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    Tiger Noodle House

    3.9 (99 reviews)
    ModerateNoodles, Szechuan

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    Shredded Sweet Garlic Pork with Szechuan oil & Awesome Fried Rice.  All very good!
    Mike C.

    Ordered takeout, shredded sweet garlic pork with Szechuan oil and fried rice. First time trying their good. Damn it really good. Most fried rice that comes with takeout is just rice and maybe some egg...not from Tiger's. It's real fried rice and delicious! My pork dish is really good and the whole meal exceeded my expectations by a lot. I had heard this was a good restaurant so decided to order from there and so glad I did! I have a dinner date coming up and we are going to dine in at Tiger's and get the full experience! Great job!

    The driest vegetable fried rice
    Deborah N.

    Yikes! I don't know how many times I've driven by this place thinking to myself I need to try it one day, well that day finally came and instead of enjoying good Chinese food, I was met with distaste from the overly dry orange chicken and super dry fried rice...kinda hard to ruin fried rice, no? Looks can be deceiving!!! We were deceived for sure. We called and placed the order for to-go/pickup! Arrived and the food was piping hot. Steaming and fresh and well presented for Togo food, however, the fireworks end there. We ordered the green beans with minced pork, orange chicken, and sweet garlic beef with Szechuan oil...each entree comes with your choice of fried rice or white rice...so we chose two fried rice and one white rice... The orange chicken was dry, to the point of chicken jerky...while the sauce was good, it was almost not edible because of how dry the chicken was...I mean do the workers even taste test the food before sending it out of the kitchen??? C'mon!!! No one wants to eat dry orange chicken. Disgusting! Then the fried rice was super dry and flavorless... The only thing that was really flavored well and tasted delicious were the green beans with minced pork... I was super disappointed and they really need to taste their food before giving their customers their order. I don't think they'd appreciate eating what we ate either...Houston surely is quantity over quality.

    Mongolian Beef
    Erini N.

    Really good! The pork dumplings were tasty, the beef very well seasoned and just all around enjoyable flavors. Portions are a great size, and the food not too oily. I would definitely eat this again!

    Chili oil wonton
    Eric M.

    I removed my previous review for Tiger's since it lacked any photos and have a new review (with photos!). As stated before, Tiger's is probably one of the more authentic Asian restaurants around town. I believe it to be mainly Szechuan, with a couple other regions peppered in (pun intended). The good: Spicy Lamb with cumin, eggplant with minced pork and chili oil wontons. The spicy lamb with cumin is a must order; it is sliced lamb with just a touch of crisp to it, packed with spices, onions and flavor - probably my absolute favorite dish there. Up next is the eggplant with minced pork; generous amounts of soft eggplant, bathed in chili oil and garnished with copious amounts of chopped peppers (of the spicy kind and the bell kind) - not a ton of minced pork in it, but enough to add some flavor, although, the dish really stands on its own, even without the pork. Chili Oil Wontons; for $8 you get a 10 piece dish of velvety soft wontons with a nice pork filling, swimming in chili oil and peppers. Not super spicy, just very tasty. A perfect appetizer and reasonable price. The okay: Spicy DanDan noodles. These weren't bad, but weren't great. My son ordered them. They were a bit over cooked and were sticking together a lot which made them a bit cumbersome to eat, they were also super long; it would help if they were cut and not cooked quite so long. The flavor was pretty good; sort of a sweet/savory. I don't think I would order them again. Fried rice is pretty basic...maybe they have a more jazzed up version that's available that I don't know about, but as good as most everything else is, I expected more from the fried rice. The weird: atmosphere is kind of strange and the restaurant kind of feels a bit unfinished. They seem to do a lot of take out service and I can see why; it isn't a particularly fun or exciting place to eat in. With all of that being said, almost everything I've had here has been really good, save for a few things. If you go and order the chili wontons, the spicy lamb with cumin and the eggplant with minced peppers, you won't be disappointed. I'll definitely keep returning and sticking with my main dishes when I need some authentic Chinese.

    Hot and Sour Soup- small. Really tasty!
    Esther C.

    The reviews were so mixed that I was a little worried, but the food was great and service was good. This place is just like other Tiger Noodle Houses- Same menu, same good food, and I would say food is fresher. Our food came out piping hot. The only difference was the pork soup dumplings had very little soup, but the flavor was there. My young daughter didn't care, she ate them like a champ and she is a picky eater. The hot and sour soup was good. I could eat this and rice and I would be in a happy place. The small was a pretty decent size for less than $2. Most of the customers were getting take out on a Tuesday. We were there with 2 other tables. No wait.

    Sweet and sour Sweet Garlic Eggplant
    Teresa K.

