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    Long's Kitchen

    3.3 (214 reviews)
    ModerateChinese, Noodles, Soup
    Closed 11:00 am - 10:00 pm
    Updated over 3 months ago

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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    过生日在这里,点了红烧肉、小炒肉、圆白菜、皮蛋豆腐,女儿很喜欢红烧肉(香糯可口),其它的口味都很好好赞,推荐。

    结账时服务员主动说给我打九折,条件是写好评。我出于想帮一下同胞,就答应了。结果吃完饭后,她突然变了态度,非常急躁地冲过来催我立刻写评论,语气很不客气,让我感觉特别不舒服。 本来想好好支持一下,结果这种先给甜头、后用强硬态度逼写好评的做法,让我非常反感。感觉自己的好心被利用了。 希望店家能反思一下服务方式,真心对待客人,而不是只盯着好评和折扣。 When paying the bill, the server proactively offered me a 9% discount on the condition that I write a positive review. Since she was Chinese, I wanted to help a fellow compatriot and agreed. However, after I finished eating, her attitude suddenly changed. She rushed over impatiently, urging me to write the review immediately in a very rude tone, which made me extremely uncomfortable. I originally wanted to support the restaurant, but this tactic of offering a "sweetener" first and then pressuring me with a harsh attitude left me very upset. I felt my kindness was being taken advantage of. I hope the restaurant can reflect on its service approach and treat customers sincerely, rather than focusing only on good reviews and discounts.

    eggplant and green peppers, add preserved egg
    Chloe L.

    Pretty empty around lunchtime and super quick service! The server speaks limited english but it was no problem for ordering. Also very reasonably priced dishes! We ordered: - eggplant with green peppers: make sure to add the preserved egg, this was amazing. A little on the oily side but so creamy!! Definitely recommend this dish - pork with green peppers: this was a bit salty for our taste but the green peppers go really well with the pork The servers were also eating lunch in the restaurant but they still are very attentive to serving without asking!

    Angelina Z.

    Classic hunan food. My family has been coming here for at least 8 years I think, ever since we moved from China. The inside is not very fancy but food always hits. Really recommend if you like spicy food!! Food comes out fast and always friendly service.

    Braised port with side of rice
    Julia C.

    Very cute local family-owned Chinese restaurant, I recommend giving it a try! Came here on a random Sunday afternoon with my mom after running errands closeby. The restaurant was not ever busy, and the service was very quick. We ordered the braised pork and the claypot eggplant. The food was packed with flavor; I recommend ordering a side of rice with all the dishes, without rice, the food is on the salty side. My mom absolutely enjoyed the eggplant (but I must warn that it is a bit spicy). In terms of value, the price was pretty comparable to other Chinese restaurants in the area. Portion size was smaller than i expected but 2 dishes was just enough for my mom and I.

    Twice cooked pork, pickled vegetable fried rice, dry fried green beans, cured meat and dried turnip
    Richard P.

    This was a good home-style Chinese place that had a nice mix of spicy and flavor dishes. I went with a friend from Hunan and they thought it was pretty authentic other than needing to use Mexican peppers as you can't easily import the right ones. It wasn't Sichuan numbing spicy and the food came out with a nice base spice level which you can amplify by eating the peppers like I like, or leaving them on your plate like my friend! Most of the meat options are fish or pork with minimal chicken or beef (but there are a couple) If you are looking for casual Chinese to share with friends or family, this is a nice quick stop!

    Ena C.

    One of the best Hunan places in Irvine in my opinion for Chinese food. There is plenty of seating and the lot usually has parking. The only thing is sometimes they run out of ingredients and they won't have certain dishes. The hand pulled chicken is one of my favorites, it is a bit spicy but just get some rice with it. Sunright is right next to the restaurant too, and they allow outside drinks. The cauliflower dish is also really good.

    Menu February 2025
    Jessie S.

