used to be able to order the 2 or 3 roll lunch special for delivery - please make this available again for delivery - i think it's still available for dine-in.
Food: 5
Service: 4
Jacob C.
East Gate Asian Bistro is subpar, full stop. An Asian place with a menu as diverse as this should have a large amount of flavors on display, but as far as I'm aware, everything tastes like the oil it's fried in. The drunken noodles taste like the beef fried rice, which tastes like the lo mein, which tastes like the oil. It's mediocre at best, and it's disappointing to see such a vast menu get kneecapped by its blandness. The sushi is also just okay, obviously it doesn't taste the same as the rest, but for 5 fewer dollars, you can get much better sushi at the Harris Teeter next door. Hope to see them improve, since they're so close to my residence
Alan V.
We get east gate often. Very consistent, tasty food. Always ready on time. A tad pricey but it's good so I consider it worth it.
Great place and reasonable pricing. I had the friend shrimp appetizer and spicy tuna roll. Everything was very tasty and the fish had nice fresh taste. My partner had the shrimp tempura and Philadelphia roll and he also said his was good. Small sining room inside and it seems like they do a lot of takeout compared to dine in. Cocktails and beer are also available for dine in. Service was quick and attentive.
Michael
Love the food; did not appreciate the delivery driver of the restaurant pressing my wife for “more tip” like he made the food and came to our home and was going to serve it to us.I’ll never order from here again over their debt collector delivery driver. ??
Food: 5
Service: 1
larry r.
I need to first comment on ambiance. Very clean and bright, artfully tastful. The food is generous and very well displayed. I'm particularly impressed with the avocado salad and chirashi. Both are truly excellent.
HonestReview 1.
Poor service. We waited 15 minutes before we were served water and order taken. Food took a long time to come out after we ordered. Food was good but poor service overshadowed our experience. We will not go here again.
Adam J.
High hopes for this place based on reviews. This is a real no holds review. Sweet & Sour Soup - warm not hot. First taste/texture. It had a minimal taste. Never have this with such lacking flavor. What was worse was the consistency - it tasted like someone spit in the soup type of consistency. Why I have no clue. Would never get again! Sushi - expectation high. Result - over smoked salmon that tastes like it was in a restaurant/kitchen fire. This was so inedible, maybe liquid smoke was a factor too (just guessing). Price horrible for this and such small pieces of fish outside of the over smoked taste. Would never get again! General Tso's - expectations high. Result - sauce watery and taste like sesame. Green bell peppers? Never never never?!?! Broccoli rock hard. Chicken was there (some are just all breading). Size vs other restaurants medium. Would never get again! Not sure what's occurring here. Prices are high, quality is mediocre. For the Nova region, you should go out of business. Asian restaurants outside the area and state, far exceed this quality. Nova restaurants as a whole have no idea of how a restaurant works or how to elevate service to the quality expected. Cooks and chefs shouldn't be allowed to say, "I worked in NY, LA and DC". Sounds great but if you ended up here then high quality/well respected restaurants that people respect don't need your skills. At the very least strive for more and not status quo. Every person that comes to the area is appalled at the subpar performance and quality of restaurants here. East Gate you should close and do something that you are great at. Your restaurant is unfortunately grocery store quality at best. And there's enough grocery stores here already.
My 2 friends brought me here when I was visiting. They were obviously known. The food was delicious, the staff were very attentive. We were the last ones there and they were very polite in saying they were closed.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Michael V
Best sushi around this area. The lunch sushi combo is a good deal. Spicy crab and Ebi roll are personal recommendations!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
mike johnson
Been there 5 times. Every single time has had good food, good service, and an overall calming environment. Highly recommend!Parking: Plenty of parking.
I was looking for a location that carried more vegetables than red meats. This place was perfect and the staff was very helpful and patient. I did have the shrimp and vegetable tempura along with the avocado salad. They were plenty. Everything actually looked delectable.Vegetarian options: There were quite a few vegetarian options, including the delicious avocado salad that I had. Ginger dressing made it really delicious.
used to be able to order the 2 or 3 roll lunch special for delivery - please make this available again for delivery - i think it's still available for dine-in.
