This is my 3rd time coming here but this time it hits different. This review was for the sotanghon now thats BUSSIN!. The sotanghon noodles wasn't over cooked with the right consistency of sauce was perfect to my liking. They know how to get down with the buns for the chicken siopao its fluffy and not dry. Next time I will ask if they have pork siopao with eggs. The lomi was okay it was just plain simple which did the justice. They always have wonderful service. If you want to dine in they also got tables to sit. read more

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The pancit miki-bihon is just as it was when I was a kid. Same taste, same everything. Still as delicious as I remember from all the Filipino family parties. So happy to see they're still in business doing their thing. Parking isn't great. Only street parking, and it's right in Sunset. But you can find a spot on the residential street around the corner. read more

Little Ongpin - Pancit miki-bihon. The best of them! - Filipino Near Me - Los Angeles, California

We've been ordering from this tiny Filipino restaurant for years. We always get our Lumpia Shanghai (Filipino Eggrolls) from here, and they're amazing! Their Sisig is a little bit different from other places that I've ordered. It's more like just chopped up pork, and doesn't have the crunchy texture that you would expect. Their Pancit is also good. read more

1 1/2 minute read; This Filipino Eatery is cafeteria style service. There's a steam table featuring about 15-20 items. I chose fried fish & Chow Mein. My wife had Pancit Bijon. Both are favored by many. I'll be posting other items as soon as I can. The Servers are friendly & polite. The service is quick. Parking is street limited but there's an adjacent lot to the right of the restaurant. read more

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This place is not clean. I used to walk my dog by the restaurant for years, and the back area was disgusting with a strong garbage smell, and a look of neglect and squaler, and a pungent smell that reeked of decay. read more

The food was delicious and well-prepared, making it ideal for the Christmas holiday. Everything was ready to serve, allowing us to enjoy the meal with ease and convenience. read more

If you're craving for filipino carinderia style food. It's the way to go, very close to most skilled nursing facility in the area. Stop by for lunch or even for dinner. I ordered relyenong bangus here last holidays for good deal. read more

Little Ongpin is a little eatery in LA near Kaiser Hospital. I love their freshly cooked Pansit Bihon and their soups (my favorites). They also have cooked dishes ready. Their Sisig is really good, not fatty. They make their own siopao, siomai and other stuff. I just loved this place! I live far but I frequent this place. read more

Once awhile only if you like to eat micki bihon and it's not your own cooking. Didn't taste the same the first order we ate.

Day 3 of attending to dad in the hospital and my mom and I were looking for lunch options within walking distance from the hospital. Having checked out Lutong Bahay along Vermont and turned off by separate eating area above the store/kitchen leading us to try out Manila Sunset (which we thought was pretty good), my mom and I ventured out to check Little Ongpin for a late lunch. Located along Sunset Blvd., this cozy place actually has a decent amount of seating although parking is limited to street side parking. They offer pre-cooked options or one can order meals freshly prepared. This being a place that specializes in noddle dishes (or so we thought), my mom ordered the Chicken Mami and I tried their Pancit Palabok. We also both ordered siopao. It was a good thing we ordered siopao because it took a long while for our orders to be delivered. Siopao was decent, having been freshly steamed. While waiting for our food, however, we found out that they ran out of forks and they didn't have any chopsticks! Hmmm, I wonder how challenging it would be to eat noodles with a spoon and only a spoon? We soon found out that eating noddles with a spoon, while possible, is hardly ideal. Mom thought her chicken mami lacked flavor, as she searched for some fish sauce to add flavor. My palabok was served with a lemon wedge...what Filipino restaurant in LA doesn't have the iconic calamansi to serve with palabok? Say it isn't so! Anyway, the noodles in the palabok were a bit undercooked and still somewhat crunchy. The sauce was OK and I dare say the palabok my mom or sister makes has a lot more flavor than the one at Little Ongpin...and they use sauce prepared from a package bought from a store. All in all, a disappointing dining experience. Oh yeah, when we were pretty much done eating, a delivery of plates and forks finally arrived...and the lady behind the counter sheepishly offered us some forks to finish our meals with. read more

Little Ongpin - Chicken mami...portions were pretty generous but lacked flavor - Filipino Near Me - Los Angeles, California

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I am a patient at Kaiser and so I always like to bring the nurses and the technician something and this is a perfect place to pick up pork buns, chicken bun, and pancit , which they all enjoy read more

