There is a new strip mall on Bellaire Blvd, y'all. Please meet Bellaire Chinatown Center near Shell…read moreStation at the corner of Beltway. Many well-known restaurants started here and still here, like Okome Don, Jasmine Asian Cuisine and San Dong Noodle House. Few years ago, they finished construction the extension and added some new tenants. This mall is becoming the young people's paradise. There are adding Soju Blues, Dim Sum King and Nomi Nori that will crowd this parking lot every single day. I normally park at Sterling Plaza parking lot and walk over. Here is a quick glance at the mall, at the moment: Suite A - Soju Blues (Opening soon) Suite B1 - Okome Don Suite B - Dim Sum King (Under Construction) Suite C - Qi Ao Salon 奇奥 Suite D - Jasmine Asian Cuisine Suite E - Happy Lemon Suite F - San Dong Noodle House 山東麵館 Suite G - Nomi Nori (Opening soon) Suite H - Street Churros Suite I - R&B Tea Suite J - Honeymee Suite L - Sunright Tea Studio There are a couple more spaces vacant at Suite M and S. I hope to see some takeout restaurants or newspaper stand.

Some of the best plazas are (sigh) gone, but this one remains, and is the heart of "Vietnamesetown"…read moreas my friend called it, the other day, correcting me when I called it Chinatown. Indeed, Teaholic has some wonderful Vietnamese drinks and a lot of delicious Boba, such as the Strawberry Black Tea which is one of the best of its kind anywhere. And the Strawberry Aloe reminds me of the Aloe Refresher from Fruitealicious in Dallas. Amazing. Bambu, next door, is the very best location of the Viet dessert and drink chain, making some of the best smoothies you'll ever have - especially the Honeydew, the Taro Coconut, the Mocha, and the Berry. But there's a lot more than just Viet stuff here, with amazing Korean Chicken (Lim's) as well as soups and stews and rice stone pot bowls aplenty. Zero Degrees (Cali chain) has a wonderful and popular location here, with their Strawberry Mojito and Strawberry Lime drinks off the charts, and their Cucumber Lime, Viet Coffee, Strawberry Horchata, and more, also stellar. Not a fan of Chili and Mango stuff, but their Mangonada is famous and popular too. And they do split cups (so does Teaholic). Long Coffee, Kravin, a location of the chain Mango Mango, and other spots in this plaza, are also well worth a visit. Parking and access can be really difficult, but then the same can be said about my gf. And now she's (sigh) gone.

Great selection of food and seafood. Was a very good experience. I like the new varietyread more

Bellaire Blvd has six or so large outdoor Asian malls and one large indoor mall being Hong Kong…read moreMall. Diho Square is a good outdoor mall there with a very large anchor grocery store, plus numerous restaurants. Their large Paris Baguette Bakery is a must stop for coffee, tea and especially pastries.

I think Diho Square is setting a new level of world-class shopping plaza in Chinatown. In 2020, I…read morehave seen it transforming from yesteryear's design to tomorrowland. It was amazing to watch it grows. Back in January, I was here to gather information for my February UYE. Then Covid-19 restaurant lockdown started in March. The mall already started renovation project. It was kind of perfect timing while construction going on with businesses closed. The only inconvenience was to those customers going in and out of few restaurants during months of March to May. After restaurants allowed to reopen in late May, construction on the buildings was near completion. In June, store signs were installed. I was here to audit restaurants to share updates on Facebook of which ones open and if pickup, delivery and/or dine-in. Going to one business at a time, every month during the summer. Time consuming but fun to meet newbies to Diho Square. My final audit was in October. I was waiting to see if they are replacing the famous clock tower. I only learned about this imaginary structure from its social media in November. News media already been here with film crews. Yeah. I have to see it in action. Overall, Diho Square has brought many brand name restaurant chains to compete with Bellaire Food Street for another fun place to dine, shop and dessert.

