The Rice Box

Good food for the price. Super casual Asian style food place. This isn’t a buffet place but if you don’t like buffet style Asian food then this place isn’t for you. I will be going back soon.

Just awful. I’ve never left 1 star anywhere but this was so bad I felt like I should share. We just spent $ 40 on delivery and the food is barely edible. I laughed reading another review just now saying the chicken and beef teriyaki was like jerky– that’s exactly what my husband said! Nothing had taste. It was expensive. Too and because the food used to be pretty good– not great but it was a good delivery option.

I ordered the Pad Thai with chicken. It was absolutely the worst Pad Thai I have ever had. It didn’t even taste remotely close to Pad Thai. It was extremely salty. I could not eat it. The crab Rangoon were extremely flimsy and tasted sweet. Barely any crab in there at all. I have heard a lot of good things about this place was completely shocked at the awfulness of the meal.

Well I guess The Rice Box has some new owners or the cooks they have now just have lost their touch because my family and I ordered from them last night and it was very disappointing. We ordered take out and all the orders were correct. My boyfriend and I shared some steamed dumplings that were ok and same with the General Tso and fried rice we had. The fried rice was lacking in flavor and I mean I know it’s «fast food» but it was almost like they went into the freezer pulled it out and then microwaved it and boom ready to go. Was not impressed in quality and flavor. Guess I’ll be looking for a new take out place!

Food sucks since the owners changed back in 2013. I got coconut shrimp and the sauce tasted like acetone! I refuse to pay $ 14 to eat nail polish remover. Used to be an awesome place, would not recommend to anyone!

Well I have to say for being well recommended the food was disgusting! I got the coconut shrimp and it was so bad. It tasted gross. Overall all the food was a disappointment I will not be ordering from here again.

The quality has dropped significantly since I first ate here. The food is bland and greasy. Once, I placed an online order and when I called over an hour later, they hadn’t even started making it. Today was the last straw, though. It had been a few months since I ordered anything, but I was craving noodles. I ordered Pad Thai, and it arrived quickly enough. Unfortunately, there was an unreasonably large piece of onion taking up a significant portion of the takeout container. It’s like they don’t care anymore. No peanuts either. They went from crushed peanuts, to whole peanuts, to no peanuts. I think it’s a pretty good parallel to their overall decline in quality.

We had the Rice Box deliver. I’m not sure about you but when you order chicken teriyaki it doesn’t mean chicken jerky.
The chicken teriyaki was VERY dry and over cooked on skewers with no sauce. If they added sauce it would have helped rather then thinking we were going to choke.
In general, the meat was very dry, someone in our group ordered beef as well, same thing.
Fried rice was good and the egg rolls were excellent!

New to the area of Groton, ct. Decided have a nice little personal night and order some delivery chinese food. I searched around online and the rice box immediately caught my eye because they had a very easy and convenient online ordering website. I browsed through and noticed that the prices were very reasonable and exactly what I was looking for. I ordered the a rice box special that came with 1 delicious eggroll, 4 jalapeño crab rangoons, chicken mi fun (very good but could have been more seasoned), and pork fried rice. I chose the jalapeño crab rangoons because people raved about them in other reviews and they were absolutely right, they are amazing! I also ordered 1 small miso soup and 1 large for my boyfriend to enjoy when he got home. Keep in mind, I could have gone with 2 smalls, the large is literally a huge bucket full of miso, like a pint! Definitely worth it though because the miso soup was on point and perfectly flavored. I was surprised to see such a huge portion for what I ordered, fantastic! I ordered and within 15 min. they were at my doorstep. The lady was very friendly. My food was nice and hot still. I could not have been more pleased with my first time ordering chinese food from here. I will be ordering from The Rice Box from now on! Thank you so much!

It’s ok, unfortunately there are no good Chinese restaurants in Groton. You might hit a good meal but they are very inconsistent. The next time it will be lousy. Really miss Rainforest at Mohegan Sun. Rice Box is just ok. Egg rolls good, steamed dumplings thick and doughy, sauce watery. Combination plates ok. But nothing stands out as good.
If someone would open a good Chinese restaurant in Groton, they would make a FOUTUNE! Because there is not a good ONE!

