Hai Master Kitchen — Restaurant in Laguna Hills

Boo boo Wok's Grill. When I lived in Laguna Hills I was craving some simple takeout Chinese Food. I did not expect great service or high quality food, but Wok's manage to fail on both categories.

When I first walked in with my friend, some asian lady looked at us and walked away. Hmm I didn't think didn't think much of this. Then another gentleman walked up to the counter with a "can I help you?" look. It took me a little time because I didn't really see anything that looked delicious, but I was determine to give this place a try, don't know why. After finally finding some kung pao chicken there wasn't enough left so I asked how long will it take to make. The guy said don't worry only about 10 minutes. I thought perfect I will have some fresh food. The server was refilling the entrees that were displayed. I noticed he was bring out some fresh fried wings. I asked the man can I get that as my second item, because I had ordered a combo and was waiting for the first item. The lady came back out and said "NO YOU CANNOT HAVE THAT". I was thinking wtf?

At this point I was thinkin about leaving and going next store to get Mexican food. My friend and I were still shocked about what happend. Fifteen minutes, later when my first order was done we were still waiting for some spicy chicken to finish, but the man offered to give us twice the chicken because it took a while. We thought sure awesome. After checking out and returning home. I noticed he did double the order gave twice as much teryaki chicken (i didn't order that style) with no sauce. As I ate the nasty TC I have ever tasted. I thought forget it. I stopped eating and left the food and decided to toss it. I was so displeased I didn't even think about how the rest tasted or the fact that I hate wasting money.

WORST Restaurant ever Award! Run Run and never come back. Don't even park near...

O M G! What an hidden treasure in Lake Forest Area.

My friend told me about this Chinese restaurant that the owner creates his own Omakase style Chinese food, when I heard about the story I couldn't believe it. I mean I work for a Chinese radio station as a food channel host and I heard about Chinese Style Omakase but not like everything you want and any cuisine you wanted. Never heard anything like this before. If a chef can cook like this it truly shows how skillful he is.

So we ordered his beef tendon stew hot pot with varieties of fresh vegetables as our main course. When we arrived everything was ready to be served. The hot pot was a special order from Japan, it looks trendy and high quality. The special Chopped Peppers from Hunan was the main ingredient of the soup base. The tendon melted in my mouth, the side order of bamboo roots are definitely not from the can.

I enjoyed every single moment of this meal. I couldn't stop eating it until I was super stuff and couldn't even move any more. The apple juice in the cute little fat bottle was just right to compliment the hot pot.

The server Nancy was detail oriented, super nice and very attentive. Big shout out to her.

There are way too many dishes on the menu that I want to try from northeastern of China and other area. Everything looks so good. I have to come back and try different cuisine again.

Thank you Head Chef Hai Master for being so talented and so creative, I will have to make a trip back to California for another one of his amazing Omakase...

Update 2025* love how they upgraded the place and the menu. Food is still great and amazing. They always make sure their food is fresh and this will be the closest thing you get to being authentic. Everyone is really friendly and kind. So highly recommend 10/10

Where do I begin? My job is literally around the corner and decided to drop in for lunch. Why hasn’t this restaurant being talked about. The staff members are super kind and very friendly they are traditional. Let me start off by saying the restaurant is very clean. So hard to come by to a family owned restaurant where they are so friendly. The food is top notch the flavors of each dish is so freaking good. My partner was shocked cause he even said where did I find this hidden gem. The quality of the food is delicious tasty and my lord my stomach is watering thinking about their food. Their kung pao chicken good their mapo tofu is really yummy. They have Mongolian beef which is also super yummy. This is genuinely the best Chinese food I ever had. So hard to come by especially here in the oc. If you are ever in the area they do offer lunch specials and if you decided to eat in you should. Totally worth it. Not to mention many Chinese restaurants their food leaves you groggy when you come here your all happy and don’t have to worry about how heavy the food is it’s super light. Thanks for being so awesome go support your family...