It's not the cleanest of all places, but is overall a great spot for some quick, cheap, authentic Taiwanese food. If you're not in the mood to wait at Simbala (which is also great), this place is a pretty good substitute. I'm a big fan of their you yu gen mian/fan (squid soup with rice or noodles). Also, I LOVE ô-á-chian (oyster omelette), but...dare I say it...don't really like the oyster. This place, however, has a shrimp omelette instead! Extra star for that. One of the only places I know where you can get it :) Overall, pretty good Taiwanese food! read more

2.5 stars I'm kind of torn on this location. I have only been to the ones in Irvine (now closed) and SGV area, and last night was the first time hubby and I tried this place. We ordered the squid potage with vermicelli (my usual), intestines, and chicken leg rice. Service was good. The taste is overall pretty consistent to that from other locations...but the portions are like half the size! Similar price (if not more) but smaller portions...hmmmm. I always had leftovers when I ate in other locations, but I was still scavenging for food at the end of our meals here last night...that's not a good sign :( I haven't made up my mind on whether to come back or not yet... read more

I love taiwanese night market food. Given that it took me nearly 16 years to actually visit Taiwan, it was these little cafes that my mother took me to that taught me how to love these Taiwanese flavors. Some favorites include: pork intestines served cold, the brown sticky rice, the oyster omelette, pork blood rice cake, stir fried glass noodle, and of course their stinky tofu. My absolute favorite is their kidney made with ginger and sesame oil. It's so hard to properly cook that so it is not raw, but if it is the slightest bit overcooked, and the texture will turn dry and horrible. Whenever I go back to socal, I always make a trip to eat their food. read more

We were searching for a taiwanese food in the area. This place didn't disappoint us. We were surprise with the food. It was really good. We will come back more often read more

101 Cafe - Simply the best taiwanese food in the area - Taiwanese Near Me - Diamond Bar, California

This taiwanese restaurant just opened recently. I believe there's another one in the HK plaza in rowland, but by the name of Good Time Cafe. The place is pretty small and there are 2 flat screens on a chinese entertainment channel. I ordered the meatball because at ~3, it was pretty much one of the cheapest things on the menu. My friend ordered a cucumber salad. There was complimentary tea that kept me busy while I waited for my food. For a meatball and a simple salad, the food took a bit too long to come. And the place wasnt even that busy, so I guess they are still getting the hang of things, which is understandable. The meatball was hidden in this gooey, starchy thing with this sweet sauce. It was pretty good so I recommend it. I've never had a meatball like this before so it was a good experience. My friend's cucumber salad was pretty plain. She enjoyed it though. Basically, give this place a try. It's not anything really special but it doesnt blow either. read more

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Great Taiwanese Food in the area! Parking is easy and easy to find. Located in the Super H Mart Plaza. Definitely a lot of food options but make sure to tell them extra seasoning. Always ask for what they recommend - they usually are able to marrow down the menu for you since there is alot! Very busy on Saturdays for lunch and dinner, but you definitely can order take out. read more

This place is pretty good if you're craving Taiwanese eats. The lunch combos are good deals and come with a egg drop soup, small cold appetizer (seaweed, pig ear, dry tofu), and a slightly sweetened iced green tea. The squid potage with rice noodle had good flavor but not much squid. I liked the pork appetizer we got, the meat was tender. The gua bao was also pretty good. Overall, the food has a homemade feel to it, like my mom could make it. Nothing super special, but would definitely be willing to come back. read more

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This Restaurant has been taken off our family's list forever after our lunch today! The Service was unacceptably slow, the servers were extremely rude (well, only 3 workers total--cook, cashier and waiter, all crossing their messy duties), ignorant, unknowledgeable of their own menu, the chef had to come out to take our order, telling us that server didn't know better than her, this cook has apparently changed for the worse; the portions have been greatly reduced (were never generous before to begin with), while the prices raised and the taste severely compromised; plus the mess and chaos inside the Restaurant were nowhere near tolerable, due to under staffing. We asked for water, they ignored us, we asked for changing one order, they said too late, we asked for small plates, never came, we had to keep adding more orders cuz all were too little food. We asked for check, they just walked passed by without return. We asked the cashier a question, he said, don't talk to me when I am busy. They also started charging for hot teapot which they never did before! We threw away too much money at this place today and regret it very much. Please do not make the same stupid mistake of choosing such a cheating eatery as we did today. You will be sorry like us if you did!! They need to take a hike, stop running such a joking restaurant to rob our money, with so many other competitions around them, let's never walk in there ever again! read more

