“SUPER authentic Taiwanese vegan food, taste just like in Taiwan and also lots of snacks and vege frozen foods too. Close to freeway with plenty easy free parking. Served in fast food style togo plates and plastic utensils. Clean environment will definitely be back.“
“I've been here twice before when it first opened, and both times I thought it was too salty! So I never went there again.I stopped by for lunch today because I was nearby, and I didn’t expect that the food tasted just right! The service is also very good! I asked the lady at the counter if there had been a new boss? She said no; but the taste had been adjusted! I’m really happy that there are so many new options for eating pasta here.“
“This is an interesting spot. It's in a mall where many of the signs don't even bother with English which is a good sign. You know you will probably get something authentic. I was passing through the area and came solo for lunch. The main dining area was filled with large round tables and was filled with customers. I was ushered to a small room with small tables for small parties like me. I asked what they were famous for and she directed me to the black cod. At $42 it was a bit pricey for lunch so I went for the three cup casserole with chicken.I'd say the food was good. Didn't blow my socks off but I would definitely come back. Service was great.“
“The food was great the pork and cabbage dumplings with soy sauce were bomb. Ordered both bafang signature ramen and another spicy ramen but they both tasted almost the same and almost no spicy so if you add more chili sauce that they provide be generous with it to get the spice. I also got the mini wonton soup which was also really good, the wontons were perfect no complaints and the broth was a great compliment to the wontons. If you like more flavor fry mixing in the chili sauce and some ginger sauce that they have in and trust it elevates it a lot. Their soy mango drink is also really good not too sweet and I added boba which went really good with it. 9/10 would definitely go again but not so much for the ramen because there want enough spice to call it spicy and both spicy ramens tasted the same.“
“Was craving for some quick hotpot on a cold day and this place definitely hit the spot I tried their stinky tofu hotpot and it did not disappoint. There's a decent amount of meat in there and other ingredients as well. I wish the broth was a bit stronger in terms of flavor but it was delicious. They have a sauce station where you get to put together your own sauce. Service was friendly and the food didn't take too long to come out. I actually prefer this over boiling point because of the less wait and the food is just as good, if not better.“
“This place serves authentic Taiwanese food and we love their lunch combo sets. Been here a couple times and will continue to come if in the area. Everything is pretty tasty and is more than enough for 1 person.We have tried the:-popcorn chicken-fried Pork chops-Haaka pork (belly)-stinky tofu-a couple teasFor more tips in the SoCal area,IG: @grace.loves.adventures“
“I like this shop very much. The beef texture is sufficient (I ordered half gluten and half meat), the noodles are chewy (I ordered thick noodles), the soup is thick (but a bit too salty), and the side dishes are delicious and reasonably priced!Paired with Hantian Lemon Aiyu, it’s another wonderful meal!There is too much clutter in the store environment, which makes it feel a bit oppressive.“
“A very quiet place located in a non-descriptive strip mall. You will miss if it you are not paying attention.Run by a family, its lot a limited menu focused on Taiwanese bento boxes. For $10, you get rice, soup, 2-3 vegetable side dishes, and your choice of 3 main dishes that rotate every day. It's generous and really perfect. The meal tastes home-cooked.This is a great option if you need something that feels like home.Bento box menu is in Cantonese and changes out every 2 weeks. There might be a regular menu, but I can't read Cantonese. The nice folks do speak a limited amount of English and just need to know which of the 3 options you want.Mushroom-bamboo fish was excellent.“
“The food and service have improved significantly since we dined in 2 years ago. Everything we ordered, from combination fried rice, sausage rice to joy pot, were excellent and big portions. Milk tea is consistently good and tastes like authentic tea not some fake powdery stuff. Staff were great and food came out quickly. We will visit there more often.“
