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    Inshou Cafe

    3.2 (385 reviews)
    Closed 9:00 am - 8:00 pm

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    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Happy hour specials
    Good for kids

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    Fish ball soup
    William T.

    Inshou Cafe brings true Hong Kong comfort food to Austin, and it's as legit as it gets. We stopped in on a chilly day and ordered the fish ball noodle soup -- the broth was warm and flavorful, and the noodles were exactly what you want in a bowl like that. Simple, satisfying, and done right. We also tried the dim sum sampler, which was perfect for a little variety: two har gow, two shumai, and one BBQ pork bao. Each item tasted fresh and traditional -- exactly the kind of dim sum you hope for when you're craving the classics. To round things out, we had hot milk teas, and they were spot on. Rich, warm, and nostalgic. The service was quick and the location was easy to find in the strip mall. Nothing fancy, nothing overworked -- just solid Hong Kong café staples that hit the mark. We'll definitely be back.

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    Amy Y.

    Inshou Cafe is a quiet Cantonese cafe in a quiet Asian plaza. I came here mainly for their happy hour menu, available between 2:30-6pm (extra charge if you take out), which isn't too much of a significant cost saving to be honest. They also have a breakfast menu and a dim sum menu that they don't advertise really well. I do like that their drinks are cheaper while being tasty. - Fish Paste Noodle Soup Plain vermicelli in a simple subtle wonton soup with fish tofu. Make this yourself from 99 Ranch. It won't make you full, but the amount of vermicelli is above average. - Pork & Preserved Egg Porridge On the bland side but that's okay since I like to add chili oil (theirs is pretty flavorful and garlicky). The porridge is comforting and comes in a big bowl, so I would get this again from the happy hour menu. It had a good amount of pork and preserved egg pieces, though I wish the egg pieces were bigger. It was more watery than thick. - Spicy Salt & Pepper Tofu Freshly fried small pieces of tofu tossed with salt, pepper, jalapeno pieces, and garlic. Inside was hot and soft, and exterior was softly crunchy with a little chew, so pretty good with a lot of pieces. - Spicy Salt & Pepper Chicken Wings They had a good hard crunch, were hot and juicy, but in the end they're kind of expensive chicken wings! I like that they came with extra garlic crunchy bits. - Milk Tea Delicious milky HK tea, not too strong or sweet but it was amazing for $2. - Lemon Tea I really liked this! The tea and lemon flavor were strong, and it's another good pick for $2 from the happy hour menu. It comes with a couple slices of muddled fresh lemon! I love how the ice came in crunchy small bits - I think it helped these drinks a lot. For Hong Kong/Cantonese cuisine, it's a bit expensive and nowhere near the caliber of food from Chinatown, but the service was kind, it was quaint and quiet, and the interior was pretty clean.

    Curry Beef
    Tim G.

    This is a to star restaurant. They serve authentic Hong Kong style Chinese food. They put lots of effort into the food. If you really taste and look at the food in details, they were never oily. Everything we have order has always come out the way they are supposed to. Porridge was smooth with the rice completely melted. Milk tea was brewed correctly and traditionally. The ribs were clean and tasty, not full of sauce or oil. Just nice and clean food. You cannot go wrong eating here and I highly recommend anyone to try this place if you're in the bay area.

    Teresa N.

    I have had this dish, hk style baked pork chop rice from different places for like a hundred times in my life. Their tomato sauce tastes way off, it's like half tomato sauce and half pepper sauce, on top of that they put a lot celery in the sauce. Very weird flavor. Other than that the pork chop is good. 3 stars for that.

    Pan Fried Rice Sheet Roll with Dried Shrimp
    Elayna N.

    Solid Hong Kong style cafe! We came on a random week night and made it in time for happy hour. There was no wait and got seated right away. We ordered a bunch of different things. Poore and preserved egg porridge 4/5 Delicious and tasty porridge. They also give you a lot considering it was happy hour. Took the other half home. Pan fried rice noodles 4/5 Perfectly pan fried and tasty. Went well with the sauces. Wish I had asked for more hoisin sauce. It is kind of expensive for what you get though. Chicken wings 4/5 Chicken wings are juicy and fried perfectly. Has a nice crunch. They also season these well so you don't need the sauce that I did not really like. French fries 3/5 Standard fries. I drowned them in ketchup. Mini crispy chicken over rice 3.5/5 This was pretty tasty and the sauce wasn't super over powering. Perfect amount for a meal. Wouldn't say it's the cheapest thing on the happy hour menu though. We also got the happy hour milk tea and lemon tea. Both were good and they let us take home the extra. Overall, I'm excited to come back and try more things here. I especially want to try the breakfast specials. If you are craving Hong Kong cafe food, you need to stop by!

    Pork ribs in black bean sauce over rice
    Elaine Y.

