Abacus Inn — Restaurant in Glendale

We had a good experience here. We ordered Beef Lo Mein, Chicken Fried Rice & Egg Rolls.

I'd give the food an A to A - and Service was A+ and respectful.

We went to the restaurant to order to-go & it was done very quickly. Hot & fresh.

The beef was very tender with a good amt of veggies (incld side of white rice was avg). The best part... it was NOT SWEET. I hate sweet Asian food & need to avoid sugar bc family diabetes issues. This was savory & good. Will order again.

Chicken Fried Rice was traditional & average with peas & carrots & scallion. Not too oily and actually had fried egg in it like it should. But I saw a broccoli piece in it. So cross-contamination with another dish possibly. Need to be careful with that. But will order again.

Egg Rolls: Yuck! They are large traditional sized fried egg rolls stuffed with cabbage and meat, but idk what kind (not white pork; not shrimp as is traditional - more like a ground beef). Not appealing. And the coating/flavor had cinnamon on it. I could not eat them. Very unpalatable to me and I wonder if the spice got on them accidentally, thru cross-contamination? If not, you should re-think that flavoring. Will not order them again and that's disappointing.

Our 2nd visit there was not as good. The food was average at best. The white rice was dirty with IDK what in it and the orange chicken dish has strong spices in it & same exact spices in veggie rolls too. Someone at this place is spice crazy. The wanton soup was soggy, broken noodles; broth was weak & kinda gross. Hardly any noodles but lots of raw uncooked carrots with shrimp. Not traditional at all- not even close. So maybe they are more like a...

I used to dine here twice a week back in the days of Noah, the previous owner. This place was a good option instead of the drive-thru. Quality, portion size, and service were all reasonably good, as was the warm ambiance of the dining room. The hostesses were polite and cheerful and the waitstaff was attentive. In recent years, however, it has lost its way under its new ownership. Food quality has suffered greatly alongside its shrinking portion sizes. Dishes that used to be served with hardy-sized shrimp have been reduced to popcorn-size quality and you'll have to hunt for those. All-meat dishes that were once served bountifully now include veggie fillers. Soups that had lots of meat and vegetables now have a few floaters in watered-down broth. Dang, even the in-house eggrolls are now of the frozen variety stuffed with gross fillers. Understandably, this place has had to endure the COVID period, however, it seems too focused on increasing profitability by lowering quality and quantity while increasing prices. This is the trifecta that usually puts the death knell in a small restaurant that no amount of redecorating will cure. The owners would do themselves well by getting back to the basics. Your dining room is empty for a reason! Oh, and BTW, you can keep the 20% discount you are offering patrons who will leave a review, this one is...

30 November 2014. At 6 PM three of us had our name added to the waiting list for a table. We and at least two other parties waited outside for our names to be called. The young woman at the counter was constantly on the phone taking to go orders. I watched for tables inside to become open and cleaned. After fifty minutes the waiter signaled to me that our table was about ready but then he seated a party of two who were waiting inside. This party of two had only been waiting for about ten minutes. I asked the waiter if he had checked the waiting list. He said that the party of two had been waiting a long time. I told him that they had been waiting for about ten minutes and we had been waiting fifty minutes. He asked the young woman at the counter who was still on the phone for the waiting list. She presented it and it became clear that he should have checked the waiting list before seating the party of two before us. I told him and the young woman that we would never come there again. I guess it doesn't matter because they are obviously too busy and don’t need our business. It’s sad that a waiter doesn’t know to check the waiting list before randomly...