I was craving Chinese food nearby, so my boyfriend and I decided to check out Northern Cafe. It…read moredefinitely had mixed reviews on Yelp but the photos of the food looked really good, so we had to check it out for ourselves. We're so glad we did because our experience was really great! It started off with the fact that they have a big parking lot with a ton of free parking. Once we stepped inside it was really cute. We loved the booth seating, and the variety of options. We did go an hour before their closing time, which is why it was probably quite empty, but it was nice not being in crowded place for dinner. We ordered a couple of things to share. We got the pork wontons in chili oil, the shrimp and chives boiled dumplings, the beef fried noodles, and the sweet and sour pork ribs. The food arrived pretty quickly. Great family style portion sizes, and very flavorful! The prices were also reasonable, which was a plus! Also, loved their house made chili oil. It was the perfect level of spice for me, and delicious. I poured that oil over all the food, which made the food taste even better! Overall, we had a great experience, and cannot wait to come back and try some more dishes!

Decent Chinese food for the Valley - Beef roll: tastiest of…read moreall the dishes! good overall flavor and the pastry was crispy - Fried rice: alright, a little bland, but that could be because it was vegetarian - Beef noodle soup: flavor decent, I especially enjoyed the wide knife cut noodles - Green onion pancake: decent and crispy

Still love this place. If you get takeout it's packed very nicely…read more Dined in today and service was till good, portions tasty and a decent size and quality for the price I love the beef teriyaki and the wonton soup The soup is just a tasty broth and very nice filled wontons that have great flavor to them. I should have consulted my review so we tried something different - we got moo goo gai pan again today In my takeout order we got mooshi which was tasty .

Ick. Now, I'm basing my review on only one lunch by myself, so figure that in as you read…read more This place certainly loves it's oil. Everything I had was laden with this heavy, greasy, fattening stuff. If you're a fan of cooking oil, this is your go-to spot for sure. I had the "gourmet" dinner. That means Mongolian beef, my usual in basic old-school Chinese places like this. I chose won ton soup over the seafood soup choice. The broth was fine, but the won tons were thick and doughy. Not great. The beef seemed of a decent quality, but was absolutely floating in oil. This made the green and white onions too soft and mushy and dripping with oil. Ditto the very messy foil wrapped chicken appetizer, but the egg roll was okay, if bland. There are plenty of excellent choices for all types of Chinese cuisine in the Valley. No need to come here. Again though, remember I only had one dish, but I have an idea it's indicative of the entire menu.​

Picked up dinner today and everything was delicious As…read morealways Egg foo young, beef chop suey, pork fried rice and egg drop soup Everything so yummy

Place was very homey and inviting. Jennifer our waitress was very sweet and helpful with…read morerecommendations. Food was very,very good and portions were large. Definitely recommend

I don't think I've ever come here and not been completely satisfied by whatever I ordered. This is…read morecoming from someone that has likely ordered nearly everything on the menu. My all time favorite is definitely the Spicy Chicken but I will eat anything here. The breading on the chicken is so light, yet crispy, yet covered in sauce...I'm not sure how they accomplish that. Everything has always been cooked to perfection, seasoned beautifully, plated nicely, and fresh. Service is always very friendly (sometimes a hair slow but only because there's usually only one server and the place is packed). Food comes out fairly quickly once you order and it's super fun to be able to watch them cook due to the giant glass wall in the kitchen. Place is always clean, has great lighting (you can actually see your plates), and the lot in back makes for fairly easy parking. We've been here twice close to closing and to watch them clean makes me know they take sanitation VERY seriously.