    YES! Finally a place that makes the porridge I grew up with in San Francisco!! Got to try this place with the kids and I'm so glad we got to try it - it's HK style - a bit of comfort food for those of us who miss Cantonese food! We started with the pork and preserved egg porridge and I was SO HAPPY - the pork was tender and there WAS pork... but the big plus for me was the preserved egg. So many other places give so little and the yolk melts into the porridge so you don't get much of the preserved egg. This place provides CHUNKS so everyone gets it with their serving. And the consistency was the way I like it. Everyone has a preference - I like mine a little thicker - not soupy which this place served it that way. This is definitely our go to for rice porridge!! And we added the chinese donut - a bit decadent but totally worth it! :) We got the pan fried rice sheet roll - it came with a sesame and hoisin sauce. It was tasty - especially with the sauce - and you get quite a bit. Crunchy on the outside - chewy on the inside. Flavor was mild so you definitely needed the dipping sauce. I'm used to it at dim sum places where the rice sheet roll is flavored so it was a nice change. We also go the Fish Combo Rice Noodle soup - I have to say - it was okay - not something I would order again but I'm glad I tried it. There was definitely chunks of white fish but flavor was lacking a bit. They give you something you can add on top - but it was spicy as heck. And the Rice Noodles were a bit overcooked so too mushy for me... A hit with everyone was the pork ribs in black bean sauce over rice! MEATY and flavorful pork ribs in a mild black bean sauce! Demolished this dish - and brought back so many memories. But the pork was huge and meaty which was nice. Not like the kind you get at dim sum - definitely dinner worthy dish. Am definitely coming back to try more dishes! Nice to have a HK style cafe that serves dishes I grew up with!

    Pork Chop Cutlet Plate Shumai with Pork and Shrimp and HK Cold Milk Tea
    Monica C.

    3.5 Yelp Stars *** My colleagues and I tried Inshou Cafe's dim sum many times because our patient was a regular here and would bring us take out every few weeks. The patient ordered lots of siu mai, shrimp dumplings, xiao loong bao, bbq pork buns, and rice noodles. Their siu mai was my favorite! Finally took my family here a few weeks ago! I wanted their siu mai since it was tasty, so I thought the other cafe food here would be just as good. I ordered the pork chop with meat sauce that many people talked about on Yelp! I expected the orange tomato paste meat sauce, but it was more similar to a salty pepper meat sauce. Not what I wanted. Same goes for their spaghetti. My husband and I prefer the tomato paste instead. Siu mai was good but it cost slightly more than regular dim sum restaurants in SF or DC since it only came with three pieces. 15 minutes for all dim sum orders as they were made after placing the order. Inshou Cafe had a happy hour menu where the regular entrees were mini plates for a few bucks cheaper, and HK milk tea and iced lemon tea was cheaper too! The HK milk tea was authentic and very good. Iced lemon tea was decent but not the best. They charge more for to-go drinks. The service was pretty quick! We went on a weekday in the middle of the week. It was not crowded and plenty of tables. They also play HK pop songs so it did remind me of some cafes in HK. This restaurant was situated inside a plaza that was not too busy with lots of parking in the lot. Not my favorite HK cafe. I would rather stick to my usual ones in SF.

    Rou Bing, youtiao, red bean mochi ball

    Very very yummy and authentic. We had to catch a flight right after and the worker super fast to get us serviced once hear it. The staff are also very helpful

    U can't get more HONG KONG then this
    Moni.live To Eat L.

    Amazing quality and friendly price ! Try their happy hour and order 10 dishes. Try them all

    Christopher T.

    This is my 4X here in 2 yrs in a row. I only came up here during Thanksgiving for family visit. And was craving for good dim sum, wonton noodle, congee, dumplings and soy milk w/ Chinese donut. This place got it all and at really reasonable prices. They also have beers and sake too. If I don't have to visit my family, I would be there for breakfast (congee, dim sum, soy milk w/ donuts), lunch (everything else w/ milk tea or beers), dinner wonton noodle soup, dumplings and sake). Service is better than I expected and fast too. I ordered and within 10mins, our foods came out. The places is in a strip mall so minimum decor but simple & clean cut. I would definitely come back again and again whenever I'm in the areas or within 30mins drives. Yeah I like the place more than I can say.

    Pork skillet with gravy.

    Not impressed. I ordered pork and preserved egg congee and the pork bits tasted old. Then I ordered the skillet pork chop to take home and attached is what a $22.00 pork chop plate with gravy looks like - not worth it.

    Wonton soup

    This was close to our hotel so we thought we give it a try. It is a casual place with great service. The waitress let us know that if we wanted to dimsum to order it first because it could take 20 mins so that was nice. We ordered the soup dumplings, hargow, wonton soup and the beef brisket noodle off their set menu and they were able to substitute the rice noodle for egg noodles. The ice milk tea was a nice presentation. Overall we enjoyed the food. We came on Saturday when it just opened but when we left the place was busy.

    Best service ever!
    L M.

    Best services ever! Go Hong Kong Style Cafe! We go here for breakfast and lunch all the time. It is one of the best in Foster City.

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    The food is just average and the staff is not very attentive. I would not go here again in a short while..

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