East Harbor Seafood Palace helped us host a wedding banquet for about 70 guests, which was relatively small, in parallel with at least two other wedding banquets. We selected this restaurant for the great value, delicious food, and flexibility for various requests that were managed by Chris Wong (e.g. reception table, extra vegetarian dish tables, additional orders to accommodate dietary restrictions, bringing our own cake and decorations). Communication can be done in English, but will be greatly facilitated by a Cantonese/Chinese speaker in your party. The staff was very accommodating in getting dishes out in a timetable according to our wishes with consideration to guest tardiness and how quickly guests were eating. They were also very efficient with set up and clean up, often offering to help in tasks we thought we should be responsible for. There is lots of free street parking on Sat. night and there is also free valet parking (recommended to tip them). All guests were happily stuffed with food by the end of the night and gave compliments about how delicious the food was.
We highly recommend East Harbor Seafood Palace for our friends and family for future wedding banquets.
Food: 5
Service: 5
Hassan Elnahas
Excellent Cantonese - the real authentic experience. Push cart dim sum. Huge selection, very tasty food.
A few items - like the taro and the har gao dim sum weren’t as hot as expected. And the soup dumpling had far too much dough. But - overall, delicious and quick.
Just be ready to wait in term for your table. Place is very popular and packed on weekends.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Nicole Montana
I’ve been here a few times on both weekends and weekdays. Weekends are great if you want the classic dim sum cart experience but are busier with wait times and more crowding. Weekdays are better if you’re looking for a casual dinner. The dim sum, fresh seafood, and crab fried rice are all delicious and I will come back for them. Steak based dishes have been hit or miss for me. Definitely recommend coming here for the experience.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Leigh Lin
The food is top tier and service team is great
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ambrose Wan
My go-to spot for dim sum in Brooklyn, the wait is a bit crazy in the morning but definitely worth the wait
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Rosemary Neglia
The food is delicious. The service was excellent.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Nandika Mukherjee
went for dinner at 6:30 on a sunday. we had one of the alaskan king crabs split into 3 dishes plus a few other dishes (noodles, beef, chinese broccoli). every dish was amazing and flavorful, exactly enough for 8 people. super fast service, impressive pricing imo
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Edna L
Visited a handful of times before. Today (Wednesday) I went around 11am and it was pretty packed. Wait time was around 10-15 minutes. When you enter, be sure to tell the staff member in front how many is in your party for the table and he will give you a card with a number on it. As tables start to clear, he will yell out the numbers, based on availability. You want to be attentive here as if you don’t acknowledge your number being called, it will be skipped and he will quickly move on to the next numbers for people to be seated. During my 10 minute wait, I saw people who were there before me, that didn’t get a card with a number on it, and they just stood around. After they saw what everyone else was doing, they finally got a number so they could be called for a table.
Also fyi, if you come when they open at 9am, there will already be a decent sized crowd waiting outside. Lines do not exist here though. When the doors open, imagine a Black Friday sale, but for seats. Families and individuals will run for the table they want to occupy during their meal. It’s a bit of rush! After that initial opening, about 60% of the restaurant will be filled. Then around 30 minutes later, the entire place will be packed and the above mentioned waiting for your number to be called will start.
The dimsum here was decent! My review says 4 stars but I really mean 4.5 stars. Too bad half stars don’t yet exist on Yelp. They really should make that an option. Anyway, the dimsum here is very authentic, flavorful, and great portions! I brought my dad here and he says it’s also pretty decent - fyi, he cooks for a living. We also loved it so much that at the end of our meal, we ordered take out of dimsum to take back to the rest of my family.
The restaurant is filled with locals, a few tourists, but mostly Cantonese families with small children, elderly people, and young get-togethers. You can sort of hear people talking in other tables, but that’s to be expected in any dimsum place with locals. It’s moderate volume but still on the quieter side for how busy it gets and in comparison to other dimsum restaurants.
Staff here are friendly and attentive. Also super efficient. They bring everything you ask for within a minute- in my experience today. I asked for chili oil and water. Also plenty of refills for tea (for the tea, proper etiquette to ask for more refills is to lift the lid slightly and let it rest on top, so it stays open and they know to come get it).
Also… absolutely love the hot sauce/chili oil here!!! So good we asked for 3 and I used 2.5 of them. My dad who doesn’t even like spicy much, used half of one. I put chili oil on most dim sum dishes to really elevate the already-decent flavors!
Would still come back again!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Daniel Ly
Recently had an amazing meal at East Harbor Seafood Palace! The dim sum was fresh and flavorful—especially the shrimp dumplings and siu mai. Service was quick even though the place was packed, and the food came out hot and fast. Great variety, huge portions, and a lively atmosphere. Definitely one of the best spots in Brooklyn for authentic Cantonese cuisine. Can’t wait to come back with a bigger group to try more dishes!
