If you come here, you must ask for the Chinese menu if you don't look Asian- that's where the goodness is at. House of Sun is the kind of strip mall Chinese restaurant tucked away in some suburb that I've been looking for in the Cincinnati area. There are a lot of authentic dishes (and you know it's a good sign when they have fish tanks with some of the seafood they serve), and Taiwanese breakfast! Thank you Caroline C. for alerting me to this. The service and restaurant itself is pretty standard for a Chinese restaurant- okay, and slightly dated. Of course, you come here for the food (and so do lots of Asian folks, from my two observations!). Everything I've tried has been good, though I did think some the portions didn't seem quite family style size. The beef noodle soup is great (and huge, so very shareable). I love that you can order hot soy milk (sweet or salty) that tastes homemade. And of course, the Taiwanese breakfast on the weekends! For you non-Taiwanese eaters, you should try a sesame shaobing, which is a flaky flat bread, and the fried bread stick. Growing up, we usually split the shaobing apart and put a piece of the bread stick inside. Some folks like to dip it in hot soy milk. The scallion pancakes are tasty, and the scallion pancake with beef (basically rolled up beef and onions in a scallion pancake was delicious! Mmm. I can't wait to go back and try more items on the very large menu! read more

Never disappointed with House of Sun. The quality of food is consistent. They do have two separate menus. If you want authentic, try order: Porks ear Steam Fish Stir-fried (garlic and cooking michu only) asked for available fresh vegetable (i.e. pea tips) Pork stir fried with bamboo shoot or bean curd Lobster/Crab with either ginger/scallion sauce or salt/pepper seasoning Drink HOT TEA with your meal, not ice water/soda Finish your meal with hot soup. Now that's the traditional way to eat a family style Chinese meal. p.s. when you order stir fried vegetables, you can taste the Breath of Fire from the wok. ---------------ON THE WEEKEND---------------------------- Traditional Chinese breakfast items served and it is very inexpensive Try: Hot soybean milk with sugar or salted (with green onion, pieces of fried dough and dry shrimp) Sticky rice ball with Porksun (dehydrated shredded pork, pickled vegetable) Onion pancake with egg Dumplings Porkbelly with white steamed bun read more

i'm shocked by the bad reviews. Who cares about service when the food is THIS good?! Maybe you didn't order right... you must order off of the traditional Chinese menu! Here's what you need to order: -hot & spicy tendons (cold appetizer) -3 cup chicken -dry jjampong (spicy seafood noodle dish, that is not really dry, but it's just not in soup form like a traditional jjampong.. i think it's called "Cha Ma Noodle Soup (Korean Style)" on the menu, but not too sure) -calamari -shredded beef with hot pepper - pork with bamboo shoot -shrimp with shell (don't know if what we ordered was w/ ginger sauce or the salt&pepper one) -shrimp with no shell (don't know which one either) ALL OF THESE DISHES are tried and true every time we come here (we're a Korean family who loves us some good food, 2 of us have lived in China and visit often) please give it another chance! I can't speak for the lunch or breakfast service, since I've only been for dinner.. read more

When we visit cincy, we try and stop by because we do enjoy their Taiwanese breakfast. While it certainly could be better, it is something worth eating if you are in the area. We generally select shao bing (with egg and beef), scallion pancakes (plain, egg and beef), yo tiao (fried bread sticks), Rice balls salty, steamed buns, steamed dumplings, and tofu pudding. Everything we select we thoroughly enjoy, nothing disappointing. I really could eat just plate after plate of their scallion pancakes with egg and beef and nothing else. The main issue is the service. The servers have an aura of disdain, like they just don't want to be there serving you. Whether asking them for extra napkins or splitting the check, they return your request with a look of annoyance. Lucky for them, they are the only Taiwanese breakfast in town, otherwise we'd go elsewhere. read more

3.5 stars, really. As a halfie I can say that the food is authentic and delicious. (Just check the "Traditional" menu instead of the American one -- although I think it's nice that they have both.) The Beef Noodle Soup is excellent, and the beef chow fun and sticky rice cakes are quite good too. The servers are attentive and friendly. If only I lived a wee bit closer so I could come here more often. read more