    Horrible experience here. The young man who was our server was awful and seemed to hate his job, life, and everything, and projecting that onto us. We usually order takeout but decided to dine in today and we won't be back. We can't read or speak Chinese so we rely on the english section of the menu and ordered the "fried spicy intestine" and when it came out it was not fried. We showed him a photo of what we expected on yelp and he said that was actually the "spicy broth" and the english translation of the menu is wrong. Um... then fix it? How is the deep fried intestine called spicy broth?? Service was nonexistent. When we came into the restaurant we were the only customers there. We ordered soup and they didn't give us spoons and not once did they ask us how the food was. Try Kuan Zhai Alley near Spectrum. So much better.

    Hunan fish fillet
    Cheny C.

    I feel like I been scammed, ordered the Hunan fish fillet to go and this is the portion I got, called the restaurant and they said this is the normal portion, $18 for this?! Never going again

    Fish fillet with Sauerkraut
    Angela C.

    I was on the way home and wanted green veggies and found this place. I think I got A-choy and it satisfied my craving and tasted fine, not as garlicky as I wanted but it was fine. I needed some proteins, so I got the fish fillet with sauerkraut, and it was also ok, not the best, not the worst but good enough, it had some kick to it. I asked for a recommendation on the third dish and the person suggested chicken, but I don't recall the actual description and just accepted it, it wasn't what I was expecting, it was good but if I knew what it was, I wouldn't have ordered it. It was chicken with bones and the bones were brittle so you had to be really careful. It was soupy and very spicy, in the numb your mouth type of spicy. The chicken was dry so it was good it was soupy so I could dip it with each bite. The place was a bit rundown and outdated. When I sat down to wait for my order (which took almost 30 minutes) it was a bit sticky. Maybe I got there close to closing time because there were workers in uniform having dinner, and then other workers at another table peeling vegetables. It seemed a bit weird. For whatever reason it took several minutes of me trying to catch their attention to take my takeout order even though they did greet me and knew I was there. I even closed the menu, universal sign of I've looked and made my decision. Everything was ok but I probably wouldn't return unless I was in the area and craving a leafy green vegetable again.

    Silvia L.

    We checked in on the way to LAR airport. It was an early dinner visit, so pretty quiet, only two tables including us. Not sure if because we didn't have any expectation, or just because we were hungry, we feel the food here is above average among other Chinese restaurant.

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    Slisa J.

    The food was like leftovers. I called the store to give feedback, but the lady who answered the phone was rude and unreasonable. She refused to solve the problem and said that their food was like that. The food and service of this store are really surprising. I advise everyone not to go to this store again.

    Soup
    Emily C.

    My family and I came on Saturday at 5:30, and there was no wait at all. It was actually dead empty... so that should have warned us. The service fine, the decor was fine, everything was just fine. Parking is free and shared in a lot. We ordered a bunch of dishes to share, and nothing was great, just ok. The fried eggplant was probably my favorite but it was in a puddle of oil. Both the mapu tofu and salted egg tofu were bland and lackluster. Pork belly was tender. I liked the soup since the pork knuckle was soft and fatty. The fish scared everyone with its red dye. The sauce was neon red and tasted super artificial. We just poked at it and nibbled some pieces to try. The duck was so dark and so spicy. I can't even pinpoint what flavor the duck was because it was so spicy that my tongue went numb lol. I like spicy food but this had a bitter tart flavor that I didn't quite enjoy. Veggies were pretty ok, plain, and simple. Overall, I would not recommend this place to anyone or ever go again. This is sad chinese food with dull flavors, lots of oil, and red 40 dye.

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    Audrey F.

    While the menu isn't large here, especially when compared to other Chinese restaurants like Tasty Garden and Tasty Noodle House, everything I tried here was good. I got the: salted peanuts, twice cooked pork with garlic stems, bean curd and vegetable soup, and cauliflower with pork dry pot. The pork in both dishes was thinly cut, juicy, and tender, the cauliflower was crispy and not too spicy, and the soup was surprisingly good despite its bland appearance. Service was ok here. You do need to ask for some dishes and for the check but the waiter got them to us fairly quick after asking. Tables are spaced out so you feel like you've got plenty of room.

