Find bone-warming hot pots, sizzling stir-fries, comforting noodle dishes, Beijing duck, and so much more at these mainstay Chinese restaurants in Houston
Nov 19, 2024, 11:25am CST
Over the last decade, Houston’s Chinese food scene has grown — expanding far beyond the area’s first Chinatown in what is now EaDo to bustling Asiatowns in southwest Houston and Katy.
Often cited as the oldest Chinese restaurant in Houston, China Garden Restaurant first opened in Downtown in 1969. Since then, though, Houston has become a multicultural food destination with a bevy of Chinese restaurants serving a variety of cuisines that use both old-school and newer techniques and ingredients.
With a breadth of options in 2024, it’s impossible to list every exemplary Chinese restaurant in the greater Houston area. For every well-known restaurant, there are many more hole-in-the-wall spots, but here’s a great place to start. For consistently delicious Sichuan delicacies, carts of Cantonese dim sum, Chinese American favorites, and everything in between, here’s a taste of some of the best Chinese food Houston has to offer.
Many area restaurants offer duck, but few have had the immediate success that Duck N Bao experienced after its initial opening. The restaurant’s calling card lies within its name. The whole Beijing duck is barbecued until crisp and comes with traditional fixings like pancakes, duck sauce, soup, cucumbers, and scallions. But don’t sleep on other mains like tea leaf pork ribs, stir-fried lotus root, whole steamed fish, and its diner-favorite soup dumplings. Diners can also fulfill their Beijing duck fix at Duck N Bao’s other locations in Memorial and Rice Village.
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