    Yum! Probably the best Szechuan/taiwanese food that you can get on this side of town in the north. We had the sweet and sour eggplant which is delicious with a great texture. The mapo tofu had a nice spice, not the hot kind but the tingly Szechuan kind, probably could use a tad more salt but good. The soup dumplings had a great flavor but barely any soup but that's normal for take out because the longer the dumplings sit the more soup the skins absorb. We will definitely get soup dumplings if we start eating in. Everything above was solid in taste. Maybe not as paunchy in flavors as some other places in China town but still very solid and done well. The one comically bad thing was the wonton soup. It tasted like water broth with some color and the wontons were just meh. This would be a never again. Definitely will order from here again.

    Chicken Broccoli
    Albert T.

    Loving the authentic Chinese food slowly coming to the Cypress area, having tried Tiger's in Katy, I was hoping this restaurant would be just as the same. Due to the pandemic we placed an order online and to our surprise there was a discount available too! The website was easy to use, and we were able to select the time for the food to be ready. Once we arrived, food was prepared, packaged, and piping hot! We ordered: Chicken and broccoli Spicy wontons Large wonton soup Taiwanese spicy beef noodle soup Classical dongpo pork All items were as expected but the Classical Dongpo Pork was excellent!!! First time having it here and it met our expectations! Will be back!!

    I got food here and was traumatized . The food I received had hair all throughout my meal. The hair was non human and was small like shedded hair . I unfortunately took a couple bites before I realized their error and it instantly made me sick . I got a refund but it was no compassion or real genuine concern. will not be coming back. please check your food if you decide to come here which I Do not recommended

    Crab Rangoon sauce
    Caitlyn B.

    We ordered delivery and were so excited to eat dinner. Unfortunately the food was sub par. The cashew chicken was in fact not cashew but peanuts. I'm not sure how there was a mix up, to make it worse the peanuts were raw like they were thrown in last minute and not cooked. The chicken was extremely salty, enough to where I was unable to eat it. I was very disappointed in the quality of the food. The crab ragoons however were good, but the dipping sauce seemed a little off. The sauce was more pink rather than red. A disappointing way to end our weekend.

    Dry Vegetarian Stir Fried Noodle, Dry Fried Green Beans with Minced Pork, Veggie Steamed Dumpling

    I ordered takeout and the food was amazing. It was prepared on time and fresh when received. They gave me a really great portion of everything I asked for.. the green beans were so good!

    Sour soup with fish and pickled vegetables
    Daniel W.

    Huge portions and excellent food. I have really enjoyed my meals here. This is not very Americanized Chinese food. Some atypical spices are used. Lots of peppercorn in some dishes. Excellent!

    Nice look. 1st time trying.

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    One of my favorites in Houston. Xialongbao, spicy won ton, fried green beans, Chinese sausage are some of my favorites!

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    Great service. The people in this place that run it are very nice and it is very clean. I definitely recommended. The food was very good.

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    Everything was good except for the lamb. The lamb was a little chewy, but I enjoyed the rest of it.

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    My favorite place for Peking duck around the Houston area. It's a little farther out, but I usually…read morestop by whenever I'm driving to or from AIH. The duck is roasted for hours, so the skin comes out nice and crispy without being too greasy. I also like that the remaining duck is made into a soup afterward. It's simple, hearty, and especially good on a colder day. I've tried several other dishes here, and they've all been solid and remind me of the Chinese food I grew up eating. The servers have always been attentive and friendly, and the restaurant is spacious, so it's a good spot for family dinners or larger groups.

    Where to begin? We stood a bit by the door waiting to be seated. Idk if they're short staffed or…read morethat's their reg staff. Which is wild cus they were running around that place nonstop. When we finally got seated we weren't asked What would you like to drink or this is our drink menu. It was-Water,right,right,Ok brb. So we had water just like the rest of the people in there. Also weird how they don't have any drinks on the menu or let you know about options. Could I have asked for something else? Sure but again waitresses were just all over the place it was crazy. When we ordered and others food was coming out we realized what big portions they give you. BTW just 'cus it's big portions doesn't mean This food is about to be the best Ive ever had. The food- We got some shrimp plate and we were told it was spicy because it has peppers and peppercorns which would numb your tongue which it was just basic shrimp dish. Only good or cool part of it was eating lotus root which Ive never had before. We also ordered the "special" house beef noodles and I don't see the hype or why they're so special. The only crazy part was the noodles length. Which honestly made it hard to eat. We ordered the duck which came with the soup. The soup was made from scraps. I think if they had added more duck and not just scraps it would be my fav thing of everything we ordered. Will say it tasted like chicken soup. For the duck. It wasn't as crispy as people made it seem to be. I expect idk a more gamey flavor to it and all I kept saying is-This taste like pork carnitas. Idk why we got treated than the table behind us. We asked for to go just like they do but they just gave them their to-go plates like Here ya go and they put all of our food in our to-go for us. Would I go back? Its one of those you say- Ok I've had it,had the duck,don't get the hype but ok not worth coming back again for more.

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