Northern Cafe & Chinese Dumpling House

Amazing noodles and dumplings. If you need a warm soup, the hot and sour soup was perfection. No regrets choosing to have Chinese over another burger for our last meal in LA!

Delicious food but waited a little long for it. We ordered beef noodle soup, soup dumplings, and beef wrap and all of it was very delicious. However, we waited for awhile for our food since we heard from the waiter that the items we ordered took longer to prepare. Overall the food was very delicious and was worth the wait.

If you’ve been to Din Tai Fung then this place will seem familiar. It’s a great alternative when craving similar meals for the fraction of the cost. The Soup Dumplings were great with the vinegar and soy sauce. The spicy pork dumplings has a weird peanut flavor to it, but was still pretty good. Our favorite was the beef noodle soup. Definitely worth a visit when craving this type of Chinese cuisine.

We took a break here to catch a quick bite as we were strolling around the Walk of Fame. We ordered the beef noodle soup and pork dumplings, and were satisfied with the food. The beef noodle was very flavorful, with a generous portion of noodles and thoroughly flavored beef broth. The portion of the beef itself could have been larger, for the price of $15, but it was acceptable. We split one beef noodle amongst three individual servings and still felt satisfied with the sample we each got. The only critique we had was that the soup is slightly too salty for our taste, especially when compared to a home-cooked version. The dumplings were solid too. They tasted fresh and were served quickly after the beef noodles. It was a very acceptable take on Xiao long bao. The pricing was a little on the higher end, but we were happy with the food and value at the end of the day.

In a cold and rainy day, try a bowl of hot beef noodle soup, sweet and sour soup and dumplings. Friendly staff. Yes, it’s authentic northern side of Chinese food.