Came in for dinner on a Thursday night, they were not that business. The service was good and attentive. All their plates were huge portions and everything tasted great and authentic. Appetizer Combo Platter is the BEST value for your bucks. It came with Salt & Pepper Fish Fillet, Salt & Pepper Calamari, Tempura Green Beans, Crispy Shrimp Chips. 100/5 Honey Walnut Shrimps, perfectly made. 5/5 Mongolian Beef, large pieces of very tender beef stir-fried with red and white onions. 5/5 Singapore Style Vermicelli has the perfect Wok-Hei (smoky flavour) with curry. 5/5 Chinese Broccoli (Gai Lan) Stir-Fried with minced garlic. 5/5 Lobster E-Fu Noodle, lobster was perfectly made and the noodles had good flavors. 5/5 All the dishes came out pretty fast. Differently coming back!!! read more

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Let me start with this was a door dash order. Everything arrived warm and as ordered. Secondly nothing was inedible. However 100% of the food was bland. Nothing distinct . I have never did this about any Chinese food before but everything lacked salt. There were a few pieces of garlic and a few pieces of ginger in two of our dishes. We had a tiny bit of soy sauce left in the house that my husband got to before my daughter and I ate. He lucked out. The food was fresh. The veggies were perfectly cooked. But there was zero flavor. No sauce with two of the dishes that claimed to have some. Just boring. Tonight , the day after I chopped up most of the leftovers and made a soup. So it it is not going int the trash. However if I was not someone who knows how to cook it would have been in the bin. I hope that HKC can take this review and do better. read more

We came here to celebrate my birthday and my brother in law's birthday! My brother in law picked out a bone soup, chow mein, fried pork, water spinach and eggplant. The food was well made and had lots of flavor. I like that the size of the tables were perfect sized for our group size too! The service is quite attentive and the food was delicious!! read more

Wish I could give negative stars, totally took advantage of my door dash order and I paid over $17 for broth. Super messed up and wrong, they shouldn't be open if this is how they are. Never ordering here again read more

Hong Kong Chef - Cantonese Near Me - San Leandro, California

Came here for quick dinner. Fast, friendly & courteous services as usual. Clean, nice ambiance with cool air-conditioned but this place can be loud at times due to group dinning. But, it's worth it! We (2 ppl) ordered: Half Steamed Chicken; Tofu Dish (forgot the name) & Stirred Fried Sweet Pea (can't recalled the actual name). The vegetables were refreshing, crisp and sweet. It's sooo good! Check it out folks. read more

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I really wanted to like this place. They offer many of my comfort food. I had ordered through a delivery service. The food had sauce spilled in the bag. The chicken chow fun with egg gravy when opening the container emitted a very foul odor making it offensive to start. The fun was plain and despite the foul smell the gravy and chicken were bland. The sweet and sour pork over rice may have been the saving grace of this meal. The sweet & sour sauce, if it hadn't been spilled through the carton, it was absorbed by the rice it had the right flavor. But the more disappointing part was the pork used was of poor grade and quality. I guess I had what I had paid for. Low price, low quality. Sorry, I wanted it to turn out well. read more

Hong Kong Chef - Chicken chow fun with egg gravy - Cantonese Near Me - San Leandro, California

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Excellent foods , excellent service , very clean ... so if you're looking for a very good Chinese restaurant this is the place to go ....

For catering service, they were slightly late to deliver. Can't say the food or cooking is Hong Kong style as the name indicated, but overall not too bad. -Kung Pao Chicken w peanut on side: not as spicy as the other mainland Chinese restaurants serve. Chicken is not overcooked, tasted ok. -Honey Walnut Prawns: our favorite, enough stickiness from the mayo. Walnuts are toasted. -Curry Beef: some beef seem not well mixed with the curry. The curry is thick but not spicy. -Tofu with Mixed Mushrooms: It's egg tofu; this is my second favorite. -Veggie Chow Fun: not much wok heat, so we had a lot of leftover. read more

