Town Sent Seafood Restaurant — Restaurant in Covina

Update Sept 2025:

Update Sept 2025: Craving clams and stopped by for a so lunch. Ordered both black bean and ginger with scallions and both were delicious! Always appreciated the lunch price and portions with free soup and free tea. So many place charge for tea now it’s annoying. Anyway, cleaned all my plates and enjoyed every bite. Was pretty crowded at around 1:30pm on a Wed, which was great for them. Was still seated and served pretty quickly, so all good there. Surprisingly was full of Latinos the past few trips and severs were busting out their Spanish whether the huestes needed it or not. Was kinda fun to watch. Enough Chinese speaking guests still there to know it’s legit, but happy to see the new clientele.

I miss this place. Especially sitting down in the restaurant with the free soup and tea, the condiments like chili oil and service. It's just not the same ordering for one or two people either. Ordering as a group and eating family style was the best part.

Of course we can't these days and a lot of time has passed since my last visit. That said, I was really craving some clams with black bean sauce and decided to treat myself to some take out. Only bummer was they were out of clams today :( Bummer but already had some other items in kid and decided to keep the order anyway, just replaced the clams with scallops. Also ordered the fried calamari with spicy salt and a large hot and sour soup. Everything was delicious, but of course would have preferred clams to scallops but flavors were on point.

1 star off for not knowing they were out of clams when I first called. I might have cancelled my order and went back this weekend, but I was already on my way when they called me back. A little harsh I know, but I'll update when I get my clams! Another though would be to offer chili oil and condiments on the side and the option for chopsticks over plastic utensils. I would even be fine with no utensils as an option, since I did bring back home to eat. The plastic stuff went in the trash because they got dirty from the sauce and I used chopsticks at home. Just a thought. ——-

I miss this place. Especially sitting down in the restaurant with the free soup and tea, the condiments like chili oil and service. It’s just not the same ordering for one or two people either. Ordering as a group and eating family style was the best part.

Of course we can’t these days and a lot of time has passed since my last visit. That said, I was really craving some clams with black bean sauce and decided to treat myself to some take out. Only bummer was they were out of clams today :( Bummer but already had some other items in kid and decided to keep the order anyway, just replaced the clams with scallops. Also ordered the fried calamari with spicy salt and a large hot and sour soup. Everything was delicious, but of course would have preferred clams to scallops but flavors were on point.

1 star off for not knowing they were out of clams when I first called. I might have cancelled my order and went back this weekend, but I was already on my way when they called me back. A little harsh I know, but I’ll update when I get my clams! Another though would be to offer chili oil and condiments on the side and the option for chopsticks over plastic utensils. I would even be fine with no utensils as an option, since I did bring back home to eat. The plastic stuff went in the trash because they got dirty from the sauce and I used chopsticks at home. Just a thought.

Call ahead option and pick up was fast and easy though. Went around 12:30 on a Thursday and parking lot was empty, so we need to give them...

Customer Beware, If you're looking for the worst dining experience in Covina, then you found the right place in town! Sad but true. My family and I came in for dinner one Saturday night after hearing great things about the food and service provided by Town Sent Seafood Restaurant.

We arrived at 8:50 pm and walked into the restaurant to be seated. Suddenly, one of the waiters came up to us and began shouting “sit down and order quickly because we’re almost closing, and my cooks need to take their breaks and eat”. So we took a seat and began to look over the menu. Meanwhile, the waiter stood firm by our table and waited for us to order. Question to all readers, how does someone order when it’s your first time visiting and you haven’t had the opportunity to review the menu items? Furthermore, I thought the restaurant closed at 10:00 pm, doesn't that allow for one hour and 10 minutes to order and have your meal?

The waiter began to demand the order and started to get upset. I tried to remind him that the restaurant closed at 10:00 pm. He said “it makes no difference, you order now or not at all”. By now my family and I had enough of this crap. We got up and left the place. The only thing I said to the waiter “I will never come here again just because of your ignorance and lack of service to the customer! "Furthermore, I will tell everyone I know about the trouble experience I had today!"

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I have been coming here for over 10 years, and I got to say this is one of the best canto places to eat Chinese food in West Covina. They have fresh seafood, lunch menus, and they have a private room too if needed to host some sort of celebration. The owner is nice and attentive and we had nothing but great service with the staff.

Food I had had lunch menu, dinner, and has even thrown bday dinner event for my kids 1st bday. There is so many great dishes but I wanted to make sure to write down some recommendations in case anyone was looking for some .

Walnut Shrimp - this is one of my favorite dishes here with the walnut and the big pieces of shrimp with the glaze. Must try ! Duck with Bun (pretty sure it’s not the name) they make their own in house, and has the shrimp chips as well as oyster sauce and onions to compliment the bun. French Filet Mignon- This has a great flavor and great with rice

After food, they always have either almond jello, or fresh watermelon or oranges.

Again it’s always a great experience here, and there is so much food on the menu, you could come each time and order something new. If you are into canto Chinese food or seafood, and don’t want to drive to Alhambra...