My kids love this place. It has indoor and outdoor seating and dog-friendly. The bulgogi rice bowl and ramen are the favorites. There are quite a few other tasty items on the menu. Depending on staff availability, the service can be fast or a bit slower however the quality of the food has always been consistent to us.
When my husband and I arrived with our little we were given the choice to sit inside or outside. We chose outside. It's a small place but very cute and stylish with the way they have decorated their restaurant. It's very gardenesque. We first ordered bulgolgi fries and chilli wontons with their galaxy lemonade to start off and spicy Ramen and red-braised pork belly bowl. The bulgolgi fries were so good! The flavors and the kimchi were a good mix of savory, spicy, and umami. The Chilli wonton were also very good, the wrap and sauce was a good mix of sour and spicy. We had finished eating those first two dishes and thoroughly enjoyed our galaxy lemonade which is such a unique flavor with lychee as the waitress explained. We waited quite awhile for the last two dishes and waited patiently for quite some time before another waitress walked by and asked if we wanted our check. I politely responded that we had ordered 2 other dishes that did not come out. She apologized and went to check for us and at this point I was a bit frustrated but we were having a good experience and patiently waited a bit more. The waitress came back to say that our order was never put in and it was being made right away. She left and a few moments later the original waitress came back to apologize and offered to put it on the house if we wanted to keep waiting. My husband and I really wanted to try the dishes so stayed. They brought out the spicy Ramen first and although I was stuffed we happily tried it and it was delicious. My husband's red-braised pork belly came out and he was also stuffed but tried it out and he was in love. Super yummy. I am pleasantly surprised by the food and service. Thank you for making it up to us. This is a very cute place to stop by to enjoy with friends, a date or family. The food does not disappoint. Not pictured is the red-braised pork belly.
Waited for 1 hour on Friday evening 6 pm. Limited staff but food is good. Parking might be a problem took some time to figure out parking. Ordered shrimp dumplings, chicken bao, chicken roll, spicy chicken wings and Thai tea. Loved the shrimp dumplings, melted in my mouth, chicken roll was made of scallion pancake and it was crunchy amazing texture, bao bun was savory, just the chicken wings were not spicy and was very oily.
Cute place, staff was nice and helpful. Fast service. No AC, so it wasn't just the piggy that was steamy. ? There is a happy hour from 3-6 and 8pm til closing. We got some beers and purple rain which was delicious! Overall the food was yummy. Flavorful, nice presentation, and good. Portions are fitting and pricing is fair.My favorite dishes were the chili wontons, bulgogi roll, and chicken bao. The broth from the steamy piggy ramen is very good, rice from red braised pork belly was undercooked, and wings were too salty. Other than that, I enjoyed the dishes and I would come back for happy hour again.
Beef Chow Fun was great. Everything looked great at our table.
I was super excited to try this place, I think I hyped it to much because I was kinda disappointed. We tried three types of ramen, it was good but sloppy and the noodles were one glob like no care was put into plating. We tried the pineapple shrimp fried rice, it was okay heavily curry flavored. The pork bao was super flavorful but taste like any other I can get around town and the chili wontons were great. The only thing that will bring me back here is the Kawaii custard buns, they were delicious and not overly sweet. Also the service wasn’t the best, no attentiveness for customers and the restroom was oddly dirty with a random toilet seat cover in the corner. If the service was better, maybe I’d go back but for now, pass.
Good food. But we had our orders switched twice because they said the morning staff changed it. There was a lot of miscommunication upon the staffs as to who ordered what. I ordered the red braised pork belly and it was a bit too salty to my liking. The pork buns were delicious.
We came in search of soup dumplings. Everything was amazing. Stop everything and come get the bulgogi wrap. We were blown away. The menu overall is a nice fusion of Cantonese, Korean, Japanese, and more. Everything we tasted was done exceptionally well.
We had the Piggy Bao, Bulgogi Bao, Soup Dumplings, Salt N Pepper Wings, Bulgogi Fries, and Kawaii Buns. Overall very yummy. The Bulgogi Bao and kawaii buns were my favorite. The Bulgogi fries were a little too spicy for me which I should have known lol and didn’t have a whole lot of meat, but still tasty. The soup dumplings were delicious! Salt n pepper wings were good, but could use more flavor in the chicken, the sauce covering them was tasty.Overall would recommend. Loved the aesthetic of this place. The staff were very nice and attentive. Would definitely go here again.
TLDR: Not bad. If I was in a city that did not have a lot of Asian food, this place would be awesome. With that being said, there are many places in San Diego that make better dishes.Environment: It’s clean but has minimal seating inside. They also have a deck outside with heated lamps. The designs with piggies everywhere was cute.Service: Very nice waitresses. They were attentive and very helpful.Food: Not bad. See below for full dish details:Piggy Bao: Their bao was really good. The breading was soft and fresh. The pork belly was moist and tender.Worth it.Chili Wontons: We may be spoiled by Din Tai Fung (the best dumplings in SD). Their chili sauce here was quite vinegary.Skip it.Soup Dumpling: Decent. It tasted like soup dumplings should but just seemed a bit dry. It also came with vinegar instead of soy sauce. Not sure why. I’d rather get this at Shanghai Saloon or Din Tai Fung.Skip it.Spicy Ramen: The flavor was good but the noodles were soft like instant ramen. Very oily. Santouka inside of Mitsuwa has better ramen. Skip it.Red Braised Pork Belly: Good. Flavorful but can be quite rich. The pork was tender. This seemed more like a traditional Vietnamese stew dish with and egg.Worth it.Kawaii Buns: delicious! Besides the cool design, the custard has a subtle sweetness and was very moist.Definitely worth it.