Ecosystems provide essential goods and services to human society, such as food, water, soil retention, and carbon sequestration, which lay the foundations for human well-being. An increase in the scale and intensity of human activity alters the ecosystem services' supply and demand pattern, and this can lead to ecological degradation. Ecological restoration has been widely regarded as an effective approach for mitigating ecological degradation and improving ecosystem services supply. Over the past few years, ecosystem service research has become an important topic in ecological restoration. Ecological restoration can change ecosystem composition, structure, and processes, which affects the provision and delivery capability of ecosystem services. However, the effects on ecosystem service evolution during ecological restoration have not been systematically researched. This review analyzes the ecosystem services evolution in ecological restoration practices based on new advances in ecological restoration and ecosystem services. Framework establishment and method choosing (including parameter transfer, systematic modeling, and quantitative, indicator-based estimation) have significant influences on ecosystem service evaluation. There is evidence that ecological restoration has positive impacts on ecosystem service increases, but the processes involved are relatively complicated. In the ecological restoration process, a trade-off and synergy interrelationship exists between different types of ecosystem service. Socio-economic factors, especially the attitudes and choices of stakeholders, may affect ecosystem service maintenance. Over the past decade, the Chinese government has implemented a series of ecological restoration projects to alleviate ecosystem degradation. The ecological restoration projects play important roles in environment protection and ecological improvement. After taking into consideration present ecological restoration implementation practices in China, future research into ecological restoration and ecosystem service should aim to improve (1) the understanding of the production and delivery mechanisms underlying ecosystem services; (2) the innovation in framework establishment and method of ecosystem service evaluation; and (3) the application of research findings to ecological restoration practice and environment management.