Love this place for authentic Chinese food especially their dim sum. Peking style pork chop is great, so are the salt and pepper shrimp. Singapore noodles are also fantastic
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Stephanie S
Delicious and authentic.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
CS Ng
Food is good, can’t say great. Long wait at Sunday morning after 10. Not worth the wait to be honest. Like many other Chinese dim sum place, many people waiting to be seated stuck at the entrance near dining area. Better lower your expectation toward service and atmosphere.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 2
Vasley Green
Some time takes to long to get the food, but I like this place anyway, and I will come back again
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
William Wu
Don’t look for service they act like you owe them and never responded to questions and just ignored
East Harbor Seafood Palace helped us host a wedding banquet for about 70 guests, which was relatively small, in parallel with at least two other wedding banquets. We selected this restaurant for the great value, delicious food, and flexibility for various requests that were managed by Chris Wong (e.g. reception table, extra vegetarian dish tables, additional orders to accommodate dietary restrictions, bringing our own cake and decorations). Communication can be done in English, but will be greatly facilitated by a Cantonese/Chinese speaker in your party. The staff was very accommodating in getting dishes out in a timetable according to our wishes with consideration to guest tardiness and how quickly guests were eating. They were also very efficient with set up and clean up, often offering to help in tasks we thought we should be responsible for. There is lots of free street parking on Sat. night and there is also free valet parking (recommended to tip them). All guests were happily stuffed with food by the end of the night and gave compliments about how delicious the food was.
We highly recommend East Harbor Seafood Palace for our friends and family for future wedding banquets.
Food: 5
Service: 5
Excellent Cantonese - the real authentic experience. Push cart dim sum. Huge selection, very tasty food.
A few items - like the taro and the har gao dim sum weren’t as hot as expected. And the soup dumpling had far too much dough. But - overall, delicious and quick.
Just be ready to wait in term for your table. Place is very popular and packed on weekends.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
I’ve been here a few times on both weekends and weekdays. Weekends are great if you want the classic dim sum cart experience but are busier with wait times and more crowding. Weekdays are better if you’re looking for a casual dinner. The dim sum, fresh seafood, and crab fried rice are all delicious and I will come back for them. Steak based dishes have been hit or miss for me. Definitely recommend coming here for the experience.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
The food is top tier and service team is great
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
My go-to spot for dim sum in Brooklyn, the wait is a bit crazy in the morning but definitely worth the wait
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food is delicious. The service was excellent.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
went for dinner at 6:30 on a sunday. we had one of the alaskan king crabs split into 3 dishes plus a few other dishes (noodles, beef, chinese broccoli). every dish was amazing and flavorful, exactly enough for 8 people. super fast service, impressive pricing imo
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Visited a handful of times before. Today (Wednesday) I went around 11am and it was pretty packed. Wait time was around 10-15 minutes. When you enter, be sure to tell the staff member in front how many is in your party for the table and he will give you a card with a number on it. As tables start to clear, he will yell out the numbers, based on availability. You want to be attentive here as if you don’t acknowledge your number being called, it will be skipped and he will quickly move on to the next numbers for people to be seated. During my 10 minute wait, I saw people who were there before me, that didn’t get a card with a number on it, and they just stood around. After they saw what everyone else was doing, they finally got a number so they could be called for a table.
Also fyi, if you come when they open at 9am, there will already be a decent sized crowd waiting outside. Lines do not exist here though. When the doors open, imagine a Black Friday sale, but for seats. Families and individuals will run for the table they want to occupy during their meal. It’s a bit of rush! After that initial opening, about 60% of the restaurant will be filled. Then around 30 minutes later, the entire place will be packed and the above mentioned waiting for your number to be called will start.
The dimsum here was decent! My review says 4 stars but I really mean 4.5 stars. Too bad half stars don’t yet exist on Yelp. They really should make that an option. Anyway, the dimsum here is very authentic, flavorful, and great portions! I brought my dad here and he says it’s also pretty decent - fyi, he cooks for a living. We also loved it so much that at the end of our meal, we ordered take out of dimsum to take back to the rest of my family.
The restaurant is filled with locals, a few tourists, but mostly Cantonese families with small children, elderly people, and young get-togethers. You can sort of hear people talking in other tables, but that’s to be expected in any dimsum place with locals. It’s moderate volume but still on the quieter side for how busy it gets and in comparison to other dimsum restaurants.
Staff here are friendly and attentive. Also super efficient. They bring everything you ask for within a minute- in my experience today. I asked for chili oil and water. Also plenty of refills for tea (for the tea, proper etiquette to ask for more refills is to lift the lid slightly and let it rest on top, so it stays open and they know to come get it).
Also… absolutely love the hot sauce/chili oil here!!! So good we asked for 3 and I used 2.5 of them. My dad who doesn’t even like spicy much, used half of one. I put chili oil on most dim sum dishes to really elevate the already-decent flavors!
Would still come back again!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recently had an amazing meal at East Harbor Seafood Palace! The dim sum was fresh and flavorful—especially the shrimp dumplings and siu mai. Service was quick even though the place was packed, and the food came out hot and fast. Great variety, huge portions, and a lively atmosphere. Definitely one of the best spots in Brooklyn for authentic Cantonese cuisine. Can’t wait to come back with a bigger group to try more dishes!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Renovated. This place has good food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Love this place for authentic Chinese food especially their dim sum. Peking style pork chop is great, so are the salt and pepper shrimp. Singapore noodles are also fantastic
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Delicious and authentic.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food is good, can’t say great. Long wait at Sunday morning after 10. Not worth the wait to be honest. Like many other Chinese dim sum place, many people waiting to be seated stuck at the entrance near dining area. Better lower your expectation toward service and atmosphere.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 2
Some time takes to long to get the food, but I like this place anyway, and I will come back again
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Don’t look for service they act like you owe them and never responded to questions and just ignored
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
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