Scallions

This place is closed. For good, looks like it.

The chinese food here is so standard. Honestly I think Panda Express would have been tastier and cheaper. It was around 10 dollars for a dish, definitely one of the more expensive places around and the setting was not even that nice. The service was whatevers.

Tourist? checked. Money? checked.
I haven’t had Dim Sum this bad for a while. Even Costco can steam better dim sum, i.e., their food sample stands. I will stop reviewing now. hm. yeah, enough said.
Surprise? checked!

Ehh. I tried the dim sum plate and ehh. I guess you can’t expect much from any Chinese joint west of the SGV.

Back in my Trojan days (about 15 years ago), this was one of my regular hangouts. The Mongolian beef is amazingly good, as are the kung pao and black bean dishes.
Recently, I was back in town on a business trip and stopped in. During the meal, the owner came to my table and asked what was new in my life. Talk about a good memory.
If you want less Americanized Chinese food, head over to Monterey Park (or, better yet, go to Wo Hop in NYC’s Chinatown). If you don’t care about ambience but want the best kung pao in the country at rock-​bottom prices, head over to Kung Pao Bowl on Imperial Highway, in Norwalk. If you want great Chinese food, with nice atmosphere (or you just happen to find yourself in Westwood and hungry), head to Scallions.

I am easily pleased yet this place was disgusting. The menu is lacking options and I still am not sure how they are going to claim that they are a dim sum restaurant with such paltry options.
My lemon chicken was absolutely revolting while my friends Schezuan chicken was equally vile. I left feeling incredibly sick and it continued into the next day.
Avoid Scallions like the plague!

this only gets 3 stars because it is not bad chinese food in westwood. it is nowhere near great. there is no dim sum. i’ve no idea why that is the name. the pork filled fried wontons are basically suitable for vegetarians. i found one small granule of pork in six wontons. they were fried though. some credit there.
the kung pao chicken had a lot of chicken for the price. i prefer a bit of vegetables too, but that was not to be had. the taste was ok. the dish was a bit oily, but if you use chopsticks you can avoid the oil
it is cheap enough, fast enough, and ok for lunch.

Why put Dim Sum in the title of your restaurant (Yes, the real titel is Scallions Dim Sum Restaurant) when the dim sum you serve is basically awful???
My friend Haley and I came here and ordered the three ingredients which was beef, chicken, and shrimp and veggies served in a bean sauce, the recommendation of the waiter, and it was okay. Pretty much average, and came with tons of mushrooms, which wasn’t listed in the menu, and Haley and I hate mushrooms!!! But other than that, not quite enough shrimp, but overall the sauce was pretty good and on the rice that comes with it, it was a decent dish.
We thought, since this place was called a Dim Sum place, that we should get the dim sum combo special thing to pair with our main dish, but Wow… I will never eat here again probably because of that combo. The spring rolls were oily… the fried won tons were so fried i think they could have broken off part of our teeth… the dumplings tasted like they had been out for days… and the bao, which I was most excited about, tasted old and hardly had any of the sweet meat filling inside!!! And that was my attempt to introduce Haley to a Bao, and IT FAILED! MISERABLY! I just couldn’t believe it.
Maybe this is the reason I steer clear of eating at places in westwood village… grrrrrrrr

The epitome of Americanized Chinese food. Aside from the Lo Mein the rest of the stuff here really sucks. They advertise their dim sum quite often… don’t do it!
To my surprise the Lo Mein is really good here. It reminds me of my dad’s lo mein when he had his restaurant. The noodles a the fat ones and grilled prior to stir frying which is hard to find. A bit of that East Coast American Chinese Restaurant flavor to it. LOVE IT!
Food: 2 (Lo Mein gets a 4)
Service: 4
Environment: 2
Price: 2

From looking at the other reviews, I have a feeling that this place is hit or miss, and when I went, it was definitely a miss. We were the only ones in the restaurant at around 7pm when we went, which I usually like, but i think the food that we got served had been sitting out all day. The rice was hard and the shrimp dumplings did not taste good at all. The chicken tasted old as well. The service was really good, which is why i’m giving the 2 stars, but I will probably not ever eat there again. And if I do, only during actual dim sum hours.

I was there late at night, after a première down the street and the owner was actually closing up shop. He was nice enough to seat us b/​f the chef left and then wait til we finished, so he gets massive props for that.
We ordered only dim sum, the potstickers, shrimp dumplings, shrimp roll and the shui mai, I believe and a cup of the wonton soup. Everything was good, nothing was truly spectacular. The potstickers were nice and crunchy and the sauces the accompanied everything were tasty. I liked the shrimp roll and the potstickers the best. Dumplings and shui mai were ok. Soup was fine, but I was too full to eat all of it when it was cool.
If I lived around here, I’d probably go back since I like the dim sum option. But when will I be in Westwood next (well, tomorrow for a dental appt) to eat? Who knows…
But try it. Prices are definitively very reasonable and the owner is very, very nice!

