California Wok in Encino

Review №1

2023-10-15 04:11:59

The food was very very good, but not quite perfect. 1 regular portion was enough for 2 decently hungry people. Our waitress who served us was extremely polite and checked up on us multiple times to see if we needed anything. The food came much quicker than I expected. The Thai Tea they had was amazing and I’m not sure if I’ve had any Thai tea that was better. Overall a great location, a little bit hidden but still very good.

Review №2

2023-07-17 07:28:47

Found this place accidentally and tried it, and they offer tofu vegetarian option of orange chicken that is sensational. Impeccable service and quick delivery by their own delivery drivers. Very considerate of changes to menu items and the food is always delicious.

Review №3

2019-07-06 23:29:14

Great experience. Very delicious Americanized Chinese food. The food has a lot of different flavors going on. The dining room was nice and clean and the staff was fast and courteous. The prices were terrific for lunch. 24 bucks for 2 of us including beverages. We will return when we are in the area and want Chinese.

Review №4

2020-12-25 18:50:48

It was Christmas Eve. I ordered online from their website for curbside pickup. I was notified that my order would be ready in 20 min.I arrived at the 30 min mark and called from my parking spot as instructed. It was not ready. There were 2 items not ready. I waited 40 min in my car on a cold evening. I eventually had to turn my car on for heat. When I called again, I had to call 4 times for an answer before the call was disconnected. Finally I said I had to cancel if its not ready. It was magically ready.Now I know it was Christmas Eve but why give the wrong time? Just say an hour and Id just wait in comfort at home?All the food was tasty but the spicy eggplant was too mushy to eat with chopsticks. That was one of the dishes supposedly not ready when I arrived. The BBQ pork appetizer was a little dry. It is a very generous portion and well priced.

Review №5

2023-06-09 19:31:00

The portion sizes are big enough to feed 2 people per entree. However the flavor just isnt there, the salt level is perfect. But it really lacks flavor, its like bleh. The protein in each entree is perfect, the veggies are overcooked. I ordered the house special fried rice, chow fun shrimp, beef & broccoli, and spicy chicken wonton. Although the fried rice lacked flavor, it was still pretty packed with protein. The chow fun are small thin noodles, not the large thin noodles only downside for me, it lacked flavor too. The beef was tender the broccoli over cooked for the beef & broccoli. The spicy chicken wonton had an overwhelming taste of lemongrass. I was not satisfied at all. I would say give it a chance if you like food that is light on seasoning/ flavor. But I love flavorful dishes, this is not that. I gave it 2 stars because it was fast delivery & large portions.

Review №6

2020-12-25 17:19:10

Last night on Christmas Eve we placed an online order. Then we were sent an email 30 minutes later saying that the food was ready. We showed up and the food was not ready and there were dozens of people waiting for food. After waiting for two hours we finally left. We were supposed to be spending time with family Christmas Eve not waiting inside of a restaurant for food that never came. Some had been there for two and a half hours and still hadnt gotten their food.As over 30 people stood in the restaurant watching them bring food ready to go and setting it on the counter, the food just sat there (picture attached) and wasnt passed out to the customer that ordered it. We all kept trying to ask them to tell us who the food belonged to but they were all too busy to stop and listen to us or check the food. It just sat there. Then 15 - 20 minutes later theyd take a quick glance at it. It was very frustrating. And many people got so frustrating, like us, that they left.CA Wok knew it was Christmas Eve and that they are usually busy and yet they werent prepared. They were understaffed and it was all poorly managed. They should have had one person just answering the phone and dealing with the online orders, one person just giving out the food to the customers as it was ready, and at least 2-3 people taking payments, checking to see when food would be ready, and dealing with customers. They did everything wrong and made customers waste time in their restaurant instead of enjoying the evening with family.

Review №7

2023-05-02 23:21:51

These days this place mostly does takeout, but its also a friendly, and kid-friendly, eat-in. The food is quick, consistent, and reliable tasty ... one of our go-to regular spot when were in the area.

Review №8

2022-10-13 19:24:40

This place is very fast! Wendy has great customer service and very helpful! Kind of hard to find but clean inside !

Review №9

2023-01-15 20:02:28

My wife had an appointment across the street so I randomly tried California Wok for lunch. The menu is very large with a very small font, so I had to ask questions which they answered quickly and well. The menu was my only negative. I ordered a garlic chicken lunch with hot and sour soup.This was the largest side bowl of soup Ive ever gotten. I was ready to ask for vinegar to spice it up, but it needed none and may have been the best hot and soup Ive ever had. Im a big fan of garlic, and this was one of those rare occasions where the garlic chicken had sufficient garlic. It came with a side sauce that was garlic and soy and a little hot and also delicious. I had leftovers as well.I will return there today.

Review №10

2020-10-15 18:44:23

Extremely disappointed, I placed an order. Was told 10-15 min and arrived in 10 min to find out they gave my order to an uber driver because he was Hispanic and I was Hispanic and we both looked alike. since I was already late, I decided to buy drinksAnd they charged me $10.57 for 3 can cokes a bottle of 8oz waterTotal rip off.