East Harbor Seafood Palace

The dim sum here is very good.

Came here around 3pm on a weekday and the place was pretty packed — but no need to wait. Their dim sum lasts until 3:30 and the ladies are still pushing the carts around. The food was solid — I ordered 3 dishes, which came out to be $ 12, and was really stuffed! I had the shrimp dumplings, the shrimp rice rolls and the shumai — they were all really good. Definitely no skimping out on the ingredients. Prices were reasonable.
It did take a while for the ladies to come over to our side with the carts — it kind of felt like we were being neglected in the beginning because there were no ladies coming over and we weren’t sure if we were supposed to order directly from the carts. Also, unlike what some other reviews have said, this place is NOT vegetarian friendly. We drove here, rather than to dim sum in Flushing because some reviews had said that there were decent vegetarian options — and we were hopeful that maybe we had found a dim sum place that had some vegetarian options. I can assure you that unless your vegetarian friend wants to eat only sweets or their main dishes (and NOT dim sum), there are no options for them. My bf watched as I guiltily finished the rest of my meal with him looking up other palces for himself to eat. The only negative to my experience. Otherwise, everything for meat-​eaters was great and I would come here again with other meat-​eaters.

This was difficult to review. It was sooooo close to being a 5 star. If just something anything was slightly better, it would have been better.
We came in and the place was lively and looked like a great restaurant. We were familiar with this type of menu and loved this type of food. They ran out of a couple things we wanted to get including the Peking duck, but we found replacements. However, the food took a long time to come out. We asked the waiter twice to check and both times we got responses in a rude tone. We order soup and 7 dishes and usually each dish comes out when it’s ready. It took 45 minutes for the soup to come out. The first time he told us it’ll be out soon. The second time (even the waiter looked surprise that we didn’t have our soup yet) he said it’ll be out in 3 minutes. I wish they wouldn’t have lied to us. It took an additional 15 minutes. He had a lot of excuses to say to us as well. From the looks of things, he probably actually checked the kitchen after we complained a 2^nd time. The soup came out 15 minutes after we complained the second time meaning they probably forgot to put in our order. While we drank our soup the group behind us (who got here at the same time was already on dessert. I wish they would have admitted they forgot to put the order in or something.
Other than that, the food was great! We got some kind of shallot chicken that the waiter recommended and it was amazing. The skin was delightfully crispy. The tofu with scallops in the middle was on point. We got a dish with green beans and steak cubes: those steak cubes were so tender, it was so good. The steamed fish was great though a bit pricey. The birds nest with seafood on it was also very tasty. The birds nest was made out of fried taro instead of potato (what most restaurants use) which makes it better.
The food was great. I think we got unlucky today but I would definitely come again and next time I’m sure/​hope the service will be better.

I’ve been here for dim sum, and it’s some of the best I’ve ever had. The service is great, too. This weekend I went back for dinner. For four people, we ordered:
–Whole peking duck: AMAZING. Carved tableside and served with fluffy pancakes.
–Scallops in black pepper sauce: some of the best scallops I’ve ever had. Rave reviews from the whole table. Fresh, tender, flavorful.
–Chicken with cashews: the least compelling dish on the table, but still quite good.
–Mustard greens: Simple but fantastic
The bill came out to a little over $ 100, tip not included, for an enormous, varied, and delicious feast for FOUR. The service was totally on-​point the whole night, more attentive than much more expensive and trendy restaurants. I love this place and can’t wait for my next excuse to eat here!

Really solid for their dim sum — I would actually have to say it is one of the better dim sum places to eat at in Brooklyn!
Fresh, plenty of food carts and plenty of people asking what kind of dim sum you want!
Expect about an hour wait on weekends for dim sum.

