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Yi Mei

3.5 (425 reviews)
Closed • 7:00 am - 7:30 pm
Updated over 3 months ago

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Good for kids
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L E.

First time coming here and will be the last. I was completely put off by the lady cashier telling me to NOT forget to tip after a meal. This wasn't a friendly encounter but more of a demand, insisting customers MUST tip regardless of service. I thought it was rude! I still left a tip, as a sign of good gesture on my part, but left me not wanting to come back due to their demands and lack of understanding regarding discretionary tipping protocol. As for the food, I find the shrimp wonton soup was too salty. Had to wash it down with drinking lots of water from the after taste. Nothing worth remembering after this experience.

Linh Y.

I was in the Chino Hills neighborhood. Yi Mei caught my eye. I dropped in as I was curious what it sells. Plenty of parking right up front. Good interior dining space. A couple patio tables outside. They are a classic food spot serving up traditional Taiwanese breakfast. Hot and cold foods, variety of snacks, and a good selection of drinks are offered. They even sell frozen dumplings and more. I first ordered a few items and paid for them at the counter. Btw, $20 minimum for credit/debit card use. Otherwise, cash only. I then sat at an open table to wait for my order. Wait time wasn't too long. The nice lady who took my order brought me my food when it was ready. Thank you Miss! + Almond Pastry, Pineapple Cake, Red Bean Pastry + Salty Rice Roll with Purple Rice, Daikon Cake with Egg + Large Soy Milk Cold + Sesame Balls I enjoyed the daikon cake with egg very much. Perfectly pan fried with a golden crispy outer crust and a pillowy soft interior. YUM! Please note the egg costs $1.75 extra. Soy milk was light and not too sweet. Salty rice roll was huge. It had lots of pork sung inside, but I'm not sure if the Chinese donut worked though. Purple rice was moist and chewy with a slightly sticky texture plus distinctly nutty and natural sweetness. I rather have more purple rice than pork sung. Sesame ball exterior was bouncy and soft... it needed a bit more red bean filling though. As for the pastries, they were a bit dry unfortunately. Before leaving, I got 3 more sesame balls because they were that good. A different lady helped me this time. I paid cash. She had the audacity to short change me by $0.91. At the time, I didn't check my change until I got to my car. I didn't bother to go back in because I was short on time. It's not about the money. It's the principle. I don't appreciate dishonesty at all. When you do business, do it with integrity always. Funny thing is that I had already put money in their tip jar before getting my food earlier. Maybe they wanted more tip so they decided to get it from my change LOL. Anyway, I was going to give them 1 star, but since the first lady was nice to me and a few of their food items were good, I bumped it up to 2 stars. I hope the owner reads this review. It's a shame they have an employee who is greedy and is cheating their customers. Will I be back? I will not. Thanks, but no thanks. Good luck Yi Mei!

Fan Tuan
Tania T.

This location has plenty of indoor seating, and I noticed a few picnic tables outside as well. We didn't come during breakfast, so it was relatively quiet when we stopped by. We ordered the fan tuan with white rice, XLBs, radish cake, rolled omelet, and pork chop plate. Some dishes were better than others. My fan tuan was a bit dry, and like another Yelper mentioned, they also offer it with purple rice -- I didn't realize that was an option, so maybe I'll try that next time. The XLBs were okay, while the radish cake and rolled omelet were good, especially with the garlic sauce they provided. Next time, I think the rice plate might be a safer bet since the rice and meat looked fresher and less dry than the fan tuan. Overall, the space is pretty roomy when it isn't crowded, and it's definitely cleaner and more modern than the location in HK Plaza in Rowland Heights.

Salty Rice ball with pickled vegetable $7.25
Steve H.

This is my first ever visit to Chino Hills location. Yi Mei started with a tiny corner restaurant within HK supermarket in Rowland Heights years ago. They have since expanded to San Gabriel, Chino Hills, Monrovia. Chino Hills location is the newer one with modern decor, clean and seems to offer more items. It offers plenty of seats. Service is friendly, but they are very shorthanded. The kitchen and counter will have to help clean up. It's around 9am, I ordered iced soy milk which is premade, you just grab from refrigerator. It tastes good, but fairly standard. I think hot is the way to go for fresh ones. And for breakfast I picked salty rice ball with pickled vegetable; for $7.50 this is more traditional type. And more expensive. It's wrapped with soft and warm glutinous rice, crispy chinese donuts, pork floss, preserved mustard greens(extra cost), preserved radish. Taste is more savory. They offer and push for purple rice type, I will try it next time. My suggestions are to install order kiosks at all locations. And have help with cleanup and other tasks of location is busy. I didn't have picture of inside with tables as the tables are still not clean yet except for my tiny table.

Fan Tuan, or Rice Roll. Generous portion roll.
Melinda L.

