the food was alright, not bad for the price at all. we ordered the cream cheese crab wontons and they were good but had a smoky aftertaste. pictured is the honey walnut shrimp with chow mein which was really good and very filling. the service was okay, food took forever to come out. the sitting area gave college cafeteria, a lot of seats, fluorescent lights, etc. read more

Open Rice Kitchen - honey walnut shrimp - Chinese Near Me - Davis, California

Super generous portions for the price. The pork belly had a delicious balance of fried and soft parts. Also very affordable price for boba. read more

Open Rice Kitchen - Braised Pork Belly rice plate - Chinese Near Me - Davis, California

I probably first came to this place in 2015 and have still continued to order the same thing; pork belly fried rice and a taro milk tea

Affordable and good! Highly recommend the fried rice. Excellent bang for your buck. Service was nice but hard to hear when they call your drink. read more

Taste good and affordable for students. Portion sizes are just right. Love the Singapore style noodles and thai tea. Their salt pepper chicken wing is the best! read more

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This was the first time that I've eaten at the Open Rice Kitchen, but I've heard from UCD students that the restaurant serves good and inexpensive Chinese food and drinks. We went there before noon and only had a couple of people before us. There's one line where you make your order, pay, take the number given to you for your table, so your food can be brought to you, and sit down. The young lady taking our order was friendly and efficient. I also appreciate that they have a tap and pay machine. The prices were inexpensive, especially in today's economy. I appreciate that prices are affordable for everyone, especially for the college students. Here's what we ordered: 1-$7.00-Beef Chow Fun 1-$5.00(?) Salt & Pepper Calamari (without jalapeños) 1-$2.50-Thai iced tea 1-$2.50-Original Black Tea Boba -The beef chow fun was a little oilier than what I'm used to, but it was flavorful and pretty good. -I enjoyed the calamari, but my family member thought it was a little too salty. -The Thai iced tea was tasty and on point. -The original black tea boba drink was thirst quenching. Unfortunately, some of the boba (tapioca pearls) tasted overcooked. The dining room was neat and clean and so were the bathrooms. We'll be back. read more

Open Rice Kitchen - Salt & Pepper Calamari (without the jalapeño) - Chinese Near Me - Davis, California

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The food here is ridiculously cheap, and it absolutely shows. It's extremely oily, the portions are small, and my friend had some very raw beef in his chow fun. The service can be extremely slow depending on what you order. Would not go back. read more

Ehh you get what you pay for. Everything just tastes like soy sauce + really oily and kinda salty. Good drunk food ig or if you're really short on money.... Singaporean noodles (2.5/5) read more

Open Rice Kitchen - Chinese Near Me - Davis, California

Super cute and quaint spot in Davis! I'm a huge fan of the affordability- I got a boba and pork belly fried rice for only $11. Fried rice was crispy and had a hefty portion, and boba was pretty standard. It's pretty loud in the restaurant, so it was sometimes hard to hear the staff. That being said, placing my order was a quick and fairly easy process and it took less than 10 minutes to get my food. Would definitely come back when I'm in Davis! read more

Open Rice Kitchen - jasmine green milk tea - Chinese Near Me - Davis, California

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They are cheap, quick, and the portions are massive-- perfect college student food! Sadly I am no longer a college student, and while the kim chi fried rice worked, it was definitely not the most exciting thing I'd ever had. The popcorn chicken was more like fried chicken, a bit too large to be popcorn chicken, but it was nice to get some animal protein with my kim chi fried rice. Ambiance is simplistic, the Diet Coke dispenser was not in the best shape, but then, again, for the price, I am not complaining. read more

Come here several times before it's a great place to come and grab food and appetizers when you wanna have beer. They have great quantity for the price that you pay. It's great deals for the whole menu. When you come in there, you greeted right away and the cashier is usually super Duper nice. It's an open concept with tables and chairs. There's always music playing in the background when you place an order they're usually really busy. You can wait anywhere between 10 to 20 minutes which still isn't too bad. They also make Boba there if you just want a snack there's something for everybody on the menu and it's cheap. read more

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Found this place on Thanksgiving Day while driving back home to Sac the food and price was amazing went back Dec 13th because the food was so good this time it was tasteless and the Kung Pao missing peanuts and green onions. Let them know food had absolutely no flavor in the Kung Pao and Thai Basil they remade it for us unfortunately it came out the same. We were very disappointed. read more

I love this place. It's pretty cheap compared to other places in Davis and the boba is good. There's also pretty large portions and it tastes good. The meal in the photo was $15 read more

Open Rice Kitchen - Peach green tea boba, donut bites, spam fried rice - Chinese Near Me - Davis, California

Pricing - The fairest and most reasonable pricing I think I have ever seen. Taste - Absolutely delicious food, and LARGE servings, and I'm someone who can consume a LOT of food. Service - Everyone is kind, professional and works quickly, service is fairly quick for how packed they get. Ambiance - it is a fairly small establishment, but they have plenty of tables and chairs, and there's plenty of areas to walk around in Davis while you wait for your meal, they are very accurate with wait times. read more

THE PORK BELLY FRIED RICE is a must try!!! It was so delicious, we also got the kimchi fried rice which was also bomb. We got two teas but we weren't a huge fan of them but we only paid $2 for them and we originally had went the there for salt and pepper wings but luckily the girl at the counter was honest and transparent and told us that they personally aren't her fav so we went some where else for those. but the fried rice was fire!! read more

Open Rice Kitchen - Pork belly fried rice - Chinese Near Me - Davis, California

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I loveee ORK. Super affordable plus the Thai tea never fails to hit the spot. Highly recommended this for colleges students honestly :)

