Lacto
Chinese
Fast food
Delivery
Take-out
Singaporean

Porridge, rice, handmade noodles, tofu, mock meats, and vegetable dishes. Open Tue-Sun 10:30am-8:00pm. Closed Mon. Last order 7.45pm. Will open on Mon if it is new or full moon day, then will rest on Tue instead.


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30 Reviews

First Review by herbman

GayathriSaranath

Points +13

Vegetarian
05 Mar 2024

Good food !

Very nice food options and quality

JenniferKoh

Points +66

Vegan
25 Feb 2024

Famous for their porridge

This eatery has changed hands. It is still famous for its porridge. I was there with my parents this afternoon. Dad ordered the 'fish' porridge, Mum and I tried the dry prawn noodles. We also ordered seasonal vegetables (today's was xiao bai cai) and 'sotong' balls. 'Sotong' balls come in 5 for $4. Mum and I don't really like the dry prawn noodles. Too salty and too rich flavours. I will only come here if other veg eateries in the vicinity are not open.

Updated from previous review on 2024-02-25

Pros: Quick service , Famous 'comfort' porridge

Cons: Too rich flavours (too salty), Toilet is still the 'squat' type

yanjo

Points +21

Non Veg
14 Jan 2022

Terrible portion, taste ok

We ordered the Petai Fried Rice. I can literally count petai! Terrible
Then the fish soup, like I ordered dry fish noodle.

Pros: Taste good but not fantastic

Cons: Very little soup for the fish noodle , Very little Petai for the Petai fried rice, Terrible service

WongSiowWai

13 Mar 2022

I love their porridge. Other than that ...

FlyingKitten

Points +45

Vegetarian
16 Aug 2021

Variety

So small with an extensive menu. Ate there many times. their fish soup is great!

Updated from previous review on 2021-08-16

Cons: limited variety of vegetables

veggiexplorer

Points +4795

Vegetarian
06 Mar 2021

Lovely meals at affordable price

Earlier @foodpandasg order in lunch situation with sister from Ricehouse Vegetarian.

Sister ordered hence I do not have the receipt of this & I have forgotten how much are these. All should be less than 20sgd! We enjoyed our Vegetarian fried chicken rice and beansprout sides! YUMMY! These seems vegan too! Go try out their foodie (via delivery or their shop)~ recommended! Affordable and goooood!

Pros: Many vegan options, Affordable

IanTan

Points +307

Vegetarian
28 Feb 2021

Friendly place and funny boss

It’s a joy to come here with the entertaining boss at the counter. Wide selection of dishes and I had been patronizing it for more than 10 years.

Pros: Lots of selection, Delicious food, Budget friendly

18ec

Points +150

Vegetarian
28 Feb 2021

Delicious vegetarian with jovial boss

Quietly tucked in Geylang East. Good and cosy atmosphere, friendly for any crowd. The boss loves to joke and staff are friendly.

Pros: Wide variety of food items

andy239

Points +687

Vegetarian
07 Oct 2020

Great Variery, Great Ambience


(taste is subjective)

Cozy cafe tucked away in Geylang/Sims Drive.
Spoilt for choices (see photo of menu)

Pros: Reasonable prices, Good portions (value for $ :), VARIETY

Cons: Middle of 2 mrt stations (paya lebar and Aljunied), tucked away from main road

AlexLin

17 Oct 2020

The food is ok. Having vegan options. However, the man serving at the counter was REALLY RUDE in many occasions. It makes you feel like you are 2nd class citizen from his attitude towards you. There are many vegetarian and vegan food outlet that are very nearby and alternative to this store, so I would suggest people to consider eating at other place unless they wouldn't mind having their noon or evening being ruin by some imprudent rude man.

TofuChicken

Points +1593

Vegan
02 Apr 2020

Our place for lunch or dinner while in Singapore

We stayed close by to this place and we went there a few times. The menu is large, you have plenty to choose from. Everything is delicious. The place is always full of locals. The staff is friendly. We highly recommend

Pros: Good food, Friendly staff, Location

duckchocolate

Points +2025

Vegan
23 Feb 2020

cool place but too salty! (ordered wrong dishes?)

huge place with beautiful traditional decor. has bhuddist dharma discs, posters and magazines too if you’re keen. also has a huge range of food items for sale! menu is extremely extensive too. wished they had some chef recommendation sections so i could try better dishes! portions are pretty large.

*: enjoyed

here’s what i ordered:

*** #0121 stewed duck porridge $4
best out of all dishes, nice flavour. too salty for me though. love the thick texture of the porridge!

#0001 vegetarian duck rice $4.50
has a weird after taste... will not recommend. rice is hard too.

* #0002 hainanese chicken rice $4.50
not too bad, would prefer other dishes. the beancurd skin chicken slices were too oily. rice has a nice flavour.

** #0065 mushroom noodle soup $4
pretty good! slightly healthier dish. pleasant tasty clear soup. mock meat is pretty realistic!

* #0153 thai’s crispy beancurd $4.50
the firm tofu and sauce was alright. do ask for the sauce on the side or they will drizzle it over!

#0151 texas chicken $5.80
too “mock” and salty for me. the seasoning has a bbq/indian spice to it! you may like it if you’re into these flavours :-)

overall i would love to give this place a shot again as i’m sure i didn’t order the right dishes :’(

Pros: huge menu , quick service , many products, good ambience, huge and airy space

Cons: some dishes are too salty , hard to discern which dishes are nicer

Marilynmodiva

Points +1698

Vegan
04 Feb 2020

Love this place, so many options

So many options to choose from whether it's food to dine in or a variety of shelf food to store at home - amazing stuff. We are so pleased our friend recommended this place. The food was delicious and the ordering very simple - go up, order, pay, receive a buzzer number, collect your food when the buzzer buzzes. Cash only, so remember to get cash out before you go here. The uncle behind the till is hilarious and made the meal there even better. Great food, great service, great variety.

