Reviews of Chinese Friends Restaurant (Restaurant)

Michael Vaughan

OMG! You know a good place when they have an A rating in the window and you open the door and then smell of great food hits your nose! And the prices are good

Stanley Moy

Deep Fried Shrimp the best!!

John-Paul Morgante

I am not a Chinese good expert but I am an expert on taste. This is a place with great taste! All the good is simply served and perfect for sharing. Make sure you have the House Special Shrimp - it's slightly spicy and crunchy and oh so good. Park in the lot to the left of the restaurant and get validated inside. And if you want a little dessert, just walk across the street to Phoenix bakery for a wonderful treat.

Sherry Parks

Outstanding spot for Chinese food. everyone at our table was very satisfied. this place has a great feel to it. food is similar to a place in san francisco i liked.

April Dinner

Greatful for this place, very tired when I waddled in after exploring the city , ihad late dinner of chicken fried rice and hot tea. right across from hotel :)

Roy Denish

I wanted a quick bite since couldn't parking opted to this restaurant after reading positive reviews but I aghast it wasn't the food I expected. I ordered brocolli with pork and a chicken dish. I expected Chinese broccoli to be served with pork dish but it wasn't. Both dishes fell short of flavours. The service was fast and courteous.

Siofilisi Faiva

Great food!

CAIN BRYAN

Great food & genuine Chinese food! Service was a little slow but works were very nice. After seeing other reviews my girlfriend & I walked from the Hollywood strip all the way there just try try it out & it was worth it!! Definitely going to go back next time I'm in town! Prices are also typical nothing over priced & large portion.

John Berkowitz

Great food!!

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Kevin guazmn 19999

Andy Guan

Terrible I am chinese

Virginia Pinedo

Been going here for years.

jorge ibarra

great place friendly personnel great food still our favorite after 23 yrs

Venkatesh Sivanandam

Great authentic food.

Vista Ezzati

Been coming here since I was a kid. Great food, and lots of memories. Highly recommend trying this place if you're in the area. House special shrimp is a must!

Mario Deleon

Best Chinese food in Chinatown

Fredo 1993

Been coming here for years love the house special noodles, sweet n sour chicken and fried soup is delicious! Definitely recommended

HB Jairaj

Don't let the spartan interiors and casual service fool you. This place serves up some of the finest Chinese food in LA. Get ready to try a non greasy and delicately spiced fare. I recommend the sautéed shrimp, baby bok choy and mushrooms, Kung pao tofu and orange peel chicken. Always full. 10 minutes wait. Quick service. Moderate prices. Definitely recommend.

saul Green

Chinese food - a Christmas Eve family tradition that I have been unable to continue for the past few years - has finally found a home! Now that I've discovered Wonderland Restaurant, I will be having their excellent cuisine more often! ...

Bela Gutman

Low key, well made good quality food. Thank you for freindly service.

Marlon Dy

I was craving spicy hot & sour soup, moo shu pork and tangerine peel chicken. They made the best of these food here. All other dishes are also delicious. They can really cook here. Services is great. The place is really small, 11 tables. Parking is a dollar and hr with validation.

Luz Javalera

Their house specials are very delicious. Especially the house special shrimp.

Paula Jackson-Hill

My Favorite

Matth RLorenz

Incredible! Looks like nothing but looks can be deceiving! Kids (14 & 11) loved it and want to go back the next night. 4 of us ate well and with tip was under $60. Food was fresh and hot. String beans and chicken and chicken w/orange peel are a must. Will definitely go back.

Robbie Ancona

I have been coming here for years. The food is wonderful and they make it real fast. Staff is very hard-working and the small restaurant is very clean.

Moy Valentin

Have been coming to this restaurant for many years and food and service has always been good.

Ludovico Mallinson

Great food. Homemade, inexpensive- The best in the area. Especially like the fresh made kung pao chicken.

Cordon McGary

Best chinese food ever, especially the moo shut pork

George Galindo

Chinese friends is the best thing that has ever happend to me. Been coming here for over 20 years. Food is great and silvia is awesome.

Lance Henderson

My friend took me to eat here for lunch last week and it was great. It's in the heart of Chinatown (DTLA) and very delicious authentic Chinese food. The orange chicken was like I have never seen or had before. It was Awesome, and the people were great! You won't find any of the other "Chinese" restaurants around town like it, or as good as this one...

