This is a feast spot for Chinese food in CB! We shared the general tso chicken which was plenty for 2. We also had a cup of tom ka soup which was good! The service was very quick and the quality tasted great. Would definitely come back read more

Ryce Asian Bistro - General tso chicken - Thai Near Me - Crested Butte, Colorado

Food used to be better when Michelle ran the place. Still like it but not as much! Sad

This used to be one of my favorite spots in town, which makes this review a tough one to write. Since the ownership changed, the quality has noticeably gone downhill. It feels like the focus has shifted more toward profit than maintaining the level of food they used to be known for. The difference is pretty obvious. Unfortunately, my last experience was the tipping point--I got sick after eating there, which makes it hard to justify going back. If you're looking for better quality food and more attentive service, I'd recommend checking out other spots in town, like the Hideout. read more

There are two classic mistakes here. When you try to combine the cuisine of 5 countries (Thai, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, and Mongolian) chances are you won't do a good job in any of them. Also, when the menu is too big, chances are each dish is not getting enough attention to quality, and the ingredients won't be fresh. I had a few decent appetizers. But the Thai curry was terrible. Panang curry is traditionally supposed to be reduced to a thick, rich, and creamy consistency. Mine was soupy and hadn't been reduced at all. The pieces of ingredients were too big. Some of the potato pieces weren't cooked enough, and there was no Thai basil flavor in there. The service and ambiance are ok. read more

Simply outstanding, and amazingly priced for a resort town! We were riding up the lift with two Crested Butte residents and asked them where to eat. They both said, "Ryce" and recommended the Fourteener. I went and did as I was told and was not disappointed! The meal was outstanding, and the portions LARGE, all for just $21. Also had the shrimp tempura as an appetizer and it was the best I've ever eaten. (And it was only $10.). If you want good food, at a good value, this is the place. Only downside is that they get pretty crowded, so service can be slow, but we got through it. read more

Ryce Asian Bistro - The Fourteener. Every protein they have on a big serving!!! - Thai Near Me - Crested Butte, Colorado

Pricier than expected, but AMAZING food. Drunken noodles are a wonderfully different take on my favorite dish and the Thai curry will make you slap yo mama it is SO GOOD! 10/10 recommend! read more

The (takeout) food here is exceptional and extremely flavorful. The prices are not listed online but they are reasonable for the quality and quantity you're served. The potions are ample and there is no skimping on any part of the dish. Highly recommended! read more

I just discovered Ryce and it's awesome bartender Wen. I left Secret Stash because I could not get the attention of the bartender, so I walked across the street and was greeted with total awesomeness by Wen the second I sat down at his bar. I had the Lemongrass chicken! It was delicious and came out quickly and the fact that Wen made my experience feel great!! Thank you Ryce!! read more

Came In for an early dinner and weren't disappointed. This place fills up fast and they don't take reservations so we got there early which was recommended to us by many people. Everyone was nice and helpful. It's loud and quaint w a bustling vibe. The portions are huge and shareable. Best Chinese food we have ever had! read more

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Absolutely great traditional chinese. No skimping on ingredients or serving size. Service was great food came out piping hot. Best Chinese/thai in crested butte read more

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Food quality is mediocre/ok. Service and portion sizes are good. Sweet and sour soup lacks flavor and was served lukewarm. They need to serve better quality rice. It was barely edible. Kinda funny their name is Ryce bistro. Dined there 12/19 for dinner. read more

Great spot to have a meal at after a hike! Loved our server as he was very helpful and enthuse to provide recommendations. Highly recommend! read more

