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Auntie Chang's Dumpling House

MY REVIEW: This was my second visit and I love the heck out of this place! The little pots on the table make some of the BEST sauce. The mustard in the mustard pot is to die for.

I have always gotten the #27 special - 8 dumplings, soup, rice and eggroll for $5.50 -- where in the WORLD can you get GREAT food for THAT price? I had water and got out of there for $8.

It really is outstanding. The dumplings are fab. Please give it a shot!

NAME: wpm
SUBMITTED: 3/8/2011   LAST VISIT WAS: 3/2011
FREQUENCY: Visited 2-3 times

MY REVIEW: They don't know my name, ,but I have been there easily 20 times - Love it! We love not only their dumplings but some of the dinner dishes - fresh, and great spices. Service has always been friendly. Like someone said in another review, its not a fancy place - they don't try to be. I'm mainly interested in the food and have always been pleased - love the Hot condiments on the dumplings, mixed with ginger and soy!!

NAME: Bob D
SUBMITTED: 9/20/2010   LAST VISIT WAS: 06/00/2010
FREQUENCY: Everybody here knows my name...

MY REVIEW: I can understand where some of these reviewers are coming from, Auntie Chang's isn't fancy - but it doesn't try to be. This is not the restaurant I would take a first date to, but it is clean and the staff is always very friendly. I mainly order delivery from here and the online ordering is fast and easy, and they always call to verify my order. They do a great job of meeting special requests and they have never once gotten an order wrong, forgotten something or been late (which is rare in delivery). I have always found the quality of the food to be good and the value for the price paid to be a great deal. Again, we're not talking gourmet Chinese here (which there are several here in Houston but at twice the price) but Auntie Chang's can't be beat on value!!!

NAME: houtex75
SUBMITTED: 1/25/2009   LAST VISIT WAS: 01/09
FREQUENCY: Visited 4-6 times

MY REVIEW: In my opinion, this is a gem of a neighborhood Chinese restaurant. The darling of their menu are the fried dumplings. They are delightful little morsels of perfection - made even more perfect by the diverse offerings of condiments served in little silver pots on the table (ginger, jalapeno/bell pepper green chile, hot chile, soy and vinegar - mix it all together and the result is a fiery, complex dumpling sauce that makes you feel alive). Other favorites include the Chicken Eggplant with Black Beans(tender white meat enrobed in a rich, unctuous sauce) and the Shrimp with Lobster Sauce (oversized prawns!).

In the dozens of visits here, we have never received anything short of consistently tasty food, generous portions, and gracious service. I'm truly perplexed by the negative reviews from previous postings. It's like they're talking about an Auntie Chang's in an alternate universe. Try it for yourself...and consider a visit at night when the canopied ceilings draped with string lights transport you far away from a strip mall in Houston.

NAME: Dumpling addict
SUBMITTED: 8/22/2008   LAST VISIT WAS: July 08
FREQUENCY: Everybody here knows my name...

MY REVIEW: Sorry, this place is awful. From the servers, surly and didn't even try to give us any service (there was a friendly one but we didn't get him). The food is just bad and "re-heated". We gave the busgirl the tip she was the only one interested in giving us any service. Oh well... plenty of other places to eat. Waste of a good location and view.

NAME: eatouteveryday
SUBMITTED: 5/15/2008   LAST VISIT WAS: 05/2008
FREQUENCY: Visited once

MY REVIEW: I specifically asked for combination lo mein with no beef, but guess what i got.... combination lo mein with beef :( although the lo mein was good i was appalled at the service. i did not get my meal that way i wanted it and i got bad customer service from the driver. the driver did not speak english and could not tell me where he was. he just kept saying "food delivery, no english, food delivery, no english" so i had to walk to all the different entrances of my school to find him. then when i got there and paid for my food he had the nerve to say "no tip??". i just shook my head and walked away. i will no be ordering from this place again!

NAME: starving medical student
SUBMITTED: 2/2/2008   LAST VISIT WAS: 2/2008
FREQUENCY: Visited once

MY REVIEW: The very BEST!!! We live about 40 minutes from Auntie Changs...but we go all time. The tea, the dumplings, the egg drop soup....most of all the service, is outstanding. I have 2 small boys and they love it too.

