After having been here and the surrounding restaurants in the plaza, this place takes the cake. Authentic Taiwanese food, reminiscent of when I would go over to my friends house when I was a kid. The chicken steak is my favorite on the menu, flavorful and tender, followed by the Taiwanese sausage fried rice. The owner was very welcoming. Very good service. Food came out hot and fresh, always got refills on my water, AND THERES THAI TEA! TLDR: delicious hole in the wall, authentic Taiwanese, great service. Also, good price for the amount of food you get. 10/10 would go again. read more

Formosan Restaurant - Taiwanese sausage fried rice, shrimp omelette, chili oil - Chinese Near Me - Artesia, California

Hole in the wall Taiwanese style sizzling steakhouse located in the back of the Red Palace Asian plaza! They do steaks served on a sizzling skillet. I always get the mixed sauce with spaghetti. You can also choose rice instead of the noodles and it is served with a small house salad, corn soup, and garlic bread. The food is pretty good but not the best. The signature tenderloin steak was on the chewy tough side and the sides are whatever. The fried egg that comes included burned on the bottom side due to being directly on the skillet. The spaghetti with the mixed sauce is my favorite part. I also always get the fried tofu appetizer to start, they are amazing. Crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. The steak dinner set is $18 and the fried tofu is $10. When I went yesterday, the tofu and steak came out at around the same time. Could've used some spacing between the apps and entrees. They have full waiter service but it's not really a nice place to eat even though they have 20$+ steak dishes. TLDR; Chill quiet place to eat if you're looking to try something new but not too adventurous. Get the tenderloin steak with mixed sauce and spaghetti. Start with the fried tofu. Fair portion sizes and prices but nothing extraordinary. read more

Formosan Restaurant - Tenderloin steak with mixed sauce and spaghetti noodles - Chinese Near Me - Artesia, California

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Saw this place on Instagram and read on Yelp that it's improved recently so I checked it out with my wife! We had the fried tofu (my wife's favorite thing here), beef noodle soup, and ribeye steak with pasta and the mixed sauce. Everything was super tasty and we look forward to coming back!! read more

Went here for the first time i went with their popular item the sizzling steak and did not disappoint. My wife got the popcorn chicken,veggies, and rice with the ground pork on top! Service was great very attentive and nice greeted with a smile. The ambiance was great! Got some good music playing in the background while you dance with the sizzling steak. read more

Friendly service and easy go-to place for good food (and good portions!). Popcorn chicken is a must. I'm a fan of the oyster pancake and the spicy dumplings (wontons). Beef noodle soup is up there too. Kids like the food, and they have the same apple soda (蘋菓西打) that I loved as a kid visiting Taiwan! read more

Formosan Restaurant - They have apple soda (蘋菓西打), the same brand that I enjoyed as a kid visiting Taiwan! - Chinese Near Me - Artesia, California

Fantastic food with generous portions. We ordered the oiled chicken rice, the ribeye, the beef noodle soup, and the shrimp fried rice. Overall we enjoyed the oiled chicken rice the best, which came with a lot of sides and perfectly moist chicken. Ask for the house-made chili oil! It's not uncomfortably spicy (at least not for us) and it has crispy bits of garlic that add so much flavor. Friendly staff, simple interior, and easy parking. read more

Formosan Restaurant - oiled chicken rice - Chinese Near Me - Artesia, California

I mean if you grow up in Taiwan you will know what this place is all about. This is what makes the night markets in Taiwan so great and since I can't always visit Taiwan, this place will have to do. The flavor on the hot plate dishes are exactly how I remembered when I had them as a kid. The spaghetti sauce, the corn chowder and the garlic toast. Now, bear in mind, this is street eats, not a 3 starred Michelin restaurant. I feel like the people that gave a bad review on their food is not being fair. I can only really comment on the hot plate dishes since that what I always order and they're the closest to what I had in Taiwan in the Los Angeles area. There is another place in Rowland Heights called Chiou House that also offers sizzling hot plates, but Formasan's are superior in terms of flavor and value imo. read more

