We wanted to like this spot, we really did, but it was just terrible. We both could not finish our meals.My wife ordered the garlic noodles with "filet mignon". The reason for the quotations - there is NO way that meat was filet mignon. It was grey, overcooked and chewy cuts of steak which honestly resembled dog food. Meanwhile the garlic noodles were slathered in oil making them also largely inededible. For a $22 dish, unacceptable.My meal, the Lu Rou Fan was not any better. It resembled a soup more than a rice dish and the pork belly was somehow simultaneously slimy and chewy.Altogether with tip, our to-go order was $50 and it ended up in the garbage.
Got garlic noodle with filet mignon yesterday and it was great…. Until 6 hours later… yep food poisoning. Was up all night :(
This restaurant is my favored. I visit many restaurants but to this restaurant I constantly return again and again. The stuff is very welcoming and the cuisine they place on your table is so delicious. I am always happy to have a decent dinner here. I recommend this place with pleasure.
The food was mediocre. Overcooked chicken with little meat on it; spicy noodles with no spice. The service was ATROCIOUS. He could barely be bothered to seat us, chastised me for picking up my own menus, and refused to clean the dirty tables so we could sit at one. Those tables stayed dirty through our entire visit, even though he had plenty of time to clean them. There was only one other occupied table but we were only checked on once, briefly. If the food had been better we might consider doing takeout in the future but we will NEVER dine in here again.
If you're desperate for Taiwanese food on the westside, it'll do.If you can hold off til you can make a trip to 626, well, I'd hold off. The rice under my Lu Rou Fan managed to be served both too cool (not even close to hot...) and kind of soggy. So yeah. Not good.
Amazing hot wings! I mean holy cow they're so good and the garlic noodles are fire.
Had some good flavors, but overall the food was very disappointing. Pork Belly Banh Mi was on a soft roll rather than french bread, which gave the whole sandwich a spongy texture. The cilantro was wilted brown and all stem, and there weren't enough vegetables to give the sandwich the fresh crunch you expect from a Banh Mi. To add insult to injury, the fries on the side were soggy and undercooked.I am adding an extra star for the popcorn chicken from the Beach Please platter, it was almost as good as Nguyen's Kitchen. The short ribs and sambal wing were good enough to buy again, but not something I'd go out of my way for. No one wanted to try the slaw.
Worst most dry noodles I’ve ever had. Very poor customer service. Server has a major attitude problem and was very unkempt and homeless looking. I can see why this place was so empty with no customers. Cold flavorless trash food and bad service. Not worth spending one penny on. Hard uncomfortable seats and flies buzzing around all over the place.
I’ve had this restaurant on my bookmarks for a minute now and unfortunately it fell a little short.We came in on a Monday early evening and the place was empty. We were seated right away but I could tell they were sort of inundated with online orders because our server was running in circles without anyone else there. We came at the tail end of happy hour and I just wanted to try their sort of sampler plate and asked what the happy hour specials were (since they don’t hand you a happy hour menu and the sign was on the other side of the wall). Our server responded with something along the times of ‘uh I don’t know we only have like 2 beers right now and I think fries or something are cheaper.’ Fine, okay, sure. We ended up ordering the garlic Parmesan fries, the Beach please sampler, bo luc lac, Hainan chicken rice, and the mee goreng.The fries came first and somehow tasted old? Like maybe they had been sitting? There was some sort of dry shredded Parmesan and very little garlic on lukewarm fries. Our server dropped them at our table without telling us what the sauces were and ran back to filling online orders which we later found out were supposed to be a ketchup and chipotle aioli? Or something? All I can say is the aioli did NOT taste like any aioli I’ve ever had; unfortunately not in a good way.Next came the hainan chicken which I will say was great. The garlic rice was on point and the ginger and sauces all combined with the chicken really hot the spot.Then the lackluster beach please platter. Myself, a self admitting indecisive human, love when places have plated like these. You mean I get to try all the stuff and don’t have to choose!? Sign me up. The bad part is when most of the things aren’t good. We once again got some questionable aioli with slaw, wings, garlic noodles, popcorn chicken, and pork belly. Once again the noodles somehow managed to taste like they’d been sitting out for a while. The popcorn chicken was dry as a bone which is ironic because it doesn’t have any bones in it ?? the pork belly was two small pieces of pork in a ‘too much rice to pork’ ratio sized bowl. The slaw was forgettable but I will say the wings were pretty darn good.We got the nasi goreng and it was pretty aight. That’s about it- just pretty aight, ??♀️ our server came over and told us we looked like we were in a food coma for whatever reason and we had to remind him that we were actually waiting for another dish. He said ‘oh you are?’ And we said ya, the bo luc lac is we ordered 50 minutes ago with everything else. He then just walked away and told the guy in the open kitchen to make it and just never spoke of the fact that he completely forgot the order again. Meanwhile the place was blasting 80’s/90’s nostalgia hip hop and throwing out those online orders so I made a trip to the restroom and this is where it went really down hill.Hey restaurants, quick request to all y’all out there- CLEAN YOUR BATHROOM. It was so nasty in there! There was like dirt and god knows what all behind and around the toilet. Toilet paper on the ground the garbage nearly overflowing. The place was empty other than us- no one has time to clean it???? Ooooof. Come on now.So we finally get our last dish and happy we did because it was the best one of the meal. It’s legit just lomo saltado without fries or rice which is odd because their other restaurant has nearly the same menu with this listed as saltado including all the above and an egg and is also...cheaper.I could see myself coming back if I’m craving some hainan chicken but even then if I ever do, I’m ordering it as takeout. The whole experience was a little odd.
Great place! Loved the Hainan chicken and the beef. Very authentic and delicious, I loved it so much! So awesome and wonderful