Little China

Reviews

• Min Joo L.

  star star star star star_border 13 June 2026

  Me and my mom's friend took us to this place in Gardena. It's a hole in the wall kind of chinese restaurant. We ordered fried dumplings and eight seafood treasure. The order came out pretty quickly and while I was waiting for our order, I kept on eating the cabbage kimchi. The cabbage kimchi was pretty good. The fried dumpling was pretty big. We each had 2 dumplings and I was satiated by the time I finished those big dumplings. The seafood treasure was good too.
  It comes in big portions, so we three couldn't finish it. We ordered extra gyoza sauce, but the sauce was enough inside the dish and every time I ate it, my eyes got watery and the nose got all hot. That's what the seafood treasure is supposed to do for you. Anyways, it was good.
  I would like to try the black bean noodles if there is a next time.

• Jane C.

  star star star star_border star_border 11 June 2026

  A typical Korean-owned Chinese restaurant. I used to go to one in Koreatown with red doors (don't recall the name) when I was growing up. My boyfriend took me to this location.
  
  Honestly, I cant hate on the food. It's tasty and the portions are sufficient. We always split the jja jjang myung (black bean noodles) and tang soo yook (sweet pork with pineapples) and always go home with half the tang soo yook uneaten.
  
  The reason why I deduct two stars is for their service, or lack thereof. The waiters all look miserable and annoyed when you ask for ice water instead of the jet-fuel black tea they nornally service. Beware! If you are sensitive to caffeine, stay away from the tea. I know it's suppose to help slosh down the oily-ness of the food, but I was up all night.
  
  Despite the service, I keep coming back...or maybe bc my bf keeps dragging me back...

• Tony C.

  star star star star star_border 26 May 2026

  This place brings me back to my young days as a child.
  
  The place never changed and the food is still as good as I remembered.
  
  The noodles and the sauce is heavenly.
  
  The sweet and sour pork is fried perfectly with the best sauce.
  
  The seafood soup is so good!!!

• Helen T.

  star star star star star 25 May 2026

  This is what I thought was authentic Chinese food as a second generation Korean-American growing up in Los Angeles.  My parents took me to this restaurant with their friends and their families and we would order our typical cast of menu items:  Noodle with bean sauce (jja jang mien or Gan jja jang mien), spicy seafood noodle soup, fried dumplings, and sweet and sour pork.  All the wait staff speak Korean and all the menu items are in English, Chinese, and Korean.  It's Chinese food that's been co-opted to meet the Korean taste bud.
  
  After over 30 years of coming to this place, here is my proper review of the restaurant:
  
  1. Gan Chiang Mein (Gan jja jang):  This is apparently jja jang mien, but a bit pricer because there are more ingredients mixed into the black bean sauce.  When asked, my mother says we should always get this version of jja jang mien, it's the high-end version!  It was tasty, comforting, and the portion is more than generous!  You can split it into two smaller bowls for fifty cents!
  
  2.  Hot Noodle (Jjang bbong): This is essentially seafood stew with noodles.  It's spicy, warm, comforting, and full of various types of seafood.  You can also split this huge bowl of soup into two for fifty cents.  
  
  3.  Pan fried dumplings:  Nothing unique to say about this, but they are a staple appetizer to share with the group before you eat.  I swear though that these dumplings seem much larger as a kid.  I know I got bigger, but, I swear these are smaller now.
  
  4.  Chinese style sweet and sour pork:  This is deeply battered pork with a sweet and sour sauce.  You typically pour it over the pork, but it's nice that it comes out separately in case you have leftovers and want to avoid soggy batter.  
  
  5. Eggplant with hot garlic sauce:  This one is new, I never ordered this before, but my mother wanted a vegetable.  This was highly battered and entirely unhealthy, but still counted as a vegetable.  Everyone in my family agreed that this was their new favorite dish.  The hot garlic sauce was a nice offset from the sweet and pour pork dish sitting right next to it.
  
  For me, this is comfort food at its best, but for others it may seem like just another korean-chinese restaurant in a strip mall.  Come check it out if you are in the south bay and are craving some korean style chinese food!

• Daniel Dong-Kyu K.

  star star star star_border star_border 24 May 2026

  Never knew this place existed until recently. Food is pretty good, but not the best Korean-Chinese I've ever had.
  
  The Jjamppong was bland, but the noodles themselves were really good with good texture. The jjajangmyun was decent but on the saltier side. The fried shrimp with garlic sauce had good flavor, but it wasn't very crispy. We also ordered the Korean fried chicken in garlic sauce with the bone by the recommendation of the server. It had decent flavor, but there was too much bone in the chicken and hardly any meat. It was also waaaay too saucy.
  
  I wish there were more Korean-Chinese restaurants in the Southbay, but this will have to do for now.