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Umar Y.
China Islamic Restaurant served delicious Chinese Halal food for Southern California community even the whole America’s Muslim and halal food lover. In the past 30 more years, all dishes such as Sesame Bread, Warm Pot, Soups, Noodles and Beef/lamb/Chicken foods were kept as classic and new items such as Hand Pulled Noodle, Chinese Burgers Dumplings etc. from current China were added gradually. As a Muslim business, we’re doing everything based on our belief, making sure all foods are 100% halal and environments are home-style comfortable.
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- Ali K.Simi Valley, CA44816Nov 30, 2023
Great food! We tried a lot of items on the menu and they had good taste. Definitely coming back.
Location is a bit hidden so sometimes it looks "closed" but it's not.Helpful 1Thanks 0Love this 0Oh no 0 - Ravi B.Walnut Creek, CA25Apr 6, 2024
Ordered the Mongolian beef, hand cut 3 flavor chow mein, sweet and sour chicken. Phenomenal! Love this place!
Helpful 0Thanks 0Love this 0Oh no 0 - Oct 12, 2023
One of the great traditions and culture in Chinese history and cuisine. One should try this place to see what Chinese Islamic cuisine is about. No pork, but beef and chicken and halal. Had a wonderful meal with my partner.
Helpful 3Thanks 0Love this 0Oh no 0 - M H.Irvine, CA02018Apr 9, 2024
We tried this place and it is always hard to find halal Chinese restaurants. The quality was great, and I loved the Mongolian Beef :)
Helpful 0Thanks 0Love this 0Oh no 1 - Olga S.Monterey Park, CA0203Apr 3, 2024
They have great food and you've gotta try the sesame bread. It is so delicious! . All the hot pots are good too
Helpful 0Thanks 0Love this 0Oh no 0 - Sep 12, 2023
I haven't been here in ages but I was craving for halal chinese food and this place came to mind. Ordered the beef fried rice and eggrolls for myself, and chicken cashew nut, thick sesame bread and beef cumin for my kids (to-go). The fried rice was a little bland for my liking so I packed the leftovers. My kids tried all the dishes upon reaching home and they all agree that everything was under-seasoned as well. Maybe this was why I haven't come here in a while. But for those who don't like too much salt in their food, maybe you would enjoy it more.
Helpful 0Thanks 0Love this 0Oh no 0 - Jan 23, 2022
I have always wanted to try this place and luckily found some friends who wants to try their lamb dishes also. Came here on a Saturday eve around 6:30p. Not too crowded but got more crowded later
Parking - very small private lot but there is also street parking
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Thick sesame bread with green onions (large). there were 5 of and and it's plenty. Very thick and soft and super yummy. I can eat that thing all day all by itself but it's great to stuff it with meat and other veggies.
Lamb Stew in warm pot - very large portions seems endless soup for 5 ppl. It's spicy but very manageable. Very savory with tofu, lamb chunks, and glass noodles.
Egg plant with brown sauce - very savory but drenched in lots of oil so be warned.
Sautéed Lamb with Green onions - again a spicy but not crazy. Very savory.
I would give it 5 stars if it weren't for the slow service. Seems like there is only one waiter and one chef in the whole place so beware that service is slow. The waiter is real nice but it is what it is.
Recommend this place if you are in the mood for lamb.Helpful 4Thanks 0Love this 1Oh no 0 - May 5, 2023
I would say this place was just okay. We came here on a Friday for lunch. When we came in, the place was completely empty, by the time we left, there were 2 other parties. The restaurant looked outdated from the inside and out. Ambiance was not very welcoming. After being seated, we had to wave someone down to take our order, even though we were the only customers there. The food was okay, some dishes were more tasty than others.
Helpful 0Thanks 0Love this 0Oh no 2 - Clifton L.Yucaipa, CA1701122937May 30, 2022
Kind of torn on how to rate the experience we had ... the food was great, but the customer service was severely lacking. A group of 12 of us decided to visit on Mother's Day ... obviously this is a family run business - which I wholly support - that gave Mom the day off. Because it seemed like it was the Dad and three kids who were operating the front of the house. After walking the waiter through the entire order from my phone screen - item by item - and triple checking items. I still noticed a confused look on the kid's face. I asked him if he got it all and he nodded and replied "yup."
Then the food started arriving and I noticed two soups, a green onion cake, and a shrimp dish that I didn't order placed on the table. Before I could look up and ask him what those items were, he had already returned to the kitchen. I got up, walked over to the front counter and asked the older gentleman (Dad perhaps) why we weren't getting the items I ordered ... he proceeded to ask me "did you order in Chinese or English?" I informed him that Not only was the order placed in English, I ALSO showed the waiter the written names of the dishes on my phone. At this point the kid exited the kitchen with another dish that I didn't order and when questioned, he argued with me that I did order it. So I pulled out my phone and asked him where on my list of items that dish was. All I heard were him mumbling words as he walked away.
With all that was happening, the other two kids were basically avoiding our table ... needless to say we had to get up for just about everything we wanted ... drink refills, extra napkins, utensils, etc.
This whole situation became the standing joke at the table for the evening. We were still empathetic that they gave Mom the day off, and the two younger kids were very cute to help out. On the final bill, the mistakenly cooked / served items were removed. So for kudos on the kids' effort of helping the family business and empathy of staffing issues we did leave them 25% gratuity. I'm willing to give this place another try again in the future - making sure it's not Father's Day or any other holiday. The food after all was worth the visit.Helpful 3Thanks 0Love this 0Oh no 0
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