Best kfood in Brea! My go to is jjajangmyeon and white jamppong! :) The regular jjajangmyeon is only $12, what a steal during this time! The flavor of the sauce is so addicting. I eat it and crave for more the next day lol And the white jamppong soup is so clean and flavorful. I normally don't like the regular spicy version too much, but this clean version tastes really great from Panholic. The staff are always so nice and welcoming. I always come in with a smile by how I am greeted. Ambiance is nice and cozy. It's a small shop, but it's very clean and welcoming. Target is right next door, so you can walk off your meal right after! read more

Brandon is a literal Angel sent from above! I walked in absolutely dying and miserable covered my mouth, and said "I'm under the weather." He gave me a couple of great recommendations and I thought you know what... "You pick whatever you think might make me feel better." I am so glad I did that because his recommendations exceeded my expectations. I had the Jjamppong soup! With all the seafood in it and noodles. It's like Brandon knew exactly what my soul and health needed. The broth is perfect. I love seafood, so I was sold. I am already feeling much better after that soup. The place is extremely clean and simple because the food is not. Beautiful flavors. Thank you Brandon! Will be coming back and bringing my friends read more

Pan Holic - Jjampong with noodles - Korean Near Me - Brea, California

Food is solid, service is one dude running around but no complaints because he gets the job done! We got the spicy seafood noodles, black bean noodles, and the sweet and sour pork. Spicy seafood - 4/5 - solid flavor, good aroma and depth of taste, very generous portions for the price! Black bean noodles - 5/5 - the black bean noodles here are actually very good, I would highly recommend it if you stop by Sweet & Sour Pork- 4/5 - just a classic staple that is done right. Would go again! read more

I love coming here with my friends and family. Service is always great and they're attentive. Portions are generous and perfect for sharing, and the food comes out quickly. The interior is clean and modern. We ordered: - jjajang (4.5/5) - fried dumplings (3/5) - jjampong (4/5) read more

Pan Holic - Jjajang, Fried Dumplings - Korean Near Me - Brea, California

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Stopped by for a quick lunch and it wasn't too busy. The portions are huge so it's great for sharing. Jjajang- with veggies and little bit of pork. A bit watery and less black-bean compared to the traditional dish. Still very flavorful, with a bunch of onions. Jjampong- I enjoyed this alot but heard it's not as traditional. It was filled with seafood and flavor, with plenty of noodles in the soup. Came with more red pepper powder if I wanted it to be more spicy. It had a bunch of clams, mussels, crab, shrimp in here read more

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Finally a local Korean Chinese restaurant! Jjajangmyun is good price and good flavor jjangppong superrr good great seafood broth! Beef chow mein was good too! Also got the no range chicken for the kiddos, good flavor they loved it! I don't even like orange chicken and I liked it! read more

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Finally a reasonable and local Korean family restaurant. The menu is diverse and the seafood is fresh. I even found one closed mussel which to me means they were fresh went they went in the soup. Also had a cluster of blue crab in the soup. Delicious! We tried the red soup but will try the white version next time for variation. Excellent service for a tiny new restaurant. Other families ordered fried chicken or squid and it looked great. next time! read more

Pan Holic - Jjajang - Korean Near Me - Brea, California

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Best sea food soup I've had in a while! If in the area and craving an amazing large bowl of soup, try the SEA FOOD UDON. read more

Pan Holic - Seafood Udon - Korean Near Me - Brea, California

FINALLY was able to check this place out. Clean, smallish restaurant next to the Target parking structure. Pro: 1. Excellent service. Prompt, efficient, and pleasant. 2. Speed. We had a good sized order, they had a couple of large to-go orders, and yet it only took about 5-7 minutes to get our entire menu out to us freshly cooked and piping hot. 3. Tons of flavor. 4. Very good generous portions. Con: 1. Everything was too salty. It could have used about 35% less salt to be perfect. 2. Prices were fair. Not cheap but not overpriced. Again, I want to emphasize the excellent service. The guy up front was extremely fast and busy but he did it all quite well in my opinion. Phone calls, people coming in, greeting the new people while serving the people ready to order while bringing out utensils to one table and taking the order for another. All impressive. Although he looked young, my suspicion is he's the owner or one of the partners if there is more than one owner. Employees rarely are this good. What we ordered: 1. Jjampong 2. Jjajjang Myun 3. Mapo Dubu 4. Mongolian beef 5. Spicy deep fried shrimp 6. Deep fried dumplings $119 before tip. Food: 3 stars but potentially 4 or 5 w/ less salt Service: 5 stars Price: 3.5 stars Overall a solid 4 stars. read more