NAME: Alvarezboyz
SUBMITTED: 9/9/2007   LAST VISIT WAS: 09/-6/2007
FREQUENCY: Visited 4-6 times

MY REVIEW: Went to lunch on Sunday. The restaurant was clean and they had a really great lunch menu. I got fried rice, one eggroll and an assortment of 8 dumplings for $5.75. Rice, eggroll and dumplings were standard. Good overall value and the servers were really nice.

NAME: Ally
SUBMITTED: 7/13/2007   LAST VISIT WAS: 7/13/2007
FREQUENCY: Visited once

MY REVIEW: I work at an office building downtown, impressed that they "deliver" to us...not impressed with the extremely rude delivery driver. When we first started ordering they had no problem coming to our floor. Now, they dont want to be bothered and make us meet them on the street for it. When a good enough tip is NOT given, he tells you to change it b/c he "depends on the tip"! Fine. I was a waitress before and I do believe, if you depend on it you should work for it!

NAME: taylor129
SUBMITTED: 6/1/2007   LAST VISIT WAS: 6/1/2007
FREQUENCY: Visited 4-6 times

MY REVIEW: Went for quick Sunday afternoon snack. Surprisingly good pork and spinach dumplings, because overall cleanliness (in the restrooms, tablecloths, windows, little pots of condiments on the table) was DEFINITELY not their strong suit.

NAME: Newbies Inside the Loop
SUBMITTED: 5/1/2006   LAST VISIT WAS: April 30, 2006
FREQUENCY: Visited once

MY REVIEW: I moved to Houston 10 years ago and searched high and low for a good Chinese restaurant. I love Auntie Changs! Everywhere else has been a dissapointment. Granted, I have never been to China and I probably don't know good Chinese from bad, but I do know that I love Auntie Changs. In my opinion they have the best wonton soup and pork dumplings in town. I am a sucker for good fried rice and AC has the best.

NAME: amber
SUBMITTED: 4/29/2006   LAST VISIT WAS: 03/06
FREQUENCY: Everybody here knows my name...

MY REVIEW: Great dumplings! I love all the condiments they have to go with them, such as ginger and grated jalapenos.

General Tso's Chicken was also excellent. The hot and sour soup could have had more tidbits and less soup.

All in all a great meal and service to match.

NAME: KAF
SUBMITTED: 3/15/2006   LAST VISIT WAS: march/2006
FREQUENCY: Visited once

MY REVIEW: Don't EVER order take out!! Ordered 3 meals for lunch today for delivery @ 11:00. Called back @ 12:00 to inquire on order (office is 15 minutes away). Told driver would be here in 10-15 minutes. Called back at 12:20 and again told 10-15 minutes away and not sure why taking so long. Told that they would only charge us 10.00 instead of 18.36 to write on receipt. Called back at 12:50 and told he was almost here. Food finally arrived at 12:53 and the printed charge to my card was 10.00. Obviously the food was NEVER 10-15 away!!!! Food is marginal at best!

NAME: Jennifer
SUBMITTED: 2/2/2006   LAST VISIT WAS: 2/02/2006
FREQUENCY: Visited 4-6 times

MY REVIEW: The best Chinese delivery food in Houston! I have the same order everytime and it is delicious: vegatable fried rice, seasame chicken, crispy egg rolls and the sauted string beans! DELICIOUS, fast and perfect everytime if you order or eat at the restaurant!

NAME: Erin
SUBMITTED: 12/20/2005   LAST VISIT WAS: 12/2005
FREQUENCY: Everybody here knows my name...

MY REVIEW: In my continuing quest for good, reasonable Chinese in the Shepherd/Greenway Plaza area, I decided to try Auntie Chang's yesterday for lunch. I ordered a combination special, but next time I have to try the dumplings - more customers were eating them than the traditional Chinese fare, and they looked good. But I had:

Hot and Sour Soup - Pretty good. Thicker than most.

General Tso's Chicken - Easily the best rendition of this dish I've found in Houston. The sauce was tangy, not too sweet, and there was plenty of it. The chicken was perfectly done. When you order the most fattening thing on the menu, you really want it to be good to make the calories worth it, and this one excelled.

Fried rice - OK. Not terribly memorable.

Eggroll - See Fried Rice above.

Service was decent; it took a while between tea refills but then I drink a lot of tea. I enjoyed the view as well. All in all, this was a leisurely lunch with some good food that I'll gladly return for soon.

NAME: Jim A.
SUBMITTED: 12/20/2005   LAST VISIT WAS: Dec. 2005
FREQUENCY: Visited once

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