Pretty good. Come here a lot with my mom. Try the beef fried rice. read more

101 Cafe - Beef fried rice w/ some hot sauce. - Taiwanese Near Me - Diamond Bar, California

Place is fun with a cool retro vibe and photos of unknowns on the walls. Parking is recently greatly improved and the food is decent if not a bit overpriced. Service friendly but occasionally lacking due to the amount of customers. read more

This place was really good. Had complimentary soup and a drink. I think it was black tea or something. Not sure but I wasn't expecting much. Then I took a sip and it was amazing. The food was really good. I ordered a beef rice and I wasn't expecting much out of this either. It blew me away. I've only been here this one time but in my one time here, it's pretty good. read more

101 Cafe - Taiwanese Near Me - Diamond Bar, California

This is authentic Taiwanese food. It might not be the best restaurant judging from the looks and ambiance but the food tasted so good for years. read more

The guy took my order is impolite , Fry noddle with shredded pork , only 5 small pieces shredded pork. cost $10. The cashier lady also had bad attitude. I never come back again. read more

Telling your customer to "bring cash next time" is just poor service. What in the world? Also, we were charged $11 for what was clearly a half portion. It was HALF of a HALF box. Do not come here. Rated "B" FYI and a total rip off. Never, ever coming back. read more

they have good food and great service. The staff were nice, and the food was Taiwanese style.

Food portion is pathetic just like the other reviews. We ordered Taiwanese lettuce to-go. They must've put in only one single small stalk of the lettuce. It literally fits in a rice bowl only. Just a spoonful per person for a family of 4 and it's gone. Definitely not worth $8.95. The portion for shredded pork with bamboo shoot was also very small. You can barely find pork in it. Since they added a lot of fillers like green onions, chili and garlic, it looked slightly better than the Taiwanese lettuce. Please do something about the portion! There are less and less Taiwanese food the area. I would hate to see you close. read more

101 Cafe - Tiny portion of Taiwanese lettuce in a to-go box. Pretty much the size of a rice bowl. - Taiwanese Near Me - Diamond Bar, California

I always order takeout. My usuals are: Beef roll Fish filet rice Pork chip rice Rice cake Dry noodle More like 3.5 stars. It's a little pricy, but my picky kids like it. read more

Taiwan flavor in Diamond Bar :-) Love the combination chow mein and the potage. Makes me think I'm back at the corner kitchen. Not fancy, just simple homey dishes. Beats driving to Rowland Heights traffic. read more

Service very bad. Took so long to have the food even when there is only one table. Food has no flavor at all. Their food tastes SO BAD.... Dinner portion was very small. Ruined my day! Pls don't go. read more

It's honestly really average. The food portions are really small and while the price is average compared to every other place, it's slightly overpriced for the amount of food you receive. It's heavily salted and a lot of the stuff you can actually make at home yourself, whether you just throw it together or follow a recipe. read more

This place is only average at best -- I would probably put it between a 2.5-3 stars. We came here for dinner one night after trying to go to seoulfood next door only for it to be closed that night for a staff meeting. We didn't feel like driving anywhere else and figured we might try this place since we hadn't been here yet even though we live across the street. The food is mediocre at best -- we ordered the hot & sour soup, the Taiwanese meatball with gelatin thing, the beef roll, and the preserved egg with tofu. I think the soup was my favorite dish, the meatball was whatever, the beef roll was good but it was super tiny and did not have that much meat in it compared to other spots so it wasn't worth the price, and the preserved egg tofu was just alright. The preserved eggs were super fresh but I didn't like the type of tofu they used.. it was sort of thick and they used some thick gooey soy sauce on it. Overall, i probably wouldn't mind coming back here if I was really craving these dishes and didn't feel like driving all the way to Rowland heights but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. read more

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I had wish this is authentic Taiwanese food, unfortunately it was not. The flavor was blend, stinky tofu is just fried tofu. Walked out after paying and went to duck place next door to finish my dinner. read more