Nasty food. I Ordered the chicken porridge and there was barely any chicken in it. It was delivered with one slice of rotten lemon on top of the container. They did not have the courtesy to put the slice of lemon in a container or plastic bag. Little shitpin read more

I've never dined in but have had their food several times in different house parties. Pretty consistent quality and flavor for the Pancit & Lumpia Egg Rolls. Didn't know I had been enjoying their food for years. Seems like the go to provider for Filipino Traditional fare for this area and not so far nearby. Worth driving into the city even though we are in the neighborhood of Pinoy Avenue. read more

The food here was good! Everything was freshly made. I really liked their Maki soup, siopao and siomai. Service is great as well.

I woke up and had a craving. I wanted Filipino food. I wanted siopao. I wanted to taste the food of my people. I wanted something new... Like any good yelper, I looked at what was around and decided to give this place a shot (you should always try new things). Upon entering the restaurant i saw a glass display showcasing the foods. It's a "turo turo" type join - just imagine the display of ready made foods at Panda Express. The pickings were slim, but I was there for the siopao. I ordered one siopao asado. It's the Filipino take of a Chinese steamed bun and I ordered arroz caldo a Filipino rice porridge. The siopao did the trick. The bun was nice and fluffy with a little push and bounce back from each bite. It was not dry at all. The moisture was perfect and the pork inside was meaty and chewy in the good way. I was pleasantly surprised and happy. Also, these things are cheap. It was under two bucks, if I recall? The arroz caldo took some time. They had to make it in the back, but it did take about fifteen to twenty minutes. When it came out, it was scalding hot (they just made it). It looked like arroz caldo, but there were no traditional accouterments. There was no citrus, salt, or pepper to garnish my bowl. The chicken was off the bone and cut it little segments. While I appreciate the usage of dark meat, the chicken texture felt tough and rubbery. I was disappointed with this. I ended the meal with a carioca. A filipino kebob of sweet chewy caramelized coated rice coconut dough balls. Again, they know how to do dough based products. The chew and bounce of this dessert were dreamy and divine. The caramelized sugar that coated each ball was not overbearing, and as thin as the coating was I felt a crystalized crack of joy in each bite. Go here if you get the cheap stuff, but stray away from the arroz caldo. I did not try the noodle dishes, but am a little scared of it due to my experience with their rice porridge. read more

Heard about this mom and pop Filipino restaurant thanks to some friends who said this was their go to Lumpia restaurant even though they live about 20 miles away. Its maybe 2 blocks and walking distance from Kaiser Hospital. Don't let the neighborhood impact your decision to come here because once you open the front door you are warmly greeted by their staff and feel very welcome. Yes- it's a quaint restaurant and very casual but the food is delicious. We ordered the Lumpia Shanghai, fried siomai, Turon, leche flan and Filipino spaghetti for my 11 year old nephew. I will start off with the spaghetti- while I am usually not a fan of sweet spaghetti- I found this to be very flavorful. My nephew finished it and said he wouldn't mind ordering it again. As expected, the lumpia was excellent. Hot, Crispy, flavorful and something that can prove to be quite dangerous if you are watching your diet Turon was ok. In terms of taste it was like any other. What I recall though is that it was much smaller than others I have had. Leche flan was excellent and a must try. Siomai was good too! I love this mom and pop restaurant for their hospitality, great food and fair prices. Will definitely return when I am in the area! Ps- no pictures to share because we ate the food faster than I could take a photo read more

It's ok not much when coming late in the day. Parking sucks if after 6pm. What you do there is point to what you want and pay. Sit yourself and enjoy. I went there to pick up some veggie egg roll. Which is $1.00 a piece. It's good but kinda small for its size. Usually the egg rolls are thicker this one was not as thick as other Filipino restaurants. Place is kept clean as what I can see from the dining area. Looks Old but why would you need it to be fancy or trendy it's just a whole in the wall Filipino restaurant with new menu sign. read more

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Bad customer service. The workers don't speak or acknowledge you. The food is ok. It lacks flavor, and the restaurant stinks. Honestly, I think the health department need to pay them a visit. read more

