Pine and Crane Silverlake Reviews
Submitted by Sean Lai on 05/11/2022
Sean Lai 5 stars rating.
Really can't say enough good thing about this place. Tasty food? Check! Decent value? Check! Good dining environment? Check! Good variety? Check! Friendly service? Check! The only down side is this place doesn't have dedicated parking and finding one around the neighborhood could be painful. Came in around 1:30 pm on a Wednesday and didn't have to wait at all. The food was really authentic and flavourful. With inflation going out of control, the bill was really reasonable. Definitely recommended!!
Rodrigo 4 stars rating.
This rating is based off of a take out experience & I would assume it’s a lot better if you dine in.
The outdoor area is a nice spot for a date or to take your family out. The indoor dining looks great too. I chose take out though.
I ordered the Beef roll which had a five spice beef & I thought it was delicious but it was really hard to eat because it falls apart easily. I think if it wasn’t cut in sections and eaten like a burrito, that would of been better.
The Taiwanese Popcorn Chicken made with Jidori chicken, Thai basil, & pepper salt was real good, but I wish they had more sauces to dip it in. As a stand alone dish it’s solid.
Now the Pork belly clamshell bun made with braised pork belly, cilantro, mustard greens, & peanuts tasted delicious but it was pretty underwhelming.
I also ordered the minced pork on rice which had a soy braised egg, & house daikon pickle. This was my least favorite but still descent.
The Shrimp wontons we’re very greasy but delicious. The Pan fried pork buns were made of kurobuta pork, Taiwanese cabbage, & scallions. I also didn’t think it was that good but I still ate some.
Overall I think this spot has a lot of great menu options. I’d definitely come back for the beef soup. This spot is only about two months old so I know it’ll improve. I’d say more or a 3.5 out of 5 spot rather than a 4.
Submitted by Rodrigo on 08/14/2022
Jason O 3 stars rating.
I liked their wide selection of vegan options. Good service too. I personally prefer more flavor and spice in my food but still thought it was decent. Also thought the scallion pancake wasn't crispy and short on scallions. I loved the taro boba tea.
Submitted by Jason O on 08/07/2022
KS 1 stars rating.
Pine and Crane is a place where your orders can/may mysteriously disappear in kitchen.
I visited this place on 8/4, with a lot of expectation that qualities and services are top notch as I have read and been recommended.
However, what I have experienced was totally opposite of what I have read and been told. Sure, I may be the outlier from everyone, but it’s worth for you to read.
Before I begin, I had to split my table to accommodate for other diners. This, I think is one of the best accommodation the restaurant has done. They also offered me a side dish on the house! (Talk about win-win for everyone)
However, everything turned for worse beginning here.
Food doesn’t come out for 15+ minutes. Other who came later than me are getting their foods. Staff has seen me and my wife waiting for food many times, but nothing is being done proactively.
I personally asked 2 times for update on my food. Then the manager comes out and updates me that my order was ‘forgotten’. The exact explanation is, instead of cancelling the table, the kitchen has cancelled the ‘order’. Mysteriously, my order was vanished.
They begin to let me know, my order is back in the list and is being expedited. Somehow also trying to occupy my table with side dishes that I don’t want, or feel allergic to, and occupy my time and table with the side dishes until the original order comes out.
I, then, rejected the side dishes and let the manager know it’s rather burdening me to have these many dishes in small table they already split me of.
Few minutes later, the manager comes and tell me that there is a ‘community fridge’ where the side dishes can go to be shared or some other purpose. She would like to put the side dishes that she brought out to be put into the fridge.
In this strange days of COVID, you want to make sure all foods are sanitary. The fact that you bring the food out, and put them back again(wherever the destination may be), is rather making the customers doubt the sanitation, and confuse the quality.
To sum it up, the quality of food is on par.
The service and accommodation from staff, super bad. Stay away, or rather just do a take out.
Service destroyed the food.
It ain’t easy to do that.
But they accomplished it.
Never coming back.
Submitted by Ks on 08/04/2022
Jennie Zeng 4 stars rating.
Went here on a Sunday for lunch. Waited about 5 minute for a dine in table. I think the main dishes lack a bit of flavor, but love the appetizers! You can keep refilling the loose leaf tea.
Submitted by Jennie Zeng on 07/11/2022
Alan Duong 3 stars rating.
Got take out. Good: the fried buns and the beef roll were okay. Beef noodle soup is very beefy, very rich. The best thing were the mushrooms. Bad: worst dandan noodles I've ever had to be quite honest. The flavor profile just isn't what I'm used to. I was hoping for more spice, more depth of flavor. It really fell flat.
Submitted by Alan Duong on 07/10/2022
Tali Lehrer 5 stars rating.
If I could rate Pine and Crane higher I would! Apart from every dish being amazing in their own ways, the costumer service is the best I have seen. Within minutes of sitting down you are quickly served and throughout the meal the staff check to see if you are enjoying the food. This is my favorite restaurant ever and you definitely should try it!
Submitted by Tali Lehrer on 07/02/2022
Reichen Yoo 3 stars rating.
It’s recommended by a friend. Really good spot in silverlake restaurants area. We arrived there at 2:30 but still quite busy. Only long table and a couple of tables available. Luckily the tables were turned around very fast. The food is great! Highly recommend the beef noodles! Please taste the broth before pouring the soy sauce or vinegar. The broth is simply delicious. The service was good, a white guy came to check how the food tasted. But another Latino g? guy literally passed the dirty tables a couple of times without cleaning and also had the attitude face. That’s why giving 4stars. Sorry, its not cool if you serve the people. ????
Submitted by Reichen Yoo on 04/27/2022
Daniela Bailey 5 stars rating.
The beef roll was to die for! We ordered several things to share but next time I'll get a beef roll just to myself, because it was THAT tasty. Not sure what spices they use but it's sweet, salty, maybe spicy. Simply delightful.
Peanut sauce noodles were creamy and had a light flavor.
The chicken with rice was too sweet for my taste.
Hard to find a spot to sit outside , but the service is fairly quick considering how busy they are.
Submitted by Daniela Bailey on 02/21/2022
Lydia Cheng 5 stars rating.
This is a great spot for Asian comfort food. I love all the small plates that are offered here and all the dishes here are really tasty. I would definitely recommend the pork buns and shrimp wontons for a lighter meal/snack. I like that you can order on their app if you decide to eat on their patio area. The service is quick here as well.
Submitted by Lydia Cheng on 12/18/2021
