Top Asian Restaurant in Santa Ana
Pho Asian Grill
2110 N Tustin Ave, Santa Ana, CA 92705, United States
This might be the best Pho restaurant around this area. They have a great variety of Pho as well as other delightful Asian dishes. Great, friendly service and the place is spic & span clean. Love, Love, Love!
Bite Mi Asian Kitchen
2775 N Main St, Santa Ana, CA 92705, United States
I love this place, Ken is amazing and because of him, I would get food, bread and drinks here all the time with my family. Sadly my 3 trips a week have completely stopped because they dont serve Taro Milk Tea. It honestly depresses me to no end when I get promo and ads for Milk Tea and I see a Taro drink is in the promo. I think wow they finally have it! so I drive over or try to order online and this location still doesnt have it. Instead I have to drive miles away to another location just to get a Taro Milk Tea... Now Ive just stopped going to Tastea and Tastea related location all around. I even uninstalled the app and unsubscribe from the email listing so the disappointment I get from this place can stop.
DIN KY RESTAURANT
5127 W Edinger Ave Suite D, Santa Ana, CA 92704, United States
**Din Ky Restaurant Review: A Mixed Experience**Din Ky Restaurant offers a range of Vietnamese dishes with a mixed experiences.The highlight of the menu, the Hu tieu, stands out as the better option among the offerings. Its flavorful broth and well-cooked noodles elevate the dish to a satisfying level.However, the Pho Ap Chao and Mien xao hai san leave much to be desired. While passable, they fall short of expectations, lacking the depth of flavor and texture one might hope for in such Vietnamese staples.One notable downside is the long wait times to have food served and to pay with cashier observed at the restaurant, especially during peak hours, which can make the overall dining experience less enjoyable.While Din Ky Restaurant shows promise with its Hu tieu, improvements are needed.
Kaizen Shabu
303 N Spurgeon St, Santa Ana, CA 92701, United States
Instead of sitting in traffic on the 5 freeway, we decided to stop by downtown Santa Ana for an early dinner. My husband and I love shabu and tried pretty much every location in Orange County, so why not try this new location. I believe its only beem opened for a couple of months. Its tucked right next to Yost theater. Decor is gorgeous with a modern twist. They have a full bar!!We wanted to try the basic meat with their shabu shabu basic broth. So we ordered the large (sumo) size yojie beef and their large (samurai) Swai fish (because Ive never had swai fish with shabu before. They have a combo plate thats great for sharing (they do have a reasonable solit entree fee).The meat was good, Im glad it didnt come out with frozen slices (always wait for meat to thaw before cooking). The yojie beef wasnt too fatty. Swai fish was soft and tender (dont over cook in broth). Veggies and udon was basic like any other place. We opted for brown rice which was I understand can be hard in texture, but it was a really hard to swallow so i asked for a bowl of white rice, which was also under cook and a but hard. Work on the rice texture please!!Sauces=ponzu it was alright, a little too much soy sauce for me, I like it more tangy with a bit more citrus. Goma was good, no complaints there. They also have a third sauce Swisher which is sweet and savory which they let us try for free. It was too sweet for me. Each platter comes with only 2 sauces. Ask to try them before committing.Service was great we were constantly checked on they made sure we knew what we were doing. Overall good food and great experience.
WaBa Grill
1703 E McFadden Ave, Santa Ana, CA 92705, United States
Wow, Waba Grill! Arrived at 10 A.M. to meet-up with someone. Very clean outside and inside upon entry. Outside eating area was clean, as in all tables and seats were clean. Inside seating, tables, soda bar, and order counter were clean. Clean!Staff was very friendly, all while busy prepping for the lunch crowd.I ordered a steak soft taco (yes, at 10 A.M. ?). Excellent, even better at 10 A.M. ?The Waba soda bar deserves a round of applause. Nice to see flavors not found at other restaurants (or 7-11).(And here is a dig at McDonalds. There is a move in their chain ... removing ... the dine-in soda bar. That was a benefit of dining in, now being stripped away by a zillion-dollar glutton.)One more thing, in the background they are playing Michael Jacksons Beat It which just makes this outing at Waba Grill more fun.Kudos for Waba Grill.
AYCE Sushi SCM
3392 S Bristol St, Santa Ana, CA 92704, United States
After reading all the reviews Im beginning to think it was just bad luck on my part, however this was a terrible meal from start to finish, at nearly $30 per person for the standard menu.Tempura shrimp was terrible, no crunch and the shrimp itself was very overcooked.Tempura calamari: it came out piping hot fresh, but was a ratio of 5:1 breading to squid. By the time the breading was cooked the squid was flavorless rubber. The tempura breading also had no flavor, was just oily.Gyoza was standard, came out fresh but had no discernable flavors, bland overall.In-n-out shrimp roll. The avocado was overly ripe having no texture, felt like mashed avocado but clearly wasnt. The amount of mayo on this made my wifes stomach turn instantly.Baked mussels are one of my favorites, sadly it didnt seem baked at all, just sauce dumped on cold mussels, one of them also had a fair amount or shell mixed in despite that mussels shell being fully intact.Dynamite roll and popcorn roll. Dynamite is my go to at AYCE and often blends the best of both worlds, delicate sushi roll with baked flavorful scallops in sauce on top. These scallops were tiny and completely mushy, very clearly cheap frozen scallops. The popcorn topping was the same as the other fried items, super oily with no discerning flavor, please add atleast some salt.Speaking of salt, the miso soup (which comes from a automatic pouring machine) was overly salty and has no light flavors to it.We got a simple roll to start as well, a spicy tuna I believe. This was a very standard roll with nothing amazing, however it had the chewiest seaweed Ive ever had, not sure if that indicates freshness or ir it was frozen, I couldnt tell as this was the first time experiencing that.I really wanted to like this place as I live nearby, love AYCE sushi places, and the reviews were great. Sadly this place disappointed with every item I recieved. Atleast they did not charge for all the remaining food we didnt eat most since the in-n-out roll made us sick. Servers also never checked in nor offered refills on our drinks.If this place was charging $18 I could understand the cheap ingredients, but this was a higher priced place with low quality food.
