Chao Wei Ju - San Gabriel

Not very authentic, but the food tastes ok. Glad that they exist.

Took my parents here on a whim. And we actually enjoyed it! I’m sure others with the bad reviews might’ve just went on an off day or got bothered by the language barrier. But my Thai parents and I would totally go back!Service we totally couldn’t understand each other so there was just a lot of pointing and nodding. But, they got our order correct and they were still super nice! She even pointed out the sauce bar to me so I knew to go use it. Food came out fast.Food I would definitely go back to try different noodles and their hot pot next time for sure! The fried rice was really good even more so after adding some of their sauces. I would probably skip the Special Chaozhou Platter next time, even though it was good and love eating those, you can just buy them and fry them on your own. The beef ribs were so rich and flavorful. Added some more sauce to cut the fatty richness but the meat was so tender and really good. Beef skewers were just okay to me. Definitely needed more of the seasoning sprinkled on them. Nothing was bad in any way, again my family and I would absolutely go back to try more items and get more beef ribs!Parking small little free lot! We got there early so we easily found a spot and we were to enjoy our dinner before a huge rush.

Foods different with posting onlinePrice very highest than seafoods restaurantAll chefs are not professional from originIt’s not fair to pay expensive price but not base online website photos! Foods???

It was my first time to eat Chaoshan beef hotpot.The beef lobster is surprisingly delicious.The hand-picked bones are super fragrant, and the seared oysters are not fishy at all.Forgot to order the beef balls!The meat quality is very good. It tastes great too!So far, the level of the top 3 hot pot restaurants in LaThe only drawback is that the sauce plate is too small, I refilled it three times?

Either hit or miss. We did enjoy their Chao Zhou style noodle Kuey teow), beef tripes, and beef cube fried rice. Would recommend trying their sauces they have a mini sauce bar), housemade shacha sauce was really good. I honestly thought everything tasted better with it. However, I would not recommend their oyster pancake and combo A hotpot, both were too plain and the hotpot beef broth tasted like a big pot of MSG water : Should have probably ordered Combo C, I guess? Good thing service was friendly, though.