Pros: Lots of vegan options, Authentic flavours, Good prices

PandaJames

Points +194

Vegetarian
08 Dec 2019

Affordable Fusion Veg Food

Some of nice dishes are 麵線,炸豆干,滷花生,牛蒡卷。。。Do go try them all.

Also sell veg grocery such as taiwan veg instant noodles, seasoning etc.

AdelOng

Points +16985

Vegan
13 Oct 2019

Nice vegan food

Humorous boss at counter taking order.
Enjoyed the food especially the yummy stewed rice and 4 heavenly king. Wen Chang steamed Chicken rice was good too. Will visit again.

inesberna

Points +203

Vegan
17 Aug 2019

Asian dishes with fake meat / fish

This place is not fully vegan. Only vegetarian. I say this because they sell cakes and other things in their store that have dairy.

Pros: Variety and lots of fake meat / fish, Quick service, Cheap

Cons: Not all staff speaks good English, Some items in the store have dairy

Miette

Points +157

Vegetarian
23 Jun 2019

Good curry

The massive menu can make ordering a bit tricky but food is reasonably priced and pretty good. The curry noodles are my standard go to although my husband isn't as fond of them because the sauce is quite heavy on the coconut milk.

AriellePerkett

Points +587

Vegan
19 Jun 2019

Order well

My sister and I ate there. I ordered all wrong and had a super average meal then topped with seafood balls in curry to try improve it. My sister ordered the most delicious curry meal and i was envious on her's the whole time..

Pros: Vegan food everywhere

Cons: Hard to figured out what's good..

pauldub

Points +304

Vegan
27 Apr 2019

Good inexpensive food

I tried the Hainanese chicken rice and baby kai lan with oyster sauce. I wasn't 100% sure if the oyster sauce was vegetarian and opted to leave it off, but it probably was fine. Nobody here spoke Cantonese, English or Bahasa Melayu, and I don't speak Mandarin so communication was a little iffy.

The rice component of the chicken rice dish was very flavourful but the kai lan was overcooked. I ordered the sour plum drink which was pictured in a glass, and requested no straw be given. The drink came in a disposable plastic cup and with a straw. Terrible that even in a seemingly progressive society like Singapore, disposable plastics are used liberally without a thought for the environment.

Despite the glitches, I would recommend Rice House for tasty inexpensive vegan meals. With consistent requests for no plastic and disposable items, I'm sure the management would change their standard practices for the better.

Pros: Lots of vegan options, Tasty food, Inexpensive

Cons: Communication a challenge unless in Mandarin, Liberal use of disposable plastics, Unfriendly staff

SKNg

Points +2040

Vegetarian
08 Mar 2019

Vegetarian Food

Sells many varieties of rice, noodle sets. The porridge is their signature dish.

Pros: Nice delicious

AngBoonPeng

Points +13

Vegetarian
29 Dec 2018

Nasty attitude and so-so food

Whole family of 22 pax went to this place for vegetarian food. My daughter and I went to buy a packet of vegetarian food from her favourite outlet. Packed food to join the family but was given a stern warning by the male boss/waiter that we cannot eat outside food. End up we have to eat our packed food elsewhere.

Male boss/waiter and entire gang have nasty attitude - unfriendly and inflexible. Reconsider before you visit them. Needs lots of improvement.

DZet

Points +976

Vegetarian
11 Nov 2018

Fine

Had the monkey brain soup (not the exact name) which was fine, and the plum drink which was very sweet but still alright. Lots of choices.

LeeZhengXin

Points +2122

Vegetarian
12 Aug 2018

Delicious food with peaceful background music

A variety of tasty vegetarian food. Tried the curry Mock pork cutlet rice, love it!

Aleksandratravels

Points +60

Vegan
28 Jul 2018

Great food, service and atmosphere

The food here is delicious, they have many options and sell out of some in the evening due to their popularity. The flavours are very unique and the portions are very large. Prices are very reasonable and the service is very nice. The atmosphere of the place is very serene and peaceful and they even have lots of free meditation and buddhist books. We came back a few times during our stop in singapore.

Pros: everything

Cons: nothing

LucasYarid

Points +414

Vegan
05 Jun 2018

Delicious food, a lot of options

The menu is massive and they have some interesting ideas such as the mustard cheese balls.

It's also not as expensive.
Do come if you are around.

Pros: A lot of vegan options

Cons: Quite cheap

IrisCheong

Points +15

Vegetarian
21 Jan 2018

Review of Rice House

Not a good place for the health concious as they do not even have brown rice options. Many items contain gluten/mock meats.

I wont rate it at 2 stars if given a choice

Cqveggiefinds

01 Feb 2018

hmm so you rated the restaurant based on its inability to provide brown rice?
For the gluten/mock meats, you can opt for more vegetables instead, which one of my friend did and enjoyed.

Cqveggiefinds

Points +11581

Vegan
18 Jan 2018

porridges and Noodles :)

Really enjoyed the bittergourd Kway Teow Soup, it’s like half the bowl is bittergourd slices!
The ‘duck’ porridges and dumplings are a must try, and sometimes they are sold out.

Pros: suitable for large groups

spslcw

Points +50

Vegan
09 Oct 2017

Nice food

Many choices of food, staff are friendly.

Pros: Variety of Food

Cons: Not too much seats

Rosa veg

Points +2060

Vegan
19 Apr 2017

Good and convenient

Simple place ,lots of potions , amazing dumplings . Really cheap and very nice staff




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