ordered a salmon plate, five chili, crisp dumplings, and a strawberry watermelon refresher. I had my tea cup 2 pound little baby dog in my hands and an employee Yasmine with very huge puffy ponytailtold said to me that I cannot be in the restaurant with my dog so I asked her if she can please put my food to go without a hesitation . When I opened my plate as I was eating, I found a long womans hair on my plate.. I asked the cashier politely to please refund me my money. She said she had to get it approved by her manager. After she spoke to her manager Mayra cashier came back and told me that they couldnt refund me my money but that they could make me another plate I asked for corporate office #. I had lost my appetite and I showed her that I have barely had ate anything I took pictures of my plate. I showed her the piece of hair that I found and put in the napkin to prove what I found on my plate. The manager came and told me that I was lying she walked away from me and was yelling. Shes lying. Shes lying telling all the rest of the employees. Another customer got aggressive with me because I was holding up the line and we said some words back-and-forth as Im walking out the restaurant. The manager Mayra pushed me out of the restaurant, and I started to record her. she said that she had made the plate and that the hair was from my *** *** dog. I asked her to apologize to me for pushing me and she said no and she just kept saying you can go. You can go. You can go on replay. Im very disappointed. You have very bad customer service from Mayra I cant believe she is running the store. She has zero customer service skills. I would like a full refund and an apology from corporate. I do wanna say that there was three more employees the cashier and two cooks and they were professional and nice. But I do recommend for you to have Jasmine wear a hairnet because her hair is too puffy and her hair could be all over your kitchen and youre gonna lose more business If you do not control that issue. and Mayra needs to be fired immediately because she doesnt have any customer service skills. I do have a video and your location has cameras to see and verify that Mayra used her chest and stomach to pushed me. I will never return here. I will never give business to Waba grill in this location. read more

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Store nice but the price is high the surrounding is bad.May be they clean inside and out side that because restaurant

Will stick to driving to garden grove area waba grill over this location. I don't know if the cooks trolled me because they gave me a bed of spicy carrots and jalapeño with huge broccoli hardly any chicken, there was more of the side of avocado than chicken. They were bickering in the back and I had a hunch it wasn't going to be good. The cashier is nice great customer service Overall smh not worth $19 not a great location plus no waba grill sauce bottles available read more

My food was tasty and I love the music selection playing . Food came fast. The pretty lady that's kinda tall was training a kid at the register I think she's the chef she had on a chef coat real patient and the kid caught on quick. Great overall experience. read more

First time here so didn't really know what the menu was like. It's basically a teriyaki bowl place. I don't know the difference between the bowls and the plates. Because they both come with meat / rice. I just know the plate comes with a side salad. Are the portions the same? Anyway I got the white rice bowl with chicken with the standard waba sauce. And a order of dumplings. The service was professional. Food came out pretty quick. Everything was good, moist delicious chicken, on perfectly cooked white rice. I did get 1 of each of their sauces to try. They were all spicy. The chili sauce for the wontons was not that hot and was a little sweet, I liked it a lot. My favorite sauce was the Garlic Serrano sauce. Spicy but good. The only thing that bothered me is that they were out of green onion and for me I love a lot of green onion on my teriyaki bowls and sesame seeds. I think they need to keep eye on their stock because from some people green onion is a must. Also the portion sizes was a bit small. I will see if they can add extra meat or something because they didn't really "fill" the bowl with that much rice and it's a small amount of chicken. But they did not mind giving us as much sauce as we wanted, which was cool. read more

Whoever was working on 07/28 at 2:25pm was extremely rude. I was not even properly greeted, I was simply asked if I was here for a pick up order. When it came time for him to take my order, I was met with single word questions and was cut off before I could even finish my sentence. He was just an extremely rude and curt person and I felt extremely intimidated by that man. Please work on your custumer service. It also smells horrible in there I lost my appetite. read more

The food was good, price was reasonable. The service was good, and the ambiance is just ok.

