Traditional Chinese cuisine is the draw at this light-filled eatery with outdoor seating. Based on 217 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.4 stars. Price $$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout
Address:
2995 College Ave, Berkeley, CA 94705
Phone: (510) 845-1286
Website: http://www.kingyenrestaurant.com/
Hours
| Friday | 11:30 AM–2:30 PM, 4:30–9 PM |
| Saturday | 11:30 AM–2:30 PM, 4:30–9 PM |
| Sunday | 11:30 AM–9 PM |
| Monday
(Labor Day)
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Closed |
| Tuesday | 11:30 AM–2:30 PM, 4:30–9 PM |
| Wednesday | 11:30 AM–2:30 PM, 4:30–9 PM |
| Thursday | 11:30 AM–2:30 PM, 4:30–9 PM |
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Reviews
Diane Baker
King Yen is our go-to place for decades of good Chinese food. While they do a strong take-out business, there’s nothing like this food directly out of the wok. My personal favorite is their tea-smoked duck, served with feather light rolls. The pot-stickers are excellent. I’ve tried all their prawn dishes and all are good. The meat dishes are excellent and the noodles are great, the vegetables nicely seasoned and yummy–in short, reliable, and uniformly good. Service is pleasant and capable. The atmosphere is airy, quiet enough to enjoy your company. There’s always food to take home (barring certain relatives as dining companions.) Take-out is equally reliable, and actually cooked there! A neighborhood treasure. The next generation is dining here as well.
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Natenapa Serdynski
Excellent food and service! Fried rice and wonton soup are a must! Fish dishes are superb! Everything is large portion so you will have a left over. Strongly Recommend!
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Noah Lowry
One of the best Chinese spots in the East Bay, imo. Food here is excellent for lunch and dinner. Huge portions. Mouth watering tasty…. And the service here is better than most places. Attentive and diligent. We love this spot for outdoor dining at lunchtime and indoor dining at dinner. Either way it’s excellent every time we decide to go here. Highly recommend and will definitely be back. Cheers
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Beat A. Schwendimann
One of the best Chinese restaurants in the East Bay. This legendary restaurant in Elmwood serves delicious duck, pork, chicken, and vegetarian dishes. Large and reasonably priced dishes. Friendly and attentive staff. Indoor dining or take away.
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Elliot Gann
Not great Chinese food, anyone who is saying “the best” hasn’t been to Great China or Shan Dong, or is getting very different food from me. This was the second time I’ve been here, the first time I went with an open mind and was underwhelmed and disappointed. Lacking flavor—if I got this same dish (Broccoli and Chicken) from either of the aforementioned restaurants I know it would tastier, and about the same price. For this price point it’s not worth it unless you are out of options. $42 for for a soup and a broccoli and and chicken (and rice) seems a bit steep.
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Gary Lucido
Went there for lunch. I had the Kung Pao chicken and my wife had beef and eggplant along with an order of fried dumplings. The food was good but we’ve had better. My wife really liked her dish but she thought mine was not that great. Personally I think zucchini is kinda weird in Kung Pao. I will say though that the service was outstanding. In and out of there very quickly if you want to. And the servers really take care of you.
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Mike Fowler – eXp Realty
We stopped in for appetizers and ended up enjoying multiple plates of food that were amazing. The server said that the food is not cooked until an order is received. So, it may take a few minutes longer to get the food, however, the flavors are worth it.
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Barry Boston
Wonderful food. Never greasy. Protein always good quality. Good sized portions. Great hot and sour soup.
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Krystyna Holder
King Yen is one of our neighborhood favorites. The food is delicious, the service is impeccable and eating there is a delight! Highly recommend!
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Kevin Salazar
came with my girlfriend and ordered 4 meals to taste the menu. At the end left a tip of about ~15%, the waiter ran towards me and said to tip more for the kitchen while pointing at the $10 in change. Felt forced and pressured to hand it over. Haven’t come back in a few months and never plan on doing so. Service and food was good up until this point.
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