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The Bowl

4.3 (437 reviews)
Open • 11:00 am - 10:00 pm
Updated over 3 months ago

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Casual
Moderate noise
Outdoor seating
Good for kids

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Poke with Salmon and Tuna
Erica M.

If you're looking for great ramen and poke, The Bowl is definitely worth trying. The food is always fresh, flavorful, and consistently amazing. Their ramen has incredible flavor and the poke bowls are some of the best I've had. On top of that, the customer service is excellent -- everyone is friendly, welcoming, and attentive. This has quickly become one of my favorite spots and I'll definitely keep coming back!

Stone Bibimbap Stone Bowl with Bulgogi
Melissa H.

Don't let the exterior dissuade you- well worth it. We just happened to stop in because of the reviews and very glad we did. Excellent food and generous serving size. If you want to have a cool dining experience get the stone bowl- I had it with rice and bulgogi and vegs. Great flavor. There was one young lady working the front and delivering orders to the tables. She was great and very personable. When we arrived we were the only ones in, but within 20 minutes there were at least a dozen people. I think we have found a hidden gem!

Excellent food and service
Victor P.

Clean overall, bathrooms are in great condition and the service is excellent and the food of course. I would come back again.

Don't judge the outside too much! The food is genuinely amazing and the staff is super nice! It might be a bit pricey but you get a good amount and the vegetables are freshly grown from the owner!

Chicken and Shrimp Fried Rice
Mario H.

Amazing food, service, and ambiance!! Food portions are large and you definitely get your moneys worth with the quality!

Original Ramen Bowl Stir Fry Shrimp
Rhonda G.

First off it smells SOOOO GOOD wen you walk in. The amazing aroma SLAPPED me in my face so I HAD to order something! The cashier asked if it was my first time and I said yes. He was extremely helpful breaking down the menu and his recommendation. I ordered the Ramen with spicy shrimp and shrimp eggrolls. The Ramen is huge so beware. It was good wit lots of flavor ( could've used more seasoning though) and the eggrolls were delicious! Will be returning soon especially during these cold rainy days.

Stir fry 2 meat Bowl

Phenomenal stir fried Bowl! I travel over 100+ days across the world and decided to give it a try. The food was fresh. Incredible service. Plenty of food It's a repeat for my next visit. Haven't had oriental food this delicious since trip to china town in San Francisco!!

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Joshua H.

Call in my order and it was 10 to 15 minutes and it was ready. Customer service was great. It was OK could've had a little more flavor but still good and great portion.

Fried Tofu Poke Bowl

Poke Bowl was very good. Spicy Mayo is definitely SPICY. Have to get bottled drinks. No fountain drinks. Ambience is a little off, but the food was good.

Bibimbap Bowl with tofu
Nisha B.

I ordered the bibimbap with tofu and didn't really like it! The tofu had absolutely no flavor and I really couldn't stand to eat it. The rest of the dish was just ok. I think the prices are average, can get a bit pricy depending on the protein you add. I got takeout and I am glad I did becuase the inside looked very dim and also smelled like cleaning products. The staff at the front were really nice though and had our order ready pretty quickly, but I probably wouldn't be back.

Mariana C.

First time visiting The Bowl, I made my own bowl full of fresh veggies and tofu. The spicy mayo sauce is spicy, be aware of that! It is a simple menu, not to many options. Flavor is good and the costumer service was pretty good.

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Chicken and rice was dry, veggie was suggy and no flavor in any of the food. Overpriced. Go other place.

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I only eat one particular dish there and I love it and I also love the lady that works there other than that. It's a great place.

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This place is a great place to eat. They have tasty food. They have great service and a nice atmosphere.

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Asian Express

Asian Express

3.9(47 reviews)
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I don't know if I've ever left or felt the need to leave a yelp review before, but man.... having…read moreeaten at this establishment and the location in Lawrenceville for a long time, the changes instituted with the new year have been a pretty big letdown. I don't know if Asian Express has new owners or what, but I truly hope that the owners take reviews like this and any possible dip in business to heart and see the error of their ways. Firstly, they got rid of their sushi. it was cheap, but good and I enjoyed it. Secondly, this restaurant that was widely and affectionately known as a "dollar scoop" or "scoop spot" is no longer such. Where they use to charge $1.50/scoop up until last year (and, typically, quite generous scoops that required your plate's lid to be pushed down to close it), they raised it to $2/scoop later in 2025. My traditional Saturday night order of lo mien, two scoops of honey chicken, two scoops of veggies and an order of teriaki chicken skewers (so 6 scoops, basically) came to 12 dollarydoos and change, up until the most recent changes that went into effect with the new year. Now, they no longer charge by scoop, but rather by "plate size", with the "large" plate costing 15 dollars and only being 4 scoops. I forget what they were charging for the teriyaki skewers à la carte now, but whatever it was, I think my "large" plate plus a side of skewers was either just shy of or just over $20. As a little cherry on top of this disappointing sundae, the servers must have been instructed to start being very strict with their scoop sizes, because not only was my "large" plate fewer scoops than I normally get, but the servers seem to be very, shall we say, conservative, with their scoop sizes. Very small portions. I think I counted literally like 15 little bites in my 2 scoops of honey chicken, pretty much halving the generous scoop sizes I'm sure accustomed to. So yeah, tl;dr version is that what use to be a cheap but very good fast food takeout place has, in the span of a few months, more than doubled their prices while also reducing portion sizes. Not cool. The value of the food at Asian Express has always been a huge factor in making it my weekly go-to Chinese take-out spot. I get that the economy is bad right now and inflation is through the roof, but man is this all very disappointing. Bottom line, if this once cheap but very good Chinese spot is going to cut back on quality *and* quantity while also raising their prices to the same level or higher than the Chinese place I had previously been going to since high school, I may as well go back to patronizing their business instead... and I have.

If you have been following me for awhile, you know how much I love oriental food! I came here to…read moretry it out because 1) the reviews and 2) $1.50 a scoop sounds not to bad especially if you on a budget. When I came in, there were nobody dining inside. And it was lunch time when I came. They have a buffet style setup at the register. I ordered the honey chicken and mixed veggies. The food was ok. The veggies were warm. One of the girls was cooking and eating at the same time. I don't know if I will come back to try again because I know what good food taste like!

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