“This place is a gem. They have very affordable lunch sets, snacks and drinks. It is next to a 99 cents store so there's ample amount of parking. The only negative is that it's one of those restaurants that tries to avoid paying taxes to the government so they only accept cash and Zelle payments.“
“Each table orders through a QR code without having to speak to the waiters. The menu has good variety and the food comes out fast! Their vegetable dishes are good and they do have some good vegetarian options of noodles, rice, dumplings, etc. For me, the one thing that would bump up the overall rating to 5 stars, is more vegetarian/plant based protein like tofu.“
“Used to be my favorite breakfast place in Arcadia but the quality has gone down lately. Their rice burritos became very stingy on the fillings, mostly rice. Their soy milk is still good, green onion pancakes, and egg crepes are good.Vegetarian options: Vegetarian rice roll, green onion pancake, egg crepe, vegetarian buns, crispy Chinese donut. Soy milk and peanut milk“
“This place does hit the spot when you are craving some soup. It's a small hole in the wall where there is just 1 cook and a server/cook. The server fries stuff as well if you order anything that needs frying. I like the old man's soup that has a little bit of tendon, beef, and tripe. Little veggies but it is enough for one person. Great on a cold day. Only bad part is that if the server goes out for a smoke, he smokes right by the door and you can smell it inside. They also don't ask if you want anything to drink like water so you gotta tell them if you want anything and not assume you'll automatically get it. Other than drinks, beef noodle soup is good. The tonkatsu ramen was a bit salty but noodles where still good. Will come back for my beef soup.“
“Stopped by on Saturday, 04/13/24 for the first time during lunch. Clean and beautiful interiors. It wasn't as busy as we thought it would be. Ordered the following: - 1 Seafood Noodle Soup = $13.50 - 1 Combination Fried Rice = $13.50 - 1 Chicken Chow Mein = $12.50 - 1 Beef with Black Mushroom = $16.95 TOTAL = $56.95 OVERALL TOTAL = $60.72 Customer Service and Wait Time = Excellent! We received our dishes quickly (we probably waited less than 5 minutes). The dishes were delicious and authentically made. Located across the street from the Puente Hills Mall.“
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“So so so tasty!Love it. The restaurant is in Diamond Bar, a little bit far from DTLA. But it's worthy. They have spacious place also have private room in there can contain about 8people. I love their Taiwanese hot spot. Very authentic and there are plenty kinds of materials in the hotspot. Very recommended.Sanma Sniffing Pot is a Taiwanese hot pot restaurant located in a small and remote plaza.The Taiwanese spicy hotpot is really delicious. It has a lot of ingredients and the soup is very rich. Overall it’s very cost-effective.He also has a lot of choices and I think they are very authentic and delicious. Highly recommended! ! !“
“We had Dinner with the family last night here. We ordered their bento meals, and they were all delicious. While waiting for our food, they were kind enough to allow us to sample some Asian snack delicacies like beef jerky, dried mangoes, and pork floss, which, mind you, taste fresh and homemade compared with store-bought. We ended up buying a pound of tasty beef jerky and pork floss.We also loved the ambiance as it was casual, and everyone was friendly at the store.My husband and I agreed that it reminded us of the street food served at Raohe night market. This hidden gem will be our go-to place for Taiwanese food and snacks.“
“I searched for restaurant that opened late because I got out of work late and couldn't find anything still open to eat at. This one open till 12am weekdays. Weekend times are different so be aware. They close between 2pm-5pm. I went there and saw no customers. But the reviews looks good so I give it a try. I was pleasantly surprised. The beef was tender and the soup base was flavorful. The price was reasonable. It's now one of my favorite place to eat. You can pick different styles of noodles. Service was quick. Tried their green milk tea was good as well.“
“Have been looking for a good Chinese restaurant since moving to West Covina and finally found this place. Excellent food excellent service. This is definitely our Chinese place. They give a lot of food and we're taking home more than half. Will enjoy it for dinner again tomorrow.“