A friend told me about their weekend Taiwanese breakfast offerings and I was intrigued. I perused the breakfast menu and was a bit perplexed on what to order. Though the menu has English, the items listed are a bit vague, and there are no descriptions. For example, a "Steamed Dumpling" could be anything - meat filled, veg filled, mixture of the 2, sweet, salty - you get the gist. So I feel like you need to fumble through a trial and error type of dining experience. When faced with ambiguity, I look for familiarity. What we ordered: Sweet Soybean Milk - comes hot in a big bowl, very good, but lots of sugar Salty Rice Ball - I didn't personally try this but my husband loved it. Stir Fried Udon w/ Seafood - Large portion, very flavorful, a good amount of seafood (shrimp and scallops + imitation crab) Bean Curd w/ Black Mushroom & Bamboo Shoot - I was a little disappointed that they made this with fried tofu rather than leaving it silky. It was still good, but needed just a little more salt. Steak w/ Black Pepper Sauce - Great tasting peppery sauce with a mix of vegetables. The steak seemed to have been dredged in flour (or corn starch?). This gave it a semi-strange texture, so I ate the veggies while Hubby ate the steak. All in all, it exceeded my expectations. Good food, good prices, and good portions. I would recommend the Sweet Soybean Milk, Salty Rice Ball, and Stir Fried Udon. read more

Moved to area 4 years ago and have been searching for some good Chinese food. We believe Casual Chinese Plus just opened. Ordered Szechuan, Hunan, Vegetable Fried Rice, and Egg Rolls. All tasted great. We were concerned about the heat of the Szechuan and Hunan. Order taker said the heat was a five so we went with that. We believe most people would want a little more spice and we will ask for that next time. read more

I went here for dinner on a Saturday night with the family and the Chinese food was delicious! It's probably the best Chinese I've had in Cincinnati so far. I LOVE Singapore Noodles (even though it's not the most authentic of the dishes we tried...) and the STEAMED FISH was also soooo deeeelicious!! And you know it's fresh when they pull it out of the tank in front of you and you watch the fish flip and flop around in the net. The waitstaff didn't speak English very well, and if you want authentic Chinese food make sure you get the "real" menu (most Chinese places also have "American-Chinese food" menus with the General Tso's Chicken and stuff that's not REAL Chinese food). Generalization and assumption: If you look Asian, they'll give you the authentic menu automatically. If you don't look Asian, they won't. My sister told me the breakfast was pretty good too (Saturdays and Sundays only). Chinese DONUTS??? can't go wrong with those! I'm very sad they don't have dim sum here :o( I bet it would be scrumptious!! read more

for lunch... Beef Noodle Soup. Check.(this makes me happy as it is the closest to the real thing that i've had in cinci) on weekends between 11am-2pm... warm soy milk. check yo tiao (fried dough in a long strip). check fan twan (sticky rice around the yo tiao with shredded pork and pickled veggies). check shao bing (flat pastry like thing with sesame seeds, good with egg or with the yo tiao dipped in soy milk). check chinese only menu available. check yay! real chinese food!=D of course, they have lots of other things as well. read more

I think the selection for Taiwanese breakfast on weekend makes it unique in Cincinnati, but House of Sun to me is only an average Chinese food spot. Without a special selection for breakfast, it likely would've just gotten 2 stars for being an average Chinese restaurant. I think the staff are generally friendly at this restaurant. It helped that every time I was with Chinese speakers who understood the menu and handled the ordering. At this point, I would stress that my experience at this restaurant also varies. It feels like what you get really depends on how the chef cooks it the particular day. A chicken dish that I have ordered several times can arrive tender one day, but overcooked another. Though, can also be called the charm of a traditional restaurant. Fortunately, breakfast is harder to go wrong and the soy milk, scallion pancakes, and noodles all taste as I would expect. The unfortunate thing for dinner is that it's hard to recommend a single dish due to the large repertoire that is covered. Truth be told, you'll probably find something to suit your fancy whether deep fried, steamed, stir fried, etc. that tastes spicy, sweet, sour, etc. There's a heavy-handed usage of sauces here that I don't agree with, but is not uncommon in many Chinese restaurants in the U.S. After visiting 3-4 times and sampling a variety, I am confident in saying that this restaurant feels and taste very similar to many other basic Chinese restaurants out there. read more

