Rice Paradise

This place is closed. Drove all the way here to find out the place is closed! I was very much looking forward to try it.

Wonderful!!! Such great owner and pleasant! Love the food and the juices! Really enjoyed the coconut rice pudding as well. My husband and I live up the road and love to come here! Definitely a hidden gem! I wish more people would know about it!

The food here is amazing (that is when you don’t find yourself biting down on a piece of glass)!! I ordered delivery from rice paradise and was really looking forward to experiencing a new restaurant so close to my home. The delivery service was exceptionally fast and the food looked great! I opened the container poured the dressing on my salad and started to indulge when «ouch» a hard sharp piece of glass slammed into my gums. I was going to try and let it go until it happened again. Two pieces of glass in a couple bites of salad is not ok! I called the restaurant 3 times before finally someone answered and when I told the woman what had happened she rushed me and rudely asked what I wanted her to do! I was shocked at her response and just informed her that I was just trying to protect other patrons at there restaurant and they should be more careful! All in all good food but not the best employees for missing glass in a salad and then being rude to there customers after they were in the wrong!

This place is clean, the décor is cute and on top of that, the food is fresh and delicious!!! The owners and the girls who work there are so nice and friendly. I will definitely be coming back.

I fell in love with this place last night. Not only is the decoration of this restaurant super nice and you feel very comfortable, but the staff was also very nice and helpful. I ordered a turkey sandwich and it was delicious. A typical sandwich with fresh ingredients on a crispy baguette, just like back home in Europe. The chocolate rice pudding was to die for. I am glad my company is ordering from Rice paradise next week for a company lunch! Definitely will be back!

Love it! The food is great! The rice pudding is reeeeeaaaaaallllllyyyyyy good! My delivery arrived fast and the food was delicious! Really recommend!

Just tried this out and it was absolutely delicious. The kids had a veggies sandwich and they loved it. The turkey sandwich and paradise salad were great. The coconut rice pudding was soooo good. I absolutely love all of the fresh and healthy options. Can’t wait to come back again and try some more items!

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS PLACE!
I order from here all the time, and have never been disappointed. The Crepes, rice puddings the salads and sandwiches are always fresh and delicious.
Owners are so friendly and accommodating!
Huge Gluten Free Menu!
I have gone over 10 times and don’t single complaint!

Best crepes in Miami, we got the banana strawberry Nutella. Also best rice pudding is the tiramisu. Great ambiance and friendly service.

Nice little spot. I’ve tried their coconut and cookie dough rice pudding and it was delicious. Not too soggy like other places, just right. I tried their green smoothie and it was OK… not the best, but it was still enjoyable.
I’ve also tried their chicken wrap… nice and fresh. Light meal but good portion.
They have great customer service and a loyalty program. They’re doing the marketing right… I like the way their café is set up. Will be coming back for sure!

I am on a diet and the sound of the name of this little gem made me go in and scope it out. I chatted with the nicest store owner, a charming girl from Hungary, by the name of Szandra. It’s a family business and they hope to expand.
I believe they have upgraded this dismal stripper on the boulevard with «an incredible lightness of being», as it were. The rice dishes can be had with no sugar, gluten and are perfect for my vegan breakfast.
One taste and I was in love and too with the sweet girls.
The restaurant bursts of fresh, new, and innovative. I loved the colors and brightness here.
Everything is smooth and nice and on the front of the mall so one doesn’t have to trudge to the rear which will prove dismal.

Walked in at about 8:30pm and my friend and I ordered two ultimate italian sandwiches. It took 20 minutes for the food to get to the table, and we were the only people inside. Overall the sandwich was just extremely salty. Sure the ingredients are salty by themselves but if you used mozzarella instead of brie it would have cut down on the salt some. We then got some tiramisu and cookie dough rice pudding. The rice pudding was really good, and the servers themselves were very nice. It just took a long time to get a sandwich.

It was close to 9 PM, on my way back from Aventura Mall, and I was really hungry.
As I used Unilocal to find a near-​by place to grab a bite, I couldn’t believe I have found one with an almost perfect ranking: 4.5 starts (out of five). I inmmeditely look at the word ‘fresh’ and also learned it will be closing soon. I said to myself, you must try this place!
People of South Florida: WOW! The level of freshness was unbelievable! The cleannesss of the place was obvious and remarkable, and most importantly, the attention of the owner, priceless!
After welcoming us with a big smile they asked us if it was our first time there and after I said Yes, they (I regret not asking their names) explained to us very nicely what their specialties were … Including over a dozen of different kinds of rice pudding. I tried at least three: all amazing!
And Yes, I was so happy to have found this place that I completely forgot to take pictures. Guess what? It is the perfect ( Unilocal) excuse to go back again, Ha!
We ordered the pineapple, strawberry and banana smoothie: Wow! I also had the Ultimate Italian Sandwich: People, you must go and try it! And the Rum rice pudding with raisins: Hay Caramba!
Yes, this place may not be close to where I live but that will not be an excuse to not go back again.
To sum it up, everything was extremely fresh, clean, food made with passion, personalized attention and the flavor was unique. I highly recommend this place and I will definitively will be going back many times! FIVE stars for them — which are very well deserved!

