This is a great Vietnamese seafood restaurant and would suggest trying their Dungeness crab and lobster read more

Vinh Hoa - Chinese Near Me - Houston, Texas

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Their food is nearly good , not really excellent. I and my family come here a lots of times, but always try their lobster. read more

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An overlooked restaurant in the vibrant Chinatown community, this seafood oriented restaurant is a solid choice in the almost shuttered Dynasty Plaza complex. The Dynasty Plaza (Wang Cháo) has plenty of parking (because no one ever comes here) with only 4 restaurants open during night. There is security for protection due to the dark and empty alleyways. They offer a wide selection of seafood, I enjoyed the salt toasted squid, clams, lobster, deep fried fish (amazing lunch special), walnut shrimp, etc. Overall this place is busy and bustling for lunch - but business and walking traffic drops off at night. read more

Vinh Hoa - Chinese Near Me - Houston, Texas

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Amazing food. Lunch hrs is pretty cheap. Their lunch hrs food were less than $6 and the amount is plenty. Their fish n pork dish were addicting. The seasoning matched my taste. Order 3 lunch dishes n ull get 2 lobsters for just $20. Ive tried the party tray on my dad's bday and we all loved it. It came with crab, veggie, soup, fried rice, shrimp, fish, and other seafoods. Seasonable price. Would definitely come back again! read more

If you're looking for a quick, tasty Chinese dinner; this is the place. Vinh Hoa isn't the nicest or cleanest place in Chinatown (even for Chinese restaurant standards) but the food makes up for the environment. The tofu was hot and crispy and the water spinach was a solid dish. The sweet and sour pork was pretty good, though the meat was a little tough and didn't come away from the bones. Paired with a lobster noodle dish, the dinner left me feeling satisfied. For the price of $20, the lobster was decent, but I felt it was lacking in flavor. However, I had no complaints about the quality of the it. Overall, I would recommend this restaurant if you can't think of a place to eat and just crave a simple yet delicious meal. read more

Vinh Hoa - The lobster dish. It was around $20. - Chinese Near Me - Houston, Texas

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I don't know what was up their asses today but everyone was so rude. My family and I came in around 6pm and no one was seating us. Then a police officer/security came up and seating us. ? I don't know what that was about, just thought it was kind of strange. The first server we had took our first order, it was only soup. We were looking at more food to order and he just walked away without saying anything. Again just kind of rude. We then ask another server to order food and she had such a rude attitude with everything we were ordering. The food was fine but it was just a bad experience because the workers made it to be. Maybe it was because it's a Saturday but that should have not had interfered with how we were treated. read more

The omelette was so good. It was so soft and creamy. The soup and pork was okay. Not the best I every had but worth the order. read more

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The food here is pretty good! Got lobster which is my favorite with salt and pepper alone with the deep fried Rez sole fish (sauce on the side)! The lobster is $20 as long as You order 3 other dishes (which we did). The orange beef was not bad and vegetarian noodles were the same. The plus is that the food always comes out quickly with no complaint! The server, however, did not look like he wanted to be here. The only attention we got from him was our order. For water or our to go order, we had to flag down another waitress in the room for anything else -which stinks. Overall, besides the service, the food was worth it and this place would have recieved 5 Stars (if the service was better). Don't let the interior get to you because it's not fancy here but the food is sooooo Delicious! Also there is lunch special that gives huge portions for a great price! read more

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Came here on a Sunday around noon for the advertised daily lunch special. Upon entering was not greeted by anyone and stood at the podium for about 10 mins before someone offered to seat me. Sat for another 5 mins to find out that the lunch special is no more. I didnt really understand what that meant and explained that its advertised daily until 2:50pm. She said that there is nobody in the kitchen to serve the lunch special which i was confused about. She said hold on and didnt come back before i decided to leave. Unfortunately the food looked amazing but I couldnt deal with anymore of this place today. Not sure if ill come back- not sure that they would care either. read more

