I REALLY wanted to love this place but lo and behold, I find myself wishing I had decided on another destination for dinner. When my boyfriend and I arrived, we were quickly welcomed and seated in what was a perfectly quaint little corner of the restaurant. Unfortunately, that was about the only thing that was done in a timely manner during our visit.
We took a few minutes to decide what we wanted, ordered, and then hung out for about 15 to 20 minutes. During that time, two other parties were seated, orders were taken and their starters were brought out before ours! Did I mention that our waiter had to come back and ask us what we ordered because he forgot? We finally got our spring rolls but then had to wait another 20minutes for our dinner to arrive. I'm all about waiting for a meal that is cooked to order, but what really put the nail in the coffin was the fact that our food came out lukewarm (if that).
The food itself wasn't terrible, but its not something that I'll ever go out of my way to get. We got the tuna and salmon spring rolls and they were great. The cuts of fish could have been bigger but overall, they were the shinning star of a poorly cast ensemble. My boyfriend ordered the tofu and shiitake mushroom sandwich and said it was "good enough". Now, he isn't nearly as picky of an eater as I am, so "good enough" is as good as...well, bad. I ordered the chicken pho. The broth tasted like soapy water and the chicken looked like it was wadded up and boiled. Parts of the chicken didn't even seem fully cooked.
I wish we had a better experience at Rice Paper, but sadly I don't think we'll be back.