Champion's Curry Pasadena

✨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

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

I have not had a good Japanese style curry since my last trip to Japan in February. Champions Curry was amazing! It made me feel like I was back in Osaka. The service was very good and the wait was not long at all. There are only about 8 dine in seats, but luckily, most of the people there were ordering to go, so I had a nice spot to sit and eat this very delicious curry. I had the Chicken Katsu, and it was awesome!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Super friendly staff, quick service and delicious food! Got the pork katsu with the standard curry sauce. Would definitely recommend!

The hamburg meat and pork katsu were so tender and delicious!! And the staff was very friendly:] The only thing was the chairs were very uncomfortable.
So, it's not as inviting to stay and dine in :/

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Wagyu Hamburg Curry Rice