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    6 years ago

    Great food and fast service. The price is very reasonable too and the staff were very friendly.

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    Good food, nice environment, friendly people and warm atmosphere, love long's kitchen.

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    Great food, decent service, good pricing. I recommend the chinese burgers. Super delicious!

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    Delicious food and good service. I oder to go, and the anti-epidemic measures did good as well. I recommend this restaurant!!!!!

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    4 years ago

    Real Chinese food. Real good.I love this place!!!! I recommend this place!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    5 years ago

    They were open late on a Sunday and the host was very helpful and friendly! Really enjoyed their menu options, the food was great.

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    4 years ago

    Food is dirty. Service is lackluster and rude to customers. Not worth the time or money.

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    6 years ago

    Food was cold, sliced pork was really oily, really really disappointed at this place, will never order ever again.

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    The food is great. The servers is nice and attentive to our needs. Place is quiet, family friendly and overall a great place to eat.

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    EverSpring Modern Chinese

    EverSpring Modern Chinese

    4.3(452 reviews)
    3.1 mi
    $$
    Vegetarian friendly
    Casual dining

    Leaving this review after an almost bad experience to help the restaurant or anyone else that may…read morehave eaten here today. 5 stars for fixing the problem immediately for us. We've been here several times before and what keeps us coming back is the quality of the food. Today, they had a new chef cook our food and it was terrible. Green beans were extremely sour (way way too much vinegar). Mapo Tofu had a ton of oil but not enough sauce, so it was just flavorless except the oil. The fried pork chop was over fried where some pieces you can't even bite through. The rice had too much water in it and was mushy. I rarely return food but this time it was so bad we had to let them know. We returned all of our dishes back to them. They let us know there was a new chef today, and they would remake all the dishes for us with the original chef. The replacement dishes were just as good as all our previous visits and it was excellent again! So thanks to the staff for fixing the problem. I'm not sure if they are training a new chef to take over, or as a backup, but they need to be careful as serving bad quality food like that would drive most people to never come back. We knew the food was good from prior experience, so we knew we could ask why the food quality changed. For first time customers, or those that may have ordered to go - if you had bad food today, it may have been a fluke due to the new chef. Service however was a amazing as usual. For all our visits including today, the staff has been kind and always looking for ways to help out and make sure we were having a good experience. So besides the food being good, I would say excellent service is also huge plus here. Don't be fooled with the automated ordering and robot delivering the food into thinking there is no service. The people behind the counter are awesome! Hope management takes care of this new chef issue quickly since their food quality is the main reason people come here. There was a night and day difference between the original food we got today, and the replacement!

    Modern Chinese, Ancient Disappointment…read more EverSpring looks great, sounds great, and is priced like it plans to deliver something memorable. Unfortunately, what I'll remember most is how quickly my excitement turned into polite disappointment. The salt and pepper pork chops were...bold. And by bold I mean shockingly salty, like the chef was trying to preserve them for winter. I've had salt and pepper chops more times than I can count, and this version tasted nothing like any of them. Overcooked, oddly flavored, and just completely off. If this was a creative interpretation, creativity may have gone a step too far. Then there was the crispy beef. I say this with sincerity: it was inedible. Not "I'm picky" inedible--burned-breading-that-tastes-like-toasted-mistakes inedible. Each bite delivered a charming note of scorched regret, like someone deep-fried a crouton and called it a day. I stopped eating not because I was full, but because my taste buds filed an HR complaint. And look, if this were cheap comfort food, I'd shrug it off. But this is sit-up-straight-when-the-bill-arrives pricing. For what we paid, I expected at least one dish to make me say, "Okay, this works." That moment never came. The concept is solid, but the food just didn't deliver. I wanted to love it. My taste buds, however, requested an early exit. Everything went to the trash can. Never again.

