East Lake Chinese Restaurant

5087 Rochester Rd, Troy - 48085
116 reviews
Chinese Dim Sum Cantonese
(248) 740-9522

I'm sure that they provide the best taste.

We tried their dim sum and steamed fish. The food and experience is great! The tofu pudding with ginger syrup is also very refreshing. Great for a chilly winter!

Visited there today, dim sum are terrible, nasty, food is not clean, kind of dirty, wondering if they ever wash the meats. 羊杂 太臭了Try china chef, 500 yards across the street.

Waitresses are very pleasant and the environment is so peaceful. Sometimes they will play Chinese shows on a monitor in the back. The food here is excellent, the best restaurant for Chinese cuisine in the area. Much better than the westernized Chinese you’ll find in restaurants around Birmingham or Detroit. I highly recommend the cold spicy chicken and the fried rice. The beef chow mein and sautéed squid are very good as well. Altogether an exceptional experience for a fair price.Also the waitresses will push around carts with baked goods, which you can grab at anytime. The tarts are so good!

Have had good experiences here but went last week and it was bad. Arrived at 1.15 pm to avoid the saturday lunch crowd. Maybe 5 tables were occupied but we had to wait because all the tables were uncleared. Finally sat down at 1.25 pm. Asked for tea twice, which finally came at 1.45 pm. Finished one pot of tea and still no food. At 2.30 they bring out 3 of the 9 dim sum items ordered. Asked for hot sauce 3x which never came. At 2.50, asked for check and was told the rest of our food is “on the cart” now. Then why not bring it out? Went to pay bill and left.

The staff is very friendly, but I’m never going there again. The food was not tasty at all and it took about 45 minutes for one dish!

I was super excited to find a resturant open until 1:30 AM in Troy and not just junk food like McDonalds. So I drove right over and ordered. They took my order right away and spoke with me while I waited. There was a large table at 11:30 filled with customers like a dozen or so. Eating laughing and having a good time. Made me wish I could join them.My order came out fast and I was excited to get home and try it. I bought an extra meal just in case she was up and wanted some she loves Asian cuisine as much as I do. I also bought some pan fried dumplingsThe flavors were very good and felt like I received my called in tast. The only complaint I may of had is the fried rice even though was for my daughter I had to sneak a bit of it. I had Kung Pow Chicken. The fried chicken rice seemed to be fresh not day old so a bit wetter like fresh rice. The prices are a couple of bucks higher but I am willing to pay a couple bucks for better food. So I would recommend at least giving them a try. Next I will post pictures but it was good and I ate it too fast.

The food was amazing, service was great, and The food did not taste sugary and salty like normal American chinnese restaurants, I don't know why this place is 3.8 stars because in my opinion it is literally the best food I have had in about 2 years!!!

I wouldn't recommend this place. Biggest mistake going here. They are WAY overpriced and the portions are a joke!! I paid 15.99 plus tax for a stupidly small box with maybe 15-20 pieces of chicken and it was not even the greatest food. You get a bigger portion from the "cheap" chinese restaurants. They have "exotic" chinese/asian food, not even what I call standard. I wanted sweet and sour chicken and it wasn't even on the menu, nor was egg drop soup! Very disappointed and NEVER again!!

Very bad first time experience, went in they had no menu’s and was told to order from the online menu, so we did and then the lady cane with a cart and pointed to stuff and told us to try so we tried 3 different items plus we ordered sweet and sour chicken w/fried rice and chicken and broccoli w/ white rice, they were very good no complaints but we also ordered eggrolls which we never got! When the bill came they charged us for fried rice as an entree and also charged for more than the stated price, when I asked why they said new owners dont have a menu w/ prices yet so what should have been 2 entrees only cost us almost $70, the waitress has the nerve to say we will take care of you next time you come… nope wont be scammed again.