Taiwanese Restaurants near Newark, CA

“Great food & service. Highly recommended to all . Clean & pleasant ambiance.“

“My husband was born in Taiwan. He said, ‘This is very close to home-cooking flavour.’ I found traditional Taiwanese cooking a bit plain, but I gave it 4 stars because it’s very hard to find authentic Taiwanese restaurants that taste this good! We will come back.“

“We order pot-roasted beef brisket square and Thai lime pepper crispy chicken, both dish tasty and delicious
On one notes, if you take out and want to eat somewhere else (not home) make sure you ask for chopsticks or fork and napkins.“

“Best boba in town! I really enjoyed the seafood noodles!“

“nice people and good authentic taiwenese food“

“Authentic Taiwanese food 🥘 our family just went there and the owner was so friendly. We drove all the way from San Francisco and we can not wait to eat when we go back.“

“There are quite a few repetitive hot pot ingredients, it would be nice to have more variety. The overall flavor is fine. However, the extra meat slices I ordered weren’t very impressive, they were just boiled and completely unseasoned. It seems they’re meant to be eaten with the hot pot but it would be better if they were served together with the hot pot instead.“

“Yummy Taiwanese style sandwiches. I guess this style might not be for everyone but I really like the slight sweetness and how soft the bread is in Taiwanese breakfast sandwiches. I always get the signature which has ham egg and sausage. The cucumbers and mayo add a nice freshness. I also tried the taro pork floss sandwich which I enjoyed because I love taro. Definitely super nostalgic of when I go to Taiwan.“

“Good portion, and delicious food“

“The chichen meal is good. The desert and drinks are good too.
One of my family member is a vegetarian. The store can customize the meal for vegetarians.
The store managers are nice and experienced in doing business.
I buy food from Shihlin every week. It's now one of my favorites in Fremont.“

“I didn't expect much coming here. I was pleasantly surprised - I had a ribeye with mushroom sauce, flavors were just right, nothing overbearing, no harsh spices to overcome poor quality meat, just a good flavorful Taiwanese steak. The soup of the day seemed unusual, chefs choice, sort of a mix of corn chowder and egg drop soup. Again, good subtle flavor combinations and surprisingly good. I'd recommend this as a good way to experience traditional Taiwanese food in the Bay Area.“

“Fantuan are good, we got the purple rice pork belly and the hakka red pork belly fantuan. The purple rice one could have had more meat, but otherwise the flavor was good, youtiao was crispy, and the rice was the perfect chewy texture. The hakka red pork belly had more meat and was also very flavorful.

HOWEVER, the ordering system and availability at the Hayward location is very confusing and seems to be inconsistent. We ordered through the link in their Instagram, as we saw notices that the Hayward location was closed. It turns out the online ordering system is for pickup at certain locations on certain days only. We accidentally ordered for pickup in San Leandro for a date in the future, but we called and the owner was very gracious and allowed us to come by the Hayward location to pick up our order day-of. When we got to the Hayward location, they had a sign up that said they were closed that day. There were some other customers in the parking lot that looked disappointed that they were closed. However, when we walked in to pick up our order, the owner said they were indeed taking orders out of the location.

All in all, the food is good, definitely worth the price, but the ordering system is quite confusing and disorganized. Perhaps the restaurant is still figuring things out; hopefully things improve in the future!“

“Mr. Lau's Steak House (劉月鐵板.居酒屋) provides authentic Taiwanese-style steak meal, which left me feeling happy after eating it. The set meal includes black pepper rib eye steak (8 ounces, medium rare), lettuce salad, garlic bread, an egg, and spaghetti. The price is so inexpensive and the meal is so delicious. I definitely will be coming back again and again!“

“Will come again for sure.“

“Juicy Crispy Chicken, plum fries, mushroom and mee USA are the must order for me’“

“January 2026:
My family has been asking me to drop by this shop for about a month for Ba-wan (or Mah-wan). They are a large meat dumpling with a whitish-translucent skin, made from a rice flour. It is considered a popular Taiwanese street food and served with a red(-ish) sauce on top.
Pricing is 5.25 each + tax. Each meat dumpling is individually wrapped in plastic wrap, making it simple to purchase however many you want. It will come with a small tub of sauce, so the shop prefers that you purchase the dumplings in sets of 3 or 4. (I have no idea how sauce is presented to you if you order a single dumpling.)

Staff at the shop was pleasant enough. They let me take photos and answered my questions.

I paid cash. I didn't look to see if they take card or alternate payments. I don't think so?

Parking in this shopping center can be absolutely crazy during meal times. Crickets empty at 7pm sometimes. Best to bring a driver and a shopper where the driver just waits to pick up the shopper without needing to locate a parking spot. Takeout is probably best.

I will brave the parking lot to return when the family starts requesting meat dumplings again.“

“I saw a foodie rave about this restaurant, and a wonton restaurant is rare in the area, so it's been on my list to visit.

We got the Taiwanese wonton soup (large), the spicy chili oil dry wonton, the five spice fried tofu (mild), and a fish filet rice plate.

The wonton soup is so good. It's also very pretty. They have green onion and the smallest celery.

I love chili oil wontons so I had to order the spicy chili oil dry wonton. It's not the most aesthetic dish, but it is good. The sauce is unassuming but is quite spicy. I had to take breaks between eating them.

I also liked the five spice fried tofu. I got mild which was not spicy at all.

The fish filet rice plate came with lots of sides, but the filet was just okay. We took it home so it's not in its optimal crispy state.

Overall I felt I didn't eat much but felt satiated. We had plenty of leftovers that we ate the next day for another meal. And both times I felt sooo full. It is very filling!“

“Juicy Crispy Chicken, plum fries, mushroom and mee USA are the must order for me’“

“I have visited this restaurant several times, and their soup dumplings are consistently delicious. We tried three varieties: pork, pork with crab meat, and loofah shrimp. Each steamer holds six dumplings with wonderfully thin wrappers, and the food came out really quickly.
What I liked is that the drunken chicken and three‑cup chicken are both boneless. The sweet‑and‑sour fish fillet tasted a bit unexpected though, as it was made with ketchup, different from what we had anticipated.“