Cocktails are really unique and theres various Japanese whiskeys to try. The chicken katsu is so good! ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tamarind Garlic Seared Ahi, Pork Egg Roll Bao Taco 2 pcs, Katsu Crispy Tofu Bao Taco 2 pcs, Nori French Fries, Pork Belly Bao
Caleb Larsen
Good bao buns, very affordable. A little on the slower side but it seems like everything is made fresh, so it was worth the wait. The drinks were AMAZING. Will definitely be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Small Plates
ricky church
hmm. *tilts head* *quizzical look* *confused cute dog sound*. i am a human, a patron of this establishment on this very evening. firstly, i hope very much to return in the appropriate amount of time to change this rating into a solid five with no complaints and a sincere apology for what you are soon to read. the vibe here, no way else to describe, is simply.. "off". uncomfortable in some unpronounceable way. the staff is very friendly, very helpful, kind, warm, and nice. i am sure each and every person working there was giving their best and i saw that in the fantastic service. immediately upon entering, it is clean, well designed. we are directed to sit anywhere we like and order from the qr code on the table. no problem about that. i decided to order whatever i thought had the highest probability of making me sick, as then i would more easily be able to say if the food was bad or not. my ahi tuna bao bun arrived in reasonable amount of time on a flimsy plastic square plate-type-item, and there is only plastic cutlery and paper plates. while this in itself is not a problem, i do think that the overhead of 1 or 2 sets of real plates would actually be financially beneficial over disposables. this is also a bit of a bizarre choice for the cocktails-and-tapas menu. my bao was surprisingly good, i enjoyed the eating of it. 2 hours later on the toilet at the bar next door was a different story. the most egregious failure though, was in the drinks. even if i wasn't impressed with the food, surely, i thought, i could get a delightful cocktail out of this. i order the "spicy me". it has tequila so that's the one i pick. (i only drink tequila). it comes at least 10 minutes later, that's fine. the presentation was shocking. a thin glass absolutely packed with ice that looked liked olives, and a color that screamed bloody mary, but was not at all. very off-putting. "maybe it's delicious!" i think, ever the optimist. all i could say after the sip was, "wow. how bizarre". an almost fake kind of spicy, a very obviously fake syrup sweet, it somehow seemed thick. it took me longer than normal to suck down that bit of liquid. my friend hardly put a dent in hers, totally different drink, but somehow just about exactly the same experience. the man working there, the only one it seemed to be in front of house, was extremely pleasant and i hope he doesn't take this personally. he even offered me another drink on him as he saw i was done, and i will say as an alcoholic, this may have been the first time i have ever turned down such an offer, not only because i simply could not bear the thought of consuming another serving of whatever the hell liquid i would given if i accepted, but also i was ready to get out of there! all this said- i very much wish the owners and employees the best and hope this place can grow and flourish to be everything it can. i wish i could be more specific with why the vibe is bad, but it just is.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 4
Brandon Menley
If I could give lower stars I would this place is a scam and it’s absolutely terrible. Don’t believe any other reviews they just paid those people to advertise. They use plastic utensils and paper plates the portions are very tiny. The water is tap water and room temp no ice. The service is non existent you have to get a QR code from a dirty ripped up paper that sits on the table and then pay on your phone before the food even comes. So idk what the tip would even be for and the food was disgusting got veggie egg rolls and they are essentially refried frozen egg rolls with a greasy aspect to them and the ginger rice taste like it’s been sitting out for days and my parents got the bao tacos and they were straight dough and inedible.the windows and the tables and entire establishment is dirty and not cleaned feels like this place belongs at the food court at a poverty mall.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
James Bailey
Such kind souls! They were celebrating a birthday and we came in to dash. They gave us a free menu item and offered tea and cake. Would recommend you stop by, so yummy!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Savielo
Took forever to come out and when it did it was like being served a Meal Simple from HEB. Overrated.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Cecilia H
I just ate here and it was awesome. I love how well everything was packaged and it was delicious.
