The San Gabriel Valley's legendary Cantonese seafood house where the salt-and-pepper crab has been famous for decades
Must-try: Salt-and-pepper crab, Lobster with ginger and scallion, Peking duck
📍 518 W Las Tunas Dr, San Gabriel, CA 91776
3 ranked date night restaurants in San Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles — with ratings, must-try dishes and live availability.
3 picksThese are the 3 best San Gabriel Valley restaurants for a date-night dinner, ranked. Newport Seafood is the pick if you want the surest thing — 4.6 stars across 5,400 reviews. Prices run the whole way from $ counters to $$$$ rooms. If you only order one thing, make it the salt-and-pepper crab at Newport Seafood. None of these take online reservations — they are walk-in or phone-only, so go early.
The San Gabriel Valley is the definitive destination for Chinese food in Southern California and has serious depth across Korean, Vietnamese, and Thai cuisines too.
The San Gabriel Valley's legendary Cantonese seafood house where the salt-and-pepper crab has been famous for decades
Must-try: Salt-and-pepper crab, Lobster with ginger and scallion, Peking duck
📍 518 W Las Tunas Dr, San Gabriel, CA 91776
Alhambra's Michelin-recognized Sichuan kitchen where numbing spice, bold flavors, and impeccable technique define the SGV's Chinese dining scene
Must-try: Mapo tofu, Dan dan noodles, Beef with cumin
📍 235 W Main St, Alhambra, CA 91801
a high-end omakase bar hiding in a strip mall
Must-try: Omakase with bluefin, Red snapper, Mackerel
📍 1129 S Fremont Ave, Alhambra, CA 91803
Newport Seafood — 4.6 stars across 5,400 reviews, the highest on this list. The San Gabriel Valley's legendary Cantonese seafood house where the salt-and-pepper crab has been famous for decades.
None of the 3 on this page take online bookings — they are walk-in or phone-only. Going early, or on a weeknight, is the reliable move.
The salt-and-pepper crab at Newport Seafood, the mapo tofu at Sichuan Impression and the omakase with bluefin at Kogane. Those are the dishes regulars point to first.
Ratings and review volume decide the order, but the list itself is drawn from restaurants people actually post about — 3 of the 3 here have a TikTok attached to their card. Every entry is checked as open before it ships.