Royal East Restaurant

Just had the best lunch at Royal East! We had the hot & sour soup, moo shu chicken, spicy tofu & veggies, and crispy tangerine beef - all were amaaazing! We cannot wait to come back and try more of their menu. I can easily see why they have been in business for over 30 yrs! Portions were generous and service was great, everyone was so friendly and helpful in recommending new dishes to try. We don't have nice white tablecloth Chinese/thai/malaysian places in Baltimore so this was such a treat. The ambiance was perfect for a meal with friends or a business lunch.

I think if you have not ever had Malaysian food it would be ok. Did not try the non-Malay items.Good service though.

Omg... I enjoyed EVERYTHING that we ordered here! Wow! It was late lunch and quiet. Service was prompt, friendly and attentive. Now for the food.... Hainanese chicken, silky and perfectly poached.. loved it. Roasted duck was good, stingray fish with sambal sauce was spicy yet incredible and kangkong belacan was just perfection and a really tasty nasi goreng. Large portions too. I can only wish I live closer. And got a discount for paying cash. I'll be back, hopefully soon.

The food is consistently good here. Best Malaysian dishes are these two that are off the menu- chili crab (which you have to order a day ahead so that the restaurant can get them fresh day of), and loofah with dried wood ear mushrooms. I have many other faves here too- nasi lemak, char kuey teow, fried salted egg yolk shrimp, crispy garlic chicken, popiah, and roti canai are all highly recommended.

The food is overpriced and nothing special you couldn't get take out. The tofu and eggplant was fried in a sweet and sour sauce that tasted straight from the bottle, and the other veggies were cooked in similarly one note sauces. The daily special, fresh bamboo shoots and bok choy, was a scam for $26 (they didn't tell us the price before encouraging us to order the special). Basically just seasoned with salt, pepper, water and cornstarch, nothing to write home about and completely wasting the potential of those fresh bamboo shoots. The popiah was ok but it had eggs (not listed in menu) so not vegan. Scallion pancakes had no scallion flavor and were just hard dense triangles of fried dough. Total bill was more than $65, and was definitely not worth it. You do get a small discount for cash, so that's nice but still not worth coming here for.

Walking around Cambridge MA we came across this Malaysian restaurant. The ambiance is pretty practical with lots of space indoors. Apparently the restaurant is building some outdoor seating but that may come later. Let's get to the food - the Roti Chennai was good. The owner is from Ipoh Malaysia so we had to go with her suggestion of the Choy Kway Teow. Overall the food is good with a definite authentic streak. I would certainly recommend it to anyone in the area.

So was in Boston for the weekend to come back to my roots and romp around the city that I called home for the first 4 years of my work career. Even beyond that, I actually lived in Boston at a very young age and there are many memories of the landmarks, museums, and restaurants that I had hit up with my parents (as they had their favorites). This is where Royal East comes in as it is one of the very few restaurants I remember from my childhood that STILL EXISTS. It was my parent's favorite place back in the day and I remember this really tall waiter who would fly around the room because he was so tall. But I digress. We were in the Cambridge area and I just couldn't pass the opportunity to hit this spot up and see if my memories would taste the same in reality.Parking is available on street, in a parking lot in the back, etc. The joint itself looked a bit run down on the inside but they still had the same plates, the same table arrangements, heck maybe even the same tables. The service as always, lightning fast and no frills. As this was a trip down memory lane, I went straight for the items I recall from my memory. Ordered the hot and sour soup, the crispy tangerine beef, deep fried tofu shrimp cakes, and then ordered a roti to try something new. All of the original plates were pretty much as I had remembered it so it hit me very nostalgically. Each of them good and a bite from my childhood. I think the dishes clearly give more of an Americanized Chinese feel but still better than your average Chinese joint. If I had to venture a guess for the sub - 4 star review on yelp its because this place is trying to do everything with the menu. Kudos for trying to hit multiple palates but probably confusing for some, Still im glad this place has endured time (literally decades) as it is a place that I will always remember from my childhood.

I wanted something crispy as close to KFC wings as possible and this did good! Not the same but quick, yummy, and straight forward service. Lots of takeout activity but I ate inside. Asked for chili oil and side of rice and was very happy. Other dishes looked good! I know It's not super authentic but one of those times where you have a major craving.

The food was tasty. The service was great! The place was pretty chill and quiet. The guy that attended me was nice and sweet! I would come again and try new things !!!

We went to this restaurant because a friend of ours recommended it. But it was quite a disappointment. The doubly cooked pork looked nothing like it. I get that this is likely not an authentic Chinese restaurant, but the pork tasted like rotten meat. The mapo tofu also tasted nothing like it. The beef with black pepper sauce tastes pretty outlandish. Really only the chao he fen (炒河粉) tasted ok. The chef is definitely not up to the job. So there you have it.