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Nori French Fries, Pork Belly Bao
J J
* Pork Belly Bao Tacos: Buns were slightly warm, pork was cold. However, the pork was well-marinated. It took 25 minutes to receive this dish.* Katsu Chicken Bao Tacos: Buns were slightly warm, chicken was perfectly cooked and served. This was my favorite. It took an additional 15 minutes to receive this dish after the first Bao taco.* Sweet Potato Glass Noodle with Grilled Chicken: This was a plain and simple dish, nothing extraordinary. It took an additional 10 minutes to receive this dish after the second Bao taco.Overall, the service was very slow. Even though the restaurant only had 10 people inside, it took a long time to receive the food. The men's restrooms smelled like sewage, and the food menu was limited. The price point was reasonable, though, at around $27. While the bao tacos are the restaurant's specialty, they were disappointing.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 2
Diane Baker
I had visited Max's a few months ago and was incredibly impressed. Every aspect was perfect - the ambiance was fantastic, lighting was conducive to a date night setting, music was amazing, the wait staff interacted with us...the most amazing part was the delicious and potent drinks, and amazing menu choices. I LOVED the grilled pear salad, and enjoyed the grilled shrimp with rice. My partner had a chicken dish which was also amazing. I considered renting out the whole space for my grandkids upcoming graduation dinner. Fast forward to yesterday when I took my daughter there for a belated birthday dinner. The menu has completely changed. No more pear salad, no more shrimp with rice. Their format is now bao tacos. The menu has been downgraded (it seems to me), silverware has been replaced with plastic utensils, and ceramic plates downgraded to paper plates. We still had a nice time but I was not nearly as impressed with the menu options. I'll give them another try but since I didn't enjoy the dish I ordered yesterday, I would need to try something different. I hope this restaurant survives but it's doubtful if I would be content for very long with their new menu options. Maybe bring back some of the old menu for more options...?Kid-friendliness: Kids are welcome here, if well behaved. It's more of an adult place.
Great Asian fusion tapas and drinks at affordable prices. Our favorites were the seared ahi tuna bao tacos and the katsu sea bass bao tacos.I highly recommend this great place.
First time going here. Order from table and 2 tacos come per order. Took a while to get our food with 3 kids. It's most likely a date spot, not great for kids. Servers were friendly but not overly helpful. But once we got our food it was really good. ?Parking: 30+Kid-friendliness: Not really. Better for date night.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Small Plates
Jacqueline Ellis
Still has some kinks to work out but the food was good! Prices were fair, staff was friendly. The single use plastic situation was a little out of control though. Not a single reusable customer dish in site. Won't be back until this is resolved
Josh Ellis
Definitely not a great place for dinner. Maybe lunch? Zero for service... we never saw a waiter or anyone else to help us except the busser. Order via your phone and hope for the best. Lots of alcohol but no options for something simple like a basic soda. You can't even get plain water without waiting on the bar tender. Because of this you have to order some specialty drink and wait 15m+ to get it.And it took 50 minutes to get our order.Kid-friendliness: I wouldn't recommend it.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
Jeremy Vicars
We love this place! Amazing service. Amazing food. Amazing cocktails.
Highly recommended! Great food!
Cocktails are really unique and theres various Japanese whiskeys to try. The chicken katsu is so good! ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tamarind Garlic Seared Ahi, Pork Egg Roll Bao Taco 2 pcs, Katsu Crispy Tofu Bao Taco 2 pcs, Nori French Fries, Pork Belly Bao
Good bao buns, very affordable. A little on the slower side but it seems like everything is made fresh, so it was worth the wait. The drinks were AMAZING. Will definitely be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Small Plates
hmm. *tilts head* *quizzical look* *confused cute dog sound*. i am a human, a patron of this establishment on this very evening. firstly, i hope very much to return in the appropriate amount of time to change this rating into a solid five with no complaints and a sincere apology for what you are soon to read. the vibe here, no way else to describe, is simply.. "off". uncomfortable in some unpronounceable way. the staff is very friendly, very helpful, kind, warm, and nice. i am sure each and every person working there was giving their best and i saw that in the fantastic service. immediately upon entering, it is clean, well designed. we are directed to sit anywhere we like and order from the qr code on the table. no problem about that. i decided to order whatever i thought had the highest probability of making me sick, as then i would more easily be able to say if the food was bad or not. my ahi tuna bao bun arrived in reasonable amount of time on a flimsy plastic square plate-type-item, and there is only plastic cutlery and paper plates. while this in itself is not a problem, i do think that the overhead of 1 or 2 sets of real plates would actually be financially beneficial over disposables. this is also a bit of a bizarre choice for the cocktails-and-tapas menu. my bao was surprisingly good, i enjoyed the eating of it. 2 hours later on the toilet at the bar next door was a different story. the most egregious failure though, was in the drinks. even if i wasn't impressed with the food, surely, i thought, i could get a delightful cocktail out of this. i order the "spicy me". it has tequila so that's the one i pick. (i only drink tequila). it comes at least 10 minutes later, that's fine. the presentation was shocking. a thin glass absolutely packed with ice that looked liked olives, and a color that screamed bloody mary, but was not at all. very off-putting. "maybe it's delicious!" i think, ever the optimist. all i could say after the sip was, "wow. how bizarre". an almost fake kind of spicy, a very obviously fake syrup sweet, it somehow seemed thick. it took me longer than normal to suck down that bit of liquid. my friend hardly put a dent in hers, totally different drink, but somehow just about exactly the same experience. the man working there, the only one it seemed to be in front of house, was extremely pleasant and i hope he doesn't take this personally. he even offered me another drink on him as he saw i was done, and i will say as an alcoholic, this may have been the first time i have ever turned down such an offer, not only because i simply could not bear the thought of consuming another serving of whatever the hell liquid i would given if i accepted, but also i was ready to get out of there! all this said- i very much wish the owners and employees the best and hope this place can grow and flourish to be everything it can. i wish i could be more specific with why the vibe is bad, but it just is.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 4