This place advertises about being one of the healthier fast foods out there. They share how their food offers low carbs and high proteins. I think they live up to that based off their menu, but they have very few options. It's like you can order their chicken, beef or both. They have a few other options, but this seems to be their main source of protein. Wanted to try everything WaBa Grill had to offer, so I tried to the WaBa plate and some dumplings. The WaBa plate is like their chicken and beef combo plate with a side of salad and a fruit. Everything was simply seasoned and tasted very good. Their brown rice was actually cooked unlike some restaurants I've been to. The salad had a simple vinaigrette. My review would've been a 4 star even with their limited options, but the chef managed to burn 2 out of 5 dumplings. I feel uncomfortable giving this place 4 stars because the quality of their food may be inconsistent based off my experience. read more

WaBa Grill - WaBa plate and dumplings - Fast Food Near Me - Signal Hill, California

I eat from this location pretty often now and I think this maybe be the best waba grill in town. The customer service is always great. Its very tidy and clean, although small. One of the employees, Jessica has helped me a few times and she amazing every time. She prepared my food with care and is very generous with the portions. read more

WaBa Grill - Steak and shrimp bowl with avocado - Fast Food Near Me - Signal Hill, California

They are the most dirties WaBa I ever seen, when you go there just watch they guy who has glove to cut meat he touch everything els with same hand, if you care about your health please DO NOT GO but if you don't care go get you half poison half meal loll Carrots look like the have mold or something they look so old and taste frozen same thing with avocado And when you just watch where they pickup the meat and where they cut them and put to your bowl eeew sorry never ever going back and supporting this kind of Business read more

WaBa Grill - Eeew mold ? Poison ? What is that Most of them like that and surprisedly customer don't care neither the business. - Fast Food Near Me - Signal Hill, California

Ordered through Uber eats, order was confirmed yet restaurant canceled without calling me, the client. There should have been a check somewhere and phone call. Not just canceling things. When I called they knew my name, so that didn't make sense at all. read more

This is a good location, in my opinion. I've never had an issue with ordering food from this spot. Normally I call it in and take it to go. The staff has always been friendly and professional over the phone and in-person as well when I go in to pay. Now onto the food. I used to only order their chicken bowls, but my boyfriend gets the combo plate (chicken and beef) and he got me into the beef as well. I now order my plate with white meat chicken and beef with brown rice. Their brown rice has always been perfectly cooked in my experiences and not dry. I also usually ask for only broccoli instead of the salad and they are pretty accommodating with that. A couple of times they're messed up and given me all the veggies (broccoli, carrot and cabbage) and I don't mind because I like it all, but I prefer broccoli because I feel it's more nutritional in general and filling. Now onto the sauces - yeah the sriracha is good and don't even get me started on the waba sauce, but have you tried their garlic serrano sauce??? Amazingly delicious! I actually only use that instead of the sriracha and I also don't usually add extra waba sauce. Just whatever comes on the meat already. I believe they make the garlic serrano sauce in-house because they serve it in those little plastic cups with the lids. It's seriously so good though. I'll continue to come to this location for takeout whenever I take food home to my boyfriend and his boys. We all approve! read more

I like coming here for their chicken and veggie bowl. But they keep forgetting to add my avocado. And I payed for it too. Second time it happens Reminder to check before leaving.. read more

WaBa Grill - Chicken and veggie bowl. They forgot my avocado - Fast Food Near Me - Signal Hill, California

Updating my previous review, as I've ordered from here several times since my first review and it has not continued to be good. I like the menu a lot, and the online ordering is awesome. However, there always seems to be an issue with my food itself. Once there was a big long hair just sitting right on top of the bowl. There have been multiple times they have left out items or ignored special requiests. I continued to order for lunch because it was close, quick and convenient to work. But no more. Today, my food literally tasted like dish soap. Like someone accidentally sprayed my food with a cleaning solution or did not properly rinse utensils/bowls/whatever before handling the food. I can't taste anything but Dawn, and it's really gross and overpowering. I think this is the last time I'll order from here. read more

