While in town working I stayed at the Hyatt on Main Street. I walked up the street and found this gem. When I walked in it was empty but a lot of people were coming for to go orders. We ordered the wonton soup. Chicken fried rice and shrimp with broccoli. I unfortunately only got picture of the soup because as soon as the test came out it was gone. lol everything was so good! We spent 30 dollars for everything along with 2 canned drinks. The soup was filled with so many wontons that were freshly made. The broth was flavorful. The chicken fried rice had tons of chicken and with a bit of soy sauce it was perfect. The shrimp with broccoli came with brown sauce perfectly blended with the food. I would definitely go back whenever in town again! read more

The Red Bowl - Wonton Soup - Asian Fusion Near Me - Newark, Delaware

Never been to the Red Bowl before until yesterday. I've heard so many good things about this place and i enjoyed everything i got! I ordered the general tsos chicken with white rice, along with vegetable lo mein and crab Rangoon. This is easily one of the best places to get Chinese if you're health conscious because their food wasn't too greasy. My only complaint is that they can be quite expensive depending on what you get. $12.95 for vegetable lo mein is a lot. read more

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Bugs in food. I ordered a few things from Red Bowl tonight and found a bug in my dish. When I called to let them know and request a refund, they were incredibly rude and required me to come back to the restaurant for a refund and then only refunded me for the dish the bug was found in, regardless of the fact that none of the other food would be eaten. Additionally, they asked for the food back when I requested a refund and were upset to find that some of the food had already been eaten, which leads to believe they were ready to remove the bug and reserve the food to the next customer. read more

The Red Bowl - Sesame Chicken - Asian Fusion Near Me - Newark, Delaware

We ordered 12 wings and got 6 wings cut in half. we asked for pork fried rice and got what looks like beef read more

The Red Bowl - Pork Fried Rice - Asian Fusion Near Me - Newark, Delaware

I ordered takeout. They do not let people come into the building during corona szn but once I got there I called on the phone and they brought the food to my car. The food was all good. Nothing was super amazing but I was over all very happy. The order also came with a thing of sauce with we put over the crispy fish and was delicious. The Chong Quinn spicy dry chicken and the crispy fish were my favorites from the order. The chicken was pretty authentic compared to traditional American Chinese food like pad Thai. We had hoped for string beans also but they were out. It's nothing special but for what it costs and what is advertised it met expectations! Yum read more

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I feel obligated to let my fellow eaters know that this place is a generic Chinese take out joint. Nothing more, maybe slightly less. You may think it's something else, it's not. I took it to be a little more advanced, unique, regional (I was thinking Han Dynasty in Philly due to the Chili hot sauce dishes at $16+ each). Nope. It's not. My $25 order for soup and "Szechuan" beef was VERY underwhelming and basic. The beef was in a loose broken broth, that was really just a soup. Not a chili oil. Adding the rice was a waste as it fell apart in the watery broth. Owner seemed surprised that I was there to pick an order up. What's going on here? Shame. Won't be back. read more

This place is how I made it through college. If you are looking for quick, cheap, take-out Chinese food, this place is probably not for you. While they offer the beef and broccoli/general tso/kung pao chicken and have the appearance of a take-out place, they are much more than that. While I have never really tried any of their dishes that are catered to American tastes, I can attest to them serving some of the best food on Main Street. One of my favorite dishes to get is the curry beef. It resembles Thai curry minus the coconut sauce (which I never liked in the first place). The curry sauce pairs perfectly with their white rice and the meat is tender and flavorful. I also absolutely adore their beef noodle soup. It is definitely a tribute to Taiwan and their rendition definitely lives up to the real deal. The broth is just liquid umami and the beefiness is undeniable. The chunks of beef are also cooked to fall apart perfection. I wish I knew about their Szechuan dishes, but since I came almost exclusively for their lunch specials, I never did try any of it. Maybe for the next homecoming, I'll just spend the weekend eating everything on the menu. read more

