I went here on May 3rd after struggling with symptoms for several months and not finding much…read morerelief elsewhere. The process was definitely different from a regular doctor visit, but honestly, it was a really interesting experience. Since the practitioner doesn't speak English, I translated my symptoms into Chinese using Google Translate and showed him my phone. He checked my tongue and pulse very carefully before writing out a custom herbal tea prescription entirely in Chinese characters. You then take the prescription to the front counter where they prepare the herbs into 5 separate bags. Each bag lasts 2 days, and you boil the herbs for about an hour, strain the tea, and save the rest for the next day. I'm not going to lie -- the tea tastes STRONG. Very earthy, bitter, and honestly like dirt lol. Each boiled tea bag yields 24-32 oz. that needs to be consumed warm, preferably in one sitting after lunch. It was hard to drink, but after finishing my first cycle (10days) I noticed a huge improvement in my symptoms. They explained that most people do 2-3 cycles using the same prescription for full results. I genuinely feel a lot better. I paid $20 for consultation + $85 for the tea. If you use the prescription and 2nd time you only pay for the tea of $85. They take credit cards but there is a $6 transaction fee.

Went with a friend to see if they could help him with a parasite infection which 3 drs and 2 er…read morevisits could not help with. He is currently on month 3 of going here for their tea treatments which have helped him completely. Fri to Tuesday is one dr., wed-thurs is another. Do the teas work? ABSOLUTELY. I had Myself diagnosed and did a round of tea. I would definitely recommend to anyone to try this approach for ANY ailment. $20 to see the dr and teas run $80+. The teas are bitter and can be hard to drink. But you push through.

Friendly brother and sister own this herb and dry goods store. Good price for what I was looking…read morefor. Also, because this is closer to the edge of Chinatown, it is easier to find street parking.

Have always shopped there for herbs for my acupuncture clinic. Friendly service, well stocked…read more Highly recommend. Across from ABC Seafood, which I now avoid. The manager there is kinda nasty.

This place is a blessing. About a year ago, my stomach went nuts with food intolerances. The…read moretransition in finding what I could and couldn't eat was very difficult. I found this place after Western Medicine failed to help me. The workers are all very kind. They have A LOT of herbs and information stating what those herbs are good for. I had a consultation as well, and was prescribed a specific Tea to drink plus some herbal pills. The tea did its job, and now I religiously take the herbal pills everyday. They help with my digestion and I'm very grateful for them! If you have tummy issues, and your doctor has yet to find ease for you -- check this place out! If your tummy is fine, but your interested in Chinese medicine, this would be the place to dabble in.

Love that they care about your health and will not just sell you anything to sell and make a quick…read morebuck. Loved their ginger chews the man let me try both I ended up with the sweet one since I'm not fond of spicy.

Went in to find the famous "Fruta Planta" and certainly found it.. however i believe i have gotten…read moreripped off due to the pricing I paid 25.00 but went online after and found it for about 14 bucks... Meh the sh*t didn't work for me either way. lol

I have no idea what I'm seeing on the shelves sometimes but the cost can be over $100 a pound for…read moresome sort of dried thing that is supposed to heal you. I always enjoy roaming the aisles of this small store and buy ginseng from here.

If it was possible to give a negative star I would. I understand that sometimes cultural and…read morelanguage barriers can create difficulty between people. However, in this case the guy that was running the shop the day I walked in with my cousin had the poorest and worst customer service I have seen in all my travels around the world. This would even be including third world Nations. From the moment we walked in we felt like we were being judged. Upon trying to ask for a particular product the worker shook his hand at me saying no English. All while sitting in his chair on his cell phone not even getting up once to try to help us. If he's the owner what a shame he's losing out on business and if he's an employee I hope the owner really gets a chance to read this review. Please make sure to take a look at the pictures posted you'll be able to see this not-so-lovely gentleman that I'm talking about. I can only hope that future customers will be treated better and have a more positive experience.

I have been wanting to buy REALLY fresh fish for the longest time. Here I was able to buy fish…read morethat were still swimming prior ot my purchase. Friendly and easy going staff. Place feels old, but to me that just added to the experience.

