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
For Korean food: Yigah for their galbi tang, BCD Tofu for that late night fried fish corvina or marinated raw crab craving) otherwise, gotta drive all the way to LA), Furai Chicken for old school Korean fried chicken, Chan Chan if you only like the drumsticks or wings, Past Memories for seafood…
Best kbbq - Wang Cho in Santa Ana
Best sushi - eats sushi in Costa Mesa (fish is soo fresh!!!)
Best shabu - Mokoji
Best Japanese skewers: Honda-Ya in Tustin OR Kappo Honda in fountain valley (bigger space)
Best American brunch - snooze AM in Tustin
Best fusion brunch - tableau in Costa Mesa
Best Japanese curry - coco ichibanya
Italian Japanese fusion - Ini Ristorante in fountain valley!
I can help with the Japanese places.
Honda-Ya in Tustin is my favorite yakitori/sushi place.
But, for Irvine specifically:
• KIN Izakaya
• Izakaya Osen
• CoCo Ichibanya (Japanese Curry)
• Maji Curry (not as good as CoCo imo)
• Fukada
• Marufuku Ramen
• HiroNori Ramen (2 locations)
• Hako Sushi