I've been trying to find the best fried rice around Newark and finally found it here!! Sesame chicken also delicious - takeout measures for COVID are great, barely any contact (calling from outside the store to pick up takeout). 10/10 experience and can't wait for next time. read more

The Red Bowl - Chicken Fried Rice - Asian Fusion Near Me - Newark, Delaware

Great food all around the spicy chicken and beef are great. Spicy Tasty Chicken. Kung Pao Chicken

I ordered the shrimp and broccoli with fried rice, crab Rangoon's, wonton soup, lo mein, and steamed dumplings. The only items that were decent were the rice and soup. The only reason the rice was good well because it was rice and the broth of the soup was good and that's it. The lo mein and shrimp were smothered in some type of brown sauce that I can only compare to awfulness. The shrimp were clearly frozen and had no flavor. Basically just a real disappointment. read more

Overall 2 stars due to mediocre quality and poor value. Ordered the General Tsos combo with pork fried rice with hot and sour soup and "chicken wings". 1. The general tsos sauce was decent, better than the sauce at The Great Wall by far. The trouble was both the texture and the amount of meat you get. While you get many pieces (1/3 of the box), a majority of the pieces were fried dough with very little actual meat attached. Furthermore, the pieces with meat were VERY dry and stringy. 2. The fried rice that I paid $3.50 extra for was terrible. Essentially flavorless besides salty. The pork pieces were very few in between bites of soy sauce rice. There was no "Wok flavor" whatsoever. Big disappointment and would urge others to get the white rice to save on $$$ and calories. The odd yellow fried rice at great wall was better. 3. The hot and sour soup was better compared to Great Wall. HOWEVER, the hot and sour soup was HEAVILY white peppered, to the point that I was drinking white pepper sour soup. The consistency wasn't too thick or thin, which I liked. 4. Alas, the chicken wings. When you order fried chicken wings from a chinese place, you have certain expectations. I.e. You expect to get 4 complete wings, perfectly fried and juicy, placed on a styrofoam plate half-melting-the-styrofoam-kinda-goodness, you know? For $5.50, you get 6-curry powdered small buffalo wings that is overfried and hard/stringy like the general tsos. HUGE hit on its overall quality and value. Overall: Better than Great Wall and relatively palatable (sans fried rice), but 2.3/5 stars. Will not reorder from here. read more

Finally! A decent Chinese takeout is very hard to find, especially in the Newark/Elkton area. General Tsos is one of my guilty pleasures and unfortunately until now I've had to hold off until I find the time to go to a semi fancy Asian fusion restaurant. Red bowl is the answer to my takeout prayers! The General Tsos chicken is not that breaded slimy meat with the gloopy sauce that I've come to associate with chinese takeout. Instead, the sauce is fresh with chilli peppers and not too sweet, the chicken is all white meat and I can actually identify what I'm chewing. The fried rice is also a plus and any place that adds egg to their fried rice is good in my book. With that being said, I wouldn't dine in, and when you're calling in make sure you're clear with your order because they speak very little English. The service is quick and the employees are friendly. Kudos to you Red Bowl! read more

The Red Bowl - Asian Fusion Near Me - Newark, Delaware

There are three standards for Chinese take out places: 1) should be super cheap 2) should be unabashedly delicious since you know it's unabashedly unhealthy 3) should get a huge portion size. Unfortunately, Red Bowl only delivers on the third standard. The prices here are $1-2 higher than most Chinese take out places so I would expect the food to be a step above in flavor. I've tried a number of the chicken dishes, as well as the soups and egg rolls and found everything to be over salted and too oily. Portion sizes are large. Staff has been friendly enough in my experiences though. read more

Delivery was so late, it showed 30min around, but came about 2hours which is disgusting.

