I love everything about this place. The food, the ambiance and the service are great. I have been dining here since 2016 and it's 2026 now. They have maintained a delicious menu and great service. read more

Red Bowl Asian Bistro - House salad with house made ginger dressing. DELECTABLE! - Asian Fusion Near Me - Florence, South Carolina

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Very good place loved the food! Atmosphere was everything! Will be returning . Server was everything and extremely nice read more

Red Bowl Asian Bistro - Asian Fusion Near Me - Florence, South Carolina

A great place to get excellent asian food in the Florence area Red Bowl Asian Bistro is tucked into a small shopping center right off David H. McLeod Boulevard in Florence, SC. It is just east of the intersection of I-20 and I-95. It is great for visitors needing a break without adding extra miles to the drive. There is limited parking out front but we were hungry for some asian food one evening and decided to try it. I am glad that we did. Inside it is very pretty. As you enter (through the side of the space, you are looking at a large picture of Hong Kong against the back wall with black ceilings and half walls but good lighting to give it a very elegant feeling. The light wood and open space give it a very relaxed feel. There is a small bar to your left. The sushi bar to the right and the hostess and seating directly in front. The staff was absolutely wonderful. They were friendly and efficient. We placed our order at the counter, and everything was ready in under ten minutes, despite a steady stream of both dine-in and to-go folks. I ordered the Sweet and sour chicken Bento box and and my partner ordered Steak Teriyaki. The boxes include rice, salad or soup, sushi and your meat (chicken or steak). The portions are massive. I could not finish mine and each would easily have made 2 or three meals. The food itself was delicious and the prices were very reasonable given the quality and the generous portions of food that you get. If you're passing through Florence on a road trip, Red Bowl Asian Bistro is a total gem for quick, delicious food. I highly recommend restaurant for fellow travelers! read more

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I love the sushi but last night something was off about the taste of the food. The sticky rice was not fresh and the walnut shrimp is normally good but that yellow sauce is too heavy on the dish. read more

The service was terrible and the food was not good. And, they really don't care here. 20.00 lunch crap! read more

Red Bowl Asian Bistro - Never seen a spicy tuna roll like this one. Nasty! Told my server I didn't like it and she did not offer any suggestions. - Asian Fusion Near Me - Florence, South Carolina

Mixed reviews on Yelp. Was craving Asian & took a chance on this establishment. Early dinner and restaurant not crowded. Service was not bad, mediocre is more descriptive. Ordered shrimp sushi roll that should have had more of a kick according to the menu description, appetizer sample plate- which was yummy and a house salad. Best part of the meal (of what I chose) was the pot stickers, along with crab rangoon. Not bad, not great. read more

Amazing food! Try it and see for yourself! The shrimp and scallops were cooked to perfection. The veggies were cooked but still had bite. The sauce was both savory and spicy with just enough heat to wake up your taste buds. read more

Order type: Takeout Food, specifically the sweet & sour chicken was awful. 90% of which were fried pieces beyond edible. Fried Rice was bland. Yellowtail nigiri was decent. read more

Service was very slow. Drinks were poorly made my husband couldn't even drink his Long Island ice tea it was very sour. We ordered the sushi boat for 2 presentation was lacking. I ordered the shrimp fried rice it was overcooked very hard. The ambiance inside was rundown. The waitress keep forgetting to bring items to the table. read more

Red Bowl Asian Bistro - Long island ice tea - Asian Fusion Near Me - Florence, South Carolina

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Service was fantastic! Food was so hot we had a "cooling plate" to avoid pain. Hard to eat slow even with chop sticks it's soo good! We have been coming here 2 years in a row on our way to Myrtle Beach. You HAVE to stop in! Lo mein is off the chain! read more

We've been here several times and they have never let us down! We moved here two years ago, and have been searching for good restaurants. We found it here at Red Bowl! We love their bang bang shrimp! nice size shrimp and the flavor is out of this world! I have tried a few items and never had a complaint. The few servers that we've had were all top notch, quick and courteous. I highly recommend this place! read more

The owner Ming is a joke this whole restaurant is a joke. For one he makes his waiters pay for somebody else's meal if the customer says they didn't order it. Which is wrong. Second he told one of his waiters that he didn't care that there was ice on the road and still wanted his waiters to come to work f this place of business read more