House of Sun is the best Taiwanese Style restaurant in the Cincinnati Area. My group of friends and I are regulars for the Chinese Brunch on the weekends. Scallion Pancakes, Xiao Bings, Sweet/Salty Rice Balls, Porkbelly Buns, Wonton Soup are some of our favorites, but basically anything on the breakfast menu is good and will make you begging for more. Its normal to have more plates of food than space allows on the table right? Did I mention the Hot Pepper Chicken?? Its made with fresh jalapenos that are no joke. I eat this with no regard for the burning struggles to happen the hours proceeding. I have never been disappointed with anything that I've ordered, especially the more traditional dishes. Watercrest, Niuro Mien, and Meikai Koro are at the top of my list. Gang-bei friends. read more

It's been a while since I've eaten here and picked up takeout after a long day on my way home. Garlic chicken, Beef and broccoli and shrimp with lobster sauce. All pretty bland. Wonton soup had a pitiful amount of wontons in ratio to the broth. Egg drop was okay. Egg rolls were more wrapper than filling. Something leaked in the bag so all of the paper containers were a mess. I've had great food from House of Sun. Used to even keep their number in my phone. This trip makes it way to hard to recommend. read more

We have been here couple of times since the restaurant under new owner. It became a real authentic chinese restaurant. I can say now this is so far one of the most authentic sichuan restaurant in town. We have the seasonal lamb soup, stir fried green beans, some cold dishes,spicy ribs and tofu with vegetables today. The soup is probably gonna be a must have for us for the winter time, and ribs are awesome! We like pretty much everything we had today. Strongly recommend if you like authentic chinese food. read more

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Aside from the Taiwanese breakfast, which is decent but honestly how can you even F up fried breadsticks and sweet soy milk?, House of Sun is pretty terrible. I was excited after hearing that this place had good Taiwanese/Chinese food. Finding good Chinese or Taiwanese in Ohio is hard to do. I brought my Taiwanese parents here for dinner and was really sorry that I did. We ordered 5 dishes off of the traditional Chinese menu. They were the 3 cup chicken, stir fried bamboo shoots and pork, panfried noodles with seafood, spicy fried tofu, and a barbecue pork thing wrapped in fried bread. Now I don't know if maybe the regular chef was off that night, but everything was just so bland and disappointing. The 3 cup chicken tasted of nothing but soy sauce and brown sugar. No hint of wine, basil, ginger, or spices could be detected. They also clearly didn't make a whole chicken because the pieces looked like hacked up tiny chicken wings. There was more bones to meat. The bamboo/pork dish lacked any flavor. The seafood pan fried noodles was sucky sucky as balls. My mom's version makes theirs taste like a sack of shit. The noodles had not a single hint of crispiness like they're supposed to. The seafood on top tasted like mushy NOTHING! The spicy fried tofu was good only after we found some sauce to pour over it. And the fried bread wrapped pork dish would've been good if the bread had any crisp to it. The bathrooms were dirty. They also piled boxes of produce along the hallway to the bathroom. Uhhh healthcode violation! F-ing disgusting. Never again House of Sun. You embarassed me in front of my parents. read more

This restaurant decor and atmosphere are sheik. The service is prompt and attentive. The food quality and flavors were outstanding and the menu is very comprehensive. If authentic Sichuan is your preference then you'll be especially pleased. .. read more

I've eaten at the house of sun many times when I want something different. The food is above average. My only complaints are the language barrier, and the two menus. It's difficult to ask questions. I sometimes will see someone being served something that looks delicious, but when I ask what it is, they can't communicate it well and I end up ordering something else. They have two menus. If you're Chinese, they give you the pink menu, and if you're not, you get the standard Chinese Restaurant menu. The pink menu has lots more options. When you insist on the pink menu, the language barrier comes into play again. I think they discourage non Asians from ordering from that menu. For those reasons, I don't recommend the HOS, and probably will never dine there again. read more

