Northern Cafe

This place is just simply awful. Half the restaurant is blocked off by tables where you order, supplies are laying around the dining area, white plastic forks/spoons, no water, unused shelves, etc. The food is terrible too. I’d rather eat at Panda Express which is saying a lot.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 3

Had the string beans, juicy pork dumplings, orange chicken, and scallion pancakes. Everything was tasty. Great place to eat in or take out.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Sauteed String Bean, Juicy Pork Dumplings

Got their garlic Eggplant, sautéed green beans, crunchy chicken, lamb dumplings, and scallion Pancakes. ALL were awesome! Will definitely order from here again. Above order made four generous sevibgs.

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Lamb Dumplings

Staff are friendly, accommodating with my order, and service is great!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Food was great. 4 stars for not providing water.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Dumplings

Get the dan dan noodles for some spicy comfort soup!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

We started ordering food from here
and absolutely love it!!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pork Dumplings, Dumplings

Food - pretty good but not great
Service - nice people but minimal service
Ambiance - clean and comfortable

I have been to many Northern Cafes and have been looking forward to this one. I noticed most of the reviews were about dumplings and realized this one is more specialized for dumplings (boiled, pan-fried and steamed XLB varieties.

I was hoping for the noodle specialties like the one in Gardena (which is my favorite in the region, 10 min more drive for me).

We ordered:
- crab dumplings- steamed, XLB style, it was pretty good
- lamb dumplings- pan fried, it was ok, a little oily
- beef noodle soup- it was ok, they only served with thin noodles, we preferred other handmade varieties at the Gardena store

We also ordered the beef rolls to go, it looked exact like the ones shown on the poster, ha ha.

Overall, pretty good if you are hungry dumplings!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

I had the Chicken Noodle soup to go, and I have to tell you it is just wonderful especially when you are not feeling well! The broth is excellent not too salty, and the noodles are wonderful!
Thank you!

Food: 5

Service: 5

My boyfriend and I recently moved to the area and were looking for a new dumpling spot, we previously enjoyed MAD dumplings and Dan Modern Chinese in Long Beach. We decided to try this place out and it was soooooo delicious and I left so full. I even went again two days later with my sister.

Everything we ordered was delicious:

Beef Roll- filling, savory, and somehow a little sweet, the onion flavors comes through (but I LOVE onions)

Juicy Pork Dumplings!!!! aka soup dumplings aka xiao long bao. These were a hit with myself, my boyfriend, and my sister and her kids. I wish I could have a better metabolism so I could eat 100 of them.

The chicken dumplings (boiled), delicious, reliable, would 1000% order again.

The lamb dumplings (pan friend) I enjoyed them, my boyfriend not so much, but they are delicious. I guess you just have to like the flavor of lamb.

Pork, Shrimp, egg, and chive dumplings (pan fried) what can I say? THEY DON'T MISS. I was wary of texture with the thought of pork, shrimp, and egg, but that was not an issue. It was sooo good.

We ordered orange chicken for one of the kids and even that was crispy, saucy, yummy!

I will definitely keep coming here for my dumpling fix!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pork Dumplings, Dumplings

We found this place on accident. We got the vegetable chow main . Loved
We will b back

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This food is excessively oily and it hurt my stomach badly overnight. Do not recommend to people who are sensitive to greasy food. Steam dumplings are safe since they are steamed.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 1

Service: 5

We love this place! Food is always excellent and great customer service. Favorites: pork/celery dumplings, Kung Pao chicken and veg chao mein!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pork and Celery Dumplings, Dumplings

Excellent little Chinese place with great food and service. Authentic handmade dumplings are delicious, especially the lamb dumplings, which are hard to find in this area. The noodles and special entrees are good as well. Dine in and take out now available.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Sauteed String Bean, Beef Roll, Lamb Dumplings, Chongqing Crispy Chicken, Pork Dumplings, Dumplings

I'm not a big Chinese food person. The chow mein is great. The Popcorn style fried chicken (changing crispy chicken) is more than great. We like the dumplings also.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5