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Chic and fun
Posted by lincoln224 on 10/26/2009
I always go here with my Mom, it's "our" place. We both love the peanut chicken and ginger cocktails. The wait staff is always very friendly and upbeat.
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I like the Pot Stickers :)
Posted by Crit on 10/04/2009
I really go there for their pot stickers. They are great but yes a bit spendy.
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Best asian style restaurant
Posted by oceanwavesmassage on 03/20/2009
Big Bowl is by far the best in asian food for its freshness, the fried calamari are the best in town ,the batter is very light and has no oily taste and the sauces that go with it are fabulous,overal natural tastes without overdoing on salt , great non alcoholic drinks, original desserts such as the Mochi. I go there as much as I can after work accross from Southdale. The service is pretty good as well. I highly recommend this place if you are looking for a quality meal.
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love it
Posted by sophilicious on 08/28/2008
I'm a vegetarian and spicy-food lover and I go to the Big Bowl when I want to treat myself. Their food is great and fortunately, I've never had the problem the previous reviewer has had! A coworker of mine just went there for the first time and was telling us how much he liked it too. I recommend making your own bowl (at their ingredient bar) - that way there won't be any ingredients in your dish that you don't like. Their hot ginger tea is delicious - fresh ginger and honey. I had a pomegranate ginger cocktail that was delicious albeit expensive ($8). And the mochi dessert with ice cream was unlike any dessert I've ever had. Very fresh ingredients. The service has always been excellent except for one waiter who sneered when I asked for tea to SHARE with my mom. The bathroom could have used a cleaning that day too. Other than that, it's been great every time. Love it. Highly recommend it.
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Don't go near this place if you want clean pants
Posted by realfoodie1er on 07/22/2008
Holy $%^&!!! Literally. They must put laxatives in their food because my girlfriend and I just had the exact same bathroom experience. Not only that but the food had no flavor. It was as if someone just took my tastebuds out of my mouth for one meal (except for the taste of salt). Even the chili peppers were flavorless. All in all I would say go here if you like flavorless food and dirty socks.
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Mixed bowl of blessings
Posted by ennivalo on 09/13/2006
I like the food at Big Bowl; a refreshing new take on Eastern cuisine that is far different from the usual mundane Asian restaurant. Very fresh veggies, prepared with some interesting twists. This is fusion food, not the local Chinese or Thai takeout, and should be judged on its own merits. Personally, I think they have the best pad Thai ever, though portion size is smallish for the medium to slightly high prices.
That being said, the service can range from okay to really awful. The problem is more with the so-called hosts / hostesses than the waiters. The twenty-something front staff can be really snotty on busy nights, often acting like it's a great favor for them to find you a table despite having reservations. I don't need this kind of attitude and it has limited my visits to Big Bowl, despite my love of their food.
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Yuck
Posted by littleboot on 04/06/2005
Awful place - probably the worst service I have had in years - worst part the host was very rude - they made old people wait to be seated way too long. The food was so Americanized - really banal use of spice!
Don't bother go to another restaurant in the area.
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Expensive Asian Fusion
Posted by Fabulous_Fifi on 04/11/2003
Well, this isn't your hole-in-the-wall Chinese restaurant, so don't expect a bargain here but do expect unique food! We came for lunch. I had the special real Ginger drink ($2.50 was too much to have it again) with lemon chicken, which I thought was good- not like the Americanized Chinese version. My fiance had the Kung Pao Chicken with noodles. He was disappointed inthe flavor. Overall, it is not a phenomenonal restaurant but it is pretty good fusion of different asian flavors and food. Prices are not cheap and there is no lunch menu.
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Boring
Posted by aharste on 12/09/2002
Overpriced, boring, chain-restaurant food. This place certainly does not deserve the support it gets. Why are so many people willing to pay so much for such mediocre fare? There are many real Asian restaurants around serving much more interesting and economical food than this.
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Yuck!
Posted by Nickel on 12/05/2002
I am normally not that critical, but with the holier than thou service and the fad laden food...I feel I have to comment. I ate there once and only once, the food was tasty except for the overabundance of chunks of chicken fat I found in by kung pao chicken. Gross, Gross, Gross!!!!!!!!!
