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Hours
Sun
12:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Mon
11:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Tue
11:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Thu
11:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Fri
11:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Sat
12:00 PM - 11:00 PM
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CUISINES
Chinese, Asian
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly
Meals
Lunch, Dinner
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Is this restaurant good for brunch?
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East Café Restaurant offers authentic and delicious tasting Chinese & Asian cuisine in East Lansing, MI. East Café's convenient location and affordable prices make our restaurant a natural choice for eat-in or take-out meals in the East Lansing community. Our restaurant is known for its variety in taste and high quality fresh ingredients. Come and experience our friendly atmosphere and excellent service.
CUISINES
Chinese, Asian
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly
Meals
Lunch, Dinner
FEATURES
Takeout, Seating, Wheelchair Accessible, Table Service
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4.0
26 reviews
Excellent
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Very good
9
Average
1
Poor
1
Terrible
2
Megan H
1 contribution
Sep 2023 • friends
I have two favorite restaurants in East Lansing and this one of them! The owners are very kind and sweet. The food has something special! I get any tofu and vegetable rice or noodle dish and have tried a lot of their sides. My tummy always leaves satisfied with nutrients and yummy spices. My mood is instantly lifted! I love this restaurant!!!!!
Written January 9, 2024
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tkjjcms7
Naperville46 contributions
Jan 2024 • family
Outstanding Chinese food. Authentic. Nice little restaurant with seating for my family. I would highly recommend as it was delicious.
Written January 15, 2024
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NikaNumber1
Royal Oak10195 contributions
Jan 2021 • couples
The salt and pepper squid looks like a must try dish here. Order would take 20 minutes.
Sign on the side door by the parking lot to ring the doorbell. They will let you in to pay and pick up your order only. The doorbell sounds at the top button and not where the sign and lower button are located.
The salt and pepper squid is on a bed of lettuce. It’s nicely covered with lots of chilies. It has a mix of peppers, including jalapeños.
It has really good flavor from the salt and pepper as well as the heat from the chili. Nice slight sweetness from the diced onions too.
Calamari’s are perfectly cooked, chewy and slightly tender. Quite tasty. We ate it quick, it was hot and so good.
The salt and pepper calamari dinner was $13.73. It comes with rice. I had them take it out of the bag since I didn’t want to toss it out. I only eat and prefer Korean short grain rice.
My fortune cookie today was rather amusing. “The social scene can be fun today.” The social scene is mostly the car and my husband and me.
Written January 30, 2021
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meg
Rochester2 contributions
Feb 2022 • couples
Last time we ate inside the woman who waited on us (maybe the owner?) was very impatient and was rude. Never the less we decided to give it a second try because we liked the food. Gave it a second try and we had the same woman and even worse service. Definitely won’t be back. East Lansing has so many Asian restaurants. It’s not worth it.
Written March 31, 2022
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Venture147686
East Lansing48 contributions
Jan 2020 • family
My husband and I were trying this place out for the first time, it was good! We had egg rolls, hot and crispy. The wrapping was more like a spring roll, excellent. Our main entrees were Mei Fun. His was Singapore style, mine was plain chicken. Both very good, the dish had bean sprouts in it, gave it a nice crunch. Our waitress was friendly and efficient. We'll be back!
Written January 26, 2020
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steveu224
7 contributions
Sep 2019 • none
This is an authentic Chinese eatery, not Americanized. The food is excellent, just like being in China.
Written September 4, 2019
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Henry B
Grand Rapids524 contributions
Feb 2019 • couples
My wife and I had a very nice lunch on a not very busy wintery weekday. This is NOT your typical Americanized Chinese restaurant with cookie cutter menu items. You may find a few stand-bys, but they are prepared in an authentic traditional style. You will also find tripe, congee, jellyfish and other great delicacies. The server (possibly she was the manager) gave us a little background on the history of the place-nice local touch. We shared an order of their steamed buns-beautiful, doughy, and a little sweet and hot-and-sour soup (I am not sure if this is a traditional dish or not, but was delicious and my wife insisted). We also had half a duck with 5 spices and salt and pepper fish. The food was more than enough for two meals but more important was delicious. Our server was pleasant and amenable to answering questions. She was also very generous. My wife had the order of soup and after the server noticed that I had a taste, brought out a half serving for me to enjoy!
Written February 14, 2019
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raj p
6 contributions
Nov 2018 • friends
Great place good food cross from msu, waling distance The place clean place is worth a try and it is as good as get close to Knights inn east lansing
Written November 29, 2018
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davidbI2920TS
25 contributions
Aug 2018 • friends
We found this as our third Travel Advisor choice, the first two were closed but glad we did. It's a little rustic but the food was excellent. A wide selection and good value for money, just not a lot of ambience.
Written August 9, 2018
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Wendy Z
Lansing514 contributions
Jun 2018 • couples
The menu was extensive and I think we made the mistake of ordering things in our comfort zone rather than the specialty of the house. We had sweet & sour chicken with lo mein and Kung Pao chicken. The SS chicken was tough and the Kung pao was flavorless. We really wanted to like it as we can’t seem to find good Chinese in the Lansing area.
Written June 18, 2018
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SpartanLax20
East Lansing66 contributions
Nov 2017 • couples
I am from the area and randomly stopped in one day as I like to try places that I have driven by for years and just have not stopped in. This place is a gem and i have been back many times since. The one person who gave a bad review to this place must have just had a rare bad experience. I have never been asked to pay with cash and the waitress always recommends dishes for me. I love the country buckets and they are super filling! The spicy chicken bucket is one of my favorites. Another great thing about this place is that they have so many fun and new things to try that you just don’t see at the Americanized Chinese places in the area. Would recommend highly!
Written February 24, 2018
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Ddrw
Manitou Beach174 contributions
Jan 2018 • family
We ordered several items via phone for take out. They were pleasant and efficient on the phone. When I arrived to pick up the order, it was not ready. The Chinese gentlemen invited me to sit down as it would only be a few minutes, which it was. All dishes were well packaged (no leaks), and hot. Dine in or take out.
Written January 4, 2018
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Paul H
United States4 contributions
Nov 2017 • family
My kids were asking for Chinese and they were overwhelmed with how ethnic Chinese can be! The daughters ended up with boring Orange chicken, though I tried it and it was good. My son got the Duck. I'm not a fan so I am biased, but my son like his dish. I got the Beef & Pepper Fried noodles and I loved it. Definitely making the trip back soon.
Written November 20, 2017
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FowlervilleBill
Fowlerville43 contributions
Nov 2017 • solo
If you're looking for real Chinese food, this IS the place! You really need to check this place out if you haven't been here yet. Food is fresh, authentic, and price is more than reasonable. And if you don't see what you want on the menu, just ask.
Written November 6, 2017
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hikingfoole85
Owosso10 contributions
Jul 2017 • solo
Nice Thick not too spicy, hot and sour soup for a starter. Then Chow Mei Fun, Singapore style. Awesome! Lots of Shrimp, Chicken and pork seasoned with curry. Medium spice was a bit lite for me so next time I'll go for hot. Rice noodles were lite and not clumped together lime alot of Chinese places do it where I live.
My only beef with this place was service a bit slow. Had to ask for napkins. So I docked a star for that. They were crowded though with only one waiter and one bus person.
However, I will be back. The menu selection is awesome!!! Saw lots of appetizing things on the tables around me.
Written July 15, 2017
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