Press
In the press
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Since opening in Alhambra in 2019, Dolan's has been covered by national food media, public television, and city guides on two continents. We keep this page current so you can read what independent writers — not our own menu — say about the food. Every link below goes to the original publication.
Coverage
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Los Angeles Times · 101 Best Restaurants in Los Angeles · 2025-2026 edition
These are the 101 best restaurants in Los Angeles
Dolan's Uyghur Cuisine has been selected for the Los Angeles Times' 101 Best Restaurants in Los Angeles in back-to-back editions — 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 — in the guide curated by Bill Addison and Jenn Harris. The entry files us under Alhambra and Uyghur.
“Currents of Sichuan peppercorns and star anise jolt the broth. It's terrific.”
— Bill Addison, Los Angeles TimesPublished · link checked 2026-08-21
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Los Angeles Times · Restaurant review
Review by Bill Addison
The paper's restaurant critic — recipient of the 2023 Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Review Award from the James Beard Foundation — reviewed Dolan's in our first year. His recommended dishes: big plate chicken, laghman, pumpkin manti, goshnaan and dessert yogurt.
“a welcome new bright star in the San Gabriel Valley's constellation of cuisines”
— Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times restaurant criticPublished · link checked 2026-08-21
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CBS News · CBS Mornings · 'The Dish' · national broadcast
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CBS's national morning program filmed at Dolan's and cooked through the dishes the kitchen is built on — hand-pulled noodles, big plate chicken, goshnaan and manta.
Published · link checked 2026-08-21
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KCRW · Good Food · 'In the Weeds'
Listen to the interview
Los Angeles public radio's long-running food program came to Dolan's to talk about kebabs, baked pastry and hand-pulled noodles — and about why there is room for Uyghur cuisine in LA.
“one of only a handful of Uyghur restaurants in the United States”
— KCRW Good FoodPublished · link checked 2026-08-21
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The Infatuation · Los Angeles restaurant guide
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Dolan's is reviewed in The Infatuation's Los Angeles guide, and appears in their roundups of the best restaurants in the San Gabriel Valley and in Alhambra.
Published · link checked 2026-08-21
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Saveur · National food magazine
The Best Asian Restaurants in San Gabriel Valley
Saveur's guide to the San Gabriel Valley — one of America's great eating regions — includes our Alhambra dining room among its picks.
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ABC7 Los Angeles · Broadcast television
Dolan's Uyghur Cuisine brings fusion food from Central Asia to Alhambra
Los Angeles broadcast news covered the two dishes regulars order most: Laghman hand-pulled noodles, and Big Plate Chicken with its wide belt noodles.
“hand-pulled noodles topped with stir-fried veggies and beef”
— ABC7 Los AngelesPublished · link checked 2026-08-20
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PBS SoCal · The Migrant Kitchen
Dolan's — Uyghur food in Alhambra
PBS SoCal's documentary series The Migrant Kitchen visited our kitchen to film how Uyghur culture travels through food.
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LAist · Los Angeles public media
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LAist's tour of regional cooking across Los Angeles counts Dolan's among its twelve stops, singling out the Central Asian and Middle Eastern threads on the Uyghur table.
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Time Out Los Angeles · City guide
Dolan's Uyghur Cuisine
Time Out's Los Angeles restaurant guide profiles our hand-pulled noodles and charcoal kebabs.
“Our go-to order, however, is the Uighur polo.”
— Patricia Kelly Yeo, Time Out Los AngelesPublished · link checked 2026-08-20
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We Like L.A. · Local events & food
Uyghur and Turkish breakfast now at Dolan's
When our Alhambra weekend breakfast launched, We Like L.A. put it on their list of things worth leaving the house for.
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Cathay Pacific · Inflight travel guide
A business traveller's guide to Los Angeles
The airline's Los Angeles guide sends travelers to Dolan's for a meal worth the detour.
Also listed in
CCYP carries all of our locations across its two editions, reaching an audience that finds Dolan's without ever searching for us by name.
Taste what they wrote about
The dishes reporters keep naming are on the menu every day in Alhambra and Irvine, 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM (weekend breakfast is Alhambra only, before opening). The ones they name most: hand-pulled laghman, Big Plate Chicken, manta and polo.
The person they keep interviewing is on the about page.