Paula

The worst Chinese food I have ever had in my life. It made me sick in the stomach afterwards. I asked the waitress for fried shrimp and if they cooked it in a batter and they didn't know what batter meant. They never brought me my fried shrimp. The fried rice with beef and shrimp was white rice with egg and chop parsley I think. The shrimp was the tiniest raw looking salty terrible-tasting shrimp and the beef look like slivers of uncooked cat meat. Disgusting! I never saw fried rice look or taste like that. The orange chicken was slivers of chicken cut up in many configurations in a wierd tasting orange sauce. They did not put it in a batter so it would be crunchy. The place is small unattractive with the workers sitting around at tables eating with robotic personalities.

Frankie Montiforte

Wonderful kitschy little place with good inexpensive Chinese fare and a nice staff.

Marilyn Castillo

Omg this place has delicious kung pao chicken and orange chicken. The food is amazing but there is this server tall older lady that has shorty hair who has an ugly attitude. If she corrects her attitude not get fire i would change my review to a 5 star.

Paul Sambrano

I have been going here for over 15 years ..... By far some of the best Chinese food LA has to offer. My personal Favs. being the Kung Pow Chicken and the Mushu Chicken. Enjoy

Jorge Carrillo

Grate food love it me and my family

Bruce Bailey

The food is very good, and the service is great!

Damian Pacheco

Greet service. Food was good with lots of options. A bit pricey.

daniel saarinen

Pretty good standard Chinese. No complaints

Tatiana Moreno

Average Chinese food. Very small place

Oliver Maskly

Great comfortable place to get some nice Chinese food. Good service too.

Kaori Trimer

I love Chinese Friends Restaurant wings. They're so addictive and I always leave so stuffed. The green beans are also delicious. They don't take reservations and there's always a wait. There's Chinese Friends Restaurant 2 next door which has an abridged menu.

Matthew Renetzky

Been going here for years with my family. Incredibly delicious authentic Chinese food at a good price. Get some tea and Kung Pao!

Robin Rodriguez

The best Chinese food ever.

Jose Bradford

Chinese food, yeah, delicious. I give this spot two thumbs up. I look forward to a return trip.

Armando Lopez

After reading about this place in a novel by Michael Connelly I decided to give it a try. I'm happy I did as the food was very fresh and tasty. They give you just enough and the tea was very hot. It's a small place so try to get there early or you might have to wait. Parking is a buck in the structure and hold onto your hats if you have to use the bathroom. Overall it's a great place to eat.

Stella Plato

We had a good experience at Chinese Friends. As soon as we sat down we were automatically served a pot of hot black tea which was a nice touch. I really loved the eggplant with pork - the brown sauce was delicious and the eggplant was cooked perfectly. I also enjoyed the Mu Shu Pork (it came pre-rolled in the wrappers which was nice) and the pork vegetable dumplings appetizer was piping hot and delicious.The dishes don't come with rice so be sure to order that if you want it. They validate for an hour if you are sitting down for lunch or dinner and 15 mins if you are just grabbing take out. There are also meters nearby but they are kind of expensive.

Shirley Day

Just an average Chinese Restaurant. Food not tasty. I have ordered from here before and decided to try it but it was a little bit disappointing experience.

Shannon Vasquez

Great food and great price

Josie Castillo

Great food. My family and I have been coming here for years and never disappoints. It a small mom and pop restaurant but the food is delicious. My favorite is the Friends special noodles.

Xuren Huang

Don't understand why this place get a high rating. Barely eatable. Offers low quality not authentic Chinese food in LA Chinatown. Although LA Chinatown is not in best shape, I still expect something a little more decent.

Monica Aguilar

Love this place. I have been going to this place since I was 9 years old

Alexander Jones2

Food is delicious and will go there again.

Yvonne Hernandez

Great place. I've been coming here with my husband for 26 years. Delicious food.

Art Oropeza

Nice , clean small place. Great food

LEO FENG

Food is good but no restroom for customers

Cui Martinez

I've been coming here since since the 90s! Always friendly & fast!

Víctor Piña

Small Chinese restaurant. House special shrimp is GREAT. Park next door, don't pay the restaurant will validate $9 you'll pay $1. We paid full price because we didn't know. But even if you pay full price for parking FOOD IS AMAZING YOU WON'T REGRET IT.

Danny Moore

excellent service, good food!

Ana Lopez

Ok

Alex F

The best chinese restaurant! Very friendly and nice staff.

alejo areyan

Been coming here for years, nice family resturant

Carl Monson

always great food and great service ...

Alic Li

Authentic Chinese food! I asked no sugar in my dishes and they are great. They serve fast and warmly. Strongly recommend here for anyone.