We went here with big parties of 5+ people on more than 3 occasions, and the food has not been a let down. We order a combination of sea food dishes as well as vegetables and chicken. The taste and quality is the reason we keep returning, and I'd argue that their lobster dish is one of the top in the city. We find the portions adequate, with some remaining for to-go containers every single time. The major improvement I'd suggets is the quality of service here. The servers require immense effort to catch their attention for requests such as an extra plate or napkins. Other than that, my family and I look forward to returning again on our next visit to the city! read more

Vinh Hoa - Our order of lobster, clams, chicken, and fish for a party 7 during one of our visits. - Chinese Near Me - Houston, Texas

Very delicious authentic Asian cuisine! The place needs an expansion being that they are extremely busy! I visited on a very busy day and my wait time wasn't long 15-20 minutes I'd say. The food is ridiculously good and affordable. read more

The BEST seafood restaurant in Chinatown, no doubt. This place is a classic in Chinatown and is probably one of the oldest restaurants here, which demonstrates how good this place is. The interior isn't anything special. It's a typical Chinese restaurant, not amazingly clean or aesthetic at all, but who cares the food is TOP NOTCH. Today, I absolutely splurged and ordered some of the most expensive items in their menu. I spent around $200 but I will tell you it is totally worth. Also, their other menus that are around $10-15 are great as well. But let's talk about their coral shrimp. It is about $35-40/lb and I tried to pick shrimps with their caviar. We got 8 shrimp and they were absolutely delicious. I have no clue how they cook it but the shrimp is so sweet, not oily, tender and garlicky. We also ordered 6 of the biggest clams I have ever seen. They separated them into 12 halves and I ate one half and was super full. So delicious and flavorful, just like the shrimp. Honestly, words cannot describe how juicy and palatable the seafood is here. They are out of this world I 1000% recommend coming here!!! read more

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Been here a few times. Food is more Chinese than Vietnamese IMO. You wont find stuff like Bun Ho Hue, Mi Quang etc. I like the place because the food is cheap, and well, pretty decent. This is the type of place where you order a bunch of plates and share. Or you can go frog / crab / oyster / lobster etc. Not entirely crazy about the tanked stuff as the meat might taste like the smell of the tank water. (Happened today.) But the other dishes are good. I think the fried squid here is one of the best in Houston. Most of the other small plates like the lemon grass chicken and fried rice are well worth the $5-6. Come with a few people, order two plates each, and you have a huge meal to share. read more

Allow me to be blunt. This place SUCKS!!! We were there last night, Saturday, August 25, 2018 sitting in the overcrowded add-on room in the back. The odor of fermented food was inescapable even with the A/C on. Do NOT expect service besides the customary plate and bowl prior to the guests sitting down. After that, you order the drink of your choice, AND, THAT'S IT. You want fork and knife. Get it your damn self. A tall bespectacled waiter sonorously told us: " FULL HOUSE. WAIT!!" after waiting for 30 minutes. You want sugar for your iced tea. Get it your damn self. FOOD was below average. First, portion was small b/c all the glowing reviews brought in the crowd, and management decided to generate more profits by serving guests less food for the same price. Someone in our party unwittingly ordered smoked duck. That poor beast probably died and cooked last year, then shoved in the freezer since. It was chopped, reheated and doused in diluted soy sauce and sesame oil before service. It smelled like it and tasted like old frost-bitten protein. I give this place a negative star rating. It just simply and plainly SUCKS. read more

Excellence lunch menu with Chinese and Viet foods to choose fir 5.87 each. We ordered shrimps fried eggs, bitter melon squid, farm steamed chicken, and deep fried flounder read more

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Good food, damn cheap price for lunch special, my fav is their shrimp and egg. I will give this place 5 star, minus one for cleanliness

Got lunch to go on Saturday. Portion are smaller than regular dishes. Egg with shrimp was bad. The eggs over cooked . Sautéed green beans was very bad . Don't not order green bean !!! read more

This place policy is lame and ridiculous They said if you dine in, you have to order 3 dishes in order to get the specials lobster for $20; but you get one lobster dish Togo is $34. However, I asked them so what if I ordered three dishes Togo and can I get the special lobster dish Togo for $20 and they said no. Lame and stupid Never come back read more