Seriously?!? My husband got our order to go; when he got home, I open up my food and see a piece of salmon smaller than a post-it and a ton of salad. And I'm hangry too. I'm so annoyed. read more

WaBa Grill - Tiny chunk of salmon on a giant bed of salad. - Fast Food Near Me - Signal Hill, California

The beef bowl was good but the chicken smelled rotten. I've visited several Other locations without an issue but the chicken here actually smelled rotten- it was so disgusting. Unbelievable that they would serve customers bad chicken. read more

WaBa Grill - Rotten smelling Chicken Bowl - Fast Food Near Me - Signal Hill, California

This location is a mess. We would do our office lunches from them and today was our final straw. They forgot literally 1/2 the order and the avocado that they charged us more for. No sauces, no napkins, no utensils (when I specially asked for some when placing my delivery order). We just got some bowls of rice with a little chicken. I followed up with the store twice and the manager was "too busy to help" and would call me back. hours later and no call. smh. Try Golden Bowl down road. WAY bigger portions, same price and much more consistent. read more

Food was meh, but 3 stars seems right. WaBa was highly recommended by a friend, and I was excited to try it. I ordered a salmon bowl with brown rice and veggies. Salmon and rice were bland and the carrot and broccoli that came with the bowl were tasteless. I might have better luck with a chicken dish, but I don't think I'll go back. Staff was friendly and food seemed well prepared. read more

The more and more i go here the more i hate it! Decided to once again give this place a chance and they failed.. Asked for avocado on my bowls and not one of them had any.. Are the cooks not reading the tickets?? Are the cashiers not inputting the correct orders?? Who know's but for sure won't be coming back here again.. Waiting for the new one to open on willow and pacific. Maybe better service there because this Waba grill location is NOT making the bowl to how the customer wants it! They make it the way they want you to have it! read more

WaBa Grill - Where is the avocado i ordered?? Smh - Fast Food Near Me - Signal Hill, California

Very disappointed!! Bad food , bad service , bad cooks For the location of this restaurant they should have way better service ... i order # 3 Waba plate chicken + steak This shhhh looks like # 3 Waba chicken + road kill !!! Nasty , that looks and tastes like the worst meat ever The left overs .... paid 24$ dolla for two plates ... No mmmm mmeeeen !!!! Mejor coman frijoles at home !!! Dont Try this place .... the OnLy fresh meal on this plate was the Orange ... Worst place ever , cashiers need a boyfriend .. A little sunshine in their lifes so they do a good happy job read more

WaBa Grill - Fast Food Near Me - Signal Hill, California

I had heard of Waba Grill, but until recently had never stepped into one. I discovered this one opened here in my 'hood, so decided to check it out. SERVICE: Order, pay and pick up at the counter when your name is called. Staff was friendly and helpful, answering questions about the menu. https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/waba-grill-signal-hill?select=4sfo4wrt-PPmdSKFPlZ8Tg https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/waba-grill-signal-hill?select=FjnLwDEoqvYTMgcCymiZcw After placing the order they got busy putting it together and it seemed to only took a few minutes until our order was ready. https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/waba-grill-signal-hill?select=BVfCFTKZIvbxwUSFDRN1yA FOOD: We ordered a steak & veggie bowl w/white rice ($8.49) and a chicken plate w/brown rice ($8.25). The beef in the steak bowl was nicely cooked and a really good flavor, veggies were tasty too. https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/waba-grill-signal-hill?select=neX0L4aXTA-_jh6e7kEjBA Chicken plate is a slightly larger portion than the bowl, plus it has a salad and an orange slice. The chicken was also nicely cooked, was really tasty and wasn't over sauced. The salad was fresh and tasty, but under dressed. https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/waba-grill-signal-hill?select=aR4yZAH9-EXC1lE8Pfr-CA OVERALL: Very similar menu and flavors to their competitor (sounds like: flame broiler) but the proteins were NOT over cooked and dry like their competitor. Much better because of this and Waba Grill wins this battle for me. read more

