East Meets West
830 E 13th Ave, Eugene, OR, 97401
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Address :
830 E 13th Ave
Eugene, OR, 97401 - Phone (541) 686-8788
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Opening Hours
- Mon :11:00 am - 9:00pm
Specialities
- Takes Reservations : No
Delivery : No
Take-out : Yes
Accepts Credit Cards : Yes
Good For : Lunch, Dinner
Parking : Street
Bike Parking : Yes
Good for Kids : Yes
Good for Groups : Yes
Attire : Casual
Ambience : Casual
Noise Level : Loud
Alcohol : No
Outdoor Seating : No
Wi-Fi : No
Has TV : No
Waiter Service : No
Caters : No
Categories
Chinese Cuisine
The popularity of Chinese food in America can be adjudicated by the appearance of China Town in many major cities in the United State of America. The popular trend of ordering or opting for Chinese take away food isn't unknown in America. Chinese take away food comes to rescue when you're too tired from work or too exhausted to cook. No one can resist the temptation of eating spicy noodles, shrimp, chicken, beef or pork cooked in the sweet and spicy sauce. The cooking method of authentic Chinese food is a lot different compared to what is served in America.
Generally, Chinese use dark meat small bones and organs to cook dishes but this changes when you are eating American-Chinese fusion food prepared using white boneless meat cooked with broccoli, carrots and onions. Back in China, the food is less spicy and oily as they favor steaming and braising method for cooking the most popular dishes. So, if you have a taste for authentic Chinese food, then try finding a real Chinese restaurant in the city. You can also try the most popular fusion Chinese food like Pecking Duck, Chicken Feet, Hot Pot, Shrimp Dumpling Soup, Mapo Tofu, Wontons, Chop Suey, Egg Rolls and not to forget Fortune Cookies.
There are not many restaurants in America serving authentic Chinese food. A little research on Restaurant Listings directory can help you locate the best Chinese restaurants in the city. Chinese cuisine is continuously evolving, and you can find a variety of dishes categorized as the food for lactose intolerant, gluten intolerant, vegan, vegetarian, and diabetic friendly. So, if you have a group of friends with different taste patterns, save the hassle and visit the nearest Chinese restaurant in your city.
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CJ H.
Delicious food !! This restaurant is an authentic homemade Chinese food. I will recommend " Sweet and Spicy Shredded Pork", "Pepper Salt Fresh Squid", "Beef noodle soup" to American friends.
(4)Tony T.
For Eugene, this is hands down the best Chinese food joint in town. The cleanliness of the place isn't great and the set up is not amazing either since there is barely any walking room in here. My people definitely know how to make use of space so they can sit maximum capacity with tables close to one another cafeteria style and window counter seats all along all the windows, they cram you in there. This place is perfect for take out and for a quick meal, they don't mess around here. They even have some traditional chinese meals on the menu which I'm pretty happy to see. Anyway, for Eugene, 4 stars if it was on a big city rating system, it would be closer to a 3.
(4)Roman S.
Finally! a good chinese restaurant that doesn't taste like fake crap. at first i was hesitant to try this place out - cause honestly the name sounds a bit stupid. today i went here for lunch with a friend and we ordered sweet and sour chicken and kung pao chicken. both tasted delicious, authentic (as my chinese friend told me), and the place is clean! lunch prices run from their $5 daily specials to not much more then $6.50. the dishes come with either steamed rice or fried rice (your choice) and a small cup of egg flower soup. i look forward to tryin out all their food sooner or later. all the other "chinese" restaurant need to step it up or go away. ps: this is where hodgepodge used to be.
(5)Mark A.
