Taste of China 湘浙汇 — Restaurant in Katy

食材绝了❤️赢在当日新鲜的食材与绝佳厨艺，价格相近却能吃到更鲜、更好、分量更足的美味，回头客超多，实至名归！ The best Sichuan restaurant in Houston — it stands out for its use of the freshest ingredients of the day and outstanding culinary skills. A newly opened restaurant — absolutely delicious!. If you spend over $68, you can enjoy two Boston lobsters for just $29.99 — such a great deal!

We ordered the Spicy Chicken, Sliced Beef & Ox Tongue in Chili Sauce, Lamb Skewers, and the Boston Lobster. Every dish stood out for its freshness — the owner promises to use only the freshest ingredients of the day, and you can truly taste the difference.

The Sichuan flavors are incredibly authentic — spicy, numbing, and aromatic. Each dish was more flavorful and generous in portion. Truly great value for the price.The portion sizes are also noticeably larger than other Sichuan restaurants, yet the prices are about the same. Great value for money and definitely worth coming back to！

The Boston lobster was so sweet and tender — even better than what I’ve had in Boston itself. It’s rare to find it done so well.

The owner and staff are all incredibly friendly and welcoming. The service was top-notch. A restaurant like this definitely deserves to be known by...

The service was very poor right from the start, and when exactly the 2 lobsters deal had ended was very confusing.

I made reservation before hand for 6:30 pm, and I had to drop off my elderly parents at the restaurant in order to find parking. Then I found them sitting at a complete empty table, they weren't given any menu, utensils, or napkins, and no one even asked them if they wanted water.

Luckily, 🌟Avy🌟 (chian iy - not sure of the spelling) came to the rescue. She was patient, nice, kind, and helpful. Avy was 180 degrees from the original waitress who was cold, neglectful, rude, and not communicative. Ask for Avy🥇if you want 5-star service here.

The food was good. However, you really don't get much meat with the 梅菜扣肉. For the kind of price that this place charges, I believe that we deserve thicker and more slices of 扣肉.... 麻婆豆腐was too numbing for us. However, Avy patiently informed us that we could tell the kitchen to adjust the numbing, salt, and spicy levels in the future - good to know! It took them forever to make the fish broth with...

We visited this restaurant last night around 8 PM, and despite being only about 20% full, service was unexpectedly slow. We were seated promptly, but it took a while before anyone came to take our order.

We ordered the Steamed Pork Belly with Bamboo Shoots, Minced Pork with Pickled Long Beans, Rice, and Tea. The long bean dish arrived first, but we waited 20 minutes before having to request rice and spoons. The pork belly never arrived, and after an hour, we flagged down our waitress. She checked with the kitchen and returned to inform us that they hadn’t even started making it yet—apparently due to a “VIP” table, despite the restaurant being mostly empty.

The ambiance is lovely, and the long bean dish was delicious, but the kitchen clearly needs better coordination and someone managing orders. Unfortunately, the experience was frustrating, and I’d probably give them some time to work through these issues before coming back.

Side note: The Busser was doing a great job. He was very friendly and seemed noticeably more attuned...