Diamond Bar is not a city of many choices when it comes to dining. In fact, it's not a very exciting city other than the new TARGET and now, 101 CAFE!!!!! I love this place and have eaten there twice since it's opening. The food is delicious and the staff is very friendly. They have a full menu, from your typical Taiwanese small plates to mince-meat rice to fried oysters. Food is served hot and fast; not much waiting necessary. I can't wait to go back to try the sesame oil chicken noodle soup...yummy! read more

Hair in the soup, salty. Pork dumplings become beef. This is not a Taiwanese restaurant anymore. read more

101 Cafe - Hair in the dish - Taiwanese Near Me - Diamond Bar, California

-minimum credit card card charge of $15.00- 2.5 stars rounded up to 3 stars. 101 Cafe is located in the H-Mart plaza (about a 3 minute walk). The restaurant specializes in serving their Taiwanese/Chinese cuisine, with popular dishes ranging from stinky tofu to beef noodle soup. Portion Size: (3/5) Pretty good. For stinky tofu, the tofu pieces themselves are very small, but there are quite a few pieces. Also, served along with the tofu is the pickled cabbage (as usual). If you want to get a bowl of rice, it is much more expensive than other places ($1.50). Quality of Food: (3/5) Not bad - could be better. Other restaurants do it much better than 101 Cafe. Service: (2/5) Service is slow here. Expect to wait 15 minutes or more for an order to be served. Overall Impression: (2/5) Poor. 101 Cafe can do so much better if they pick up the speed on their orders. There were only a few full tables, so it was very frustrating to wait so long in order to get back to my requests. read more

after doing a little shopping at H Mart, i was looking for food.. inside H Mart, the food didn't look too interesting at the cafes. kept walking past the rite aid... at first, i was happy to see A&J. but the waitress didn't seem like she wanted to give me suggestions after i told her what i was looking for...so i left. then i saw 101 cafe. it was clean and remodeled with two big flat screens. thought i'd give it a try. got a chicken leg rice to go. the iced green tea was buy one, get one free. such a hot day that i was happy to have the deal so that i could drink both. heheh. the food came out hot. grabbed my chicken leg rice and went to the car. thought i'd eat some in the car, one bite...and i was in love!! that might have been the best chicken leg rice i've ever tasted!! usually, i'm the type of person who pulls off the skin.. but the chicken was sooo delicious that i ate the skin. it was flavorful and crispy. ooh a little fat won't hurt!! it came with some bok choy and minced meat over rice. authentic taiwanese flavoring...i ALMOST went back to order another one. had to restrain myself. i have a list of items i would like to try. meatball, shaved ice, noodles, etc. next time!!! tip: before 2:30pm you get a free drink with your entree. *** 04/20/12 *** went back two days later for a late dinner. got the chicken leg rice again. hubby agreed that the flavoring and way they made it was delicious. they don't give you that many pieces of chicken but i would rather have correct flavoring/cooking versus double the mediocre taste from somewhere else. oyster pancake had too much cornstarch. their sauce was great though. the oysters were a lot bigger than that of other places. it looks like a half moon when it arrives. sa cha beef noodle was a dry noodle with fairly good sauce too. we saw a couple of other customers ordering it so it must be popular. lastly, we tried the tempura soup. it comes in two bowls. one of the bowls has chicken broth; the other has the taiwanese tempura (not to be confused with the japanese fried tempura), tofu, pig's blood, fish balls with the same red sauce that they put on the oyster pancake. not out of this world but still enjoyable. next time i'm going to try the taiwanese meatball (which i used to eat often in college), shaved ice, green onion pancake. oh, there are sooo many things. my favorite thing about this place is that the taiwanese flavors are authentic. sure, they probably charge you a dollar more than other places, but i think it's worth it to find correct flavoring. read more

We have been her many times. Food was usually not bad. But today was a incredibly bad experience. I will never be back. The rudest experience in a restaurant I have ever had. First they made me wait half an hour for a basic noodle order. Orders were lined up getting cold and they didn't know what to do with them. When the order finally was delivered it was missing several condiments that usually are included. The incredibly rude waiter insulted me and complained when I asked her to give me the things he had forgotten. They were busy and they were not handling it. Not even close. Tea was included, but when I asked for tea with no ice, he REFUSED. Pathetic customer service. I don't know what happened to this place. If they are busy, forget it. Shame on them!!! I would never take children to a place like this. They were totally incompetant. They were missing major things from my lunch special and they said "can't you see how busy I am" when I asked about getting what I paid for. Go next door to AJ. Food is just as good and the owners won't yell at you when they totally screw up. I am totally disgusted by this place!!! What happened to the nice people who ran this place before? read more