Christine Ferrell

Fine spot for delicious Chinese food. visited at eight, it was not full. looking forward to a return trip. bring your hunger - portions are filling.

ignacio Caballero

Wonderful to shop here

Mina Rodriguez

Good Chinese food and my favorite dish is the Orange Chicken.

Barbara ortiz

Been coming for years. Very good food. Excellent service. Love the wonworton (hope I spelled it rigth) soup. The only down side would be the bathroom, very small and you have to cross the kitchen to access it. Over all worthwhile.

Alfred Hernandez

The best Chinese Food in Downtown LA. Customer since 1990.

Oscar Andrade

Been coming here for almost since I was a baby and parents been coming even before that.

Jose Vincenti

It's a tiny cozy place, friendly staff, excellent food (quality and portion) and fast service. In peaks hours it's completely full

Darryl Parker

My boyfriend and I chose Big Lantern for dinner because it was the only dim sum place in the Mission Area. It isn't my favorite dim sum in the city, but it's affordable. I'm bumping my review up from 3 to 4 stars because I think this place would be awesome for vegetarians! All the traditional meat dim sum they have is also offered in imitation veggie options. For example, they have both regular BBQ pork buns and imitation meat BBQ pork buns. Really unique!

Alec Valencia

Great food, really enjoy coming to this location they treat you right. make you feel very welcomed and the food is good

Juana Heredia

Food was extremely delicious

Cesar Ojeda

The kung pao sauce flavoring will transport your soul into another dimension not so closely related to heaven.

Kristopher Yang

chinese food, mmm, excellent. I've had nothing but pleasant experiences here and plan to keep coming back. The prices are good for what you get.

Julius Gonzalez

The absolute best

Peyman Golshani

Most amazing food ever! My family has been coming here for nearly 40 years. We drive over an hour to get to this gem.

Marta Arellano

A very small restaurant but very friendly and nice service. The food is amazing.

Christine Evans

Chinese food, delicious. Great food with quality ingredients. Prices are reasonable. They have so many great reviews for a reason.

Emily Ayestas

I love love love this place. It is my all time favorite.

Miguel Angel Garcia Jr

Very delicious.

Kevin Quinn

Expect mom and pop and the best food ever

camila y monica

Nice place...

Al-aqsa EL MEKRI

since 1982 been coming its like a family tradition, since the owner, silvia and the rest of the crew. so good to have a place that u feel like in ur house. we have to come once a week. like a religious thing.

57nongnong

Price is reasonable, food taste good and service is fast though the place is kind of small and it would be nice to have a bigger plates. Ample parking beside the restaurant with validation

Dennis G

Great food and always busy. Very little waiting for your food. Food is always consistent. Take out is always fast. Wish that they delivered.

Brittani Ladehoff

Very fast service! The fried rice was amazing!

arturo valencia

By far our family's favorite Chinese restaurant. My extended family has been coming here for over 30 years. Staff is super friends and accomodating. House Special Shrimp and Family Delight are must haves. ...

Marie Verona

The most amazing food ever! i have been coming here since 1982. My family love it, the drive is over an hour to get to this gem but it's worth it!. The service is fantastic and so is Silvia and her staff

Joey Orozco

I've been conning here for 17 years.

Nalani Hernandez

The food is great here and not so expensive

katya fernandez

Best Chinese food ever. My husband has been coming here for the past 35+ years for a good reason

Fytren 21

Like it

Ernie Diaz

My favorite place to eat Chinese food. I have been coming here since I was 7 years old, I am 38 currently.

Michael Streff

Good tastes, reasonable, clean restaurant

Katie Corros

Shrimp fried rice is my favorite! Love the moo shoo pork and house special shrimp!

Hector Hernandez

This place is always a joy to visit, the server has seen me grow in to my late 30's since I was 10. So 20 years of visiting this place. The amazing thing is that the food always taste the same, Amazing and Awesome. But seriously the flavor is truly something amazing when you serve food out of a kitchen that has been producing Chinese Food Chef's since back in the day. They were once or probably still are a cooking school. I wish I would have attended this school.

BENNIGNA LARA MORALES

Chinese Friends has been a Family tradition to eat with our children since 1987, as a child I was taken there and now I take my children to enjoy the wonderful food

Amy Walton

Small place, but friendly service and quality food

Oh Yaseen

Phenomenal food. The food is so good it gets five stars without customer service. This is a very rare instance for me. The location is in Korea Town and parking can sometimes be a hastle. Tell the attendants you're there to eat and save 9$ on parking. The seating is horrible in the restaurant. It's very small. The food is still so amazing it carries this rating EASILY!!!

Meghan McElroy

I love this place! The house special shrimp is thr best. My family has been coming here for at least 20 years.

