Pine and Crane DTLA in Los Angeles

Genuine advice? Go with a group of friends and family style this, because everything is excellent and youre going to want to try it all (Dan Dan Noodles were one of our favorites). The flavors here are complex, unique, and deeply satisfying without any dish feeling like its too heavy or overburdened. There was a wee wait when we went for brunch but it wasnt bad at all and was overall extremely worth it. Every dish was delicious, shareable, and light enough that you dont feel overfull, without sitting too hard that you feel bad afterwards. The atmosphere was all chill, modern, and neat. Worth every penny!

This is the second location, situated beside the original one in Silver Lake. Pine & Crane is a laid-back Taiwanese restaurant with a fantastic ambiance that gives off a cozy outdoor courtyard garden vibe. Its the perfect spot for a lunch date or a quick catch-up with friends. The restaurant is impeccably clean, and the servers are incredibly friendly, offering excellent menu recommendations. However, I have to admit that the food here is just okay, and I believe its somewhat overrated. The dishes tend to be on the salty and sweet side, resembling more of an Americanized Taiwanese cuisine. I had a disappointing experience with the beef roll, as it had an excessive amount of hoisin sauce. If youre a native Chinese/Taiwanese, I recommend not setting your food expectations too high. -1 star for the food.Quick tips: When you enter, youll need to line up at the cashier right by the entrance to place your order. Afterward, you can choose an open table, and theyll bring the food to you. They offer self-serve tap water and sparkling water.

Love love love this place. This is my first time in this restaurant. I will definitely come back. The Taiwanese spicy chicken nuggets is absolutely amazing. It is both flavorful and very crunchy! They have a house special Taiwanese ketchup as the dipping sauce. The pan fried pork bun tastes wonderful as well, my baby loves the dish so much! We have to catch a flight in the morning, we arrived around 9:30 but only to be told the lunch menu will only start at 11. We ordered the brunch instead. But to our surprise, the sweet lady Adriana and her manager brought my favorite Taiwanese spicy chicken nuggets dish to us. They are so sweet! Not to mention the surrounding atmosphere here, excellent service and amazing food! Highly recommended!!!

Cool modern simple decor. Food was decent but just slightly over flavored for my preference, eg the beef noodle soup had a little too much soy sauce, I think the hot and sour soup would have tasted a bit better if both of those flavors were turned down one notch, the sha guan noodles were just a little too oily.Service was efficient and fast from the counter.Price was reasonable.Would come back to try the Taiwanese whisky selection and cocktails.

Every item for breakfast was great and authentic Taiwanese food! The staff was super nice and friendly, especially the one who got me the last fantuan. He made my day! The vibe was very cozy too.

The Dan Dan Noodles are sublime. Everyone I was with loved their food. We loved the space and ambiance: very open and bright. Great patio. Great service. Great experience. If you get a chance to go, you should!

Hands down best Taiwanese restaurant in town, as someone who’s been to Taiwan several times and explored their food (just last month) I could say that their food are to die for, their dandan noodles and dumpling, sumptuous! Plus the ambiance was calming and just perfect. But most importantly their service are 100%. I highly recommend this palace.

To order, you line in front of the cashier, order your food for dine-in or take out. They will give you a number for dine-in food ti be delivered to your seat or pick up take out order. There is a water station at the far end of the restaurant where you could choose filtered still water or carbonated water. Pretty efficient fast food order setup for potential slow food dine-in.Solid Taiwanese cuisine. I love the environment and airy outdoor setting. The chives cakes are one of the best in LA. Also love their tea & beverage selection. There are small selection of wines as well. Street metered parking nearby. I will be back to try other items on the menu, especially the soup noodles.

Pine & Crane is one of my favorite restaurants in LA & I especially love this downtown location. Everything is delicious but my top two are the dan dan noodles and beancurd bun! I also often order the wood ear mushroom salad, cucumbers, mapo tofu, potstickers, and fresh mochi dessert.

Overall: 3.4/5 (dine in)Pine and Crane is not your typical restaurant set up and has a unique storefront where they have moveable glass panels that gives it an open atmosphere. When you first enter, you get a coffee shop vibe where theres cute things, snacks, and drinkware on display. Outside of this cashier counter area, Pine and Crane has regular indoor and outdoor seating. However, you have to order and pay first before you can be seated at a table. The food does come out pretty quickly, and service was good.Lays Deep Ridge Chips ($6): They have cool Asian snacks that you might typically see but they were way overpriced. The Lays deep ridge chips are really good and better than the basic ones though.Eat, Drink, Man, Woman ($15): This was an interesting concoction thats mezcal based mixed with oolong tea, maraschino, gave, pineapple, lemon, and raisin tree tea cordial. My husband and I didnt like this drink and the presentation is unappealing.Walking on a Mountain Path in Spring ($14): The cocktail was very light with chrysanthemum being the main flavor profile. It also tasted refreshing thanks to the aloe. I think anyone can drink this at any time.Taiwanese Popcorn Chicken ($13): This is an Americanized version that barely has any pepper flavor and was pretty bland to be honest. Popcorn chicken is also kinda dry and overpriced too.Shrimp Wontons ($10): Im sorry but the filling was not good at all. It was also lacking flavor and didnt soak up the red chili oil either. The Royal Asia shrimp wontons that you can get from Costco are way better.Pan Fried Pork Buns ($12): They made the steam buns way too thick so you might need an extra bite to get to the meat. The filling was okay and had more flavor than the shrimp wontons but I wouldnt get it again.Dan Dan Noodles ($11): The Dan Dan noodles were one of my favorite dishes of the night. I could be biased since I love peanut butter so the sesame-peanut sauce was divine. It looks like a lot of veggies at first but you need the refreshing cucumber to balance out the noodles creaminess.Beef Roll ($9): The beef roll was my other favorite entree. Tastes great and is stuffed with huge beef slices. We got two orders to share with our party of 5 which was perfect.Hakka Mochi ($8): They were nice enough to comp the mochi for my cousin dads birthday. It came with 2 different flavors: peanut and black sesame. The black sesame has a very subtle flavor. The peanut one tasted better.