One of my favorite places for take out. I always get the bitter melon omelette or shrimp omelette. Also love the fish clay pot!

This place is great for a reasonable price, family-style meals for lunch and dinner time. I came during lunch time, and they have a menu separately for lunch specials for $5.87 from 11:00 am-2:50 pm. (I think valid for weekdays only, but I am not too sure.) My cousin and I ordered the deep fried crispy whole sole fish and baby bok choy sauteed with garlic. This comes with a pot of rice with the dishes. We didn't have to wait long for the food to come. The deep fried sole fish was delicious especially a good sized fish to share, and you can tell it is perfectly fried as it is crispy to eat with its sauce. The baby bok choy is enjoyable to eat to balance with any protein dish. FYI, there is a section for to-go boxes so you can go grab what you need to pack food. Overall, I enjoyed eating at this place. As they offer quick lunch meals and dinner for a fair price! read more

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Great family style Chinese food. We tried the lobster, clams, duck, Kung Pao shrimp and orange chicken and they were all delicious read more

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Since my last review in 2008, my hun and I have had lunch here almost every weekend. We have introduced a number of friends to this restaurant and they have all loved it. Even my out of town friends salivate just asking for it when they arrive in Houston. It is a small place, lots of tanks with live seafood AND it is located in an asian owned strip mall with 10,000 other shops surrounding it. The carpet is old, the employees are mostly NOT american born, but they speak enough english to seat you at a table and take your order. Shoot, if my lunch costs $40 for 5 people plus beer, and leftovers AND our bellies are happy?...I don't care if the carpet is old. It's just an asian thing. We eat pretty healthy so our immune system ain't too bad. And we aren't too afraid of the dirty carpet, old chairs and funky entrance door because I use the new chopsticks and wash my hands before and after every meal. Oh yea, this is my lunch review. Not sure what dinner is like!! read more

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This place was solid every time we visited. Do yourself a favor and order the lobster special. If I recall the lobster deal correctly, it was to order a lobster and pair with 1-2 dishes for a special price. That was a pretty good deal. Service: They want you to order so they can cook your food and bring them to you ASAP. There is nothing wrong with that. Just don't expect any chit-chat or small talk. Food: Like I said, go for the lobster dish. There are many variations on how to prepare lobster so pick one that you think you'd like. Other than lobster, another pretty good dish is the razor clams. The salted shrimp is also a 'can't miss' for my wife and me. Every now and then, our group also order fried soft shell crab, which is pretty good as well. In summary, I think their seafood items are pretty solid all around. The price is good which keeps us coming back. I'd give Vinh Hoa 4.5 star rating. Since Yelp doesn't do decimal point so 4-star rating it is. read more

I have to give them 5 stars for fresh, live seafood at a ridiculous price! When 5 men eat mouthfuls of live lobster, dungenness crab, live jumbo shrimp, clams, live abalone, and live fish while krushing beers for a total of $200...I'd say this is heaven. I am floored at how fresh the seafood is and how they can keep the price so low. 2 live cold water lobsters for $25 Dungeness crab at $17/lb live abalone for $8/pc Plate of fresh clams for $15 This place has really delicious Chinese/Vietnamese seafood and since they only serve beer, it's bring your own wine or liquor. Immediately became my top choice for seafood! read more

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This dishes ordered came out quickly, its perfect when you're starving and all you want to do is eat. So as the food came out, it wasn't bad until...... As I was finishing my food almost and my daughter looks at the floor and says she's about to throw up because there is a bug on the ground by her chair. I'm thinking , ok just a bug that maybe made its way inside. Turned out to be a roach, yuck then as we look around the floor, we see 3 more baby roaches. Omg , never coming back read more

This review is strictly for their lunch specials. OMG! Where can you get $5 per entree during lunch. And these are full sized entrees. It is sitdown place, so don't expect to do an express lunch, but they do come out decently quick. I love the egg and shrimp omelet. Another of my favorites is the fried fish which is thin and crispy. You can't beat the amount of food and the quality you can get. Be careful if you miss the cutoff for lunch you end up spending full price for dinner and it's good, but not for almost 3x as much. read more

