Ducks Restaurant

Ducks Restaurant is a long-standing, family-owned Japanese comfort food spot in the San Gabriel Valley, playfully decorated with a massive collection of patron-gifted rubber ducks. The menu highlights a variety of satisfying homestyle dishes, including crispy chicken karaage, crunchy chicken katsu, and savory meat spaghetti. Guests also gravitate toward hearty noodle options like hot udon simmered in rich bonito broth and refreshing cold soba paired with mini katsudon.

Commenters largely celebrate the restaurant as an eccentric local staple praised for its fair prices, nostalgic atmosphere, and delicious noodle dishes like the mochi udon. Although widely loved, sentiment is occasionally mixed, with isolated mentions of long waits leading to subpar food and an isolated report of food poisoning. Many locals fondly noted passing by for years before discovering it, with some recognizing its feature in a Netflix production.