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I recently placed an ordered for 10 and drove away with the bags of food only to find that when I arrived home all the meats were missing. I have to admit that I was upset when I realized part of my order was missing however when I called the location they immediately apologized for the mistake. When I arrived to pick up the missing food Jessica was again very apologetic and added dumplings on the house for the mistake! read more

Very slow service. Frustrating that there is no sense of urgency, esp during a lunch rush

The food here was average, but the customer service was excellent! The young lady helping me was also training a coworker. She did both tasks smoothly, with patience and cheerfulness. She helped me pick what to order and sold me on the feet option. The price to feed a family of 7 was super affordable! read more

Just walked in to grab something quick at 8:50. I was told "we don't have any veggies left for a tofu veggie bowl. We're all out of veggies for the night and can't make anymore so.....?" WTF!!!! What do you mean "sooo...?" Sooo you're not closed... make some damn veggies!! That's just a lazy way of saying I'm ready to get off the clock so you're gonna get my shitty customer service!! read more

Chicken, rice, and veggies for $8+? I'll have to pass next time around. Pros ____ -The vegetables were fresh. They were not water laden, as you tend to get when previously frozen vegetables. They were crunchy. -They offer packets of sauce, allowing customers to dress their food at their own discretion. Cons ____ -The food is overpriced. They don't advertise their food as being organic or non-gmo, so I don't see the reason behind the pricing. -The ratios are off. The chicken-veggie/rice bowl consists of 75% rice. -The rice is undercooked. The food isn't anything special. It's no different than any other chicken shop around the area. read more

WaBa Grill - Chicken rice and veggie bowl, sans sauce - Fast Food Near Me - Signal Hill, California

Horrible customer service I came in after being out on hold on my way over to grab food for ten min and the phone was just off the hook. This place has the worst customer service I have ever seen stay far away read more

Don't eat at this location. I got food poisoning from the chicken. Also, my avocado was brown and slimy. Not worth the extra charge. Go to a different location read more

Just your average Asian infused food chain. Wait time is longer then you'd expect. At least meals are under $10. read more

I had the Salmon kale salad and t was soooo good. Only down fall was the cashier did not put enough dressing there for some portions of my salad were dry, actually like half of the salad was dry due to lack of dressing which seriously pissed me off. Aside from that the salad was amazing read more

WaBa Grill - Ps the avocado isn't hiding the salmon, there was seriously nothing but kale under the avocado. - Fast Food Near Me - Signal Hill, California

Our order was incomplete. Called the store directly to let them know. They basically told me since I ordered from Door Dash, they were not culpable, and I have to take my grievance with Door Dash. Ridiculous. Will not order from Waba Grill again. read more

Emiliano is very kind and helpful! He gave us great recommendations on what to order, the food was so good. I will definitely be returning to this WaBa Grill. Excellent customer service. read more

Updated review 2/27/17 Gave you guys another shot tonight. $0.35 upcharge for requesting no rice sub veggies? Isn't your motto "eat smart, be healthy?" Empty carbs just aren't my thing for dinner, Waba Grill, and you should embrace that, not punish me. Lots of love to the friendly workers here who made sure my order was right, but I just can't come back ------------------------------------ A-okay. Today was my first time here. I picked up a half half veggie bowl with brown rice and added avocado due yelp reviews. I would say the portion of beef to chicken was reasonable. However, I must say the beef had far too much teriyaki sauce (did I maybe get the bottom of the bunch?) to be enjoyable. I had to drink a bunch of water to wash it down. Other than that I felt like both the beef and chicken were cooked well. The veggies were delicious but somehow the base of a cabbage made it into my bowl. Have you ever had the base of a cabbage? No? Well that's because it's very bitter. I tried to eat it because I've never actually had the base be put in my food and I figured what the heck, but that is definitely inedible- which makes me wonder about quality control... Overall, though, the staff was warm and welcoming, and my food was ready quickly and I felt the price was reasonable for what I received. Unfortunately, my meal quality fell short of the rave reviews. read more

