ALDI Rice Cookers

Unsafe plastic made steam basket – As it is used, the basket plastic steamer is reacting with the food, changing colours, it is unsafe to use and cannot be cleaned. I'm trying to find one build of stainless to replace it.

Amazing value. Flawless operation – We eat a lot of rice. We eat Japanese rice, Jasmine rice, Basmati rice, brown, Glutinous, wild, black, if it’s a type of rice we eat it. This rice cooker is a godsend. It cooks the all, perfectly. It steams veggies, perfectly. It cook amazing congee, soups & broths. I’ve even cooked cake, and Biriyani in it. I use it on average 3 to 5 times a… Read more

week. There are many weeks I use it 7 to 10 times a week. It’s still going strong. When my $700, Japanese cooker died, after a decade of faithful service I was in Aldi & spied a suspiciously familiar looking rice cooker, different colour, English controls, but otherwise pretty much identical, (the function buttons are even in the same place!), so I decided to take a punt… I mean who wouldn’t? At the price I would have been delighted if it had lasted a year, but here we are, 3 years…ish later & still going strong. (Sorry, I forget exactly when I bought it). I haven’t regretted this purchase for a second. WOW!

my favorite kitchen gadget at the moment – my kitchen is my happy place. I bought the rice this year 2023. digital 10 cup rice cooker. for $58.88 I can't complained. rice cooked fluffier and fuller than the normal rice cooker I had. I have tried to cook 3 kinds of cake ie vanilla sponge cake,banana cake and chocolate fudge cake. Aldi rice cooker don't have recipe book. you just have to use… Read more

the same recipe when you used your conventional oven. and it work. they are moist. now I will try to cook soup this time. watch my space. ALDI electrical goods might not be your best brand but there's no question ask if you honestly believe it's not working. they refund you the money no question ask. from what I read from previous review regarding their rice cooker, maybe this time ALDI stepped up to improve the product. after all I didn't pay $300 or $600 for my rice cooker.

Beautiful Rice Cooker that Cooks Rice Perfectly – The ALDI Ambiano Digital Rice Cooker (18/01/2023) is a beautiful rice cooker that cooks rice perfectly. But you got to be patient. It takes up to three times longer (45 minutes) to cook a four cups steamed rice than an analog Breville Rice Cooker (15-20 minutes). Having said that, there is a function for fast cook. I will explore that next time. I… Read more ·  1

don't know why it is reported as discontinued. I just bought one yesterday. Although I only plan to use it for cooking steamed white and sushi rice, it can also cook crispy rice, brown rice, porridge, soup and cake (I think rice cake). It can also be used to steam. For its price, it is a bargain compared to digital rice cooker from other known brands such as Breville, Panasonic, Tefal, etc.

Product information – Recently purchased, unable to obtain any instructions or recipes as is discontinued. This was not mentioned when purchased. Running blind. Show details

Malfunction – Bought over a month ago and now became malfunctioning which was sometimes power out while cooking and not cook well. The Circuit board malfunctioning and heard an electric buzzing sound. Show details

Excellent – I've used several rice cookers and love the Ambiano best. It does a great job cooking and it keeps warm without burning. It makes superb brown rice with quinoa. I've only used "keep warm" for around 30 mins. It's very easy to remove bowl when finished. Love the time count down when getting toward the end of the cycle. Love the look of it. Only complaint- no recipe book. Show details

Perfect rice all the time – Consistent rice cooker. Does steam rice perfect each time. My formula is 2 cups rice and 6 cups water and for a bit drier 5 cups water instead of 6. Also for 1 cup rice add 3 cups water.

Excellent product!! – This cooker is not only the best rice cooker I’ve ever used it also has so many added extras. I have reheated meals and made steam buns and dumplings in the steamer. I am so impressed with this machine! Show details

Great simple and easy to use! – Purchased this for under $20 from Aldi 2020 Works great! Never owned a rice cooker and this cooker cooks the rice perfectly every time. I don’t measure, just add my rice and add water just above the rice, usually 1cm or so on high. Cheap price. Great size and a great product. No complaints :)  Show details ·  1

Best rice cooker ever own – Best rice cooker and steam I have ever own stream the Vegs excellent it worth Stars five and I would buy again can't fault this kitchen toys and clean up nice  Show details

It work very good as same my old Tiger cooker – I bought this multifunction rice cooker at Aldi early 2021 with $59!? quite cheap compare with my old Tiger cooker ($330), so we use this and keep Tiger as spare. Turn out this Aldi works very good and we have nothing complaints so far, it also can cook crispy rice. The only thing is we have to turn off after the rice cooked if we don’t want get rice burn from the bottom overnight.  Show details

Died second use – This rice cooker is absolute, total and utter rubbish! I wish it were possible to give it zero stars! The stupid lump of junk died the second time we used it, leaving a horrible burnt electrical smell in the house! Utterly worthless piece of junk! Show details

