Went today for lunch. I had Szechuan chicken husband had sweet-and-sour chicken. My Szechuan chicken was delicious lots of vegetables cooked crisp and just right all the food that came out was nice and hot. They have a lunch special for between 10 and $12 which is a refreshing change since so many places recently have gotten so expensive. Husband had sweet-and-sour sauce, which was just OK not enough vegetable vegetables in his. Service was good right there when we needed it but not hovering we will definitely go back. read more

The food is always cooked freshly. Nice and hot and the portions are nice as well. The service is always fast and very polite. The inside is nice and clean and very soothing. Also for delivery it's usually the same guy which I love and food is always still nice and hot once delivered. read more

Delicious food and there wasn't a wait to get in. Not a lot of people were here on a Thursday night but they had a lot of to go orders. Overall it was a good experience. read more

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Like most Chinese joints, this restaurant is all over the place. It met expectations for a delivery order on a Friday night. The good - the wonton egg drop soup was perfect for my sore throat with a perfect consistency, the pan fried dumplings were hot and flavorful with a solid sauce to go with, the egg rolls were generously filled and perfectly cooked - very addictive. The decent - the chicken lo mein was fine enough. It is much better than others I've had in this area; however, that doesn't say much for the flavorless offerings I've had around here. The orange chicken, regrettably, was far and away much more flavorful than the sesame chicken I ordered. The fried rice is also solid. Not the best, but good enough for a side of rice. The never again - the crispy noodles were stale - luckily they're only a couple bucks. The sesame chicken has huuuuge chunks of chicken in a not-flavorful-enough sauce, which leaves a lot to be desired for me. At least put in some more variety of vegetables or something if you're gonna phone in a whole main dish. As a whole, China Inn is a quick, easy, solid choice for local Chinese here. But, again - it won't be worst, just certainly not the best. read more

China Inn Cafe - Sesame chicken - different than how it's pictured on the DoorDash menu. Large chunks instead of thin, crispy strips. - Chinese Near Me - Houston, Texas

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I recently visited this place for the first time. It was on a whim as I was craving Chinese food. I walked in and ordered the Sesame Chicken. The whole restaurant was clean and tidy. The food I ordered was ready very quickly. Everyone was polite and I plan on making a stop to the China Inn Cafe again in the future as the food was excellent and fresh. read more

Food is always great. Normally do take out and food is still very hot by the time I get home. Friendly staff and always helpful

The food is TERRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!! It is so gross it makes you want to throw up. I couldn't even take a second bite. The food doesn't even have seasoning or flavor. read more

Food is good in my opinion but the service in the other hand was NOT. When we get our food you get no napkins. Our server was not nice. She would also just stand near us and watch us. When we were finishing our food she had brought up our check and thats when she started smiling and even started talking to my baby.. as she was taking away our plates all she would look at is the check and would just pass by slow and look at it. read more

In my travels, I got hungry. I stumbled upon this place in a shopping strip. I was going to do take out, so glad I decided to stay and dine in. The owner was very nice as was the music...my meal was DELICIOUS! Everything was perfect and delectable. read more

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We had sesame chicken, sweet and sour combo, and special lo mein, all dinner combos. The fried rice was moist, sesame chicken was crispy, and the lo mein was flavorful. I'm not big on adding soy sauce so original flavor is big for me. Overall I give them 4 stars. Great local Chinese food spot. read more

I've gotten takeout many times and it's always been fresh, hot and good portions. The menu has everything you could ever want. Bill read more

Food is always excellent. Good portions. Good service. Family friendly. The only complaint I would have is the smell. When you walk in it can smell like sewage a little bit. read more

China Inn Cafe - Shrimp with Garlic Sauce Family Dinner I substituted the onions and bell peppers for mushrooms and water chestnuts. Very good! - Chinese Near Me - Houston, Texas

Dumpling are too thick, over cooked and tasted like they are stuffed with tubed breakfast sausage. Dumpling sauce was bland. Hot and sour soup had sliced white mushrooms (undercooked) instead of traditional black fungus. Soup was nasty. They need to stop selling fried spring rolls all together. Terrible. I gave this place a Second chance and wasted $50. Walk away. Find another place. Don't order from them. read more

Booooo!!! Booooo!!! This place has less than 1% customer service skills, they suck! You mean to tell me I have to ask for a utensil when I order soup or rice? Not a napkin in sight either! Guess I have to request it taste better also. ONE STAR is too much!!! read more

China Inn Cafe - No taste, I'm sure the package taste better than the product! Never again! - Chinese Near Me - Houston, Texas