It’s been one of those ⁵⁰⁄₅₀ experiences here… So when we order for dinner, it can be pretty awesome, and when we order for lunch, it sucks like worst than a Nicki Minaj song. (is that how you spell her name? Whatever)
My lunch experience — imagine you did something pretty awesome at work or school, and you’re like «yeah, I’m gonna treat ma self!». So you order your favorite dish from the chinese take out… and when you sit down, still sooooo excited, and thinking it’s gonna be pretty freaking awesome, and bite down… and oh dear God, what… what is happening…
For the record, I order Generals Shrimp… and its like they burnt the fried coating on the shrimp… oh and to up the ante, they left the tails on, so with the burnt coating it was pretty much impossible to eat. I was so depressed. The rice and crab rangoons were the only thing that saved my celebratory lunch.
Dinner experiences — again take out — usually we order white meat General’s chicken, shrimp fried rice, and steak and peppers. I haven’t been able to find a place that uses a decent amount of steak in their steak and peppers (for some unGodly reason, they use more peppers which yes its cheaper but no nobody wants to eat all that pepper, not even a vegetarian wants all that pepper), its still somewhat decent. The rice will always be a little blah but whatever, its rice. The eggrolls are okay, but I opt for the spring roll usually. And the jalapeño crab rangoons are such an amazing invention. if only they were consistently good every time! (sometimes, I get zero jalapeño in a rangoon and the world is a sadder place).
Overall, its okay, but we’re thinking of trying to branch out soon so we can go back to having stellar chinese food.

Ordered the Kung Pao Chicken and the Chicken and Broccoli from the lunch menu. Food was promptly ready after 10 minutes. Kung Pao chicken was hard and over-​fried with mediocre pork fried rice. Chicken and broccoli was lacking flavor. Jalapeño crab rangoon was awesome!
If you’re looking for awesome Chinese food go across the street to Phantasia! Their food is consistently well-​made and flavorful!

The only reason I’ll give the 1 star is for the food, it’s pretty damn good. However, they gave us the wrong order, and my wife and I didn’t realize until we got home. So she calls and returns the and picks up the new order, after arguing that we had a regular AND a spicy order of rangoons. So, she gets home and starts dishing up the food, and realizes they downgraded our size. Granted, she double checked it, but was so frazzled that she didn’t realize. So, we go back and as I walk, not my wife, a lady walks out with her order, getsbin her car, and comes right back in with the food… wrong order.
EDIT: I wrote this review while waiting for my order. My wife and I went to the CVS across the street, and when I came back, the guy said my wife had picked up the order… WHO WAS WITH ME THE WHOLE TIME. Turns out the lady who had the other wrong order, left with mine. Never going back!!!

Can not tell you about the food. Ordered through their website online, wouldn’t take their discount code. When I got there to pick up I explain this I was told they heard of this happening to multiple customers; but it wasn’t their problem it was the people who host the website. Manager told me I would have to pay dollar convenience fee for the Internet and THEY would not honor the discount. Canceled my $ 30 lunch order and left. Based on lousy customer service and a devil may care attitude I will not be back.
Lost a customer over $ 1.

I was in town for the day because of work, and needed a quick meal. I didn’t expect anything too stellar, and even though I got chicken mi fun off the lunch menu [not standard lunch menu choice elsewhere], I thought it’d be bearable at the most because of the low price. I was wrong.
The employees were polite and courteous on the phone, and brought my food to me promptly. The driver checked in with me ten minutes before, when he was on his way, and again when he arrived. Love that!
The food itself was great. I don’t like the typical greasy fare that most Chinese restaurants serve up, so this suited my palate perfectly. I was able to eat the whole portion and soup without feeling sick, even though it was quite a bit of food. I recommend Rice Box based on my experience with them!

I grabbed take-​out for my husband and me — Mongolian Beef and General Tso’s Chicken (our go-​to Chinese picks). Both entrees were tasty — nothing super special about them though. The service was fast and friendly. I will return, but will likely try a couple new entrees that others on Unilocal have raved about.

Holy Crap!!! Singapore Mi Fun (Spicy Curry) is awesome!
I like, in general your typical Chinese /​American joints. Most places are fairly consistent within margins of error of course. But this place was just a bit different.
How? I thought you might ask.
Well first they have a Crab Rangoon with jalapeño that is super fantastic. Their rice, fried and steamed are good. There Gen Tso Chicken was better than average. But…
The Singapore Mi Fun is way over the top. You need to order extra spicy though. They are happy to accommodate. This will clear up the head cold. It has good flavor, the noodles are really light. It comes with shrimp, chicken and beef all mixed in. I am sure if you want to go all vegi they could accommodate.
The service was also top notch. I can not say enough. I think when in this area of Conn, this will be my go to place, just for that meal and service alone.

Ordered delivery online and the earliest available time was 1 hour and 15 away, nevertheless, I ordered. Took 1 hr to arrive and the driver was friendly. Food was ok. Rice tasted old and their way of cooking teriyaki beef is not my favorite. I will say the jalapeño crab rangoon is good, and the steamed dumplings were fresh and big.