Crappy Chinese abounds in most American towns, and Eugene is no exception. Not only is it usually McDonald's quality, the same goopy dishes show up everywhere. If I encounter another chicken dish that's mostly breading covered in Day-Glo orange sauce, I'll gag (but I do that every time I see it). Your first clue that that won't be the case here is that most of the customers are Chinese students from UO down the street. Then there's the specials board written only in Chinese. I truly wish they would let us in on what the kitchen can do, because I want to sample it all. DLW and I stopped in for Sunday lunch wanting something quick and simple, so she ordered shrimp chow mein, and I had ma po tofu. Both dishes were low on spiciness, but easily punched up with Sriracha. The chow mein could have used more shrimp, but it was otherwise quite tasty. Plenty of shredded pork and tofu in my dish, along with peas and carrots, made me think I was eating healthy. Portions were just right for lunch. Prices are quite reasonable. Drinks are only available from the cooler, no soda fountain, so no free refills, so often a sticking point in Chinese restaurants. In past trips we sampled something more exotic: preserved duck egg soup with cabbage. The sulfurous quality of the eggs was muted by the soup, making them much more palatable and quite delicious. It's great to have a place like this around, so take full advantage of it. If you see a Chinese customer order something that looks good, by all means try it. You probably won't won't be disappointed.
(4)Peter S.
East meets West is the right place to get Chinese food around campus. Its fairly priced and it's customer base speaks for it's self. Grab some bbq pork chow mien, it's a go to for just 6.95. Add extra bbq pork for a dollar, if your feeling hungry. Don't be scared by the array of dishes that pour out on to mainly international students tables, ask them what they ordered.. It's usually on point.
(4)Zev F.
This is one of the best chinese restaurants in Eugene (kungfu bistro is also good). The people writing bad reviews here are absolutely clueless. The problem is that they are all ordering americanized food off the main menu. All of the good stuff here is on the specials board. Instead of ordering things like orange chicken and sweet and sour pork, try some more interesting things. kou shui ji (mouth watering chicken) is cold chicken in a hot oil sauce, very tasty. Their scrambles are delicious. Sweet and sour fish, in a vinegar sauce, is noting like the pork version. Dan Dan noodles are great here, as well as a number of noodle soups. Their mapo tofu is extremely spicy and tasty. If people tried the specials more, the 3 star rating here would be a 5 star one. The only problem is that many of these dishes are nowhere stated in english. Even the specials board only has a fraction of the things they actually make. To all the people wondering why foreign students love this place, it is because they are eating different food from what you are. This is the kind of place where you can walk in with a request for any chinese dish you can think of and they will probably be able to make it for you. Most of my favorite dishes I found just by asking the cashiers for suggestions. I would really encourage them to translate their full menu into english. It would help me work my way through all their options better.
(5)K S.
First off: The food is delicious. I can't deny that. Con: terrible customer service. The service caused me embarrassment and shame about my own body, eating habits, and spending habits. I went to EMW this afternoon for an early dinner with two of my best friends, and one of the girls and I had talked beforehand about how we were going to get a couple of separate dishes each so we could take home leftovers. I stepped up and ordered first. What follows is the conversation I had with the very rude older lady at the register. Me: Hello, I'll have some regular chow mein and fried rice also. Her: Oh, you want both? You don't want both, they're really big *gestures with her hands about how big the dishes are* Me: Well, I want leftovers. (I should not have had to justify that. I'm a paying customer. Please give me what I ask for). Her: No, no, no, no rice for you, you just get the chow mein! (She began gesturing to her coworkers to get them to agree with her about how big the dishes are.) You don't need that much, it's really a lot. At this point, I was flustered and embarrassed for even asking for what I really wanted. I should be able to order whatever's on the menu at any restaurant, whether or not the employee thinks it's "too much" for me. I'll decide that, thank you! But the most condescending part comes when I was stuttering through what kind of chow mein I wanted when she said, "That's 8.25". She didn't even stop to ask what dish I wanted. SHE decided then and there that I only be able to order the one dish. Humiliated, I paid in a daze and walked away feeling hurt. My friend then ordered a single entree as well even though she wanted more because she didn't want to get chewed out by this lady like I did. This thoroughly ruined my dinner. If you feel insecure about ordering at a restaurant, or have issues with people telling you what's good for you and what isn't and how much is "too much" and how much you "should" eat, do not go here. It opened up a can of insecurities I now have to face. Needless to say, the food was not good after that. Good food, but the workers really need to work on not shaming their customers for what they buy. I wanted a variety of things to choose from and taste as well as leftovers and I was shamed for asking for that. I would never recommend eating here.
(1)Nadine A.