Came back for a second round of twin lobsters. Decided to try the spicy eggplant in addition to ordering the twin lobsters as we had my mother in law with us. Wow, we'll be back just to get the eggplant. Delicious. read more

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Food was good (thus the three stars),but service was so weird and rude! I kept waiting for John Cleese or Michael Palin to jump out and tell us it was all a joke. There were only about 3 tables occupied but as soon as we started eating, the waitress asked if we wanted to-go boxes. No, we said, and we commenced eating but she came back a minute or two later and offered them again. This time I said yes, just to get her off my back and thinking she'd just drop them off, and she started packing up my dinner above my protests!! It was absolutely one of the weirdest things ever. I was laughing, but my dad (age 95) was NOT amused. He wanted a nice night out with plenty of sweet and sour sauce, dammit, and they kept trying to take it away. I wish someone had filmed it. We've come here maybe 4 times in 10 years. It's not real convenient to us, but we've always been happy before. Is there a new owner? Even the food was not as good as it used to be. Like, what happened to the special vegetable of the day? I'm usually pretty good with a language barrier, and enjoy feeling lost in a new cultural. But I couldn't get a handle on this one. read more

New owners! New menu! Wow! I love this place! It's authentic Sichuan! The new owners Lulu and Jenny are awesome young ladies with great customer service. I have had several dishes, all good. If you are vegetarian you will absolutely love the Garlic Egg Plant. A perfect balance of sweet, sour and spice. Give it a try and say hello to Lulu and Jenny, they are wonderfull people! read more

Great food and service, pretty much the same size as Kyoto. foods come so fast that we only wait about 5 mins when the room seem full with ppl. Make sure you get the pink menu, that's the real chinese food :) read more

I love this restaurant and their Chinese breakfast. My boyfriend is Chinese and I'm not, so I'd never had Chinese breakfast until he brought me here. I tell everyone about this place. We recently went to Beijing on vacation, and the food here at House of Sun is yummy and authentic. I've never tried their Americanized Chinese food, so I can't comment on that. For dinner here, I love the ginger fish and Taiwanese soup. My boyfriend has been coming to this place for years because their food is more authentic and relatively close to his home. He does the ordering for us in Chinese so I'm always surprised by what comes to the table. So far, I have enjoyed every dish. We have one server there that knows us well and is very friendly. She speaks English to me but not very well I think. There is another server there who is not as friendly. read more

I haven't written many reviews lately. That's mainly a function of a very tight budget and a very busy work schedule. But, a close third is the fact that nearly every restaurant I have heard of that I'm interested in trying at this point is near or north of 275. It just doesn't seem like much new stuff has opened anywhere near me in Northside, and no long established places have been highly recommended that I wasn't already aware of. House of Sun is one of the many spots up north that are of interest - most of which are in the authentic ethnic category - and since I had a meeting to schedule with someone up that way, I asked if we could meet there and they agreed. For better (I'm not sure that my companion was a particularly adventurous eater) or worse (I was hoping for an "authentic only" experience), House of Sun has 2 menus, so you can choose from typical Americanized Chinese food (General Tso's chicken, sweet and sour chicken, etc.) and Taiwanese food. After reading some Yelp reviews, I knew what I wanted before I even went in - Three Cup Chicken. Maybe I'll get back someday - ideally with some friends - to try more of the menu. I found the dish to be good, but not great. Everything I've read about Chinese food tells me that the big learning curve for Americans getting used to authentic Chinese is the texture. And the chopped up, bone-ridden Three Cup Chicken definitely looked different than the uniform sweet and sour chicken pieces across the table from me. Sometimes, I found this to be worth it - tasty bites of meat that I wouldn't have gotten to typically. But, there were a lot of small pieces of bone in nearly every bite, and it made eating a bit of a chore. The ginger and garlic added a nice flavor, but I certainly could have gone for more spiciness all around. The restaurant is in a strip mall (isn't about everything out there) and it's nothing special as far as atmosphere. I should also say I found the service to be a bit disappointing - minimal ability to talk to me about the menu, and my colleague's food came about 10 minutes before mine did. I'd like to go back and really focus on the food, as it seems like there are a lot of options to choose from. Maybe being there with that clear hat on, instead of trying to eat and work at the same time, will make a difference. read more

