Hanlin Tea Room- Cupertino

They put way too much sesame oil in the sesame oil chicken noodle soup and hot pot. Stirred veggies are greasy too.
Popcorn chicken is pretty good. We asked mild spicy but they still added a lot of chili powder on top.

This place is ridiculous. Their kitchen close an hour before their closing time. We got here at 7pm and were told that the kitchen is already closed. Very disappointed.

Enjoyed the Meal.
They were kindly accommodating for a larger group and service was timely.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Beef Soup, Taiwanese Beef Noodle Soup

Salted crispy chicken rice with spicy garlic is super delicious. This is the best salted crispy chicken in South Bay.

The food was not good. The ground pork with rice was decent. The oyster omelette was goopy and not crispy at all. The salty pork noodles were also not good. The pork was chewy and not soft enough and the broth was alright but not good.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 4

Popcorn chicken and black pepper beef over rice here are always my go to orders. And I rly like the fact that popcorn chicken is made with authentic Taiwanese way (w/ basil and garlic). Love em?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The popcorn chicken is the best I have tried in bay area. The service is good, the staff is polite and helpful. There are good selection of dishes. I would return and recommend to my friends.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Three Flavor Chicken with Rice, Shrimp Fried Rice

I always order their popcorn chicken that is so favorable and tender. I will say that is one of the best in bay area. Must try!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I came here after attending the KFF festival in Cupertino because the spicy tofu and chicken cold noodle was so good. Such a pleasant surprise that they have even more items like beef noodle soup and popcorn chicken. I ended up loving the grapefruit tea and the tofu beef bento set. Next time, I will come back for hot pot. Can’t wait.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Found a very large cockroach inside the noodle soup (see photo).
This carries serious health risks and raises safety concerns.

Food: 1

Came here as it opened on a Friday for lunch as we were around the corner at Chase Bank running an errand. Plenty of indoor and outdoor seating.

I ordered the red braised beef lunch set. I liked how it came with rice, a bowl of winter melon soup, the meat and some veggies. It was a proper home style meal.

I also got the honey oolong tea (lemon is extra and not part of the lunch promotion).

If I was in the area, I would come again!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Trust me I really really wanted to give this place a nice review. It's conveniently located near Cupertino library, and the staff were so nice. Lord they speak so soft and sweet, and so friendly. They really saved my day.

I ordered one of their small hot pots. It was all okay although I did sense a piece of pumpkin smelling not so good, but I thought it was me.

I recommended this place immediately after I came out of the restaurant as a hidden gem to almost all my friends in the bay area. It was all good until I started having diarrhea couple hours later...

What can I say...I feel a bit unfortunate.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 5

Got the recommended salty pork noodle soup. Noodles were cooked to the right texture, but the flavoring wasn't as strong as I'd like it to be. The 鍋燒意麵 was surprisingly good , noodles cooked like the way they do it in Tainan.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 3

Food - ordered 鍋燒意麵, the noodles and broth were decently authentic, the noodles texture has that fried and then soaked in soup feel and the broth had the right taste. However, the noodles were a bit thin compared to in Taiwan, and the toppings were all over the place (it felt like they just threw one of everything inside: a fish ball, a shrimp, a poached egg, a few beef slices, etc) which was unusual.
Service could be better, we had to flag the waiter down for any requests, and they didn't serve water until prompted.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 3

The food was good. I got the Italian Tomato Hot Pot, and it had everything that I liked. The beef was well prepared, and mushrooms had the perfect texture. The only problem is that one of the tomatoes was really cold.

Service was amazing. The waitress was nice and friendly.

The tables were dirty. But the waitress came over and cleaned it up. Other than the dirty table, this restaurant is pretty lively.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 5