Our favorite neighborhood spot for jjamppong and jjajangmyun! Service is also always great :) Pro tip: ask for "jjamppong bap" and they'll sub the noodles in the jjamppong for rice instead. For our family, we prefer to eat it this way, esp if we're also getting jjajangmyun -- so that we're not overwhelmed with so much noodle! read more

They close randomly for break hours. You go there at off peak hours and you never know when they close for break. It's just random. They don't even have any signs showing they ate closed. I just walked in there around 3pm and the guy in there says they ate closed for an hour. read more

Visited Pan Holic for a quick lunch on a Friday afternoon and was seated immediately. Probably a bit more empty due to the hot weather but I was craving a clean seafood noodle soup. The shop is run by a sweet couple and had a variety of korean dishes. I ordered their Korean Udong noodle soup and it was a HUGE portion. The soup was piping hot when served and came with the yellow pickled radishes on the side. A bunch of protein ranging from mussels to squid was mixed into the soup and it was a very white peppery flavor that warmed the soul. I would come again to try their other signature noodle dishes like the jjajangmyeon or jjampong. read more

Pan Holic - Korean Udong Before - Korean Near Me - Brea, California

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Husband & I came here for lunch on a Sunday. Place is small & there was only 1 other table of 4 & only 1 server working. Service was quick & good. I'm rating this place a 3 star bc the Korean udong was pretty good. The broth hit the spot. The portion is big & you get an ample amount of seafood in the soup. My husband ordered jja hang myun. He thought it was good but I thought it was absolutely a no. I've had much better at other Chinese restaurants. The black bean sauce at this place lacked flavor & the portion was much smaller than other places. I also don't like that they don't serve kimchi! I felt something was missing. Unfortunately, I won't be coming back. read more

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4.5 stars - rounded up. :-) Casual place, quick service, friendly staff, good food. First time visit, ordered the combo fried rice. I liked that it was freshly and immediately prepared, served piping hot. It was not overly salted and mild flavored; I added Sriracha sauce which I did not mind. The only draw back and loss of half a star was the pork was very tough at times and pieces I could not chew. Would I order it again? For sure. The shrimp was cooked perfect and there was a lot of it. The portion size was huge which I could not capture in the picture. read more

Pan Holic - Combo Fried Rice Combo - Korean Near Me - Brea, California

Food was sweet in general. Not many vegetarian options. They placed our order wrong twice. Maybe the cook was too busy for the takeout orders.. Our dine-in experience wasn't that great. read more

This is obviously a small and mom and pop business... frankly it is very challenging to operate one. Hate to knock them ...that being said...dont think they care the mom and son owners. They might not even read this review or anyone who read this review might not even care what I am sharing. It irked me to write this.... but absolutely no class or respect... We ordered the pork and rice to go...first time trying their restaurant as we found it on yelp. We also order the seafood noodle soup based on the young son recommendation ... All is good...when we unpack and try to eat our food in the shopping center as they closed... We realized there was no rice. Walk back in telling the son hey I think we didn't get the white rice... He said I am sorry I forgot... he then scooped 2 small container of WHITE RICE OK WHITE RICE...how much is white rice I dont know... but I paid 24 for their pork chop and rice mind you.. As I walk out with 2 scoops white rice in 2 containers... He ran out and said oh I can only give you one container... Wtf....really small minded ...? You forgot to give me rice ... I didn't ask for 2 ... you gave me 2 small portions..and you have the ball to come and ask me to give you freaking portion of rice back...after I paid 40 plus... Can't let go whatever it cost you for that rice... Went back gave them everything back all of our food..asked for refund... This one korean guy argue and try to justify...ok. Justify away... damn...really you are that small minded... All I can do is why do we care for business like this read more

This is a nice and clean spot! Me and my 3 yr-old daughter enjoyed their food Check them out!

This place is a hidden gem!! The jjajangmyeon is always consistent. Parking in this plaza is always easy too which is a plus!! read more

Pan Holic - Jjampong, jjajangmyeon, Pork Sweet & Sour Sauce Special - Korean Near Me - Brea, California

i really liked this restaurant. i'm always looking for convenient black bean noodles, especially one with seafood. my sister recommended this place to me after a school mom friend recommended it to her, and i picked up a togo order. i felt SO bad; yelp says they close at 8.30 but their kitchen actually does last call at 8. i think i showed up at 7.55pm and they actually turned away a family of 6 who showed up at 8. i was like, incredulous faced and apologized to them, but he said "no you made it in time! if we didn't want your order, i would have told you". so i left with a huuuuge portion of noodles and some sweet and sour fried pork (korean staples). the flavor and consistency were great! and there was so much seafood in there. i was very pleased and would return again at a much more reasonable hour! read more

