Champion's Curry Pasadena

There is a small store located in the city center. It is not on the main road but in a small alley across the intersection. I arrived around 1:30pm and the store was doing well.The place is very small. There are only 8 small stools for dine-in, and since they are right next to each other, it's actually very difficult to fill up 8 people. When I arrived at the store, 6 people had almost taken up all the space. Also, they don't provide child seats. Please note this if you bring children here.I ordered the classic pork katsu don and a mini curry rice blow.
The fried pork cutlet was made very well. It was juicy and had a springy texture but was not hard to chew. The flour on the outside was very thin and it was fried very crispy. The pork had no fishy smell and was sprinkled with chopped scallions and sour cream for rich seasoning. In addition, the lettuce they come with is sprinkled with seasonings. It tastes sour and salty, which is appetizing and as refreshing as the red kimchi beside it. Each katsu serving comes with a can of curry for you to dip in. Their curry is quite ordinary. I'm sorry, but I didn't taste anything particularly special. The seasoning is very similar to the curry blocks bought from the supermarket. However, I found some meat pieces in it, which made me feel great.
If I have to point out the only drawback, it might be the portion size. However, adding one more meal can solve the problem of not being full. In the end, the average cost per person is around 20+dollars. Their prices are really cheap. Considering that this is the price in the city center business district, if you come here for a trip or shopping, this restaurant would be a very nice choice. Remember to call in advance during holidays and meal times to inquire. Otherwise, it might be a bit difficult for you to have a meal in the restaurant. Parking around here is quite troublesome, unless you want to eat on the car

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 4

Good food, but it is pretty pricey for the portion size. 4/5 stars since its a little overpriced for the portion size, but I'd come back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Best curry

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

✨Comforting Japanese curry from Kanazawa can be found in Pasadena in the SGV✨

First time trying Japanese curry or don’t know what to get? Order this lineup and thank me later:

🥩 Juicy Hamburg Steak
🍗 Crispy Chicken Katsu
🍟 Curry Cheese Fries

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Yummy pork katsu with regular spice curry. Great for takeaway but they have counter seating in the restaurant!

Comparing to the OG Little Tokyo location the portions are astonishingly smaller and for the same if not higher prices. The food is the same quality but the seats are horribly uncomfortable for someone on the bigger side. A downgrade to what was once on of my favorite curry restaurants confirmed to me that I should only patron other curry locations instead.

A lovely place for curry in Pasadena. They have deicious Japanese curry. The seating is quite limited so most people take it to go. We had curry with burger, chicken and fish. The meat was all juicy! The karaage side was good too. Lovely vibe and service. Parking is very limited and there was no free parking.

Ordered take-out, got an utrageously small portion of curry. Imagine a curry restaurant you know with a portion that feels disappointingly small, then cut the amount in half. I'm not exaggerating, this is less food than a curry bento from a Japanese grocery store.

I can't spend $17 after tax on katsu curry and get half a meal, it's kind of irrelevant whether it's good or not at that point.

I give it 2 stars because the pork katsu is admittedly pretty good.

I've had lots of curries and even make my own. This stuff was terrible, odd flavor, not even served hot. The fried fish was greasy, very bland, and uninspiring. I mean this place isn't cheap either...a small amount of rice, curry, and protein is $20 with tax. That's Curry House prices when it existed and not even the ambience to make up for it. Awful stuff.

Trust me. This is good JP curry.

Chicken was raw, and the worker was really rude. We told him our food was raw and he was very ignorant and uncaring, and looked uninterested. Please cook your chicken properly next time! We saw the worker kept touching the food with his hands and checking if it was raw or not before serving. Gross!!! He told us to report it to the FDA and we did

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Served me raw chicken, I asked for a refund and they wouldn’t give one, they were very rude. I got sick afterwards and this is not safe for a restaurant. Terrible health standards here do not recommend.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 1

Insanely underrated place. Was super sad when they closed down the Little Tokyo location. Hands down best Katsu curry in LA county. Have had about 70% of the menu and not a single item has been a miss so far. If you love Japanese curry you NEED to go! You will not be disappointed!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Curry rice for lunch is so yummy. Enjoying the weather too!

I tried:
1. Pork katsu curry rice
2. Beef minced katsu

Took the curry to go. It’s not like the golden brand curry. It leans more towards that gravy stuff you get in a tiny saucer at some Korean places.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 3

Service: 4