First time trying Taiwanese pork chop. Really really good. The outside is so light and crispy, the pork was flavorful and tender, it was sweet, savory, and so good with extra white pepper on top. My gf ordered the fried stinky tofu...not a fan of that. She liked it tho with the marinated cabbage and carrots it came with. The dipping sauce was good, but the stinky tofu is just not for me. Food comes out really fast and the place was very busy the whole time we were there. read more

It's very bad for the food. Today I ordered the beef lunch special. But almost just few slices beef in the box. It's terrible and unacceptable. If I could give zero star I would read more

A very cozy and welcoming Chinese Cafe. Great customer service with a very welcoming staff. If you work close by, 101 Cafe should be top choice on your list. read more

101 Cafe is basically the same as Good Time Cafe they have the same chinese name hao nien dong. They are owned by two sisters. This one I am reviewing is the younger sister's store. While the other one in Monterey Park is the elder sister's store. They used to be both in Rowland Heights but due to business and customer migration they have ventured to the respective places now. The menu is like a typical 90s style taiwanese restaurant, with various set meal dishes (pork chop rice, minced pork rice) or taiwanese snacks. In recent years due to customers' taste shifting to donbei (north east) china taste they started having some dumplings, XLB (xiao long bao) and chinese beef rolls. Having refound them again I've been going to 101 Cafe since it is closer to where I live. This review is the combined 8 times I have been there. I think they are a poor taiwanese restaurant. The items are less, the price is higher, and worst of all the taste and quality and freshness of the food is substandard. During Chinese New Years Eve 2015 I ordered the following, combination soy stewed plate F-- They served food gone bad, the seweed was smelling sour and had some weird white goo on top and the bean curd had gone bad as well, it had a fermented taste to it. Look I know that they premake the food since simmered items take a long time to cook and simmer so it is ok to cut them then put them in the refrigerator then microwaved it for customers but at least make the effort to see if the food has gone bad? To go for something good go for Good Time Cafe off Atlantic Blvd in Monterey Park. sticky rice in a can D no peanuts, no meat slices barely any mushroom and it is microwaved to the point where the rice is starting to feel hard and chewy To get something better go for Old Country Cafe off Las Tunas Ave. in San Gabriel. chicken roll D- the chicken roll is actually pork and chicken should be fried like a super long big egg roll then cut open and served with sweet and sour sauce. the restaurant instead pre-fried it and cut open, then when we ordered it, they REFRIED the slices, thus taking out most of the moist and juices of the meat which makes the chicken roll slices hard and chewy like rubber. Not to mention the traditional method would have the meat roll up with taro in the center. Nope, not this restaurant. To get something better go for MJ Cafe. stir fry "A" vegetable B+ This looked like 1/3rd less than any place I have ordered the dish. To be fair it was less oily and fairly fresh. The price to quantity ratio is not exactly fair. combination stir fried vermicelli D The same dish at Good time cafe is moist, but stir fried, the vermicelli are cut so using chopsticks you can pick up a nice bite size. The onion / cabbage were plentiful and so were the meat slices so when you pick up the bite size you had a good ratio of rice vermicelli, meat, veggie in your mouth. This restaurant had dry but bearable vermicelli uncut so I can pick up 80% of it with once chopstick snatch, there were literally 2 slices of all the ingredients except for the meat slices which were 5 slices ( I counted), and the veggie / onion which were suppose to be plentiful were so scarce I thought we were rationing for the war on terror like in the ww2 days. meat stew (row-gun) C The meat stew dish taste was close but not the same, why? they forgot to include the lard fried shallots that Taiwanese people use in every stirfry / soup dish. How could you forget that?!?!? Also the bamboo shoots were suppose to be plentiful, not "hey I see 3 of them! They're so lonely?!" spicy fish with tofu B The fish was plentiful and the tofu was stewed with taste. It was an enjoyable dish, the only reason I gave B was because the price to quantity ratio was not equivalent when compared to other restaurants. goose meat C+ The meat was tasteless, not salty enough, the meat forgettaboutit, it was boiled then sat in the fridge until we ordered. Thankfully the sauce of soy / garlic was good enough to make this dish palatable. Overall this restaurant is a failure in my book. I didn't only come here once. I came here 8 times. I also visit the elder sister's Good Time Cafe which is basically the better version of this restaurant with which quantity and quality haven't disappointed me yet (just the drive to MP is so far). At this restaurant never was I happy with them in quantity nor quality. Sadly they are a monopoly in Diamond Bar, so if you need a quick fix for Taiwanese food.........frankly they're it. Yes there are other taiwanese restaurants such as Bull Demon King, 5BoBee, and Mimi's Kitchen but they are more specialized don't offer the variety of stir fry dishes which 101 Cafe offers. I really don't wish this store to be that bad. I wish them a thriving success in this new lunar year, but if they don't change how they operate, I'm afraid they will end up like the other failed hao nien dong in California; chino hills, fremont...etc. read more

