Red Bowl

Food is average. Manager/​owner is a cheap prick. He hates giving out shrimp sauce with meals. Asked him why he was so tight on the shrimp sauce, he said because I didn’t order the right meal for shrimp sauce. He’s a complete idiot. if it wasn’t for my daughter liking certain dishes there I would never go.
I rarely go now, specifically because of his cheap a#!. If he’s that cheap on the sauce there’s no telling where else he’s cutting corners.

Very inconsistent. We have been here many times from the opening until recently. We have had our book group luncheons, dinner with neighbors and just wife and I.
They offer Chinese, Thai, Japanese and other Asian dishes, along with sushi which seems to be popular. Sometimes it is great, wonderfully cooked and flavorful. But most times the rice is gummy, the food flavorless and you never have consistency. I have concluded that it just depends on who is working the kitchen during your meal time.
There is a full bar, so happy hour can be excellent, especially as the sushi works as a great snack.
We were excited when Red Bowl expanded from Tega Cay and Fort Mill into Indian Land but are disappointed at the inconsistency and generally blah meals. We only go to Red Bowl if it was set up by one of our organizations. We beg off if a neighbor suggests it.

OK, takeout from Red Bowl has been in the meal rotation for our house for a couple of years now. Tonight we decided to assess their performance, because their are many good Asian alternatives in the area.
We looked up the menu online and placed an order by phone. When I got there, there was some hassle because the payment process is different for phone-​in takeout vs. if you sit at the bar, have a beer, and order takeout. They have a decent beer selection, so I had to pay twice.
The consensus on the food: the sushi is below grocery store quality (and its puny — see pic), the soup and pad Thai are decent, if you ask for any dish to be extra spicy it will be mildly spicy, and my son likes the fried rice. The bottom line is that there are too many good Asian food choices down here now to settle for mediocre. Next time we will go back to Asian Grill in Waxhaw or Asian 18 in Blakeney.

Been here twice and Ehh, not impressed. Waiter was nice food was quick, but not impressed with the flavor, the food was bland. Fried Rice was ok but it seemed like it was warmed up and not fresh. One thing that did bug me is that the place was empty and they sat us near the kitchen were the wait staff gathered and we got to hear all the gossip for the day.

It took FOREVER for us to get our sushi and the owner was mean to our waitress. When we finally got sushi it did taste good.

Delicious fusion Asian food! We were served by James and he made our family dining experience very enjoyable!

I am not a huge fan of the ubiquitous Pan-​Asian restaurants that try to do it all: Chinese, Sushi, Hibatchi, Thai, Vietnamese, etc.
It take different skills & experiences as well as cooking & prep techniques to do each of these well and when you have a small staff trying to do them all, the results usually turn out to be mediocre.
However, for the most part I have found this particular Red Bowl is a little better than other similar restaurants I have been to in the area.
Depending on who takes your order, they ask which veggies you want in your dish. This is great because my S.O. doesn’t like a lot of veggies and he can get his dish customized to his liking. I am also a little picky about certain veggies so I like being able to change those up as well.
Also, many other places tend to load up their dishes with mainly veggies & very little chicken… but on our last couple of orders they hooked us up with the chicken.
A lot of times I will get takeout on the way home… but when dining in, the bento boxes are a great way to get a variety of options with your meal.
Overall, prices are pretty much in line with similar restaurants. Last night I picked up a $ 29 to-​go order that included Kung Pao chicken w/​white rice & an egg roll for my SO. And I got Hibatchi Chicken with brown rice, and a Vietnamese shrimp summer roll.
The chicken dishes both had plenty of chicken as well as nice amount of veggies. The Vietnamese Shrimp roll was disappointing… next time I will just get the egg roll and go to a Thai restaurant when I want the shrimp roll.
Another plus is that there was enough food for 2 good sized meals in each dish.

Get a Bento Box! They are fantastic. Excellent affordable Asian fusion. Also, if you like tea, they give you a cast iron pot full of it!!!

Science class for the clinically insane.
I’ll start by saying the food was ok. Not spectacular, not terrible. That’s why id give it 2 stars. However, I do not recommend coming here if you have any food allergies or dietary restrictions. Or if you don’t like to be treated disrespectfully by an arrogant and overly incompetent manager.
After ordering vegetable dumplings and double checking with the host to make sure it was a vegetarian menu item, I gobbled up 1 and bit into another before realizing that I was eating meat, presumably pork. I was not happy because those few bites could make me sick, but understanding that mistakes happen, I just showed the waitress and asked for the vegetable version. The waitress Catherine was very nice and apologetic, however after a quick trip to the kitchen she returned, embarrassed, with the manager.
Apparently the meat in the dumpling had caused an argument in the kitchen and the manager, looking none too pleased after being pulled away from his cigarette, said he would fix it and came back from the kitchen with one dumpling on a small plate. He then proceeded to demonstrate what I will call «science class for the clinically insane». As he vigorously cut through the dumpling I realized that this was not a courtesy, this was a challenge.
He pulled the two halves of dumpling apart in front of me as if to show me that I was crazy, and obviously annoying him for no reason, but unfortunately the pork tumbled out of the dumpling, disproving his hypothesis.
In a twist no one saw coming, he pointed to the meat and said «see, only vegetables». I pointed to one especially greasy lump of meat and asked «what type of vegetable is this?» To which he replied «I don’t know… vegetables. You know, tofu or something.»
If you are ok with eating things without knowing what is in them, this place might be fine. If, like most humans, you prefer to know what your are spending your money on and putting into your body, my advice is to avoid this place.
And if you are from Red Bowl and would like to know which manager it was that was so rude, I can’t tell you because he never introduced himself and wasn’t wearing a name tag. I can tell you that this unfortunate lunch took place on 4−2−15 at 1:30pm.

Great restaurant in the area. Servers/​staff are good people and the food is not truly authentic but its pretty good. Nice environment as well for a good meal. I recommend this place to anyone!

I’ve dined in once and had take out from here many times. If you’re in the mood for Chinese or Japanese food, this is the place to go in the area. There really aren’t many options for now, so for the best tasting with added flavor, come here. The staff is always friendly, and food is always quickly made. The sushi rolls are filling and fresh. The curry dishes are super filling. A great local spot to stop by if you’re in the mood.

I don’t care that it’s not authentic or that it is a hodge-​podge of various Asian styles. My dish (Kaprow /​Basil Chicken) was very tasty and the spice was just right (was what I asked for). Beer selection isn’t terribly exciting. Service was fast and very friendly.

We took our food to go and was very happy with the customer service and food. No complaints here, Def try the sushi and the egg rolls.

Tried to give this place another try and once again… disappointed…daughter (7yr old) wanted to get chicken lo mien with nothing but noodles, chicken, and broccoli and informed that the broccoli is $ 1 extra. Do we get credit for the 4 other vegetables we took off? Then I got a meal asked what kind of rice and I said brown and was informed that would be $ 1 extra. I’ve been to Red Bowls all over state and never charged extra for rice! Of they’re loosing money then close it down!

Not authentic Asian good. It’s ok if you’re looking for a quick bite. Again the good is ok nothing impressing.

Great food an very intentive service! We were never disappointed! Congrats and keep up what you’re doing!

I stand by these stars. The servers are friendly. The atmosphere is relaxing and modern. The restaurant appears very clean.
The sushi is tasty. Shared a philly roll with my husband and had the red bowl roll as my entrée’. So good! The wonton soup had fresh made noodles in the soup, and fresh crisp fried wontons to grace the soup.
Love the potstickers! A hit every time. Recommend.