The Rice Bar - Korean restaurant in The Colony - 5401 S Colony Blvd, USA

Small but great Asian cuisine restaurant in The Colony. Not too far from Highway 121. When we arrived here on Saturday at around 4pm, there wasn't anyone but a very polite lady who runs this restaurant who explained everything and took our orders and also cooked the food since she was the only one there. We had the Spicy Squid Bowl and Spicy Chicken Bento Box and both were absolutely delicious. Loved the pot stickers in the bento box. Haven't had such a good bento box for a while now. Both the quality and the quantity were awesome. In fact the quantity was a lot! The ambience is also quite good and well kept/clean. We will be back soon to try other items in the menu. Highly recommended 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Nice quaint place. Owners were very chill. Now to the food! The beef bimbimbap was off the charts! Spicy, tangy, sweet, savory, earthy all the things. Just all the things. The rice, beef, and egg were cooked to perfection. All the sides of cabbage, pickled cucumbers, pickled carrots, sprouts, and other nom noms made such a great dish. Happy I ate here tonight. What a nom nom nom!

I got chicken bibimbap and my bf got chicken katsu. The sauce on the chicken katsu is too sweet, but it tastes great if you ask them to hold the sauce. If you do takeout, they automatically hold the sauce. I've tried bulgogi and chicken bibimbap and I prefer the chicken. My go to order here is chicken bibimbap. The lo mein is very salty and kind of sweet. The fried rice is also salty and sweet. I don't recommend either. The egg rolls and stuffed crab are average. Overall, great mom and pop shop. Their chicken bibimbap and chicken katsu are consistently good. Veggie pancake is good and big enough for a meal.

Love everything about this place. Cozy mom and pop feel that’s small and intimate. Ordered the beef bulgogi bibimbap and it was so delicious. The bowl was made to order and beef itself was tender and well seasoned. I will definitely visit this place again when I’m in town.

Amazing flavourful food, all at this quaint joint. The staff is Warm and there is enough seating for a good weekend.

That's actually 3.75 stars. The food is good, not omg good but good nonetheless. I tried the short ribs and bugolgi bowls, plus the potstickers. I know that's alot and well I hadn't eaten all day and I wanted more than one item to base my opinion. Bulgogi had lots of flavor, a lil salty yet slightly sweet however I found the meat itself to be a bit on dry side. The ribs needed a lil salt, so I used a touch of the soy sauce I had for the potstickers and that made it better. The potstickers were nice and crispy on outside and tender on the inside. Now, this is called a rice bar, the pics of the bowls include rice. I looked forward to the rice especially with the bulgolgi but there was no rice just noodles w a good flavor in its own however the dish would have fared better w the rice and the rating would be more than i gave it. Salty on salty is too much. The lady taking orders is also the only person I saw cooking and serving, she's a kitchen hero and she did it all w a smile. **also one of my favorite things was the simple dressing used on the lil salad. Reminded me of when I used to go to kings spa and order a bowl of slaw, it had the same simple dressing. Ok it's a full 4 stars. Happy eating and now Go get your grub on.

Completely discovered this place by chance, but so glad to have. The food was delicious and I'll definitely be coming back. They make their soy sauce and kimchi in house which is pretty cool. I had the spicy chicken bowl and it was great, had a nice spice to it, good amount of meat too. My wife had the beef bulgogi bibimbop and it was excellent too, well sized banchan portions. The inside had a nice homey feel, though there was some outdoor seating as well. They also have a donut shop inside which was neat. I think it was only the owner working when we stopped by and she was very nice. There was also a drive thru on the side. Edit July 2022:. I ordered online and specified a 7:30 pickup time for the food. I got there right at 7:30, however on my drive there (around 7:20) a woman from the restaurant called and sarcastically indicated that "my food has been ready for a minute". Strange because the reason I put a 7:30 pickup time is because I knew I could be there then, which I also stated over the phone. I had a feeling they may have prepared the food way early, and unfortunately that seems to be the case. Most of my food was lukewarm, and the fried chicken was soggy. The woman who gave me my order (not sure if it was the same person on the phone or not) didn't even bother to apologize for not reading the order. Very disappointing. I did my part, got there when I indicated for the pickup time, it would be nice if they bothered to read. A simple, "sorry we didn't see the pickup time" would have gone a long way. I wouldn't recommend placing orders ahead at this place unfortunately.

This is excellent place to have coffee and donut or sandwich in the morning. And also this is the great place to have Korean bibimbap or bbokeumbap (Fried rice) or Bulgogi, etc in the afternoon. They don't use MSG that I could know from taste. Love bibimbap fresh and yummy. I am happy to have cozy and nice place to go in my neighbors.