Dong Ting Chun - San Gabriel, California

Richard L

They have mandatory $2.50 tea charge per person whether or not you drink or ask for any.
They charge $3 per white rice bowl.
Parking is easy while half the plaza is out of business.

The bean curd with leek has a weird spice flavor.
The cauliflower is fantastic and highly recommended. It's not spicy at all.
The spicy dry chicken has a weird nutty taste I don't like, but others may enjoy it. It's cheap at $10, though.
The spicy cumin lamb is fantastic and a bit spicy.

ALL the foods are very greasy.

Overall, I'd come back for the cauliflower and lamb, but might just get it to go.

Sweet Kitty

Food ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Service ⭐️
Ambience ❌

Oh my goodness! I have never witnessed a restaurant's decline as stark as this, especially considering how brilliant it once was.

Unfortunately, the menu books were found to be extremely sticky and damaged, with pages that were either torn or broken. Prices seemed to have been altered numerous times by either scribbling over the original price or covering it up with stickers. Simply handling the menus left me feeling quite disgusted, and I would have left immediately if not for the purpose of writing this review for a restaurant that was once excellent.

Regrettably, the service at the restaurant was subpar, with the waitress simply delivering our dishes and providing no further assistance or attention. Moreover, she continually inquired if we wanted more food, leading to an overabundance of leftovers due to excessive ordering.

Despite the unfavorable conditions, the dishes served at the restaurant remained true to typical Human cuisine. For this reason, I am awarding the restaurant two stars.

Black Wood Ear with Chinese Yam ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

It offered a pleasantly refreshing taste that was satisfying.

Sautéed Young Duck ⭐️⭐️

Although the Sauteed Young Duck had an acceptable taste, it was a bit disappointing to have many broken bones chunks within the dish. Additionally, the meat of the duck itself was rather tough and chewy, detracting from the overall experience.

Boiled fish with pickled cabbage ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

It was delicious. Although the fish wasn't particularly tender, it was certainly fresh, resulting in a flavorful meal.

Stewed Pig Feet ⭐️⭐️

While the taste of the dish was satisfactory, it was unfortunately overly chewy in texture. If I had prepared the dish myself, I would have cooked it for a longer period of time to achieve a more desirable, jelly-like texture.

Sautéed intestine with pickled string beans ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Sautéed intestine with pickled string beans was flavorful, with the intestine boasting a crispy exterior and a satisfyingly textured interior. Additionally, the pickled string beans were not overly salty, a common issue encountered at other restaurants. Overall, it was a delightful and enjoyable dish.

Sautéed Eggplants and String Beans ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

It was also quite enjoyable, with a well-balanced and flavorful taste.

Hyena JamaisVu

Very poor service, just so so taste. Dare to charge tip by themselves.
The food took forever to get on the table. We ordered 5 dishes, 30 minutes later we get the first, another 10 for the second, another 5 for the third etc.
The taste doesn’t come close to matching waiting period.
As someone from Hunan, i can honestly say non of the 5 dishes we order taste decent Hunan cuisine.
If anyone who can guess what the dishes in the pic were based on the menu, I’d be very impressed.
Due to such experience, I tipped less than 10%, and guess what, as shown by my credit card statement, they went ahead and charged 15%.

Ariana Huang

I highly recommend these three dishes -- pork with green pepper, asparagus lettuce, chili chicken. The dishes are cheap but I hope we can have more meat per dish (increasing the price a little would be ok)

Va Eung

The food was good but service was non existent. There's no wait staff. Only one person running the dinning area themselves.

Disney Gym Girl

A vast variety of well prepared vegan friendly dishes are available here. Mapo tofu, string beans, potatoes, eggplants, mountain yam, carrots and black mushrooms.

D Lin

Came to this Hunan style restaurant few times. It used to be extraordinary. Service is nothing special; it’s okay.

Swoosy Kijima

The food was.... out of this world amazing. Felt like I was in heaven. Life was so good yesterday.