“We come here the first time last year and have been back countless times. This is a place to go for a nice, warm, home made food! You just can't find this kind of Chinese food anywhere else. Very tasty, just like Grandma's cooking!We highly recommend this place. Traditional Taiwanese food! Don't forget to get the icy mix for dessert!!!“
“This small eatery has been around for a while with new proprietor every few years The current proprietors are friendly and welcoming. Today, we had the 3-cup chicken, which was made up with one cup of chicken, one cup of cooking wine and one cup of garlics. Overall, it was delicious but just a bit too sweet. The other dish we had was the stewed pork over rice and it was decent. This place’s top choice is the traditional beef noodles where you can order all beef meat or 1/2 beef meat and 1/2 tendons. I’ve tried the 1/2 beef meat and 1/2 tendons before and it was pretty good. The menu offered a lot of typical lunch dishes that are popular in Taiwan and you should be able to find something new to try.Vegetarian options: Some options were available, but I won’t come here just to ear vegetarian dishes.Parking: There is a big lot here.Wheelchair accessibility: Yes, barely. This is a tiny strip mall eatery.“
“Great authentic Taiwanese foods. Definitely one of the closest to the taste you would get in Taiwanese. Come here for the food and not the service. Not a huge restaurant by any means so I would try to beat the rush. I highly recommend this restaurant if you're looking to try a taste of Taiwan.Parking: Parking is usually easy to find, not too much going on in this strip mall“
“I've been going here for years and use to get their popcorn chicken over rice but the last few times I've gotten it, the popcorn chicken were super large pieces and I don't think all the pieces were fully cooked. (Eek) Now my go to is the ground pork and mushroom dry noodles with thick noodles. Add some spicy to it and it's perfect! My husband really likes their red grain pork. The space is small but they do have a few tables outside, if it's full inside. The Staff are friendly and normally really quick to address anything you need. Recommend if you're looking for a decent Taiwanese meal in the area.“
“Saturday 2/24/24 Lunch at Yumi Time in City of Industry. Trying out this Taiwanese style foods restaurant. The foods I’ve ordered was delicious. Braised chicken with gravy, veggies, eggs Sunnyside up, meatballs soup, and white rice. The flavors and spices were made just right and tasty without any over bearing taste of a particular spice. I’ve enjoyed the meal: the meatball soup with a little raw diced celery add crunch and unique flavor. The meatballs tasted really good without any cheap fillers. The braised chicken was perfectly spiced with their awesome gravy on the side for the chicken and rice to brings the foods to the next level.Alex, restaurant manager, and a female staff were friendly and attentive.Word of advice to restaurant owner(s): the foods were delicious, however, there can be an improvement to gain more business. I felt the portion of rice should be increase. Here is the reason why. For your customers who has a good appetite (including myself) due to the less (not enough) portion of the rice included in the meal, the customer won’t feel satisfied and may have to go elsewhere to eat more. When spending about $15-$20 for a meal, it should be a one stop restaurant to feel satisfied. If not, customers won’t be returning to the restaurant. Provide a little more rice to the meal; it is inexpensive and can provide a word of mouth advising for your restaurant.Restaurant is open from 11am-3:00pm, 6 days a week. These are mostly lunch hours. Please expand your hours to include lunch and or dinner so more customers can go and give you business. I attempted to go to dinner one evening and found that it was closed.I recommend trying out this restaurant. I will be going back to try the other dishes on the menu.David YoungRestaurant Enthusiast“
“Many bakery items origned from Europe including the salty and the sweet items. Ones can find some special snacks from Taiwan and also more homemade fresh desserts. The other reason I recommend is the breakfast combo with both the drink and the sandwich ?.“
“Came here to try the liuzhou rice noodles so this review is limited to that, not their hotpot items. The noodle was tasty, especially with the chili oil, although some might not think it's the most authentic version. There are plenty of toppings and the bowl was quite filling.I like my noodle soup steaming hot and thought it could be improved a bit. They do have an induction stove on the table for hotpot and keeping your bowl warm. I just didn't want to wait while the noodle is soaking in the soup already. An an entry level 螺蛳粉 fan, it was still a very decent lunch.“
