East Pearl Restaurant 838 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852

"Dec 2023 We decided to order some takout from here for dinner, which we ordered over the phone. We came to pickup the food around 6:30pm. The inside was brightly lit and the tables were about three quarters full. There were 2 or 3 groups of people waiting by the door to be seated. It was very obvious at first glance that the service was pretty slow. I think they need more staff because they only had 3 people covering all the tables: one was taking orders, one was delivering food from the kitchen, and the other was running around doing everything else (seating, dishes, water, check, etc). I mean, the one taking orders was doing a little other stuff, but it was all really inefficient. And then there was only one person handling takeout orders. So we had to wait several minutes in line behind people ordering takeout in person. Actually, I think that was the only pay register in the place, so it was handling the takeout orders plus the dining in orders. Restaurants of this size usually have 2 registers, so you can tell I am unimpressed with this service already. They had placed our order into a reusable cloth bag instead of the usual paper bag. It was impressive at first, until you realize they charge $0.25 for it. It makes me wonder: if you order again and bring the previous reusable bag, will they still charge you? Not to mention that they also used a plastic bag around one of the food items in case of leakage, so there was an additional charge for that too. And just so you know, there was a significant amount of leakage. It would have been more secure if they had used a soup container instead of the flat black container that they didn't even close properly. You can sense my annoyance with their service at this point, right? The only good thing, was that the food was decently yummy. The pan fried noodles had a good crunch, light flavor, and a decent amount of meat. The roasted pork was less fatty than what you get at a supermarket. The roasted duck was also tasty, but a bit too oily. Overall, very unlikely we would go back."

"The food and servers/service were great! Our server took their time to tell us about menu and answered our questions! I didn’t feel rushed or anything even though they were busy. We got 4 dishes and all of them were really good. The beef with noodle( flat noodle) was flavorful and delicious! The green beans surprisingly was super flavorful and tasted so good. The fried rice with chicken did not disappoint but def not the best fried rice I’ve ever had. My favorite was the crispy jumbo shrimp! Soo good and def worth the money! Give it a try! Update: the crispy beef is phenomenal and it satisfy my cravings if you’re in the mood for beef. Crispy garlic pepper chicken is also really good instead of the shrimp."

"The food was delicious, loved the orange chicken. The pan-fried noodles took a while to get served(around 20 minutes). The chicken from the “soy chicken yee mein noodles” was so juicy and tender. The tea that they served was pretty plain but it was free so can’t expect much."

"Food was definitely worth the price! We had a party of 8 that came in at 7 PM without a reservation on Tuesday night and were seated immediately. Our food did not take too long to be brought out after we order came out and all at once. The cuisine was more Chinese American and less of what I would think as “traditional” but it was still delicious for what it was! I would definitely recommend the Deep Fried Jumbo Shrimp (deshelled) and the Sweet and Sour Rib!"