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    Bao's Cafe

    3.5 (120 reviews)
    Open 11:00 am - 10:00 pm

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    Close up of the same H2 Pheasant Soon Chicken  Fried rice Scallion Pancakes Pork Eggrolls
    Shawnette B.

    Ordered for the first time today. We had the Chicken Lettuce wraps (it's called H2 Pheasant Soong Chicken) Pork Eggrolls, Scallion Pancakes, Fried Rice and We absolutely LOVED!!! And after we BOTH ATE, there was STILL a full bowl of the chicken mixture left (Chicken breast, Colored Bell Pepper, Mushrooms, Water Chestnuts Onions and a sauce.) For round two for dinner!

    Combination fried rice.
    John D.

    League City, you have yourselves a mighty fine Chinese eatery. For the life of me, I don't know what took me so long to check it out. Better late than never, right? My younger brother and I ate lunch here, and we, as the only customers during the post-lunch hour lull, were impressed with the awesome quality and solid quantity of our food. We started with steamed pot stickers, which contained chewy, tasty pork filling. Then, we had the combination fried rice, Szechuan style sliced pork, and salt and pepper shrimp. All three dishes were really exquisite. I'm a huge fan of the fried rice. It was riddled with nicely cut chunks of chicken and pork. There was so much rice to where it could be its own meal. Matter of fact, we took two styrofoam containers, not counting the takeout order. Take a bow, Bao's. Plan to get used to having me as a regular diner.

    House special fried rice/ Mongolian beef with steamed rice

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    Full of sault!!! Very bad food taste. Use to be good but now very bad. Portions r small a s full of soya sauce with salt.

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    The General Tso's chicken here is really hood and good value at the price. I usually it about once a week.

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    I have only eaten once before and that was during the pandemic so thought I would try again. I got orange chicken and it was delicious.

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    Awesome local spot, well priced, great food, reliable service. Fried Rice is delicious, beef and broccoli was really tender.

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    Food had no taste. Order Wonton soup with clear broth and dumplings with no green onions. Fried rice is just brown rice with no onions.

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    After countless times coming, I've been meaning to make a review about this place. Everything in…read moretheir menu is something great, with some of my personal favorites being the Homestyle Trio with Eggplant, their Mapo Tofu (off menu, no gatekeeping), their Spicy Chicken Noodle Soup (a wee too spicy for me personally, but I love the simplicity of it), and the General Tso's Chicken. The eggplant dish mentioned is very rich and flavorful, with the eggplant cooked to be soft and almost mushy (but in a good way), nicely complimented by particularly the beef. Their lo mein is a little watery on various occasions, but still maintains a great and very nice flavor. Their fried rice is one of my favorites in the area and is always very well made no matter the time of day. The fried chicken wings, crab puffs, and crab bomber appetizers are both just such standouts in what is often an overlooked part of the menu by many restaurants. I have nothing but praise about how this place handles food. The staff is all really nice and welcoming from entrance to walking out the door. They are very good with order additions or food/allergy restrictions and the dishes always come out in a timely (but not rushed) manner, no matter whether it is a weekday morning or a busy dinner crowd. I'd recommend the lunch special for anyone coming around that time, as the deal of egg rolls, soup, and an entree or 2-3 sushi rolls for a low price is a steal. The ambiance nice for sure and the tables are clean, though I do sometimes get disoriented by the wallpaper they use (I think it's just me though). Whenever this place first opened, I was very disappointed in the restaurant. Meals were salt with a side of meat and rice and was just overall underwhelming. But now, it is one of my family's go to places whenever we need quality food in a short distance. Definitely worth a try, even over other restaurants in the area that serve a similar menu.

    With a full bar and wide selection of food options, this is a great place for lunch or dinner…read more During lunch, the restaurant was surprisingly full and bustling. Even so, we didn't have to wait for a table for two. The meal was filling. The portion sizes are enough to feed two people. I made some alterations to my order and they were happy to oblige. Our service was great. I could tell the waitress was new and still learning so I worked with her. She now knows that they do have serve a salmon dish that comes with jumbo shrimp, steamed vegetables and the rice of your choice. This dish was pretty good. I could have done without the jumbo jalapeño though. I enjoyed the seaweed salad. It came with a bed of lettuce and a creamy dressing. Not the typical seaweed salad, but enjoyable nonetheless.

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    Spicy Banda - Pork Shui Mai

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    4.1(77 reviews)
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    Really great food! We love the noodles and dumplings! Great, friendly service!! We didn't realize…read morethis was a new restaurant from when it was a Szechuan restaurant several years back - we thought it was just a name change. So glad we stopped in to try it again!

    My feelings about this place are mixed. While the service here, based on my two to-go orders has…read morebeen spectacular, the food runs the ratings gamut. The (pork) egg rolls here taste like they were rolled in-house, which is a huge deal for me, but they are small. I prefer egg rolls that are plump and stuffed to the gills. The boiled dumplings here are a no-go. They tasted more like an afterthought, and that could be because we have so many places around here that specialize in dumplings. And the crispy pork with garlic flavor, while decent, was paper thin. Indeed it was crispy, and it had garlic flavor. But the pork was barely there. On the flip side, the crispy eggplant is divine. We've ordered it twice, and both times we have been wowed over the consistency and garlicky flavor of the sauce. The hot & sour soup here is also good, though (as I usually do), I added chile oil. Finally, though this place boasts that it specializes in Sichuan, they also do a pretty good job with Shanghai soup dumplings. Further -- and I've eaten soup dumplings at dozens of spots between Houston and NYC -- Spicy Banda is the ONLY joint that has warned me that the soup dumplings aren't as good when they're ordered to-go. That's integrity, and it is much appreciated. As an aside, I knew what to expect with a to-go order of soup dumplings, and they tasted just fine.

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