Formosan Restaurant - Chicken and shrimp combination - Chinese Near Me - Artesia, California

Long before the pandemic, this restaurant was my go-to place for sizzling teppan-style Taiwanese food, which generally included a portion of meat or fish, a choice of noodles versus rice, and a side veggie dollop of carrots and peas. I believe the pandemic caused the previous owners to close down. But now, new owners have reemerged with similar plates, and the place is even better than before. A few days ago, I visited for the first time in years, and I ordered the teppan sole in black pepper sauce. Arriving sizzling on the iron pan, it tasted as homey and filling as before the pandemic. It reminded me of my home town Taipei. I highly recommend it! read more

Recently remodeled and updated menu! Cant go wrong with cold noodle and thai tea in this heat! read more

Formosan Restaurant - New menu as of 7/29 - Chinese Near Me - Artesia, California

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The boss is soft spoken with kind manner. The food is authentic Taiwanese flavor. They also serve the food the China Airline's crew. In a plaza where you can get a lot of Asian food and drink. This is like Little Asia. read more

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Tried this place out yesterday with my family, I got the sizzling chicken but got to try a wide variety of dishes stealing from my families plates. It's the real deal. I had the sizzling chicken with mixed sauce and noodles. The chicken was crispy and deboned, and the sauce was rich and flavorful. I could eat their fried tofu appetizer everyday, light but still has so much flavor, perfect consistency, especially paired with the sauce. The service was timely and the chef himself came out to give us context to the dishes and helped us choose our entrees. Will go back again. read more

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more like 4.5 out of 5 stars. Wow, its been forever since i've last had a taiwanese sizzling steak plate. I recall the last one i went to shut down in rowland heights. We normally don't drive past Cerritos/Artesia, but luckily we were nearby and it was around dinner time. I believe if you get any plate, it comes with a simple salad, cream corn soup and some simple garlic bread. As for the plates, we got one rib eye steak and one tenderloin steak. we both got noodles, but you also have a choice to get rice. The rib eye is more expensive than the tenderloin, but honestly get the ribeye. it was juicy and the texture was way better than the tenderloin. you also get to pick your sauce, and i believe your best bet is the mixed sauce. If you get an entree, you can also get drinks for like 1.50.. not sure on the normal price. This place is pretty asian, and if you're not used to no service, then it might be a shock to you. This place is located in the back of the plaza. read more

Formosan Restaurant - Ribeye sizzling plate - Chinese Near Me - Artesia, California

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This place reminds me of an old school restaurant in 626 called "Romantic Steakhouse." When I shared it on my social media stories, people were making the same comments. The garlic bread, sizzling plated steak with pasta on the side, creamy soup and lettuce with Thousand Island dressing. Nostalgic. I've had the seafood plate and the rib-eye plate. Both are very good, but the steak was cooking a little to well done since it's still cooking on the sizzling plate. I prefer the mushroom sauce over the black pepper. I was impressed at how good the braised beef noodle soup was. Looks like a very clean broth. The noodles are generic, but I didn't mind it too much. I would skip the shrimp chow mein. Nothing wrong with it, it was just too basic and the noodles all seemed like it was cut short or broken strands. You can add a selected tea beverage for $1.50 with your entree. Service is a bit on the slower side. But it doesn't stop me from coming back. read more

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A hole in the wall in a strip mall, I really wanted to like this restaurant but it just fell short. They have a really nice looking menu but the food doesn't look like the pictures on the menu. The pork chop rice tasted decent. My husband didn't like his sizzling steak. The soup that came with it didn't taste good either. read more

Formosan Restaurant - Pork chop rice and sizzling steak - Chinese Near Me - Artesia, California

Ordered the chuckeye steak and oyster omelet through Uber eats. The omelet was pretty good, the steak is a joke tasting like chewing a box of cardboard. read more

Great customer service, delicious food, I highly recommend coming here if you love Taiwanese food!