Food: 3.5÷5.0
Service: 2.5÷5.0
Value: 3.0÷5.0
Décor: 3.0÷5.0
Overall: 3.5÷5.0
Yet another of the 4-​ish major Chinese restaurants in the area. Food is a bit better than the competitor up 65^th, but still nothing to write home about as all four houses are basically big standard Cantonese food factories. The indoor valet lot is a bit cramped, and there’s often a line of people waiting to get in, including those waiting for a spot to open up during daytime dim sum service.

It’s probably the best dim sum in the city.
I haven’t been to every hall (it’s too tempting to go for other food when in Flushing) but based on a few trips over a few years, this seems to be the most solid option.
There are pushy cart ladies, a man who stands in the center of the room furiously calling numbers in Cantonese, shared tables and pots of refilled tea. Dining here is high volume, high energy, with an emphasis on a quick turnover time.
Come, grab a few plates of food and then walk through Sunset Park and Bay Ridge to burn off the calories.
The usual suspects — har gow, siu mai, cheun fun — are done right here. Even better are the premium dishes, like the fried squid with a side of chili sauce or the succulent zongzi stuffed with pork.
I may find places to quibble — why is the dan tat not seared on the top — but dim sum is essential weekend dining experience, and this is the top of the New York pecking order. That means the only appropriate rating is five stars.

As always, this place is jam packed for dim sum during the weekends, especially on Sundays. The wait is long even though we got there around 10:30am. However, the food is somewhat worth the wait.
It’s better than most dim sum places. There are plenty of choices in the carts being pushed around — both savory and sweet dishes. I’m pretty sure the kitchen cannot work fast enough to feed the flow of people rushing in. The price is alright for the amount of food you get. The flavoring is spot on, with just enough salt. My favorite thing to get after the meal is the fried sesame balls. They’re full of sweet ooey gooey goodness.

A bit hectic and cramped, hard to find parking, but there was a great variety in the dishes offered (even on a weekday) and there were all pretty good. We ordered a number of dishes, including a few I hadn’t even seen at dim sum before. I would definitely recommend that you come here with a big appetite and a willingness to try new things. If something looks good, just give it a try — at most you’ll lose a few dollars if you don’t like it, and this discovering new things is all part of the fun. A bit of a shlep but worth it if you want to try some things you might not see elsewhere.

Dim sum is good here. Probably one of the best in brooklyn. My family comes here 2x/​week for dimsum and waste time. Weekends are VERY busy and long waits. I’d probably avoid it during the weekend unless you’re going later in the afternoon. Today, we came in a wednesday afternoon, 1pm, and still serving dim sum. Not too busy, but a good amount of people. Not as many food carts running around now, but its afternoon, so understandable.
Their heated carts keep the food at a good warm/​hot temperature; you can see the heat coming off the food. The dimsum tastes good. Usually get the ribs, hargow, siumai, chicken feet, etc.
Haven’t really been here for dinner so can’t comment on it.

Yes this place is the bomb! lol I may sound exaggerate but it’s true. I’ve tried other dim sum place every where and found out this place still the best, taste wise. The wait will kill you, trust me it’s worth it. Not only asian people come here I see a lot more and more non-​Asian people come and try and yes everybody has to wait. The best time to come is on the weekday. On the weekend the wait can be 1hr during their peak time ~ 10am-​12pm. I always get their shumai, rice crepes with shrimp, sticky fried rice, stuffed chili with shrimp, and other stuff that I don’t even know what they called. I’m not even sure I’m listing them out correctly. I know how the look like I just don’t know how to say them in English, neither in Chinese ;) if you in Brooklyn any day before 3−4pm you should come and try.
Chinese restaurant is notorious for not having a good service, I’ve been going to this place and so far they never disappoint me.

