, she just gave me a dirty look and then walked away. I had never mentioned that the drink was also awful, but in an effort to leave on a positive note, I lied and said (in Chinese) "this is a very good drink, thank you" to which both the man and the woman scoffed at me and didn't respond. As I was leaving, my friends from Taiwan called me (video call) and I showed them the bubble tea. The first thing they said was "wow, why is it so small?!". When I told them what had happened, they looked embarrassed and said "wow, those people are giving Asians a bad name, that's terrible. You shouldn't go there, anymore". This place is overpriced. The bubble tea I had was awful. The workers are incredibly rude. I will never go back and I will actively make sure to steer people away from this place.

Nikhil Sabari

Don't buy bubble tea .they fill half the cup with ice

Jonathan Bright

I have eaten here twice now. The food is very good, quick and fresh. Staff is very nice and I look forward to trying other dishes.

Wayne Powell

This was my second visit here, and it was just as good as the first one. Reasonable prices, big portions, friendly service and clean dining areas. I recommend you give Bento Asian Bistro a chance, you will not be disappointed, working on my third visit soon.

James Cunningham

Usually like the food and service, but why did it take 34min to give me my one order when I was told it would be 16 min and I just watched 5+ orders placed after mine get served first? Thanks for wasting my lunch hour.

Jim Desaulniers

Everything is always excellent and they have a wide range of diverse options. The service interaction is about what youd expect to get at a Chinese fast food place, but it's more a cultural thing than rudeness. A tad expensive, but worth the money.

Sara Burch

Food and tea were both excellent!

Marianne Schmaltz

Delicious and fast.got the coconut shrimp with a yummy sauce that was the best part of my year, to be painfully honest

Raghavan N.S.

The bubble tea is awesome. Very few veggie options .

Mary Harnishfeger

Authentic cuisine. Not fancy but very clean and large servings of goods food.

Russell St. Germain

Ben to Asian Bistro always satisfies us. The food is good an so is the price.

Matt Stone

Back when I was in college at IUPUI, this strip mall area was chock full of chain stores and other nonsense. It seems to have taken a turn and a fair number of independent eateries have opened up. I ordered a take-out order during my recent hospitalization because I was in desperate need of FLAVOR and Hospital Food does not provide that. For those not familiar, these Bento boxes are basically full meals and even if you're really, really hungry, DO NOT over order because you will get a lot of food between one box and maybe adding an appetizer. So for the food I actually ate, I had the General Tso's Chicken bento box (yeah, I know, go ahead and crack the jokes) and the gyozas. The gyozas were actually the highlight of the meal. The meat was juicy and flavorful, a bit of soy sauce helps but not entirely necessary. These were good, and I imagine they would've been even better if they were served dining in at the restaurant fresh and hot. The box came with the chicken and sauce, a couple pieces of broccoli, sushi (New York roll was my choice) and some brown rice. Again, this is a good amount of food for a good value. Nothing blew me away, but I was just happy to have non-hospital food. I was stuffed after this and barely touched my udon noodles or the salad. Yeah, I know, who orders salad at a bento box place? Well I do, because the hospital's definition of a "salad" all have meat or cheese on them. This had neither, but still, way too full to really properly enjoy it and give it a good review. Overall, if I was hospitalized again or if I was regularly living and working in the area, I'd probably come here on a regular basis. I don't know if this quite makes a destination dining experience, but if you're an IUPUI student or a nearby resident/worker, this is probably one of your better choices for your lunch break.

Adonis Berry

The food is pretty amazing for being apart of the "Hub" for anyone going to IUPUI. There's a handful of asain based restaurants nearby, but as it stands, this one is the best. It's always busy so you already KNOW it's good. I had the beef yaki-udon, and granted I had to wait a bit, the food was well worth it. Also the price is affordable to anyone. 5/5.

Shonetelle Davis

Very good

Dorshell Bruce

Taste great

Erika Smith

Highly recommend the filet fish in chili oil and the Singapore Chao Mei fun. We always grab these when we have to stop at the hospitals nearby, since we live an hour away. If you're looking for authentic Chinese food, this is it. They also have some Americanized choices and sushi and bento boxes.

Rodney Adcock

Great food

Brandy Snider

This is a real authentic Chinese food restaurant that also offers American-ized Chinese food too. The authentic Chinese food is excellent but it is hard to know what to order because it is written on a white board in Chinese and the white board gets touched a lot, so the writing is coming off. I think there are some English subtitles to the menu, but no pictures or detailed description and it is difficult to read. The last time I was there I was frustrated at not knowing which authentic dish to order so I got a bento box instead. Mistake. I got the orange chicken and it was gross! It is much easier to dine here if you know Chinese or go with your Chinese speaking friends.

Shawn Bridwell

Unique non chain place that serves up small bento box meals. Popular with the college crowd. With a wide menu that even steps outside and puts unusual twists on old favorites.

Alyssa Hoffman

Fairly priced and you get a lot of food for the cost. They're decently fast and the boba is great.

Sarah Pardue

This is one of my favorite dinner places in Indy! The sushi is fantastic, and very reasonably priced. Honey roll bento box pictured here.

Anquan Wang

After my son ate the sushi, he thought it was great until he got back home and threw up. Avoid sushi from this place unless you want to get sick!!!

Kim Garmany

Food is not good