Carla De Leon

Our place to go. Best pan fried noodles

Thelma Moses

Fine spot for tasty chinese food. Super appetizing. Prices are reasonable. I see why this place has a lot of positive reviews.

Donan Lamb

Wonderful food and fast service.

Araceli Silva

Best Chinese food in Chinatown. My family has been coming here for over 30 years. Kungpao Shrimp is a must!

maurilio gordillo

The best Chinese food in china town

Shawn Donohugh

I've been coming here since 1981. My favorite dish is House Special Shrimp. It never used to be on the menu, but now it's a standard. It's a small place that usually fills up for lunch with office workers, but it's easier to get a table in the evening. They validate your parking in the parking structure next door, so don't forget your ticket. They also do take-out.

Alan Armand Morenoguerrero de rosas

This place is one hidden gem I been coming here for ages still the good service and the food is spectacular and the three flavor soup something out of this world just by and try it!!!

Ambar B Capoor

This is hands down the most authentic, homemade Chinese food in Chinatown. Delicately flavored, the dishes actually have different tastes and colors, instead of the uniform orange that all other places favor. The hidden gem is the MooShoo. You've never had it like this. Is a small family run restaurant, everyone takes turns doing different things and they are all very polite. If you park in the underground structure, they will validate so you only pay a $1.

Complete Fleet Service

Best chinese food in cali...

Sahamar Flores

Nice mom n pop shop... good food call place to eat ..

Matthew Sanza

Best Chinese food in LA. I drive about an hour to dine here. Worth it every time!

Greetings Tour

Decent food but very Americanized Chinese style and not the best ambience (fluorescent lighting) A sit down setting for standard take out Chinese. Close to the center of Chinatown which is probably why a lot of people come here.

Sim Tweed

Fantastic hole in the wall. Totally un- assuming. Great food , better service.

Marina Ponce

I been coming to this place for a very long time since i was a lil girl. my father would literally drive over an hour just to go eat his favorite food. After his death we still keep going. Amazing people.

Imzadee

Friendly staff, fast service, reasonable prices and portions. A little whole-in-the-wall gem. I will definitely visit again.

Sandy Chayat

Great food. Great service. Validated parking.

Mashed Potato Cat

Loved the sizzling rice soup and Kung Pao chicken. They are friendly, the restaurant is clean and service is quick. Great for nostalgic, American style Chinese food!

shahrokh Jelowdar

Very good

Mitchell Wapner

A few friends and I went today, which is Christmas and although the food was OK, they really couldn't handle the rush of people. Our food took forever, they ran out of one of the dishes and never told us and we cancelled the replacement dish after waiting 20 minutes for it.

Priscilla Paulino

Very bad experience! Servers touch all utensils with their bare hands because you don't see them clean their hands. Rude attitude too!

Ivette Larin

Amazing food! Must try!

Yvette Langworthy

My VERY ALL TIME FAVORITE CHINESE food restaurant!!!! No one else compares! #1 for over 20 years! The BEST Kung Pao Chicken (that's MY dish!) and BEST Orange Chicken (husbands FAV).... we also get Pork Fried Rice and once in awhile Mu Shoo Pork! Oh my goodness So So Delish! Everyone MUST TRY Chinese Friends if they love CHINESE food! I promise you won't be disappointed!

Sonya Blake

Great scene for tasty Chinese food. Visited Fri evening I think. Food is like a restaurant in Louisville I loved.

Fred Patterson

So, I've been back a couple of times since my last review due to the close proximity to our house. I have to to say, they've upped their game. The food is MUCH better than it used to be. The curry chicken is actually really good. I'm not sure what changed within their operation, but the food sure changed for the better.

Jerlin Larin

The best restaurant to go eat

jorge luiz florez

Has been our favorit for the las 3 décadas

Jennifer Newton

I've been going here since I was a child. When I was a child, my family and I didn't dine out often so I will always remember Chinese Friends Restaurant. As I got older, I still remember enjoying the food here so whenever I'm in the mood for some family style Chinese food, this is the place I go. My family and I love the kung pao chicken, Mongolian beef, crispy chicken with lemon sauce, hot & sour soup, mixed veggies and mu shu chicken. This is the usual list of items we order when we dine here or whenever we order for take out. For special occasions like Father/Mother's Day or one of my parents' birthday, more often than not, my siblings and I order food from here; it's delicious! Yum! The restaurant itself is quite small so order for take out whenever you can. The parking is validated in the small lot just outside the restaurant. I don't dine there often anymore (usually take out), but from what I remember the employees are friendly and helpful. I love this place!

