Great Eastern Restaurant

Gnome Chomsky

The restaurant Obama ate at years ago when he was president is still a solid dining experience a decade later. The Beijing duck wasn’t that great but the pan fried pork buns were legit. If you’re confused and don’t speak mandarin, the bathroom is downstairs under the staircase.

Ella

Enjoyed the green tea on the table but that was pretty much it. Sweet and sour chicken was wet and bland. Noodles were rubbery, and all the food was barely above room temperature. Service charge is added on as standard, despite the fact that service was not good. Would not recommend!

John Z

Great place for Dim Sum. Authentic Chinese food. It has two levels of dining area. The restroom is on the lower floor. The tea is $1.75 per person. They are having a new item called “Pork & shrimp bean curd skin roll in dried scallop soup “. Highly recommend it.

Matt Orbach

Great dim sum spot in SF Chinatown. Pretty busy on a Sunday morning, but we got there before it opened, so we got a table right away. My favorites were a little different here, with turnip cakes, XO spicy rice noodle roll, steamed beef short ribs with black pepper sauce, and pan fried leek and shrimp dumplings topping the list. I don't know if it tops our favorite dim sum spots in the east bay, but great for our weekend away from the kids in SF!