Castenadas fountain valley - great Mexican food cheap and filling Gangnam Station Buena Park - worth the $30 per person for AYCE kbbq Sake2me Cerritos - good for AYCE, long wait tho… Cocoichybanya Irvine - spice level 6 is so good and a perfect amount of spice Basanti Dana Point - GREAT INDIAN FOOD so good
If you don't mind driving about 1000 feet into LA County (literally across the street from the county line), then give Amor y Tacos in Cerritos a try. Their taquitos are fantastic.
Laguna Hills - Classic Chinese, they have a wide variety of cantonese food to choose from. Better than the other cantonese food places in Irvine. They have roast duck but you may have to order in advance. No dim sum here though.
Beef noodle soup in irvine… I’d rank them He’s Noodle, bafang…
Within Irvine Siam station and TukTuk . I grew up on Original Thai bbq in Cerritos and I know it's not the most authentic but those spare ribs , pink orange fried rice with their sauces, hold a special place in my heart 🤣