Oh Man... I am about to get lambasted, condemned and excoriated by every asian person in H-town when they read this review... I went in to Vinh Hoa today to get the takeout menu and the restaurant was packed with mostly asians gorging on large plates of beef, chicken and seafood. The place was full, and the tables were so close to each other you couldnt even make it to the bathroom. it was hot, and it was not clean, with dirty floors, and it smelled. This was not an appetizing environment to eat in.. and I will not be back. I am not sure I understand how a place gets so many good ratings when its level of sanitation is so poor that it makes it unpleasant to even walk in there, let alone eat. Are people so used to the lack of basic snaitation in oriental restaurants that it is a given that they will be dirty, so its ok? Personally, I'd rather eat in a clean Burger King than a filthy chinese restaurant. (and Burger KIng sucks). I went across the street to House of Bowls where there were an equal amount of asians and non-asians gorging on similar fare, and the House of Bowls was clean and neat, and I WILL be back there.. read more

My Houston Cantonese staple - how I miss you! Never mind that you are the only place in this country I can get a meal of lobster with ginger and scallions, razor clams in black bean sauce, and whole fish with a perfectly authentic sweet and sour sauce for under $40. Never mind that you has the bustling, well-loved atmosphere of my favorite Hong Kong seafood places. Somehow I must learn to survive on the west coast without you... I haven't had too many bad Chinese meals in Bellaire but this is my favorite. Vinh Hoa has the tanks brimming with edible sea life! So you order a lobster/razor calms/fish and you know where it comes from. Delicious, authentic and an utter steal. read more

OMG this place is good! Went there for lunch with my wife and fell in love with the food. We will definitely be back again! And the prices, esp for live seafood can't be beat. Definitely one of the best vietnamese restaurants we've eaten. We got the deep fried whole fish (sole, I think); claypot catfish - wanna lick the bowl; charcoal grills porkchop. All delicious. read more

First impression walking in? Salty smell but oh well, there's live seafood around, so "...don't judge!" I tell myself. The waitress walks us (passed clean tables) to a dirty table and we have to wait a few minutes before sitting down. No biggie I guess. The lunch specials have 4 pages! I don't know if that's a good thing or bad because it made it harder to decide during lunch, and I wanted some Pho, but this ain't that type of Vietnamese/Chinese restaurant. Sweet and Sour Crispy Chicken comes and it looks ok and is sweet so ok. All of a sudden, there is an adolescent roach on the wall, (our table is against the wall) which I have to kill with my napkin as its wings were bowed out like it was ready to fly into our food or drinks. Then another baby roach is on our table going for my plate, so I kill that with my plate, then A THIRD BABY ROACH is ALREADY IN MY FOOD AND DEAD! Charlie (as I've named him from here on) must have got in while I was killing the other two and distracted. Charlie wasn't kicking when I poked him in his thorax so he must have been cooked in. I got a waiter's attention and he looked at Charlie closely and walked away. He came back and looked awkwardly at us and said "...sorry...sorry..." and took the check away. He came back with the check and awkwardly said "...sorry...sorry..." again and left the check. I looked at it and he had scratched my entree through. No manager apologized or came by to discuss or anything so we got up and paid and walked out. I hope I don't get sick from eating whatever that roach in my food left in my food before discovering him. Hopefully it was the only roach in its clan, and I didn't consume a few of its brethren before noticing Charlie. I probably won't ever come back as there are plenty of other "hole in the walls" around here to try. Hopefully those holes don't have cockroaches coming out of them. BLECCH!!! read more

