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Halal · Authentic
Irvine Store
Authentic Uyghur cuisine near Walnut Village Center. Hand-pulled laghman, samsa, and Central Asian dishes. Everyday 11AM–9PM.
Halal Uyghur dining in Irvine
Dolan's Uyghur Cuisine in Irvine is a family-owned halal restaurant at 14425 Culver Drive, Irvine, CA 92604, open every day from 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM. We serve authentic Uyghur and Central Asian food near Walnut Village Center, a short drive from UC Irvine, Tustin, Costa Mesa, Santa Ana, and Newport Beach.
Everything we serve is 100% halal - the whole menu, the whole kitchen. No pork, no alcohol. Uyghur cooking is naturally halal — it grew up in the oasis towns of Central Asia, where Turkic, Persian, and Chinese kitchens met and traded technique for centuries.
What we cook here
Our chefs hand-pull Laghman noodles fresh throughout the day and finish them in a tomato-based lamb and vegetable sauce. Samsa — lamb and onion folded into flaky pastry — bake in a tandoor-style oven until the tops blister. Lamb kebabs go over charcoal with cumin and chili, and Uyghur polo simmers slowly with carrots until the rice takes on the fat and sweetness of the lamb. Every dish on our menu is listed in two languages.
- Hours
- Everyday 11AM – 9PM
- Phone
- (949) 299-2878
- Dietary
- 100% halal · No pork · No alcohol
- Good to know
- Free parking · Outdoor seating
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Know it by another name? Uyghur food in Irvine, in the words you already use
- Big Plate Chicken
- chong texse tohu · дапанцзи
- laghman
- laghman · lagmon · лағман · лагман · لغمان
- polo
- polo · palov · osh · палау · оши палав · polow · پلو · pilav · плов
- manta
- manta · mantı · manti · мәнті · mantu · منتو · манты
- the Tower Kebab
- kawap · kebap · şiş · kabāb · کباب · kabob · кәуап · шашлык
In Walnut Village Center, so Orange County does not have to drive north
For years, eating Uyghur food in Southern California meant driving to the San Gabriel Valley — an hour each way from most of Orange County, on a good day. This restaurant exists so that trip is optional. Same menu, same prices, same kitchen practice as Alhambra.
Culver Drive puts us inside Walnut Village Center, with free parking in the lot rather than on the street. The room is bright and seats groups comfortably, which matters for a menu built around sharing — polo and hand-pulled laghman are the two most ordered plates here.
New to the cuisine? Start here, or read how the kitchen works before you come.
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