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NORTHERN CHINA - Reviews
294 9th St, 94103 San Francisco
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Visit Type
- Quick Meal
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- Dine-in
Wait Time
- Long (31+ min.)
2
Long wait for dishes
My experience at the restaurant was marred by a significant delay in receiving our food. We had been waiting for over 20 minutes and our dishes had still not been served.
- waiting time2
Price per Person
- $11–$20
Visit Type
- Casual Outing
Service Type
- Dine-in
Wait Time
- Immediate (0–5 min.)
9
Delicious Food, Great Family Restaurant
I absolutely love this place! It's one of the best restaurants in the neighborhood. The family that runs it is quite nice.
They offer delicious food and a large menu. I will definitely be back!
- food10
- menu9
- family9
Visit Type
- Food Exploration
Service Type
- Dine-in
Wait Time
- Immediate (0–5 min.)
9
SO SO YUMMYYY! Hit the Spot!
My experience at this restaurant was SO SO YUMMYYY! This hit the spot 😍😩. We actually came here after another meal that we weren’t satisfied with.
The best were the Chicken skewers and Taiwanese sausage skewers. The seaweed salad was also excellent. Next time we’ll come for a proper meal and get some much more!
- Chicken skewers10
- Taiwanese sausage skewers10
- seaweed salad9
Visit Type
- Food Exploration
Service Type
- Dine-in
3
Skewers: Quality vs. Price Disappointing
My experience at the restaurant involved trying some skewers. Unfortunately, I felt that the quality and quantity of the skewers were not worth the price. On a positive note, I did appreciate the convenience of ordering via phone, and how the items were promptly brought to the table.
- order with your phone8
- brought out to you8
- skewers3
- quality3
- quantity3
Price per Person
- $51–$60
Visit Type
- Food Exploration
Service Type
- Dine-in
Meal Type
- Dinner
9
Delicious Thin Sliced Beef Iron Pot!
My experience at the restaurant was fantastic, primarily due to the food. The thin sliced beef iron pot was an absolute must-order and incredibly delicious. The overall food quality was rated a 5 out of 5, and the atmosphere was also quite enjoyable, scoring a 4.
The service was equally good, also receiving a 4. It was a great dinner experience.
- thin sliced beef iron pot10
- food quality10
- atmosphere8
Price per Person
- $41–$50
Visit Type
- Food Exploration
Service Type
- Dine-in
Meal Type
- Dinner
10
Authentic BBQ Gem
Wow. My experience at this restaurant was amazing. I had an authentic honest bbq dinner.
I highly recommend checking this place out if you are looking for authentic honest bbq.
- authentic honest bbq10
Price per Person
- $21–$30
Visit Type
- Food Exploration
Group Type
- Couple
Group Size
- Couple
Service Type
- Dine-in
Meal Type
- Dinner
Noise Level
- Loud
7
Fun Vibe, Great Portions, Service Needs Work
Bring an apron or something to cover your clothes. You'll have so much fun, you'll stain your clothes. Don’t wear white shirts :) The friendly husband is the chief chef and the beautiful slender sweet young wife is managing the place.
Tin, a young gentleman, my table server was a bit shy but I got him to smile in the end with my money flower + tip. Abby, your table servant needs to be trained how to be a table servant. He doesn't have the knowledge of the dishes.
He needs basic greetings. Please get a restaurant consultant to upgrade your services. It's usually the services that make people come everyday.
HOURS OF OPERATION 5 🌟 Open till late. Later than most places. Call and check TOILET - clean and beautiful.
Ladies, you will appreciate this toilet. WHEN TO COME HERE If you worked till late and need to eat something to compliment rice, got hungry after tumbling on the bed, went to a bar or nightclub and got hungry, after a big wedding, took a shower and just want to be fed well just with the 2 of you only, birthdays, after the movies, farewell party, it's a great place to wear casual clothes, flipflops, hair still wet, and eat to your heart content. It is 3 blocks away from COSTCO.
They play Chinese pop music. It's cheerful and gentle. Colorful lights.
Good vibe. People are there to get a little goofy and talk loud. So, it's not a candle light first date location.
Look at my photos. LOCATION 5 🌟 conveniently near all the nightclubs on Folsom (@9th street 3 blocks away from COSTCO) PRICE & PORTIONS 5 🌟 Affordable, large portions, best BBQ and hot iron pot Chinese dishes in San Francisco. I ordered 8 people worth of food for $185 + $30 tip.
That came out $28 per person. FOOD 3 🌟 Every dish is carefully cooked. BBQ is bit over flavored and over cooked.
Their 🌺 Sweet and Spicy Seaweed is to die for. 🌺 EGG FRIED RICE - this chef loves his fried rice. It is cooked to perfection.
If you cook, you know. Fried rice tells you everything about the chef. It's a large portion.
You can just eat this with beer or soda and call it dinner. VEGAN & VEGETARIAN 3 🌟 I ordered the 🌺 Sweet and Spicy Seaweed as my rice compliment. Oh my goodness!
It has citantro, garlic, really thinly sliced crunchy kelp. 🌺 Chives BBQ was a nice surprise. 🌺 Enoki wrapped in Tofu Skin was a blast.
🌺 Okra BBQ was addictive. Next time, I am there, I'm going to order a bunch of those. IRON POT DISHES 4 🌟 - these are huge portions.
Each pot will serve 4 ppl. If you ordered 2 pots, that's for really really hungry 8 ppl. I guess you can top it on rice and slammed them down.
🌺 Beef tendon Pot melts in your mouth. Hard working people, this is stamiooooo. Abby, go apprentice under a few large 5 star restaurants.
- Sweet and Spicy Seaweed10
- EGG FRIED RICE10
- Chives BBQ8
- BBQ4
- service1
Visit Type
- Food Exploration
Service Type
- Dine-in
8
Great Meat Skewers, Worth the Price
My experience at this restaurant was fantastic! I enjoyed a lot of great meat skewers, but my favorites were the oyster mushrooms and Chinese chives. While it was a bit pricey, the quality and flavor of the food made it worth the cost.
- meat skewers8
- oyster mushrooms9
- Chinese chives9
- pricey5
Visit Type
- Food Exploration
Service Type
- Dine-in
7
High Marks for Food, Barebones Service
My experience at this restaurant was marked by high marks for the overall experience, particularly the food. The skewers were a standout, though the service was barebones, requiring ordering through your phone. I tried the lamb kidney, pig trotter, and bacon wrapped enoki.
- overall experience8
- food8
- skewers8
- service4
Service Type
- Dine-in
1
Rude Employee, Disappointing Service
My experience at this restaurant was highly unsatisfactory. I encountered a male employee who was notably rude; he didn't offer any greeting and was immediately disrespectful. I was very disappointed by the service.
- male employee1
- service1
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