I have order kung pao chicken and chicken w. Chili pepper. These guys serve in good portions and its delivered quick. The food was delicious and i should thank the delivery guy for waiting patiently. Certainly ordering many times more. read more

The Red Bowl - Asian Fusion Near Me - Newark, Delaware

Ordered delivery- Didn't love it. Won't go again unless down the road for some reason I get a craving. I imagine not, but a few of the items were cooked with items one could crave. The best dish I had was the steamed dumplings. They were delicate, tender, tasty, cooked perfectly. The fried rice was good? But pretty tasteless. Where's the soy? The Vietnamese pork chop was very thinly sliced and over cooked. The steamed broccoli was good. The Sacha chicken has a large amount of fresh veggies and the chicken is just ok. I did have leftovers. I waited 50 minutes for the delivery. The window was 30-45 minutes. It was a little late. On a Mobnday night I can't imagine at 7:15 it was busy enough that they had to use every bit of time available. They didn't include any chopsticks and i did add a request. So mixed feelings. read more

Food was good but delivery was late. They said they would be here by 1:05, but the girl was 30 minutes late. I had to call grub hub to find out how much longer read more

Easy menu, good food, easy delivery through Yelp - classic "Americanized" Chinese food

It was my first time eating here and I loved it!! I used the Yelp app to order and it was really easy. My order was delivered super quick and the delivery man was very nice. I would definitely order again. read more

The Red Bowl - Asian Fusion Near Me - Newark, Delaware

To me, Red Bowl is the restaurant to add to your Chipotle/Jimmy Johns/Bahn Mi rotation if you're on main street looking for cheap, decent, fast food regularly. If someone suggests going there over any similarly priced places, I feel totally indifferent. My sentiment relative to Chipotle et al. probably arises from having been to Red Bowl a number of times while never finding an item that stands out as super delicious/I want it every time. On the other hand, I've never disliked anything either. If I rank Red Bowl among other chinese/japanese/fushion places in the area, I put it above No. 1 and Mizu, on par with Pinang, and below Mayflower (and Yi Palace's spicy dry chicken lunch special). read more

Restaurant was playing Chinese pop songs and Chinese TV Programs. It's a very nice place to eat in if you're from China. Food is good and price is even. read more

The Red Bowl - Asian Fusion Near Me - Newark, Delaware

This place is really good, I mean really! the food is very tasty and very reasonably priced for both the quality and quantity..if you buy lunch you can eat it for dinner too. In-spite of being cheap they have good quality which is really surprising! I wish they served brown rice :( Wish they had bubble tea too, I would not have to go to the shop next door for that.. :D read more

Bad customer service which just kinda pushes me away...asked for recommendations and got an answer like "they all taste the same", no patience and got screamed at by the person on the phone read more

I like Red Bowl. We started going here after burning out on No. 1 Chinese in the Newark Shopping Center. There food is good, but not great. There is no item on the menu that just pops out and says 'EAT ME', or compels us to go back for more. In all honesty, I haven't tried their higher end menu items, so maybe the braised meats are the 'wow' items I'm looking for. The fried rice is good, but doesn't knock your socks off. I still cannot find a decent fried rice in this town. Next stop Chef Tan. The General Tso's chicken is good, the beef with broccoli is ordinary, and I can't recommend the Spicy Tasty Chicken, which was more like a wet sloppy mess of food. The chicken on a stick are good and popular with our kids, the lo mein is tasty, and the hot and sour soup is better than most I've had. The food is generally fresh and cooked well. They aren't the fastest for carryout, so if you order online and they say 20 minutes, don't bother going any earlier than that. But they aren't super slow either. If you're eating in, it is pleasant enough, and lunch service is acceptably fast. It is nicely decorated, a little dark and intimate, and there is Chinese television always playing, which can be pretty amusing (Chinese telenovelas and game shows....true story). Parking is a pain at that plaza there, especially when school is in session, so you might have to park a block or two away. All in all, better than average. read more

I visitedRed Bowl for the braised beef soup to compare to Yi Palace on Elkton Road. There was no comparison. The soup was good, but it was like comparing a fast food burger to a pub burger. The service was very friendly & I would definitely try something again, but for now this is 3 stars. read more

