East Lake Chinese Seafood Restaurant (東湖海鮮酒家)

1st time the abalone sea cucumber $68 was good, but too expensive. The eggplant soft tofu and seafood udon were good too.
2nd time, eggplant solf tofu lost the sichuan pepper flavor and seafood udon lacked scallop and sha cha sauce.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

Food quality went down and price went up 🙄

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 4

Good food, good service...
Very nice experience.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

East Lake has been a long time staple for me in San Jose. Located on Quimby and White road, it’s a seafood Chinese restaurant located right between east side San Jose and Evergreen.

I’ve been coming here since 2014. The lunch special is where I was first introduced to this place. Over the years it has evolved! From being a super small hole in a wall to becoming a bigger, celebratory restaurant.

My favorite dish is the salt and pepper fish. Everything taste super good here tho! When I need a quick Chinese food fix, I can always count on East lake!

We ordered:
- wonton soup
- walnut shrimp
- fried whole fish
- salt and pepper fish
- chicken fried rice
- house chow mein
- Mongolian beef
- warm sweet red bean soup

They happily refill water when you eat inside.
Love this place! See you again soon!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Over price food for the quality. Waitresses added a 30% tip to my bill without asking me, and she didn’t check on us once about if we needed anything. I had to go back to correct my bill. Will not recommend. So many other good places in San Jose.

First of all I have to say their service is the best. The first 5 mins we couldn’t process what to order. The people here are so nice, they had fresh and piping hot dim sum on a tray and we got to choose what we like. The lady also patiently explained what is what and we also got hot green tea as complementary. We at different types of dumplings both shrimp and pork. It was amazing and moorish. The dumpling was soft and the meat was fresh. Additionally we got house special mixed fried rice and house special mixed thin noodle chow mein. Both the dishes were flavorful and yummy. The portion size was also good for two people. Overall I had an amazing experience and I look forward to coming back soon.

It was typical Sunday 12noon dim sum Chinese regular crowd with moving carts full of steamed delicacies.

We went for an early dinner and they had remodeled since I had been. While the prices have gone up the quality of the food hasn’t declined. Still a great go to for cantonese food.

I was on the way to a different place and found dimsum! The rice rolls stood out the most and the onion pancake! Loved the shrimp and eggplant, tripe and the chicken feet!

Rare dim sum restaurant in the neighborhood. It serves some good dim sum like the chicken feet, the rice noodle with bitter melon and shredded chicken and some fried dim sum is crispy. It is just a bit salty. Unassuming surrounding, hardly see the inside from the outside. You may be intimidated. Worth a visit if you are in the neighborhood and crave dim sum.

Great foods. Service is good. Restaurant is clean.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Dim Sum, All Types of Dim Sum Highly Recommend the Mushroom Rice Roll Gai Lan so Fresh and Siu Mai

They sell good Chinese food here.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chinese Broccoli Fried Rice

Very busy venue any day of the week. Get there before 11:30 AM. Good taste on most dimsum. Custard and har gow yummy. Soy sauce on rice rolls did not have much flavor and the bbq pork buns were too sweet(meat).

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 4

One of the best dim sum and seafood restaurant in East San Jose! Food is authentic and fresh, service is efficient, staff is attentive and warm. Parking is free and there’s usually plenty of parking available.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Dim Sum

Having grown up in California as a first generation Chinese American, I have a soft spot for Cantonese Chinese food and, specifically, dim sum. And this small-ish local Cantonese Chinese restaurant serves up the authentic-ish faire at a reasonable price. Their service is fine! Especially if you consider what used to pass as service at these kinds of restaurants. So go with the appropriate expectations, and you'll be fine. I suspect that if the restaurant were bigger and *looked* higher end, the food might seemingly taste better. But when I don't feel like the hassle of venturing out further to get my Chinese food fill, I bring the family here!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Dim Sum