Taste Of China — Restaurant in Montgomery

My sweetie & I shared a quick dinner here last night. They were crowded & handled the flow well. This is our first dine-in & we have used delivery.The restaurant is very pretty & clean. The employees are courteous. Please note this rating (& all my ratings for any Montgomery/Conroe restaurants, for that matter, are skewed for this area specifically). For Montgomery, it's great! Definitely go here! Compared to other areas in Tx & regionally, Taste of China nor most of our other dining choices here in Montgomery & Conroe are NOT IN ANY REALM OF THE IMAGINATION 4-5 STAR FOOD. The food is just "good"...for here...but not great. Before you get upset, the only reason I am differentiating here is because when I see a place rated as 4-5 stars, I expect a DIVINE CULINARY EXPERIENCE & chef curated food. THIS is not THAT! Compared to other chinese in the area, its ranks on the higher end. Now for our food. We enjoyed hot tea, pan fried dumplings that were very light & crispy & egg rolls w/our entrees. Please note to ask for hot mustard if you want it as it is not served. The pan fried dumplings and egg rolls were delicious! We would come back just for those by themselves! Entrees were General Tso's chicken & Beef on Sizzling Platter (which we had them modify to make it spicy). The Tso's was plated beautifully but the bowl is very difficult to eat out of due to the humongous size of chicken pieces & almost impossible to incorporate rice into. They should provide a plate. I used a saucer...not very well. The Tso's sauce was tasty (a bit thick) & spicy on its own & didn't require added chili oil. The chicken they serve here in the fried dishes, I most certainly take issue with! While it's fresh, white meat (not fatty), whichI have tried in several of their chicken dishes & it's always these HUGE balls/pieces of meat. Here's the problem: First & foremost, it should be lightly CRUNCHY!!! I also support the POV that a ratio of meat-to-breading-to-sauce is CRUCIAL & should compliment the dish. I don't think they achieve that goal. The huge pieces must be cut up into 4-6 bites. Usually when I order Tso's/Sesame/orange chicken elsewhere, some pieces must be cut into 2 & others are just one crunchy bite. Not these! I also think their breading gets very soggy, very fast. In fact, I have NEVER experienced a crunchy bite on one of these dishes here. The breading is too thin, without any discernable crunch whatsoever. Perhaps rice flour+cornstarch to elevate some crunch here! The entire point in ordering fried anything is the CRUNCH of a batter. Lacking crunch, what's the point of splurging on fried food?!! Okay, now for the beef. It is served sizzling on an iron platter & is pretty. Soooo, this was my last bite of the night & it didn't go well. The beef was super tender & the sauce & veggies were great but whatever they do to the beef, it didn't taste like beef (texturally or otherwise). My brain & my tastebuds were...

We have ordered from this place countless times and it was been super consistent & great. Unfortunately over the last 2 months the past 2 times we’ve ordered we have had either a missing item or what we ordered was wrong. We are very consistent with our order & order the exact same thing almost everytime. The first time they missed our crab puffs and I was told that they would send crab puffs the next time we ordered for free. I ordered today and mentioned the crab puffs forgotten and the same lady who answers the phone everytime had “no idea” said there’s no way to see my previous orders but they have my full address when they look up my number & said the only thing I could be given were egg rolls, I said no big deal. Continued with my overly priced $46 order same as previous chicken lo mein, black pepper steak sizzle platter & sweet & sour chicken. Get my order delivered & my “black pepper steak” is a triple delight with shrimp, steak & chicken. Seems a way to charge me for my eggs rolls? Then when called & confronted I’m wrong and she doubled confirmed when I know 1000% I said black pepper steak & she did as well. Stay far away from this place and I’ll make sure to tell everyone else because they’ll nickle & dime you where they can when they’re wrong & place them blame on customers! 10/10 won’t be returning here.

Added: they redelivered my correct order and I was told to GIVE BACK the incorrect item that was given to me which I was called back to make sure I gave back the incorrect item to the delivery driver. Who knows what pot that food went back into & who...

December 2020: Decided to give them one last shot. What we got tonight reminds me of when we first started going here. Everything was on point. Taste of China is now back in our dining rotation! Super flavorful and cooked perfectly!

August 2020: I really loved this place, but it has gone downhill. My favorite dish is nothing like what it used to be.. It used to be so flavorful and always cooked perfectly. I have given them 3 chances, and each time I order the product is worse. We decided to give it one more try tonight, and they sealed their fate. My chicken and string beans had no flavor and I'm assuming the congealed mess in it is what SHOULD be the sauce it usually had. I took 4 bites and now am trying to figure out what else I'm going to eat for dinner. So sad. Original Review: I really love this place. My husband and I have eaten here almost weekly since they have opened up. Every time we get something different and have never had one problem with our orders or the quality of the food. The staff is ALWAYS super helpful and nice and we've had them all. Prices are also great. We've literally not had one problem...