Chubby Curry — Restaurant in Covina

Compared to its flashy Chubby Group counterparts, Chubby Curry sits quite unassumingly on a street in Downtown Covina. The inside, however, is very cool. The restaurant makes impressive use of its narrow space. The ground floor is reminiscent of a diner, featuring counter seating and a row of booths. The upper floor has more tables and a bar. Various anime figures line the shelves and kitschy games lie scattered throughout the countertops.

Despite the name “Chubby Curry,” the menu is quite expansive. Rice bowls, handrolls, burgers, sashimi, and various katsu dishes are also available. The curry is seasoned well, but what really stands out to me is the Wagyu, featured in both the Wagyu Curry and the Wagyu Steak Rice Bowl. The sliced beef steals the show - the texture is amazing. Personally, I like the Wagyu Steak Rice Bowl more than I like the Wagyu Curry. I was so impressed on my first visit, that I visited two more times within the span of a couple weeks to try other things on the menu.

The katsu is very good. It’s perfectly crispy, yet moist and juicy. It’s also hefty - a very generous portion. I added pork katsu to my Oyakodon, and it ended up being enough food for like two people - which is great! With the katsu, the Oyakodon is $22-$23, depending on what protein you get. Considering how much food you get, I think this price is reasonable. Without the katsu, the Oyakodon is only $14, and is delicious on its own.

I also liked the Aonori Waffle Fries. In hindsight, I should’ve seen it coming, but in the moment, I was really surprised that they came with a curry dipping sauce. I wished that I had gotten them with the Wagyu Burger. The Wagyu Burger was ok, but I’ve had better. I wouldn’t say it was dry, but it wasn’t as moist and tender as I was expecting. Maybe a tad overcooked? And without that juiciness, the burger fell a little flat. I wished that I had the fries so I could pair the curry sauce with the burger to make it a little more interesting. I also thought the burger was a bit small. I was still a little peckish after eating it - yet another argument for the fries. The fries should honestly just come with the burger.

I thought that the sushi was mediocre at best. The blue crab handroll was just ok - I’ve had better for less money. The toro sashimi was fine - not fishy, but not necessarily super fresh. I wouldn’t get sushi again at Chubby Curry, but its inclusion on the menu didn’t make much sense to me in the first place.

And of course, I had to try the bar. I liked my cocktail. I got the Heiwa Tsuru-ume Kanjuki Nigori - an umeboshi and peach cocktail. I was expecting it to be salty and sour, but it was surprisingly refreshing and sweet.

As far as service, there was one incident where my group ordered chicken and pork katsu. The server brought out our food and was like “uhh I forgot which was pork and which was chicken, sorry.” I felt this situation could have been handled better because that kind of negligence could be serious if we had dietary restrictions. It was also annoying for us because we had to figure out which was which on our own. I don’t know what the server/food runner’s name was, but he had medium-long shaggy hair. Another time, I had really good service. I requested to sit upstairs and the servers complied with my request even though they really didn’t have to. I did not feel like my service quality was compromised by sitting upstairs. The servers were still attentive and very nice.

Overall, I really liked Chubby Curry. Prices are a bit high, but portions are proportional and the food quality is high for the most part. Service is also...

We are becoming big fans of the Chubby brand. This is the 3rd restaurant we have tried and each one is unique in its own way. Let me start by saying I am not a fan of curry, but my wife is and since the food has been excellent at the other two, I tried it. As we walked in, I noticed a “Spring Special” sign showing the brand new Unagi bowl, so of course I had to try it. My wife ordered the chicken Katsu Kare. We were thinking of ordering some sushi and other side, but decided not until we try what we ordered and to see how much was in each order.

The Unagi bowl was very flavorful. The Unagi (eel) was perfectly cooked and just about melted in your mouth. The egg fit perfectly with the most delicious rice I have had in a long time. I generally do not like rice with my meals but I finished my entire bowl, which shocked my wife. The last time I did that was when we were in Japan last year, but that was just plain, white rice. This rice had a little rice wine vinegar, furikake-like seasoning and I think was sushi rice. The chef didn’t want to tell me what else was in it when I asked.

My wife enjoyed her Katsu Kare dish and of course I tried it and it was good, but again, I don’t like curry. That is what I like about the Chubby Brand Restaurants, there is a focus, but other offerings are also excellent and the quality is consistently high end. I ow need to meet David, because this young man is doing things the right way and I will continue to enjoy what his...

I found out that this place opened in Covina, while searching on Yelp to find some food. In downtown Citrus I found out that this place is affiliated with Chubby Cattle, the Korean BBQ place. You could become a member, and it would be affiliated to all the other restaurants they have. I attached a photo of the others in case you were wondering. So since it was affiliated I assumed that this place would be good. Well it was a decent experience but I think there could be things better. I liked that there was a Tablet to order, but we had to enter our table number which we didnt know. The service could have been better, it was our first time there but it was assumed that we knew how to work the system. It is nice that there is a big parking lot in the back. I can say be prepared to spend at least $20 per dish.

The food was actually pretty good, The Don Burry Bowl, was the Star of the show. The Curry Wagyu was good, but personally I would probably want to eat Wagyu another way. The salmon hand roll was very basic, with rice, seaweed, sesame seed and some soy sauce. I thought there would have been a bit of wasabi, but there wasn’t. What was interesting is that they have a hot chili oil, which I have to say is pretty good.

There is a first floor and a 2nd floor and the place looked pretty clean. If you are looking for Japanese Curry and dont want to go too far, this spot will definitely hit the spot and is...