Ming's Cafe

07/09/2008 Posted by krstnlb

Mings is a YUMMY and inexpensive quick bite! After getting precooked BBQ chicken, squash, corn, tomatoes, and potato salad for my dinner guests at Central Market, I ended up making a fast run to Mings. After 1 bite of the CM food, I asked my guests if they disliked the food from CM as much as I did. 1 phone call, a 15min cook time for Mings, 5 min drive home and WAALAA.....we were all having dinner with a smile on our faces. Huge dishes, low cook times, great prices and FANTASTIC food!

Pros: Great food, cook times, outdoor seating, low prices

07/05/2008 Posted by booboo3

The food here is okay but surely not the best. But, the service is terrible. The little lady who's behind the counter behaves as though she hates her job and that you're just a big interruption of her otherwise miserable day. The food is not worth the attitude if you ask me.

Pros: pretty good food

Cons: poor service

08/14/2007 Posted by emsmwhite

My friend does business over in that area often, and calls just to tell me he's eating at Ming's, just to make me jealous. I absolutley love all of their food, and, by this point, I think I've worked through all of their chicken dishes, having yet to find one that had a bad taste. Some weren't my thing, but they were all good, and cooked to order. My favourite fall backk meal is just a nice big plate of their unbeatable chicken fried rice with an eggroll. I LOVE it and highly reccomend it!

Pros: Best chicken dishes anywhere!

Cons: Parking, seating.

07/19/2007 Posted by tergiversate

my favorite Chinese food place! yes, it is tiny and sometimes parking can be a problem, but for quick and tasty Chinese food it hits all the right spots. there is a little dry erase board that shows the day's specials (take a look), but I always go back for the Gen. Tso chicken combo. includes drink, sweet and sour chicken, and fried rice. they use white meat in the chicken, it's not painfully spicy (pleasantly tingly I suppose, since not a huge fan of spicy food), and nice medley of jullianed carrots/onions/zucchini. however, found the Chinese green bean special with beef BLAH. friend had Singapore noodles, which was curry and rather spicy (but does clear your sinuses).

04/24/2007 Posted by goingnuts

when i first moved to houston, ming's cafe gave me this impression that the place is incredibly tiny and run down but its always packed. ming's cafe is a great place to eat because its not too expensive, the food is tasty, and the ladies there are very polite. the cooks are mexican, but i guess its ok because im not too snotty about the whole authentic food deal. i mean, come on, this is america. i think they have good fried rice so i would recommend that.

02/15/2007 Posted by prnnstatebill

Love the apitizers, their rolls are varied and great, portion size of main course is pleantiful and very FLAVORFUL. Deserts, I do not know never had enough room to try one.

Pros: it is the total package

Cons: the first time hard to find, in corner of strip mall

02/10/2006 Posted by texmex1

Ming's is the best quick Chinese food in Houston! Go on a Thurs night and check out the Motorcycles that gather there!

Pros: Egg Rolls, Fresh Food, Value for the $$

12/08/2005 Posted by mattox1984

Ming's is good for an hour lunch. The shrimp fried rice is fresh, never greasy. I never had anything greasy here. The wait isn't long and the service is good.

Pros: cheap, good, popular

11/03/2005 Posted by annferer

They are ok, I go there often on the weekends. The food is fine, it is sort of fast food but eating outside on the deck is fun. I like it. Don't expect fine cooking... but I recommend the place for a fast fix. :)

04/17/2005 Posted by baash05

I read about how great this restaurant was and everything, so thought I would give it a try. The food was not necessarily bad but it wasn't good either. I went around 3 PM so missed the lunch specials, but spending $8.50 I expected to get soup or an egg roll instead of just plan rice as a side. However, the quantity served was plenty but the sauce used in the dish was bland and probably a rehash used in every other dish. I tried better small chinese restaurants than this, better quality and value. I believe this is just another Montrose area restaurant that runs on hype rather than substance.