This place is a mixed bag for me. As you can see I have ordered from here a few times. My favourite spicy dish is the roast duck and green pepper in black bean sauce which gets a five star (around £6). Luckily it was the first thing I ordered and that's why I returned. Other dishes I have tried would get a 1 star unfortunately so I was going to write a separate review and upload separate pictures for that but I will do it here as Google doesn't allow multiple reviews. I would avoid the shredded crispy beef which wasn't crispy and full of too much batter and the Kung po chilli chicken was a disappointment (around £6 a portion each). Both of these dishes were overly sweet and vinegary. I can't remember the lamb and veg dish I ordered but it was decent not bad but not too nice either. What doesn't help is if you ask the elderly lady for recommendations she gets irritated. I ordered the special fried rice and would prefer a lighter fried rice rather than the dark chewy soy sauce type here or next time will order plain rice. The other delicious star item for me is the freshly fried banana fritters and the perfect sugar syrup it comes with (around £3). Very delicious.
I have ordered from here quite a bit and have dined in about 3 times, even celebrated my birthday here twice.The people are very friendly and welcoming and make you feel very comfortable, they are happy to get you whatever you need. Most importantly in my experience, over the years the taste and quality of the food has remained consistent which is rare. These days restaurants and takeaways are hit and miss but Eastern palace food rarely disappoints. Also when eating in or ordering a takeaway they are very fast at getting your food to you nice and hot and they have never messed any of my orders. Only negative is the price of a bottle, they charged more than double what you would pay in a supermarket/off licence but times are hard so I understand.
Amazing food, wonderful family run place. Highly recommend the house chow mein!
My fav chinese resturant and a family fav. They always keep our special table for us when we go. Great tasting food and and great prices
Had a Fantastic evening with 5 of my friends for my 60th Birthday. The service was excellent and the staff were very attentive. We all enjoyed our meals and had food left over so we took it home. Thank you for making my Landmark Borthday a memorable one.
Absolutely great food service fantastic.
Very friendly I have already recommended friends to the restaurant and they love it.
Lovely tasty food
Arrived hot.
Huge portions.
Good value for money.
Usual standard for the palace, again.
I have been going to this restaurant since the 80's as a child. Now take my children who love it as much as I do.
My mother was in the catering business, so we have always be critical of dishes.
The food is always appetising fresh and flavorful as standard. (NOT greasy and sloppy)😍
An amazing family run restaurant who always welcomes customers warmly. In my opinion this has effortlessly set the bench mark in Chinese Cuisine.
My favourite dishes are egg fried rice and salt and pepper squid.😋
Dry red ribs with lemon juice.😋
Also lemon chicken.😋
Enjoy 🤗💯
Regards Big Paul😎
When we decided to go out for sushi we were skeptical to try a new place. We are so glad that we did . We had two rolls of sushi , beef curry , noodle salad , pot stickers and the soup. Everything was delicious. It was obvious that everything was homemade and fresh . The beef in the curry was so tender you didn't need a knife , it fell apart with the pressure of the fork . It was a Tuesday so not very busy. We had the pleasure of having the owner wait on our table . He was very hospitable and made sure we were satisfied with our meal . We can't wait to go back and try some other things on the menu !
Driving down the Romford Road it would be easy to mistake the Eastern Palace as 'another Chinese Restaurant' but go inside and try the food and it's possibly one of the best mid price Chinese restaurants in London - it's been here for around 30 years. I've been a few times - usually in a group of 6-8 - and the service is friendly and helpful. The interior is clean and well decorated. The food is all freshly prepared and quick to the table, with a good selection for vegetarians.
The Best Chinese ive ever had, been eating from Eastern palace for just over a year now, food is always great, piping hot, great portion sizes, tried alot of dishes , everything is top notch, great staff too , cant recomend this place highly enough. drooling just thinking about it! can't wait to order again! thank you! Tony C !
Very lucky to reside just in the delivery zone. Food is great the 2 times I've ordered from here. Some dishes generally less oily than typical chinese takeaways. Excellent sweet and sour pork HK style.
Very decent team too. Accidentally gave an extra 10 pounds to the guy delivering (notes were stuck together) and he kindly returned this with a smile. Would order from here again anytime I have a craving. Thank you.
I got a craving for an old-fashioned Chinese meal so we headed for the Eastern Palace in Forest Gate. The restaurant has been there for decades, seemingly unchanged, so this fitted the bill perfectly. Decor is simple and but pleasant enough and the front of house is kept very clean and tidy though it smelt a bit of boiled cabbage. The menu contains all the anglo-Cantonese classics. I had the spicy salt & pepper squid and king prawns with black bean sauce. Food came suspiciously quickly.
Read the reviews and based our choice on the recommendations, and they were not wrong the team were really friendly and service was excellent. Food was good value for money and was really flavorful and no dry mouth the next day so no MSG. I would really recommend the special fried rice, duck and hong kong sweet and sour!!
This is a family run restaurant and I have been coming here for years and the food is excellent. Can never be bored of the food. The family is lovely and seeing the kids grow up and have their own kids the owner are now grandparents it's amazing.
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