Allied Food To Go - Pasadena, California

Nadine Cho

I ordered on the tablet inside of the shop. It was efficient and relatively easy. My order status was texted to me along with a code to open the portal. Sushi Blue Spot had fresh and tasty unagi and salmon! I would order again!

Orlando

Clean and organized. Love the robots delivering orders to the front counter. Very friendly service staff. So much to choose from. Love the convenience of ordering online. Delivery time was very accurate.

Martha Hernandez

Ordered the Birria family meal. Portions were enough for 5 adults. Great taste and value. At other restaurants the Birria by pound is dry but at House of Birria is juicy. It includes extra consomé. Will be coming back to order from House of Birria. Loved it. Highly recommend it. Try it.

Melanie Sterling

First time here, ordered some spam musubis from Rice and Nori. What a fun concept! We simply ordered online, were told it would take 6-7 min. At the 5 min mark, I got a text saying our food was ready and to tap a button. The locker with our food opened up and we were good to go! All around great experience. Only bummer was parking (we had to hunt for street parking) and the guy who peed in the bushes right as we were walking in.

Antonio Thompson

Never knew they had pizza here. So delicious. Super fresh and tasty ingredients. Definitely coming back for more!

Eri Sa

We went to check this place out tonight. We ordered ahead of time through their website. When we arrived, I punched in our order and to my surprise the drawer automatically opened with our bags ready to be picked up. I like that they have a large vegetarian selection. They also have a large birria selection it seems. My tofu bowl was very tasty. I was told the birria ramen was on the oily side and the hand roll trio was on the small side. I would definitely go back and try something else, maybe a dessert or something with the birria.

Adam Andersen

We ordered two curry dishes from Koruba. They were essentially two soupy puddles of curry with a dollop of rice. Nothing else. One of them was a chicken curry, but the chicken was minced in the tiny pieces. The other was supposed to have an assortment of vegetables. We ended up adding our own mushrooms, zucchini, onions and tomatoes to both. Even that didn't help much. Certainly not worth $41 for two poor dishes. We tried calling to tell them that they've missed some of our order, but no one answered the phone. Very disappointed. I recommend that you avoid.

Hyanne

This was my very 1st experience with what you call a ghost kitchen (where 15-20 restaurants share a building to do only pickup and delivery orders and we as customers cannot see their kitchen areas). My husband had a chance to try Moonbowls on his SF business trip and he really wanted me to try it. When we arrived at the location in Pasadena, CA, we were very confused at first, not being able to locate a restaurant called Moonbowls. After circling the area, we realized Moonbowls was one of the co-ops of Allied Food To Go.

So while I waited in the car, my husband went to order. The ordering was simple, and we liked the fact that if you wanted to, you could try all different restaurants’ menu items (in one sitting vs literally going to different locations) by ordering from Allied Food To Go kiosk (or online). Shortly after our food was ready, we received a text informing us how to pick up our order. The pickup process was quick and very unique in sense that you use your iPhone/smart phone to unlock a food locker!

There was a minor mixup with one of our menu items, but when we contacted Moonbowls, they were very understanding and took care of our issue right away.

The Allied Food To Go’s Pasadena store front is not the most inviting. At first, when we couldn’t find Moonbowls and were driving around, I thought the building was a laundromat. It has an old-building vibe, so hopefully, they can spruce it up or do a store front remodel in the near future. But since it’s near Cal Tech and Pasadena Comm College, I’m sure hungry students will overlook this and more so if they ordered through Uber Eats/Doordash/Postmates since the customers will never see the actual building. :).

Also, parking is limited like most places in Pasadena (only street parking). The Rite Aid parking lot is right next to Allied Food To Go, but there are signs saying it’s for Rite Aid customers only. So when picking up your order, park at your risk if you use the Rite Air parking lot.

Overall, it was a very fun & unique experience! We will be back to try more food items!