Ryce Asian Bistro - Kung pao chicken - Thai Near Me - Crested Butte, Colorado

We never expected to have authentic Asian food in a mountain town. While all restaurants here had a line, this one seems to have more room to wait around (very nice patio), so we decided to wait here. We were impressed by the portion of food that's served, no matter appetizer or entree, they're all a good, healthy size. The Salad with grilled beef was enough for the 3 of us to share. I ordered the Teriyaki shrimp because they sold out of the other dish I had wanted. But I'm glad I got the shrimp, there were so many of them on my plate and large, too! Only thing is the dish was way sweeter than I would've liked. But, it was adorned with enough veggies so the only setback would be the sugar from the teriyaki sauce, lol. Hubby got the Pad see ew with chicken. We were caught off guard when we saw the wide/thick noodles. Thought Pad see ew is usually thin/skinny noodles. It's quite alright though since I personally love "chow fun" noodles. Plus this dish was hot off the wok. As it started to get dark sitting outside and feeling a bit chilly, this warm noodle dish ended up being the most popular at the table. My only complaint is that it was a tad on the sweeter side. All in all, you'll get your bang for the buck eating here! read more

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3.5/5. Popped by at around 5:45 on a Saturday and got a table right away. The menu was a bit confusing as several dishes have unique names (i.e. not "pad Thai") and do not have descriptions, so it's hard to get an idea for the dishes without bugging the waiter/waitress. We ultimately went with crab wontons and drunken noodles with chicken. The wontons were tasty, but there were maybe 3 pieces of crab total across our 8 wontons -- they were almost entirely cream cheese. The drunken noodles were super salty and, while they were fine, we didn't enjoy them that much. The portions are HUGE, and we had plenty of leftovers. Our waitress was really nice and friendly and gave us some great recommendations for our time in town. I'd give Ryce another shot but would not revisit the wontons or drunken noodles next time. read more

Ryce Asian Bistro - Drunken noodles with chicken - Thai Near Me - Crested Butte, Colorado

Food quality is OK. Spicy dishes are NOT spicy and they will charge you for any condiments to make it edible.

Mongolian beef was served without spice. The server charged $1.50 for the hot oil to add to my dish. I should've sent it back to the kitchen to be prepared correctly. read more

Decided to try Ryce after a recommendation from my hotel. Phone order was quick and easy, but upon arriving I got to wait a solid minute for the bartender to look up from blatantly texting before being acknowledged. Ordered pad thai and 6 steamed pork dumplings. In terms of quantity, no problem there, as the pad Thai felt like an 8 pound brick in my hand. Plenty for double leftover meals. The dumpling contents tasted good, but they seemed a bit under-steamed. As for the pad thai, I was astonished at how flavorless it was. Never had such bland pad thai in my life. The ingredients seem quality, but the taste is nonexistent. $26 for two orders of blah. When they say Asian Bistro, they mean it -- they do Chinese, Japanese, Thai, and a few others under one roof. But what are they actually best at? Guess I won't find out. Jack of all cuisines, master of none perhaps. read more

Ryce Asian Bistro - Pad Thai - Thai Near Me - Crested Butte, Colorado

Traveled 45 minutes to Crested Butte yesterday and it was closed until early December. Reviewed Yelp and nothing on your site about closure. Sign on door said it closed October 31st through December 2nd. Crested Butte was shut down until ski season. read more

The food here is outstanding! Truly delicious and home made tasting. Diverse menu; only high quality dishes served here!

Food was good. Our waiter was one of the rudest and most angry people that I've ever dealt with in my lifetime. With that, I will never consider returning. read more

Fantastic meal, drinks and service. We enjoyed our meal at Ryce. The food was delicious and so flavorful with a nice hint of spice. The portions were huge and made for excellent leftovers next day. The green curry and drunken noodles were my favorite. And the mandarin martini was the right balance of flavor with a hint of sweetness without being overly sweet. read more

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Fresh food, great service and lovely dining room. We had the pineapple curry and Thai peanut curry - chicken for both. Came out quickly and tasted fresh. We had a starter of gyoza and it was pretty yummy. Glad we stopped for a lunch here in CB. read more

This was a great suggestion for dinner. We sat next to a window where we could look down and see the stream. Service was fast and friendly though it took a wait to get our check. I had the basil shrimp. The shrimp, cooked perfectly over a bed of veggies with rice on the side. Didn't care for the celery in it but everything else was perfect. My husband had shrimp noodles with a curry type sauce. Also very good. Lots of noodles and not too many veggies. Old Fashioneds were also good. The Bullitt my favorite. We'll be back! read more

The food was amazing The food was good The service was off the charts The people were really nice

Their service was good, and the food was also good, but not amazing. We got the calamari appetizer and the dipping sauce didn't have a lot of flavor so we asked for a sweet chili sauce to dip in, but it ended up just being chili with oil and had no flavor. I ordered shrimp with vegetables, which was pretty good, but a lot of the vegetables ended up being cooked celery, which is not my favorite. My friends ordered the Fourteener which they enjoyed. It had a lot of different meats, and the flavor was good. read more

My husband and I ordered two dishes that we could've easily shared one. The curry is very good!