My money was taken and I received no food, nothing. I ordered food for delivery and more than the order price was taken out of my account so I cancelled the order immediately. I wasn't given a refund and was told by the ignorant owner to reorder online. How the h*ll was I supposed to reorder without paying AGAIN. The owner also told me before the ignorant statement that he would take care of it. After two of NOTHING I decided to write a bad review every chance I can get because my money was stolen and I can't press charges read more

Good service at this pan-Asian sit-down restaurant near 95. Plus, they were open and seating people when most places in the neighborhood, the day before Xmas eve, would only offer takeout. My Thai basil chicken have minimal spice, but it tasted just fine. Everyone else had average Chinese dishes, and they were all acceptable. read more

Red Bowl Asian Bistro - a view of a city - Asian Fusion Near Me - Florence, South Carolina

I was moving to Florence and informed to go here. The food was really good, pretty standard Asian food and I had so much left over for a few days which is great. The food came out hot and fast which I appreciate. The bar tender guy was my server at my table and super nice. read more

Red Bowl Asian Bistro - Bento box - Asian Fusion Near Me - Florence, South Carolina

My wife ordered shrimp and steak hibachi I ordered the red bowl lomein and two egg rolls and hunger hunter sushi so the waitress brought my order first with no soy sauce and brought my wife the wrong tea and had to ask for sweet and low three times and 15 later she brought my wife order with no sauces 10 minutes later the egg rolls with no sauce asked about my sushi she was going to check on it and she brought gave it to the table across from us no refill on tea this waitress had 2 tables worst service ever read more

First visit... besides the gentleman host reminding me of his being in control and being completely disrespectful, at least our server & the food was on point. Returning one of these days... not a rush to get back, though. read more

Red Bowl Asian Bistro - Asian Fusion Near Me - Florence, South Carolina

Friendly staff from hostess stand to table. Food is always fresh and fast! Clean restrooms. Easily accommodated my diet restrictions and offered available substitutions. Love the kids menu! Always a hit! read more

Just had door dash, ordered the sesame chicken , Lo mein, and tsunami roll.. It tasted like nothing! No flavor at all.. The sesame chicken tasted old and heated, same with the Lo mein. The sushi had zero flavor like there was no salt in the Restaurant. Idk what's happening but this ain't it! read more

My favorite for quick Asian cuisine options. This one has better service than the Columbia, SC location. I enjoy eating here because the servers are always nice and the food is delivered as ordered. read more

With the intense heat & humidity this summer, I have been selective when I eat out for lunch. Ducked into Red Bowl a little after 2 PM today and instead of going with the usual favorites, I selected the Steamed chicken & fresh vegetables. Oh boy, was it scrumptious. Absolutely fresh vegetables; carrots, baby corn, mushrooms, zucchini, and an assortment of Chinese vegetables. So light, and extremely healthy. And the light sauce was separate, so I controlled how much to place on my meal. And they were shy on the amount of chicken in the dish. Waiter was prompt and tentative. Great service. read more

I don't know if it's me but I'm very picky when I choose asian and Chinese cuisines. Shrinkflation I tell you! Over priced. They cut up 3 wings to have portions. I like my tips please? Wonton soup had two wontons and the broth wasn't too good. The only thing worth it was the fried noodles you put in the soup. I am dissatisfied with this place. I'm assuming since this was a take out order rather than dine in it can be the reason but shouldn't. I will not be coming here again read more

Red Bowl Asian Bistro - Chicken portions - Asian Fusion Near Me - Florence, South Carolina

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The food is good and plentiful. The restaurant does need a refresh, it is quite worn out.

