Xi'an food is always special, and it's hard to find, so I was excited to see the menu here. This wasn't the best iteration of Xi'an (in Houston, I prefer the oddly named Northern Pasta), but the portions are generous and service is friendly, with ambiance moderately nicer than Northern Pasta. Get the lamb with bread soup; let the bread absorb the broth for a dish like you've never had before. Maddens me that the Instagram food influencers never mention this. Good rouge ma ("Chinese hamburger"); ok spicy noodles. If I lived near here, I'd come a few times a year, but not worth the half hour trek from inside the Loop now that I've tried it once. read more

We loved it! Super far for us from the Heights. But the food was great and the service was speedy. Recommend the Xian specialties - cold and hot noodle dishes read more

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This place is authentic as they come! The Splash Noodles with beef are to die for! The pork buns are amazing. It's a dive....get over the environment and enjoy the flavors and extremely kind family who runs this amazing new favorite of mine!! read more

Uncle Lees Cafe - Splash Noodles almost gone!!!! - Chinese Near Me - Houston, Texas

boiled beef, delicious. second time here really like their splash noodle and pepper beef as well. read more

Uncle Lees Cafe - Chinese Near Me - Houston, Texas

The dishes here are unbelievable! Best pork egg rolls I've ever had. The lamb shanks were cooked and flavored to perfection. The lotus root was crunch and refreshing. And the oil splashed noodles.....my God. Wish I had taken photos to share with you! read more

I was Instagram-influenced! I saw a clip of the oil-splashed noodles and was hooked. Came at opening time on a Sunday and there were lots of tables and booths open in the clean, bright space. Our server greeted us immediately and showed us the 2 sided menu, traditional items on one side, and dishes more geared to what Americans usually like on the other. My wife and I ordered the Oil Splashed Noodles, delicious house-made noodles, Stir-Fried Green Beans, better than 99% of the other places we have tried, and the Crispy Spicy Chicken, just enough numbing spice to be delicious with a flour-based batter that felt like American style fried chicken with a distinct Sichuan flavor. We will be back again read more

My all-time favorite noodles are their Oil-splashed noodles. The sauce, the freshness of the noodles, and the amount given. It's absolutely heavenly. The noodles are wide, thick, and chewy. What's cool is it is one long, thick noodle. I'm so glad that I can continue getting them at Weee. read more

This was our first visit and I can hardly wait to go back. I wanted to visit Uncle Lee's Cafe because I saw a video of them hand making noodles for Xian dishes and had to try them. My husband ordered the Orange chicken, I had the Oil splashed noodles, and we shared the Chinese burgers. Everything was great, but the star was the Oil splashed noodles. They were flavorful and spicy without being too hot to eat, and the noodles had a great chew and the seasoning coated them perfectly. I look forward to going back to have the noodles again and trying more things on the menu. read more

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The BEST liang pi and Chinese burger in Houston (and I've tried them at all the spots around here)! Each noodle strand is really thick and gelatinous just as they should be and the sauce is also perfectly spicy, sour, and refreshing. As someone who's a diehard fan of the version at Xian Famous in NY, I'm so grateful a place that gives XFF a run for their money's finally here closer to me. Only wish is that their prices won't go up since they're a little high (2 burgers for $12) read more

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Delicious!!! Tomato egg noodles are absolutely amazing! Great service. Super busy Saturday at lunch. Will be back. read more

Uncle Lees Cafe - Chinese Near Me - Houston, Texas

I learned about this restaurant in instagram. I love a good egg drop soup and this place serves just that along with freshly made noodle dishes, an amazing shrimp broccoli dish. The service is good, and the staff are nice. This is my go to place whenever I want egg drop soup. read more

Food was tasty and great portion size. Price was very affordable. Location is great with lots of parking.

The fresh noodles are amazing! We tried the oil splash and the cold and both were fantastic and plentiful. The smashed cucumbers were great too! The pork we added to the noodles would be a 100% skip next time - it was just fat. Service was attentive and very direct. There is tons of parking, but not much atmosphere inside, which is easily overlooked once you have your first bite. read more

Food was ok. The service was amazing. Very friendly and kind people willing to take their time to explain the menu. Place is pretty standard for a small restaurant read more

The food was authentic and fresh and the service was friendly and warm. You can tell every thing was hand made especially the noodles. The dumplings are too die for. I love coming here read more

Uncle Lees Cafe - Oil splashed noodles Lamb dumplings Pepper Steak - Chinese Near Me - Houston, Texas

Come early. We thought arriving upon opening was early. It wasn't. Come hungry. You'll be sure to thank me later. You're welcome.

