Reviews of Rice Bowl (Restaurant)

Carrie Buisman

Had fried rice and spring rolls. Spring rolls were ok. Rice was pretty good. Needed a little more seasoning but def hit the spot. Price was very reasonable and portions are ridiculous (meaning huge). Give it a try. Not too shabby.

Angie Reed

Unique buffet. Wonderful. I would highly recommend.

w h

Very nice remodel, since our last visit . Food and staff were great.

P Brogan

Always good food. I especially love the Rivers Edge Hush Puppies, & Cabbage Soup. The salad is chopped and lots of selections. And they now have Coke Zero!

marsha perry

I arrived about 1:15 for lunch. The only thing available was the hot and sour soup. Had to ask for pepper steak and after a wait, there were no Rangoon’s. very disappointing today. If you’re going to stop making the food, change the hours of your buffet. The device was good as usual.

Bill Palmer

Very good place 2 eat...just wish they would use fresh vedgies in there fried rice instead of frozen...sorta downgrades there food

Lmhicks101

Just stepping inside you would expect from how nice it is that nothing on the menu is under $20 but then you look and it's not expensive at all. The food tastes great, the buffet is clean. My only issue is parking and getting back on the main road but noth enough to take a star away.

Gray Robertson

Always good

D McDonald

Food not at the same quality it was a few years ago. Sushi is good.

Joseph Hernandez

Always love their buffet...coconut shrimp is the best!

Morgana Leslie

Ordered their General Tso's Chicken and it was very good. Spicy and not overly sweet just the way I like it.

TheBiggest Pete

I liked this place because the shrimp fried rice is really good. Nearly all the food is good. Especially the spring rolls are good with the soy sause. I believe they should add a couple more good items

Sherry Stowers

Old main salad, hush puppies and cabbage soup. Rivers Edge still lives. Great salad. Excellent dressing. Hush puppies with sweet butter is a must try. Cabbage soup is spicy and great tasting. It can also help clear your sinsus.

Eric Holstein

Great food and atmosphere. Great prices. Highly recommended!

Go Journey Inc.

Always good

James Parsons

Best Chinese food in the Charleston area. Good food, good people.

Jennifer ODell

Love this place. Always greats you like family.

Joyce Dommert

The best very small restaurant you must miss it driving around but it is worth stopping and eating there the food is really good when I go to a lot of buffet restaurants I find they I don't really like the food but here I ate 2 plates of food and the meat was very tender definitely a place to stop and eat at

Enrique Razo

Delicious! Portions were great and prices were very good. Will definitely return.

Del Fot

Good lunch buffet. Regular menu items and sushi are good too.

David Ball

My favorite Chinese Style establishment. The only buffet I will eat from. The only beef dish on buffet is why I go there. I have never had anything better. Yummy green beans and the perfect Hot-Sour soup. Best time to vist if around 11:20a for lunch buffet is usually set up by then.

Dan Walker

I'd had the Rice Bowl's food at some catered lunches at work, but this was my first time visiting the actual restaurant. The food is spectacular Chinese food. I've had several dishes including coconut chicken, the house special chicken and sushi. All were excellent. The restaurant had great service and was exceptionally quick with the food. It's a relaxed atmosphere and very comfortable. A great spot with superb food.

Joseph Asbury

Very friendly service nice and clean

Janna Songer

Excellent food, excellent service.

Denise Massey

Take out meal was horribly prepared. Wasn't half the quality it usually is. If you go, dine in.

Daisy Clark

Very nice restaurant for chinese buffet. Food was great and served hot.

Ryan M

Try the hush puppies and cabbage soup! Apparently they’re the same as the old River’s Edge Cafe in St. Albans, WV that closed down back in the day.

Miguel Melendez

Love the new layout. Feels bigger and more efficient. The food was delicious as always !!

Grant Morris

Best chinese food around. Cabbage soup is to die for

Jason Bryan

The buffet is great. Service is great. I want to go back.

Chris Bailes

Great Chinese food and pleasant atmosphere. They just added a sushi bar which is also quite good, with a decent sushi selection. Try the hushpuppies from the appetizers, they're very sweet and almost like a dessert.

Robert Fleming

Great food. Friendly service. Best in the area

Jonathan Seabolt

Love this place. Been here a few times now, some of the best Chinese food in Kanawha county!

Sarah Driggs

Food was good. Service was polite. Not an extremely rememberable experience.

