Itea Cafe — Restaurant in Irvine

Updated on 7/18/2017

The quality of the food is going down so badly in this place. The popcorn chicken was used my must-have snack and now, it tastes so blend and would not come to this place anymore.

This review is meant to be an overall review rather than for specific visit. This is a small place to serve good taiwanese dishes, especially the snacks. They have had few pricing changes in the last 2 yrs or so. I especially enjoy the pop-corn chicken from this place. So far, this is the best pop-corn chicken i have had so far. Or the other dishes from this place, I don't like them much; either they are too salty or too oily.

The chicken fry rice is ALWAYS oily. I am not exactly sure why the cook uses so much oil on fry rice.

The price is reasonable for the snacks but over priced for the others compare with the price and...

Decent spot for lunch. Casual, selection of shaved ice, tea, boba and a full menu of food. My Taiwanese cohort and I ordered a wonton soup (no salt) and a black papper beef and rice along with 6 wings. As lunch goes it was pretty good over all. From my American prospective the food was good and from her born in Taiwan prospective the wonton soup was ok. She commented she felt place leaned toward Americanized Taiwanese . I give a good rating here as it has a large selection of Taiwanese plates and drinks and the quality was good. It is more than what I normally call a cafe since it has all the...

A co-worker recommended Itea Cafe for lunch and the food was good. However, service can use some improvement, as we waited a few minutes to place our order and wasn't acknowledged by the two workers that were at the register. Both workers walked away twice, before one made himself available to take our orders. This occurred with all walk-in customers and didn't look good for business. Also, inside dinning area is small and a little noisy. If you're interested, please call your order in for pick-up and enjoy the...