East Ocean Seafood Restaurant

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Dzina Bur

The dim sum here is top-notch—everything tasted fresh and flavorful, especially the shrimp dumplings and pork buns. The staff was attentive, ensuring our teapots were always full. However, the restaurant gets quite crowded on weekends, leading to longer wait times. Also, some dishes felt a bit pricey for the portion size. Overall, a solid spot for a hearty dim sum brunch.

Maurice Ramirez

While photographing venues for Alameda Restaurant Week, I made sure to include East Ocean Seafood Restaurant, a dim sum institution on the island. Everything tastes notably fresh, and it's a massive, perfect spot for large parties. The place is never not packed - a testament to its popularity and quality.

Theresa Macias

This spot is still my favorite dim sum place in the bay area. East Ocean is probably the only restaurant that not only survived 2020 and the subsequent COVID fallout, but grew its business. They expanded their restaurant and there was hardly any wait to get a table. In the old days it could be over an hour wait. The quality of the food is the same. Everything still tastes amazing. The carts are loaded down with our favorite dim sum. We stopped coming for a while because the prices also increased to a point where we didn't feel like we were getting value for what we were paying. After years of withdrawal, and a visiting friend, we happily returned. The check shows what sized dishes we ordered. Not a ton and cost $120 for 3 people. I remember when a small plate was $1, and you could eat your fill for under $20. We paced ourselves and only ordered our favorites and did not try other dishes like we might have in the past.

Alison M C

Came for dim sum on a Saturday. Everything was good--especially chive dumplings, har gao and the incredible sesame crackle-top buns with custard inside. Steamed pork buns were better than I usually have, soup dumplings just okay, fried rice was fantastic. I'd easily go back.