This place is a little out of the way for people who don’t live in the neighborhood but looking to expand my dim sum horizons beyond the usual Flushing and Chinatown hotspots, I made my way here. You know you’re at the right place when you spot a sea of cars surrounding the block East Harbor has claimed, all either vying for a spot in the most likely full indoor parking lot or circling the block for street parking nearby.
Arriving around 12:30pm on a dreary Saturday, the wait for 4 was maybe 30+ mins. I wasn’t keeping an eye on the clock because I was too focused on making sure my mom was paying attention to the guy calling out each party’s number in Chinese* (my understanding stops at 10) and counting down parties on their way out.
Once seated, we got to enjoy delicious dim sum immediately. The food was fantastic, we were never left waiting an inordinate amount of time for the next cart, and for all the food we ate, it was probably one of the better dim sum deals I can remember. $ 15/​per person for 14 (small and medium plates)? Yes, you want it. Only downside? They don’t accept credit card for dim sum.
*If you don’t happen to speak and/​or understand a lick of Chinese, no worries. They’ll notify the number-​calling guy (I’m sure he has a more official name) who stands in the middle of the dining room with a mic, and he’ll yell yours in English.

Brooklyn’s answer to Good Kitchen Seafood Restaurant in downtown Flushing has surpassed its original owners. Yes, many of the staff people formerly running Good Kitchen in Flushing have opened this, much larger, dim sum palace. Quality has surpassed Good Kitchen in many ways, too. I have gone out of my way to try this and I’m glad I did!
Food: dim sum begins at 9 a.m. and ends at around 2 p.m. on weekends. I arrived at 10 a.m. and found a line greeting me that flowed nearly out the door. From my observations, the line is largely caused by elder people taking up large tables early while drinking tea, waiting for the rest of their party to arrive. At 10:30 a.m., we were seated at a corner table. I attacked so many items and had a great time! Recommended items include the bean curd wrap and pineapple bun!
Service: extremely responsive staff and great dim sum cart handlers.
Décor: looks quite clean from my perspective, and the City of New York appears to agree.

Bomb. Just Bomb DOT COM. My mind was definitely blown away by the quality of the dim sum for such an affordable price!
Tip #1: they call your number based on what language you speak to them initially. We spoke mandarin to them so they called our number in mandarin. For other parties, they would call out in cantonese or english. So no worries there if you speak english only!
Some dim sum favorites: chicken feet (TRY IT), pork spareribs, har gow (really great. so much shrimp!), lo sa bao (salted duck egg bun; THE BEST! HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS. HUNT THIS ONE DOWN BECAUSE IT’S WORTH. TRUST.), and zha lern (the chinese donut wrapped in rice noodle with sauce). Yumm, Get those! & egg tart. All simply the best.
Tip #2: You don’t need to pay for tax if you pay with cash.
Service is typical for an asian place. Don’t expect them to wait on your feet every minute. But, they are quick on their feet. They will take away empty plates in the snap of a finger! And, refill your teapot right away. Just put the lid flipped on the table.
Tip #3: For smaller parties, this is more like a heads up. They can and will smush you together with other small parties in one big table. It can and will get awkward. We were assigned with 2 other parties and had to sit kind of away from the main path so my poor mom had to keep standing and walking up to the carts to get food.
Usually, dim sum food is like $$. It adds up, especially for big parties. But, surprise surprise! It really wasn’t as much as the dim sum back in Northern California. Please, if you live in Brooklyn, this place is A MUST TRY. If I was a brooklyn native, I’d probably be a regular at this place.

Best. Dim. Sum. Restaurant. Ever. I’ve been coming here with my family for as long as we’ve been living in Dyker Heights, which is about 12 years. I finally decided it was time for a review.
It helps that my mom has connections here and we get great service. ;) It’s a big restaurant but come here either really early or later since it gets super packed on the weekends.
We always get the tripe, siu mai, stuffed eggplant/​peppers, chicken feet, spare ribs, rice noodles, etc. (the typical dim sum dishes.) The noodle dishes/​specials on the menu are pretty good as well. I would recommend the pan fried noodle with seafood. Can’t go wrong with that. Everything is super fresh and piping hot.
There’s a parking lot right next to the restaurant if you can’t find street parking. If you’re a dim sum noob, just come in and try everything. No joke.

