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    8.1 out of 10

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  • Cuisine: Asian: Southeast, Thai, Vietnamese

Official Website

riceny.com

Prices

$4-$16

Payment Methods

Cash Only

Special Features

  • Delivery
  • Kid-Friendly
  • Take-Out
  • Online Ordering

Alcohol

  • Beer and Wine Only
  • Sake and Sojou

Reservations

Not Accepted

Profile

Rice with Jamaican jerk chicken, rice with Thai beef salad, rice with Vietnamese grilled chicken salad, rice with tofu balls, rice with curried chicken–you get the picture. It's all about rice at this staple for students and hipsters who aren't on the Atkins diet. The menu globe-trots from Jamaica to India to Thailand, offering ten different types of rice and about a dozen main-course toppings (curries, salads, sauces, etc.). Other entrees are available, but these tend to be less consistent than the house specialty. For style points, there's a small but plucky wine list. At the original, shoebox-sized Nolita location, a candlelit atmosphere that's perfect for a low-budget date, while the Brooklyn branches have a very cool brick-warehouse setting with outdoor patios. — Jenifer Van Vleck

8.1 "Recommended"
Average Reader Rating
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75% Would you go back?
71% Would you take a date?
28% Would you take kids?
14% Would you go on business?
28% Would you go on a special occasion?
Food: 8.3
Service: 7.0
Décor: 7.4
Value: 8.3

really, cash only?

kurtzah from 10016 | Posted on 7/2/08

Overall Rating: 6 (Mixed Reviews)
Food: 6
Service: 5
Décor: 7
Value: 6

The food was really creative, but I don't think the execution was quite as miraculous as the food, in theory. I had ratatouille, which was good, not GREAT - pretty standard. We also tried the edamame hummus. It was tasty, but theory beats execution in this as well. My boyfriends chicken satay was slightly off - extremely nutty and the sauce was a bit sticky. The chicken dumplings were delish. Overall, the food is pretty well priced, so I'd say you get what you pay for. The one thing that really pissed me off though, was the cash only situation. Once we were through with our meal and finishing up our delicious mojitos, we all nonchalently put our credit cards down. At which point, our waitress came over and snootilly said "we're actually cash only." It would have been nice if it this was more explicitly expressed! We all rotated going from one broken ATM to another...finally 20 minutes later we found a working ATM and paid our bill, unhappily. It really put a damper on the experience there. This could have been avoided if the payment method was a little more obviously expressed.

Who needs bread?

food_is_amazing from 10019 | Posted on 3/15/08

Overall Rating: 8 (Recommended)
Food: 8
Service: 8
Décor: 4
Value: 10

Rice is a rare find: tasty food that will not put you into debt. And, if you are gluten-averse, there is no better place for you. I had the chicken coconut curry with brown rice, the corn "pancake," and the cranberry rice krispie treats. The curry was rich and filling, the pancake was hearty and rustic (for lack of a better word), and the rice krispie treats were soft, gooey, and nostalgic. We went to the one at 28th and Lex; we will go again.

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