A light emitting device has a light emitting element, a metal member, a covering member and a translucent member. The metal member has a first face and a second face on an opposite side from the first face. The first face has an element placement portion and a flat portion disposed around the element placement portion with the light emitting element being mounted on the element placement portion. The covering member is disposed on the second face of the metal member at the flat portion outside an illumination range of light emitted from the light emitting element. The translucent member seals part of the metal member and the light emitting element. The translucent member has a convex portion and a flange disposed around the convex portion, the flange being disposed outside the illumination range of light emitted from the light emitting element.