“One of my go-to places in the area. Simple. Solid personal hotpot. I always get the t-rex lamb sukiyaki with ponzu sauce. Love that they have this extra meat option. Everything comes out fairly quickly. There's plenty amount of veggies. The lamb has a slight gamey taste, but it's still just so delicious.“
“This is a very good choice for Taiwan street food. The wantons were just as good as those in Taiwan and the 3-cup chicken lunch combo was decent, except it was a bit too sweet. We also tried the deep fried fish balls, which were really good, though I’m sure it wasn’t very healthy. The service was friendly and excellent. The eating area was clean and comfortable. I gave a 5-star rating due to its friendly service and closeness to authenticity of Taiwanese Chinese food (not to be confused with Taiwanese Food).“
“I went to buy takeout on chinese new year. the long queue of lines compared to the restaurant next door was a telling sign the food here must be good. We ordered the beef chow fun and fish fillets. They were still warm and tasty by the time I brought it home. My parents liked the food at this location. We definitely want to come back here to try more of the dishes when we have another family gathering. The waiter that helped take my order was kind even with all the chaos of the chinese new year. My order took a little bit longer to come back due to the large crowds but I was able to run other errands and come back for my food on time when my food was ready.“
“this place does not sell tea. despite its name. i think its under new ownership and needs a new name.they have some soup noodles, rice and dumpling dishes. i had a sour pickled meat soup noodle dish that i devoured and it tasted on point. my friend got the 'minced pork' with egg veggie and rice and it looked yummy too. there's only one person doing everything, so service is a bit slow. plenty of spaces to sit and eat. overall, enjoyed my meal here!“
“Their pork chop fried rice is delicious! Service is fine. There was a large party when I went so the staff was quite busy taking care of them. They didn't forget about me, but you could tell their priority was to take care of them. The business is clean and does have a welcoming feel.“
“Used to be an eat in restaurant but since Covid; they are delivery and take out only. Owner changed about 2 or 3 years ago but the food is still great. The short ribs and barbecue pork lunches are excellent. We order it and have it delivered quite frequently.“
“Same comments as I have for the MP Location:I know Cocary doesn't always get the best reviews. Some of it is probably service related, some of it is from the age of the venue and that there have not been many updates made since they opened. However, I have been going to Cocary on and off since I was about 6/7, since before they were at this location and started down the street.For me, it's been consistent. I know what I'm craving when I go and I know what I'm going to get.My go tos are veggies and mushrooms in the soup with the occasional pork blood cubes. Lamb for BBQ on the grill portion. Usually white rice but the occasional craving for the yam congee. I can usually go through 2-3 plates of the lamb and just whatever veggies I have room for that day.One of my favorites is the broth. I will usually sit there and go through 3-4 bowls of broth each time I'm there.Two complaints that I do have, it's hard to keep the grill portion of the cooktop hot enough to get color on the meat while also not hard boiling everything in the pot. If the soup becomes too condensed, then I just add some water so it doesn't get too salty.And on a hot summer day, the AC isn't on very high in the dining room. It usually set to 82-84 and eating hot pot causes sweat but I still go anyways lol. Just drink enough ice water and eat quick.I know that sometimes when it gets busy, it takes a while for them to round back to the table for service. I don't mind getting things like water, broth or extra bowls and plates on my own since they are out in the open area and easily accessible for guests. Since you already have to cook the food yourself, I don't mind self-service add-ons either.I also tend to go for lunch when there is a discount. So I can usually fill my belly and go home happy at around $25.Definitely a place I will be visiting often.“
“Food: - pork chop meal: 7/10, pork chop was tender and deboned, came with 2 sides (lettuce and mapo tofu) and minced pork rice - unlimited teas! Service: - friendly wait staff - freshly made meal (a bit of wait time but not too long, around 10-15 minutes) Ambiance: - homey - lots of parking“