The plating was simple. But the food is SOO good. The waiter was a very nice young man. He was very knowledgeable about the menu and made excellent recommendations. read more

Formosan Restaurant - Beef Noodle soup - Chinese Near Me - Artesia, California

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Food is great. Very affordable price. Service is excellent! Comfy Ambience is very homey. We will back again.

Love the mom-n-pop feel of this place. It's crucial that we support hard-working businesses like this, as they add to the richness of our community. Our family ordered variety of dishes, including teppan shrimp, teppan NY steak, and oiled chicken. Very balanced flavors overall. read more

Haven't eaten here in a while, food still tastes like Taiwan, although some menu items seem to be removed. Also just noticed that the Chinese name of the restaurant changed as well. Either way the food was good. read more

Close substitute to the sizzling plates you can find at Taiwanese night markets! Great value for the size and quality. Comfort Asian food right here that's legit and no frills! read more

Great service and great tasting food like your back in Taiwan. Portion size are definitely very satisfying that you'll want to take home some to go read more

The food reminds me of the food I grew up eating and when visiting Taiwan. Super affordable prices and extremely flavorful. Will order from them again. read more

Food and service always consistently good! Especially when craving comfort food. Always nice healthy and delicious vegetables accompanying the entree. read more

A homey mom n pop shop that soon filled with customers who apparently came for the sizzling entrees of either steak, pork chop or chicken steak w choice of spaghetti or white rice and a fried egg! In addition there's also salad, soup and garlic toasts! You get a lot for the money and the customer service is very friendly. Although this seemed to be a local popular dish we enjoyed the pickled vegetables with minced pork noodle soup the most! Maybe because it was a rainy gloomy day but it just evoked childhood memories for us. Oh the fried rice was very tasty too as it had the proper wok hey aka wok heat. Will definitely want to return to try other dishes. read more

We were so excited to find this gem. So Delicious! So friendly! Will become regulars here even if we are 30 minutes away!! Totally worth it!

New owner and everything is so much better! Keep up the good work. My go to order is always the chicken rice, and I would recommend everyone to try it. read more

I like the environment and service. The portion of the food is good, compared with other same type restaurants, their teppan steak and sauces are not too oily and lighter. Personally, I would like the garlic bread to be more crispy but it tastes pretty good if you are dipping in the corn soup. Fried tofu and sauce is one of my favorites. read more

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I ordered their lunch steak meal with mixed sauce (half mushroom and half black pepper) The sauce is so good that it made the steak more tolerable. Meat is not top quality, but you pay $12 for a steak with rice/noodle one egg, a side salad, one side soup, garlic bread. Worth the price. I like the noodle and egg better with all the yummy sauce. read more

Formosan Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Artesia, California

Honestly amazing food, and some of the most authentic tasting Taiwanese food I've had in the US. Highly recommend the Filet Mignon Sizzling Steak; it's a Taiwanese classic. We even got to try some secret menu items that were amazing! (Thanks Justin) Customer Service is 11/10, you can tell owner definitely cares a lot about the customers and will do his best to make your experience great! read more

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Awesome Taiwanese food. You can't beat the steaks. Great taste great servings great service and great price. Try the Taiwanese sausage fried rice and the pop corn chicken!!!! read more

Their pork belly rice is good. Not only the pork belly only but the side dish is good too.

