T Jin China Diner — Restaurant in Katy

We have ordered take out from this place several times since moving here in '21. Delivery was fast, food was good ( not great) but good. That seemed to change a few months ago when we ordered our regular dishes - pork fried rice, sweet/sour pork, & beef broccoli. Sweet/sour pork arrived soggy, not crisp (mind you sauce was on the side) and the beef broccoli was over cooked with what tasted like bad cuts of beef. I even got sick that night. We tried it again a few weeks later thinking it was a one off. Same thing happened again with the sweet/sour pork, beef broccoli was better but not what it should have been. At that time we called to let the restaurant know our issues. They apologized promising to look into it and asking we give them another try. So tonight we figured we'd give them one more shot. Ordered sweet/sour pork, beef broccoli but I decided to try chicken lo mein too. Sadly no improvement. In fact the lo mein was like eating boxed linguine pasta , way to thick and gummy. Hardly any flavor & tons of noodles with little chicken. The container was literally full of bland overcooked pasta with a few pieces of chicken tossed in. That's it. Once again the sweet/sour pork arrived soggy and beef brocoli had that odd flavor that reminded me of the episode that got me sick. I chose against eating it to spare myself that agony over again. We live close, & the order arrives fairly quick so it's not a matter of travel causing soggy sweet/sour pork. It's like it sits in a steam bath before it's packed for delivery. I think something has changed in the kitchen. Either new cook, poor quality products/produce or new ownership. Whatever it is this will be our last order with them. Take out costs too much to receive inedible food, especially when it causes...

It's one of my preferred go to places if I'm craving Chinese food. They got a wide variety of selections for a very good affordable price. Their lunch specials are priced well if not the best in town of Katy. Lunch specials comes with an entree, rice and a choice of either soup or egg rolls. Going from steam rice to brown or fried rice doesn't cost extra. I've tried their dinner items as well. All of my orders are carryouts. For now there's no dine ins because of the pandemic. Overall you can't go wrong with any item you choose as most of them are good. My favorite are Mongolian beef, Crispy shrimp, Pheasant Soong Chicken, Shrimp with lobster sauce, China Town stir fry and Szechuan beef and scallops. Lastly all I can say is their Lunch specials are very good second only to Golden Pagoda restaurant in Bellville which offers the best lunch with 2 entrees, egg rolls, fried rice and a choice of soup all for $7.95. If you want the best General Tsos chicken I mean literally the best, the best beef pepper steak and the best hot and sour soup try Golden Pagoda in Bellville,Tx. It's about 35 minutes drive from Katy though. In Katy, Tjin is my choice for Chinese...

Nice atmosphere, better than I expected. Very friendly staff who greeted us upon arrival. We were seated right after walking in and the tables and chairs were clean and comfy. We ordered chicken lo mein with vegetable and lemonade to drink; everything came out fast. They gave us plenty of food however there were only bits and pieces of vegetables. The veggies were almost absent; no broccoli, snap peas, or barely anything that I could make out because of how small it was. And the noodles were dry. I can say however that the lemonade was good and the egg roll was one of the best I've had. I wished the noodles were better because the service and space was so nice. Since its so clean and friendly and prices were reasonable I plan to go back and give them another try by ordering something different. Hopefully I will then be able to update my review...