Los Portales Restaurant
1400 W McFadden Ave, Santa Ana, CA 92704, United States
Okay...I am happy to say this one of my favorite Mexican restaurants in Santa Ana. I have been here many times because I enjoy the authentic Mexican flavors in their dishes. I finally was able to bring one of my best friends here to try Camarones a la Diabla, which basically translates to spicy shrimp. Los Portales gives generous portions that will definitely satisfy your hunger. On top of delicious food, the service is top notch. The employees will explain to you what the dish contains to ensure your happy with your selection. They also offer catering services. I plan on trying the Mexican catering for an upcoming event. If you love authentic Mexican food, you gotta come here.
THAI WAY
648 S Harbor Blvd, Santa Ana, CA 92704, United States
I LOVE Thai WayThis is my go-to spot in OC! When we say we want Thai, we want Thai Way and thats a great thing.Its a tiny little location next to a McDonalds, mexican place and a pharmacy. The interior is bare but clean and its usually kept pretty cool. The food here is what always keeps up coming back. We always get the panang curry and pad see ew and theyre both excellent! Easily the best thai spot in OC. The severs are usually really nice as well. Theres an older lady who is usually there and shes SO sweet :)They raised prices recently so its not dirt cheap anymore but still very affordable and fairly priced. I do feel as if the order size is getting smaller as well though :[ sad times.Just a warning- close proximity to Cafe Lu means theres lots of crazies running around at night. Youve been warned!
Tasty Zone Szechwan Cuisine
3930 S Bristol St, Santa Ana, CA 92704, United States
The food is good but the customer service is AWEFUL!!!We are Chinese visiting from Canada. The moment we entered the store, we felt discrimination towards Chinese (yes - no typo here, discrimination from Chinese waitress towards Chinese customers). We have 4 adults and 4 kids, and asked whether it is possible to be seated together. With an wired superiority, the waitress told us that it is Los Angeles here, unlike in China, US restaurants don't usually provide a table to accommodate that many people. ???Excuse me?? Can anybody in US let me know is that true in the US?? Since it is very common for a Canadian restaurant to offer a big table like that. If that is the case, I feel sorry for our American friends. Even if that is true, I am sorry but where is your superiority coming from? From the assumption that we were thought to be visiting LA from China and you are living in LA?And at the end of our dinner, after I paid for the dinner, busy finding the changes for tips, and at the same time, trying to clean my kid's stuffs, the same lady who I mentioned above, came again and asked whether that is the tip. I answered yes since I was thinking she could see that I am still searching my purse to find some additional money to add to those already on the table, she said to us rudely that here is Los Angeles and we need at least 15% off tips. ??? Excuse me???? You could not see I am still searching and is it a culture here in the US to ask directly for your customers to give you the ideal amount of tips in a rude way? If that is the case, I am sorry for our American friends.I am 100% sure that on this process, we are nice and friendly in all of our behaviors and words, since we we've been expecting some really good experience in a Chinese restaurant in LA heading all the way down from the north. But all we felt is discrimination from that lady.There are three waiters and waitress in total that night. The gentleman and the other girl (probably from Taiwan?) are ok. But the other lady who served us from the beginning, who I believe coming from mainland china, is AWEFUL.We are typing out all this in English just because we thought it might be more possible to get the attention of the manager or boss in this way. We are not from local LA and probably our bad comments won't affect their business too much. But we have friends in LA and other places who will visit LA for sure for vacation, we will tell them our unpleasant experience for sure.To that lady who share the same nationality as Chinese with us, we have one comment to her: shame on you and good luck for your life in the US.We have been visiting US cities for a couple times and have had good experiences all the time from people originated from different places except this time. Ironically, this only bad experience is from a Chinese restaurants.
Pick Up Stix Fresh Asian Flavors
2801 W MacArthur Blvd Suite D, Santa Ana, CA 92704, United States
It has been a while since Ive been to a Pick Up Stix. 12 years? Anywho, I remember it being better. Was it? It could have been, it was a different location.It wasnt the cleanliness or service that disappointed me. The place is clean and the employees were nice.The food quality was good, nothing under or over cooked. So thats great, so far so good.The problem was the food was rather bland and this with something they defined as spicy. That doesnt seem like something that should vary from location to location. So it must have been bland way back when, I just forgot.If you like bland, this is your place! Otherwise move along unless you have people in your group that think Bushs baked beans are very spicy.