I visited House of Sun over lunch with a couple coworkers some weeks back. This place has been here for many years but I have never been a patron, and I think I've been missing out. My coworkers each chose items from the lunch menu, but I went with the Chinese Seafood Combination Soup which turned out very well for me. I also had some tea (standard Chinese restaurant tea,) and an egg roll. While I didn't find the menu particularly impressive, nor the service top notch, the noodle bowl I had was worth getting again. I'm sure I'll be back with coworkers again soon. read more

This place normally has some major dishes as part of their lunch specials, and this place is perfect for lunch. They're lunch menu is incredibly affordable, and yummy, and filling. You get your choice of soup, a chicken wing, egg roll, crab rangoon plus your dish with rice. You need to ask for chopsticks, as this place doesn't have the cheapo wooden one, they have real chopsticks. Their hot tea is delicious as well. The staff is a little chatty with each other, and sometimes it can be a pain to get refills (with the hot tea they give you the whole darned pot!) but other than that, its not too shabby for a lunch spot. read more

Nice clean fast and welcoming. They have two menus. One is more traditional Chinese food with some exotics like jellyfish and the other is standard Americanized Chinese food. The seafood and bean curd soup was generous and flavorful. The tea was hot and well bodied tea using a nice portion of tea leaves. The birds nest was very fun and presented well on the table. read more

Casual Chinese Plus - Birds Nest - Szechuan Near Me - Cincinnati, Ohio

The Chinese breakfast is perfect on a cold Sunday. I've ordered the sweet/salty soy milk, shaobing w/ egg and beef, the scallion pancakes and the rice ball before. Everything was amazing. After an initially bad experience ordering non-breakfast items, my dining partner and I decided to give it one more chance. This time, we focused on the dishes - NOT the noodle soups. We ordered the Three Cup Chicken (classic Chinese dish, though they don't use basil and it's missing that extra layer of flavor), the Spicy Eggplant, a tofu dish and the Shredded Pork with Preserved Vegetables Noodle Soup (due to the insistence of my dining partner). All the dishes were delicious! However, the noodle soup lacked again. Their soup has no depth and the noodles aren't great (a tad overcooked). Granted, I'm use to handmade noodles but I'd stick to the main dishes and Chinese breakfast. They also have coupons on their website for 10-15% off your meal. read more

I come here pretty often, but only for the Taiwanese breakfast which is served on Saturday and Sunday. We make it a point to drive up from downtown Cincinnati- it's worth it. My favorite dishes are the scallion pancakes with egg or with beef, the sticky rice balls, and the fried bread sticks. I'll have these with a hot, sweetened soy milk. Delicious! It's pretty simple fare, but they do a good job and there's really no one else in Cincinnati that does it. read more

Sweet baby Jesus, it's been over half a year since I've had beef noodle soup. So you can bet your ass I came in here ordering beef noodle soup once I discovered there was actually a Taiwanese place in this area. In case you're curious, I found this place because Pho Kimmy was still closed for vacation and I was one day off from being accurate on their return. Their beef noodle soup was large and fantastic! I was surprised as I entered with low expectations. Sad thing is it's actually better than a handful of beef noodle soups I've tried in CA. I would rate it a 7.5/10 in my beef noodle soup history (wasn't close to being spicy). I also splurged and ordered pork and chive dumplings. It was amazing! Their sweet and sour chicken was really good and reminded me of my favorite restaurant back in CA. I feel like this restaurant filled the void of my food cravings since moving from CA. Now the only thing missing is to find good HK food and authentic milk tea! read more

This place is literally the best Chinese breakfast spot I have ever tried in the United States. As a Chinese, I have very high standard of what good breakfast meal is and everything on the menu is perfect: little wonton soup gives you a warm feeling in your stomach; the egg/beef wrap is perfect but not very oily, it comes with a little dish of soy sauce as well. The fried stick, a typical Chinese traditional breakfast item, is definitely worth trying. The rice bun is a fried stick, some "Chinese pickles" and pulled pork wrapped in rice!!! There is no flaw in this place, it's perfect, it serves for my biggest cravings of all time. I don't understand why people not giving this place a full star, because they do not understand the beauty of Chinese breakfast? Time to learn. read more