Selena Hickman

Ordered the chicken and broccoli combination platter and was very disappointed... The hot and sour soup was great, the egg roll was pretty good, but the actual platter was not good at all... The fried rice was just white rice with barely any sauce and still sticky like normal white rice typically is. The chicken tasted strange and the broccoli was very undercooked and hard.

Carla McClure

Try the cabbage soup with hush puppies (served with honey butter) and the B Street Chicken salad if you’re not in the mood for Chinese food. Other favorites are the lettuce wraps, orange chicken, & garlic chicken. Really, I’ve never had anything here I didn’t like, and the prices are very reasonable.

R B

This used to be a really good restaurant, just average now. There were no black mushrooms in our sea food soup, just common button mushrooms, the meat was scanty and flavors not as good as in the past.

Ashley Jenkins

Food was super good

Jonny Blevins

The dine in experience is amazing; it's probably the best Asian food in terms of taste, quality, and presentation that I know of in West Virginia. *For some reason the take out is usually terrible, as if there's a different chef and selection of food used for that. Strange. Maybe they're encouraging folks to dine in haha. Interesting either way.

Ron Thompson

There food is good and portions are huge. Best Asian food I've found.

joetta wheeler

I love the food and service

Judy Acton

Food good.

Anne Weeks

Favorite place to get crab Rangoon. Their lunch buffet is good and offers a large selection

Justin Kraynie

2 words. HUSH PUPPIES! If you like American style Chinese food, and haven't been to the Rice Bowl, you are missing out. Good service, great food quality and low prices. The lunch buffet has a smaller selection than most, but the quality is top notch and at only $6.50.

J W

Excellent service, good priced, hot ready food.

Debbie Masley

Rice bowl is an amazing local Chinese restaurant that has a very delicious lunch buffet bar! Service is excellent, food hot and fresh. Try the Rivers Edge cabbage soup and sweet hush puppies!

Robert Lewis

Perfect food. Very reasonable and good service.

Roy Burdette

Simi service animal friendly. The manager (who said she was the owner when I asked) said she had to had proof it's a service animal and then tried to kick is out and when I asked her name and told her I was going to file an ada complaint she then calls the "owner" and changes her tone. Then they set us in the back hidden out of sight.

slayernut 666

Not the best chinese food in the area, but not the worst either

Andrew Fields

Recently expanded, this is Cross Lanes' Premier Chinese restaurant. Besides Mandarin and Cantonese dishes, the menu also offers Sushi and a selection of the old Rivers Edge menu items. At times there are buffets offered,but a large variety of dishes one can order and drinks both alcoholic and non are served. Orders can be made for in-house dining or carry out. I believe they also delivery to certain areas and have catering options as well. The interior is spacious and a good place to meet groups. I have found it to be kept up well and the staff is kind

Hayden

Very nice and clean environment. The employees were very helpful and upbeat. I would recommend this place to any of my friends or family members. I never have any problems when I visit here. Great experience!

D3ad Ranger9

Food was amazing service was awesome I definitely will be coming back.

Amy Workman

Love the chicken lo mein

Steven Smith

Against better judgment I reluctantly went to Rice Bowl at the request of my girlfriend. We sat down and were asked our drink order and that was about as good as service got. My girlfriend ordered green tea and never received it. Instead, we were brought and egg roll that we never ordered and then asked 'do you care if I charge you for that?" For what, the green tea you forgot or the egg roll we never ordered? Our food eventually came and it was alright. Out waitress asked if we wanted refills and with dry mouths we confirmed but were again let down: our waitress said "Im sorry I forgot your drinks I got busy." Formerly being waiter/waitresses ourselves we scoffed at the fact she had literally two other tables . Unfortunately I didn't catch her name but if she is your waitress you should just turn around and leave .

suna esmer

Ordered a lot of appetizers and they were fresh and hot and delicious, but the main entree had aleast a full onion in it with very little meat (just onion)!

Little Goth Girl 96

Been going here for years. Love the service, and the food is tasty.

James Brown

Food was awesome and so was the server

Carolyn Pryor

Best Ragoons. Clean and food is great

Careless Kingdom

I could imagine it would be better earlier in the day but we went around 2:30 and the buffet was pretty emtpy

Basil Allen

The best Chinese in the kanawha valley, clean place and staff is friendly. Everything on menu is grear

sastowers

A little background is in order....I live a hour drive from Rice Bowl, so any trip made is in anticipation of what I've come to expect to ebe the best Chinese food in West Virginia. Today was as disappointed as I've ever been with a takeout meal from there. I love Lo Mein, so I build my meal around that, as it for me, is the foundation for everything else. Tonight, it was maybe the worst Beef Lo Mein I've eaten. The noodles were dry and tasteless, the vegetables were sparse and tough, and the beef was sparse also. In the 5 years I've been eating there, this is the 1st time I've had a bad experience..... I'll have to check the food before I leave next time.....2 hours round trip, not happy....