I ordered Togo. Everything was delicious! I ordered jjampong, jjajangmyun, tangsuyuk. I am so glad I don't have to drive far for my Korean Chinese dish fix. read more

Pan Holic - Their Jjampong is delish with a generous amount of seafood! - Korean Near Me - Brea, California

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I was sad to see Pho V1 close but excited to see another eatery come up fairly quickly. After searching around for dinner options this past weekend, we landed on Pan Holic. Located in the same plaza as Target, right next to Make It Fit. Jjajang Noodles with Pork ($12.99): Ordered the noodles for take out which had a separate containers for the noodles and sauce. The noodles were quite stuck together - scissors were necessary! Good amount of sauce provided which had chunks of pork (minimal), onion, and I think zucchini bits? Wish there was more pork - black bean flavors was good, not overpowering. No issues with parking in the large shared parking lot. Indoor dining only. Will definitely be back to try other items. read more

Pan Holic - the menu for the pan holic - Korean Near Me - Brea, California

Yesterday I visited here again with my family after a long time. My husband ordered Jajangmyeon and I tried it because I was curious if the taste had changed. It was disappointing the last time. But it didn't taste like ginger anymore and it wasn't a watery Jajangmyeon. I'm glad to be back with a rich Jajangmyeon. The Jjamppong tasted a little different than before and the seafood quality wasn't as good, but the broth was still flavorful. My favorite place is back. read more

Cute little busy place. It was clean and welcoming. Service was prompt even though there was only 1 woman working as the hostess and cashier, and 1 or 2 men in the back. We ordered Mongolian beef which is delicious and a good portion! I had to take it home to share with the little one, and sure enough, he likes it a lot as well! Jjampong was a big bowl with a lot of flavor. Only wish it had more noodles and less shells to pick through. It also had only one shrimp. We were surprised they didn't have any tea available when we asked. It was a rainy night. If we lived closer, we'd definitely return to this place to try out their other dishes. read more

Pan Holic - Mongolian Beef - Korean Near Me - Brea, California

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I always order seafood jjampong Togo from here. My father always raves about how good it is due to them using a real crab in their soup base. I always look forward to eating from here haha. It's been great so far! Yay read more

HIDDEN GEM! The Kung Pao Chicken and Jajangmyeon were perfectly cooked and seasoned. Also, service was impeccable and prices are so reasonable. 3 dishes served 4 hungry people. Only thing is I'd pass on the soup because it lacks flavor. read more

Pan Holic - Kung Pao Chicken - Korean Near Me - Brea, California

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This place is pretty good, considering there aren't very many Asian restaurants in the North OC area. It's a Korean and Chinese fusion restaurant with a wide variety of dishes. We tried the sweet n sour pork and jjajong (black bean) noodles. The sweet n sour pork was a bit soggy, but the noodles were great. I only wish the dish had more noodles and less onions, as it became overpoweringly spicy and zesty at the end. Glad this place is here - will have to return soon to try more dishes! read more

the portions were humongous!! we shared between three people & genuinely did not make a huge dent in any of the foods. service was quick & fast and we got our food within 10 min of ordering. i thought the flavors were pretty on point - each dish was more on the sweeter side even the jjamppong, but my taste palette falls more on that side anyway. overall would come back again especially if you're doing family style! read more

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Amazing and unique good. Ordered two seafood soups. The flavorful jampong balanced by the clear sweetness of the seafood udong broth

The jjampong or the white jjampong is probably the best havent really tried anything else. The chickens okay could be better but i come here for the jjampong. Ladies working here always nice and the service is not as fast cause its a one man team in the back. Definitely come by and try ran by some honest working people. read more

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My husband was craving for some black bean noodles (jajangmyeon) and we decided to try this place nearby. We ordered the jajangmyeon, sweet and sour pork, seafood and veggie chow mein. The sauce of the black bean noodles has a slight distinct taste to it, but still very good. Noodles were plentiful. The sweet and sour pork came in a nice big portion size (perfect for family style), and the seafood and veggie chow mein was delicious too. Prices are reasonable, credit cards are accepted and there's plenty of parking read more

Due to catching a cold, I needed to sweat a little bit by having a hot soup so Jjamppong (Spicy Seafood Noodle Soup) came up in my mind. Pan Holic is one of the restaurants that I wanted to try so it worked out. As soon as I walked in, the server greeted me with a big smile and told me I can sit wherever I want. She immediately brought the water, utensils, napkins, a bowl and a side dish of yellow turnip. When my order came, I was surprised with the portions because it was big, which was great. I wasn't able to finish the Tangsuyuk (Sweet and Sour Pork) so I brought the left overs home. The noodle soup wasn't spicy at all and the broth was very rich. It made my belly warm and comforting. There were so many seafoods inside such as mussels, white clams, shrimps, squid, and crab that I enjoyed it very much. There are two ways of eating Tangsuyuk (Sweet and Sour Pork) - pour the sauce over the pork or dip the pork in the sauce. There is no right and wrong - it's totally your preference. I like to dip it because you can still maintain the crispiness of the pork and it was perfect. The pork is seasoned well that you don't even need the sauce. I noticed lots of Koreans and Chineses visit this place , which is an indication to me that they do Asian food right. The restaurant is very clean and chic that it is a good place to hang out with your friends and family. read more

