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    Hot Wok Cafe

    3.9 (444 reviews)
    ModerateChinese
    Open 11:00 am - 3:00 pm, 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
    Updated 3 weeks ago

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    Casual
    Quiet
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Garlic Chicken-鱼香鸡
    Steve S.

    Good spot for your old-school, 90's decor, Chinese restaurant. The space is pretty spacious with 20 some tables and the customer service is friendly, efficient and they prepare your food pretty fast. Personally, I really enjoy their garlic chicken, which during lunch comes with rice and hot and sour soup. The garlic chicken dish is very flavorful, the chicken has a good amount of savory garlic sauce on it and it just melts in your mouth with every bite. It's very juicy and you can taste the quality and freshness of the chicken. The portion is pretty generous as well. This is definitely my go to spot in the area when I feel like some Chinese food. Will be back again!

    Beef chow fun
    Terry P.

    When we came in, we were immediate greeted. We were shown to seats and we guided to choose which seats we wanted. The waitress asked if we wanted anything to drink, so we asked for iced water, and it came really quick. The menu is decent, with a decent selection. It's very basic Chinese menu items. Inside is very clean and spacious. We ordered: Sweet and sour chicken Fried pork chops with spicy salt Beef chow fun Yang chow fried rice Everything was great! The Sweet and sour chicken hits the spot, without being over-flavoring. The chicken pieces are a good size and they are well-fried. The pork chops were perfect too! Not overly salty. The beef chow fun was great too! The yang chow fried rice was a bit salty, but eating it with everything else was fine. If there was less salt in that fried rice, it would have been a perfectly good dining experience. Anyway, I would recommend this place. It is good.

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    Miranda O.

    I came with my girlfriend for lunch, she eats at Hot Wok regularly with her husband for many years. She said that it was the best Chinese restaurant in the area, and there were several Chinese restaurants that I had spotted on the east there that were nearby. My friend, greeted the waiter, Eric, cheerfully, and we were quickly seated at the last remaining booth, the other booths were already were filled up with dining patrons. The extensive menu has several pages of dishes to choose from, and while I wanted to order more dishes, my stomach was already full that morning from having a large breakfast. We ordered a bowl each of hot and sour soup, a stir-fried green beans with chicken dish, white rice, and my favorite Shanghai vermicelli noodles with shrimp and small slices of Chinese Barbecue pork. The food was delicious, and met all my cravings for the moment. The wait staff were very attentive in refilling our pot of hot tea, and took away our dishes when we finished them. My good friend and I were able to enjoy a good conversation and catch up on our lives, as we happily dined. I recommend that you bring a friend when you come here, it's a very cozy restaurant and was quite busy. It was not noisy, so you could have a good heart-to-heart talk with your close friends here. The food was tasty and when I come here again, I'll make sure to have a bigger appetite, so that I can sample more dishes. The prices are very decent, and you can get your fortune cookie after you finish your meal. I will definitely come here again for a decent Chinese meal when passing through this area to visit my friend again!

    Order placed at 4:46pm and delivered at 8:08pm incomplete
    Laney B.

    I generally avoid posting negative reviews, but occasionally an experience is bad enough that it deserves to be documented. I ordered Uber Eats from Hot Wok on Christmas. While I understand that holidays are busy, Christmas in Los Angeles reliably means high demand for Chinese takeout from both Jewish families and many Christians. This is predictable volume, not an unexpected surge. I placed our order at 4:46 PM, with an estimated delivery time of 45 minutes. Instead, the delivery driver waited at the restaurant for over two hours, and the food was ultimately delivered at 8:08 PM. That is more than three hours from order to delivery. According to the driver, the restaurant became overwhelmed and chose not to cancel the order. Instead, they left it in queue while repeatedly telling the driver "15 more minutes," for over two hours. During this time, I attempted to call the restaurant more than three times without an answer. Uber customer service also attempted to reach the restaurant with no response. When the food finally arrived, our fried rice was missing. By that point, there was nothing I could do, as I had already contacted Uber and received a partial credit due to the extreme delay. Despite spending over $100, the overall experience was deeply frustrating. Leaving a delivery driver waiting for more than two hours is unacceptable, and I ultimately tipped far more than usual because I felt so bad for the situation he was put in. This could have been avoided if the restaurant had paused orders or canceled those they could not fulfill in a reasonable time. Instead, both the myself, and the driver were left stuck. Photos show the order placement time at 4:46 PM and Ring camera footage confirming delivery at 8:08 PM. I will not be ordering from Hot Wok again.

