Lakeside Asia Cafe, a Chinese restaurant that has served the South Lakes area of Reston for 13 years, is closing its doors for good on Wednesday. The restaurant, located at 11130-J S Lakes Drive, according to Lakeside Asia Cafe, announced the news to customers with a farewell message posted to its website.
“After 13 wonderful years, Lakeside Asia Cafe will be closing permanently. Our last day of business will be September 30,” the restaurant said in the post, titled A Heartfelt Farewell — Thank You for 13 Wonderful Years, which went up on September 22. Yelp lists the business as a Chinese restaurant, and it has operated out of the South Lakes Village Shopping Center for well over a decade.
A Message of Gratitude to Longtime Customers
In its closure announcement, the Lakeside Asia Cafe team thanked the community that had sustained it for more than a decade. “We are deeply grateful for your support, kindness, and friendship over the years,” the restaurant wrote on its site. The post reflected on what the business had meant to the neighborhood it served.
The restaurant's farewell also invited regulars to stop by one final time before the doors close. “We hope to see you once more before we close,” the message read, a sentiment echoed elsewhere on the site as staff prepared for their final days of service.
Closing Out After More Than a Decade in South Lakes
Wednesday will mark the last day customers can order from Lakeside Asia Cafe, capping a run that began 13 years ago in the South Lakes Village Shopping Center. The restaurant's own announcement is the clearest account of the closure, and it did not detail what led to the decision or what might come next for the storefront.
For now, the farewell note stands as the restaurant's final word to the Reston community it served for more than a decade — a simple thank-you from a neighborhood spot bowing out after 13 years.