Rice Paradise looks like a small, intimate café. It has a quiet, family-​like atmosphere. The people who work at Rice Paradise seem sweet and friendly. If you are unsure of what to get, they seem willing to help you to figure out what you want.
They have sandwiches, crepes, rice puddings, smoothies, and salads. They also cater to all sorts of dietary preferences such as gluten free, vegetarians, vegans, and lactose free people. Also, you can eliminate any ingredient from any dish to accommodate your dietary needs.
One thing I noticed was that they had avocado as an ingredient for most of their sandwiches. I like that since I love avocado.
Another positive I saw was that they pay attention to their plating because most of their dishes looked beautiful.
Because I like avocado, I tried their avocado sandwich. For sandwiches, you can get it in a whole wheat tortilla, plain tortilla, whole wheat bread, white bread, crêpe, baguette, and probably other options. I liked my sandwich.
I also tried their quinoa salad. It comes with a balsamic vinaigrette dressing and specs of ginger. I’m not a fan of ginger, so I felt there was too much ginger. But if you like ginger, it might taste just right. It also had avocados in it. So that’s good. It was a nice salad.
I tried one of their smoothies. They taste super fresh and healthy. You can really taste the all the fresh ingredients they put in their smoothie.
Their rice pudding was phenomenal. I tried their banana and strawberry rice pudding. You can get it in 3 sizes. We opted for the smallest size. The small was big enough as a dessert for the two of us. The large size is probably a take home size or if you’re a glutton. They seemed proud of their rice pudding. They even give you free samples if you want to try them.
The rice pudding tasted fresh, creamy and sweet. It was a nice dessert. They even have a sugar free, lactose free rice pudding. But it didn’t taste as good as their lactose heavy, lots-​of-​sugar version.
I finally tried their crêpe. It was good as well.
Despite the good food and friendly atmosphere, I had a problem with their efficiency. It took them about 15 minutes to make the sandwich and the salad. It also took them about 20 minutes to make our crêpe. No matter how busy they look, they will take a long time to get the food out.
When it got busy, I saw them hustling. But everything was still coming out at snail pace. Maybe they’re making everything fresh so you have to wait for them to cook everything from scratch. Just be patient when you come here. Don’t be afraid to remind them if you don’t get your food for a while.

Rice paradise is a relaxed café that specializes in gluten free rice puddings, as other reviewers have pointed out. They also do offer smoothies and lunch plates — I’ve visited a couple of times for lunch. The first time I was a bit excited about the options, but disappointed at how long it took to get my meal. Although there weren’t a lot of people at the restaurant, they must have had a lot of delivery orders. I ordered a sandwich (which I customized — no tomato or cheese add avocado) and a juice, but it took entirely too long and I had to get back to work. They did offer to deliver it to the office. The sandwich was decent, but quinoa, black beans, spinach on a baguette was a bit strange for a sandwich. The juice was warm.
The next day I decided to give it another try — this time I ate in, but ordered ahead. I decided to try something similar but in a salad. It was ready in just minutes by the time I got to the restaurant, I brought my own drink. The salad was just ok (spinach, avocado, black beans, peas and mixed nuts — except they forgot the nuts and I only just now remembered that’s what was missing), but the beans and peas were obviously canned. Not very high quality ingredients.
Overall, rice paradise give a decent try at a healthier fare, and it is on the more affordable side of lunch without resorting to fast food. Not a bad lunch option for the neighborhood.

Beautiful, quiet, calm place. Friendly staff and a lot of different flavor selections! It was so hard to choose! But they do let you sample, kind of like in an ice cream shop.
The reason it didn’t get 5 stars from me is because I felt a little bit of false advertising. I was expecting everything to be «gluten free» since it’s labeled on their menu title and in big-​bold letters outside of the shop… But not everything is gluten free.
The only thing they have GF is the bread & some of the rice pudding flavors– not all!
I ordered tiramisu, I am GF, and when I went to eat it I saw pieces of regular bread in it. Unfortunately couldn’t eat it. :(
Other than that, great place! Delicious rice pudding and great service!

Stopped by after reading reviews and I have to agree 100%. This is a cute, cozy, lovely, clean, place hidden in a strip mall. I thought their strength was rice pudding but I have to say their food, smoothie and juice menus are pretty solid. Food-​wise you get salads and sandwiches but they all seem pretty good. Plus, you can build your own with great options for ingredients. Can’t wait to return with our friends.

Something different… and delicious!
We stopped in because we saw the positive reviews here on Unilocal and we were not disappointed. The rice puddings are delicious! They also have sugar free options and (obviously) gluten free for those with dietary restrictions.

Wanted to write a friendly neighborhood review of a small dessert café the gf and I found not to long ago. We were looking for a dessert spot that was really close by and different from the usual go-to’s such as ice cream and frozen yogurt. Rice Paradise looks to be family owned, the café is very clean, and the staff is very welcoming.
This place serves many variations of rice pudding such as: Banana Coconut, Nutella Coconut, Chocolate ChIp Cookie Dough. Tiramisu, Strawberry, as well as other seasonal flavors. For those that care, majority of them being Gluten-​Free. The staff is really easy about sampling as many flavors you want to try. A lot of them had really good flavors but we stuck with the Tiramisu which was good and not overly sweet.
Rice Paradise also offers Cakes, Crepes, Coffee, Sandwiches, and Salads. If your looking to get work done the wi-​fi is good and fast.

Cute little concept homemade rice pudding. The owners are very friendly they let you sample everything. The best is the rum raisin. Definately try a few before you get the one you want. I also tasted the Tirmasu was very good. They have some pastries too. One they let me try was a rice cake. Not your typical rice cake, but an actually cake made with rice.