Food: the best Jajangmyeon, Jjampon and Pork Tangsuyuk! This has been our go to for so many years…read moreand the quality never changes! Service: great service and fast Ambience: still the same on the inside, lots of tables and seating

Had a great dinner last night! Orange chicken, orange tofu,…read moreOMG! Service on point, food was ready when we showed up. And had dinner at home so our ambiance was on point ;)

We randomly stopped at this spot on our way back from a trip up north, and it turned out to be such…read morea great find! The steamed dumplings were a huge hit--so good that our toddler literally devoured them all on her own. That alone says a lot! The chow fun with beef was easily our favorite dish--packed with flavor, perfectly cooked, and super satisfying. We also tried the Szechuan chicken, which was just okay on its own since it didn't have much spice, but the chili oil they provided definitely brought it to life and made it much better. Overall, we really enjoyed our meal and would definitely recommend this place, especially for their lunch specials. Great flavors, family-friendly, and worth the stop!

Very honest opinion: Not sure if I'm eating the same food as everyone else leaving reviews here,…read morebut I got the signature beef (Lanzhou) noodle soup combo and it was incredibly disappointing~mediocre. Server guy was chill. The food is served in a paper bowl, unlike the nice bowls you see in their pics. Tl;dr: if you're curious, don't waste your time, bafang is open 5min away Preface: I KNOW it's mall food, but for a restaurant that continuously pops up as #1 on Yelp whenever I search for food around the northridge/chatsworth area, I'm going to treat it as if it were a #1 spot. Beef noodle soup: to be very blunt, this was quite flavorless. The beef was dry as bones and looked like it was sliced with a mandoline. The noodles seemed undercooked and it felt like I was eating al dente spaghetti noodles. I got a medium spice level which didn't even seem that spicy, just a lot of cough inducing chili oil with no burn. Pan fried dumplings were ok. It honestly tasted like it was deep fried and not pan fried. Unsweetened black tea: hands down the best of the 3 things in the combo, which is quite telling. Honestly you get a decent amount of food for $15. But to constantly take the top 5 for recommended on Yelp in this area and waste my time to even look at it, it definitely doesn't belong remotely close to top 10.

Finally popped in after constantly seeing it on my FYP and it did not disappoint. I ordered the…read morespicy beef noodle soup combo which came with 4 dumplings and a beverage. The service was friendly and the wait was reasonable. Its located in the mall which means that you don't really get much of a vibe from this place alone but of everything surrounding. The soup was not spicy imo, I have a high tolerance, but it did have a good flavor. The noodles were thick and soft but they lacked a bit of flavor. The beef was soft and flavorful with the smaller bits of beef, which resembled ground beef, were very tasty. The soup was good overall but felt a bit too oily. The dumplings had a light crunchy exterior and the inside was juicy but it felt just a bit too mushy for me. Overall a good place and I would return to try something else.

The food was really good they did not disappoint. I got chicken chow, fun, chicken, fried rice and…read morechicken curry. I had them make it all spicy. The service was wonderful surrounding area was clean. The environment was nice and calm and soothing. They serve you with tea right off the bat. Love this place thank you for having us

I have been coming to A&W for over 20 years. The food and the service has been always good until…read moretoday. I don't know what changed? Maybe ownership? The food and service was not up to par what you expect from a good neighborhood Chinese restaurant. The food was 2 star and service was negative 1 star. Today you lost a loyal customers!!

I was in the mood for a noodle soup. I asked what was in the noodle soup. I was told the same as…read morethe wonton soup, (which there was a picture on the wall) just with noodles. No wonton. It was a very nice size bowl with shrimp, chicken, bbq pork, cabbage, carrots, zucchini, mushrooms, broccoli and lots of noodles. The broth was a little bland, but nothing that a little soy sauce couldn't fix. Tried a little of the chile sauce that was on the table, to a few bites. It was filling and good flavor after adding the soy sauce. The di ing area was clean and the staff were all very nice. I'll be back.

A few weeks ago combo was $23. Today it is $30. That's fine, Israel and Trump's aggression in…read moreIran has destroyed everything and raised prices. But the way they package stuff is not $30 worth of value. Ordered broccoli beef, orange chicken, and mushroom chicken. There was barely any mushroom chicken and the orange chicken was just dumped on top of it. Def not a $30 value. And the crab wontons are imitation crab and onion salad. Gross.