East Village Asian Diner

Casual gem with amazing food, lots of options and reasonably priced!

Vegetarian options: Lots of options and diverse vegetables

Parking: As with any main location, peak times would be more challenging, we got there 5:30 and found a spot 2 blocks away

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Monk's Stone Pot with Chicken

Did I just order the wrong item?
I had the peanut noodles with shrimp and it was pretty blunt. No flavour whatsoever.
My kids got the teriyaki with tofu and it was much better. I think I just ordered the wrong thing.
Service was excellent or else I would give it 3 stars

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

This place was delicious and the service was great! Highly recommend!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

So good!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Monk's Stone Pot with Chicken, Carnitas Fries eV

We've done takeout twice. First time it was OK nothing special.Second time we did the teriyaki bowls. But they forgot the teriyaki so it was just chicken, rice and some greens.Not sure if they are rushed but it sure feels like it.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 3

Great food and service. Small dining area so would get reservations at peak

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We walked in here on a whim on a Saturday night and got a table right away. Within 15 minutes they were then on a wait. The service was great and the hot stone pots were amazing! Hot until the last bite.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great authentic hotpot’s!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Mongolian Beef Monk Bowl eV

East village is my favorite place in town! All of the food is delicious my favorite dish is the pork monk

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Karelly was our server and she was excellent. She asked us if it was our first time there, it was. Then she explained the Monk Bowl to us and how to order it. She took her time and answered every question we had and made it easy for us to understand.The food was really really good! The portions are huge, I do mean huge. You will be taking some home with you. The two sauces on the table were very tasty. One of them was sweet n spicy and the other was soy sauce plus their extra flair to it. We also had the pork and shrimp pot stickers. These were excellent as well as everything else. The soy type sauce used with the pot stickers was very yummy.I forgot to take before pictures but here's what it looked like after we dug in.Words alone cannot describe how much we enjoyed this place.We will be back.Bobbi Jo and Jeff

Vegetarian options: You can basically make everything vegetarian.They also have gluten free options as well.

Kid-friendliness: There were plenty of kids there and they do offer kids portions from what I saw the kids eating.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Mongolian Beef Monk Bowl eV, Shrimp Monk eV

Kinda bougie. The waitress apologized for my presence to other customers almost immediately. Cuz I am homeless in a wheelchair living on the street at the moment. Then, after I ordered egg fried rice and paid seven dollars for. I got something that could only be described as the laziest dish ever. The only things in the rice were oil, egg and a ridiculous amount of carrot "in half chunks". Not even julien carrots. I could have made better fried rice with a concussion. Sucks, cuz i actually like this place. It was like I wasn't even important enough to get a plate made with any sort of pride.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 5

One of my favorite meals during our visit to SD area. My husband got the peanut Thai noodles with shrimp added and I got the chicken teriyaki with an over medium egg. Large portions, phenomenal food, and very prompt and helpful service. We will definitely be back when we are in the area again!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Thai Peanut Noodles, Teriyaki Chicken Bowl eV

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Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We were super surprised how much we liked the place- food was amazing- fresh and delicious- atmosphere super

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

this place used to be so good, but it was just such a complete disappointment. Got the fallen monk bowl, the pork was so burned it wasn't edible, and the egg came scrambled for some reason. My friend got the shrimp which came with 3 shrimp which were so overcooked it was extremely chewy and one of them wasn't even deveined which is super gross. The servers are super nice, but the music was so low it wasn't audible, felt like there was no quality control or management in any way shape or form

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 5