Cafe Empress
Houston, TX 77064-1012
Phone: (281) 469-9966
- Price:
- $$
- Cross Street:
- Gessner Road
- Hours:
- Sun-Thu 10am-10pm, Fri-Sat 10am-10:30pm
Editorial Review for Cafe Empress – by Joshua Hinsdale
In Short
With a slick and contemporary Chinese-urban decor, Cafe Empress serves up a wide variety of traditional and original Asian-inspired dishes (look for holdovers from the Empress of China menu). Popular items include walnut shrimp, lettuce wraps, pot stickers, dumplings and a hot-and-sour soup that's a favorite of regulars. The sushi bar stocks fresh fish and shellfish and features daily specials designed by the resident chef. Dishes can be ordered with extra spice if desired.
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Insider Tips
Save MoneyPortions are generally quite large, so consider splitting an entree if you're not too hungry.
When to GoThe dining room can get a bit loud, so noise-sensitive diners may consider avoiding peak times.
User Reviews for Cafe Empress
01/06/2007 Posted by gfl
When I first drove by I thought it was Cafe Express and never really cared about it until a friend of mine told me that there is this wonderful restaurant on 249 and gessner. I went to meet him up and then realized that it was not a cafe express but cafe empress. I went inside and was amazed. From the outside it looked as if it were some type of joe bloe place, but as I walked in I was very surprised. Beautiful contempary design and awesome lookin bar. Sat down and then had one of the best meals I've had in a long time. These guys need to advertise more. I looked on the wall and saw that they one some national awards as well. To my surprise this place wasnt corporate. Anyways Loved it. GFD
10/28/2006 Posted by wineloverxoxo
Still the best Asia fusion food in town - one of our favorites. We are definitely regulars to this restaurant and after trying out the restaurants around the area (Taipei, PF Changs, Hido, etc.) I wish they were located closer to town so more of our friends could try it out. Everytime we go in, we order something different...someimtes I'm in the sushi mood, sometimes steak/wine mood, sometimes Chinese food mood, but most of the time I go, I order their Chilean sea bass and get amaretto chocolate souffle to finish it up. Great ambiance - always guaranteed a great dining experience.
Pros: FOOD, ambiance
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