Order the shrimp fried rice, $8.93, their portion is smaller than any other Chinese restaurant. But the rice is flavorful and nice amount of eggs, on my first visit. When I ordered my son Egg fried rice only. I paid over $7. (Egg &rice only), no veggies. I thought was over priced. For same size portion. The service is cool. read more

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New management? Haven't ordered from there in a year and was surprised at how bad the food was. It used to be where we ordered our Chinese food, but have found a place that serves food that is very good. read more

Last night I ordered shrimp egg foo young which comes with a thick brown gravy. However when I got home w food and pour what I thought was gravy over my egg foo young patty and took a bite it was teriyaki sauce! I know the difference this was bit gravy and very sweet! I called restaurant and they said it was gravy and wasn't sure why I thought it was sweet. I will go into restrestaurant today with the "gravy" and ask them to remake it read more

Good menu and very good service. We have eaten here a dozen times and have never been disappointed. The dining room is large enough to ensure a quiet place to eat. read more

Used to be good. We have gotten take out dozens of times. Last night we ordered: Singapore noodles - No shrimp & Shrimp Fried Rice - No Veggies After ordering I received an email that I was being charged extra for my "special order" They charged me $2 to have them LEAVE OFF Shrimp from one dish and veggies from the other and they STILL added veggies to my daughters shrimp fried rice. read more

Warning, eat here at your own risk! I was craving some General Tso's chicken. I got take out. The person at the counter was yelling and in a big rush even though there were only two tables in the restaurant. When I got home and ate my food, it was gross. The breaded and fried chicken was dried out and like leather inside. You couldn't cut it with a fork, you had to use a sharp knife to kind of shred it. It was like it was cooked before, frozen, and then reheated. There was little to no sauce to help. The fried rice also was very dry and crumbly like it had been reheated. I threw most of it away. Thats not the worst of it, for the next 2 days I got really sick with horrible stomach cramps, sweats, and frequent diarrhea that that was so bad, it actually made me suffer a few days more from dehydration. I can't prove 100% it was there food that made me sick, but I am pretty sure. I do know 100% the food was disgusting. I would stay away from this place! read more

I've seen a lot of chicken meat in my life, but the chicken in the fried rice we got neither looked like, nor tasted like chicken. It tasted like fish and looked like imitation meat (or cat). The quality of food seems to have taken a dive. This place used to be a family favorite, but now we are moving on to different options for our Chinese food dining experiences. read more

Nice Clean, quiet, hospitable location. They certainly know how to please customers. Ordered dinner, we ordered spring rolls and egg rolls, lemon chicken and sweet and sour chicken.and it arrived promptly, piping hot, as ordered, and was exactly as shown on the menu. Sizable portions, in a wonderful location. Friendly staff, service with a smile, and never had to ask for anything. Food was delicious, sauces were perfect, zero complaints. We will definitely be happy to return to sample some of their extensive menu items offered! read more

Literally.... The best Chinese food you can get around these parts. The hot and sour soup is so delicious. We've had many docent dishes and have never had a bad dish. Love it! read more

The food was not great. I was hoping to really like this place since I live close by. I ordered the beef broccoli and sweet and sour shrimp that was fried and I was expecting something else but it was fine. This was no big deal. The fried rice was bland, not much flavor and for the beef and broccoli, the beef and sauce were ok. The broccoli was the best part of this plate. What really bothered me about my visit here is that when I asked about the sweet and sour plate they sounded upset that I was asking about it. Now reading how they respond to negative reviews I see this is just how they usually are. It was uncomfortable for me. I will not be back and I do not recommend it. read more

The restaurant is clean & nice but the food is below average. It was over $40 for 2 entrees and 2 apps. The rice is somehow over cooked but dry, similar to minute rice, the meat dumplings are store bought and lightly filled, the crab puffs are overly sweet with no hint of crab, the lo mein feels like it was cooked with flour and made mushy, the General Tso chicken was the best thing here but ruined by the old rice. read more

China Inn Cafe - C2. General Tso's Chicken 6. Fried Crab Puffs Beef Lo Mein 9. Fried Meat Dumplings - Chinese Near Me - Houston, Texas

