Northern Cafe & Chinese Dumpling House

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.

Pretty good food. Fried chicken and pork dumplings were exactly as expected - pretty good. Orange chicken was very nice. Service was fine as far as service goes - tea was served instead of water, which came as a surprise to me.

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.

Not the greatest noodles or service, I won’t lie. Also the ‘cucumber salad’ is literally just cut cucumbers with some kind of sauce for $5.99 Very overpriced if you ask me. I work across from this place and needed some soup thats why I walked in. Probably will not be back.

Dropped in for some quick pork and shrimp dumplings and fried basil chicken. Food tasted good but not amazing. Taking off a star for value - quite pricey for quality and quantity. $12 for 8 dumplings.

It is hard to capture the unique taste and deliciousness of a meal in a photo but let me just tell you that I ate here for the first time last week and I’ve either eaten in the restaurant or gotten carry-out four times since then. The beef pancake rolls make me melt! Yum!!! So good! The chicken fried noodles are a delicious companion to the beef pancake rolls or also on their own. I’m a forever fan now! The staff is so nice. They remembered my face when I came back the second time… and third time… and fourth… Of course that is never expected but it made me feel good. Nice ambience for eating in with the bustling sidewalk of Hollywood Blvd outside the huge restaurant windows! Great people watching!

The fried rice and broccoli beef are okay but the wontons and the dumplings are really great. They have big servings for Asians so manage your order. A plate of dumplings can be shared if there are other food on the table.

Decent prices for LA and good staff but food is definitely lacking. The best things we ordered were the spicy shrimp wontons and beef roll pancakes. Flavor was good but the wontons weren't even spicy and the beef rolls were dry with almost no sauce inside. Everything else was severely lacking. The popcorn chicken was chalky and we didn't like the flavor. The tom yum soup was spicy but it had no flavor. There was not even a hint of citrus which is most of tom yum's flavor. The worst thing was the juicy pork dumplings. They had a lot of soup which was nice but the pork had a sour flavor- like spoiled meat. Good spot for a quick bite but most things on the menu are disappointing. It's a chain restaurant so maybe other locations are better but I wouldn't go again.

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.

Pretty good food. Fried chicken and pork dumplings were exactly as expected - pretty good. Orange chicken was very nice. Service was fine as far as service goes - tea was served instead of water, which came as a surprise to me.

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.

Not the greatest noodles or service, I won’t lie. Also the ‘cucumber salad’ is literally just cut cucumbers with some kind of sauce for $5.99 Very overpriced if you ask me. I work across from this place and needed some soup thats why I walked in. Probably will not be back.

Dropped in for some quick pork and shrimp dumplings and fried basil chicken. Food tasted good but not amazing. Taking off a star for value - quite pricey for quality and quantity. $12 for 8 dumplings.

It is hard to capture the unique taste and deliciousness of a meal in a photo but let me just tell you that I ate here for the first time last week and I’ve either eaten in the restaurant or gotten carry-out four times since then. The beef pancake rolls make me melt! Yum!!! So good! The chicken fried noodles are a delicious companion to the beef pancake rolls or also on their own. I’m a forever fan now! The staff is so nice. They remembered my face when I came back the second time… and third time… and fourth… Of course that is never expected but it made me feel good. Nice ambience for eating in with the bustling sidewalk of Hollywood Blvd outside the huge restaurant windows! Great people watching!

The fried rice and broccoli beef are okay but the wontons and the dumplings are really great. They have big servings for Asians so manage your order. A plate of dumplings can be shared if there are other food on the table.

Decent prices for LA and good staff but food is definitely lacking. The best things we ordered were the spicy shrimp wontons and beef roll pancakes. Flavor was good but the wontons weren't even spicy and the beef rolls were dry with almost no sauce inside. Everything else was severely lacking. The popcorn chicken was chalky and we didn't like the flavor. The tom yum soup was spicy but it had no flavor. There was not even a hint of citrus which is most of tom yum's flavor. The worst thing was the juicy pork dumplings. They had a lot of soup which was nice but the pork had a sour flavor- like spoiled meat. Good spot for a quick bite but most things on the menu are disappointing. It's a chain restaurant so maybe other locations are better but I wouldn't go again.