The food wasn’t that great, and out of all the places to eat at in Westwood, the fiancé had a craving for Chinese. GAH!
We ordered their dimsum sampler and also their broccoli beef. The dimsum sampler was okay, but the meat fillings inside of them were a little weird in texture and taste. The restaurant was completely empty when we ate here, but I’m guessing that it’s probably more popping when school is in session.
The server was nice though. :)

This place will not offend, but it probably will not titillate, either.

Gross restroom! No toilet paper or seat covers? You know how awful it is to desperately need to go after a couple of drinks at O’haras? Arrrgh.
Anyway, the food is fine. It’s not authentic Chinese food but I wasn’t expecting it to be. It’s not even authentic American Chinese food. I’m not sure what you would call it then. Psuedo Chinese?
The shrimp har gow had a lot of white pepper in the wrappers. Odd.
The cashew shrimp hardly had any cashews. And some lonely veggies in a slightly thickened cornstarch sauce.
The shrimp in lobster sauce was okay. It was the same sauce as the cashew shrimp, just with a little soy for color.
And the veggie noodles were fine. I actually liked the few veggies in this (they need more broccoli!).
Service was decent and the guy (owner?) is nice. What was weird was there was a group of people who brought their own Chinese cooking pot and they crowded around in the kitchen with it.
Overall, it’s too expensive for what it is.

I dont think this place is authentic at all.
Its a decent place to go if you are in dire need of eating some Chinese food.
I ordered won ton soup and my soup came with a ton of veggies and no won tons. We asked the waiter where the wontons were. He came back with 4 won tons on the side. I guess that was nice of him, but come on, did I really have to ask?
Also, got the moo goo gai pan which was pretty good. Sauce tastes yummy with white rice.
Service was ok. Kinda slow, but that is to be expected since there is ONE waiter.
I would only go here if there are no other choices around.

When I went to UCLA I was a vegetarian, except for those few times I would borrow my roommate’s car and devour a Fatburger in secret before returning home. However, these times were few and far between (relatively speaking) so I knew pretty well where to get the solid vegetarian fare in the area. The Kung Pao tofu is the only thing I have ever eaten at this place and it’s phenomenal. To clarify, it’s great all the time and PHENOMENAL when the tall skinny Asian guy is working the kitchen. To illustrate: I ate here when this place had a ‘C.’ I would have given the place 4 stars (for the inconsistency) but I graduated in 2001 and returned recently for the first time since graduating. I walked in as I always had, sat down and had the waiter hand me a menu. I told him I didn’t need a menu and he said ‘kung pao tofu,’ not as a question but as a statement of fact. I didn’t say another word to this guy and we had never made small talk in the past. He just plain remembered my order. That’s fucking service!

During the time I was attending school at UCLA, I took this place for granted. I went here occasionally if I’m in the mood for Chinese food. Coming back here again recently made me realize that this is one of the the only two casual Chinese restaurants in Westwood. How crazy is that? Westwood is one of first few places mentioned when it comes to Asian food, but they are almost always Korean, Japanese, or Thai.
Scallions has a great location in the Village, just across the corner from the now defunct Eurochow. It’s also has nice shaded al fresco seating, good for people watching (or observing the many many vagrants that pass by and see how many layers of clothing can one person wear).
The food is two scoches below gourmet, but ten notches above Panda Express. I particularly like their spicy version of Mongolian Beef. I didn’t even know it would be served spicy, but was pleasantly surprised how light it felt in my palate; I would recommend it to enhance the white rice this plate comes along with.

Came here the other day for some drinks and some dim sum. Got some bao. Not bad, decently priced. Too drunk to really order anything else. Must go back next time.

The food here is not that bad,
not that great, either.
I’ve had better at pick up stix, worse at panda express.
The best thing about it?
I can actually sit at a table outside (on a chair and everything!)
They let me enjoy the table service like a regular human.
Some nice pork for me, a little tofu stir fry for my vegetarian owner.
Bring your desperate desire for chinese food (there isn’t much of a better choice in westwood) and your best friend (no, not him. your DOG).
Park at the broxton lot and have some Stan’s donuts afterwards. It will be just like a valley Chinese food/​donut restaurant experience!

People have actually eaten here before? What in the world… This place has been a staple of Broxton since the late 90s and I am amazed that it is still open. I have never tried it nor will I ever, and every time I pass by the place, it’s empty. How does it pay rent in Westwood?! I swear that I think this place is ran by the Chinese Mafia or something. Can anyone actually validate that they have business?!