Reviews of OpenRice

By: Openrice Group Inc App

List of user reviews and ratings for OpenRice

Total ratings

4.40 (Rating count: 46,747)

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Review summary

OpenRice on Android is popular for HK restaurant info but users report major downsides. Top pain points: intrusive ads, instability and slow performance, buggy UI/UX and navigation, unreliable moderation of reviews, and non-working features like bookmarks and price filters. Despite being essential for Hong Kong dining, ads and reliability issues heavily undermine the user experience.

Pros

Locally essential for Hong Kong restaurant information.
Provides restaurant listings and reviews in one app.
Some positive sentiment from users (e.g., 'Good').

Cons

Intrusive, long and frequent ads that disrupt browsing and content visibility.
Frequent instability: server outages, crashes, and slow loading.
Buggy UI/UX with confusing filters, clunky navigation, and tedious formats (reels), causing poor usability.
Concerns about content moderation and reliability of reviews (false information, negative reviews blocked).
Some features don’t work as intended (bookmark not working; price/spending filters not displaying buffet pricing).

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 1.50

All time rating average: 4.40

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74% (79)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-07-11	C *****	Ads always show when exploring the restaurant.... BAD USER EXPERIENCE!
Ads always show when exploring the restaurant.... BAD USER EXPERIENCE!
2026-07-10	Re*****	terrible UI. I can't even land on the hp COS of the overlay adv, no count down timer, and no close button to dismiss
terrible UI. I can't even land on the hp COS of the overlay adv, no count down timer, and no close button to dismiss
2026-06-28	K *****	too many ads
too many ads
2026-06-11	Li*****	Too much advertisements and users are forced to read the ads with no exit. Extremely annoying.
Too much advertisements and users are forced to read the ads with no exit. Extremely annoying.
2026-06-07	An*****	Annoying full-page ads with no way to disable them. Maybe I should switch to Google Maps reviews instead.
Annoying full-page ads with no way to disable them. Maybe I should switch to Google Maps reviews instead.
2026-05-31	Eu*****	the app keep regressing, many more ads, terribly slow, always have security check, format changed, not able to put photos under related comments etc..........
the app keep regressing, many more ads, terribly slow, always have security check, format changed, not able to put photos under related comments etc..........
2026-05-30	Ke*****	The app is very disruptive due to the frequent pop-up advertisements. The frequency of these ads is increasing, which is causing significant annoyance. And you can't kill them.
The app is very disruptive due to the frequent pop-up advertisements. The frequency of these ads is increasing, which is causing significant annoyance. And you can't kill them.
2026-05-30	De*****	Total rubbish app. I get stuck at phone number verification when I enter a 9xxx xxxx phone number.
Total rubbish app. I get stuck at phone number verification when I enter a 9xxx xxxx phone number.
2026-05-28	Lu*****	excellent
excellent
2026-05-27	Ch*****	全部都係廣告
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