The Red Bento

A sushi oasis in a flavor desert. Having lived in and around Portland OR for a while, I miss sushi east of the Cascades, but Red Bento serves up some legit fish. Rolls are rolls, but these guys actually do good sashimi and nigiri. Sure, there might not be the selection you’d find in the city, but the fish has always been fresh and flavorful. Can’t wait for them to open their location in Lewiston.

The service was great, the food was amazing, best sushi I’ve had in a very long time.

I really enjoyed this place. Okay so the very old building has a bit of a warped floor on one side, but the service and food make it a great experience. We went for ladies night out, and the four of us had just a fantastic time. The miso soup was great, the bento and sushi were AMAZING! I love their spicy dishes as well as the more sweat and savory dishes. We all ordered something different and shared, and I must say, everything we had was great! The service was fast and attentive. GREAT JOB guys, keep it up!

I had the katsu chicken. it was the worst katsu chicken I’ve had. it was almost paper thin chicken at times under the breading. plus it wasn’t cooked evenly, I’d say overcooked, oily, panko falling off. The chicken also was chewy at times which is something I’ve never experienced with katsu chicken till now. I waited for some time before I was asked what I wanted to order and my water was not ever refilled. Seating happened quickly, but other than that there really isn’t anything positive to say. At least it wasn’t very expensive.

Cheap ingredients, unprofessional staff, horrible management, dirty restaurant. Yuck.

Ordered Bimbim Bop. First the egg was fried till the yoke was hard if I ordered it again I would ask them to prepare it runny, too much rice as a filler and overall the dish was a little sweet, but not bad. Had the 208 roll, octopus tuna snapper deep fried. I enjoyed it. Terrible service when we tried to leave. One girl took our card didn’t come back and when we went to the register the girl that took our card said someone else needed to run it… ten minutes later we finally settle the check. Food was not good enough to compensate, don’t expect a return anytime soon.

Red bento was the first restaurant that I ate when I first moved here and I was a little disappointed in the Korean bipimbap dish I had. So, after a few years, I decided it was time to try the other side and go for the sushi in hopes they could redeem the perceptions I had. I tried a few lunch sushi rolls which included an avocado roll, a spicy tuna roll, and a crab roll. Overall, the flavors were okay and the ingredients appeared to be fresh. Sushi is usually very artistic in presentation and precise knife cuts are essential! Here not so much. The sushi was not rolled good enough and most fell apart while I was trying to eat them. Huge chunks along with inconsistent pieces of sushi made the presentation look clunky. 2.5 stars — I’ve experienced better.
They also added a new Thai menu since last time. I’m not sure that I will be trying it as it seems they are spreading themselves too thin.

They have really good sushi. Price is not high.

My husband and I waited about 20 minutes to get a table and then were forgotten about once we sat down. The sushi was fine but the bulgogi (Korean marinated beef) was terrible. I don’t think it had ever been marinated and that’s kind of the point of bulgogi. It was so dry we had to ask for more sauce to try and get it down, it didn’t help.
Go for the sushi rolls but stay away from anything Korean on the menu.

Some of the best sushi I’ve ever had (and I’ve had a LOT of sushi). Portions are generous, the teriyaki is phenomenal and (usually) service is pretty fast. They need to updated/​clean up the inside a bit, but it’s my favorite spot for sushi/​Asian cuisine. Definitely would recommend it.

Great teriyaki and sushi. They took forever when they first opened because they were so busy. Nowadays they have expanded and have resolved that issue. I would recommend it to anyone.

I generally like this place.
Pros: Extremely affordable even for a college student, conveniently close to downtown, delicious salad and (if you’re a soup person) a decent miso soup upon sitting down, tasty Szechuan chicken and Bento Boxes, very generous portions.
Cons: A bit sketch, absolute abysmal parking unless you go in a very dead time of day, after you hopefully find a parking spot you get to walk down a narrow hallway by the bathrooms where you can see one of the cooks constantly running outside to smoke, and as far as food goes, hmm. They recently added a Thai menu and honestly they are overextending themselves. I had the Beef Phở, and it was the worst I have ever had. What were they thinking? The whole point is for thin slices of beef to cook in the hot broth as it is served. What their version tasted like was as if someone had cut off chunks of beef, cooked them until they were tough and then dumped them into the bowl. Awful. I was extremely disappointed and will never order Thai food from them again. Especially when they charge more for each Thai dish than the places who actually specialize in the food. I don’t get it.

Bery good and fresh tasting food. We had a sushi boat and i had beef baglio domething. The food was well priced and sushi was fresh and delicious.

We were in town working for the evening, and decided to search for a sushi place nearby. This one had amazing reviews and we were pleased to see that it was just around the corner from where we were working. The food was absolutely delicious, and the servers were knowledgeable, and very friendly. Just make sure that if you place a to go order, you pick up your food at the right location. Apparently, people call the Pullman restaurant by accident, place their order, and then come here to pick it up. They said that that happens a lot. :-)

Such a cute little place to eat, great date night place. Wonderful sushi, and the service was great.

Ordered, Uni, Toro, Tai and sake niguri. They were out of Uni and Toro, I would be surprised if they ever actually have them.
Rolls ordered, Spider, mixed veggie and Spicy Hawaiian.
Rice was the worst I think I have ever had, over cooked, under seasoned and packed into a gluey mass.
Niguri had tiny pieces of fish. But fish was good, no off flavors or textures.
Rolls of course suffered from bad rice, but otherwise fair. Menu selection for rolls very much around cream cheese or deep fried rolls.
Did I expect amazing sushi in Moscow, ID, no. Did I expect they could at least cook sushi rice, yes.

In all fairness I should just be thankful for non redneck food around here… God knows the effort to get it out here… But still sushi should go with sushi rice otherwise it doesn’t taste quite right… Just saying. Wishful thinking.

Usually not a huge asian food/​sushi fan… Some friends brought me here a few weekends ago. It was completely empty but I was SO impressed with the service (more people arrived as we were finishing)… The food was AMAZING. Will definitely be going back!

One of the best asian food and sushi places you can find in a state like Idaho. Especially since Idaho is not that close to the ocean. I really like their asian food and don’t really care for the soup. The teriyaki combo with soy pod and your choice of sushi is a reasonable price. The teriyaki meat and sushi is flavorful and delicious!

this is another place that was touted as being really good and i disagree. it’s pretty sketch looking, both inside and outside. it’s rundown and doesn’t look like the cleanest place in the world. i’m not that fancy pants but bbq joints can get away with this look, but i’m not as forgiving where you serve raw fish.
it’s pretty large inside and there is a small parking lot in the back. if you park back there, you end up walking down an icky hallway past the bathrooms, which is the most appetizing way to start your meal. the dining rooms are set up like a cafeteria.
we all ordered the bento boxes and they were huge! lots to eat. however, the rice preparation was poor. grainy and clumpy and all dried out. i did have some nigiri and while the fish was okay, the rice was sub part.
there’s a large menu to select from, but i’m not entirely convinced i will be back.