Ying Kee is a true local gem. They’ve been around for over 20 years in the heart of Chinatown, serving good-value, authentic Chinese dishes made with fresh ingredients. While they offer all the classic favorites, they also cook the comforting country-style dishes our parents grew up loving — from salty fish entrées to lamb in Sichuan chili oil, bitter melon spare ribs with gravy over noodles, crispy fried fish, and so much more.
Come here for that warm, family-style feel and enjoy delicious Chinese food paired with friendly service.
**They are known for their shrimp dumplings AKA (Water dumplings) with the fish skin inside! It’s The Best in Chinatown!
They recently renovated, so the space looks great too.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Lynetta Irvin
Awe, I’m devastated to hear that my favorite Chinese restaurant has closed. They made the BEST food ever🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Lee Peters
My girlfriend and I just moved to Oakland and are trying all the restaurants in Chinatown, this is one of our new favorites! We got honey walnut prawns, beef chow fun, and salted egg & mustard green soup - all excellent! They have a very broad menu and everything else coming out of the kitchen looked great so we’ll definitely be back. Also, large potion sizes, great value for money. Quick and friendly service too!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kris Wong
Juicy wontons and bouncy delicious chow fun with big chunks of bitter melon and spare ribs. Fast service, fast tea re-up, nostalgic no-no sense interior filled with mostly Chinese accidental hipsters. Park at the plaza and walk over. Can't wait to go back for lunch. Everyone was ordering some sizzling skillet thing and fried rice.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ava Sheen
IT WAS WONDERFUL
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Panda Bao
Amazing Chinese food. Definitely a must go if you are in the area. I been coming here since I was a kid. And it still holds up to their large portions and good pricing. Their shrimp dumpling and wonton soup is the best! They also have a three dish deal that comes with free house soup.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Oakland WardBrotherthirdward
Over priced 20 dollars just for orange chicken with rice
Amanda Flores
Was excited to try their Curry Beef Brisket, but it was really not enjoyable. The onions and peppers were barely cooked so they still had that raw taste/crunch and the “brisket” was mostly fat/cartilage (as pictured) with about three small chunks of meat in the whole meal. The container also leaked all over since for whatever reason they didn’t think to use one that seals fully.
For a $50+ check, I’m pretty upset that I was served curry with raw vegetables and the scraps you’d trim off a brisket rather than the brisket itself. First and last visit here.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
gardnerhill
Delicious signature shrimp dumpling soup.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Megan Dauphin
Best Chinese food in Oakland China town! Delicious noodles soups, kind staff, and nice atmosphere. I highly recommend Ying Kee!
Ying Kee is a true local gem. They’ve been around for over 20 years in the heart of Chinatown, serving good-value, authentic Chinese dishes made with fresh ingredients. While they offer all the classic favorites, they also cook the comforting country-style dishes our parents grew up loving — from salty fish entrées to lamb in Sichuan chili oil, bitter melon spare ribs with gravy over noodles, crispy fried fish, and so much more.
Come here for that warm, family-style feel and enjoy delicious Chinese food paired with friendly service.
**They are known for their shrimp dumplings AKA
(Water dumplings) with the fish skin inside! It’s The Best in Chinatown!
They recently renovated, so the space looks great too.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Awe, I’m devastated to hear that my favorite Chinese restaurant has closed. They made the BEST food ever🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
My girlfriend and I just moved to Oakland and are trying all the restaurants in Chinatown, this is one of our new favorites! We got honey walnut prawns, beef chow fun, and salted egg & mustard green soup - all excellent! They have a very broad menu and everything else coming out of the kitchen looked great so we’ll definitely be back. Also, large potion sizes, great value for money. Quick and friendly service too!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Juicy wontons and bouncy delicious chow fun with big chunks of bitter melon and spare ribs. Fast service, fast tea re-up, nostalgic no-no sense interior filled with mostly Chinese accidental hipsters. Park at the plaza and walk over. Can't wait to go back for lunch. Everyone was ordering some sizzling skillet thing and fried rice.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
IT WAS WONDERFUL
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amazing Chinese food. Definitely a must go if you are in the area. I been coming here since I was a kid. And it still holds up to their large portions and good pricing. Their shrimp dumpling and wonton soup is the best! They also have a three dish deal that comes with free house soup.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Over priced 20 dollars just for orange chicken with rice
Was excited to try their Curry Beef Brisket, but it was really not enjoyable. The onions and peppers were barely cooked so they still had that raw taste/crunch and the “brisket” was mostly fat/cartilage (as pictured) with about three small chunks of meat in the whole meal. The container also leaked all over since for whatever reason they didn’t think to use one that seals fully.
For a $50+ check, I’m pretty upset that I was served curry with raw vegetables and the scraps you’d trim off a brisket rather than the brisket itself. First and last visit here.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
Delicious signature shrimp dumpling soup.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Best Chinese food in Oakland China town! Delicious noodles soups, kind staff, and nice atmosphere. I highly recommend Ying Kee!
Restaurantji Recommends
Great food!
The people running the place don’t really speak English, but I managed to get my order across so all was fine!
Only critique is I wish they were open later in the day! I would have loved to come back for dinner.
3 dishes for $33, great taste size and deal
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Soup
Great dumpling soup
The food is ?????I like their salt and pepper fried tofu
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Good cooking. I love
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
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