East West Bistro

This was my second visit, and it was overall very good. Both times they were fairly busy, but quickly attended to the customers waiting for takeout. I ordered the Hunan shrimp dinner combo with fried rice and hot and sour soup. I was not familiar with the slightly thick consistency of the soup, but it had a nice flavor with a little bit of heat. The Hunan shrimp was tasty and the rice was ok, a little bit softer than I prefer. I will definitely be back to try something new.

Was recommended to try this place. I can confirm it is very good. I love sweet n sour chicken and I tasted things in their sauce that I never have at other Chinese food joints. Aromatic with a subtle hint of spice and fresh ingredients. Same this with the egg rolls. Fried rice also extremely good. I can confirm this is one of the best Chinese places.

I am torn in giving this review as we ordered several items and five of them (asparagus shrimp, shrimp fried rice, Pad Thai & ribs) were good. The sixth item, Hunan filet mignon ($26) was not even what was served. The beef we received was at best flank steak. If the restaurant was sold this steak as filet mignon, whoever received it, cooked it, and then served it should’ve figured out at some point that it was not. It was extremely tough and we were unable to cut across the grain even with a steak knife. If you pulled a piece of it off, it was chewy. The cut of meat served was clearly made for stew or some other purpose. The entree was inedible as served and left us very disappointed. We would have never ordered this If it did not specifically state that it was filet mignon.

as a full time delivery driver I often eat at and recommend restaurants based on 2 factors. How great the food looks and friendliness of the staff. I went into pick up a order and have often been curious about this place, however when I went inside to get the order I was greeted weirdly. As a safety precaution we have to show names of of the person so we can verify the order. The older lady who “ helped” me looks towards the orders proceeds to go to them, Rudely points at the names then yells them at me as if I was to stupid to comprehend that those were pick up orders for those specific people. No scene was made. I simply took the orders. Left and made note that this is a place that I will never eat at. I will make known my experience each time I’m asked. Drivers could soon become customers, watch how you act towards them.

Been trying different restaurants in Pasadena and finally got around to trying East West. It was a great experience. We ordered egg drop soup and it came in a nice sized bowl and the noodles were fresh and crunchy and the soup was great. We split a couple appetizers. The tempura shrimp were perfect. For dinner I went with sushi - got the volcano roll, it’s fantastic! Wife ordered Mongolian beef and it was a huge portion and cooked just right. Can’t wait to come back for Sunday Brunch!