I knew they were about to close but I decided to try them anyway although they were cleaning up they welcomed me hardly the music was great and they gave me great service I was quite surprised and pleased read more

the signal hill waba grill is by far the best in the biz!!! i love waba grill -great quality and my favorite salmon brown rice with avocado-some sriracha sauce salad and a sweet orange sliced just right.... i'm good to go!! what makes this waba grill stand out is the staff the best and most fun crew you feel like you just joined their family party!!! go to signal hill and see "taja & william" youll have so much fun!! and you'll leave feeling great with great food too !! read more

WaBa Grill - Smiles and Great Grilled Food - Fast Food Near Me - Signal Hill, California

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Yum! Had some hits and misses from this place over the last few years with uncooked rice or dried out chicken but they got their game going on today! Delicious! Super helpful associates, just a really good experience. Thank you! read more

Avo is extra but I was given it anyways :) thanks friendly staff! Chicken rice bowl was yum with saute sauce

Low fat, High protein, and Low carbs is the motto for Waba Grill. Most of the time when you include health, taste, and satisfaction in one sentence you are asking for trouble. Most health conscience restaurants lack flavor and taste, right? Well, Waba Grill is one of the exceptions to the rule. This place is where Fast Food + Asian Fusion = Absolute Deliciousness. Waba Grill is known for its Charbroiled Chicken & Steak bowls/plates with white or brown rice. Plus, why not throw a few vegetables in there too! The chicken is skinless, boneless and you have the option to get all white meat (of course that's extra $$). The steak seems of high quality; unlike other fusion chains where the meat doesn't look like actual meat. Unfortunately, I can't speak on the Salmon and Shrimp entrees but I'm sure you can find a picture or review regarding the same. The specialty that keeps me smiling here is a side order of Ribs. I don't order them for myself but I will usually steal one or two off my "companion's" plate. Also, I do like that they have a small service bar with green onions and peppers for add-ons. So far the service and quality has been pleasant at this establishment. My only complaint for the company is the seasonal fruit. How long is the ORANGE in season? Could you possibly offer me an apple, mango, pineapple slice, melon, strawberry, or even a grape? There are so many fruit options. Overall, I like this place for eating smart and healthy. Side Note: Their Waba Sauce/Teriyaki Sauce is pretty stellar. read more

WaBa Grill - Chicken Plate with Brown Rice - Side of Ribs - Fast Food Near Me - Signal Hill, California

Unhappy with the portions of my half & half bowl. The meat is scarcely scattered across a heaping amount of rice. First time. Was looking forward to trying this, but there isn't much to try. read more

WaBa Grill - $7.63 for a half&half bowl AKA sprinkled meat on top of white rice that's 4x the amount of meat. Skimp, much?? - Fast Food Near Me - Signal Hill, California

We just ate here a few days ago. First time there and first time at any Waba Grill. When we first walked in we were greeted by the entire staff. Menu was easy to understand, good options, and reasonable prices. To me it comes off similar to Flame Broiler, but I feel Waba is a tad fancier and more items like the salad. I chose the Waba plate which is half and half with the kale salad. The chicken and beef were delicious!! The kale salad was very good! We really enjoyed the food and will come back. Wish there was a closer one to home though. Karena (sorry about spelling if wrong) was a great employee! She offered to refill our drinks, take our trash, and get my wife to-go lids. Service that you expect at a fine dining restaurant! Thank you! read more

WaBa Grill - Waba Plate with kale salad! - Fast Food Near Me - Signal Hill, California

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