Little Sister in Redondo Beach

Superb Vietnamese cuisine, tantalizing the taste buds to savor spices used with combine ingredients. By chance all-day Monday (dont know how long thatll last) food and drinks are happy hour prices (plates are appetizer size), so we ordered three delightfully scrumptious dishes. (Other than Monday, happy hour is 3-6pm other days.) Regular prices are rather pricey, yet the tantalizing gastro delight is worth experiencing at this quality Asian restaurant. Located in Redondo Beach Riviera Village area, parking curbside to the restaurant is scarce, however, there is metered parking in the surrounding and possibly a short walk to Little Sister.

Really great vietnamese style fusion food. Everything is just unique enough to create a really memorable experience. The general manager was nice enough to give our table extra attention and recommended some killer dishes to try!

Behind Little Sister restaurant, there was a very inspiring story about its founder- Chef Tin. He single handily created the fusion Vietnamese restaurant chains and started Southeast Asian culinary trend in greater LA.Chef Tin’s food as he described in an interview, is about family. He created dishes that resembling what he used to eat at home with family.After seeing so many good reviews from some of the most prominent Yelpers, I decided to drive to Redondo beach to try out their food.Coming from the SGV where there are so many outstanding Vietnamese restaurants, I had high expectations as Chef Tin was also from the SGV. I expected the food would be miles better than what I used to here in our neighborhood.The first impression when we entered the restaurant was good. The decoration brought its patrons back to the colonial era with heavy French influences. Love the vibes with the big French windows and the long bars associated with a typical colonial restaurant in Vietnam.However, the food felt far short of my expectation. Despite its claim to be an improvement from SGV Vietnamese food, the fusion version offered here totally messed up the original Vietnamese flavor which should be aromatic and light. The food here, in order to cater to American taste, is very heavily seasoned and not much of the aroma typically emanates from the herbs. With the price 2 times more than the SGV restaurants, I expected a better Vietnamese food experiences.But I have to say the Banh Xeo was very good. I liked the crispy skins and the mixed of the veggies and prawns. I think mungbean was missing from the ingredients of this dish.I hope they have better foods in their other restaurants. Maybe the foods in their downtown LA one have better taste. We will try that locate next time.

Great food (modern twist on Asian dishes or “Asian fusion”) - from the plating to the taste and sauces, everything was great and reasonably priced too. Well, we just had appetizers and drinks. Speaking of drinks, they were good too. They have quite a few beers and cocktails to choose from. The service was great too, they make sure every table is served and the servers check on you regularly to make sure you are satisfied with everything. This will be added to my list of places for special occasions.

OMG I love it, this was my first visit and I will return here and recommend 200%, the manager Carlos was incredible, welcoming, and helped with options on the menu.

Wonderful Vietnamese restaurant with interesting twists on classic dishes. Their salad rolls were great as were the main dishes. Staff was attentive, friendly and courteous and the ambiance was great.

If you have seen any of my reviews on eat spots, you will see how I comment on the drinks as well as the food. This place did not disappoint. We had 4 different drinks for 4 people. We all tasted each others drink and all like every one. The garlic noodles are simply delicious. The dumplings and imperial rolls fantastic. Definitely returning again.

If youre looking for great food & cocktails...this restaurant offers it! You wont be disappointed. 😋

Let me start off by saying wow. This place is amazing. Stumbled upon this place from reading all the reviews in the area and decided to give it a shot. We were instantly greeted by the hostess who was lovely. The aesthetic and the vibes are very pleasing you enter and first thing you notice is the art work throughout the walls the butterflies to the electric poles. This is my new spot when I’m in the area. They had some interesting choices on their menu. Of course with Covid they take their precautions by keeping you comfortable and safe. Everyone is wearing their mask and also have a list of how to keep everyone safe while these tough times. We ordered the baguette with the pate Which was so delightful the tomato sauce is really great paired with the butter and the pate. We paired it with a Pinot griogio and I had their whiskey tea which was so smooth.This is what we needed up starting our visit. Then we ordered the sea bass and the shaky shaky beef which was so good. The sea bass was cooked to perfection. The skin was crunchy and the fish melted on your taste pallets. The salad was great as well. The shaky shaky beef with the tomato rice was great it wasn’t heavy as I would expect it to be it was so good. The aroma and the taste made my mouth water. Pair it with the sea bass lord mercy it is a different experience. Ended the night with their famous opera cake. The chocolate gelato and the crunch of the pieces paired with cake is amazing. It wasn’t to sweet and honestly worth every single bite. Our waitress was spectacular. Everyone at this location is very friendly welcoming and also very attentive. I highly recommend this place to anyone who is visiting. We had an amazing first experience be expecting us to come back. We will be looking forward to their brunch and lunch in the future thank you so much for your time and effort. Also making our experience memorable.

We have been in LS for lunch. The food was very good, but we were not happy with the service. For 3 of us we ordered soup, rolls and sandwich. The imperial roll arrived first, 5-7 minutes later the soup came. We were waiting for sandwich another 10 minutes. The waiter even did not apologized for these delays, he never came to the table to ask if everything was ok . Overall, the waiter was not very much interested in serving us with hospitality. Was it because we didn’t order much? We don’t eat much at lunch.We did not ask for the waiter name, There were only two waiters at the time, our waiter was with dark hair. Sorry, but we were disappointed with our visit.