Little Ongpin serves some of the classic Chinese-Filipino dishes you expect to find at restaurants in places like Binondo or even Pasay in the Philippines. Yes, this place is the epitome of "hole-in-the-wall;" however, the food makes up for it. FOOD: x2 Maki (x1 with noodles; x1 without): Commonly (and erroneously) referred to as "Gawgaw," the Maki here is pretty authentic. The starchy broth had a good consistency and decent flavor, the slices of beef were tender, and the thin egg noodles were plentiful and cooked well. Lomi: Good. The portion size is great and will definitely leave you full. The generous serving of thick rice noodles were cooked just right, the broth was rich and flavorful, and was accompanied by plenty of sliced beef and shrimp. Kikiam: A perfect partner to any type of soup. The bean curd wrapper was a tad overcooked but it had a great crunch to it, while the pork and shrimp filling was flavorful and tender. It's accompanied by a slightly sweet dark brown sauce for dipping. Legit. Fried Siomai: Like the Kikiam, this was fried to a crisp and until golden brown. Each piece of Siomai was stuffed generously with pork, making it another good dish to share with someone or partner with your bowl of Maki or Lomi. However, my family is old school and prefers steamed Siomai. Siopao: Decent, but I've certainly had better; we ordered both the Bola Bola and Asado. Given how soft and fluffy the buns were, we knew from the first bite that Siopao we received were freshly steamed. Taste wise, it was just okay. The filling wasn't necessarily bland but it wasn't flavorful, either; the Bola Bola in particular was missing some ingredients. I'd like to see a little more filling in the future, too. Each Siopao comes with a slightly thick and dark brown sauce for added flavor. If none of those dishes appeal to you, rest assured that the familiar Filipino favorites you see at turo-turo joints can also be ordered here. All things considered, the Chinese-Filipino dishes my family and I ordered at Little Ongpin are pretty authentic and fill a craving. read more

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I ordered 1/2lb lechon kawali for pick up. Arrived home only to find out they gave me the reheated lechon kawali (previous day). Lesson learned check your order before leaving so the won't give you the previous days food. read more

Filipino food from around the way. Standard family faves. Love this place. Warning: Parking not always easy.

This place fucks, idk what's wrong with people. I got the miki bihon. Did i know what that was? No i did not. Could I surmise that it was noodles and look it up later? Yes I could. It was delicious. And the amount of food for $10 is wild. The vibes are fine, it's mostly takeout. I bet the people who complain about the lighting are the same people who complain about automatic gratuities in nice restaurants. Gtfoh read more

Every time i crave for Filipino food, this is my go to place. Pansit and siopao are the best! It is a small restaurant in sunset blvd. Come and taste the pansit and siopao read more

I work close by at Kaiser and have ordered here multiple times for work events. I normally order pan sizes of their lumpia, miki bihon, and turon. Food is fresh and very good. Coworkers always compliment the food when I order from here. Highly recommend when you are near to try this place out. I've never had their turo-turo type dishes so I can't comment on that, but definitely highly satisfied with the freshly made items mentioned above. read more

Great little hidden gem! Food is always delicious and portions are always to the brim they really hook it up and at old school prices. Miki bihon is bomb and soimai steam little dumpling things are tasty! read more

"Met this lil lady, she was fresh from the I. She smelled like bagoong, it almost made me cry. I said to her head "Do you eat billy goat?" She looked at me and said "No. Only balut." I'm a Filipino, I'm a Filipino. My hair is so high. My, my, my."-"I'm a Filipino", 3 Local Boyz Turo turo = Point point at what you want want Discovered this place while looking for someplace to eat during my many f/u visits to the bone marrow transplant unit on the eight floor of Kaiser Permanente on 1515 N Vermont. Inexpensive, ready made Filipino food for a quick meal is what Little Ongpin is all about. Interior-wise, not someplace to impress a date. No A/C to beat the heat. However, cheap entrée combinations are the calling card for Little Ongpin. Adobo, dinuguan, menudo, bistek, mochado, pried pish & the rest of the usual suspects are well represented. Want hot buns in your hands? I know I do! Steamed siopao are $1.75 each or 12/$20 I've had their beef lomi soup & have enjoyed it. Ditto for their pancit miki-bihon. You're in for a real treat during the weekends, where traditional Filipino breakfast items greet those that stumble out of bed to come here. If dried herring, smoked galunggong, longanisa, corned beef & champorado sound good to you, then breakfast is served, manang! Service has been okay. A few booths available to enjoy your meal, with a flatscreen having Filipino news, game shows or the trending telenovela for your viewing pleasure. Parking is street & residential in the surrounding area. Flip out for Filipino food, in Little Armenia of all places. Why not? Cheap prices on entrée combinations, with breakfast on the weekend will keep the Filipinos coming like a liquidation sale on Spam. And non-Filipinos that enjoy Filipino food, too! You can go to Kaiser Permanente for your high blood pressure & cholesterol, and afterwards, come here to maintain said high blood pressure & cholesterol. Win win! Recommend! NOMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOM read more

