Hong Kong East Ocean Seafood Restaurant

My wife's side of the family is up in Northern California to celebrate my niece graduation graduating from UCSF School of Pharmacy. This makes 3 out of four family members and relatives that have graduated from UCSF School of Pharmacy. The only one not is my daughter who graduated from Northeastern Bouve School of Pharmacy.

We decided to get together for dinner near our hotel. We've eaten at Hong Kong Ocean Seafood several times. The food was very good. The seven of us to eat there tonight.

All the dishes were very good. The stirred fried Chinese broccoli was the exception. They added sugar to given it a sweetness taste to it. It was not necessary. It made the dish taste a bit weird for me. I didn't expect that.

The service was below average. We ordered extra lettuce for the lettuce wrap. All through the dinner, they never arrived. Yet, they charged us $6.00 when it came to paying the bill. We complained about it. The head waiter took the $6.00 off the bill.

DJ's rating: 4.15/5.00
Would I come back? We think so.

Dimsum with a beautiful view! Prices aren't cheap though, since you are paying for those views.

Seriously, this restaurant has the best views I've seen yet for any Chinese restaurant in the bay. It's located right along the water in Emeryville. I really enjoyed this location because it was nice to go for a walk along the water after stuffing myself :D

I came by for dimsum Saturday morning right at 10:30 when they opened. We had a large group of 9 and were able to try a variety of items from the menu.

You mark what you want from the menu and they'll bring it to you. We tried a variety of items and in general everything was pretty solid. My favorites were the wu gok (fried taro dumplings) and the chang fun with crispy shrimp, but I feel like you can't go wrong with anything on the menu.

Prices are very expensive here. Even basic dimsum fare like siu mai costs $8.85, and one order of har gow costs $9.90.

Because we had a larger group, that helped even out the costs a bit and our bill came out to $33 pp after tax and tip.

I made a reservation through OpenTable for a party of 6 for a Sunday dinner. The food was mediocre, but the service was awful. When we were trying to order, the server kept talking us out of the items we wanted. He gave his input at least 5 times, telling us that it was too expensive and/or he didn't like it. The food took forever to come out and in the end, they forgot one dish.

The views here are beautiful though, and the dining room filled up very quickly.

We were looking for a venue for a potential wedding reception but given the horrible service, there is no way we would be having it here.

We were seated quickly, and the availability of parking outside was convenient. The view of San Francisco from the East Bay side was stunning. Among the dishes we tried, the baked pork bun was a standout with its fluffy crust, and the siu mai was delicious. The steamed pork ribs were tender and easily came off the bone, though the sesame balls weren't my favorite. However, the coconut jello with sweet taro paste was a highlight and definitely worth trying. It's worth noting that there's a 16% service fee added to each bill.

I can't say enough about the wonderful solution of dim sum that they offer as well as regular entrées for dinner. In case you don't know it they have full dinners at this restaurant and are equally known for their dim sum served day and night.

The atmosphere is always lively, and the view is $1 million view watching the sunset over San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge. There's plenty of help here to make sure that your order gets to you quickly and there's a flurry of activity of other people that are joining you in your epic delights .

This is what East Bay can offer. I wasn't overlay impressed with their food, but the view is stunning. Eating, chatting and taking a look at the view. It makes the whole experience worth it. Their shrimp dumplings are too sticky to the paper and they all broke when I used my chopsticks to pick them up, and their chicken feet are in the smaller portion. Compared to some great dim sum places in SF, this place is definitely not my favorite, I haven't tried their seafood, probably won't come back unless my friends really want to come for the view. People here are efficient and nice. Also tips are automatically taken.

One server was specifically the most welcoming and kind, and his name was Alan! He kept cracking jokes, especially to my parents during our dinner. I loved how yummy the food was as well, because he kept recommending dishes to us to try! We usually order the Peking Duck and the fried shrimp, but Alan was so helpful to let us know about all the Weekday Deals and the best dinner entrées and desserts to order! I do love coming here when my family visits Berkeley & Emeryville!! I would ask for Alan, if you get the chance. Also, the restaurant is located by the water, so sunset is so beautiful here! There's also free parking, by the way!!

I learned today that the restaurant is under new ownership and that their operating hours had changed.

I was here for an association banquet. I was very impressed by the quality of the food.

My favorite dishes were the Barbecue Assortment Platter, Chinese Broccoli & Beef, Salt & Pepper Fish Fillets, Pea Sprouts With Tofu Medallions, and the Mango Sago Dessert.

My least favorite dish were the Mandarin Pork Chops.

This is the place you would take your non-Chinese friends to... or your family for special occasion meals. The decor is good and it's very clean. The main floor has amazing view of the bay and the two bridges.

The food is expensive , but sooo worth it for the quality. It's always delicious.

Service.... Well it's better than most dimsum place.

It has been two weeks since my experience here and I am still angry. I'm angry because the service was the absolute worst.

We pre-ordered and had a reservation for 12 people. Our total order including wine would have come close to $1000. It took 30 minutes for the first dish to arrive. Agree another hour and 15 minutes we had five dishes out of the 9 total dishes we were supposed to get. Steamed fish was the ninth dish. We waited another 45 minutes and nothing came. This is after asking our waitress four or five times. Finally I went to the hostess to ask for the manager. She pointed me to the manager walking up the stairs who looked at me and then kept walking up the stairs. So I ran after her and I told her our situation. She basically said too bad. And turned her back on me and went into the office. What the Hell.

I went back to the table and then the waitress came out and said oh by the way we are out of chow fun which was an as on dish for the kids. Are you kidding me?? And by the way, no other dishes came out since I went to find the manager, which was another 15 minute. So it was an hour since our last dish came out.

At this point we decided to leave And I worked with the waitress to deduct what was missing. We still ended up paying $700 which is bull crap. 3.5 hours of our lives wasted.