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Another happy customer here. Enjoyed their delicious white jjampong and outstanding service. Prefer the ambiance at this location more than their Anaheim one, and would return with my family next time. read more

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It's not bad here. Good for a quick fix if you're seeking Korean-Chinese food. The jjajangmyun gets watery if you don't eat it all within 2 minutes. The jjamppong is good but they give you a plastic spoon for the broth. The mapo tofu is terrible but the kkanppong shrimp is delicious. The fried dumplings are good but overly greasy, even when you expect it to be greasy cuz it's fried dumplings. If they would fix a few things I'd definitely go more often. read more

Best jjambbong in OC! If Ktown has Ppong as their best jjambbong then I would say Pan Holic holds the top spot in OC. Their jiajangmyun was actually pretty mediocre so if you're debating between jjambbong or jjajangmyun then definitely order the jjambbong. Husband also wanted tangsooyok so we ordered that as our third dish and it was really good!!! So relieved to have found this spot. read more

As a Korean American living in Southern California, I've had so many Korean Chinese fusion restaurants ever since I learned how to crawl so it's definitely one of my favorite cuisines. I've tried their Anaheim location many times so I was really glad they opened this one up not too far away from me. Here's what we ordered: **Jjajangmyeon: Honestly, one of the best jjajangmyeon dishes I've had in a while. The portions were massive and the quality was very good. Everything tasted very good but the only downside is that the veggie portion was pretty small compared to the sauce and noodles. (4/5) ** Jjampong: Delicious! Various seafood and plenty of vegetables in this dish. Everything was piping hot and absolutely delicious. (5/5) **Sweet & Sour Pork: This one was a little underwhelming. The sweet and sour glaze was good but the pork was extremely chewy. However, if you heat it up and ate it right away, it wasn't too bad. I've had better. (3.5/5) Overall, service was great, portions were great, and prices were fair. The amount of utensils they provided as well as the sides were great too. Only real downside to this spot is that the dining area is extremely small. Unless you come during off hours, I would definitely place an order over the phone for pick-up. read more

Pan Holic is a solid Chinese-Korean option in of all places Brea- for a neighborhood not particularly known for this genre of food. It's serves some solid staples- jjajjangmyun, spicy seafood soup, fried sweet and sour pork (tangsooyeok) and fried sweet and sour shrimp. Having dined here twice my favorites are the black bean noodles and sweet and sour pork. The portions are generous for the price. The interior seats only about 30 ppl or so and they are still ironing out the wait system here. This is a solid takeaway option as well. My only gripes are the unfriendly service (perhaps this makes it more authentic lol) and lack of side dishes. Otherwise a solid new option to try in Brea. read more

Pan Holic - Jjampong- spicy seafood noods - Korean Near Me - Brea, California

Usually when I think of Korean Chinese fusion restaurants, I imagine sticky floors and tables. This place appears to be brand new, tastefully decorated, and looks super clean! There are a handful of tables in the restaurant, some modern music playing in the background. Great place to get some comfort food after a target run. Also, the person at the counter was able to proficiently speak English. They seemed to be getting busy for the lunch rush at 11am. read more

Pan Holic - Seating - Korean Near Me - Brea, California

Pan Holic - Brea, CA Korean & Chinese Restaurant- Soft Opening Had an amazing experience trying out new Korean & Chinese cuisines in Brea! Their seafood chow mein noodle soup, jajang noodles, and tofu were incredibly delicious! Generous portions and the soft opening showed off great service, quick and efficient! A delightful family dinner at Pan Holic. Highly recommended! Parking free and easy to find parking. This place is right Next to Target. read more

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If you order the jjampong or jjajangmyun, the sweet and sour pork is a must! The sweet and sour pork was crisp and you could taste the pork. A great indication that the oil is clean! Portions are great and good taste amazing. Will definitely be back when I'm the Brea area read more

Pan Holic - Korean Near Me - Brea, California

Service was beyond great! The food was delicious and was not expensive. Place gets pretty busy during dinner time but not enough where you have to wait. Will be back! read more

Pan Holic - Jjamppong - Korean Near Me - Brea, California