We go here for the razor clams. But surprisingly, the tender grilles beef in a sauce was my favorite. Of course the lobster was a hit but had too much black pepper for my taste. For some reason they do not allow the razor clams to be orderd to go. Strange. So we ordered an order of lobster $27 instead. I hear they have $5.99 lunch dishes too. However, our dishes are specialty dishes. Try the razor clams since they do it better here. It may be a bit or miss dish so call ahead read more

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Not very impressive at all, at least for dinner. My family got the 6-person dinner for $98, and yes, it had fish, lobster, crab, and clams, but nothing really tasted that great. The tofu that they used in the tofu, scallop, and veggie stir-fry tasted old, as if they were using leftover tofu from a different dish with different seasoning. It wasn't very appealing. In all, I'd say, yes, they do give you quite a bit of seafood (as the other two reviewers mentioned), but I don't know if I'd come back here for the quality of the dishes. Their lunch specials are a steal though. I think the dishes are about 3.99/4.99 a pop, and they're usually pretty good. (Probably because there's a significant lunch crowd that goes through here, so everything's prepared fresh.) read more

One of Houston Chinatown's classic establishments, Vinh Hoa specializes a hybrid of Chinese and Vietnamese banquet-style cuisines. Although Vinh Hoa never fails to serve higher-than-average quality, the restaurant is unfortunately in the awkward market placement where it's too expensive for casual dining and too dirty for fine dining. To be specific, I thought Vinh Hoa's dishes like the stir-fried lobsters were fresher and more delicious than other Chinatown restaurants. The stir-fried clams with chives came with really huge clams, and the Vietnamese clay-pot bass was perfect with rice. However, the difference in quality compared to its Chinatown competitors was not enough to justify the higher price point and the smaller portions. Most dishes are priced between $13-25 each while similar dishes elsewhere are generally around $10 at larger portion. Ironically, the lobsters were the only dish that was comparable in price with much better quality. The decor has not been updated and while that may appeal to the older Asian generations that don't mind, the ambiance is not exactly suitable as a business meal or other situations that require a classier setting. In other words, the price was too high for casual dining, and the place was not fancy enough for fine dining. While I find the food here delicious, I would recommend Vinh Hoa only as a place to impress your friends with good Chinese food like in situations that you are welcoming them in town or something. The multi-course meals starting at $48 is a good group meal deal. --- tl;dr version: 1) Higher quality food though not worth the higher price 2) Somewhat rundown decor that was fancy but not updated 3) Not suitable for casual or fine dining read more

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We had been here often and most of the times we thought the foods were very good. This last time however, our most expensive dungeon crab dish was not fresh at all. A matter of fact, it was served from a frozen crab. Also , our salted shrimps were too apathetic! They were not fresh and especially the heads were black. A long term business shouldn't risk losing customers over a death crab! read more

For the last 10+ years this place has never disappointed my family. They have the best seafood dishes in family style. Always consistent, tasty and super fresh. Every time we have relatives or guests from out of state coming over, my family take them here. Everyone loves the foods! Service is good, the servers are well experienced. They get you whatever you need immediately when asked. Foods came out piping hot and unbelievably fast even during crowded hours. One of the must-have dishes are: - oc chi tay xao la que (razor clams in basil sauce) - com cua hap la sen (Dungeness crab rice steamed in lotus leaf) -cua lot chien bo (butter fried soft shell crab) - Vinh Hoa beef steak -seafoods in claypot read more

