BENTO Gainesville Newberry

"Angie(employee) was so nice and made our experience at Bentos the best ever. I am picky and she was patient as I narrowed my choice down. The food was great. My girls and I had a great dinner. Thank you!!"

"12:32pm on my lunch and this place was dead. No tvs to watch or a bar. The service was not great, the one girl acted like she did not hear me on two occasions. Luckily i am from out of town and will never be coming back to this resturant. I would advise try to sample the food either from someone else order or just go out on a limb. I got the general toso chicken with shrimp. They dont use regular shrimp but shrimp substitute. The chicken was good but i had no shrimp, so a waste of money. Then the fried rice had so many onions in it I could not enjoy my rice. But i would advise getting white rice. Over all 2 out of 5 with me never coming back. I would advise my followers try another location first."

"Used to be one of my favorite restaurants several years ago but I have been more and more disappointed each time I return. The bathrooms were fowl (womens on my account and mens on my boyfriend’s), fountain drink machine and counters had liquid residue dripping and the tables are sticky. Sunday evenings used to be packed in the good ole days but today it was empty and the A/C wasn’t working on top of everything (several other reviews reveal this has been an issue for months)."

"I have had Bento recommended to me by many of my friends so I decided to finally try it. My fiance and I went to the one on Newberry and unfortunately were very disappointed. The restaurant was extremely warm and humid as soon as soon as you walk in.. staff was very unfriendly and I even tried to make conversation with a smile when ordering but just received blank stares. The place was empty and we each ordered a poke bowl to go, sat down and waited... and waited.. for a long time as the staff just talked with the two other customers in the restaurant and made it clear they were in no rush to prepare our food. Eventually they finally finished our bowls and gave them to us, we left and when we got home to eat, both of the bowls were very small (I got a large and she got a small but they were the same size, both small). We were very disappointed and it was not worth the 45+ dollars for the two bowls and two drinks we ordered. Hope this Bento gets it together because I can't see it staying open much longer..."

"I walked in and it was dead, the humidity in the restaurant hit you right when you walked in. It was very hot and very wet feeling in the atmosphere. The sushi looks nothing like what I ordered and the color of the fish looks questionable it’s grey. I took it out and ate the rest. I don’t like wasting food and I can’t afford to waste. I wouldn’t recommend eating here. I’m debating on whether finishing or throwing it away. I have not gotten sick yet, but I wouldn’t doubt if I did."