Planning a trip to San Francisco?
Foursquare can help you find the best places to go to.
Great Eastern Restaurant
Chinese Restaurant and Dim Sum Restaurant$$$$
Chinatown, San Francisco
"Barack Obama visited the restaurant once and made its fame."(8 Tips)
"I love president Obama, but I can’t say his visit here makes the..."(4 Tips)
"The shrimp dumplings and the shrimp rice noodle dishes are great!"(4 Tips)
"Shanghai dumplings are the best, hands down."(2 Tips)
96 Tips and reviewsFilter:
- dim sum
- obama
- president obama
- good for groups
- mango pudding
- (15 more)
Sort:
- Popular
- Recent
Love the shrimp balls!! Don't bother with the egg rolls.
Diane W.June 23, 2014Order dishes off a menu with pictures. Pretty standard variety, but I prefer carts.
Robert FruchtmanMarch 29, 2015Dim sum is tasty; service is atrocious. Waited 40 minutes and only received 3 of the items ordered.
Nimich CMay 30, 2023Only ordered the steamed custard bun and had to wait approx 15 minutes for this. This bun better be good….
Kristen PAugust 10, 2017The service was horrible. We didn't even have a waiter through whole meal. Food was average. I could get same quality and better service at Panda Express. Big Fail?
Kevin FloMarch 10, 2014Came to get dim sum for dinner but they stop serving it at 3 PM for some reason
Daryl SterlingMay 6, 2010All of the shrimp dim sum items are great! And that's just the tip of the iceberg.
Pieter DrahnJanuary 8, 2014Chow Mein was meh. Walnut Shrimp was like shrimp voted in sweet mayonnaise. (Came close to closing, so we were rushed obviously.)
Martin C.January 3, 2015Quite simply the worst Chinese food I've ever eaten and service to match. People walked out
Waited 25 min for food to come put after ordering. Waiter tried to convince us it hadnt been that long but I checked in after ordering.
Cindy YeungMay 5, 2013don't really care if Obama ate here the dishes are incredibly small and it takes 15mins for food to come out. seriously not worth it
Angelica WDecember 16, 2017Mediocre and expensive dinner but staff was nice. Maybe dim sum is better.
egor gurevJune 26, 2016Не лучший Китайский ресторан в моей жизни, но плюс что мало народу. Пишут что тут был Обама.
524 Photos
Foursquare © 2024 Lovingly made in NYC, CHI, SEA & LA
Great Eastern Restaurant
649 Jackson St (at Grant Ave)
San Francisco, CA 94133
United States
San Francisco, CA 94133
United States
Open until Midnight (Show more)
- Mon–Sun
- 10:00 AM–Midnight
(415) 986-2500
Features
Reservations
No
Credit Cards
Yes (incl. Discover & Visa)
Outdoor Seating
No
Food & Drink
Menus
Lunch, Dinner
See More
You might also like
- 5.7
"Scallops n shrimp in garlic sauce sucks. The duck app was awesome"
Evan Waters - 8.5
"Nice ambience and good food, although pricey. Order a few things to share vs banquet menu -- steak fried rice and duck were both great. Good cocktails, I liked the gin-based Happiness."
Shirley Liu - 7.4
"Good pickled mustard green fish soup. Their beef pancake roll is a must get!!"
Agatha Yu
Places people like to go after Great Eastern Restaurant
- 7.9
"Of course the egg custard is perfect. But don't overlook the curry chicken bun for a savory taste!"
Jackson Shih
- 7.8
"Crispy cookies! Chocolate flavor also available. It's a very small factory in one of the alleys in China town. You can see them make fresh cookies! 50 cents for a picture!"
Divya Menon - 5.8
"Love the lychee slush with lychee jelly! 4/5"
Terence Chan
Appears on 221 lists
San Francisco's Top 10 Dim Sum Restaurants
Created by John Lin
10 items • 15 followers
Created by Kerry Moore
141 items • 11 followers
Created by Christian Tribastone
101 items • 135 followers
