Have you ever been the last to leave a party and gotten the feeling that the host wishes you would just go away?
That was basically our whole entire experience at Rice Republic. My husband, two kids, and I went in for an early dinner on the patio one weeknight. It smelled great and we were hopeful.
The service was terrible, the waiter audibly sighed every time we asked for something, and more often just ignored us. The other tables weren't faring much better, everyone looked equally frustrated, but there was one table getting lots of attention. We banded together with another table to try to figure out their secret to good service, to no luck.
The food was subpar. I ordered soup, it was lukewarm and over salted. My youngest just wanted plain rice, but was hoping for soy sauce. Her optimism was cute, even while she when she headed in from the patio to try to get someone inside the restaurant to help her. No soy sauce for her.
I'm bummed. I was hoping for a new favorite.