Been there during the lunchtime. I ordered noodles and fried rice to go. The waiter asked me to stay outside because he said they don't have enough spaces for sitting inside. He told me that I will be noticed when the foods ready. I been waiting outside for 30 mins and They completely forgot us. It's a Taiwan style restaurant and they offer good quality food. But their services quality really depends on their feeling. Don't order take away during their lunchtime and they will serve you better if you sit in with your tips ready for them. read more

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I order to go sautéed eggplants and sliced beef with bamboo shoots, both dishes were greasy and salty from the use of too much msg and oil. The portion size is small and the ingredients were not fresh. The egg plants tasted stale and salty. The bamboo shoots was fibrous and clearly something they got out of a can. The beef was salty, tough and not marinated. The price was expensive for a stingy portion of crappy food. Very disappointing and will not come back here ever again nor should you. I predict this place is on it's last leg and will not last much longer offering up this kind of subpar food, price and service in Diamond Bar. read more

It's decent. You get your Taiwanese food fill..and they have everything you can think of--in Diamond Bar! There are better places in Rowland Heights, but like i said Not Bad though. ;) Love the stinky tofu! read more

We love the one in Chino Hills, so we believed it will never go wrong to pick 101 cafe. But we are wrong! We ordered 2 soup noodles, streamed dumpling (10 pcs), and 2 drinks. The streamed dumpling served 15 minutes later. After my first bite, I found that IT WAS UNDERCOOKED! The filling (pork) looked totally pink and raw! I checked 4 of them, same! I told the waiter, they took the rest of the 6 dumplings back, apologized, and said will REDO a new one for us. Ok, everyone makes mistake, I gave them another shot. 10 minutes there, they brought the same plate of dumping back! They just reheated the 6 dumplings and served again. Are you kidding me? Am I ordering the microwave streamed dumpling? Chinese steamed dumpling should only stream once, if you re-streamed it, it tastes different. This is totally unacceptable, the 4 undercooked dumplings did not get replaced, and they did not take care of this issue - serving undercooked food seriously. I complained this and they just cancelled my order. Fair enough. But I already lost my appetite after all these. Some restaurants do make mistakes like serving the undercooked food. But at least they can handle it in a better and sincere way to make it up the mistake. For 101 Cafe, they did not do a good job on the QC as well as ''crisis'' management. BTW, the 2 soup noodles and drinks were served AFTER another 10 minutes of the cancelled dumpling. Technically, we waited 35 minutes to get our order, and there were only 5 to 6 tables of customers. What a bad experience!! read more

I have been coming to this restaurant since it was in RH, that is over 20+ years. The lady owner Is super nice. The food is decent and it does satisfy my appetites whenever I crave for Taiwanese food. read more

Pork Chop rice!!! Squid pottage!! Meat ball! These are my favorites. Food is always good. Staff is always nice. Wish they were closer to my house. read more

Pretty decent standard Taiwanese Cafe. The lunch specials are decently priced just wished that the descriptions were a tad better as Half the time Im surprised at what I get. Lol Service is pretty decent considering its a Chinese food place, protions are also enough to share. read more

love this place . good food good ambience and good service . love the genuine preservation of kid holkywood charm!!! read more

101 Cafe - Taiwanese Near Me - Diamond Bar, California

It's really good as a traditional taiwanese food. Pork chop mince rice, beef fried noodle, mixed seafood rice noodle in soup, oyster fried pancake. Yum! read more