Went in for the first time today, will not be back! Restaurant was clean and staff were friendly, but the food was really disappointing. I didn't go in expecting much, but the sweet and sour chicken was just really underwhelming. Would not recommend.
(2)Matthew K.
Food is subpar. I don't know exactly what I think about paying before we eat. I guess it has to do with living in a college town; however, the reason for the low rating is this. We came in, ordered our food and decided to give a tip, because well, who doesn't. It was after we got our food that I realized, maybe tipping before finishing our meal was a bad idea. The food was pretty average, nothing special, but the service was shocking. Thats the best word I can use. After finishing our food, I asked for 5 to-go boxes, because we had left overs. Well, the lady working there, gives me this look and walks to our table. Then she proceeded to give us 3 to-go boxes. I was like ...ok? After waiting a couple seconds, I go back up and ask for two more, she just gave me the nastiest look, and told me, 'you only need one more, see! Fit the rice into this one' and with an annoying glare she just walked away. I was shocked, and didn't know what to say. Why does she care, if I want two to-go boxes she should either give them to me, or at least be polite. It's hard to respect a business with poor customer service, yes, if your food is out-of-this-world delicious, thats one thing, but its just average chinese food. Needless to say, we'll be going to Maple Garden across the street anytime we crave chinese food. EDIT: seems like that lady just had one bad day, ive been back and its been better. so heres an updated star.
(2)Oregon Food Junkie O.
You know when you walk into a campus area eatery and it's always brimming with asian nationals, that yer probably onto something. This place delivered, and has many times since. By far the best in the University district. Probably my favortie thing about the food is that they don't overcook the vegis. I'm a big fan of this place for a quick fix on campus. During the week they have a $5 lunch special served with perhaps Eugene's most perfectly-done egg flour soup. Highly recommended. Friday is Kung Pao chicken and it's simply to die for. Great people watching at the gates of campus! Thumbs up from the Oregon Food Junkie!
(4)Kim P.
In my opinion the worst Chinese restaurant in Eugene. I prefer Ocean Sky.
(1)Mike C.
I always enjoy eating here and have brought many friends and family members who were all satisfied. A friendly place with unique food and reasonable prices. Quick counter service, even when it's busy they seem to turn out meals fast
(4)Caferio Y.
Ordered the BBQ Pork Choa Fen (Mandarin Style, aka: Chow Fun) it was good, not bad for an area devoid of a Chinatown and culture. I usually gauge a chinese/asian restaurant by the number of asian patrons during the busiest times of day. Granted it has a lot of UO students as partons, but not the only. When I arrived about noon-ish, the place was packed with a line of people waiting to order, most were asian (5 were non-asian) patrons. Granted I couldn't read the whiteboard, I ordered my fav standby dish as a reference to gauge other. Overall, the noodle were cooked just right, the sauce was flavorful, would have preferred other veggie other than just bean sprouts and celery, the BBQ Pork was ok though a little dry. And No MSG, Yeah!!! So the big question... Would I go again? Yes Would I recommend to others? Yes Would I take family, friends & other? Yes The only negative was parking, but its expected to be sparse near UO.
(4)Margaret Y.
This is my second Chinese eatery trial in Eugene. I ordered 3 simple dishes. Orange Chicken Beef Chow Fun Chicken Fried Rice Total cost: $20.40 No soda machine, just some Asian can drinks and bottle water in their little cooler. Taste: I began to wonder why this place has repeating customers?????? But then, the place is right in front of the U of O, meaning their customers are the college kids...... There aren't many good Chinese places around the campus within walking distance from the dorms. Depressing!!!!! Nothing to write about this place. I am so not wise about choosing this place.
(1)Plume Z.
Kind of authentic. Can't finish it most time. Recommond Liang Ban Niu Rou(spricy), Sliced beef in hot chili oil.
(3)Frances W.
