Pacific Eatery and Catering

I'd had my eye on this awhile but don't get over here much anymore. Saw it when it was lunchtime, swung by. Little place in a little stripmall. Lots of pictures on the outside. Inside, small but bright and cozy. Fairly straightforward menu, only a few mild surprises. Perhaps there is an "authentic" menu as well? Anyway, I got my standard comparison item, Mongolian beef. Lunch special, so that, plus fried rice and soup. I chose egg drop.The soup was pretty good. Hard to mess up, but it was full of egg, and very rich. The fried rice was pretty mundane. There were a ton of white onions for the entree, and a decent amount of green, plus enough meat that I can't complain. Tender, flavorful, not overly sweet or overly salty as some versions are. Nothing amazing but a solid version.Service was great. Laid-back and friendly, but there whenever I needed something. Food was out super quick. Prices are very reasonable. If I lived nearby I'd be back once in awhile.

It's my second time visiting this authentic Chinese restaurant featuring Hunan cuisine and Northeastern Chinese cuisine.We ordered a variety of dishes and we enjoyed a lot. It was not very busy when we got to the restaurant, so the service was fast. My top favorite dishes here: Hunan dried bamboo and bacon: very flavorful dish with different layers of textures. Stinky tofu: it's one of my favorite kinds of street food, but not many people in love with the smell. It's crispy outside and juicy inside. A little hot kick flavor in the sauce too~Hot & sour shredded potato: texture was spot on, and it was good balance between hot and sour flavor. Sesame wide noodle: really liked the wide noodle texture, and sesame sauce paired well with some of the spicy food we got

黑椒鲜菌牛肉粒最好吃！牛肉粒和王子菇粒先炸再炒，加了一些香料，辣椒。微辣的口感刚好好Black Pepper Beef and mushroom taste really good. Deep fried beef stir fry with mushroom, spice and sesame, it taste spicy but totally delicious. 湘爆脆鱼肚相比之下就太辣了，是我这个广东人吃不了的辣Stir Fried Crispy Catfish is too spicy that I couldn't afford 小鸡炖蘑菇味道还行，但我个人不喜欢吃。鸡肉太碎了，粉条太多了，幸亏把粉条捞出来，不然越吃越多Service is not that good. I came here on Saturday noon and they are too busy, only a man served us, not giving us water and chopsticks until we requested it. He is walking around, cleaning other tables while I really need help.周六中午来吃，店员太忙了，筷子也没给我们，水也没给我们。后来叫了店员才给了我们东西，但是叫店员过来这个过程真的太费劲了

If you're looking for orange chicken or general tso pork that you would normally get at your local corner Chinese take-out place, please do me a favor and DO NOT COME HERE.I had the pleasure of meeting Russ, whom I'm told by my friend who took me is the go-to guy to get daily recommendations. He also hinted that he may or may not speak best English so that always helps.. To be fair, he was the only one in the hall the day I went so it's not like I can compare.. ;-)I'm told there are two menus. For obvious reasons, I got the "better" menu, which even for me, someone who spends a decent amount of time studying every menu possible, there were a lot of items that sounded unfamiliar. That may be because I don't read Chinese 100%, and the English translations didn't quite connect the dots for me. There's a good chance that I'm perfectly familiar with listed cuisines but just didn't recognize them. Nonetheless, we went ahead and asked Russ to recommend three dishes between the three of us. My friends are frequent visitors, so he made sure that he didn't recommend anything they'd had in their past few visits.Spicy aorta dish and the Shiitake mushroom green dish were the two he recommended, and I had my eyes set on Spicy Hunan pork. Aorta dish was the one that worried my friends a bit, but it turned out to be possibly the best dish of the three, not that the other two were bad. Shiitake green dish was very similar to the usual Chinese broccoli dish I often get at other places, but with VERY NICE addition of shiitake mushrooms. Cooked to perfection, of course. The Hunan pork dish was as great as they come, the only regret being they don't serve the dish with steamed buns as some very selective restaurants do. (Russ also agreed that they should start serving steamed bun) But the spicy aorta dish was the one that had the most complex combination of sauce. I couldn't get over how many different flavors I could taste, but how they all come together to make a perfectly balanced sauce. With such strong seasons like mala, garlic, cilantro, chili peppers, black peppers, etc. etc. it was amazing to see it come together so well. Aorta, if you've never had it, is an interesting protein with very interesting texture for your chewing sensation. Medium softness--sort of like al dente pasta--where you have to bite into the semi-soft surface to get to the meaty chewiness. I can see it being a hit or a miss depending on how familiar or open minded you are about these types of texture. For me, it was super delicious.I'm excited to have discovered this place, and cannot wait to bring my family down to try many of the other offerings.

I ordered dinner this week, and got the Singapore Noodles and spicy wings. I noticed they have since reopened the dining room area and it is no longer just to go orders.My previous experiences here have been pretty good to great. This visit was more along average. My noodles had a lot of curry powder and i had to add water to my dish to make it palatable. The spicy chicken wings were pretty good. This visit was not as good as previous experiences, but it was still decent and was quick and easy.

If I could give this restaurant a 11/10 I would! I will never forget this meal, it was some of the best food I have ever had! I love different kinds of food, but chinese food has always been my favorite. This place serves Americanized dishes and as well as traditional dishes. I went when my sister and we wanted to try this place out. We went with the traditional menu, it has english on it. We got the pork belly with pepper stir fry, beef and celery stir fry and garlic chinese water spinach( I think that is what it is called). I love everything we ate, both beef dishes were spicy but flavorful ( not too spicy it was perfect). I LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF THE EXPERIENCE. The service was amazing, the food came out in like than 10 minutes and they were so kind. I had so much fun and I ate so much food! You should give this place a try. It doesn't look like much from the outside but the inside is very nice and cozy. The food is fantastic! I can't wait until I get to go again!

Keeps getting worse. They try to get TIPS for carry-out. Recently they moved to even lower grade of chicken...greasy and gross. They stuff whole order on small bag, some items upside down so they leak in transit or pop open when you pull out. Is like children or non food people in charge. Horrible these days, will lot be back, avoid at all costs as PLENTY of nearby competitors who are kind, clean, let you buy and package it right.

Food was delicious and had a huge variety tooService was good even though they were very busy. Would definitely recommend and will be going back.

I never leave reviews but I have to note the place has new owners and though they kept the same Chinese-American menu in name all the items taste vastly different for the worse. After tasting the hot and sour soup i get a distinct taste of dishwater so ive had to move this from two stars to one. The potstickers are sad. The pork in the kung pao pork is inedible. Gotta toss this and order something else. Really disappointing. To say something positive they do have a new and different authentic Chinese menu that hopefully draws in people they lose on the Chinese American side.

Went to this place for the first time Saturday night with friends and family. My wife and I along with this other couple were both badly disappointed when YT Chinese cuisine closed as it had uniquely authentic Chinese food one doesn't find at 90 plus percent of other restaurants with the standard menu of General tso's, beef and broccoli, sweet and sour chicken, etc etc. However, Pacific Eatery is every bit as good if not better, and their menu is even more eclectic. But for what it's worth, they do serve more traditional Chinese and Asian dishes, and they do them really well! I had a taste of my son's pad thai, and I think it was the best I've ever had.The food was all around delicious, the service good despite the business being absolutely hopping, and the prices not unreasonable. Definitely worth going to if you want something off the beaten path, or just want standard Chinese food which is nevertheless better tasting than most other restaurants making the same dishes. A new favorite!