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The restaurant is large and has that high end HKstyle restaurant ambience. Unfortunately the food was disappointing. We ordered Peking duck and two appetizers- cucumber with wood ears/sea cucumber and fried pumpkin. It's easier to highlight what we liked vs what we didn't because there's far more of what we didn't like. Duck had good flavors, the buns were light and fluffy. Everything else was pretty awful. *sigh*. I'm just stunned a restaurant like this exists in a highly competitive area. read more

My family goes here all the time. We love the banquet meals and the service is really friendly. Their steamed chicken, steamed fish, and dried scallop egg fried rice are my faves!!!! read more

Ordered a salty fish steamed pork. The pork is pink and raw. Spoke with the server and willing to make us another one. But still.... Raw pork?!?! Thats a huge health violation. Post is to raise awareness. This one is on the chef... read more

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The rice noodle was very good. The area looked OK but may not be completely safe. Lock your cars. The restaurant is nit small, brught, nice, clean. I got take out. Really like how the rice noodle was cooked: very fresh and delicious. Take out was quick. Service was accurate. Will come again to try other items. read more

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Clean and comfortable restaurant and always had good service and good HK Cantonese style food here for the last two years. Not sure why the door dash reviewers have given this restaurant such poor ratings but maybe these reviewers need to get out of their rooms and visit the restaurants in person. read more

Mother's Day Dinner with MIL. We ordered the usual...Sweet & Sour Pork and Salted Fish with Pork Patty. Steamed Chicken (half). Served cold with minced ginger/oil sauce. First time having it here. It was pretty good. read more

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We had the beef chow fun here before, it wasn't like this. The noodle this time is so fragmented. Disappointed. read more

Hong Kong Chef - Cantonese Near Me - San Leandro, California

I came here to meet my in-laws for the first time for a big family dinner, and it wasn't too busy. It seemed like they were a bit understaffed because the staff forgot some of things we asked for and were rushing around everywhere. The food was pretty good overall! We got a good variety of different dishes and they were flavorful and great texturally. I'm not sure the English name of the veggies I had but they were crunchy and tasted fresh and delicious. The interior of the restaurant is beautiful and modern. I'm not used to seeing that with these types of restaurants so that was refreshing. I did have an issue with the bathroom though. It was dirty and lacked toilet paper in all the stalls. Hopefully they can maintain this better in the future. read more

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My personal favorite dish is their House special pan fried noodles. The portion of this was insane, this itself can feed 4 people. Love the vegetables, squid, shrimp,.... on top of the noodles. The toppings are cooked with this slightly thick sauce which drenches the fried noodle making it some parts of it crunchy and some of it soft/soggy. I grew up eating this dish and so I'm almost always ordering this dish. My second favorite dish is their honey walnut shrimp. This is always a hit at every family dinner I have and so I just had to order it. Their shrimp had a bite to it and a bouncy texture. It was cooked perfectly. Everything we ordered: - $20.95 Honey Walnut Shrimps - $25.95 Beef cubes and scallop with teriyaki sauce - $24.95 Pickled dried vegetables/Braised pork belly with sweet potato leaves - $20.95 House special pan fried noodles - $19.95 Salt and pepper pork chops - $9.95 Marinated tofu read more

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I've passed by this place countless times and never been inside. Ordered takeout. It's surprisingly bright inside, set up for table parties of four and parties of up to 10 with rotating server in the middle of a round table. We had a wooden bench to wait on - very long and could accommodate lots of people, but not very comfortable. The food was well packaged so as not to spill, with cutouts in containers of really hot food to allow for steam. We had a fabulous meal at home. Loved their house wonton soup, calamari, sesame chicken, Mongolian chicken, and Chinese broccoli. There was one dish - house special pan fried noodle- that might be better eaten on-site as I've been eating authentic Chinese food all my life and was confused about how to put it together. Everything was delicious. I'll be back. read more