It would have been 5 but for the extremes involving home delivery on a very rainy dark night... All good, food was hot, tasty, and generous. I got Chicken Broccoli, friend got Shrimp Curry. Both FRESH tasting and delicious. I wish you had brown rice as a healthy option.... Thank you for going above and beyond regarding mixed up orders and poorly lit house numbers!! read more

I had the worst experience at this restaurant. My boyfriend ordered a chicken entree and it came out very salty. We asked to please get something else so they took his plate and brought the same plate back out and no surprise, the food was salty again. We asked to get a different entree because the food wasn't bearable to eat so the head chef came out and was extremely disrespectful and refused to make the food again or make anything else and he said "next time order something different." Come to find out the head chef is also the owner so we will never be coming back here again. read more

The food there is just average. It's cheap but low quality. Good location tho. I used to visit there quite often cause it's the only Chinese restaurant near campus. But I don't visit there anymore since there were few new Chinese restaurants on Main St now. read more

Best Chinese/Asian food on Main Street! I have yet to order something I didn't like, and the online ordering system (where you can pay with your credit card) is incredibly convenient. Friendly service, yummy food, great portion sizes, fair prices. read more

The Red Bowl - Shrimp and vegetables with a side of white rice - Asian Fusion Near Me - Newark, Delaware

This is my favorite Chinese resturant. The portions are a good size, the food is delicious, and it's all for a reasonable price!

Ordered sesame chicken and honey chicken and got two ordersof sesame chicken one without seeds. Icomplained that it was not honey chicken he said thats the way its made. After explaing the difference he told me to shut up and hung the phone up on me and thats the way the owner operates this business. read more

Nothing good about this place. Ordered 2 dishes. One fish one chickedn4. Could not tell the difference between the two. Waited 30 mins to waste 30 dollars.. totally not cheap fast food and spicy is throwing pepper flakes all over the dish. Will never go here again. read more

Okay, Full disclosure- I am chinese New Yorker on a business trip here, so maybe I am not the right person to give a review on a chinese restaurant in Delaware. But this place is terrible. First, the Service was not good. The two of us were directed to a small table for two, we wanted to sit at the bigger table for 4, so we won't feel so cramped and because there were 5 tables that were empty. She said no, she will need all 5 of them in case people came in. Sure, we didn't want to get her in trouble when the place becomes pack with pretend customers. Then there is the food. We had the wonton soup, chicken Lasha noodle soup and the rice cake shanghainese style. Wonton soup tasted like water with some salt and msg. Lasha chicken noodle soup was a bad attempt at a Curry based soup. Rice cake was horrible, definitely not shanghainese style or even close to it. The rice cake was obviously boiled first and too chewy and the sauce was, hmmm, was like eating something a 3 year old would cook. read more

Good food, even though the prices are a little high for a non descript restaurant in Newark. Being a vegetarian- I really appreciated the Mapo Tofu and vegetarian fried rice. Flavorful, good portion sizes and the food is delivered hot and timely. read more

We came to this restaurant at 10pm on Sat. But the service is very BAD! It said it would open until 11pm. If they cannot offer good service very late at night, they should close earlier. read more

Food is good here, the size is large and the price is reasonable. The only problem is the waiters working here are always looking unhappy and probably you need to serve yourself. read more

I always order from redbowl, never had problems. Food is good, and they serve a big amount for a low price. Worthy the money you pay.

Food was mediocre at best. The Lo Mein was dry. The General Tso's chicken was over cooked, dry, and had minimal sauce. I will not be back.

The food was OK - nothing special at all. We had shrimp lomein, sweet & sour chicken, shrimp fried rice, and sesame chicken. The shrimp lomein was the only dish we all liked. We were really hoping it would be our new Chinese delivery but we are still searching. read more

Finally tried The Red Bowl about 2 weeks ago AMD have eaten here 3 times already. So far the Vietnamese Chicken Noodle Soup, Fried Dumplings, and wings are solid! This is now a regular place for me. read more