Came here for our first meal of the day after a 4-hour car drive from Fort Worth. Needless to say, we were hungry!! Heard great things about this spot from a few friends so we had to try it out. Ordered the seafood dinner for 4, which can be found at the very back of their menu. For $59.99, it was so much food!! It came with a big bowl of egg drop soup with crab meat, salt and pepper fried fish nuggets, salt and pepper shrimp, sautéed clams, Chinese broccoli, and a plate of combination fried rice. The only thing that I didn't care for that much was the fish nuggets, which could have used more flavor and could have been a bit more crispy. Everything else was extremely good. We also ordered a plate of buttered fried (sounds heavenly already) soft shell crab. Best part of our meal! The flavors were all there. For being fried and tossed in butter, I did not feel guilty eating it at all! Make sure you make use of the salt, pepper, and lime dipping sauce that comes with it; it is a great complement! The best part of this dish for me was the bed of watercrest and sliced tomatoes that it was served on. The fresh veggies were drizzled with a heavenly sauce mixture of sugar and vinegar before the soft shell crab rests on top. $17.99 for this. We left abundantly stuffed! Really, order seafood here and you won't go wrong! Would love to come back for the lobster one day. Service is typical of that of any Asian restaurant haha. The food came out extra fast! read more

Vinh Hoa - Buttered fried style soft shell crab. More popular over the salt and pepper style, as advised by our waitress. - Chinese Near Me - Houston, Texas

Saw the massive menu items and by god 100+ menu item list with so many Chinese specialties/signatures, I freakin already knew. Anyways: Prices are a steal/normal. Meaning most entrees are in the $6-7 for huge portions. -Fried rice: it was good...actually...a bit Vietnamese flavored? -The sweet/sour chicken thing was pretty good. Tasted like orange chicken with a hint of lemon. Cool. -The fried fish. Holy **** thick, moist, very filling and came with the fish/chili sauce. We liked a lot. -My Bun thit nuong....well, wasn't bad...different. Haha, almost like getting chicken nuggets at an old Chinese buffet. Pass next time. -Service- Was actually pleasant! ____________________ [Take-a-ways] A good reminder and slap in the face. The seafood/soups (i.e., wonton+bbq/egg noodle) will prob be the solid bet. The other family style stuff (i.e., rice, whatever stir fry) prob fine, but for the occasion, go for the other people are eating! **They had some frog dishes on the menu with some fresh tanks (live frogs) at the front. Pretty legit. Enjoy! read more

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I ordered this tilapia steam fish w ginger scallion... can you believe they charge me $21.65 for this puny lil fish... w lots of bone and less fish meat... it didn't taste as good as it look... it had a strong fishy odor and they didn't clean the scale off the fish... I could of went to the Vietnamese market and bought this fish home and steamed it myself... what a waste of money...I do not advised anyone to order this fish if you eat here it's a rip off... they should of charge me $15 instead... read more

We came here for Christmas eve dinner on Thursday because Confucious was really packed and a long wait. The restaurant is in a plaza near Saigon Pagaloc. We had a party of 7 and were seated promptly since we luckily beat the dinner rush. Not long before we sat down all the food came out very quickly. We ordered: Salt & pepper lobster 2 for $20 Walnut Shrimp Chicken with ginger sauce Scallops and snow peas Garlic stir fried spinach Beef flat noodle with chinese broccoli 2x Steam fish in soy sauce and scallions The lazy susan helped with sharing the dishes easily as all we needed to do was spin, scoop, and eat =) I saw some tables order the razor clams which looked and smelled great I will have to comeback and try this. I would definitely come back again for family dinner. read more

This review is mainly for the I think Alaskan Crab on Lotus Leaf dish....It's da bomb!!! Enough said. Get ready for fork out $38 for this dish, but it's a good size to feed a group of 4-6 people. They make fried rice out of the crab meat, mix it in with some eggs, then throw the rest of the crab parts on top. Trust me, you could eat bowls and bowls of this rice. It's that good. The rice is soggy but a good soggy. Try it out if you are with a group of people. If you don't like it, I'll give you your money back. Well maybe not, but I will take whatever is left. Lunch specials last I remembered were $4.75 a dish. There are some ok dishes but for sure this review is for the Alaskan Crab on Lotus Leaf. read more

Nothing too special or unique about this place that made it stand out for me. Restroom was rather tight and dirty; overall, the restaurant needs some touch up and cleaning a bit. Both the foods and service were the typical. To me this was just another typical and sadly boring and unsatisfying restaurant in the area. Definitely better places around the area that are more worth your buck. read more