Great selection of fresh seafood here for good prices! I got some octopus legs and fish for a…read moredelicious dinner. There's also a free parking lot with validation next door.

057/2026/March Took…read morea Broadway walk and went in in this health food shop! Love their wide selection of Chinese Herbs, fruit preserves as well as ginseng and herbal dietary supplements!!! I had a consultation with their PCT recommended some herbal supplements for Liver and stress Pancreas Sleep and Brain Andy was very helpful explaining the benefits of his recommended supplements!! He said he will check up on me thru text in 4 weeks !

This herbal medicine is excellent for pain management and improving sleep. We've been using it for…read moreyears and highly recommend it.

We love this concept of being more sustainable and environmentally conscious!! Everyone should be…read morecoming here! Tuesdays half off produce!!

Legit in love! I saw this place last month with a friend and was intrigued, we didn't go in. Today…read moreI was doing my monthly Rosie Bunny Bean run, hadn't had my morning kombucha and decided to stop in. I was promptly greeted by Marcy - she's amazing btw! I asked her how things worked and she explained it all. The kefir/kombucha bottles are $4 for 16 oz and they have 3 of each on tap. I asked Marcy about one before realizing everything had a QR code and you can easily pull up the ingredients and descriptions/directions for each item. I'm getting away from plastics and this place scratches me right where I itch! They sell just about anything you can imagine! I was so impressed w the selection! They even have produce and fresh sourdough bread! The day old is 50% off and I'm so mad I was in a pinch and had to buy store bought bread, otherwise I would've tried it today. I can't say enough. Even the music was fire and I was shazaming and jamming. Shower gels, body care, non seed oils, baking mixes, laundry pods and things you see in bulk at like Sprouts, but the quality and sourcing seems to be better. Some items don't need jars and they sell paper bags for .10 each. I did a kombucha/kefir tasting. Marcy brought these steel bowls over. No waste at all! If you drink the POG kefir soda at Erewhon and love it, try it here! It's made w fruit and is noticeably better! And POG there is my fave. Just try it at Re_!!! So when I was checking out I asked Marcy about being more prepared and bringing my own glasses next time. They've thought of everything!!!! There's iPads and scales in the front of the store. They weigh your empty containers and give you a sticker with the tare weight and then subtract it from the weight at the end! Revolutionary! They add 3% for the employees. I should've added more. Marcy was amazing and worth it. I'm honestly not big on tipping everyone for just breathing but if all the employees are like Marcy, they are worth way more than 3%! If you sign up you get 100 points instantly, $1 = 1 pt, and at 200 pts you get $10! It's not hard to spend in places like this but it's beyond worth it. I keep seeing things about the harms of plastic and don't get me started on all the other crap in our food. I foresee this as a new staple in my diet and home. They even have cleaning products! I'm getting my spices here from now on too! I'm a fan and I'll be back! Thank you Marcy and to the owners that had this amazing idea!

Have been purchasing spices here for many years…read more A fantastic operation sourcing excellent quality spices from around the globe. A really cool retail space filled with 5# bags of product. An overload for the senses. Someone on site will have answers for any of your spice questions. HIGHLY RECOMMEND. cheers! Mark Sleeper www.sleepersgourmet.com

Quality for spices is superb. I work near by and go during my lunch break every few months and fill…read moremy pantry with spices, chiles and herbs. Everything I got was fresh and high quality and at a great price. Customer service is great with covid you have to tell the teller what you want and she will gather all your items. Their list of spices is listed on their website.