Craig Cotsmire

The best Chinese cuisine in the kanawha valley. Friendly staff excellent food.

Anna Crane

I'm sorry but I just can't recommend this place to anyone, the food isn't Up to par with my standard of just decent Chinese food, I got over cooked chicken that you couldn't chew, paid 35 dollars for 2 dinner entrees that just wasn't edible. I tried to explain to them my problem and was told "that's how we cook it" well Sir I'm sorry but I like my food chewable... Either way my dog was very happy.. so I left a 1 star review for her.... They also talk very unprofessionally in front of customers that understand the language ;)

Alexis A. Hunter

This is our favorite restaurant! The food is SO good, and the people are very nice. We actually had the rehearsal dinner for our wedding there. They've been remodeling recently and it already looks SUPER nice inside. Can't wait to see how it looks when they're finished. Would definitely recommend!

Lyn Mitchell

My husband loved it , * I had to season my vegetable fried rice a little more.This was the first time we were there since we are from Pennsylvania but we would go back again if in the Charleston area.

Cameron DeGeorge

Thought the food was terrible quality. Some of the worst Asian food I’ve ever had. Soggy chicken, cheap rice; low quality food. Stopped in on a road trip and instantly regretted it.

Christy Rogier

It’s great food

James Babbitt

Handmade crab rangoons are great and so is the soup and B Street salad.

Lynn Bellomy

Everything was delish,service good,check backs good. Food excellent

James Richardson

Good and quick

DJ Soul Manifest

The food is great and the service is speedy. It was packed when we got here so it's a pretty popular sushi spot. Prices are good and one can get basic rolls for about $5-6 and specialty rolls from $10-14. Will definitely come back.

Marie Brown

We were expecting the lunch buffet, i guess it is not available on Saturday.

Atlus Epsilon

Great food excellent service

Dayle Smith

Good food, good service.

kristi saulton

Lunch buffet was good. Not a lot of options but enough to fill you up. Seemed clean and the service was good.

Jack Richardson

Great sushi, awesome atmosphere

Cindy Bragg

Great food, friendly staff

Jeff Crain

The food quality is inconsistent. Sometimes excellent, but just as often not. If the pickings in the area weren't so slim, I'd give it one star, but the reality is that it's better than many in a mediocre market. Visitors beware.

Petra Wagner Vlckova

I have to honestly say since they remodeled this restaurant the customer service & quality of their food went downhill. Very disappointing. I been there twice this week and both times was horrible experience. We will never come back again.

Killer Kadoogan

We used to eat here for lunch almost every Friday. But since they remodeled, business has picked up & service & food quality on the buffet have gone downhill. The last time we ate there, we were seated & went to buffet & everything was …

Joeann Crawford

Very good food and service

Mark Hill

Excellent food and friendly staff

Chris Rucker

I love this restaurant. The owners are super nice and the food is delicious.

Kate Meeks

Always great. Been coming here for more than 10 years. Their lunch buffet is good, but the made-to-order food at dinner is amazing. Good service, and the sushi (brought to the menu recently) is really good too.

Burt George

Dinner was beyond awesome and the hush puppies with honey butter were incredibly delicious! The quiet atmosphere with soft acoustical guitar playing over the speaker system & the fast & friendly service made my dining experience fantastic! I give em 2 thumbs up!

Bob Hayton

Really good food and service.

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Food was great the service was amazing I wouldn’t eat anywhere else if I had the chance

Tong Liu

Consistency in their buffet is their #1 thing! There're never any surprises... and perhaps that's why I didn't give them 5 stars. Mixing it up on the buffet every now and then is a good thing, otherwise, it's great food!

Daniel McCune

Awesome buffet but only offered 11-3 Monday-Friday and on Sunday

Rashell Johnson

The food is so good. It by far is the best around. I highly recommend this place!!!! The staff is friendly and takes good care of customers.

Herbert Wheeler

Over priced , flavor of food was bland at best , What you would pay for a large dish at any other chinese restaurant at Rice Bowl you get Less on your plate then a small order of the same dish elsewhere... Never ate there before figured id try it derinately wont eat there again.

Jason Thomasson

Great buffet and the sushi was great.