If I could give lower stars I would this place is a scam and it’s absolutely terrible. Don’t believe any other reviews they just paid those people to advertise. They use plastic utensils and paper plates the portions are very tiny. The water is tap water and room temp no ice. The service is non existent you have to get a QR code from a dirty ripped up paper that sits on the table and then pay on your phone before the food even comes. So idk what the tip would even be for and the food was disgusting got veggie egg rolls and they are essentially refried frozen egg rolls with a greasy aspect to them and the ginger rice taste like it’s been sitting out for days and my parents got the bao tacos and they were straight dough and inedible.the windows and the tables and entire establishment is dirty and not cleaned feels like this place belongs at the food court at a poverty mall.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Such kind souls! They were celebrating a birthday and we came in to dash. They gave us a free menu item and offered tea and cake. Would recommend you stop by, so yummy!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Took forever to come out and when it did it was like being served a Meal Simple from HEB. Overrated.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
I just ate here and it was awesome. I love how well everything was packaged and it was delicious.
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Nori French Fries, Pork Belly Bao
* Pork Belly Bao Tacos: Buns were slightly warm, pork was cold. However, the pork was well-marinated. It took 25 minutes to receive this dish.* Katsu Chicken Bao Tacos: Buns were slightly warm, chicken was perfectly cooked and served. This was my favorite. It took an additional 15 minutes to receive this dish after the first Bao taco.* Sweet Potato Glass Noodle with Grilled Chicken: This was a plain and simple dish, nothing extraordinary. It took an additional 10 minutes to receive this dish after the second Bao taco.Overall, the service was very slow. Even though the restaurant only had 10 people inside, it took a long time to receive the food. The men's restrooms smelled like sewage, and the food menu was limited. The price point was reasonable, though, at around $27. While the bao tacos are the restaurant's specialty, they were disappointing.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 2
I had visited Max's a few months ago and was incredibly impressed. Every aspect was perfect - the ambiance was fantastic, lighting was conducive to a date night setting, music was amazing, the wait staff interacted with us...the most amazing part was the delicious and potent drinks, and amazing menu choices. I LOVED the grilled pear salad, and enjoyed the grilled shrimp with rice. My partner had a chicken dish which was also amazing. I considered renting out the whole space for my grandkids upcoming graduation dinner. Fast forward to yesterday when I took my daughter there for a belated birthday dinner. The menu has completely changed. No more pear salad, no more shrimp with rice. Their format is now bao tacos. The menu has been downgraded (it seems to me), silverware has been replaced with plastic utensils, and ceramic plates downgraded to paper plates. We still had a nice time but I was not nearly as impressed with the menu options. I'll give them another try but since I didn't enjoy the dish I ordered yesterday, I would need to try something different. I hope this restaurant survives but it's doubtful if I would be content for very long with their new menu options. Maybe bring back some of the old menu for more options...?Kid-friendliness: Kids are welcome here, if well behaved. It's more of an adult place.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Egg Roll Wraps
Restaurantji Recommends
Great Asian fusion tapas and drinks at affordable prices. Our favorites were the seared ahi tuna bao tacos and the katsu sea bass bao tacos.I highly recommend this great place.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tamarind Garlic Seared Ahi, Seared Ahi Tuna, Small Plates
First time going here. Order from table and 2 tacos come per order. Took a while to get our food with 3 kids. It's most likely a date spot, not great for kids. Servers were friendly but not overly helpful. But once we got our food it was really good. ?Parking: 30+Kid-friendliness: Not really. Better for date night.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Small Plates
Still has some kinks to work out but the food was good! Prices were fair, staff was friendly. The single use plastic situation was a little out of control though. Not a single reusable customer dish in site. Won't be back until this is resolved
Definitely not a great place for dinner. Maybe lunch? Zero for service... we never saw a waiter or anyone else to help us except the busser. Order via your phone and hope for the best. Lots of alcohol but no options for something simple like a basic soda. You can't even get plain water without waiting on the bar tender. Because of this you have to order some specialty drink and wait 15m+ to get it.And it took 50 minutes to get our order.Kid-friendliness: I wouldn't recommend it.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
We love this place! Amazing service. Amazing food. Amazing cocktails.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Seared Ahi Tuna, Ribeye Taco, Small Plates, Lemongrass Shrimp, Roasted Acorn Squash, Hawaiian Edamame