Jacques I.
Yelp
I've been wanting to try Rice 'n Spice Thai Cuisine for awhile, and finally did so...years later! We wanted Thai food as always, but wanted to be able to walk somewhere in Bellevue and get takeout. That nixed some Thai spots we love, but decided to finally check out what's just down a few blocks from where we live.
Rice 'n Spice is primarily known for its takeout and delivery service. They are open for dine-in, as they have some tables set up. But much of their business comes otherwise. We attempted to order online, but decided to call for a faster ordering process. We ordered the larb with chicken, boat noodle soup, heavenly beef, pumpkin curry with chicken, roti and sticky rice. We were told that it would be ready in 15 minutes.
We walked over, half an hour before closing and the place was still busy with orders. Many were getting takeout, and the staff was processing phone orders the entire time we were there. As we arrived, they were just finishing up our order. Everything was neatly packaged with utensils and napkins.
Of all the food we ordered, my favorite was the pumpkin curry! So tasty! It had huge chunks of Asian pumpkin throughout the curry, which was the best part. I asked for it to be four-star spice, which wasn't that spicy. I most likely would do all five stars for next time. The boat noodle soup was my least favorite. The rice noodles clumped together, and after putting it together with the broth, it was still hard to separate. The huge stems from the greens were hard to eat too, so had to cut them up. But the broth was great with the pork flavor from the blood and the spice was definitely there! I've just had better at other Thai spots around. Roti was good, but the side yellow curry with was super salty. I liked eating it with the pumpkin curry instead. Heavenly beef was tender and had a nice marinade on it, and the larb was standard, but solid. Overall, we're happy that we checked out Rice 'n Spice for some Thai takeout. I would happily come back again, especially since the prices are lower than surrounding Thai restaurants in downtown Bellevue.