Matt Mackey

Food is generally very good. Pretty disappointed this time. Ordered general tsos chef special. Food came out and looked amazing. First couple of bites were good but seemed tough and the food temp was hot in one spot and very cool in another, whatever I was pretty hungry. About halfway thru i noticed pieces were much colder and extremely tough, like it had been set out all day and quickly reheated to be served. I told the waitress of the issue and she said she would let them know, no big deal, I dont want half cooked or old cold chicken. Well she brought us our check and that was it. So we paid and left. I'm not one to make a big deal, especially when its yo people who prepare your food. Lesson learned though.

Denise Dillon

This is always a nice and fun place to go for oriental food they are so polite and nice always taken good care of you

Garland Watson ll

The food selection is bad and some of it was cold. Also the seating was really close and cramped. Over all bad experience...

S Lemus

I’m truck Driver .... And I stopped for a lunch plate.... is delicious... very friendly staff .... nice to eat in.

Carol B

Small and hard to move around. Nothing is labeled as to what it is. People with allergies just have to guess what things contain

the good gamer and stremer

Sushi was nice, excellent service and not to expensive.

Amanda Cunningham

1 word..Wow! Best Chinese in the Charleston area by far! Its homemade not fresh frozen. The crab rangoon is like dessert!

Frances Brown

This place is awesome!!! The food is excellent, priced low and the service fantastic! Remember The River's Edge in St. Albans? They serve their cabbage soup and hush puppies. Needless to say the Rice Bowl is now my favorite local restaurant.

Jonathan Wilson

Really good sushi

Cathleen Gilliland

Not the best Chinese food but decent. They had a large variety and lots of different kinds of sushi. Clean and well managed. Riddle me this Batman. Why do Chinese restaurant serve on their buffet things like fried chicken, pizza, etc. If …

Derx 8D

Extremely friendly, but did have a spotty experience here. I ordered online, and did arrive a bit early. This was probably for the best because they claimed they missed my online order, aa they sometimes do. They thoroughly apologized and got me my food after a 20 minute wait. The food is good, and the sushi bar is fairly priced. I'd recommend it.

Charles Hager

Good an reasonable place to eat

Wiyam4Lyfe

Great place, friendly people/staff, good food, and an overall great Chinese restaurant. Deserves 5 stars and more!

Jonathan Reavis

Great food fast service, lunch buffet and lunch specials on sushi make this place a must stop for lunch, dinner, or take out.

Major Hillbilly

Great food and environment.. looks newly remodeled and very clean.

TheOneSandman

Miso soup, Philadelphia roll, and steamed pork dumplings tonight. Always really good.

Matthew Burton

Every time I’ve ever been here it is ALWAYS GREAT! Not sure if they got a new cook or what but coconut shrimp was crunchy(not suppose to be) General Tso’s chicken tasted different than usual (and not in a good way) And even crab Rangoon’s weren’t creamy like they are supposed to be(lumpy cream) I hope Andy can get the food tasting great again because he and his family have always made it a point to make great food.

Holly Finney

My favorite sushi place

Wes Holstein

Brought some friends to this place. I've always wanted to stop in here to try out the buffet and I have been missing this in my life! The food: fantastic The staff: helpful and super nice. We came in during the lunch buffet and it was packed! A confirmed sign they are doing something right here. I just may have found my new Chinese food spot.

Bud Mcclaskey

I always get the same thing it depends on who makes it but overall good

John Dohh

OK,i went there ten times,the first time was good,the second awfully cold,dry meat,noodles,ect.,you get the picture.so we tried going at noon so things were full and hot,that was not the case,there were 2 seafood things ,a breaded shrimp that tasted rotten and not refrigerated all night,then a stuffed clam that tasted how a hot dumpster smells.i offered the cook $20. To swallow one bite and he refused,i told him the food has to be removed from the buffet and he refused.man those people really won't throw anything away.oh and there will be an empty won ton soup every time you go there,and if you say anything they ask how many won ton you want ,so they can bring it to you in 10 minutes or so.oh yeah they also let your dirty dishes pile up a foot high and dont ask if you need a refill,you have to find someone.

Dana Barton

Great ad always

Amanda Rucker

This is my favorite chinese restaurants in this area. I go there so much they know be name. The food is delicious. Their hot and sour soup is the best I've ever had.

Jd Beckner

Nice place with good food. They've remodeling since I was here last, looks great!

joe hill

Great place to eat in Cross Lanes buffet for lunch through the week is always busy .very good food.they have many secret recipes a lot from the old Rivers Edge in Saint Albans

Courtney Young

Loved the atmosphere, food, and staff. Will definitely go back.