Very rude staff and disrespectful, we came in today around 2:30pm there was not a single person in the restaurant we were seated at a table and they asked us what we wanted to drink, they brought the water and the straws were thrown at our table, again the place was empty the person that was taking our order got a call and walked away impatiently without saying anything and a waitress came by almost running she was about to take our order when my mom was telling me (in our native language) what she had ordered before because we had been here before but the service was never this terrible. I told the waitress that my mom liked from the lunch menu a specific order with orange chicken, rice and vegetables and if she could recommend us something similar and she rolled her eyes in a very disrespectful way and in a rude tone she said that that was all on the menu, she did not make any recommendations. She wanted us to assume when we were asked her (someone who works at this restaurant) about something as simple as a recommendation. We walked away from this restaurant. Very disappointed, absolutely will never come back. Responding to the owner's comment since I cannot make another review: English is my first language, bold of you to assume that someone wrote this review for me when you barely speak English, even if I did not speak English, I am still a person and I should be with respect, not like you are trying to demean us by stating that "we barely spoke any English". I truly do not understand how this place keeps running with the level of professionalism of the owner. We literally just walked in and did not say anything wrong, according to yourself "three words were spoken", but according to you we were depicted as "Rude Hispanic women" and you have to specifically say that we are Hispanic for some reason and you say that there is nothing offensive about that. I guess according to yourself everything right means throwing things at people, yes you as matter of fact were disrespectful. There is no "we were right, you are wrong" because you said so, as a business owner you should know that. Yes something wrong something offensive, the rudeness and treatment were offensive to your clients, learn how to take criticism and feedback and stop whining about it. As it can be seen in the previous reviews how you keep telling the clients about their experience and how they should feel about your restaurant. We did know what we wanted when we came as I stated in the review above we just wanted suggestions based on the orange chicken and vegetables for a specific dish but according to you "they don't know what they want when they came in" and if your staff is reluctant to make any recommendations with an attitude of the food of your OWN restaurant your staff and yourself (most importantly) should all be trained on customer service and professionalism classes and learn human decency and basic manners. read more

China Inn Cafe - Racist answer by the owner - Chinese Near Me - Houston, Texas

Great food, excellent service, good pricing, pleasant staff, extremely clean, comfortable

The female waitress was rude from the moment we stepped in! Not sure what her problem was. Yikes!!! Just read all the reviews-apparently we aren't alone in how we were treated. How does this place manage to stay open?! read more

Such a great place! And service as well! Can't find better Chinese food in Copperfield.

ZERO STARS!!! This food was absolutely terrible!!! It tasted like mop water and trash can juice! Y'all know how it smells so bad that you can taste it?? Yeah, that!! I knew I wouldn't be getting a refund, so I struggled through a quarter of it, but I just couldn't stomach it anymore and threw it away. I'm so disappointed. Never again!! read more

FOOD: 1st time as a patron to this restaurant, since I live near-by and was looking for a late lunch (1:25 PM; Jan. 19, 2024.) Simple order of Hot & Sour Soup, steamed dumplings and spring rolls; hot tea as beverage. The meal was a total failure. Soup was thin, lacking solids of mushrooms, tofu or any other vegetative content. The base consisted mainly of soy sauce and water; lacking a usual accompaniment of crispy noodles, green onion, or hot mustard. Lastly, soup should be served at a temperature above room temperature. Why the steamed dumplings had a brown caramelization to them, I don't know. But, they were served in a dish that also held about 3 tablespoons of water in which the dumplings floated in. A small dish of what I think was to be a dumpling sauce was only soy: no other flavor could be detected. Lastly, spring rolls are supposed to be light in weight and crispy! Of the two, one had been in the frying oil too long; it was near shoe-leather brown in color; the second one was still won-ton soft and light brown in color. SERVICE: My server would quickly bring the order items and then have a seat to look into her phone; never once returning to see if the food was satisfactory; just once, to place the check on my table. Adding more commentary is pointless. The CHINA INN CAFE is nicely decorated. This is represented by the one star they were given. read more

Not allowed to give negative stars. So I left a 1 star with no explanation on google reviews. 30 non later the owner wrote back. He was not nice. I revised my review to answer his rude comment. 30 min later so did he. He didn't even have the right person. I was reviewing the place from having eaten there over 2 months ago. He claimed i ate there last night... Nice try! I had had mexican food with a bunch of firefighters on the other side if town. He also claimed I ordered delivery, I never have. I also got two shrimp dishes. I haven't had shrimp in over 20 years seeing as im highly allergic to it.... Not once did he ever apologize for the mix up. He also belittles anyone who gives a 1 star. Pics for proof So now that i have said all this let me review the actual food and service. The servers are subpar. They are hard to get refills from and it takes about any hour to get your food. The good will be luke warm or freezing as my husbands was cold and mine was luke warm. There are bugs in the bathroom so hold it! Its pretty dark inside the restaurant. The food is over cooked and dry. The portions are a medium size. If your in the mood for rude people, a screaming owner and cold over cooked food then this is your spot. If you want good food and food service look else where read more

