Yao Restaurant & Bar Reviews

One of the best in Houston. Orange shrimp for the win. Great lunch specials served all day.

This is my favorite Chinese restaurant in the city! I only give 4 stars because I am not sure if they switched cooks but the shrimp fried rice did not taste as good how it normally does.

Pretty disappointed about quality of foodZ

Service is good though.

Pretty long wait to be seated in a place that really wasnt busy. Great waitress, great food. Love the hot tea, so pretty.

The food was good and i really like the tea. Very nice staff

The food is pretty good here. I tried 4 different dishes and each were very lightly salted. If you order the Peking duck then they'll have a chef slice it right in front of you! They also serve the duck with tradition tortilla.. so yummy! Worse part is that this place is pretty expensive, but that's expected since it's Yao Ming's family restaurant.

Great place to stop for drinks and small plates after work. Nice atmosphere

This restaurant is next to my office. Better than PF Changs. Good food and service

Great food at the right price. Very comfortable atmosphere.

Extremely good joint for Americanized canton food ... great fried and steamed dumplings, moo shoo pork pancakes, etc

One of the best Asian restaurants in Houston. Large selection of items made with quality ingredients. Had the pepper steak, cashew chicken, egg drop, soup, wonton soup & chicken lettuce wraps. All very good. Service was also excellent. Definitely recommend.

It is really great Chinese food! Will come back next time!

My favorite place for Chinese food. Large portions. The prices are reasonable and the atmosphere is very nice. Highly recommend.

Food is delicious! The waiters are always attentive. Great environment.

SUCH A GREAT RESTAURANT AND THE WAITRESS WAS PHENOMENAL. FOOD WAS EXCELLENT!!!

This is my go-to restaurant for some delicious food after a long day of school. Its also right down the street from me!

We went in with a large group of about 30 people and the service was excellent, the food was amazingly delicious, and at no time did I regret coming to the restaurant. It was a great experience, and I would happily return.

Had not one bad meal here since I've been coming. Oh yes I've been only 6x.

The food is not so authentic. But lots of Chinese tourists including me still come here for Yao.

I like it, don't go there expected authentic Chinese stuff, definitely American but it's good. Service is good. Very common to see Yao's parents there.

The service are OK! And the price of the Lunch menu are not too bad! Just the taste was a little towards American-Chinese style!

The best Chinese food in USA. Yao came yesterday I missed

It's has a very nice atmosphere and the food is good, but I like bread lol

Have been going to this place for years, ever since they opened. Service is no longer the same. The young lady in the front who claims to be the manager needs alot of people skills. They are now charging 2 dollars for hot sauce. Business must be slow. I would recommend find another chinese place to eat.

Not what it used to be need to clean up. friendly SERVICE

Excellent service and the food was GREAT! Nice portions for the price, as I had the combination fried rice and veggie egg rolls.

Went there for a seminar so I didn't really get the full restuarant experience. I will go back to try the full menu options. The place was nice and the people were very amiable.

Best Chinese food in Houston. It is awesome and cool. My favorites on the menu are the Peking Duck and the General Tso's Chicken. It is certainly one of the few Chinese restaurants in Houston where you actually can get Peking Duck. My other favorite thing about this restaurant is the fine tea selection. You can get a pot of really nice tea to go with your meal. They bring it to your table and it heats over a burning candle and they even provide sugar crystals for you. Cocktails there are pretty good too and they have Tsingtao beer. On the dessert menu, the Fried Mantou (Chinese beignets/doughnuts) are really delicious served with condensed milk and powdered sugar. The service is really friendly and knowledgeable and the decorations of the main dining room give it a real authentic feel. Atmosphere in the bar does a great job paying tribute to Houston's basketball history and to Yao Ming himself. Restrooms are really fancy. I definitely would call this place a Houston gem because it is authentic and fancy and it is made 20% cooler by the fact that it is owned by the Yao Ming.

This is where I come when the yen for duck becomes overpowering. Very competent cooking in a nice space.

Hope the Big Man will show up once in a while and do some autographing to his loyal friends in the court. Love you Yao !!!!!!!

Traditional menu for Chinese population, very intetesting!

The food is excellent good sized portions. I will be back.

Excellent food and great customer service. A bit low points in ambiance and seating.

Lord, stay at home. No taste to the food. Latino Waiter on the hispanic ghetto side and im Latino. Definitely ..I did not like it. And iymt was Chinese used to be on my top five foods

not as fun that theres less chance of seeing yao there but the Kung pao beef has stayed remarkably tasty even after all the changes in management. also ask for Kim she's the best.

Love love their shrimp fried rice big shrimps you don't have to look for them...

Very disappointing visit. I had heard that Yao Ming does not own this restaurant and they say his family doesn't come in anymore. In my opinion this place has gone down. Our waiter made two mistakes with our order and our food arrived luke warm. We asked for stir fried vegetables and they brought us steamed veggies without any seasoning whatsoever. That was my last visit here.

Been here many times since their opening years ago and ya know, you get more bang for your buck than any other Chinese restaurant. It's not the cheapest, but you get the highest quality ingredients for a reasonable price. No filler vegetables like bell peppers, onions or (cringe) chopped celery. I love their chicken dishes, their prawns (big) and their eggplant dishes. Good ambiance too.

Food was awesome as always. Service was great too! It was just my roudy daughter and I. They sat us away from others so we wouldn't disrupt other's meals. Were completely accommodating and quick for us.Will continue to come back.

Very attentive wait staff, and very delicious dishes served family style. Yao Ming sports memorabilia available for viewing.

I'm picky about Chinese food and this was the best fried rice I've had in the area. Highly recommend. It was take out but hope to go sit inside soon.

Are ready to pay $25/pot tea? They somehow will sneak some outrageous charges into your bill. Are you going to argue with them in front of your guests?

Do you want to eat at a sneaky restaurant that you need to watch out for charges?
We had 10 people and waiter asked us if we needed tea without telling us it would cost me $20 (could have been $25 if we didn't tell them 4 wanted water). You wouldn't know until you pay the bill. Are you going to discuss with them in front of your friends? That is clever way to rip customers off!
To me, deceiving practices can wipe out all the positive things about a dinner so I gave it a one star.

very nice serviceand quick. the food was good and might be a little bit salty.

Me and my family really love this place.I have all my events here,and today im so proud to announce that they are helping me with my babyshower to bring my lil girl into this world.Maybe one day Yao himself may stop in on us ,but we love his place and so grateful for the restaurant

My order was on point, and my food is always always fresh hot and delicious, staff is always also very respectful very courteous I definitely recommend this restaurant ! Great job you guys

Very bad.
Yesterday, I was hungry so I went to this spot myself .
Little bit busy Waiter asked "how many?" I said "1" then I odered but only my food was delayed and I saw the family who came after me got their food already