Food: 5
Service: 4
East Gate Asian Bistro is subpar, full stop. An Asian place with a menu as diverse as this should have a large amount of flavors on display, but as far as I'm aware, everything tastes like the oil it's fried in. The drunken noodles taste like the beef fried rice, which tastes like the lo mein, which tastes like the oil. It's mediocre at best, and it's disappointing to see such a vast menu get kneecapped by its blandness. The sushi is also just okay, obviously it doesn't taste the same as the rest, but for 5 fewer dollars, you can get much better sushi at the Harris Teeter next door. Hope to see them improve, since they're so close to my residence
We get east gate often. Very consistent, tasty food. Always ready on time. A tad pricey but it's good so I consider it worth it.
Good food and nice service
Best sushi everParking: Nice shopping center
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Miso Soup, Deluxe Sashimi Sampler
Great place and reasonable pricing. I had the friend shrimp appetizer and spicy tuna roll. Everything was very tasty and the fish had nice fresh taste. My partner had the shrimp tempura and Philadelphia roll and he also said his was good. Small sining room inside and it seems like they do a lot of takeout compared to dine in. Cocktails and beer are also available for dine in. Service was quick and attentive.
Love the food; did not appreciate the delivery driver of the restaurant pressing my wife for “more tip” like he made the food and came to our home and was going to serve it to us.I’ll never order from here again over their debt collector delivery driver. ??
Food: 5
Service: 1
I need to first comment on ambiance. Very clean and bright, artfully tastful. The food is generous and very well displayed. I'm particularly impressed with the avocado salad and chirashi. Both are truly excellent.
Poor service. We waited 15 minutes before we were served water and order taken. Food took a long time to come out after we ordered. Food was good but poor service overshadowed our experience. We will not go here again.
High hopes for this place based on reviews. This is a real no holds review. Sweet & Sour Soup - warm not hot. First taste/texture. It had a minimal taste. Never have this with such lacking flavor. What was worse was the consistency - it tasted like someone spit in the soup type of consistency. Why I have no clue. Would never get again! Sushi - expectation high. Result - over smoked salmon that tastes like it was in a restaurant/kitchen fire. This was so inedible, maybe liquid smoke was a factor too (just guessing). Price horrible for this and such small pieces of fish outside of the over smoked taste. Would never get again! General Tso's - expectations high. Result - sauce watery and taste like sesame. Green bell peppers? Never never never?!?! Broccoli rock hard. Chicken was there (some are just all breading). Size vs other restaurants medium. Would never get again! Not sure what's occurring here. Prices are high, quality is mediocre. For the Nova region, you should go out of business. Asian restaurants outside the area and state, far exceed this quality. Nova restaurants as a whole have no idea of how a restaurant works or how to elevate service to the quality expected. Cooks and chefs shouldn't be allowed to say, "I worked in NY, LA and DC". Sounds great but if you ended up here then high quality/well respected restaurants that people respect don't need your skills. At the very least strive for more and not status quo. Every person that comes to the area is appalled at the subpar performance and quality of restaurants here. East Gate you should close and do something that you are great at. Your restaurant is unfortunately grocery store quality at best. And there's enough grocery stores here already.
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Food was good but I wouldn’t rate it a 5.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
My 2 friends brought me here when I was visiting. They were obviously known. The food was delicious, the staff were very attentive. We were the last ones there and they were very polite in saying they were closed.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Best sushi around this area. The lunch sushi combo is a good deal. Spicy crab and Ebi roll are personal recommendations!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Been there 5 times. Every single time has had good food, good service, and an overall calming environment. Highly recommend!Parking: Plenty of parking.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Rice, Shrimp Tempura, Chicken Satay
I was looking for a location that carried more vegetables than red meats. This place was perfect and the staff was very helpful and patient. I did have the shrimp and vegetable tempura along with the avocado salad. They were plenty. Everything actually looked delectable.Vegetarian options: There were quite a few vegetarian options, including the delicious avocado salad that I had. Ginger dressing made it really delicious.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Shrimp Tempura