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My delivery came relatively quick. I wanted to try something new so I got the steamed dumplings, they were okay I love sweet and salty dipping the sauce. I also got the shrimp fried rice with fried fish on top. Again, I really like the sauce on it, and everything else was ok. The flavor was really good here. I wanted to just keep eating another bite, but I just wish there was more shrimp in it. Less than 10 for sure in the whole box. read more

China Inn Cafe - Fried fish, shrimp fried rice, steamed dumplings. Yummy sauces kind of sweet and savory. - Chinese Near Me - Houston, Texas

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The owner is rude, disrespectful and they have really poor hygiene he gets mad and start yelling at customers if you change your order due to been allergic to peanuts. an will tell you he don't read minds When in the menu does not specified what's included on each entrée he expect you to know whats in it. Also the dish had bugs in it. If you open the blind due to lack of lighting at the restaurant because he's trying to save a few dollars he will get upset and tell you you're not at home to be opening the blinds. Let's not talk about the restaurant it's self the pictures will talk for it's own. Worst place ever!!! read more

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** COVID RISK** PLEASE READ. Owner is so unbelievably rude. Customer service there sucks also. They gave me a wrong to go order that I dropped off at a friends house that had symptoms of covid. She called me and told me the order was wrong and had pork in it which she does not eat. Called the restaurant they said just come back and they would get me the right order. I got there and the owner argued with me that I had to bring the food back which was never mentioned on the phone they just said to come back and then he would give me the correct order. When I was there a 2nd time I told him that my friend had symptoms of covid and that was unsanitary to bring back he still insisted he wouldn't give me the correct order unless I bring it back in person. He said I was a liar and probably ate the food and just wanted more free food. How horrible to say to a customer and also to one that has been coming there for a while. Anyways I went back to my friends to pick up the food I had gloves and a mask and she left it by her front door to grab and I took it back and when I went back they grabbed the food from me opened it to look at the food and then took it back to the kitchen. I was so incredibly disgusted that they even took it back I told the rude owner to just refund me. I did not want food from there anymore and I will NEVER come back to this gross place. Gross health standards and GROSS AND RUDE owner. Please do not go here. read more

This place is Really good Kung pao chicken spring rolls are so good too Thai is my Chinese go to for years now!

Found a piece of a stainless steel scrubber, or something like that. I originally thought it was a hair in the food but upon looking closely it was definitely a piece of metal in with my food... careless is an understatement and more care should be taken to prevent such things. read more

China Inn Cafe - Piece of steel scrubber in my Fried Meat Dumplings... - Chinese Near Me - Houston, Texas

I ordered delivery online, so I can't comment on the actual restaurant. The food was hot (temperature-wise), pretty good, and at prices comparable to other Chinese food places. The Family Dinner is an especially good deal at $13.25. It is your choice of soup, 3 small appetizers, an entree, and your choice of steamed or fried rice. If ordered for 1 adult, it should last you 2-3 average-sized meals. The perks for me are 1) they are open 7 days a week, 2) I can order online, 3) they have quick delivery (free within a certain area), and 4) you don't have to order or have it delivered through an outside company. I will definitely be ordering from them again. read more

Another place I've been to before my Yelp days and this place I've gone a few times for lunch. Food: I ordered their lunch special broccoli Beef with rice, an eggroll and wonton soup. One of the safest dishes I would order at a Chinese restaurant, it was okay compared to other dishes of the same. I prefer the meat being cooked a little bit more and the sauce to have a bit of a zing, than kind of watered down flavor. The soup was decent, not the best wonton soup and the eggroll felt more like a filler. Overall: I feel I'm being a little harsh on the food, but I understand that this is suppose to be a lunch special. However, I don't believe it should been more than ten bucks, but this is the only Chinese food place around this area, other than Panda Express that's not fast food. I'd probably come back to try other dishes if I'm craving restaurant-style Chinese food. read more

China Inn Cafe - Broccoli Beef lunch combo - Chinese Near Me - Houston, Texas

The owner is a butthole, I ordered a dinner plate , asked him about upcharging Neto make the fried rice a shrimp fried rice, he began to rant saying it's 2 jobs and I'm trying to run his restaurant. The only reason I was going there was because the China inn next to domino's ( way better food and better portions) haven't reopened yet, I'll never go here again what a a**hole read more