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    EverSpring Modern Chinese - Crispy Beef. Photo is for demonstration purpose only, not our actual serving size.

    Crispy Beef. Photo is for demonstration purpose only, not our actual serving size.

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    Meizhou Dongpo - Meizhou Roast Duck

    Meizhou Dongpo

    4.2(1.8k reviews)
    1.5 mi
    $$$
    Discounts available

    Growing up eating in SF Chinatown and having some of the best Peking duck in both San Francisco and…read moreNew York, we came in with high expectations -- and Meizhou Dongpo absolutely delivered. The Peking duck was exceptional: crispy skin, juicy meat, and incredibly fresh wraps and condiments. Easily one of the best we've had in Southern California and noticeably better than many surrounding Irvine spots. The Sichuan dumplings were also amazing with a flavorful spicy sauce, the sweet and sour fish was perfectly cooked and balanced, and even the sticky rice dessert stood out. The decor and atmosphere were also beautifully done -- a great spot for either a themed dining experience or just a nice dinner out. The colors, design, and overall ambiance felt very intentional and well thought out. Service was smooth and welcoming throughout. We unfortunately didn't catch our original server's name, but Tate closed us out and was extremely friendly and personable. In such a competitive Irvine food scene, this place genuinely stands out. Definitely worth coming back for.

    What's a staycation without checking out some new and memorable eats? I've been wanting to try…read morePeking duck for quite some time, and this was actually my first experience with it. After doing some research, I was led here -- and the reviews definitely steered me in the right direction. The meal was delicious. From the crispy yet succulent duck to the perfectly prepared eggplant and comforting soup, every dish felt thoughtfully made with care and pride. Their menu is extensive, featuring a wide variety of Sichuan and Northern Chinese specialties, so there's plenty to explore beyond the signature dishes. The interior design and overall ambiance added to the experience and made you feel transported to China. Service was attentive throughout the meal, and parking was plentiful, which is always a plus in Irvine. My one piece of constructive feedback is that the menu does feel a bit overpriced. Still, the quality, atmosphere, and overall experience made it a worthwhile visit.

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    Fresh seafood prepared in a multitude of ways

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    A & J Restaurant

    A & J Restaurant

    4.1(2.8k reviews)
    0.7 mi
    $$

    My husband YELPED this place and it has really high ratings and reviews so we decided to give it a…read moretry! It was 20 minutes away from the Pacific View Mortuary so we decided to come here after my husband visited his dad... GREETED UPON ENTRY! Quite nice and loudly by a nice lady! I believe I only saw ladies working in the restaurant which is pretty cool! Women power!! SPICY BEEF NOODLE SOUP: 10/10 I love the TENDONS so much!! They were nice and TENDER!!! Not chewy at all! The flavor of the broth is good and not too SALTY or SPICY so you can easily adjust it if you need more Salt or Chili oil...Better than SHANGS in Las Vegas in my opinion!!!... SPICY WONTONS: 9/10 The wontons were small and fell apart easily but, the sauce was DELICIOUS!!! It was such a TEASE because it was a small dish that was PACKED with so much flavor so I finished it as REVENGE!!! Mwahahaha!!!!... BEAN CURD WITH ASSORTED MUSHROOMS: 9/10 Loved the bean curds!!! I finished it too!!! There was only ONE MUSHROOM though so that's why I took off a point... SCALLION PANCAKE: 8/10 In not usually into it. My husband loved it and it reminded him of ROTI... PAN FRIED PORK DUMPLINGS: 9/10 It was nice and juicy! The portions were HUGE!!! Definitely had to pack this one home to finish it later... SERVICE WAS EXCELLENT!!! AMBIANCE was nice! The tables were set per close to each other towards the front of the restaurant so there wasn't much room to walk in between tables. It reminded me of the walkway that's similar to being on an AIRPLANE!!! If you are a Big person I would recommend sitting at the tables towards the back because there's more SPACE there!!! HIGHLY RECOMMEND TRYING THIS PLACE !!! A & J RESTAURANT MAKES YOU WANT TO COME EVERYDAY!!!!

