Nomad Asian Bistro — Restaurant in Long Beach

Unassuming restaurant in a quiet corner of a pretty sparse mall; the kind of place that you'd walk past and not notice it. I'm sure glad to have found this place!

We came here during the lunch hours and they serve lunch specials 7 days a week! While we were browsing the menu, one of the wait staff came over and checked on us if we were ready and asked if it was our first time there (yes). She recommended getting a couple of items from the lunch menu if we like to have a few dishes since the portions are pretty big and the lunch items get you the most bang out of your buck.

Very sound advice! The lunch menu featured a good selection of dishes and we ended getting the honey walnut shrimp, filet mignon with black pepper sauce and kung pao three flavor (beef, chicken, shrimp). Each dish came with a soup and either white/brown rice or upgrade to egg fried rice. We got the egg drop soup as well as the hot sour soup and they were both tasty! We upgraded the egg fried rice and wow... quite impressed with the egg fried rice here. I was expecting the usual plain, white, mild egg fried rice but what came out was a brown-ish looking egg fried rice that's just so tasty!

Of course the main dishes themselves were also outstanding! I really liked the juiciness and black pepper flavor of the filet mignon, the crispness of the walnut shrimp and the umami of the kung pao three flavor. I definitely would recommend each one of these dishes.

We also got the fresh pressed ginger ale, which is the perfect, refreshing thirst quencher!

Tasty food and great service.. what's...

Save your money and don’t come here 😅. The water tastes straight up from the sink. The chili oil is bad. The iced green tea is not that great either. I ordered the salt and pepper seafood. These tasted like they did not batter them properly like still a bit floury on some pieces. Some pieces were fine and others had too much salt and pepper. Although it wasn’t that great I was working on finishing my plate until I found a hair in the sauce that comes with it 🥲. I mentioned it to the waitress but she didn’t seem to care and just brought a new sauce. I lost my appetite after that so 💁‍♀️. My husband and mother in law ordered the beef noodle soup. It was pretty much tasteless. The only good thing about the soup was that the beef was soft. Only pros: easy to find parking, can accommodate strollers if they do not have a full house. Cons: food tastes terrible, waiter can take a long time to take your order. They don’t stop often to stop by and see if there’s anything wrong. Women’s restroom does not have a diaper changing station. My stomach has already started hurting and I just left the...

I strongly advise considering hygiene and food quality before visiting this restaurant. My family of five dined here on Christmas Eve, expecting better based on reviews. Unfortunately, our experience was subpar. The dining room was worn-out and tacky, with trash under our table. The restrooms were also unhygienic. If you cant provide good and clean service and food then dont accept the guests ur unable to serve

The food was DISAPPOINTING The hot and sour soup was mediocre, served with dirty or old utensils. The Mongolian beef was comparatively better, but the fried honey chicken, egg fried rice, and handmade pad thai noodles had a strange smell, possibly from reheating. We left most of the food uneaten.

For $100, the quality was unacceptable. In contrast, we enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner at P.F. Chang's for $120, with superior food, service, and ambiance. Our experience here left a lasting impression – I felt unwell for a while

Avoid this restaurant if hygiene and...