formoosa

4646 Convoy St #103, San Diego
(858) 567-9091

Recent Reviews

Tiffany Oda

Came here for happy hour.(+) Cool vibes. Looks like an old ramen bar with some tables along the sides of the restaurant.(+) Awesome happy hour deals.(+) Chili wontons.(+) Beef roll. Super good, loved the sauces they used, the beef was very tender, and the scallion pancake was super crispy and delicious.(+) Popcorn chicken. Healthy serving size.(-) Pork over noodle. I really liked the noodles themselves but it was SO salty I couldn't eat it.(+) Cocktails were good - the lychee colada and the guava margarita.(-) I do question the cleanliness standards a bit. I saw the person serving us do two questionable things that made me ? while we were there. (1) He grabbed a bunch of dirty napkins full-handed while bussing a seat and didn't wash his hands afterwards. (2) Saw him sneeze into his hand and then proceed to serve without washing his hands.The beef noodle soup looked good. I'd be curious to try the sesame wontons. I definitely want more Taiwanese beef roll.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Popcorn Chicken, Taiwanese Beef Roll

Steven Lin

Food was good but not great, had better Taiwanese beef noodle in different spots with much richer flavour, we got their wontons as well, while good better than average but not excellent. The atmosphere was nice and cute with the cow in the background. The egg was also quite good though I felt it was just a bit more on the runnier side.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 4

Sinh Nguyen

I confused about the food here. Can't rate. That's weird. Can't say it bad or good.With me, I don't like it. I have to come to Taiwan to try Beef noodle there.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Kez P

Dear dear where do I begin.. I’m not Taiwanese so unfortunately I cannot leave a constructive review. Nevertheless this restaurant needs to step up and offer better tasting food. All I tasted was strong soy sauce in every dish, so I couldn’t finish my food. No good.. Needs more complexity. Not sure if I’ll visit again.✌?

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 5

Joseph Kim

Everything was good except for food. Beef noodle soup and pork over rice are too heavy on salt and soy sauce. They just tasted plain bad. Couldn’t finish half of the order. Popcorn chicken was decent.Service was great.I’m sorry about the low rating.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Popcorn Chicken

Sheridan Merritt

Beef noodle soup was so good! Paige and Priscilla were excellent waitresses!

joshua jones

Paige and Priscilla did a fantastic job of providing quick, professional and kind service and the food/drinks were truly delicious!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Kezia Gavrila

The beef noodle soup is fantastic! And Priscilla and Paige are fantastic. Me and my friends really enjoyed our time here!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Josefine Persson

This place is the best! However, sometimes during takeout I get my egg not marinated (that’s my favorite part). Otherwise it’s great!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jasmine

I’m only leaving this review because my husband and I both got sick & got diarrhea after eating here a few days ago!! Mine was almost immediately after we left the restaurant (& this only ever happens when I have consumed raw egg or meat that wasn’t properly prepared), and my husband’s stomach issue started overnight. My husband mentioned after that he also saw one of the employees sneeze and not wash his hands. Please properly train your staff on proper hygiene when working around food that they serve to people!! Once seated, practically no service aside from giving your water in the beginning and bringing your food out.Was looking forward to yummy Taiwanese food but as other reviews have mentioned, this place isn’t really authentic. It took a while to get our food as well. The noodles that came with the beef noodle soup was an odd choice and tasted too much like pasta, rather than noodles meant to complement soup. They also torched the beef for all the soup bowls that came out from the kitchen, which was a little unnecessary & just made you wait even more for your food.Minced pork over rice was better. Mango Jasmine ice tea was good. Sesame wontons were just okay - too much sauce and all I could taste was the sesame.Came here because of the good reviews, but I quickly realized this place has the same owners as Steamy Piggy when I saw the pig on the wall and my drink cup said Steamy Piggy. I did like Steamy Piggy when I went there and even gave them 5 stars because we honestly liked the food, so know that I am not being biased with this review! But I do know they offer free drinks or discounts on your drinks in exchange for writing a review / mentioning your server hence why you’ll see a bunch of reviews in a row), so now I know how this place got such high ratings as well. But seriously I am disappointed because my stomach is still recovering from this!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 2

Victoria Crystal

Let me just say I come here for the food! So delicious every time. Today Julian took care of me by the bar and I had a guava margarita with cucumber sesame noodles. Delish! A little spicy but not too much. Just the way I like.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Felicity

I liked half the food I ordered which was great.If you're thinking about getting a noodle dish, pork over noodles is definitely better than the Taiwanese noodle soup. Pork over noodles is full of flavor. It's marinated ground pork mixed with salted vegetables. Also ordered scallion pancakes. I am Chinese so I'm very picky on my scallion pancakes. The scallion pancakes here was a little lack of scallion flavor, but it was crispy! Chili wonton is very flavorful. Eat it while it's hot! Highly recommended.Let me tell you. I came with my friend. We ordered 2 appetizers and 2 noodle dishes. We paid $30 each(that's including tips already). We left with a full belly. Great deal.Come get lunch on a WEEKDAY. Parking in this area can be frustrating. Seatings are very very limited.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chili Wontons, Pork over Rice

Ezra

Great lu rou fan and the yuzu lemonade was delish. Our server Hannah was awesome ??

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chili Wontons

Veronica Montoya

We snuck in at 5:30 and the place was quiet but not when e left at 7pm. The Scallion pancake was freshly made, hot and crispy, just the right balance of dough to crisp. Highly recommend! The drinks were ok, but not the highlight. Not much service but the food made up for it. A thumbs up if you seek out tasty.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Tanya Cadenas De La Torre (Tanya Cadenas)

Loved the service & great drinks from priscilla and chris!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Popcorn Chicken, Beef Noodle Soup

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