Hop Li Seafood Restaurant — Restaurant in Los Angeles

Been coming to this restaurant for the last 32yrs. I work for a local utility company and was working nearby I stopped in to grab some lunch 32 years ago. I got the beef chow mein with crispy noodles. It was so good I took some home to my new wife. She loved it so much we had to come back to have it again.. Our staples there are the beef chow mein with crispy noodles, pork fried rice and shrimp with cashew nuts sometimes the shrimp in lobster sauce. Aside from the great food one of our favorite things to do is visit with "Joe" he's been waiting on us for the last 32 years. We live out in the Inland Empire so we don't get out there much my wife and kids always look forward to seeing "Joe" He watched both our daughters grow from infants to married women.. this is a great place with top notch food that has'nt changed a bit... we're glad to have been part of it for the last 32 years and thanks Joe for being so nice...

I was invited to lunch to this restaurant many years ago. I had no idea that my co-workers knew of a restaurant like this. I mean that in the best way.

Since that time, I've been back on multiple occasions and it was delicious, looked and tasted authentic and was about $15 after tax/tip per dinner item. Each dinner item can feed approximately 4-6 adults or 3-4 really hungry people.

The menu is really expansive and you can phone in your order to be picked up or walk-in and order for take-out. BTW - I recently walked-in and the order was ready in 10-minutes.

The lunch menu is affordable and has many popular meals available - it ends at 3pm.

On my last visit, yesterday, I randomly drove by because my wife had Chinese food in mind. They were still open. Covid hasn't put them out of business and I hope they continue to be in business. I'm more than happy to support local businesses moreso...

Service. These guys are a little rough around the edges because of years of dealing with customers, but you can tell they actually have years of experience, and do things without much nothing to be said. The food portions are ok, but still expensive for the quality and taste. The Wontons are half the size of what I can buy at the store. Not expecting them to be massive like most other places which is the trend, but this tiny has to be illegal. Their Wonton soup was clearly just store-bought yellow-colored MSG from a can, and their noodles were over-cooked. I normally wouldn't order Bitter melon but my friend is a fan. Admittedly they really dumbed down the bitter and sweetened it dramatically. Texture of the meat dishes actually wasn't bad. I'm expecting this to be one of those places that cooks differently if they have old customers they know, but right off the bat, I don't think this...