I'm shaking my head so hard and so fast that I look like I have an epileptic seizure right now. It's just that bad. And the only people who eat here are international students (which I don't quite understand either because from what I've noticed from personal experience, they're pretty picky about Chinese food). The last and only time I ever ate here a few months ago, an international student (yeahh) brought me here and I remember having to literally pour half the bottle of soy sauce into my noodle soup just to bear through it. I'm not even a picky eater, it's just.....that bad..... I wouldn't bother paying $8 for a crappy bowl of noodles in Eugene. Trust me, you don't want to eat here. Even for Eugene's standards, which I think I've got the grip of now. Come here if you want epileptic seizures.
(2)Carrie A.
I'd give this 3.5 stars if I could. I guess I'm feeling generous. So the thing is, Eugene does not generally have good Chinese food. We used to get takeout from Jade Palace sometimes, and that was fine -- certainly nothing particularly delicious. This place is better! Get the sesame chicken, or order from the dry-erase board. The campus location is convenient, but when it's crowded, the food takes too long, and sometimes, if you're eating there, one person's food will arrive well before the other person's food, which is awkward. Overall, though, for Chinese in Eugene, this is now my go-to spot.
(4)kati b.
Good affordable & dependable lunch spot on campus - classic Chinese food with decent meat, much higher quality that Maple Garden around the corner. I've never had a bad meal here. At lunch the restaurant is packed with international students & the menu is in Chinese and English, so I think it must be rather authentic. The portions are big enough for someone who is really hungry to eat their fill. My friend and I always split a main and add an extra cup of Egg Flower Soup (one cup comes free with your meal) + free hot tea. It's the perfect amount of food and the price is right. Our favorites are Broccoli Beef, Mongolian Beef, Kung Pao Beef, Rice Noodle Stir Fry & the specials Sizzling Beef & Green Bean Chicken. The Pork Buns are also super-yummy & the Fried Rice is nice. I've eaten lunch here dozens of times and it's always clean and friendly. Edited 10/3/12 - the last couple times that I went to East Meets West, I felt the quality declined. Last time was still passable Chinese food, but not very good and I probably won't be in any hurry to go back :(
(3)Heather S.
Order off the dry-erase board which changes daily. Good value. Chinkiang Rice Vinegar and fresh, homemade chili sauce is available to add some zing to your chosen dish. I can't wait to go back to try some of the other items like potato shreds with chinese bacon, what is that?
(4)Sam F.
I've only had the food once, but it was really good. I got the orange chicken (which I know is not REAL chinese food) and it was cooked so that it was perfectly crispy, and they provide good portion sizes. We did take-out, though. The one complaint I have is that it took forever for them to cook. We waited 40 minutes for our take-out order after ordering, and I feel it could have taken last time. But overall, the shitty service is worth it for the delicious food. :D
(4)Jeannette W.
Hands down-- the best Asian food in Eugene. The vegetables are always fresh & crisp. The service is speedy and efficient. But above all, the food is simply delightful! A wide and varied menu will be a reason to keep coming back; so you can sample it all! Warning: the restaurant is Addicting. :-)
(5)Karl S.
I think it is important to note that the restaurant reopened in early 2012 under new ownership. Consequently older reviews are out of date.
(5)CY Y.
Wonderful people, wonderful food. =)
(5)Steve D.
I've eaten here twice now and I liked it both times. The food is very good by Eugene standards (let's face it--Eugene just doesn't have any Chinese restaurants that measure up to what you'd find in Vancouver or San Francisco.) The portions are large, the prices are reasonable, and the place is clean.
(5)Sophia K.
While the food is fine, the service is terrible. For this place, you order and pay at the counter. You are given a number and the food is brought to you. I ordered a sizzling dish and while 'sizzling' is just part of the name, my dish was sitting on the counter waiting to be brought to my table for a good while. I had noticed that the chefs were not cooking anything in the kitchen. And my friends noticed a plate of food sitting on the counter. My friend had to ask about the food on the counter for it to be brought to us. When it got to me, it was not sizzling anymore. Next, we asked for take-out boxes and there was an insect in the box. Pretty stinky service. Lastly, is there really a working drive-thru for this place?
(2)Big Eared M.
East Meets West is truth in advertising...Eastern Chinese Food meets American Tastes. Completely average Americanized Chinese food at a typical American price. It's fine for a quick bite but there are better options in this neighborhood. Better than a Panda Express but not by much.
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