East Chinatown Restaurant

Reviews

• Edster W.

  star star star star_border star_border 12 July 2026

  I went here for a family dinner recently. It was pretty packed around 7pm and we waited for over half an hour. Once we sat down, we ordered:
  
  * Stir-fried pea pod stems with garlic
  * Cubed flounder with crispy fin
  * ginger and scallion beef tendons
  * stir fried clams in black bean sauce
  * fried chicken with garlic
  * fried pork riblets with taro
  * fried soft shell crab
  
  Most of the dishes came out pretty quick but our flounder dish took over 40 minutes before it came out. By that time, we were pretty much full.
  
  Out of all the dishes, my favorites were the stir-fried clams and fried pork riblets with taro. I would be happy with just those dishes.
  
  The other dishes were average. The most disappointing dish was the fried chicken for it was not very crispy.

• HeyYou W.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 10 July 2026

  This review is strictly for their roasted meats, more specifically their chicken and roasted pork.  The chicken was clearly not fresh as it was over salted and the tell tale dark bone marrow.   We ordered half of a chicken *and* it was obviously missing several pieces (for example, the chicken wing drummie).   So not only is it not fresh but they don't give you the amount you ordered. Now onto the pork (the siu-joo for  Cantonese-speaking ppl).  The pork was mostly fat and hardly any meat.  The pork rind was chewy rather than crispy. You can't eat this. We will not finish this.  What a waste of $36.   This is the last time we buy their pork and chicken from East Chinatown.

• David L.

  star star star_border star_border star_border 8 July 2026

  Made reservations for 7 pm and didn't get a table until 45 minutes later.  Food came out slow and the wait staff was completely disorganized.  We won't be going back to this restaurant again.

• Gavin Y.

  star star star star star 8 July 2026

  This place really takes me back to the traditional chinese restaurants: very laid back atmosphere (like mom n pop shop), staff are friendly, food taste great and the portions are good with its price (imo).
  
  Great place all round, i frequent often for their bbq lunch.

• Christine H.

  star star star star star_border 4 July 2026

  For dim sum in Quincy, this place is my go to. The dim sum dishes here generally have bigger portions and a better flavor. It's around $3.50 per plate which is average for dim sum restaurants.
  
  At any given time there's only about three carts roaming the small space but the cart ladies are great at remembering that you want har gow or any item that just sold out and they'll bring it your table when the next batch is out.
  
  The baked char siu bao, har gow, and egg tart are a few of my faves here.
  
  The wait here gets to be pretty long on Saturday and Sunday mornings but if you share a table it could cut down on wait time.