The best of the best – Had Ours for well over 3 years with consistently daily use. Never had an issue. Was our second one. Worked really well even after the hinges on the lid broke off after becoming brittle. So decided to replace with another brand. Will really like to have our old lumina back as it was tops. Show details

Worst rice cooker I’ve had – Probably the worst piece of kitchen equipment I’ve ever owned in my entire life. The water spills over every single time and It never cooked evenly. Dried, burnt, soaking wet, a combination of all ? I’ve had it all. C’mon just $20 , I just chucked it to the bin. Show details

Better than expected – After reading a few reviews on Aldi's Rice Cooker, I decided to try it for myself anyway. It's a bargain-priced unit - but it does a great job. I noticed that several people mentioned the spatter that comes from the lid and makes a mess on the bench .. .. so to save this happening to me, I laid a light teatowel over the top, just in case. I'm… Read more

glad I did as it saved a little mess - but there wasn't much spatter anyway! We ended up with beautifully cooked brown rice and on another occasion lovely quinoa, which I cooked in vegetable stock to add a light flavour. For under $20, I'm extremely happy and would highly recommend this to anyone looking for a good, inexpensive Rice Cooker.

Unfortunately got a faulty one – I purchased one recently and after 4 uses it stopped working... ALDI refunded however no more stock available. Shame because the results were good the four times I used it.. Show details

Aldi Perfect (as usual) – Love, love, love it ! Just like all the products (kitchen gadgets inter alia) that I have bought from Aldi. It cooks my rice perfectly whilst I get on with other chores…………what else could I want from a rice cooker.

Perfect rice – Brought my rice cooker this morning from Aldi Made the rice, let it sit in the warmer for five minutes, it was fluffy and not sticky. Would recommend this product as l can see it will make perfect rice every time.

This rice cooker overheated and melted – After a couple of weeks use, this product overheated and the plastic parts melted on it. After a bit of waiting around in the store, Aldi gave me a full refund. I have bought other Aldi electrical products; Bauhn Hi-fi and headphones, Sterling microwave, Crofton blender and although competitively priced they are rather low quality. There is an old saying; ‘buy cheap, buy twice’. I now avoid impulse buying of Aldi electrical products.  Show details

One of the lucky few – Had this rice cooker for many years and used at least 1-2 times per week. Did not turn on one day and the bottom element had melted just as described in other reviews. The front panel had started to melt slightly. Will miss it for sure. The non stick coating got a bit ordinary over time but put it down to normal wear and use.

Very disappointed with the quality LUMINA rice cooker – I had to returned mine today. After trying this rice cooker so many times, I just gave up. Reasons: 1. Water coming through the hole in the lid, (my kitchen bench was a mess I thought maybe is the brand but no). 2. It tended to over cook rice at the bottom. 3. Gave off very strange smell. 4. I couldn't cook a nice rice it was always sticky.… Read more

I've contacted ALDI customer service (they were great) which they transfered my call to the supplier (what a waste of my time) they confirmed it cannot be fixed and they don't have parts, please return to the store.

Not good! – Used for the first time today and rice was bunt brown on the bottom. The cooker also gave off a strange smell whilst it was on, not sure why as it had been washed prior to use. This is my second Lumina rice cooker and the other one was better but still tended to over cook rice at the bottom. You know what they say "buy cheap, buy twice..."! Well I won't be buying this one again.

Beware – Like others here this unit's element fused and caused the aluminium surrounding to melt into the plastic base almost causing a fire. I am in the process of contacting the ACCC recommending they look into a recall for this product. Just glad no harm came to my family or property.

Not quite perfect – Gave our good old reliable Sunveam to our daughters at Uni and went for the Aldi Lumina thinking it looked good.. WRONG Burns rice every time and very hard to clean the "non stick" surface.. Learnt my lesson .. Cheap is good but Good is not Cheap !!!!

Disappointing – I have used my Lumina rice cooker from Aldi several times and each time the rice is burnt on the bottom. I havent kept my receipt and gather Aldi won't take my word for it being a dud product so will most likely throw in bin and buy a Breville!

Very disappointed on Aldi Brand – I had old one which was working good for a few years thought of buying Aldi brand. Bought new one from Aldi, threw old one into bin. Every time we used new one it burns rice at the botttom and sometime it does not move from cook to warm. Then I realized old was gold.

Do not buy Lumina Rice Cooker – i bought this on Wednesday 4/feb/2015 and im so disappointed to see that my rice is burnt!!! never seen anything like this before, the bottom of the cooked rice is burnt!! We have been using rice cooker for many yeas and it's a must have for us asians and thought since it was on sale I will give it a try! But common Lumina why can't you make a… Read more

better product? This is the worst rice cooker ever it overheats, the timer is not accurate, my cooked rice smelt burnt and brown down the bottom!!!! taken this back to Aldis but can't get arefund even if I got the receipt and was told it was on sale for $17 and why do i vae the guts to complain??? You get what your moneys worth, is that what it is Aldis??? I chucked it in the bin and I won't give it away as it might burn somebody elses lives and put them in danger. Aldis should recall this product