Reviews for North China Restaurant in Houston, TX
It was our first time here with my wife for dinner. We ordered: Sizzling Rice Soup General Tao?s Chicken The atmosphere was... amazing(*****) 5 stars. The food was delicious (*****) 5 stars. All the staff-starting from the host, the waiter reallyfriendly. (*****) 5 stars. I will highly recommend this place. Read more
I had the pleasure of visiting North China Restaurant on a trip to Houston and it was nothing less than amazing. As you approach... the restaurant you're greeted by an exceptionally impressive and large mural on the outside of the building. As you enter you'regreeted with a welcoming and warm interior, definitely unlike any other Asian restaurant I've had the opportunity to visit. Theservice was great. The food was even better. Get yourself some sizzling rice soup, you won't be sorry at all. Can't wait to goback! Read more
This is a hidden gem for me! I?ve never seen this place since it?s in the corner of a shopping center and there?s a lot of trees... next to it. BUT I?m glad I found this place. Everything was so DELICIOUS. Especially the pork dumplings!! The employees wereoutstanding. They were always super attentive. We will definitely come back. Read more
The service was beyond amazing! The food was filled with flavor. The staff was knowledgeable of the ingredients of the food.... They offer family style or individual plates. Treat yourself to a culinary experience. Read more
If you know your geography, you know that Korea sticks out like a rabbit-shaped appendage from China. The cultural and culinary... ties between the countries are profound though Koreans have grown almost as wary of their powerful northern neighbor as they'vebeen towards the other nation across the East Sea (a.k.a. "Sea of Japan") that has tried to conquer Korea. Korean cuisine pullsfrom both countries but remains unique. If you've ever had Korean sushi, you know what I mean. But other than a place in SpringBranch called Mandarin (now closed), we haven't had many spots here that have specialized in Chinese-Korean food. Or so Ithought. A friend posted on his visit to a Korean-Chinese place at the corner of I-10 and Highway 6 called North ChinaRestaurant (14525 Katy Freeway), and it took us less than 24 hours to make our visit. This turned out to be one of our favoritemeals of the year, and I'm kicking myself that I did not know before this nearly 50 year old restaurant. The delights startonce you walk in the front door, where tall, handsome Fred, grandson of the restaurant's founder, will greet you like you're along-time regular, which most of the diners are. Fred's family, who is ethnically Chinese, ran a restaurant in my birthplace ofSeoul for many years and picked up on those dishes, particularly the ones with Chinese roots, that are favorites of Koreans.Most of the dishes on the menu are original recipes of his grandmother. He was happy to bring me a Korean menu that featuredmany of the dishes on the regular menu but also several unique ones. The menu definitely skews Chinese, but everything we tastedhad us noticing unique touches of Korea. We started with very unique homemade egg rolls though we noticed that nearly everytable was ordering a plate that resembled a mini-temple featuring stacked Mandarin spring rolls. We're definitely getting thatnext time! We also had excellent steamed mandu (pork dumplings) with homemade cabbage kimchi. Next arri Read more
My favorite Chinese restaurant, not only because it?s good but also because they don?t put MSG. Decent but I wouldn?t get... again: - Shredded pork Nothing special but still good: - Yuxiang eggplant - Walnut shrimp: not the fried and sweet mayo-basedone I wanted - but still yum (and love that they use Argentinian shrimp) - String beans: wish it were roasted more, but crunchy,and love the zacai (pickled turnip) that comes with it The best stuff on repeat: - Best Hot & Sour soup I?ve had - Goodsizzling rice soup - Sweet & Sour Pork - Get the shredded beef and pepper (only on the Korean menu but available upon requestover the phone - not online). Definitely ask for the green pepper oil to go with this. - Surprisingly spicy and yum Sichuanchicken - Orange chicken - wish it were chunkier and not so thin, but great orange flavor 4.5 stars for food, extra star forservice, cleanliness, and roominess :) Read more
Came here for lunch, we were attracted to the delicious smells from the food of people eating outside so we decided to try it.... Service was good but kinda slow. They did appear to be training which made for some awkward exchanges but the food was verygood. Shining star item was the chicken lettuce wraps. Not sure what they put in that chicken but it is addictive!!! Read more
First time here. Got pork fried potstickers which came with a spicy little sauce. Loved it. For my entree, I got the pong lai... (first time trying anywhere). It was amazing! Sweet, with a little spice, just the right amount of sauce, chicken had a perfectcrisp. Also got a Tsingtao beer (another first), very good. On top of all that, the service was 5 star and all the employees hada genuine smile and demeanor. I?ll be back probably again and again and again? Oh, and my gf got the YuXiang Eggplant, which wasamazing as well. Read more