This is an exciting and wonderful new plaza which is your destination if you want to be trendy and…read morecool but you don't want to go to Dun Huang Plaza, which is where everybody else goes. It's way too busy, probably because some of the businesses that are here. The legendary chain Tiger Sugar of course, as well as another chain, Popfancy with their events and special exciting atmosphere, and Chonging Chicken Pot which everybody loves, and so many more. Don't forget Meet Fresh (a location we didn't enjoy) and Beardpapa's (mixed opinion, our friend works here but we've yet to see her here) and all the rest. There's plenty to explore here and all of it is trendy believe me. Intensely so... and very crowded. Chinatown in Houston is one of the most amazing Chinatown areas in the whole country. The western half of it is more "Vietnamesetown" and then there's also "Koreatown" a few miles north in Spring Branch, although there are some Korean gems here in Chinatown too! The heart of this area is the very lively Dun Huang plaza, although I Dun Huang out there as much as I used to. Ha. Ha. Bellaire Food Street has fast become the alternate heart of the area, and some nights seems busier than Dun Huang, although it's much smaller. The amount of incredible food and spectacular Desserts and Drinks that are in this area are second to none. It's like being in Queens. It does remind me of a more humid and more spaced out Flushing. The nightlife here in Chinatown is some of the best in all of Texas. The other highlight of the area is the Saigon Plaza, about a mile East of Dun Huang. I hope it's never demolished otherwise it'll be (sigh) gone. The best of the best in this area for food, the first 2 are unmissable: Lim's Chicken - the best Korean chicken you'll find anywhere, get the spicy original Xin Jiang - amazing western Chinese bbq, get lamb skewers and enoki mushroom Nguyen Ngo - incredible Banh Mi on croissants Thien Thanh - perfect banh cuon thit nuong - great Viet food Lee's - wonderful Banh Mi, spring rolls, and viet iced coffee Cocina Latina - best pupusas and tamales in town, on Club Creek East Wall - great Chinese meals indeed Fufu - not as stellar as the others, but Chicken Jalapeno is good, open very late The best food in this plaza specifically is Chongqing. And for drinks and desserts: Honestly, cross the street for Fuji for Boba though! Unless you fancy a Tiger Sugar of course. Now once you've tried all of that (and have gained 20 lbs), get back to me and I'll have more for you. It TX a long time to appreciate how great Chinatown in Houston is, but my question is, for all the cities that have done their own version of Chinatown, who'sdone it better than Houston? Exactly.

I've been waiting for this strip mall to open since 2015. Soon after I saw businesses vacated from…read morethe former buildings, I began to notice something new coming up. I got excited with a sign announcing Bellaire Food Street opening in 2019. My heart was pounding when I saw store signs started to show up on the building mid last year. I remember when this modern mall started to build. I'd praise the genius who designed Bellaire Food Street. This space used to be 3 old fashioned apartment buildings. Now, a dozen of unique restaurants with a multilevel garage added an upgraded look to Chinatown's landscape. I complied a roster of current occupants. Let's start from the garage side: A1 - Fat Ni BBQ 胖妮烧烤 A3 - Soho Chicken A4 - 10 seconds Yunnan Rice Noodles 十秒到 云南过桥米线 A5 - Tom N Toms A6 - Popfancy Dessert Bar B - (coming soon) C - Pepper Lunch D - Chatime E - Chongqing Chicken Pot 重庆鸡公煲 F - (coming soon) G - Beard Papa's H - Migo Saigon Food Street I - Meet Fresh 鲜芋仙 This mall is perfect for my Chinatown Crawl UYE. I look forward to host an event https://www.ChinatownHTX.com/ChinatownCrawl in the near future. p.s. These restaurant placements are what I see today. I can edit this review within next 30 days.

It's pretty clean, they must put a lot of effort into Sterl-ization…read more If you've gone blind from Sterling at the sun, you can come here (perhaps after dark) and I'll lead you to some miraculous boba. If it seems that people are staring at you in this plaza, don't take it personally... they're probably sterling at you rather than staring at you. Featuring H-Mart and so much more, this is one of the largest and most thriving plazas in Chinatown Houston which is one of the most thriving Chinatowns in the western world. It's not quite as intense and packed full of stuff as the massive Dun Huang complex across the street, but it more than holds its own in terms of bakeries, boba, and brilliant noms. Sterling is a wide-open, clean, and new-ish looking really lovely Plaza right across from DH, and seems to get somewhere between 50-75% of the business that DH gets, mostly for H Mart, 7 Leaves and 85 Degree Bakery, plus a lot of other less busy but sometimes even more brilliantr places, especially Mr Wish, which is one of the best boba shops in Texas, and probably the best fruit tea provider in the state. Another wonderful Boba shop here is Modern Tea, and Tea 4 U has some wonderful employees and owners, as well as the wonderful 85 Degree Bakery which is a chain but it's one of the best locations quality wise (if not always service wise), and open late, as well as the very popular 7 Leaves with some great employees and a really cute ice cream shop named Bae, imported from Los Angeles (first location outside Cali), and where a lot of hotties can be found (and coldies, ice cream wise), and some excellent restaurants as well - for example King Flavor and Sinh Sinh. Now I've made a Sterling effort to describe it, I'm moving on.

