![]() ![]() At this point, based on our experience, it’s not a place we are likely to go out of our way to revisit. If you live on Alameda, or are visiting for other reasons and want some dim sum, then give it a try. Locally, we have been to dim sum places in Oakland’s Chinatown area, and in or near the Ranch 99 complex out in El Cerrito that we like as much or more, and so it will be a while before we revisit East Ocean Seafood Restaurant. ![]() We will probably return for a midweek lunch at some point in the future, mixing items on the dim sum and the lunch menus. Looking at the online lunch menu, there were a number of dishes I wish we had tried. I’m fond enough of dim sum that this is a place I would be willing to revisit, with a more targeted set of menu selections in mind. From a food perspective, the items we ordered or selected may not represent the best that the restaurant has to offer. Have you ever been to a restaurant where there seems to be an abundance of wait staff, all moving, but none of them really paying much attention to the tables and customers. It was fine, but not a dish I would wait for again. It was different from anything I have had before. My wife was ready to ask for the check and leave, but I wanted to be patient. After some effort, a waitress took our dessert order. Dragon Village - 642 Lincoln Ave 3324, Alameda. We also decided to try a “dessert” item, the black sesame seed mochi. Latest reviews, photos and ratings for East Ocean Seafood Restaurant at 1713 Webster St in Alameda - view the menu, hours, phone number, address and map. Perhaps it was something else I wouldn’t order it again intentionally. ![]() If that was indeed what we ordered, any taste of shrimp was too delicate for me to detect. The noodles were about 2 inches long, roundish, and not particularly flavorful. We arrived at 12:20pm and the restaurant was 75 full, pretty good for a Tuesday. Their lunch hours are 11-2:30pm on weekdays and 10-2:30pm on weekends. ![]() We had a noodle dish, perhaps the shrimp rice noodles, that was on the dim sum menu. East Ocean is a family owned restaurant that has been serving authentic Hong Kong style cuisine in Alameda for over 30 years. The pork buns were quite tasty, and probably my favorite item. The salt and pepper calamari was fine, but slightly overcooked. We tried five items, including a dessert. We ordered a number of additional items off the dim sum menu. Then the dim sum cart came by, and we selected some items, and the whole process that we had envisioned changed. I passed this to my wife, so that she could select items that she had a particular interest in. We received the dim sum menu, and I started to mark the items I was interested in trying. We arrived a bit before noon, and there was no problem finding parking or getting a table. We were on Alameda, and since we both love dim sum, and reviews were generally positive, we thought we would give it a try. My wife and I visited East Ocean Seafood Restaurant on a recent Wednesday for lunch. ![]()
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