They definitely have the best beef Lomi (beef thick flour noodle soup). I come just for that!!!!! So bomb that it runs out daily! #grublife #foodporn read more

Little Ongpin - Filipino Near Me - Los Angeles, California

Food was ok! Ordered steam bun and shumai! A bit over priced. Couldn't find anyone in the front so I called out which I hate to do. Lady was kind of hyper and forgot napkins and chili sauce which has spilled all over. I asked for a plastic bag to put chili sauce. She seemed annoyed. I'll go to Won Kok in Chinatown instead although it's out of my way. More satisfied with food there. Gave Little Ongpin a second chance and no mas! read more

Just moved to L.A, and this place is right around the corner from my place. Needed to get some filipino food that could remind me of my moms back home. It was convenient, and also the lady was a cute little filipino lady and she was so nice! I got adobo, and this spicy chicken thing that ive never had( even back home) , sooo good. Its not fancy or anything but a place to get great comfort food. Also hearing a lot of hype about a certain soup there so I will be coming back! read more

Miki-bihon is better known as my nostalgic childhood food. I love this place because it's true Filipino cuisine. I've tried about everything but their diniguan is my favorite of all time. I like to compare siopaos with Kowloon and Ongpin but I think Ongpin wins on that one. I love their breakfast on the weekend! Make sure to take a gander and taste on that. read more

Little Ongpin - Bangus and Tocino - Filipino Near Me - Los Angeles, California

Having been away from home for a long time, this place has revived the Filipino blood in me! The LOMI warmed my heart with the depth of flavors it has! The noodles were perfectly portioned with the soup. The shrimp was cooked to perfection, it wasn't chewy at all. It isn't a spicy soup so I added some chili garlic (by request) and it made the soup even better! This soup got me excited into trying other food in this spot when I visit LA again. I highly recommend others to try their LOMI for $6(plus tax). Worth the money and the wait (we waited 30mins since we arrived mins after they opened) !!! read more

I remember going to the original restaurant in historic Filipino town when I was a kid. It has been decades since I've tried their famous Miki bihon. I was really looking forward to it but today's version didn't have much taste. The lumpia tasted smoked which is an odd taste for lumpia. I also had the siomai with soup which had too much black pepper for my liking. My family tried the munggo which she sent back to the kitchen. The place is old ... which I expected, but the tables were not cleaned on a regular basis. There is no distinct trash can to throw away your used plates, etc. Sadly I won't be returning to this particular location. My hope is that my mediocre experience is just because of the cook and management of this location. I'll eventually return to the original location to give it one more try. read more

This hole in the wall filipino place is delicious. They don't have a website, but at least they take credit cards, and their catering prices are pretty cheap. I love their beef pepper which is small cuts of beef with peppers and in sauce. Their miki bihon is also really good, and they can make it vegetarian, which I appreciate. It's worth a try if you're in the area. read more

Imagine my surprise when I was driving by and noticed this Filipino restaurant. I've been to the location in Eagle Rock and in Historic Filipino Town on the outskirts of downtown and so I'm no stranger to this eatery and it's offerings. They also have the same "turo-turo" style dining or "point-point" where you can get 1, 2 or 3 entrees with two scoops of steamed white rice. This time I had what is known as dinuguan or as we used to call it as kids, "chocolate meat". It was very good. For my second entree, I had the beef caldereta which is a tomato-based stew with chunks of beef, bell peppers, peas, and potatoes. It was tasty as well! I also had a craving for chicken siopao, which is a steamed bun with meat inside. It comes with a sweet brown sauce and this was on point as well. They sell the siopao for $1.75 each or 12 for $20 which discounts it to about $1.67 each when you buy it in bulk. In addition, they have steamed siomai ready to go which is a steamed dumpling as well as a few Filipino desserts like bibingka, a rice cake, and turon, deep fried banana wrapped in an egg roll wrapper with a sweet sticky coating. I'll have to try some of the noodles that they are known for sometime in the future. Glad I saw this because it's a great place to get relatively cheap Filipino cuisine. read more