Came in for a belated CNY dinner and was pleasantly surprised by the cleanliness, spaciousness, and decor of the restaurant! Much more modern than the outside would suggest. We got the full Peking duck, crab meat and fish maw soup, rock cod in the clay pot, walnut prawns, eggplant and salted fish clay pot, salt n pepper squid, and salt n pepper tofu. Peking duck - duck itself was delicious but the buns left something to be desired. They weren't very fluffy and tasted like the frozen buns. Things I'd recommend - eggplant clay pot, walnut prawns, and salt n pepper squid. Everything else wasn't flavorful enough for me so I'd go for other things. Came back a few days later when I wasn't feeling well and got the shrimp won ton noodle soup which is another skip for me. read more

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Service here is consistently great. Look for Phoebe--you can't miss her big, warm smile the moment you walk in. She sets the tone with genuine hospitality, and honestly, she's one of the main reasons I keep coming back. I typically only come when she's working because her service elevates the entire experience. The food is on point and served piping hot, which Asians especially appreciate. I've been coming here for a year, and they've been consistent every single time. One of my guests mentioned they usually never order salt‑and‑pepper fried pork chops... but after trying it here, they immediately asked me to order another round. The sweet and sour fish filet was another hit--fresh, flavorful, and perfectly done. I'm genuinely happy to see our local restaurant doing well. Come out and support your local businesses--it matters. read more

Very solid food here. Saturday night, only two other parties were in this pretty large restaurant, so we were seated right away. Not at all unfriendly service, but pretty transactional. The waitresses only came by to bring food and clear plates, never to check in throughout the meal. I was also mildly annoyed when they seated a family right next to us, despite the wide open space, who had a poorly-mannered kid who the parents allowed to roam around the restaurant, yell, and treat multiple pairs of plastic chopsticks like drumsticks on the tabletop. It seemed like at one point, after he dropped chopsticks on the floor, that a waitress finally came over and said something to them under her breath, but I don't know for sure that she told them anything about his behavior. He did seem to instantly calm down and stop the chopstick slamming, so I suspect she may have intervened, but the behavior picked up again after he ate a minimal amount of food. It negatively impacted the experience of eating here. The menu is very extensive. We went with the potstickers (6), half a Peking duck, string beans with chicken, and the beef chow fun. The Peking duck was served with 6 steamed buns, sliced cucumber, and hoisin sauce. Admittedly, I've never been a big fan of duck so this wasn't a dish for me anyway (my husband really wanted to try it), but I didn't care for how hard the skin was. One of the allures of Peking duck is supposed to be the crispy skin, but I felt like this was just hard and difficult to cut with my teeth. I had one bun and let my husband (happily) eat the rest himself. I focused on the rest of the food and was very happy with the meal. The potstickers were stuffed with juicy meat and served with a genuinely spicy chili oil with a great kick. The string beans were still crispy, not mushy, and the chow fun had a generous amount of beef and the noodles weren't overly greasy. Portions are generous here, so we went home with leftovers. With the tip, our total came out to $98. That's a bit pricey, but if we'd stuck with the other dishes and didn't get the Peking duck, it would've been about $25 less. Still a little on the expensive side for two people, but a lot of good food for the price. With so much on the menu still left to try, we'll likely come back. read more

Hong Kong Chef - Peking duck (half), beef chow fun (dry style), green beans, potstickers - Cantonese Near Me - San Leandro, California

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Charsiu, I ordered takeout and took 30 min waiting for it and another 30 min before I took my first bite. It was a lil too thick and dry for my liking. I did find some thin pieces but harder to find. Flavor and aroma is still good. 4/5 read more

Hong Kong Chef - Charsiu- 14.95$ - Cantonese Near Me - San Leandro, California

501. House Special Clay Pot - mix of char siu, chicken, shrimp, scallop, abalone. Tofu was good. 345. Sauteed Cumin Lamb - not too strong cumin, some sauce, meat was good not too gamey. 409. Singapore Style Vermicelli - taste fine, noodles could be little softer. read more

What a great surprise in the east bay!!! From the front the restaurant looks hole in the wall ish then you go inside and the ambience is great. The service food and vide was awesome. We went here to celebrate my dad's fave dish the pork in brown sauce and they made exactly how he liked it. read more