We had reservations for a table for 14 people. They set us up at a table for 10. Imagine taking a table for 4 and then putting 6 people around only 3 sides and that was where we tried to eat. One of our party had a panic attack during the meal due to the crowding. Side note: The other dining room had plenty of room to move our group to when it was obvious that the table was not appropriate. Food is not great. Our To Go order was missing the rice. Thy messed up the bills and it was just a big mess overall. Unluckily, Red Bowl used to be a favorite but has gone down hill over the years. read more

Good service and good food. Nice little bar . These guys know what they're doing. Consistently good sushi. And they know how to fry properly. Put together good takeout too. SJones read more

I worked in the service industry in this area for years and I never would have imagined that a restaurant manager would speak to a patron the way they spoke to my husband tonight. We drove into town to visit a relative in the hospital and ordered $140 worth of food to take home to everyone. They assured my husband everything was in the bag (stapled closed) but upon arriving home he saw that his entire meal (2 sushi rolls) was missing. So he left to go pick up his food and called them on the way there so that they would not have to rush to prepare it. The hostess was unable to find his receipt and so my husband provided the receipt himself, the manager got on the phone and told my husband that he was not, in fact, missing anything from his order. My husband insisted he was, and the manager actually said "I don't believe you" and implied my husband was attempting to get free food, like we would spend $140 on a family meal and then go through the trouble of driving home, calling the restaurant and arguing with the manager while driving BACK to the restaurant, before having to drive all the way back home in Florence dinner traffic just to get two free sushi rolls? On top of how absolutely offensive the exchange already was, the manager actually told my husband to pack up all the rest of the food and bring it back to the restaurant so he could check himself. My husband said no, his family is eating, he isn't packing up their meals and bringing them back cold food. Cherry on top is when they gave my husband his missing food, they only gave him half the order. He wasn't missing much, my food was not what I was expecting from a Red Bowl and two other orders we received on our first attempt at dinner with the family were very incorrect. If you told me that the manager had never worked in service until today, or even experienced service, I would believe you. Service at this particular branch is careless and offensive and the food is not worth being called a liar over. read more

After tasting my coconut curry vegetable, I regret not reading the reviews beforehand. Stopped at Red Bowl during a road trip to North Carolina. Ordered takeout which was cooked swiftly. The taste of the food was completely bland, no taste of coconut or spice. The best part of the meal was the fortune cookie. Would highly recommend to skip Red Bowl. read more

****update*** 3/28/2020 today we got curbside service here. I must say, we ordered sushi, general tsos, and stir fry bowl and it was most certainly delicious and so much better than the last visit. I am so very pleased I gave them another try. Their curbside service was very polite. I will probably just do take out from now on; that way I don't have to bother with bad servers anymore. my review 3 months ago... "I wish i could give zero stars. by far the worst service ever!!!!!! and not even the best food. yuck" read more

This place is back in my good graces with the dining room back open and the food once again delicious! This is a wonderful local eastern restaurant. The sushi is good but I love their hot dishes. Try the spicy garlic!! read more

Red Bowl Asian Bistro - Spicy garlic vegetables with brown rice. - Asian Fusion Near Me - Florence, South Carolina

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Food was okay. Sushi was edible. I'm use to getting sushi in a very nice presentable way but they threw it on a plate as if it was fried rice. Service was okay. I would choose somewhere else next time I came into Update to review. Frank server did an outstanding job. Food was good. Steak could have been more tender. Overall I increased the review rating from two to three stars mainly because of Frank read more

I live in Florence and eat at Red Bowl all the time! I have never had a bad experience. The service is fast, and the food is always good. I usually order a bento box with sesame chicken, chicken egg roll, California roll and fried rice. Highly recommend Red Bowl. read more

Red Bowl Asian Bistro - Bento box - Asian Fusion Near Me - Florence, South Carolina

3.5 Star. ONLY eat sushi if you sit at the bar. It sits forever before servers bring it out to the tables. Chicken meat quality is sketchy asian. No chicken breast found here. That said, half off sushi and the pot stickers are good. I agree with others that quality had declined. read more

Food was delicious I Ordered Pineapple Shrimp and The Shrimp Tempura. Enjoyed The Pineapple Shrimp BUT WHEN I BIT INTO THE SHRIMP TEMPURA I BIT INTO SHIT. THEY NEED TO CLEAN AND DEVEIN THE SHRIMP. That's cooking 101 you clean and devein the shrimp. Nobody wants to eat shrimp that has shit in it. read more

The sushi portion here is ridiculously small! Order their lunch entree specials. It comes with soup! You can order to-go here and they will always be ready by the time they said it would he ready! Sometimes I think their sauces on their food is too sweet. read more