Vinh Hoa is a supercheap Vietnamese-Chinese restaurant. It was packed with a line waiting to be seated around 1 pm on a Sunday afternoon. There are $4.99 lunch specials where you can pick from a long list of quality dishes that arrive really fast and hot. The waitstaff is efficient and polite for Asian restaurant standards (so don't expect much service). During dinner, the waitstaff has more time to be attentive and they're sometimes awesome. I took off a star because we felt rushed while ordering and the food wasn't the best I've had in Chinatown (but it's still pretty good). Another star was deducted for our family of three sometimes being seated at a four-person table connected to another four-person table where another family is already seated--and this is maybe with 3/4 of the restaurant tables free! It's rather awkward for us to sit with strangers and maybe for the strangers, too. There was an aquarium with small frogs in it... so the menu might have frogs. I didn't feel sleepy after eating here so this restaurant is high up on my list of favorite Chinese restaurants in Houston. Vinh Hoa is located on the first floor of Dynasty Mall, facing Corporate Drive. I'll definitely come back to try more of those $5 lunch specials! read more

Vinh Hoa is located among a sea of Vietnamese-Chinese restaurants to the point that it could easily be overlooked when in this particular part of town. After awhile it gets to the point of if you have been to one of them you've been to all of them. With that being said, I think Vinh Hoa is slightly above the rest. The food is pretty delicious and the service is pretty decent. On top of that, prices are reasonable! My favorite dish here is the walnut shrimp. It's seriously so flavorful and cooked perfectly. I would literally come here just for the walnut shrimp. This will probably be my go to when craving vietnamese-chinese food. read more

This place has been a go-to for our family for forever. Don't expect a clean restaurant and amazing service. They have been around for 15+ years and haven't done much to modernize it. They do have lunch specials on the weekend, so if you need some good food just stop by and try it out! The prices for lunch range from $6-$30 per dish (depending on what you order). I usually get their canh chua, green beans, salt and pepper ribs, and fried fish. The food comes out pretty fast so you're not wasting much time just sitting there waiting on your food. read more

takin off a star cuz one dish (pepper ribs) was suspect..something didnt taste right but they glady replaced it with something better-spicy mongolian beef-mmmm mmmm tender beef with beaucoup white & green onion in a brown sauce!!! u know this is the kinda spot u dont really want to refer to friends cuz they just might disown u...either they mite not like l'ambiance des live frogs or le dirty carpet or it could perhaps be their last meal...but man when its right its right... i mean that than do chicken or whateva its called is a ghetto delight..if i could take this dish back to N'awlins or to any city's Martin Luther King Dr i'd be a milionaire over night !!!! light super crispy chicken pieces in a seductive succulently slathered spicy sweet sour sauce...ok im sure it wasnt seductively succulently slathered but from from mine eyes tis was!!! read more

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We ate there last night and besides finding a piece of a fish hook in my food, the duck dish that we ordered and took a long time to finally get, was horrible. It looked like they took a nasty old duck that they couldn't serve their regular customers, and heated us up for us. It was all bones with almost no eatable duck. We have been going there for a long time but after last night's dinner we will not be going back again. read more

I absolutely love this restaurant. It's a mix of Chinese/Vietnamese (mainly the latter) and everything I have eaten here has been excellent. I come here often for the fabulous lunch specials. It's seriously a bang for your buck here. I think it's around $6 or less for all the plates on the lunch menu. And there's plenty to choose from. The food comes out quickly too so it's a great option for a quick meal in the Bellaire area. Notable dishes: ^Salt Toasted squid - So goooood! Not too crispy and not too soft. Better than Fufu's. ^Clam in black bean sauce - I love clams! ^Stir fried Ong Choy - So glad this Asian Water Spinach is in season.The garlic sauce is yum. ^Pan fried whole fish or Crisp Fried Sole Rex Fish - They give you a whole fish but it's not as big as you may think. Perfect size actually! ^Sliced pork with green beans - Fantastic combo. Love the crispy pork slices. This place is popular for their lobster specials too so I would recommend trying that out as well. Come with a group and try a little bit of everything! read more

$5.87 for enough food to feed a family of four, and it was delicious. Fast service, food served family style so bring your friends. read more