I hope I'm not disclosing too much, but this place is 5 minutes from my house. Little Ongpin is greasy spoon, down home authentic turo-turo (point-point) Filipino food. Their pancit here is good, not too oily and has some good flavor. You can special order a lot of their items they don't normally have in their steam trays if you call ahead. All their fried stuff is...well, what can I say. You can't go wrong with fried. Just don't eat too much or your cholesterol levels will get you put on Lipitor. I've seen their health dept. rating fluctuate over the years between a C (for clean lol) and B. What can you do with the fryolator being the main cooking appliance, right? That oil just goes EVERYWHERE. Just get your food to go like all the Kaiser employees do and you'll be just fine. Good, cheap, Filipino food. Make it part of a balanced diet. read more

Best noodles in Los Angeles!! our high school friends call this place home. Every time we speak about Filipino food in Los Angeles, for now hands down to the chef for keeping that authentic taste. I grew up in Echo Park as a low income family. Little Ongpin was the back kitchen sitting in the corner of Beverly Blvd and Union in Echo Park. Many youth who grew up around this neighborhood called this place home. Belmont High School and Virgil Jr High School alumni will tell you who makes the best noodles in LA. Serving the Echo Park neighborhood for almost 30 years. Ongpin means a suburb in the Phillipines where the Chinese community local farmers markets sits. Here you'll find indoor/outdoor eatery. This is a togo and can sit approx 20 people. It is a very small place serving great quality authentic chinese noodles and dim sum. about a half mile away from Downtown Los Angeles, China Town and Little Tokyo. My childhood lives here forever... Little Ongpin gives that vibe as if you were back in the Phillipines with that raunchy feel of an out door/ indoor surburbs market eatery yet servicing LA as one of the best authentic Chinese food. Ask the Belmont/Virgil alumnis who make the best noodles and siopao in Los Angeles. other surrounding suggested eatery: The World famous Tommy's ( original location) Beverly and Rampart Bahay Kubo authentic Filipino cuisine on Temple and Parkview Bernie's BBQ on Glendale and 1st st. read more

I come here weekly. They serve pre cooked Filipino dishes or if you got some time to kill, you can have them freshly cook. Too many Filipino dishes to mention. For example: adobo, dinuguan, sisig, sinigang, menudo, siopao, lumpia, and the list goes on. The dining area isn't bad at all. A maximum of 30 or more personnel capacity. Free drinking water. Parking is a little bit tough around the area. Authentic Filipino food highly recommend! read more

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On 9/18/17 I at around 3pm , I ordered whole lechon ( whole roasted pig) for my baby's upcoming b - day at Little Ongpin at Sunset and Alexandria , I payed cash $338 .. ( with 100 bills x 3 and $50) . The cashier run my money to their machine to see if it's a fake money , in other words , it's not, everything went fine , I got my change and move on to my next errand . On 9/19/17 at 1045 am , I recieved a call from the Little Ongpin's cashier and owner saying there is a problem with the currency I payed , 2 $100 are fake . I went to the place asap, I tried to question them that when I did my payment yesterday everything went fine , my money is not fake and it came from the same bank with the rest of my 4 g that I've been spending for my son's preparation for his birthday. The cashier stated , the counterfeit scanner is new and she is not sure and don't really know how to use it, the owner show me this $ 200 with same serial number but the sec I saw it and touch it I knew this was not the money I payed , i told them that and when I asked the other $100 , he said , there was no problem with the other hundred and he cannot show it back to me. The conversation goes back and forth , people are listening and watching , which at this moment , I don't give a damn. I asked how could that be , like I have mentioned I know the money I payed bec it was sticking to each other , coz it was a new money and I even count it twice in front of cashier , the money they are trying to return to me was obviously not right one and he got it from his old wallet , in front of me . He said the order won't be complete unless I payed $ 200 , he gave me this $200 fake money ... I don't want to make a scene and be famous for useless reason so I left the place . I was very upset , to the point that I cried to my husband , not bec of how much I lost but bec people could be so evil for whatever it's worth and these type of people do exist . I just thought of this as another lesson to learn . What goes around comes around . My actual review is way beyond disappointing, but I have to put 1 star to post my review. read more

good food, though they charge extra when you use credit card and charge tax when you pay in cash

The only place where I can get my favorite filipino -chinese food like machang, maki soup, siopao, lomi