Sterling Plaza complex was established in 2005. Local shoppers often have mistaken it as Hmart…read morePlaza, because it sits prominently in your face as you enter the parking lot. It was once known as Sterling Golden Market Center to real estate professionals. I like the huge parking lot. I haven't yet seen it filled until 85C Bakery Cafe arrived at the southeast corner of the mall. There are 3 distinguished buildings: - 9896 Bellaire is facing the Boulevard and all suites are in alphabets. It starts from the left at Chengdu Taste and ends at Arco - 9888 Bellaire is on the east end with an L shape building. All suites are numeric. Starts at Tian Tian Lu Chuaner (suite 102) and ends at Uyghur Bistro (suite 168). - 9968 Bellaire is on west end as it runs to the end of property. Suites are also numeric starts with Hong Kong Seafood City (suite 100) and ends with Dragon Foot Relax (suite 250B). After my extensive research about Sterling Plaza, there were some connection about precious metals in its name. The first supermarket was called New Golden Supermarket (suite M). A couple hints are Golden Dumpling House (suite A) and Golden Beauty Salon (suite 115). I have to guess Sterling is silver. They compliment in many ways to represent prosperity. I dislike the numbering schematics. Hmart is Suite M. Taste of Chengdu is Suite A. I would never guessed Arco Seafood is Suite K. There's a secret passage behind Uyghur Bistro. Watch out for hidden traffic. **105th review of 2017**

We excitedly made our way to the Hong Kong City Mall hopping to experience a little bit of Hong…read moreKong. Unfortunately, it was beyond dismal. Contrary to the name claim, there is nothing Hong Kong about this mall. It should have been named Saigon City Mall which would have been more appropriate. Aside from the huge anchor Asian grocery store in the middle, the mall is flanked by an assortment of Vietnamese-oriented beauty/cosmetics, nail, phone, apparel, gifts, pho and Asian-centric mom-n-pop stores with a sleepy food court on one end. There are quite a few signs pointing to Massage upstairs. The other prominent anchor tenant is Shabu Zone. Generally, around 50% of the stores were closed. Parking lot is Lone Star state size. Nothing else exciting to write about. Certainly, a coulda, shoulda, woulda experience. Sure you'll like this mall if you want to experience Vietnamese culture.

I like coming here every time I visit Houston. We do not have this variety of Asian food items in…read moreSan Antonio so I like to come into the market and see what's interesting and you. I also stock up on chopsticks and bowls. I took home some frozen dumplings for my daughter. The Boba shops are also delicious on a hot summer day. I also bought a few things at the beauty stores including some jelly collagen that's been really tasty. It's just a neat experience every time I go and I'm able to get Asian products at a decent price.

Love coming here! I always find exactly what I'm looking for! If you have time (and I mean lots of…read moretime) stop by JS Collections for all your jewelry and accessory needs!

I've been here almost two years, and it took an out-of-towner to tell me about this place. I'm…read moregoing to use as an excuse that Houston is a large city for the reason why I did not know. Also, there are two stores right across the street from each other. Now, each building houses its own inventory, and what's across the street is totally different from the store across from it. Once inside, I will say the selection varies from one shop to the next. I can honestly say you will find what you are looking for or even more things you didn't know you liked. Now, my heart lies with all things gems, beads, and stones. But I soon kept wondering and discovered there were these cute scarves for a really great price that I adored. Well, I kept going on, and on and I kept buying to the store across the street, it was a nice day.

We arrived 4 minutes passed the closing time and she opened her doors to us. Let my daughter shop…read more Great service!

I grew up going to this store & even when there was a 2nd location on Westheimer. It's very small…read morebut packed with tons of cute merch (Sanrio, Tokidoki, sailor moon & anime). The prices are comparable to online options which is more convenient to avoid shipping fees. The employees are usually nice. Their selection is very unique and it's like treasure hunting. Best place to find a cute gift for anyone!