Taipan Kitchen

Reviews

• Brenda T.

  star star star star star_border 11 June 2026

  I visited here a few times, the Hong Kong style
  Dish taste very good, the price is very reasonable,
  Crispy Chicken with ginger onion sauce is a must try. Beef with flat Noodle with X.O sauce is special dish,  little spicy,  we always order this.
  The salty five spice squid is good too.

• Benedict A.

  star star star star_border star_border 4 June 2026

  Typical chinese restaurant , in the heart of little chinatown not in Los Angeles.  No glitz, no glam, down to earth chinese food.  Service is fast but cold or not personable.  But like any other asian place, once you start talking to them, especially in their language, they open right up and become a lot nicer and friendly.
  We were quickly seated, and for a late lunch it was busier than I thought it would be.  Then again chinese people do love eating no matter the time!!!  But service was quick, borderline like they were rushing you out to open up another table.  We ordered their chinese sausage in a clay pot with rice, egg drop soup, fried soft shell crab and pan fried chives pocket.  Food came out all in like 10 minutes!!!  Food was just so so, again no frills, not fancy, but some of them also lacked flavor or salt.
  Fried soft shell crab was really good though.  Well seasoned.  Crunchy.  Oozy inside.  Very good, wish it was more than just 2 crabs.
  Egg drop soup- was so so.  Wish it was more gelatinous or concentrated.  It was way to watered down.
  Chives pockets were seasoned well.  Tasted pretty good.
  Their assorted preserved meat clay pit was a huge disappointment.  Basically white rice that they add soy sauce to and mix.  Wasen't impressed at all.  Several pieces of various meats including chinese sausage, red meat, etc.  It was very underwhelming.
  For 4 dishes though split amongst 3 adults the total bill with tip came out to about $50ish dollars which isnt too bad.  But being in the heart of Rowland Heights where theres more chinese restaurants than starbucks or any other food establishments for that matter, this place really needs to step up their game.
  They have fast service and it's cheap, food came out piping hot, that you're sweating half way thru your meal, but so are all the other chinese restaurants in the area.  Really got to step it up...

• Josh L.

  star star star_border star_border star_border 31 May 2026

  Not exactly a place I would come again, here's why.
  
  Foods were less than okay, I wouldn't say it's a point deduction because I might not order the right food. The taste is somewhat plain, not sure how they cooked it, but it's almost tasteless.
  
  Waiter when we walked in was nice, quickly addressed us and setup the table, but the lady clerk handling the money demands a 15% tip. I  understand that tips weights heavily for waiter/waitress, but directly asking for tip just appear very wrong to me.
  
  Overall, food was not attractive (or we just didn't order the right food), and the rude lady clerk at the end, not exactly a place I would revisit.

• Peggy F.

  star star star star_border star_border 19 May 2026

  Greasy table, taped up sofa chair, very stereotypical matter of fact but not rude cantonese service. Honest waiter, gave a serious thought to contemplate if a dish can not have MSG added when I asked. I appreciate the candid reply saying no, since they're prepped into the sauce.
  
  Took a long time to find 2 items on the menu that can opt for without: $8.95 string beans dish 3.5 Star and $14.95 clam dish 4 Star. Clam tastes fresh, string beans were great.  But I had wanted some meat and soup before stepping in. Had to forgo it since it's not non-MSG possible. True flavors of dishes surface without MSG. So, this place is decent and average for those who likes MSG. But for anti-MSG people, don't bother coming in. You can't find much to order. Can't discount them though, the 2 dishes I ordered were good and had a homemade taste.
  
  Can't rate this higher than a 3 since I can't return regularly when 95% of the items are banned from me.
  
  Waiters were busy, but not rude leaning towards the nice side. Very human-like, the Hong Kong/Cantonese style. Guess you'll call that authentic. The type that must have their MSG as part of the flavor.

• Adrienne C.

  star star star star star 16 May 2026

  We ordered to go and they were nice enough to line our plastic boxes with foil when requested. We've been going here for at least a decade and they've managed to maintain quality the entire time. My favorites are the seafood pots and XO beef. Check it out sometime!