Ryce Asian Bistro does the trick if you're in the mood for Asian fusion in Downtown Crested Butte. Big portions and big flavors. The restaurant itself has a nice outdoor patio and giant garage doors inside. The kitchen was busy throughout our dinner with the restaurant filling up and a lot of takeout orders. We got there right when they opened for dinner on a Sunday, which I recommend getting there early. Though our server was very cool at the beginning of the evening, she warmed up throughout our meal. I wish the menus had more descriptions of each dish, as opposed to merely the name of it. She wasn't super helpful at explaining. This also lead to us over-ordering food. Let me tell you personally, the portions are Hulk-sized! I was craving curry all weekend, and this massive dish presented itself well. They have many different types of cuisines on the menu, this was of the Thai variety. The chicken was tender and plentiful, and the broth/rice combo was clutch. Like, so clutch, bro. What else did we have? The whole kitchen! I started off with Kimchi, we ordered a giant bowl of Tofu Fried Rice for the table, and leftovers were a' plenty. Don't overlook this Asian restaurant when vacationing in CB! read more

Ryce Asian Bistro - Panang Curry w/ Chicken - Thai Near Me - Crested Butte, Colorado

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Two of my friends and I were seated in the patio area, which unfortunately wasn't very clean. The waiter was in a hurry to take our food order, even though it was clear that we weren't ready yet. When the food finally arrived, two of us were served, but the third person's meal did not come with it. We waited and waited for the third person's food to be served, while the waiter kept telling us, "It's coming, it's coming." However, after 20 minutes, we called the waiter over and inquired about our order. It was obvious that the waiter was angry when we requested to cancel the missing meal.. and actually the food that we received wasn't very good. We will not be going back. Dirty restaurant and terrible service! read more

Had a great dinner here with our friends who are locals; it is one of their favorites. We had a great martini at the bar, then enjoyed our dinner at a booth overlooking the creek. Everything was really tasty and generous portions - the mussel appetizers, the Fourteener (shrimp, chicken, beef, little scallops and veggies with rice), the Mongolian beef, General Tsao's shrimp and shrimp w/ peanut sauce. Great service, too! read more

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We went there on red lady celebration night. Lots of people waiting in line. Service was ok, we got seated fairly quickly. Place is clean. Food wise, we ordered Chinese egg roll and Thais pad see ew. Oh the sauce was horrible! The bottom half was all soaked in watery sauce. The flavor is waaaay too sweet. Looked terrible too. Definitely not recommend these two dishes to anyone. Haven't try other dishes so can't say. read more

Friends had Lomein, Chicken and Brocolli, chicken with peanut Sauce, Shrimp. Everyone also from NY and said all was excellent. Staff is friendly , place was crowded. Definitely a great place to check out. read more

Ryce Asian Bistro - Sesame Chicken just as good if not better then New York - Thai Near Me - Crested Butte, Colorado