    It pains me to write this, but after being a loyal customer for nearly 15 years, I think our time…read morewith A&J has come to an end. This has long been our go-to for Taiwanese comfort food, and while the flavors weren't always 100% authentic, they hit the spot. However, our recent visits have been disappointing. The restaurant has become incredibly "penny-pinching" with their service. I was recently told there would be a $1 charge just for a sprinkle of scallions and another $1 for a small side of clear broth for my dry noodles--requests that were never an issue before. Furthermore, when we ordered extra noodles for my son's beef noodle soup, the original portion seemed intentionally smaller, defeating the purpose of paying for the add-on. Between the degraded service and the "nickel-and-diming" atmosphere, it is no longer worth the 30-minute drive. The vibe has changed, and the pleasure of dining here is gone.

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    #151 sliced pork ears w/hot and spicy seasoning, #154 vegetarian delight (gluten puffs, bean curd, and mushrooms)

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    Xishang Roodle - Wagyu Beef Crossing- The-Bridge Rice Noodle

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    4.4(240 reviews)
    6.4 mi
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    Met with friends from all over So Cal for an event down South. After the event our friend found a…read morenoodle house in Santa Ana, odd find location but lets go ... Massive parking lot so that was easy, one friend went ahead and let them know we had 10 incoming. They made room and we sat immediately. One of the spots that you scan a menu at the table and you review, order and pay all in the app. I was really not familiar with the line up and went with the "House Special Beef Pot Roodle" (Roodles are their rice noodles). It was a weekend only item and I tried that. The noodles came separate from the soup. Over all it was very tasty. The meat was a bit fatty and the soup had tendons too. I took that part home and my wife loved it. I tend to avoid the fatty meat and tendons are not good to me. 10 of us so some of the appetizers got passed around. The smashed cucumbers are excellent, and my buddy also got some friend potatoes of sorts, reminded me of a fat French fry. Because my buddy and I sat at the same table we scanned the same menu, he ordered a bunch of stuff and also House Special Beef Pot Roodle. That confused the kitchen and they asked me if I meant to order 2, I said no and didn't realize I cancelled my buddy's order. Part of the confusion of a large party and many scanned menu orders. My buddy was struggling to order and our initial waiter seemed to not understand my friend and that took a little bit to work out, young lady came from the back and was able to quickly resolve some of the confusion and get questions answered as needed. In the end he had lot of food to explore. One thing that caught my eye was several couples there and sharing a large soup item served with a tray of various food items for the soup. Kind of a date night visual and something that looked very interesting. Several couples around us had that same dish and its got me more curious. Might have to come back with my wife and try this one.

    Stopped by Xishang Roodle in Santa Ana and... bless the staff, truly. They were the highlight of…read morethe entire experience. Polite, quick, and doing their best in a situation that could only be described as "culinary confusion." The food? I'm still trying to figure out what happened. The broth tasted like it was made by someone who's heard of seasoning but refuses to believe in it. The meat portion? I've seen more protein in a microwavable noodle cup. And then there's the very bold "better than pho" claim. Better than pho?? My brother in broth, that is delusion with confidence. And the price--$19! For that much, you can get a glorious XL bowl of pho elsewhere stacked with meat, loaded with herbs, and seasoned by someone who actually cares. Meanwhile, I took two bites here, sat in silence, reflected on my life choices, and walked out. The bowl stayed behind, untouched and unbothered. To make things even more tragic, I only ended up here because Whealthy Pasta next door opens late on weekends. Honestly, the biggest plot twist of my day. Great service, terrible food. Funny experience, but not funny enough to ever try again. This place disappoints!

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    Xishang Roodle - We came from all over to meet at this Roodle spot in Santa Ana. Fun times.

    We came from all over to meet at this Roodle spot in Santa Ana. Fun times.

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