Not coming back. Ordered orange chicken w/ chow mein and broccoli. The chicken and chow mein was great, but the broccoli felt extremely hard and tasted as if it was covered in dirt. I also ordered the Strawberry Green Tea and I regret it. It tastes as if I drank straight from Dawn dish soap bottle...I love green tea but this was the first time green tea was disgusting to me. Just straight chemical in a cup. read more

This place is not great, the fried foods are extremely greasy, and the soup is full of MSG. the bathroom is gross, the interior is run down. save your money and go get in-n-out down the street. read more

The establishment is amazing I come here three times a week for the past 7 years. Amazing food and prices. But what I find crazy is that every time I come in and I see the employee that wears lots of mascara I get in a sad mood because she always denies me of some sweet and soar sauce when I ask her after spending almost 15 plus dollars each time. She's acting like it's coming out of her paycheck. This is the 7th time now 10/13/2025 read more

Food is cheap but worth its cost. Though the cashier is RUDE, blaming me and my girl friend for showing up late to pick up our food. We specificly ordered food for to go and walked right next street to get some drinks, which was about 10 min. The cashier could not just leave the food on the counter and give it to us when we ask for it, instead she blamed us for showing up late. read more

Open Rice Kitchen - Chinese Near Me - Davis, California

During the school year my kids eat here on a regular basis. The service is fast and friendly. Favorite food is the pork belly fried rice. My daughter loves their boba tea which is quite large. Great little place if you need food in a hurry. read more

Open late. Asian food. $2.50 boba. My wonton soup was $5.50. You could easy feed 2 people with $15. Good for a meal with a college budget. Order first before you sit down. Food comes out quick read more

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Been a customer for years since college. Prices are affordable and the food seemed normal. Ordered 4 food items and a drink. Unfortunately my family and I got very sick this time after eating. The drink didnt have enough flavor. read more

How have I not reviewed this place yet!? Service is friendly and quick. ...Wait what? Delicious options that are all fairly priced? It's like the entire world is inflated and Open Rice Kitchen never got the memo (which we are all grateful about). Fantastic atmosphere, great place for students but also family friendly. Sign me up again and again! read more

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You get what you pay for. Open rice kitchen is a staple in the davis community, as it offers cheap-affordable food for college students. Taste and portion wise, you really can't go wrong here. It's a small restaurant with a good amount of tables and one person running the register. They also have cheap boba here as well. It's nothing crazy but it's a bang for your buck. read more

For affordable late-night dining, Open Rice Kitchen is a great option. The pork belly fried rice is my favorite--it's only $8 and comes with a fried egg. Their Thai boba is also surprisingly good for the price. Make sure to get a boba stamp card! read more

You get what you paid for, for the food. The service is alright, not the best and not the worst. The restaurant can be cleaner.

I ordered pork fried rice and they gave me a different menu of rice (idk which one is it). I called them for a refund but they never answered my call. Bad service. read more

Probably the best fried rice you can get at anytime whether it's midnight or morning in Davis. Prices are cheap for both the food and the Boba milk teas. They are also very fast so you are in and out if that's what you want. Also it's a very good hang out place. read more

Great prices and great service, I love the fried rice and orange chicken. The food was amazing especially for the cost.

Food was good, prices are amazing. Will definitely be returning when I'm craving fried rice again!

Absolutely love this place! Great food, good prices, and it's been busy almost very time I've been

This place was pretty good. The price was pretty reasonable for everything. About the 6-15$ range so very budget friendly. The portion sizes are pretty big and well seasoned. read more

We popped in to enjoy some appetizers & we were not disappointed! We were greeted right away by a super nice woman. Behind her, you can see the cook making all the food. Veggie spring rolls were delicious, as well as their salt & pepper tofu. Also, their Thai tea is one of the best around, at one of the best prices. Fun place. Reasonable prices. Thanks! read more

Good food, large portions, cheap cost. Fried rice is sometimes off seasoned, but still delicious. Their popcorn chicken is the closest thing I have found at davis that tastes like Taiwanese popcorn chicken. It's really good. If you haven't tried this place I highly recommend you give it a try. read more

The customer service was not very good. Their peach boba was not good. The taste of the peach was very strong. I asked for it to be remade and they denied the request. read more

Do not go there when they are too busy! They'll reduced your food portions in half, when you made too many ordered in the same kind.

After countless of times coming here there was always excellent service, from a young man usually wearing his beanie (sorry I don't know your name!) but he is the best. Sadly, on a Sunday the staff was terrible. Worst visit from Open Rice. I placed an over the phone order, 4 items. All were WRONG. I ordered 2 orders of pan fried noodles with veggies, 1 order of tofu chow fun noodles and kimchi fried rice without eggs. They said give them 10-15 minutes, cool I pulled up 20 minutes. Upon arrival my food was ready, the girl handed me 3 boxes, I went to my car, checked them and it was all wrong. I got brown rice, pan fried noodles with chicken, and chow fun that wasn't right. I came back inside, told them and they looked at me as if I was crazy, they had me repeat my order multiple times despite it being right on the screen (ridiculous) and finally remade my order. So I waited about 10/15 minutes. I came back and they only gave me only 3 boxes and then I asked where my 4th item was and they said I didn't order a 4th item. Again, they looked at my crazy as if I was wrong. So I had to wait another 20-25 minutes since it was busy. --Whoever is on the Sunday shift needs to get it together. As a store manager myself at a heavily trafficked food franchise, I can say this was actually terrible, they messed up once and then blamed me for their other mess up. read more

As you can see I paid $15. For Cali, it's cheap and promising food. I've been here a couple of times and it' has a special place in my heart. Oh & it's always packed so you'll be there maybe 30 min so call ahead read more

Open Rice Kitchen - Pork belly. - Chinese Near Me - Davis, California