The Congee

The Congee

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️☆
4.4 – 329 reviews
establishment • food • point_of_interest • restaurant

Hours

Monday 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Tuesday 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Wednesday 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Thursday 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Friday 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Saturday 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Sunday 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM

Address and Contact Information

Address: 19 Valley Blvd, Alhambra, CA 91801, USA

Phone: (626) 284-2722

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Customer Reviews

J L
⭐⭐⭐⭐☆

A good spot for some authentic congee and noodles, just like in Asia.
My Seafood Congee had a generous portion of seafood and the rice-water ratio was on point. It just needs the Chinese Doughnut to complement the dish.
Service is minimal and perfunctory. The open kitchen lets you see how your food is prepared. The feeling when I walked in was just like going back to the vintage restaurants in Asia. You're here for the good food, not service or decor.

Mia Ng
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The wontons were huge, packed with generous filling—not just pork, but big, juicy chunks of shrimp. The broth was flavorful, though I think it could use just a touch more salt. Overall, totally worth the $15. Can’t wait to come back!

龔振勝
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Love this place! Always packed for good reason.

The 牛腩湯麪 (Beef Flank Soup Noodles) is amazing – perfect broth (my Korean friends found it salty, but I think it's just right). The 皮蛋瘦肉粥 (Preserved egg + Lean Pork Congee) is a must-try – even my picky friends loved it!

*Pro tip*: The beef flank noodles come with super tender 牛筋 (beef tendons). Not into tendons? Just ask for extra meat instead.

Gets crazy busy, so I usually grab takeout. Heads up – they now charge for to-go containers, but honestly the food's worth it.

Been coming here for years and watched them grow from cash-only to the popular spot they are today.

pim issaranukul-
⭐⭐⭐☆☆

I drive for 1:30 m to get food for my employees and
I order pork congee add pork River also egg the server say I can't add too many I said but am willing to pay and she yelled in my bestie's face I know she try to explain but the manner and hospitality are in very rude and I also told her I need her to wrap my food with produce bag and make sure is secure because I have been having a bad experience before.
Here is my breakdown
Food is excellent fresh and super hot ( temperature )
Ambiance is normal
Service need to be improve

Michael Chu
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

When we parked, we had trouble identifying the restaurant. From the parking lot, the only sign we saw said “海皇粥粉麵” and we were able to verify it was the right place by looking at old photos from other reviews on Google Maps.

Shrimp Won Ton Noodles in Soup ($12.90): The shrimp wontons are indeed as big as other reviewers said. The soup came with four giant wontons packed with shrimp. The soup was delicious as were the wontons with no off flavors that I've had before at other places serving similar style wontons. The gailan/jielan (Chinese broccoli) in the soup was super tender and worked really well with the dish.

Beef Stew Noodles in Soup ($12.90): The beef and tendon in this noodle soup were cooked to ultimate tenderness without the beef becoming stringy. Great flavor and excellent texture.

Fish Tofu with Special Sauce ($10.25): This tasted like and had the texture of a light fried fish ball. Interesting to try, but probably just the once for us. It was paired with a spicy topping that worked well with the fish tofu.

Special Pan Fried Rolls ($9.95): These are rice rolls are similar to steamed rice rolls but rolled tightly into cylinders and then pan fried and tossed in a sauce. It's like he fun / chow fun but many layers and rolled up. These were good, but we wished we spent $2 extra to get the Beef Stew Pan Fried Rolls.

Oyster Sauce with Vegetables ($7.25): This was tender gailan (Chinese broccoli) cut into thirds and topped with oyster sauce. They were tender and cooked just enough.

The bathroom situation was not ideal. The bathroom itself was locked (by accident). After they unlocked it, they cautioned not to use the lock on the door or the bathroom might end up locked again. There is a latch on the inside of the door to keep it from being opened when occupied. The bathroom is used for some cleaning storage and there were paper towels overflowing the wastebasket and no soap in the soap dispenser. After I informed them of the soap problem, they remedied it by putting a bottle of hand sanitizer in the bathroom.

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