We visited Northern Cafe in Rowland Heights for lunch today. It's located on Colima Road and Jellick Ave. inside of the GW supermarket plaza. It's right next to the Sunmerry Bakery. Parking spaces are plenty but it can be packed during lunch hours because there are many businesses plus GW supermarket is there. We got there around 1:20 p.m. and the restaurant is spacious with modern decor and some wall art. We ordered the following items for our party of 5: - House Special Beef & Tendon Noodle Soup -Braised ox tail noodle soup -tomato beef noodle soup with fried egg -veggies cold dishes combo (3 items): we picked cucumber, tofu slices, and xue li hong (Chinese mustard greens) -beef rolls -juicy steamed pork dumplings (XLB) -shrimp & pork dumplings -scallion pancakes We liked the food overall, especially the braised ox tail noodle soup, beef rolls, and Xiao Long Bao. The portion of the noodle soup was huge (They gave us a lot of noodles). The noodle texture was good. The Braised Ox Tail Noodle Soup was flavorful and delicious. Xiao Long Bao was juicy and the skin was thin. Beef rolls were addictive (I just don't like cilantro -that's my preference so I took them out). For the veggies cold dishes combo, the portions were a bit small. Chinese mustard greens were kinda salty and they didn't give us much of the cucumber. Scallion pancakes could be better because they were a bit dry. The service was lacking because they didn't have enough servers. Overall, the noodle soup was decent and I would give it a 4 stars.

We visited on a Sunday for lunch, and the place was quite busy. My husband and I ended up sitting side by side at a window seat since there were no regular tables available for immediate seating, and we didn't want to wait. The restaurant is spacious, and the restroom was clean. It operates on a mostly self-service system--orders are placed via a QR code on the table, and you can grab bowls, plates, utensils, napkins, and water yourself. I ordered the spicy beef noodle soup. While the portion size was generous, I found the soup to be quite bland. However, my husband enjoyed it. I'd rate it a 3/5. We also tried the beef roll, which was absolutely delicious. It had a generous amount of beef and cilantro, and the roll itself was fluffy and flaky. Easily a 5/5 for the beef roll. Overall, I'd definitely return when I'm craving beef noodle soup or those amazing beef rolls!

Clean. Excellent food. Ordering via QR code was a snap. Service was super quick. The steamed dumplings tasted home made. The beef noodle soup hit the spot. And the scallion pancakes are divine. Love the cucumber salad too. Highly, highly recommend this spot.

Okay I was not expecting much to be honest but this place is pretty authentic and so so good. We came right before opening on the weekend and glad we did. There were already a few people waiting. And then it got quite packed about an hour later. There are other Northern Cafes I've seen but this one is marked as RH so I'm not actually sure if it's the same thing or not. Got the 3 cold dishes with spicy beef, potato, and tofu skin with celery. The potato is so good here with light Sichuan oil taste and the tofu skin is refreshing. The spicy beef is a bit salty for my taste but goes well with the cold noodle with sesame paste as it didn't have any meat in there. The noodles had a lot more flavor than it looks and we were glad we got it. Beef roll was amazing. Literally everything here just made me say wow. My mouth is watering writing about this. I want to go again even though it's very out of the way for me.

I had the spicy beef noodles with knife cut noodle it was delicious. I added two scoops of the chili oil which made it amazing. I went with family and friends and they all enjoyed their noodles. The steam buns was a pork shrimp and egg I believe . It wasn't bad but I probably wouldn't order again because I had to add a lot of vinegar and chili to make it good. It was just a bit bland for me. Will definitely be back to try other dishes. It is roomy and we got serviced immediately. They didn't seem to speak much English but it was totally fine easy to order when you scan the QR code on the table

My friends and I come often and have never been disappointed. Noodle texture from all the times I've been is the right amount of bounciness and chew. Flavor is also spot on for any of the noodle dishes you get. The lamb skewers are huge chunks of meat unlike most skewer places, so the price is comparable to the size of skewer you get. Parking spaces can be tight and hard to find during the weekend.