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One of my favorite hidden gems here on Houston. If you are entertaining guests this is a great place to go to for lunch! Lunch specials are under $7.00 a plate for a very generous portion! Dishes are served family style... While I'll admit that it's not the best in china town it's not bad either. For the lunch special pricing you can get fresh seafood (fish, clams, shrimp, etc) for under $7!! Service is typical Asian restaurant service. They are pretty quick with getting your orders in and out to the table but they can seem pushy or rude. I haven't had any real problems with service here. They are pretty good at refills and prebussing tables and if you ever need anything you can just flag down any waiter. I like this place and always crave it but it's hard for me to make the trip sometimes.... read more

Vinh Hoa - All dishes off the infamous lunch special... And still Waiting on one more dish... - Chinese Near Me - Houston, Texas

Lunch specials are cheap. Two of us ordered 5 dishes and had plenty of left overs. Fried Flounder- Waitress told us it's a must try. We tried it and it was okay to me. I thought it needed more sauce otherwise I felt like I was eating none-seasoned fried fish. But I'm not complaining for the lunch price. Mongolian Beef- It was good. Chicken in some type of sweet/sour sauce but it wasn't called sweet and sour chicken- Too sour for me and chicken meat was too tough. Spareribs in fish sauce- Ribs were mostly bones and tough to chew. Spicy Lemon Grass Chicken- This was the best out of all we ordered. Chicken was very flavorful. But too bad a little tough. Overall food was decent but I had to take off 1 star because of 2 issues: First, the waiter was rude. When he brought out the chicken dish I asked him the name of the dish. and he rudely said " huh huh?" "Chicken it's chicken" and looked at me like I was stupid and don't know what chicken is.... I was like.....OOOOKKKKKKKK.... but the nice waitress lady came by after she saw what happened and told me what dish it was. And second, as I was boxing up my left overs, while scooping the rice to put in the box, I found some green onions and some other food particles in the rice...so I am wondering did we just eat other people's LEFT OVER RICE?????? HMMMMMMMM...... Interesting........ read more

The food is good which is the reason why it worths 2 stars on this review. However, service is the worst I've experienced so far. My mom and I went to this restaurant this morning and at first sight there was no greetings and all ( the restaurant was empty, only one table). The server pointed at the table like he was trying to say to us to have a seat there, but hey please at least speak out. I don't know if it's just me who feel they treat their customers rudely. But here come the peak, he took my order WHILE TEXTING. And no, I did not mean after, but in the middle of our order. He was on his phone from the beginning to the end of our order so I was kinda pissed off. At least show us some respects while other people's talking you should listen to them, not playing with your phone. That's it for now, only come back here for a to-go order. read more

Delicious food, service is great. Family style restaurant with big portion plates. Will definitely be back.

Made reservations for 5 tables for my daughter's bday and had lunch today. $5.87 per plate for lunch is a steal! Very fast and yummy. Gets packed too. Not the prettiest place and pretty small but it's all about their fresh seafood. So good. Waiter Jackie was nice. Deposit is required for big reservations. $50/table. read more

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Apparently others have found my hidden gem. I love this place and love it even more after the remodel. A side note, if you have specific dietary needs don't come here communication between both is difficult and this is food from another culture. It may not be what you expect. Service can sometimes be slow. I enjoy this place a lot and advise you to get a soda or tea. Water isn't up to par. Bring your own sweetener for tea if needed. Our staple dishes to get are the King Pao and the Thandoh Style Chicken (similar to orange chicken). It is really family style portions and you get white steamed rice. I also like the vegetables so pick your favorite. Lunch is 5.35 per entree and the drinks are kinda a splurge if you are keeping a tight budget. I really love this place and I come as often as I can. Lunch ends at 2pm I believe. No weekends. Come and try it out if you like adventure! Happy Eats! read more

