Wild Rice Market Bistro

Reviews about Wild Rice Market Bistro

• 3 / 5

  By Steph Dee
  I really love the ambience and space of the restaurant. It has an amazing view overlooking the river on the Quayside river walk.
  
  So, the cocktails. Nothing mind blowing but still well made. A few classics, a few originals. Decent enough wine/beer selection.
  
  The service is attentive, and polite.
  
  The food is serviceable. Not amazing. But good. I feel like the wonton soup broth was particularly bland. It had almost no flavour whatsoever. I don't have a problem paying more than my local Chinese food place, but the food should be better tasting at least.
  
  The curry dumplings were a nice idea in theory, but quite devoid of filling and you guessed it, very bland.
  
  We had the shanghai beef noodles. The noodles and vegetables were tender and perfectly cooked, the beef mildly dry and sadly, everything was just a bit too sweet with not enough spice.
  
  It's too bad that it isn't better, because I would love to have a regular little haunt around there but this really didn't knock our socks off.
  March 26, 2017
• 5 / 5

  By Kathleen Espiritu
  I really enjoy that there are vegetarian and vegan options on the menu. They also have ethically sourced meats. This is a place I will come back time and time again because of the quality and the flavors. Beautiful location near the water. Excellent service and menu.
  October 31, 2016
• 1 / 5

  By Matsqui
  It looked like it was going to be a good place to eat. But. Very disappointed. Here for my sisters birthday, and I know there's 18 of us, and yes, that is a larger number, but after arriving at 7:30 and ordering at 7:50, it's currently 9:15, and our appetizers still have not arrived. Looking around in the restaurant, there's about 12 other people here. Looking towards the kitchen, I see one cook cleaning the pots and wiping down the counters. This is not acceptable for a restaurant. Very displeased. Will not be recommending others to here after this experience. McDonalds has better service, and they have little to none customer service.
  Just updating before I post, it's 9:45, the food finally came. It's very enjoyable. I'll give them that, but so glad it took almost 2 hours to prepare some rice and pasta.
  Last update: I was wondering how they were able to pump out so much food so quickly, when the food did start to come. We found out. Some of the rice dishes were under done. Crunchy rice. Not acceptable.
  October 12, 2016
• 4 / 5

  By Billy Wong
  Was actually just talking to my friend the other day why we've never tried fusion Chinese style eateries. Overall, the experience itself was quite pleasant as the staff was courteous and the food interesting. That said, I think the fusion ideas could be...worked on?
  
  For example, the Peking Duck Taco was an interesting idea, in fact the one thing that really caught my eye when I saw their menu online. When one thinks of traditional Peking duck however, one of the main focus is the duck skin which surprisingly was not in the dish at all. That said, the slivers of fried wonton skin was fantastic touch. On a more positive note, the wonton noodle soup was fairly well done. The soup stock was especially good and definitely worth trying.
  
  In either case, though there are other comments we could make, we decided that overall it was a quite positive experience. It makes you appreciate the classic dishes we grew up with all the more, while the fusion aspects being a very interesting discussion point. Yes for the price you could really have a very large meal at a traditional Chinese restaurant, but its good to be outside the box (albeit hugging its walls) and we full by the time we left, a point which may not normally be fulfilled at other fusion eateries.
  September 07, 2016
• 3 / 5

  By Talid Jalbout
  Great view, especially when you can eat outside on a nice sunny day. Service is acceptable, but had to wait quite a while for our last dish to arrive. Has to ask a few times for refills. Food was good, no standout in the options we picked though. The salmon tartar small for what you pay for.
  August 15, 2016