888 Chinese Bistro — Restaurant in Houston

We tried the El Dorado location today. The atmosphere was almost great. The decoration and interior design was a great improvement. The lighting was dark and decorative, an intentionally classic "Asian" style which hit the spot reminding me of my childhood before buffets nearly destroyed the concept of "Chinese food."

If only they played some relaxing... "Chinese traditional music" No, instead they played a pop/ rock mix. At least they didn't have big screens everywhere forcing ESPN or CNN up my won ton.

The food was salty as hell! We used to go to the 646 location in League City until I became sick of the same problem. It took me 3 hours, 2 aspirin and several glasses of water to dilute myself.

The Kung Pao Chicken: I know sweet, spicy, sour are typical for western versions of Chinese food. Still WAY TOO SALTY and too sweet. They used lots of honey roasted peanuts, too many in my opinion and I had to pick out literally, 15 plus red peppers. I counted them. Over 15 red peppers mixed into a lunch order of kung pao chicken. I couldn't finish it and didn't take it home. BACK OFF THE SALT!

The Sweet and sour Pork: This was good. What we expected it to be. Meaning no complaints. A huge plus was the sauce served on the side. Also both red and green bell peppers which have become scarce at many restaurants in recent years.

Soups: Both Egg Drop and Won Ton soups were very good. Fried Chicken wing appetizer: Delicious. Especially with the red pepper sauce on the table. Egg Roll: What we expected and good.

I'm not giving up on this little chain yet because an "old fashioned" sit down "Chinese restaurant" has become an endangered species in the land feed trough buffets. BUT BACK...

The reason I post this update is because of the new manager. My family and I have been customer of 888 bistro for a long time, long enough to know many managers who used to work for this restaurant. We came today for dinner as usual and we pick the table we always pick. We want to watch the game on TV and talk to our friends who work here as bartender, waiter, waitress, and cashier. As I mentioned, I've been here for a long time so I know almost everyone in here but the new lady who also is a new manager. I saw she points finger to our table and start asking employees something then she just came to us and asked us to move to other table. The reason was we have kid and our table is in the bar section. First, our table is far from the bar and second, we did not order any alcohol beverage. This is totally BS. We just left with the foods already ordered. I am upset cause her attitude was really bad. Since the moment she came until we left, she was not even smile or show if she care about we gonna leave or not. She is by far the worst manager I have ever met. I am thinking about suing but I have so many friends working in here and to be honest, I do not want to do so. There are less and less food on the plate. Way too little compare to other...

So this place is literally 1.4 miles from my home. I ordered a delivery at 1:03pm. I called at 1:43pm to find out what happened to my order and the woman who answered said it was no longer in the kitchen and to call back in 10 minutes if it didn't arrive. Exactly 10 minutes later I called back and that's when my order finally arrived. I told the woman on the phone that it had just gotten there and the food wasn't even hot anymore. I told her I probably wouldn't order from them again to which she said, "That's fine. Have a nice day," and hung up. 3 lunch orders and a large Wonton Soup was what I ordered. There is no reason it should've taken 50 minutes for my order to arrive. I personally believe that my food was sitting there when I called the first time and rather than admit their mistake in not sending it out for delivery they tried to cover it up by asking me to wait another 10 minutes. Of course after 30 minutes of sitting (allowing 20 minutes for the food to be prepared which is generous) the food was luke-warm. So disappointed. The ONLY reason I gave 2 stars was because the food itself had a good flavor but the delivery and customer service...