John Throop

House special shrimp and orange chicken and Shanghaj noodles were our favorites and the hot and sour soup/ sizzling rice soup too. The shrimp is perfectly cook crispy and the sauce is sweet, salty and alittle spicy. The orange chicken is exactly the same. The shanghai noodle is fried thick noodle and they are not crispy but it is delicious here. The other dishes here look pretty good too (Szechuan pork).

Stephanie Suzuki

Haven't had one bad thing at this place. I only order off the lunch menu. Hunan chicken/beef, Kung Pao, Generals, all tasty. free soup. Under $7.00. jackpot.

Juana Calderon

Love there food

Mike Dragoiu

Best Orange Chicken that you will ever eat!!! Hands down!!!

Alex Jones

Service was wonderful. Food impeccable. We had the kung pao chicken minus the peanuts, egg rolls, and pan fried noodles with veggies!

James Last

I loved it

Francisco Olague

Very good food and great service

Josue Ponce

Food was good!! It can be quite pricey but it's worth going to if you like Chinese food!! Staff was friendly and attentive even tho I went out to dinner last minute!! Great service!!

Lisa Elliott

I've been going to this restaurant for years. The Shrimp Fried Rice us my favourite. Always fresh, full of shrimp and authentically made. Very delicious!!!!!

William Sundy

The restaurant is located in a strip mall and can be really hard to spot if you're not looking for it. Luckily there is a parking lot next to it that normally costs $5. The restaurant will validate so you will only have to pay $1. The restaurant is small and very clean inside compared to most other Restaurants in Chinatown. Service was great as we were asked multiple times by different waiters on what we would like to order. The hostess/manager is always sitting in the front of the restaurant ready to close your bill. However if you ask a question she will not come to your table but would prefer to talk over the restaurant. I ordered the combination fried rice which is nice and lighter compared to others as they don't use soy sauce. Some chunks of meat do have cartilage which will catch you by surprise. I also ordered the ground pork vermicelli that had very thick noodles and had a more chewy texture than vermicelli found elsewhere. There was barely any pork in the dish, and the pork tasted as if it was boiled with the vermicelli.

Erica Reyes

Bewt Chinese food in LA, must try the sizzling rice.

Angelica Buenrostro

The staff is always friendly. The food is so good!

Osiris Mendoza

Been coming here since I was a kid, now my adult kid's could say they've been coming here since they were little kids, and although we've relocated over an hour away we still come and enjoy the wonderful authenticity of the food. Been a customer for over 36 years!!

Margaret Frey

Chinese food, mmm, so fresh. i give this spot two thumbs up. the service here is great. i can see why they have a lot of positive reviews.

Arthur Schwartz

great food, fast service, the bestest

Rodolfo Solano

The food was awesome. I really recommend this place. And parking it's 1 dlls for 1 hour with validation.

Grar Ramirz

Love it

Willieridley40 willieridley

Find food for the best in LA

Valerie Ramirez

A bit expensive but quick service

Marta Unzueta

I would definitely recommend this place. The food was delicious. Can't wait to go back.

Bianca Duran

I almost died from a foodgasm!! It was so damn good!!! Seriously, The best damn food I ever ever had and I've a lot of damn Chinese food!! Seriously go here!!!

Steve Jefferson

chinese food, yeah, very delicious. Visited near twelve, it was not full. The staff was very welcoming and observant. Prices are fair I would say.

Mark Volk

It's been our favorite place for Chinese food for many many years. Excellent and consistent.

Marsha Riley

This is my Favorite Chinese Restaurant! I have been going there for twenty years and the food has always been hot, delicious and satisfying. They serve their entrees with hot tea, and orange slices and fortune cookies. I have never gotten sick from their food and I usually order a to go order for the road after my dinner since it is so good I eat all of it!

Tori Mendez

My favorite place

Marvin Benavidez

Great food authentic Chinese!

Angie Mimah

I'm 31. Been coming here for 30yrs. My parents brought me at the age of 1. GREAT food! Very little wait time for food to come out once ordered.

No Name

Best authentic Chinese food ever! Hands down no lie. There is nothing to complaining about this restaurant. I highly recomend the House Special Shrimp (my favorite since I was a kid). I do not quite know the names of the plates since my family is the one who orders them. The soup with the fried rice is super delicious, also try the compound chicken and shrimp. White rice with shrimp and eggs, noodles with vegetables and many many more.

Joevelyn Terrell

Love their food, specially their shrimp with peanuts!

Alexander Carlos

Really Great food, great atmosphere. Highly recommend this place.