Yellow River Restaurant 何處覓小食

Like others mentioned, with new owner, portion/quantity got smaller with quality of food decline, saltier food, and increase in price. 2-3 pieces of small fried fish.. used to double with previous owner, it’s room temp so not as crispy and wonder if fresh. I pay $2 for extra and got 3 more pieces. It’s cheaper going to Panda Express with bigger portions.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 3

The first time I had been this place was 15 years ago and I become a regular. Recently I am so disappointed since the owner changed. It was okay until yesterday, I found they changed to cheap rice. All Asian know the rice is soul of food. The cheap rice makes okay food terribly. Even my 15 year old son can’t swallow it.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 2

Love to the food here, although looks like the portion getting a little smaller with their current styrofoam tray. One thing I'll never get here is their stick rice, or zonghi. Barely any meat in it, mostly peanuts and sticky rice of course smh.

UPDATE: price just gone up to $9!! Yikes.

We’re visiting Houston from NC, the food was absolutely amazing, not to mention, authentic! I’d highly recommend coming here, we’d definitely return! Also, the he staff is very kind. 11/10

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

If you are looking for affordable healthy cooking(REAL FOOD), this is the place to go. I can taste the fresh real food taste but no too much salt and no MSG. Good for my whole family, LOVE this place

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The man at the counter seemed to treat me differently. He said I could only get one meat because I asked if I could get noodles instead of rice. I’m not sure if this is standard or racial profiling. He also tried to stop me from getting what I wanted and claimed he could only “give me two pieces of beef” because it’s expensive. But I noticed another lady that was his same ethnicity got a regular spoonful of the beef without question. Also he was pressing me to get my order to go. I ended up getting two different types of chicken because I had things to do and wasn’t trying to argue with this man and he ended up upcharging $2 me so I could get two meats, two veggies and noodles. It gave “making this up as I go along” type of vibe. You definitely get what you pay for with this place but the plate did what it needed to do. Definitely have some extra sauce on hand. I would have never eaten here if I wasn’t on a budget. So black people beware.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 1

For a “beef” choice — they gave me two sad slices of beef drowning in daikon. When I asked, the owner said, “Beef is expensive.” Then don’t sell beef if you can’t afford to serve it. This isn’t a plate lunch, it’s a joke. Other restaurants lunch specials have way better value and varieties.

Try Tainan Bistro nearby. They have better selections for lunch and dinner plates at $8. It's reduced to $7 if you purchase a 20-meal card.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Went at 2pm on Friday. Disappointing food in quality. Service was friendly. Not worth it sorry.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 4

We always craved this and drive from Austin to get takeout. It’s really authentic food and all my Taiwanese friends love a lot. The store could be busy from time to time but everyone is very friendly :) we love the 鐵路便當and also fried rice noodles! (Found out the chicken roll is so good today and took 3 back to Austin lol

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

Since the new owner took over, the portion of lunch box was getting smaller and smaller.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 2

Cheapest meal you can find in Texas, great restaurants

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The service is enthusiastic and the price is fair. The curry chicken, three-cup chicken, tomato scrambled eggs and meatballs are good, but the others are average. Overall it's pretty good, I'll give it a second try.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

The only good dish to me was zongzi / rice dumplings  粽子 but a bit pricey. The bento box was so so but the price was reasonable.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 4

Nice people with affordable and complete meals

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Incredibly tasty and super friendly!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5