Vinh Hoa - Chinese Near Me - Houston, Texas

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Vinh Hoa has become one of our family's go-to's to take friends who are visiting Houston! Good food, price, and service! Compared to other restaurants in Chinatown, I think the staff are nicer and more attentive (but it's Chinatown, you don't come here for service! it's the food!) I think it's a great place to take a group, especially with the lazy susan on the tables, so you can order a bunch of dishes and taste a bit of everything. Some favorites: -Lobster in garlic sauce (2 for $20!) -Bo Luc Lac (my favorite) -Chinese broccoli -Eggplant in garlic sauce I also think they did a little bit of remodeling recently, the place looks cleaner and a little bit of updated decor in the back and new cups and dishes. The new (slightly smaller) dishes might have caused the portions to get smaller...but not 100% sure. Still, Vinh Hoa never disappoints! I'm sure you won't be disappointed either! read more

Affordable, FAMILY style meals. I think anything you order here is delicious. Yummy fresh fish. Do try the: + Walnut shrimp is #1 + BYOB + Excellent Lunch specials. +Vit pha lau: duck w/ to die for sauce +Lotus leaf Alaskan crab is life changing read more

The soft shell crab is ok for the few pieces I was able to eat, lots of batter, no seasoning. However they must have had a tank in the back for their fresh seafood die. They were carrying out horribly smelly filters through the dining area after we ordered our food. The smell was so bad that we left immediately. We couldn't finish our dinner and won't be returning. read more

The pho place we wanted to go to had closed! So I worked the monicle magic on my Yelp app and located this place over off Bellaire in Chinatown. It gets 3 stars because my wife says it was the best bo luc lac she has had in Houston. It was delicious tender beef and came with several lettuce leafs to make wraps if she chose. I'd never seen it served that way but it was a novel idea. The tomatoes were the usual tasteless store bought tomatoes but the onions were cooked perfectly and the fried rice it came with was really good. Very eggy but good. So it was A-Ok. If we go back it will be because she wants to eat this again. The service was awful until the young man who was waiting on us disappeared and a nice young lady took over. My dish came out first, then the app and then we had to go ask where my wife's entree was. And I did see one of the waiters - the one we had who disappeared - flossing his teeth at the front of the place. I got the sizzling oysters in black pepper sauce. I love the way it was served - brought out in a bowl and poured onto a scorching hot cast iron skillet to make the "sizzle". It was lovely. And they did not skimp on the oysters. There was well over a dozen in the dish and they were pretty big. If you do not like big, meaty, ocean tasting oysters do not get this dish. If you do it's good stuff. The green peppers and onions pared with the salty sea-ness of the oyster pretty well. It comes with white rice which was sticky goodness. The Vietnamese spring rolls were nasty. Well, that's my opinion. The wife said they were ok. But I was very unimpressed. they seemed formerly frozen. They sell fresh seafood too. Take home clams and crabs and tilapia. I was going to order the frog legs until I realized one of the poor frogs I walked passed when we first walked in would be sacrificed for my dinner. I love me some frog legs but I had stopped and looked them in the eye on the way to our table. The menu is extensive. Mostly seafood but they do obviously have beef dishes and the servings are well worth the $10ish price per. The place did not seem super clean. It is by far not my favorite of new places we've checked out in Chinatown. But we may be back for the bo luc lac - to go. I am still getting over the waiter flossing his teeth behind the cash register counter. They have HUGE tables for big families and lots of family style menu items for up to something like 36 people! read more

Alright, we all know that great, fast Asian food comes at a price: lackluster service. The waitresses hover, nod, no water refills, slap down your food, and want you in and out in under 20 minutes. Literally, their business model is: turnover tables at the most cost/energy efficient way possible i.e. no note taking on orders and no checking up on you and letting you know it's time to leave at that 20 minute mark with the not-so-subtle check slip. BUT, Rex-sole crispy fish with fish sauce for $5.35+ tax? And free rice like back in the day! Asian places nowadays thinking they can get away being fancy and charging $2 for a tiny bowl of rice and not refilling it. Americans be fallin for that foolishness. I got some sautéed garlic bok choy for the same lunch special price and was able to feed 3 people here for less than $20!! Kinda dirty, but if you're willing to go through the bad for the good here, I'd say go for it! read more

