dan modern chinese - manhattan beach

A little bland and doughy for my taste but some people love it. If you like delicate flavors and textures, this place might not be for you. Shrimp and shishito peppers had sickeningly a thick sauce, but tasted fine. Dumplings seemed doughy. Scallion pancakes are enjoyable if you like deep fried stuff. Their veggies however are delicious. I also recommend you ask for a side of mustard if you like spicy. Service was nice and attentive and they only forgo lt one dish.

I saw this restaurant on IG and live relatively close and wanted to try. Dan Modern Chinese did not disappoint me. Every dish and the dumplings were flavorful and delicious. I'm definitely going back to try other dishes on the menu 😋

The service was fast and good. The waiter gave us some additional time to go over the menu and returned promptly when we were ready to order. The food came out fast and was hot. Fried rice was not greasy. Restaurant was clean and no wait time. Definitely will come back and try the noodles.

I know about Dan from the one in Playa Vista, I think I like both but prefer this branch better. In terms of the restaurant setting, this one is very spacious, clean and well-lit (not too bright nor dark). 👌 Customer service was top-notch, very polite and knowledgeable about the menu. I much prefer that the waiters/waitresses know if there are onions on any given dish, and this branch didn't disappoint. Thank you for training your employees well. 🌟 In terms of pricing, I thought they did price their dishes fairly, so cheers to that! Anyhow, it's time to talk about the food! These are what we ordered on our last visit (I will state if I recommend the dish or not: - Dan Dan Noodles: flavorful, noodle textures are chewy and tasty, mushrooms and steak are juicy. (Recommended) - Popcorn Chicken: Good appetizer, crispy and flavorful. The sauce taste kind of like honey mustard mixed with mayo? Yummy! (Recommended) - Pea Sprouts w Garlic: This is my dish of the day. Pea Sprouts are hard to find (in grocery stores as well as restaurants), so I was hoping this would be great and it didn't disappoint! (Recommended) -Shrimp Fried Rice: What makes a good rice plate? Not the soggy ones. Thankfully these aren't, very flavorful and I enjoyed the shrimp! I enjoyed their fried rice so much that when there were 2 spoons worth of fried rice left I still asked for to-go box for it. 😏 (Recommended) - Pork and shrimp dumplings: Taste pretty good. My girlfriend loved it. I just personally find dumplings to be alright. However if you love fried dumplings, this is awesome! (Recommended for dumpling lovers) Overall, my dining experience here was great and if you happen to be shopping at the Manhattan village, you must try this restaurant and then you would be coming for more! 😁

Coming here just screamed "if a rich non-Asian person went to Din Tai Fung and said 'I could do this' this is the result". Food was overall mid. The sauces were good and they can cook vegetables, but the noodle quality was bad. Somehow just not the right texture. The tea was super watered down. My friend got the black sugar milk tea. It was just a very sweet milk. Where's the tea? And no black sugar syrup. I can only guess they think the boba makes it a black sugar milk tea, but that's not the case. Our server at least had a good personality but the service itself was slow, and one of our dishes was forgotten. I'd come here in a pinch if I was in the area and wanted something similar to Din Tai Fung, but if given a choice in still going to go to the real deal.