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

Ordered five fried rice trays for a potluck, and they were a hit! I called in my order, and everything was ready for pickup in about 15 minutes. When I arrived, the staff was friendly, attentive, and made sure I had plenty of hot sauce to go with the order, which I really appreciated. The fried rice was fresh, flavorful, and well-prepared. Everyone at the potluck enjoyed it, and several people even asked where it was from. Great food, efficient service, and a smooth pickup experience. I'll definitely be back to try more of their menu! read more

Very nice place for chinese/korean cuisine! I got the mapo tofu, the kkanpunggi chicken, and the jjangmyun. The mapo tofu was okay, the tofu cubes are soft and easy to eat. And there are little bits of pork that is thrown in there too. The savory/saltiness is just right in this dish. Easily feeds 2 or 3 people. This dish comes with a cup of rice and you can ask for more if you need it. The kkanpunggi chicken was my favorite i think. The chicken was fried really well. The batter was crunchy on the outside, yet had a slight chewy texture to it that added a fun textural experience. The sauce that it comes with is a little sweet and very slightly spicy. The jjangmyun was good too. The few times i've tried jjangmyun at other places, the black bean sauce was more liquid-y and a little more sweeter. But this place made it more savory and the sauce was not as liquid-y. The noodles had a fun soft and slightly chewy texture to it The restaurant space is sort of small, and is a nice place to get something quick and easy to eat without much fuss. The space is clean and nice. Service was fine. If you want to order more things, you might need to flag down the employees there. Overall im excited to come back and try their other dishes! read more

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Tried out this spot with my friend and the first thing we noticed when we walked in was that EVERY table had ordered the Jiajang (noodles with black bean sauce with pork and onions) and their Sweet and Sour Pork Special with chunks of fried pork stacked high in golden crispy goodness! So yeah, of course we had to at least order those two dishes and added some kung pao shrimp to cover the Chinese part of the menu that they claimed and that dish was spot on as well! I love these kinda of places that offer fresh food with fast, friendly service with generous portions and reasonable prices in a casual environment. These kinds of restaurants are becoming quite the trend in Orange County and I would say this spot is a great example of how it's done! read more

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Came here for an early dinner. Ordered jjampong and jajangmyun with sweet and sour pork. Jjampong and jajangmyun had great flavor and portions were big. Sweet and sour pork i had better. The pork tasted like the oil wasnt fresh. Maybe ill try a different non fried dish. Great service. read more

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This is definitely a Korean take on Chinese dishes. I ordered the wonton soup and it was far from what I expected. They used har gow instead of actual wontons. The soup base reminded me more of a bitter melon soup base than a traditional wonton soup base. I think I was just thrown off entirely, if they named it something else altogether, it would've been better. It tasted fine. The fried dumpling were larger than before and a favorite amongst the kids. We also ordered the jjajangmyeon and seafood chow mien, both were solid. read more

Pan Holic - Korean Near Me - Brea, California

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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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

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

The food was just okay--nothing special, but edible. Unfortunately, the service was terrible. Our food took a long time to come out, and the female servers were unfriendly and seemed annoyed the entire time. Poor service can ruin the whole dining experience, and that's exactly what happened. There are plenty of better places to eat, so I won't be coming back. read more

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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Tried to order food at 8pm they closed 30 minutes beforehand came all the way over and there closed. Hope this places closes been there at least 3 times picking up food my Korean wife! Just lame who closes a restaurant 30 minutes early! read more

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

Service 5/5: excellent. respectful. hard working Jjajang 4/5: good portion. too salty. flavor was there Calamari 5/5: good portion. too salty. best dish Sweet & Sour Pork: 3/5: good portion. freshly fried. lacking flavor. sauce/gaze was also lacking flavor and consistency Overall good place to try but would probably only come back for the jjajang and calamari. Interesting take for Chinese Korean dish. As Chinese myself wouldn't hate it as it's a unique take but wouldn't come back as a regular. read more

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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짜장면 tasted good. Noodles and sauce were good size. I loved the shrimp fried rice as there were good size jumbo shrimps and tasted awesome. Sweet and sour pork was okay. If you can fry the pork so that they are more soft as it was hard to chew, it would've been so much better. Over all, good food. Enjoyed them a lot. read more

Pan Holic - Sweet and sour pork with sauce - Korean Near Me - Brea, California

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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Food is delicious!!! Service is so friendly and place is clean! Will definitely return to try more dishes!

So delicious! We'd no idea a Koreanized Chinese restaurant opened in Brea, and it's really good too! We had the spicy seafood noodle soup, mapo tofu, sweet and sour pork, and spicy boneless chicken and it was ALL delicious! With good portions too. We'll def be back!! Often! read more

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

Food is good but disappointing service. They take a break from 3-4pm but we were turned away at 2pm and told they were only taking to go orders. They should state that upfront on their website or yelp if so. Wasted a trip! 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

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

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

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 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

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

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 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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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

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

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

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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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

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 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

Pan Holic - Korean Near Me - Brea, California

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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