Vinh Hoa - Cheap lunch and so good! - Chinese Near Me - Houston, Texas

When you run out of idea what to eat. Perhaps, this is the best place to go. With their variety of specialties from seafood to meat are well prepared. Three of us came in for lunch in late afternoon, quickly settled down as the staff are very friendly and attentively to walk in customers. We order 4 dishes: lobster with black pepper Sauce, bow bamboo nails with onion, cold chicken with Garlic paste and fried egg tofu with green pepper. Surprisingly, we got food ready in 10-15 mins even though quite crowded at that time. . All were well cooked . Fresh and tasty . read more

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My friend M asked me what I was craving for in Houston, I replied crawfish or Vietnamese. She ended up taking me to Vinh Hoa - she said they had really good razor clams. I love seafood, so I was definitely down for some razor clams! Unfortunately, they didn't have any since I believe they aren't in season. M ended up ordering for all of us and she got the following items: Snap Peas Leaves - good, you can't really mess this dish up Mini Short Ribs - eh, not a rib person but the ribs here were overdone Salted Calamari - breading tasted powdery and plus where's the salt? Fried Flounder - the only dish that I enjoyed but I had better version of this dish I heard this place was good but I am thinking perhaps M just ordered the wrong dishes! P.S I don't even know why M brought me here - I didn't see that many Vietnamese dishes and plus we didn't even had any Vietnamese dishes here. read more

In my younger years, my aunt always took me here for weekend dinner, so coming back in my adult years certainly carries some nostalgia for me. Lunch menu is very affordable, each dish generously sized for $6. We ended up sharing 3 dishes between the two of us, but we generally have smaller appetites than others, so you might even have room to try 4 dishes to share between two people. Atmosphere can be intimidating, as there are tanks of sea creatures along one side of the dining room. Service is "old-school Asian" = take your order, then leave you alone the rest of the time, but I enjoy that and they were nice, quick, and prompt whenever they did stop by. Salt & Pepper Squid were proper substantial pieces and had a good amount of crunch from the batter. Deep Fried Crispy Whole Sole Fish definitely satiated my craving for fried whole fish, although this one was more crisp than flesh. Chinese Broccoli with Oyster Sauce definitely hits the spot when you want to add balance out the meal with some veg. read more

Pros: extensive lunch menu, we're talking 4-5 pages and all very cheap so you can get three entries for about $17 Cons: typical Asian service, hovers over you the minute you sit down and hovers over you again at the end to make sure you tip. So I went here for a late lunch with the mistor and got there around 2:40 right before the lunch menu cut off. To be honest we really didn't have time to look at all the pages of the lunch menu, it was bigger than most restaurants main menu! And our waitress literally said "you have 5 mins to order from that menu" ok then so we got the snow peas with scallop, canh chua ga and salt toasted pork chops. I'm not kidding when I say I think the food came out in 2 mins top. You can pre prep all you want but food coming out that quick really makes me uneasy. The snow peas scallop was ok, had a nice flavor, canh chua was quite tasty. The pork chops on the other hand had a weird aftertaste like it was old or something which was disappointing bc I love all food salt toasted. I would most likely come back, this place has more pros than cons. read more

Vinh Hoa - Snow peas with scallop lunch special - Chinese Near Me - Houston, Texas

This place was amazing! If you order 2 entrees for lunch, you can get 2 lobsters for $20. Yum! The lemongrass chicken and the green beans were delicious as well. And think of all the leftovers you will have for lunch the next day. read more

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An Asian favorite that I just cant get in to. Maybe it's the bunched together giant round tables, the hasty paint on the wall thats more like a cover up than a remodel. Then the food is all very mediocre, even with the fresh cages it's all just a chore rather than enjoyment. maybe it's health food? One thing is for sure, I have never been here by choice. read more

Vinh Hoa - Fresh Frog legs - Chinese Near Me - Houston, Texas

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I can totally see why this place gets 4-5 stars. I can't wait to go back. Go during lunch. They gave great specials so you can try several dishes. I was invited to Vinh HOA by an fabulous attorney in my L.E.A.D. Group. He ordered three dishes, chicken, fish, and beef. They were all delicious. My only complaint... I ate too much! I left stuffed and still had a to go bag. Their generous portions won't leave you hungry. We arrived at 11:30 which was perfect because when we left they were packed. I'm looking forward to the next trip to try three new dishes. read more