I haven’t went yum cha for a while but coming back to East Habor it did not disappoint me. My family and friends love this place and their dim sums is always warm and fresh.
The only problem is because their dim sum is so good, on weekends and occasions it’s really busy and wait time is really long. Once you are seated everything will go smoothly and just wait for the dim sum carts to come by. They also have a large variety menu of fried noodles.
My favorite is har gow (Shrimp dumpling), lo bak gou (fried radish cake), lai wong bao (sweet custard buns), cheong (shrimp noodle rolls) and zha liang (rice noodle roll around fried dough). They have all the traditional dim sums. This is by far my favorite Yum Cha spot!

Queens is in a sad state when it comes to dim sum now. Everything fell apart in Queens. No more creative dim sum chefs in Queens. Where did they all go? Brooklyn, as I discovered the other day.
We got here at 10:30 am on New Years Day. It was packed, so we thought. As we left, it was worse! What we thought was packed when we came in was nothing compared to when we left. I couldn’t even get to the door. I could not put my coat on because there was no room to move. Wow, this place gets packed and for good reason! I have not really been impressed by any dim sum places for a long time. Upon visiting East Harbor Seafood Palace, my mind has been changed. The food here is fresh, hot and I even dare say creative. There were dishes here I have never seen before. I was impressed.
One warning, if you don’t want to wait over half an hour to get a table, come at 8;30 am! I am not joking. I joke not about dim sum!

Indication of a good dim sum restaurant: it’s packed, even on a Wednesday afternoon! It’s not just the older crowd munching away on the delicious food, there was a lot of younger people and kids. You would think that everyone should be in school or working!
Had dim sum with a large group of people. We were given a table with a lazy Susan! (It was my first experience with a lazy Susan during dim sum).
The ladies pushing the carts were very nice, not pushy. I loved that they quickly converged on us because we were all starving. As you can see from my picture, we ordered multiples of everything!
You can never go wrong with the main dim sum staples: sui mei, har gau, beef ball, fish ball, chicken feet, cheung fun with shrimp/​beef/​roast pork/​fried cruller. Their tofu dessert was delicious with ginger syrup!!! Fried noodles was good. The chef was very attentive in not adding shrimp or bean sprouts as some of us are allergic. Salty fish with chicken fried rice was good, flavorful.
The waiters cleared the empty dim sum steamers quickly. They were quick to refill our teapots. And they switched out our plates midway through.
And the best part was it costed $ 15/​person. Now that is a good deal!

Lobster and crabs is good, Peking duck should be do better, they using ⁵¹⁄₂ lbs ducks to cook this dish, if they use 6 lbs duck, sure it will be better, you got more meat to eat ! Most of the restaurant using Long Island duck, but in fact they came from Pennsylvania ! I doing disturbed business for over 30 years in east coast !
So next time, when you have a party of 10 or more, make sure you have two ducks at the same time (if you are duck lovers)

Melhor brunch chinês que comi! O lugar é tão genuíno que 97,4% dos clientes só falam cantonês. A comida e muito boa e diversa. Vá preparado para comer como se não houvesse amanhã. O esquema é: uma vez sentado (no domingo, a fila é longa), a comida vai passando em carrinhos e a gente aponta e diz quantos pratos quer. Eles colocam a comida na mesa, anotam no recibo e pronto. Simples assim.
Tem sido o meu brunch de despedida antes de voltar abarrotado: D

Hands down my favorite dim sum place in 8^th avenue. The décor is Hong Kong style with high ceilings. Most of the waiters are Cantonese speaking. Food is always fresh. I usually come here with family on weekdays. Weekends forget about it.
For weekend dim sum fix, we usually take out. And it’s made fresh. You can even order items that are not on the cart. They would make it fresh in the kitchen for you. My usual take out order consists of: chicken feet, shrimp dumplings, egg custard, bacon wrapped shrimp, fried dough crêpe, pork spare ribs, and beef dough crêpe. Call 15 minutes ahead.