Authentic Chinese cuisine. I highly recommend this restaurant. Their dishes are full of flavor and represents the true cuisine of the area. We will be coming back to try the rest of the menu. read more

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Finally found delicious, authentic Xian food in Houston. Must try the steamed dumplings and hand pulled noodles. Truly exceptional service at this family owned and operated establishment. read more

Soooooo good!! Literally the best traditional Chinese food I've ever had!! All homemade! Highly recommend!!

We enjoyed cold noodles and hot oiled noodles. It was very busy but they took good care of us. Will be going back

Best shanxi food in houston with no competition. Not for foreigners tho. Very authentic noodles

Great food, fast service and nice ambiance. Loved the cold noodles in chilli oil, lotus root and fried cabbage dishes as a vegetarian. Will definitely go back to check out more veggie dishes read more

I found this place from a tiktok video. I was in the area and thought I would give it a try. I love mom and pop shops and this had that atmosphere. Our server was informative of the menu and helped us pick the best options for our table. We ended up getting the pork bao buns, sour soup dumplings and the oil splashed noodles. The food was amazing and the owners were personable. They really care about their customers and pride themselves in their amazing food. I definitely recommend this spot! read more

The food was amazing! My husband and I were so surprised. We had the shaking beef and oil splashed noodles, and we devoured both. We will definitely be coming back and ordering to go. read more

Delicious food for a great price everything is very fresh the owner is very nice and the place looks very clean read more

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I drove 35 miles to go to this place. The pictures on their Instagram looked so good. I would drive even further!! The best niddles i've had in my entire life chewy and wonderful tasting!! Dumplings are amazing too. And their sauces are devine!! IM HOOKED! read more

I got the shrimp fried rice today and when I got it home, it was awful. The rice was mushy, gummy and the seasoning was way too overpowering. It ended up in the trash can. The old Uncle Lees had excellent shrimp fried rice, what a disappointment this was. read more

Burned food, incorrectly ordered food! Poor customer service AND THE FOOD IS HORRIBLE! Shame on you guys... this is a travesty!! Attached Find the email I sent to the restaurant and EAT24! This is what I submitted! To the restaurant! I understand that you didn't get the correct order, and I didn't have an issue with that! But after looking at my order you AS WELL BURNED my food, left off an egg roll..(I ordered 4, got 3 pork and 1 vegetable) and the 1 vegetable was part of my combo! My soup was wrong and my food is cold... you tell me to order steamed dumplings... cause pan frying is hard...THEN TAKE IT OFF YOUR MENU!!! So now you expect me to wait 1 HOUR to get delivered some dumplings and YOU WONT REFUND MY MONEY! After complaining to EAT24 they contacted the restaurant and DID not get any better response... so their attempt to make me whole is to refund me $8.00 on a $25 order and ALL THE FOOD WAS WRONG OR BURNT! To EAT24! I appreciate your attempt to make this right, but unfortunately after this all settles and I'm able to FULLY resolve this issue I will be deleting this app, will do NO MORE ordering with you guys and certainly won't order food from this restaurant. It really is unfortunate that you were not able to make me whole on a situation between you and your vendor that I appear to caught in between. Might I suggest that you screen your restaurants better to prevent the combination of a restaurants poor customer service and you guys making a poor attempt at reconciliation. I am VERY disappointed in both EAT24 and the underlying establishment. Shame on you both! read more

Uncle Lees Cafe - Chinese Near Me - Houston, Texas

The real authentic Chinese Xi'an food. It's far from where I live. That's the only down side. The owner is very friendly and tries to give me the best suggestions on their food. Great Liang pi and all lamb dishes read more

Good service. Great food. Staff always makes you feel welcome. A+++++++++++¥¥¥¥¥¥++++

So glad they're open again! We've been a customer for 20+ years. No matter what we order it always tastes great!