One of my favorite place for seafood for lunch. They have a good lunch special selection. The seafood are fresh and delicious. I've been here more for lunch than dinner. But isn't a bad place for dinner for big group. The food are good and price isn't bad overall. Parking: 4/5 Decent public lot. Price: 4/5 (lunch) $5.35 lunch special per dish. Service: 4/5 Even on busy time, they aren't as slow and bad as many other places I've been to for lunch. Seating: 4/5 Either be there before noon or after, or else you'll have to wait for a bit. 1300-1400 are good seating time for a late lunch. read more

We very much enjoyed this place. We ordered 4 different items, Mongolian Beef, Orange Chicken, another style of chicken, and quail. They were all amazing! All 4 plates were empty. There are like a thousand things on the menu so it took us a while to decide. The staff was very attentive. read more

great place for seafood and as you can tell from everyone else's reviews they have an awesome lunch menu.. every time we're in town no matter who we're there to visit they always end up taking us here for good eats.. my first experience at this restaurant was probably several years ago and I can remember it was a total 360 from our most recent visits.. back then we had a group of about 6-8 and had ordered the seafood dinner for 8.. I don't remember the dishes but I do know the service was very helpful and speedy.. but then again there was only 1 or 2 other tables being served that evening.. no where near the number of people there on our last few visits.. like I said a complete 360 man was there chaos! lunch time is jam packed with people and there's sort of a line that forms by the door.. the waitresses are always hard to wave down unless they're already at your table delivering the goodies.. the whole fried fish, fried calamari and canh chua tom are a must but my favorite dish is the duck with X sauces? i forget the name.. what can i say i love my fat!! will RTE next time the old lady and I are in town read more

Vinh Hoa - pic is missing the canh chua tom - Chinese Near Me - Houston, Texas

I only come here for the lunch special. It's $5.95 per plate. Unbeatable price for the value! Always fresh. Service is typical of bellaire, decent at best. I've order a little bit of everything on the lunch special menu and on their regular menu. I've been disappointed a few times and this place is not at the top of my places to eat on bellaire. But when I'm feeling cheap and want 7/10 food, I'll consider this place. read more

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My family lovessss cheap, authentic Vietnamese/Chinese food. Vinh Hoa is our go-to place whenever we have relatives visiting and we're looking for cheap eats. And since this place is a great family-style restaurant, it's a no-brainer. As is the case with virtually EVERY Asian establishment in Bellaire, food is good, service and ambiance blows. FOOD: Tried and true selections would be...Crispy Fried Chicken, Wonton Noodle Soup, Garlic Chinese Broccoli, Manila Clams, Crispy Flounder, and my favorite by far, Soft Shell Crab. Everything is served family-style, so the portions are big and meant to be shared. There's nothing too special about the food. It's good, but I guarantee you could cross the street and find a restaurant just like it. SERVICE: Nonexistent. Apathetic. "Here's your food, eat it quickly, and pay me." Take your pick. They don't greet you, they only stick around long enough to take your order and drop it off, then they're off to bigger and better things. But whatever. After eating at so many Bellaire-based restaurants, you tend to get used to it and it doesn't phase you anymore. The only good thing about the service here is how quickly your food comes out. It's insane. AMBIANCE: Dirty and crowded. There are tanks with live fish at the front of the restaurant, which says a lot about the freshness of the food, but it kills your appetite once you're actually eating. The restaurant is old, has a low-ceiling, big, crowded tables - not good if you're claustrophobic. I have no idea what the restrooms are like and I don't want to know. If you're coming here with big expectations, you'd probably be better off across the street at House of Bowls (smaller plates, but better ambiance; service still sucks though). But if you're with a hungry crowd who doesn't care about the frou-frou things, then you'll do just fine at Vinh Hoa. **Btw, they DO take card here. read more

This is a very dissapointing establishment. All the workers are insanely rude and have extremely poor service. Would recommend anyone that have self respect for themselves to not come here to pay for expensive food and get treated like shit. read more