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

I prefer East River Village (which is also known as the East Village which is f***ing amazing)…read more Way up in Northeast Houston you'll find some brand new shopping plazas which are pretty good. This one is one of those that is pretty good, indeed. It has a lot of brand new shops and buildings, and a few eateries such as the Sub Zero that we like and a Schlotzsky's Deli, which is pretty average. It's a good plaza with good parking and it's fairly easy to access from the highway, so unlike most plazas I will give it a 4 instead of 3.

We came to eat barbecue and try the Greenway Coffee. The decor is really cool. More than a few…read morerestaurants with common seating, go get whatever suites your fancy and share a table. An elevated mall food court....we'll be back. Feges Barbecue will validate your parking for up to two hours and I'm sure all the other businesses do the same thing.

Greenway plaza is filled with business buildings all around. It's a great area to work at with…read moretraffic that isn't too bad. I would say that it's better than most areas in Houston. The atmosphere is pretty chill here. Mirror walls and fountains created a nice scenery. It's very well kept. Each building has its own speciality. Plaza 3, 4, and 5 are connected through concourse with a food court. It gets pretty busy around lunch since that's when everyone comes down to get lunch. There is Burger-chan, Feges BBQ, Cilantro, Alonti, Rice Box, and etc. It's also connected to the Double Tree Hilton Hotel with a Starbucks. Parking is a bit tricky, but just follow the signs for visitors parking -$2 per hour. The building might seem confusing if you don't work here, but most of the buildings are connected or there is short-cut to get to them. On days with good weather, eating outside feels great with overlooking the fountains. They have plenty of outdoor tables near building 8 and 9.

Should you come here with relatives? Nha, Fam! If you don't wanna drive or uber here, wait for the…read morenew light rail line to reach Chinatown-Westchase, and then it'll be a short Trang ride from downtown. Don't thank me for this info. The Plaza was all mine. This Plaza has a few issues in terms of getting into it, and Bel-Air near here is usually pretty jammed up, but what makes it worth coming is the astounding, excellent array of delights, especially one of the best Boba Shops you'll ever find, with some of the best Vietnamese coffee you'll ever taste. It's called TeaFix. Best owners, great employees, wonderful life-changing made-in-house products and imported Viet heaven. Eck Bakery is also here (what the eck) as well as a Cajun spot, a bar where sexy people go, a coastal Chinese eatery, a popular Viet eatery from the region Hue, and much more. It's well worth the trip to come down here, as it's one of the unheralded plazas in Chinatown, and I've been coming here for years, but didn't really grow a massive appreciation of it until recently when I discovered the wonder of TeaFix.

I drove by Nha Trang Plaza many times when I was doing Chinatown updates during CoVid19 restaurant…read morelockdown few months ago. Not knowing the name of this strip mall, but restaurants like Wing Kee, Pho Duy and Eck Bakery made it popular on social media. Established in 2004, this strip mall is consisted of 4 buildings: 6918 Wilcrest - Eck Bakery, CARE Pediatric & Discount Nails. 6938 Wilcrest - Pho Saigon, Wing Kee, Nam Giao, TeaFix & Cajun House. 6958 Wilcrest - Pho Duy 6988 Wilcrest - mainly offices There is a landscape area between 6938 and 6958. I think the fountain needs some TLC because it's very unsightly right now. Nha Trang is a coastal resort city in southern Vietnam known as the Riviera of the South China Sea and capital city of Khánh Hòa Province.

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**

Who would have thought about the name Westcroft Center? This strip mall is located on Hillcroft…read moreAvenue and Westpark Drive. Coming here is a little tricky when you are trying to make a left turn into the parking lot during busiest commute hours. There is an easier way to get here. I'll tell you at the end of this review. Westcroft Center is my favorite strip mall at Gandhi District because it's not overwhelming compared to neighboring shopping malls: Hillcroft Shopping Center which is 2 story building; Hillcroft Park Center got more shops than parking spots; then the humongous Olympic Center situated at the corner of busiest Southwest freeway feeder road and Hillcroft. Westcroft Center has everything you can ask for from breakfast to dinner and some afterwards. Starts from the South side of the mall or left went you drive in: 5722 - Busy Boy Sandwich and Busy Boy Cafe are at the same location. 5714 - Reza Persian Grill 5712 - Horizon Travel 5710 - Bawa Jewelers 5704 - Ashé Laser Spa and Salon 5700 - Hot Breads Bakers & Confectioners 5696 - Bismillah Cafe 5680 - Halal Wok 5670 - Darband Shishkabob 5636 - Kwality Ice Cream 5630 - Meera Jewelers of London 5626 - Kandahari Karahai N Kababs 5614 - Nablus Sweets 5604 - India Mart (soon to be Global Halal Supermarket) 5600 - Kabul Cuisine It took me a few drives to master my way around Westcroft Center. When driving from Beltway to Westpark Tollroad, get off at Fondren and turn to Westpark Drive. There is no exit from Tollroad. Coming from Loop 610 or SW Freeway Westbound, you want to find the exit at Westpark Drive and left turn on Hillcroft Avenue. Coming from SW freeway town bound, easiest way is to make left into the parking lot if no traffic. Otherwise, you may want to go down further to make s U turn.

Not to be confused with the Wetscroft Shipping Center, which is a really, really soaking rainy post…read moreoffice. This is a very useful shopping center because it's filled with absolutely amazing Indian, Pakistani, and Persian food. Some of the best food you'll find in town actually. Darband is the one that rises above all the others. Absolutely delicious and second to none. We're massive fans, and plan to keep coming here especially for Darband forever and ever. People need to stop smoking at this plaza - it's disgusting. It's also sometimes tricky for parking, has awful speed bumps, and some very very bad drivers.

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.

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.