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While waiting for my noodles order, my husband decided to try this place out since they have lunch special even on the weekend ! We got the pork ribs simmered in fish sauce, and the Vietnamese beef curry. The pork tasted old, I hope we don't get sick ! The beef curry was decent but they gave us recycled rice. It came in a box by itself and there were brown and black crumps on the rice as though something else were on top of the rice before. read more

Chinese and Vietnamese cuisine, tucked away in the old Dynasty Market shopping center. Super tasty. The Chinese part of the menu is more Hong Kong Canton style. Service was surprisingly pleasant for an Asian restaurant. Lunch specials at $5.87 offered EVERYDAY of the week (except for holidays) from 11am to 2:50pm. Non-lunch prices are typically $10-$15. Our order today: 1) razor clams $17.99 2) small catfish clay pot $10.99 3) chinese leafy vegetable $5.87 4) cold yellow chicken $5.87 Enough food for two people to leave thoroughly stuffed, with some catfish left over for dinner. Plan to make this a go-to spot. read more

Excellent food. Best lemon grass chicken in Houston. Great lunch specials. Loved the food read more

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The best Ca Kho To I've eaten since I moved here. The saltiness was perfect. Unlike others places I've tried. read more

Vinh Hoa - Ca Kho To - Chinese Near Me - Houston, Texas

Still one my all time favorites in Chinatown. I love all the fried dishes such as Salt/Pepper Squid, Soft Shell Crab, Rex Sole and also the stir fried like the Dungeness crab, lobster and on and on. But do overlook the other items, everything I have or stolen of my dining partners plate has been good. Large menu, unbelievably fast and polite service.... but not the cleanest place on earth (mainly due to the age of the place), which is why only 4 stars. Solid choice for Viet & Chinese food. read more

Was in town, so decided to try their $6/entree lunch special. Been here many times before, nothing super stellar, but delicious, cheap, and super fast service for when you are in a hurry. We had the following: - Snow Pea Leaves - we always enjoy snow pea leaves every chance we get, delicious and fresh! - Beef Sautéed with Vegetables - this dish was okay, your same beef and vegetables like everywhere else - Salt and Pepper Squid - nicely salted and fried to perfection We try to make it here when we are in a big group, you can feed an army for pennies! read more

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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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They have a neat 2 lobsters for $20 deal that only applies when you order two entrees (priced ~$8-12), however, if you'd like just the lobster it'll be $27 instead of $20. We ordered two extra entrees, the mi xao don do bien (fried yellow noodle with seafood) and the muc rang muoi (salt and pepper fried squid). Portions were quite large and well worth the money for both entrees. Both seasoned well and tasted as they should too. If you order the lobster you choose only ONE flavor to have your two lobbies in. We got the special-Vinh Hoa one I believe, which is pretty much oyster sauce based with onions and garlic and yada yada. PRETTY damn good actually. The leftover bits of onions and garlic are very sweet and delicious so throw some rice and mix that up to eat if you're still hungry when you've finished the entrees. I will say that the two lobsters you get are tiny, so the meat on the lobsters itself isn't anything special. If anything, I'd recommend coming with only one other person and ordering two of the smaller entrees. They did get docked by me however, because they failed to clean one scallop in the seafood noodle dish. I bit into it and was flooded by the taste of the sandy grit of the ocean. Bad taste in my mouth and I had to spit that crap out. The other scallops were fine though. In addition, the waiter took our bills post-tip before we even left, as if to check if we tipped or not. This is quite rude as even normal Asian restaurants don't do this; they wait till the customers leave, then come scream at them if they didn't tip enough. We felt a bit awkward, but I tipped them well so I didn't care that much at the time. I still think this is a good place to go for seafood though. Also, get yourself a frog sitting in one of the tanks. There was only one, but those legs must be delicious. 8/10, would come again. read more