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I am deeply disappointed by the experience my husband and I had at Ryce Asian Bistro last month. We ordered the Vegetable Tempura and Sweet and Sour Chicken dishes and unfortunately, both of us got symptoms of food poisoning  that night(we shared both dishes ). The symptoms were so severe that I had to seek medical attention at the emergency room due to multiple episodes of diarrhea, fainting, violent vomiting and later developed post-vomiting purpura, and subconjunctival hemorrhage which lasted multiple weeks. My husband experienced milder symptoms but suffered nonetheless. Given the unexpected turn of events and the impact this incident had on our trip, we were compelled to shorten our stay in Crested Butte. I contacted the health department shortly after, However, since we did not keep any leftovers, there is no lab tested proof. Given that this was the only meal we had that day(aside from trail mix ,granola bars , chips and instant oatmeal ), it's clear that the restaurant was the source of our food poisoning. In addition , as a healthcare worker I am obsessive about perfect hand hygiene . A few weeks later , when I mostly  recovered , I spoke on the phone with the restaurant's manager, expressing our concerns and disappointment. While initially, there seemed to be an agreement on reimbursement for our meal, the response I received via email was quite different. The manager declined to refund us. Seems odd that I am tipping for food poisoning . By offering a reimbursement, the restaurant would have demonstrated a commitment to customer well-being and satisfaction, rather than prioritizing profit. This experience has left me hesitant to trust Ryce Asian Bistro and sadly, I am compelled to caution my friends, family, and others against dining there. Please see attached images read more

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The food is solid and the service is also alright, nothing crazy. The ambiance is cool, in a nice area.

My Yelp reviews are based on three considerations: food, atmosphere, service. I had high hopes for Ryce. We ordered the Thai Drunken Noodles and Asian Lettuce Wrap. While the portions were generous, however, the Drunken Noodles were swimming in salty soy sauce and the Lettuce Wrap was salty minced chicken with a side of rice and lettuce. The food was disappointing. The atmosphere was nice with indoor and outdoor seating. The service could have been better with more attentive staff instead of a drop-and-go service. To top things off, I paid my bill using the QR code on the invoice and our server came running after us to ask if we were going to pay. While I showed the email confirmation proving that I paid my bill, it occurred to me that the server didn't care until I was out the door. read more

Ryce Asian Bistro - Drunken Noodle - Thai Near Me - Crested Butte, Colorado

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Great, fresh food! We picked up an order to go right before they closed and the food was so fresh and delicious. The ambiance outside is lovely and I would love to go back and experience it first hand. Friendly people, quick turnaround and generous portions! read more

We stopped by for small plates and drinks as we had a late dinner reservation and needed something to hold us over. We sat outside on the street-side patio to enjoy the beautiful weather. This can sometimes be iffy in the off-peak hours but our server never forgot us! She made great recommendations and everyone at the table was pleased with the food. We ordered the mussels, Gyoza dumplings, Vietnamese egg rolls, spring rolls and chicken satay. Everything was very good! Don't leave without trying the saketini! read more

We dined here Monday evening after finding it to be one of the few open restaurants in town. We waited a short time to be seated at the comfortable outdoor patio, which was well-shaded. Service was punctual and overall adequate -- not super friendly, but got the job done. Prices are about on par with the rest of Crested Butte, and the portion sizes for meals are quite large. We weren't super hungry after a large lunch, so the four of us shared gyoza, red lady shrimp, and the chicken lettuce wraps. The red lady shrimp was the weakest link. The breading was very mushy and you could peel it right off with your finger. The shrimp also weren't deveined, which was not awesome. The chicken lettuce wraps and gyoza were both just okay. The ground chicken mixture also had some veggies mixed in, but it wasn't super flavorful and the lettuce leafs were still quite wet. As for the gyoza, they were pleasantly crispy but also on the bland side. Overall, if I happened to come back, I would probably try something different from what I got. read more

Ate here our last 2 nights in CB. Wish we would have tried it earlier, we might have eaten here all week. great seasoning and flavor to all the dishes we tried. The past 2 nights we had the Tom Yam soup, the jalapeño beef, the beef salad, the lemongrass chicken, pan fried dumplings, and the chicken satay. Every dish was outstanding. The kitchen really cranks out the dishes fast. Servers are busting their butts trying to get to all the tables. I feel like they need a few more staff for the tables. Highly recommend! read more

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The outdoor seating is nice. Great customer service. Verify of Asian Cousins with decent portion and affordable price. read more

Ryce Asian Bistro - Thai Near Me - Crested Butte, Colorado

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Always a must for us in CB and tonight was just as great as prior visits. Food was delicious and we have lots of leftovers. We skied until 4:00 and arrived there at 5:30. Got seated within minutes and had excellent service. Highly recommend! read more