I am always on the look out for authentic Taiwanese food. When I found this place on yelp, I was looking forward to a great dining experience. I am sorry to report that it was an epic fail. It hurts my feeling to give someone a bad review, but as a true yelper. We must be honest so here it goes This place is a very simple restaurant. It is a very small place. Parking is in the shared lot, but it is readily available. Upon arrival, they were not busy. We are given the menu right away. However, it took a very long time for someone to serve us. After taking our order, it took even a longer time to get drinks and food. We had to wave them down to find out what the problem is as they are not busy Now if my food was beyond delicious, I would not even care about the wait. In this case, my food was not edible. It lack seasoning and culinary skill. I would like to hope that when I buy food at a restaurant, it would not taste like this. I don't even cook and I think my outcome would be better than this. In my whole life, I have never walked out on a restaurant after 2-3 bites, unfortunately, I did at this place. I didn't even want to ask for the food to be taken back as I don't believe they are capable for making something better. I left there feeling still hungry and searching for food I did ordered the regular Milk Tea, Watermelon Juice, Beef Chow mein, and Fried Pork Chop with Rice. The drinks were just ok and nothing special. Both of the entrees were just beyond terrible. I highly recommend we do a quality control check before food leaving their kitchen. This was beyond embarrassing This is definitely a no go for me. No one can pay me to give this place a try again read more

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Spaghetti with mushroom sauce. Good to start with but order it with steak or chicken if you're really hungry. read more

Formosan Restaurant - Spaghetti with mushroom sauce - Chinese Near Me - Artesia, California

Two words. SIZZLING STEAK. That alone is enough for me to drive all the way down to the area for it. They are probably the only restaurant in the Cerritos/Artesia/Norwalk area with this concept. The only other place I know that has sizzling plates would probably be in Rowland Heights. I dined here years ago when they first opened due to my love for Taiwanese style sizzling steaks on a hot plate as it reminded me of my carefree days as a child when I would visit my grandparents in Taiwan. To be honest, I'm surprised that sizzling steaks on a hot plate haven't become part of the food trend, but then again, it took awhile for boba to hit it real big over here. They are located in the same plaza as Taste Tea Cafe, Shangjie Kitchen and Red Palace 2. That being said, I'd only come here for the sizzling steaks, and not for the regular Taiwanese food, just because I feel that their specialty are the sizzling steaks. Each sizzling steak entree comes with corn chowder, salad (cabbage with thousand island dressings) and 2 slices of garlic bread along with your steak entree which comes with a choice of noodles or rice, with an egg on top. You also get a choice of mushroom or black pepper sauce. They already use the mushroom sauce in the noodles, so I like to go for the black pepper sauce so I can try both sauces. It's honestly not meant to be a fancy experience as you can see the salad is just sliced cabbage rather than a spring mix. The point is that you get a lot of food for your buck. I'd recommend going for the rib eye and telling them that you want it rare or medium rare, otherwise you'll be left with an overcooked steak since it's served to you in a hot plate. For $17 for a rib eye with all of that food, the value is really not bad at all. read more

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My wife and I stopped in at this place on a whim and were pleasantly surprised by the delicious food. We're missing Taiwan and the noodle soups we ordered had all the flavors of the food from the shops we used to visit in Taipei. We'll be back! read more

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Nothing really crazy to say . Food is delicious , staff is attentive and overall my dining experience is always great when I come here . read more

Very authentic Taiwanese food! I wish there's a location closer to me. I ordered tenderloin steak. It comes with garlic bread, salad, and corn soup. The price is great and I would love to visit again. read more

Formosan Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Artesia, California

I randomly walked into this restaurant and was pleasantly surprised by the food. I got the sizzling tenderloin steak and it was cooked to perfection and damn did that plate sizzle. It came with corn soup, salad, and 2 pieces of bread. You also get to choose from a black pepper, mushroom , or both mixed sauce that's . I got the mix , and the flavor was just right. Side note, the chili oil is bomb, it's an extra dollar but it will not disappoint. The owner was super nice and friendly, I would definitely come back to try the other authentic Taiwanese dishes he has to offer. read more

Formosan Restaurant - Sizzling Tenderloin Steak - Chinese Near Me - Artesia, California

It was our first try of Taiwanese food and we didn't really know what to expect. We ordered Fried Tofu, Wontons Chili Crisp, Shrimp Chow Mein, Beef Noodle Soup and Ribeye Steak. Everything was delicious! Service was superb and food was ready in a timely manner even if it was busy. The restaurant was nice and clean and had a contemporary look and vibe. Thank you so much, Chef+ Owner Justin, we'll definitely be back! read more