Yum Yum Cha Cafe
(713) 527-8455
2435 Times Blvd
Houston,
TX
77005
29.7166
-95.4156
Neighborhoods: South Central, University Place
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In Short
Save the drive into Chinatown for this cozy Village spot run by an experienced father daughter team. Expect a relaxed dining experience and authentic, all day dim sum. The menu features photos of the varied dim sum offerings (more than 60 items), including dumplings, buns and more. All items are made fresh when ordered (preventing the need for noisy dim sum carts) and the menu includes small, medium and large size items.
User Reviews
Ontarget
March 30, 2009
I hosted a family meal on Sunday afternoon, 3/29/2009 at this quaint establishment. One of our orders was for the pork and peanut dumplings, a highly regarded item per numerous reviews. My daughter ate her's then alerted me to a maggot (yes, a fly's immature larva) that was on her plate. I notified the front of the house staff, received a week excuse that this was instead a caterpillar (this was better?), but my years in law enforcement qualifies me to know the difference. We were given the opportunity to leave without a check. I notified the City and a quick inspection this morning, 3/30, turned up minor violations, which could be expected due to horrific nature of the Sunday experience. I leave it to your imagination where offending foodstuff went before the inspector arrived. Just a note. Our family traveled China extensively in 2007, never experiencing a problem with food handling, preparation or safety. It is sad that we discover that Houston fell flat on it's face at the heart of such a vibrant area of our community.
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feedme123
March 21, 2009
Did this place switch owners? I have not been in a while but wanted to treat some friends to dim sum. The five of us walked in and I immediately see four empty tables and one guy sitting at a table for six. Well, the owner refused to put two tables together. We offered to sit at a table for four but were refused. The waitress said that was the owner's orders but said she can take our names and give us a call when a table opens up. Needless to say, we left and none of us will ever return again.
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vivacleo
March 10, 2009
The location is great since it's not in the traffic mess of most Dim Sum places. There's normally no crowds. We had three bad experiences before we just had enough. All three were hair incidents. One was a short black hair in the cup of soda. A sip hadn't even been taken and the waitress gave us a dirty look. Then we found hair in our shu mai. And the last time they were so rude to us when we walked in, probably because we pointed out the previous hair incidents, we just left. It would have been awesome to have a dim sum place in Rice Village but the food isn't good enough to keep patronizing such rude people and mediocre food hygiene.
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Restaurant Special Features:
Family-Friendly Dining, Lunch Spot, Group Dining, Cheap Eats