I've only been here for the Taiwanese breakfast on the weekends and will come again and again until they kick me out! Their "guabao" (braised pork sandwich) is really great, and we always order a few extra bc someone always wants more than one. I also like their soy milk, scallion pancakes, sticky rice balls, fried bread sticks, beef "shaobing", and peanut noodles (literally peanut butter + noodles). I ordered their beef noodle soup once and probably will not order again as it was bland and boring. It's def all about the Taiwanese breakfast on the weekends! read more

I love the House of Sun. I go for lunch and get the Generals Tso's chicken with white rice, wonton soup, and the sprint roll/crab Rangoon appetizers.The food is always hot and fresh. The General Tso's is a bit on the spicy side, I like the sauce a lot. Rice is always hot and fluffy. The spring roll is very good. The restaurant itself is clean but pretty bare. Not fancy, but it is fine. They have seating for two or a few large tables that will hold 6 or 8 people. They also have an american-type menu and a traditional Chinese menu. There are always several Asian people eating here so I always think that is a good sign. The workers speak enough English to take your order. I've seen a few reviews that have said the employees are rude, but I don't think that is the case. It is their culture and I do not think they are trying to be rude. I definitely would go back and I would recommend this place to others. read more

This is a great restaurant with traditional Chinese food green been is wonderful and lobster so fresh serving is good

House of Sun on Lebanon Road in Sharonville is out of business. Many great meals there over the years.

Very very slow service, we wait almost one hour, still nothing gave us! We had to ask several time, they gave different reasons, finally they found our order didn't send to kitchen at all!!! read more

Under new ownership and unfortunately not for the better. We've ordered from this place for years and will be needing to find a new spot. Did not give us the correct order and unfortunately was already home when I looked, even though I verbalized in the restaurant what my order was. No longer have crispy noodles for soups and quality of crab rangoons are terrible. Very disappointing. read more

Came once for dinner with coworkers. Everything tastes good but all of them are too salty and oily. However I woke up in the middle of the night feeling extremely thirsty. They may put MSG in their dishes to make them tasty. read more

Living in LA, I'm spoiled with incredible authentic food options. My adventurous eater dad and I were looking for a good lunch option while I was home for Thanksgiving and I found House of Sun on Yelp, and saw that they had a Szechuan menu in addition to an "American Chinese" menu. I'd go back for these two dishes alone: Garlic Cucumbers and a fish dish, but I don't remember if it was the Spicy Fish Pot without soup, or the Spicy Boiled Fish. It's the one with a TON of fish pieces (maybe lightly coated in corn starch and wok fried?), sliced lotus roots, garlic cloves, jalapeños, onions, red peppers and dried chilies and was pretty spicy, but not enough to mask everything with heat. Both were seriously freakin fantastic, and I'm excited to go back to try more things! Thank you for providing more than your average beef with broccoli and egg roll and egg drop soup lunch...Cincinnati needs more authentic ethnic food options!! Bonus for very friendly staff, and good recommendations (she picked the fish dish when I asked about ideal spicy fish options for sharing). read more

We loved coming here for the Taiwanese breakfast. However, when we came today, we were told that the breakfast was no longer offered due to new ownership. The food from the regular menu is still very good, but we are disappointed that the weekend breakfast menu is gone. read more

This is one of the few authentic Chinese restaurants that priced reasonably with great flavor! They have a few dishes on the authentic Chinese menu such as pepper chicken, Cantonese shrimp with egg, salt & pepper fish, twice cooked pork, etc that are great!!! There are some dishes on the authentic menu that might have been little too "saucy" which is more toward the American taste (e.g. Eggplant with chicken). Overall good value for the price and it is more authentic than others! read more

Awful I lived by this place for years and never came here finally came here on Christmas Eve and wow it's awful... both my food and my wife's food was horrible. My wife ordered cashew chicken and I ordered beef with Snow peas both terrible don't come here read more