Ocean Chinese Restaurant
“the taste is too strong and overwhelming, reminds me of catfish
-shrimp with mayo/walnut- yummy!”
“They also serve sweets and oranges post dinner.”
“Their other dish that I'd recommend is salt/pepper soft shell crab & black beans sause with clams.”
Ocean Chinese Restaurant
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
4 reviews
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The food was mediocre. I will not dine here again.
Family decided that they wanted to try out a different restaurant for dinner instead of going to one of the larger restaurants in the area. We should have just stuck with our usual dinner spot.
Ocean restaurant has the strangest table arrangement. They tried to fit too many large circular tables in such a small space. We were sitting in the second table, next to the entrance(6-8ppl table). Adjacent to us was a 10-16ppl table. With everyone from that table, and ours sitting down, there was barely enough room for anyone to pass through to the inside of the restaurant. Many times my boyfriend had to shift his seat to let the waiter pass, and to get up for the many older patrons to exit.
The dishes were expensive and tasted just okay. $50 for 2 sautéed lobsters is expensive as many places in sunset park and Chinatown will have it for less then $35. Many of our first choice dishes were unavailable. I understand if 1 or 2 were unavailable, but 4 dishes?
The shrimp mayo walnut dish was okay. The walnuts were not as glazed as other restaurants and there was a thin layer of brown oil? on the dish.
Crispy chicken was overcooked, too dry.
The sauce on the sweet fried pork chops was very thin.
Salty fish with diced chicken fried rice did not have enough flavor. There was barely any salty fish. This was such an easy dish to mess up.
No fruit or sweet dessert soup, only egg drop gelatin dessert. And the waiter brought the egg drop gelatin dessert before we were even finished with the food! Just told us to take our time!
In a typical Chinese dinner, the waiters will trade out your used plate for new clean ones, but that never happened here.
surprisingly good. a small restaurant in a rather residential part of 8th ave. we came for a family dinner of 2 tables recently. tried the following
-herbal chicken/pork soup- SO GOOD and homey. warms the heart good!
-black bean clams- yumm.. a bit sandy but not too bad
-some vegetable- ok since im not a veggie person
-snails- tasty, garlicky, a littttle bit spicey
-bitter melon with beef in black bean sauce- deeelicious.. althought at one point it tasted of lamb which makes me wonder about cross contamination here
-lamb stew- not sure since i dont eat lamb..
-steamed fish belly?- nasty only because i dont enjoys carp belly. the taste is too strong and overwhelming, reminds me of catfish
-shrimp with mayo/walnut- yummy! shrimp was a bit on the small side, cheap on the walnuts but tasty and rather crispy
-1/2 chicken garlic style- moist and good
-1/2 chicken their house special yellow chicken- kind of red in the middle which raised concern whether it was cooked or not
-conch with fried tofu- this was ok, nothing special
-frog stir fry with garlic veggies- ok as well, not tender and juicy frog meat
we prob had some other stuff as well that i can't recall now but i was pleasantly surprised that a place like this was actually quite busy for a monday night!
the reason why its not 5 stars is because a lot of the stuff they had written as house specials on their white board … they did not even have inventory. wth? do note parking may be hard to find since its rather residential
If you want real good quality southern Chinese Guangzhou food, then you have to go check out Ocean Chinese Restaurant. I tried just about every item and I would say that it's truly great southern Chinese food.
This is certainly a good option to go to especially if you can't get a table at the bigger Chinese restaurants. Ocean Chinese Restaurant is a small restaurant, but they serve up the same good quality dishes as you get at the bigger Chinese restaurants.
These are the usual dishes that my family enjoys getting are
1. The Golden Shrimp with walnuts in a fruity mayo sauce. The shrimp are cooked perfectly. Crispy, sweet, and absolutely delicious.
2. A whole chicken. You get a crispy or just steamed. The chicken are very moist. A lot of flavor and taste.
3. Crispy Pork Chops with Peking sauce. One of my personal favorites. Crispy with a lovely sweet and sour taste to it. I like to take the sauce and just drizzle it over my bowl of rice.
My family tries other dishes when we come here. I must say the food are tasty here. You certainly will not go wrong here. The bill will be a lot cheaper than the ones at the bigger Chinese Restaurants. You save money and you get a delicious meal.