Tao Ngộ Restaurant — Restaurant in Texas

Small place but the atmosphere is pretty good on a Sunday night. Service was great as everything was prompt and handled well. Whole meal for my family came out to be $173.38 with my family of 5. The menu had updated prices with stickers over the original price. Didn’t get the pictures though. Ordered a bit too much since we had to go boxes.

Besides Thai tea and the special dessert (che dac biet) which was amazing, everything that we ordered was good but not outstanding - let me explain.

The vermicelli with pork and egg roll had a nice portion so I’m glad about that. Egg rolls are crunchy and had great flavor alongside the pork. The peanuts, some lettuce on the bottom, and the nuoc mam given enhances the dish by a lot. 5/5

The salted baked squid had a nice crunchy, salty texture. Nothing wrong with the squid and the batter. Would need to eat this with some other dish. 4/5

Onto the Yang Chow fried rice with meat (com chien duong chau). Now with the fried rice they made, they were mediocre at best. Couldn’t even taste the meat in the fried rice. Had to add some squid to make it taste better even with the shrimp in it. 3/5

The marinated steamed chicken has amazing flavor with the lemongrass on the side and the texture of the chicken is soft. Pretty much expected 5/5. Just be careful eating around the bones.

The pan noodle seafood (mi xao gion do bien) and the crispy egg noodle seafood (mi xao mem do bien) had this sauce that didn’t taste nice. There wasn’t a difference between these two besides the texture of the noodles. There was vegetables and seafood that were great additions. Really heavy on the umami though. 3/5

Now for my family who ordered separate: the rice with pork, sunny side egg, and an egg cake (com bi thit nuong cha hot ga). My little brother ate it all so I’m sure he loves it. No complaints. 5/5

My father got the hu tieu mi nuoc. Said he likes it so 5/5.

Overall 4/5. Would I go back? Only if my family decides to. Not a place to visit regularly...

We just moved to this area from Alief area. We have our favorites on Bellaire (A Ly and Hai Cang), but it's now a bit of drive. We were recommended here by a friend, because we like A Ly on Bellaire. Initially we were disappointed they didn't have more seafood options (outside of lobster), but at the end of the meal we were impressed with everything we tried. The fried pork intestine (amazing!), salt and pepper pork ribs, the peking duck, the fried scallops, sauteed flat noodles with beef to name a few ... Some of the dishes are our regular orders at A Ly and we found here they tasted better, fresher. (Peking duck is comprable to A Ly). Price is on point with A Ly. Our entire family (6 total) ate here for ~150 with plenty of leftovers. Service was decent (We went on Christmas Eve) We are thrilled we have a spot up here we can enjoy with...

I had a party of 3 big tables and had to pay tips automatically even though the service so bad not only lack of service but also cheating on charges. They want to make more money saying water filter was broken so no free ice water. If filter is broken then why they have ice and some other smaller tables have ice water. They brought food to tables but one with no rice. We asked 3 times and still didn't have it . I had to go to the front and asked for it. So, we paid tips just for bring the food to the tables and had to beg for rice. I even have to refill my ice tea at the front. They should learn American ways and should not try to cheat their ways to profits. We never...