I've been to this restaurant many, many times. I had a craving for sushi so I decided to stop in for some. I'm not sure what had changed, but it was horrible experience. The sushi potions were incredible small. One of the rolls I ordered came out smaller that a quarter. So, so disappointed. Maybe because I came in during their 1/2 price specials, they gave me 1/2 the portion. The tuna barely covers the top of the roll. Will not come here again. read more

Red Bowl Asian Bistro - Asian Fusion Near Me - Florence, South Carolina

I always have been curious to try this restaurant so I finally stopped by yesterday (Monday 4:00pm). There was no one in there at all when we walked in, besides workers sitting at a table together, and no one else showed up the entire time - which should've been a red flag. We both got bento boxes with completely different things. Every single thing we ordered was not disgusting but absolutely sooo bland with no flavor at all. It was an absolute waste of $35. Please do not order the fried rice, fried California rolls, crunchy rolls, egg roll, sesame chicken or spring roll. I don't see this place staying in business for many more years. Worst food I've ever eaten at a restaurant. Staff was decent, our waiter seemed nice. Yes, we were super hungry going in but we both wasted almost all of our food, it was that gross. I'm not a great cook at all and my fried rice tastes way better, I've never seen a restaurant mess up so bad on rice, I didn't think it was possible to taste that bland. read more

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I've been here twice now with my husband for lunch and I have to agree with the other reviews. The sushi does need work. I ordered the sushi combo which was about 7 dollars. It came with a salad with ginger dressing (but you can also have soup instead), an order of spicy tuna and an order of crunchy rolls. The spicy tuna was really bland and room temperature which to me says either it wasn't fresh or it was over-handled. The crunchy roll was good but it's hard to mess up imitation crab meat. The sushi didn't have too much rice though which to me is good because I tend to associate overly-riced sushi with a chef who doesn't know how to roll sushi. Still, it needs improvement. My husband ordered a lunch special of Thai Cashew Chicken with fried rice and an egg roll. His food was really good but if you have a food allergy you might want to be careful. His fried rice had a shrimp tail in it but there isn't supposed to be shrimp in the fried rice. The second time we went he ordered the Pad Thai lunch special. It was mostly noodle but the shrimp were big and tasty. I ordered the Spicy Thai Basil Chicken. It wasn't spicy at all but it wasn't bland either. I would order that again. We also had the Thai Herbal Calamari which was good albeit a bit on the extra oily side. Their egg rolls and spring rolls are tasty. There are a lot of items on their menu that I'd love to try so I'll be going back, I just don't plan on ordering the Pad Thai or spicy tuna rolls again. read more

Red Bowl Asian Bistro - General Tso's Dinner Portion - Asian Fusion Near Me - Florence, South Carolina

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Ok first time eating at this location. I always order the same thing. When I got my food. It just didn't taste the same . A terrible taste than I normally have had in NC or other parts of SC. The waiter decide to come ask if we wanted more tea for the first time as we were ready to pay for the check. Customer service need to be better. My first and last time eating there. I was telling my boyfriend while at the table that my stomach was cramping all of a sudden and once outside I threw up literally. #NeverAgainaHere read more

Red Bowl Asian Bistro - Sesame Tofu and Lo Mein Noodles - Asian Fusion Near Me - Florence, South Carolina

Traveling through town and was hoping to find some clean vegan chow. I could have called in my order but wanted to explain in person that I didn't wanted a lot of oil, sauce or other crud on the coconut curry vegetables. I think they took that to mean I wanted extra grease. The veggies weren't overlooked, which was nice but were saturated in oil. I got through the part of the meal because I was hungry but most of it was just too nasty. Lastly, the hostess was anything but welcoming. Possibly not the best fit for her, career wise. read more

*squints* I just wanna know what happened to the missing width of these sushi rolls!! Did I order a sample size because I know I paid full price? Also, the presentation of these is awful even when you disregard the size. That's supposed to be a rainbow roll but I've never eaten a rainbow roll with uneven squares of fish just thrown on like the cheese slices on a lukewarm McDonald's cheeseburger, which probably would have been more satisfying than whatever this was. read more

Red Bowl Asian Bistro - Asian Fusion Near Me - Florence, South Carolina