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The food at HK Chef is truly traditional and DELICIOUS. We ordered salted fish hash that is a rare dish to find in a Chinese restaurant. Yummy! 99% like Mom used to make. Their salt and pepper pork chops are so tender. You didn't need a knife to cut it. Honey walnut shrimp was made with large shrimp pieces, not your tiny nickel size pieces. The portions are extremely generous. Wonderful service. It is not your typical Asian decorated restaurant. It is a bit more modern, very clean and background music is very enjoyable. It is definitely my go to place for delicious authentic Chinese cuisine. read more

Hong Kong Chef - Delectable and tender teriyaki beef cubes - Cantonese Near Me - San Leandro, California

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I ordered salt & pepper pork chop, only a few pieces are pork chop, it's fake, its mostly ends of pieces, it's either fats or pieces of cut out meat with coding wi flour fried together, I want Pork Chops not junk pieces, please don't do that or I won't come back to this restaurant. Thank you. read more

The store is having a promotion on DoorDash that you could get buy one get one free for the same item. I understand it is buy one get one free the SAME item, so I asked if they could switch to something that is same price and I was assuming there should not be a extra charge, even so, it should be just a few dollars extra. However, they added more than $10 on my order. And, they didn't make the right order. They did not give chow fun, instead, they gave rice. I am willing to pay some extra to change the items, but, $10? And you didn't even make the order right? And I did not get any phone calls to be notified. Tried to contact the store and they said there was no customer phone # on doordash which is a big lie. I work at restaurant myself and we use doordash, I always give customer a call when there is an extra charge or if we run out of something that we have to exchange something for them. read more

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The food is delicious, the interior is beautiful and spacious. Excellent customer service! read more

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Enjoyed a really nice dinner for Mother's Day dinner. The food was delicious! Everyone picked something to share family style. The food is placed in the center of the table on a lazy Susie. Eight of us were easily accommodated. Made a reservation an hour in advance. The waitress was very personable and informative. The restaurant is nicely decorated. Reasonably priced. Highly recommended. read more

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This was a call-in order First, let me apologize I did not get any photos of the food we ordered. But I will say this I appreciate the way they package the food for a to-go order. We ordered a type of crispy fish. The fish was packaged to keep the fish crispy. The sauce was put on the side. I must admit, I was surprised upon entry, Very bright, and very clean, and Irene was very friendly. Here's what we ordered to go. Rock cod fillet with cream, corn sauce, and a side of steamed rice. To my surprise, Irene provided the steamed rice complementary and offered tea while we waited. PS If you do decide to die in here, keep in mind there is a special offer within Yelp for a complimentary appetizer if you check-in. In short, our order was prepared as expected. It was so good we went back the next day and chose the same dish, the rock cod fish the only difference was we chose the sweet-and-sour sauce with the garlic string beans, yummy with a side of steamed rice. read more

Hong Kong Chef - Entryway and artwork - Cantonese Near Me - San Leandro, California

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Went there Saturday night for the $388 dinner combo. The place was not busy but the dishes and service was pretty much on par. Place looks clean for a small Chinese restaurant. So why 4 out of 5 stars? The tea and dessert was a bit watered down. I hope it can keep up the quality when it gets busier but I definitely recommend it. read more

Medioecre at best We ordered Kung Pao chicken and it was so salty as to be barely edible We ordered honey walnut shrimp and it really weak Too much mayo and the take away container was barley 1/3 filled - for $22 I expect a full order We ordered Mapo Tofu - never again read more