    Hot and sour soup (enough to divide into 4 small bowls) with addition of crispy noodles
    Thu-Ha T.

    We checked out Hot Wok Cafe through recommendations from friends. Restaurant is big with plenty of booths and table seating that can accommodate a large party. We enjoyed the vegetable low mein which was a favorite for the kids. The cashew chicken and steamed fish with ginger and green onions came with white rice. The hot and sour soup was good (portion was enough to divide into 4 small rice bowls). Overall portions were plenty and were good for sharing family style. Service was friendly. Located in a shopping plaza northwest of Reseda Blvd. and Nordhoff St.

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    Peter M.

    It's been a while since I have been here, but something was pulling me, to go there for lunch. When you walk in and see lots of Chinese people in a Chinese restaurant, you know you are in the right place. There's Chinese love songs being played in the background, simple but elegant seating in the dining room and an attractive menu with pictures of all the enticing and colorful dishes. It was difficult to choose. They also have the lunch special on a Saturday, and one of my favorites, the fish fillet with black bean sauce. It comes with a soup and I chose the egg flower soup. For a dollar extra you could get the fried rice instead of steamed rice. The fish in black bean sauce was generous in portion, tender (melting in your mouth), succulent, nice and peppery, full of mixed flavors, had good color and was cooked with onions, green peppers (all nice and crunchy), and mushrooms. The fried rice was tasty and the egg flower soup was probably one of the best I've had. Service was scanty, but attentive and caring. I cannot believe why it took me so long to come back here. there is more to choose from in the menu. I am impressed. Going forward, this is my "go to Chinese restaurant", in the San Fernando Valley.

    1/11/25: Honey Walnut Shrimp (Walnuts on a separate paper bag to keep the crunchiness
    Anna L.

    I've been in the valley for a while and seeing this Chinese restaurant but have not tried the place even if my friend was telling me it is really good and taste authentic. Yesterday, I decided to check out their menu and called to place an order for pick up. I got their popular "Singapore Noodles", "Honey Walnut Shrimp" and "Salt and Pepper Crispy Porkchop". The guy who took my order over the phone was really nice and I think he is also the same person who assisted me when I came to pickup my order. The place inside is nice, it is neat with lots of tables. Now the food review part, Singapore Noodles - wow! My new favorite! Decents amount of serving and lots of shrimp and bbq pork. It isn't spicy at all and you can taste the curry which I loved!! Honey Walnut Shrimp - really this dish has always been my fave and I like theirs because they put the shrimps on top of the pineappleas instead of brocolli and it adds more sweetness flavor. The put the walnuts aside sonit stays crunchyZ. Salt & Pepper Porkchops - so delish!! It isn't salty at all unlike from other restaurants. It isn't spice either and they don't put much of jalapenos actually - personally I prefer more jalapenos since I love eating those with this porkchops. No wonder why this place is busy most of the time, their food really does taste authentice. This is going to be out new favorite Chinese Restaurant go to now :)

    Danny M.

    On rainy days, my wife and I like to sneak away before we have to pick up the kids from school and get an early dinner together. We came here for the lunch special, which is offered every day between 11 AM and 3 PM. They have plenty of options to choose from. We ordered the Cashew Chicken and the Kung Pao Chicken, which are both very delicious dishes that come with a side of rice. They have a lot of choices, just like any other Chinese restaurant. Most of the time I get the orange chicken, but this time I decided to try something new with the cashew chicken. I don't think I liked it as much as the orange chicken I normally get. My wife got the Kung Pao Chicken, and she said she thinks they might have changed something about the meat, but we're not sure what it is. We also both got the egg drop soup I think that's what they call it and it was really good, especially on a cold, rainy day. The service here is pretty average and what you would expect from a Chinese sit-down restaurant. You can dine in or order over the phone and take it to go. The ambience is also what you'd expect from a typical Chinese restaurant. This is actually the place we order from every Christmas Eve. Would I recommend this place? Yes, it's worth a try. They're tucked away in the corner of the shopping center with Ralphs and McDonald's on Reseda and Nordhoff in Northridge, California. Stop by and let me know how it is.

    Cabbage with Bean Curd Mushrooms (腐皮金菇白菜)
    Jeremy L.

    12/3/2024 - Visited tonight and tried a new dish - sauteed green beans - it is tasty. I love another dish called "Tofu skin, enoki mushrooms and cabbage 腐皮金菇白菜" It goes without saying that if your dish is cooked by a main Chef, the taste will be very good.

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    How's parking? Do they have designated parking for customers?

    There is ample parking! It's located on the NW corner of Reseda and Nordhoff in the Vons parking lot.

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