It was one of those hot days that just happened in LA. The type of heat that is not for Angelenos…read morebecause it breaks our 71 and sunny expectation that almost seems a clause we are provided with when our residence lies within the Golden State. So my plan to walk and explore LA's downtown was nixed. It neededa an extreme-heatcheck. Subsequentlly, I needed a place to chill and sip before my next scheduled thing began. I landed here, and it was cool that I did because I got a break from the heat and was expose to the chill factor of this place that kind of felt I visited my hipster bud while they were right in the middle of their modern and off-center Japanese decoration phase. This place resides within a modern shopping center. Those that have like a parking lot and around have small bussinesses. So mapquest might say one has arrived to the spot, but one must walk into the shopping plaza to find Kissaten Corazon. When I entered, first one passes a living room in a garage like situation. So basically when one enters, they enter via a garage door, and the garage area has to be passed to get to where the main coffee action takes place. The furniture in this area, is not patio furniture, by the way. It is like a coffee table with chairs that belong in like a dude's apartment, where the dude finally learned how to create a home space with furniture that he found from an eclectic collection of places. Thus, as soon as one enters one gets hit with funky-modern. We have cash, we have style, but no cohesion because cohesion does not belong to the young, only disordely mess that doubles as beautiful mixture of pieces that need a home. If one takes care to look at my pictures, of the whole experience, then one will understand that this place is a medly of concepts with a string-running along that when pulled vibrates to the twang of coffee house with Japanese and wine notes. I ordered my coffee and of course I irked the barista. So the menu (I clipped it) has a heading called tomodachi. It was my first time here and I did not know what that meant. The barista tried to explain it. And I was still confused. She was saying things but not really explaining that it was a coffee chain that supplied their coffees to this spot. So it was like having Nestle at the top of a menu and having different coffees from this supplier. I did not understand if she was talking about a machine or what cause at what point she made it sound like it might be a machine by calling it the roaster. But the roaster was the vendor. And to me a roaster can be a machine that roasts beans. Or did I stretch for the stars? It took like three of four questions to arrive at her understanding. In the process, she kind of rolled her eyes in mild exhaustion. But almost as the universe intervened, her cap said, "to be a learner, you've got to be willing to be a fool." And I was a persistent fool with my questions. But I got my appropriate answer. It is what it is. The coffeehouse had people with laptops. The next Interstellar or War and Peace might be written here. One will find others typing here, if one likes to type only when others are doing it too. There is a central picture of a cherry blossom branch behind blue. I wonder why the blue was not pink? Perhaps because my drink was pink, slightly, not like clearly. I got two drinks. The barista that I annoyed helped me pick. The first one was a strawberry drink. It tasted like a sophisticatd Nesquick that was coffee-forward. The Nesquick taste came from the strawberry flavoring. It was rich, sweet, and frankly, hit the spot that needed to be quelled by the outside heat. Easy to like, long for it because the place is not near my pad. I would need a specific trip to get this strawberry coffee and that will happen someday just don't know when. I also got a pour over drink. I cannot remember, which one it was. I did see another barista create the drink. As the pictures show, he used a non-electric pot and filter to make my coffee. The act seemed ceremonial and birth in a place closed to feudal Japan. I wonder if Shoguns drank their coffee a la pourover too? I also took a clip of different tea pots lined up. It was all so cute and spoke of tradition. Take the time to dip a bag of tea leaves into a cup being held by a doily. If not, then is one taking the time to see the world and its tea leaves? As I was there, there was a customer working hard to retrieve a 20.00 dollar refund. She was right. It was owed to her. She had called. And still they could not figure out what the problem was exactly. I wonder if the world was divided into those who would fight for their 20 bucks like this customer and the other half would be people who forget the 20 bucks, where would the percentage lie? Would people seek or forget? I would forget. I ordered two drinks and gulped one, and tasted the second to around half the way to understand this experience better not just get coffee when I needed a break.

A cute little kissaten (Japanese cafe) on the outskirts of Chinatown! I got the matcha coconut and…read moreit was really good. It was a strawberry calpico, coconut water, with a matcha foam top. The egg salad sando was alright. I just have too high of expectations because I will always compare it to the ones in Japan. The bread just wasn't soft and pillowy enough. I would still rate the sandwich a 7/10 tho. I do enjoy the interior and it just screams old school LA vibes just like how the kissatens scream old school Japan, without the smoke tho iykyk :) What I didn't love was when I asked one of the blonde baristas what "tomodachi" was she replied with "the line starts over there". She didn't even listen to what I had to say and assumed that I was trying to place an order with her. I again pointed to the menu and asked again what "tomodachi" was and I couldn't hear her at first but I could tell her tone was rude and sarcastic. So I asked again and told her I couldn't hear and she again rudely said that it was the roastery but in a tone like I was stupid. I really didn't love that interaction. But she messed up and made an extra matcha coconut drink for us so I guess that's forgivable.