China Cottage — Restaurant in Houston

This is the type of chinese food I grew up eating from a family-owned restaurant in my hometown that sadly closed. I hadn't found anything comparable until I tried this place on a whim because they delivered to the hotel I was staying at while visiting Houston for business. I was hooked after that, and I come every time I'm in Houston for work (usually 2-3 times a month). I'm sad I still haven't found anything as good where I currently live in DFW.

Delivery was always super fast to the hotel I used to stay in. I changed hotels to one that's outside their delivery area and tried a different restaurant one night when I didn't feel like driving to them. Big mistake! Not only was the food horrible, but it took them over an hour to deliver my food from less than 2 miles away! China Cottage was always 10-15 min tops.

I've tried their egg drop, wonton and sweet and sour soups. They are AMAZING. So many other restaurants get sweet and sour soup dreadfully wrong. This place hits the spot! Not watery, not oily (yes, I've had a place give me disgusting oily sweet and sour soup before), is tangy enough....everything sweet and sour soup should be!

My entree staples are kung pao chicken, chicken fried rice and moo goo gai pan. All amazing. Veggie eggrolls are so good and crispy. My only reason for 4 stars is they may on occasion get something wrong with your order. I've never had an issue with any of the staff though. I suggest using the BeyondMenu app to order online if you find ordering over the phone to be difficult or unpleasant. I love...

Decided to give this neat looking place a try. Pretty small space but used pretty well. Prices are fair and the portions are better. You seat yourself where ever is open and they brought me my soup within 2&1/2 minutes of sitting. The wonton soups broth is very light and the actual wonton doesn’t have a lot of filling but still pretty good overall. I saw that the spoon they gave me for the soup had a bit of left over food so I just switched spoons. The lady who took my order warned me that even their small fried rice is pretty big portions able to be split with 3-4 people but I ordered it with the intentions of leftovers (cause leftover takeout sometimes taste better). Now the egg rolls took a bit of time to arrive but I wasn’t bothered by it as I har a mountain of rice to keep me company. The size of the egg rolls was on the smaller side but the meat to veggie filling ratio was on point. The Lady who took my order gave me a water with lemon without me asking which was very nice as I was regretting not asking for one. The rice also was very light in flavor then some restaurants but I actually like that cause it just has a very satisfying humble taste to it. Plus the pork in the rice made up for it as it had good flavor. This is definitely a place you go with friends to share lunch and time with at an affordable spot. Overall a pretty good spot for takeout, would go again, just make sure your spoon is good & maybe don't use the communal sweet & sour as it looks...

I was running some errands with my daughter today and found the China Cottage Restaurant. I was buying other food around the area but the pictures on the window were calling for me! The location is easy to find and there was plenty of parking in the front. I ordered some of my favorite dishes to see if this is a restaurant I want to visit again. I ordered Cheese Puffs (5 per order) and Soft Shrimp Rolls (2 per order). The restaurant was very clean and my daughter was attracted to the cute Chinese Waving Hand and a cute little fish tank. I waited patiently for my order and well the wait got a little longer than expected. Luckily, my daughter was entertained but I sat there for a little while for only two small orders. I give this location a 4 due to the wait time. I saw others that came by and picked up their orders and maybe if I order in advance my experience would have been different. I do have to say that the staff was very friendly and a nice waitress gave my daughter a fortune cookie while we waited. As for the food, the Cheese Puffs were very tasty and fresh I like to think that wait had something to do with it! As for the spring rolls well they were ok but not my favorite. The peanut sauce was a bit too sweet and the spring roll fell apart a bit. I love spring rolls and I am just being a hard critic. Despite that, I do recommend this restaurant as the cheese puffs were great and maybe other dishes are...