I gave it 2 stars because I tried to order my food over the phone. The lady was so unprofessional and disrespectful on how i wanted to add to my order. No matter how bizarre I add to my order you don't laugh at your costumers and make smart remarks on adding to a persons order. I use to come here all the time , but today they lost my business and anyone else that I know that goes there will also hear from me. Ps the food is good but so is other places... read more

I love their cold noodles and meat dishes, very delicious. The people are nice as well.

I live in Stafford, but when I come visit friends in the area, we order from here. The first time I order from them, I was surprised as to how fast they brought my food. And to top it off, their prices were cheap! I even managed to order an extra order of cheese puffs and special fried rice, for under $15. read more

The service is okay, but If you are in the mood for American Chinese food, this is just not the place. The food is bland, the chili oil is not even spicy..nonetheless it just doesn't cut it. I had their lunch menu before, shrimp in garlic sauce. It was a big portion..but the flavors weren't really there. Wouldn't go again. read more

Strange to not find this restaurant on Yelp. I came here last about a year ago and inadvertently wrote a review for a business with the same name in Richmond. Is this a franchise? A year ago I thought this place was OK. Today I think they do not have a chef. Ordered Happy Family and sesame chicken. Happy family sauce bland. Thin pieces of beef could not be chewed. Rubber. The 'chef' had obviously never heard of velveting. The sesame chicken had no flavor of sesame. The initial flavor was of sugar. It was so sugary that it took a good 20 seconds for chili flavoring to manage to fight its way to the front. The chicken pieces were obviously processed, 'boil in the bag' style food that companies such as fast food places buy, The brownish rice had a funky flavor I could not recognize. I hope this wasn't because the rice was left over from previous days. I actually called to express my disgust and for a refund of at least half. My reasoning was that a comparable meal in quality from a fast food place would have cost as much. I think what is most perturbing is that this company has obviously not employed a chef. If this 'chef' had simply bought the 'Americas Test Kitchen' DVD set, he could have cooked so much better. This level of amateurism is so disrespectful to people spending their hard earned money, read more

Good shit ! Whew you guys complains about so much little shit but when you want some goo d as take out food they're the ones to go to.

I've been a customer for a few years now. Unfortunately, tonight's meal and service wasn't good. Ordered the family dinner along with extras such as won tons and mango tea. The Mango tea was extremely sweet, the won tons were over fried to the point I couldn't even recognize nor taste what was inside the fried wonton. The wonton soup was extremely salty. Also they forgot to add the appetizers that was supposed to come with the Family dinner meal. (ie. ribs, crab puff, egg roll) I was however offered a credit of $2 for the missing appetizers. Unfortunately, I gave them a $4 tip before noticing my missing food. It might be a long while before I go back. read more

Worst place to order food from for delivery. They don't understand the concept of customer service. Brought wrong food to our house then owner started arguing over the phone. The delivery driver was not willing to give me any information about the manager or owner. He kept on saying that my Manager owns three stores but cannot speak English which didn't make any sense. I asked him to tell his manager to call me otherwise it will not be good for their store reputation. The owner called me and sounded like an American Born Chinese who spoke English fluently. He kept on saying that i should not have ordered it online because their website doesn't work right. Then he suggested that in future i should stop by their store to order food instead of getting it delivered because delivery can lead to mistakes. He also stated that i should have called and confirmed my order after ordering it through the website. And the worst part, he stated that in future if i order anything for delivery in future there will be mistakes because that is common. I could not believe the owner telling me all this. He didn't have the courtesy to apologize but instead he kept on arguing that it is common to make mistakes like this. Ridiculous !!! he was basically trying to tell me it was all my mistake. He also mentioned during our conversation that their Kitchen is a mess which brings doubts in my head regarding the quality of their food !!! I am going to contact department of health. Long story short. Avoid this place unless you ruin your food experience. Businesses like this should not exist unless they can provide quality service. They don't even understand the basic concept of "Customer is always right". Ruined the whole dinner experience for me and my guests. read more

I'm certainly biased since I've been eating here for decades, but Uncle Lee's is my go to for takeout. Is it the best quality food? No, but it doesn't need to be to be delicious! I recommend the sesame chicken, as it's always delicious. The plain fried rice and vegetable egg rolls are also favorites of mine. Uncle Lee's is my first stop whenever I'm in Houston! read more