Authentic Cantonese cuisine with reasonable portion sizes, variety of dishes and affordable prices in the heart of San Leandro. My husband and I had dinner here on a Sunday evening and the place was half empty when we got there but an hour later when we finished, it was fully packed. Parking: huge parking lot shared among multiple businesses. There are plenty of spots so you shouldn't have to worry about parking. Ambiance: modern and clean. It's a medium size restaurant with a good amount of large tables and medium size tables. The space is open and tables were spread apart. It's a prime spot for family dinners and celebrations. Service: excellent for a cantonese restaurant. Ordering to food arrival time was quick and the wait staff was very attentive despite a full house and only 2 wait staff working. I'm impressed. Both waitresses were very friendly and kept a smile on their face at all times. Food: 4/5 overall. We ordered the salt &pepper soft shelled crab, beef cubes & scallops with teriyaki sauce, fish cake with yam leaves in broth, dried scallops mushroom E-fu noodle, and house special clay pot. Our favorite was the beef cubes dish, the sauce was perfect and each beef cube was perfectly cooked, medium rare with a crust on the outside. The yam leaves were fresh and portion size was good. We checked in on Yelp, so our appetizer (soft shelled crab) was $10 off its original price which we agreed was an amazing deal. The only disappointment was the mushroom E-fu noodle, it was a bit saucy and I couldn't find any dried scallops. We will likely not order that again. I think we found another go-to spot to satisfy our Cantonese food cravings. We will be back soon to try other stuff on their menu. read more

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Unfortunately, dining in was a different experience. Service was not great. We (party of 4 walked in and the person we talked to just wave at a generic area gesturing for us to go. We went and sat down on one of the table for 4 with cushioned chairs. Then someone else came and told us not to sit there. She then changed us to a table with plastic chairs. Like, it's fine but if you wanted people to sit at a specific spot, maybe tell them. Ordering was fine, but after 3 dishes were brought out, we waited a long time for the last dish. I'm talking about a 20-30 minute wait after the first 3 dishes came out. When we asked our waiter about it, he just responded with "I know". Food was fine. It's better to just order take out though. read more

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Came here with a large party and they have plenty of seats, which is great. Great for hosting or throwing large dinners. Highly recommend checking this place out. It's affordable and taste great. They have plenty of parking in the back so you don't have to worry about it at all. We tried to variety of dishes and they were all great served very hot and fresh. Highly recommend. read more

The food were seasoned very well. The service was very friendly. Nice ambience. Try this place out whenever you get a chance. Price can add up quick so if you're on a budget, pay attention to the costs. read more

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I'm pretty sad that Dynasty Pot went out of business, and is now taken over by Hong Kong Chef, which moved over from across the street. To make up for it, the food is very good and delicious, with HUGE portions, and the service is very attentive and friendly. Just pretty sad that there is no dimsum served here, despite being a Cantonese restaurant. Most recently, came here for dinner to celebrate a birthday. We had: Crispy roasted duck Crab Meat and Fish Maw Soup Rock Cod Filet in Stone Pot Lobster E-Fu Noodles Beef ribs The portions are huge. We came as a party of 4, and we took home a bunch of leftovers. They also stored a birthday cake we had in their restaurant fridge. We ended up deciding to take the birthday cake home, even though half of us wanted to eat the birthday cake in the restaurant. Staff was super understanding and accommodating, and SUPER nice. Really enjoy this place! read more

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Omg, this was the best real Chinese food I've had since Panda Express. Everything was fresh, and the food portions were perfect for big family's and big gatherings. The fried rice was the best out of it all! The rice was exceptional. Best fried rice I've had. The staff wasn't the best, but I'm sure they're just tired. The entrance was also pretty clean. When you walk in, on the left m, a nice big graffiti art is shown. When you go to walk to your table, no dust, big tables, and classical music in the background. Lovely end of the night for some nice dinner or lunch. Perfect for some ice cream after too. read more

HK Chef moved across the street from its previous location. Workers told me they needed a place with a larger parking lot however they no longer serve Dim Sum because the new location's kitchen is not large enough to handle all of the necessary Dim Sum equipment. Too bad... The new locale concentrates on traditional Cantonese cooking with Clay Pots, Noodles, Seafood, etc... didn't see a banquet menu. We had Lobster E-Fu Noodles with a very sweet flesh (fresh) lobster and addictive buttery lobstery noodles. Very good. Also had Clay Pot Pork and Eggplant with a lot of eggplant. Also tasty. Attentive service. read more

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Friendly and helpful staff. Clean beautiful decor. Fu kien fried rice was delicious! Definitely will come back. read more

Hong Kong Chef - Fu kien fried rice - Cantonese Near Me - San Leandro, California