Had a super craving for a, "Fan Tuan," or Rice Roll and looked up for something reliable that's relatively close by. Glad I found this location and got my Fan Tuan! I got it with the purple rice for a slightly healthier alternative than the standard white rice. The purple rice is 50 cents more, but definitely worth it. The roll itself came with the Chinese Doughnut, Pork Rousung, or dry shredded pork, and the pickled vegetables. The roll was totally delicious and was a great snack to carry around. The regular roll is $6.75 before tax. They have a lot of frozen and refrigerated items, that includes frozen dumplings and chilled soy milk. They also have a lunch menu here of different Taiwanese-style soups and rice plates. Will have to try it next time. They accept cards here with a $20 minimum purchase, or just bring cash. Plenty of parking outside.

Dunk the chinese donut...yummy.
Helen D.

We passed this place often but just didn't think to try and now we are glad we did. We placed our order at the register and they brought the food to you. Simple setup. You can also purchase other pastry items from the table. Or take home items from the fridge/freezer, like dumplings, pig ear, baos, etc. The lady at the register was very nice and recommended we try to the hot soy milk which we did because it reminded me of my dad because that was his favorite breakfast item. We enjoyed everything we ordered and will be back again. - Hot soy milk (not too sweet): 5/5 - Chinese donut - fluffy: 5/5 - Rice roll - we split it and it was very filling. We customized it and added eggs and Taiwanese sausage. I would prefer the purple rice but my daughter is purest: 5/5 - Beef and Tendon noodle soup - good but just a bit too salty. Glad we had the soy milk to soften the palate.

purple veggie rice roll
Christina T.

We got the purple veggie rice roll and the green onion pancake (i think they gave us the egg omelet instead; it was delicious regardless). The veggie rice roll came with pickled vegetables, which gave a nice crunch and spicy flavor to the roll, and youtiao (chinese donut). I understand that we got the veggie rice roll, but I do think that it was missing some protein or something. Would love a veggie meat or even just tofu inside, but I still really loved it. The green onion pancake/egg omelet was absolutely divine. It tasted so decadent, and I love how it came with youtiao inside. The server was nice, and answered all our questions. There was a bit of a wait though. There's a lot of seating inside. Do note that they only take card for orders above $20.

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Brian T.

Came here for the rice rolls early morning. Took 15 minutes for them to make it and they require minimum $20 spend to use credit card. Spacious restaurant with seats inside and outside. They have pastries, other Taiwanese breakfast items, soy milk, and frozen items here. I got the salty purple rice rolls and it was pretty big. Came with crispy Chinese donut in the middle with some pork floss. Good item for some carbs. Option to add protein in it. Egg or beef. Soymilk was ok. Got sweetened hot soy milk but they didn't mix it leaving it sweet on the bottom. Looks like they have daily deals for select items depending on the day of the week. Was hoping for a quick and easy pick up but took longer than expected for rice rolls early morning.

Eliana S.

order: purple rice roll highlights: - lots of seating - lots of menu options - the rice was chewy and fresh - the pork floss and donut was fresh and complimented each other well cons: - they only take cash for orders $20 and below - menu can be a bit overwhelming at times overall: good experience, good food

Partially eaten, so yummy and so much to go!
Miso S.

Want to test your pallet and try something new! So fun and unique if you usually eat American style breakfast. Order one of everything and be shocked at how low your bill is. We cheated and got Starbucks next door because, you know, we needed coffee with breakfast.

Beef noodles and chicken noodles
Didi Z.

My children asked me to drive them to get a coffee in this area. Keep in mind I live about one hour away from the coffee shop that they wanted. So I told them get some breakfast too, so they checked out what's good for breakfast and they found this. We came, we looked at the menu and wow I was amazed with the menu. Ordered different things and didn't disappoint me at all. Noodles were delicious, beef rolls were yummy. Come and taste it yourself!

Judy K.

Food is good . The staff are very friendly . Small but comfortable and clean . Love their meat rice dumpling, soya bean milk and Chinese flat bread

Courtney M.

I've been wanting to try this rice roll since I've seen it on TikTok! And it was pretty good I wish they weren't out of sausage so I could've added sausage to it. But it was very flavorful. The store had a section of refrigerators that had so many amazing taiwanese foods for purchase from dumplings to bao buns. So many things I wanted to buy them all. The restaurant was clean lots of seating on the inside. The service was mediocre not really helpful, definitely didn't get the warm welcoming feeling I have gotten in so many other restaurants.

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Does anyone know what is in the garlic soy sauce? I've moved away from California recently and have been craving the sauce. I can detect some sugar, possible vinegar, soy sauce, and garlic. Anyone else have an idea?

Rice wine vinegar, sugar, garlic, soy.

Does anyone know the correct website to order online? The one posted on the receipt couldn't be found. Thanks!

www.yimei.revelup.com/weborder make sure to change the location if you want to pickup at chino hills

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