“While I do miss their old tea room, I do think this new boba shop format will be much more successful for them! There are plenty of seats for dining in with free parking! The hot pot was flavorful and filling, but would pass on the grapefruit green tea for another milk tea based drink.“
“The most authentic Taiwanese cuisine in the SGV. Very friendly staff here. Highly recommend making a reservation as it gets busy fast, especially during the weekends. We came here for a birthday celebration and ordered lots of traditional dishes. It used to be a bakery/deli so the decor is very simple. They use rattan chairs! Take advantage of the free beer offer (dine in only) with every $30 purchase. If you don't drink beer, you can ask for a soda instead.“
“I highly recommend their food for dine-in and take out. I've been their customer for 20+ years, although they changed owners, but the chef remained the same. New dishes are also delicious, and I love their Taiwanese cuisine, especially their rice noodles. Some of my recommendations that I typically order are eggplant with basils, fried eggs with radish, onion pork, beef with ginger and scallion sauce, house special chicken in a pot, house special squid in a pot, fish filet in hot bean sauce, and hot and sour soup,“
“I don't know why this place has such bad reviews! Boiling point at every location I've been to (Arcadia, San Gabriel, Rowland Heights and Irvine) have all tastes the same. I usually get their beef or lamb with noodles. Their portions are mostly veggies so this place isn't the best for meat lovers but I still think it's good! The flavor is unique and different from traditional hot pot. Their garlic soy sauce is addicting! If your soup evaporates or you finish a lot of it, they'll give you more soup for free! At the end of the meal they give you this lemon jelly that is refreshing! Come during lunch and they'll give you free black or green tea :)“
“Just reviewing the drink!!! First time at the OC location! Wait time was around 40 mins for a drink. Inside is a tad crowded due to the wait on drinks and limited seating space I ordered the peach series-- peach ding ding oolong with Mouse. They don't allow customized toppings for the limited series sadly. This particular drink itself was ok. The tea itself was good, but the peach flavor wasn't it for me as a person who much prefers Japanese white peach. Theirs just had a more syrupy taste rather than a bright, fruity flavor. Regardless, I'll be back to try other drinks“
“Suitable for students and work meals. Cheap and a good choice to fill your stomach. But don't expect anything else. Without delicious dishes, there is no high-quality service.Spend a few bucks to supplement some food to keep you alive, and that’s it.“
“I recently visited Boiling Point and was pleasantly surprised by my experience. Unlike other similar establishments, this Boiling Point location stood out to me in several ways. Firstly, I found the taste of the food to be superior, which made my dining experience even more enjoyable.Additionally, I appreciated that the waiting time was relatively short compared to what I've experienced at other places. This made the entire dining process more convenient and efficient.Most notably, I was satisfied to discover that I could order unlimited rice and receive double the amount of meat. This added value to my meal and left me feeling very satisfied with my dining experience.Overall, I highly recommend Boiling Point for its delicious food, short waiting times, and generous serving options. I will definitely be returning for more!“
“I ordered the Taiwanese sizzling steak with black pepper sauce, and it took me on a trip down memory lane to one of the Taiwanese night markets. The steak was juicy and tender, placed atop spaghetti noodles on a sizzling iron plate covered in the black pepper sauce, which added a flavorful but subtly spicy kick. Additionally, I added some ketchup to the spaghetti for a sweet and tangy flavor (optional and rooted in childhood nostalgia).The pig's blood rice cake was a bit on the dry side.I'd recommend sticking to the sizzling steak, as it appears to be their specialty.Service was excellent!“
“Bungalow is an underrated spot! The server was sweet when taking our order and seemed to be the only person working the front. When we sat down, the server was kind and brought our drinks to our table. After that, the server brought our food and checked in on us as we ate, which was an A+ for service!“