They serve illegal endangered species which requires participation in illegal black markets.Avoid this place.
Nick Johnson
I love this place! I’ve eaten here since the late 80s. It’s sad to see them struggle after Covid, but they’re hanging on. Please eat here! Support local! The food is amazing in spite of the building being run down. Their wine selection Bo’s INSANE!
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 5
Service: 5
teresa maldonado
The best food!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Real Noesis
The place was empty, and the lady stated that I needed to have reservations at least 24 hours in advance in order for me to have the privilege to eat in. So, I asked for carryout and was told that they don't do carryout because the food will be too expensive for me to pay for. Thats when I realized that I was not welcome in their establishment. The only thing I can assume was that they only serve certain folks in there, and I don't fit their profile. Their bad, and from other comments I read, I am glad that I did not eat their food.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
Tom Provost
Every time we go, the food is on point and the service is exceptional.It is a family run business with everything made in house, none of the prepackaged sauces, etc.Specials are always incredible and he always has something new to try.The wine.When you walk in, look around the second room. Walls and walls of wine to choose from.Will never stop going to Van's, they have become like family over the years.
M Flurgle
This is a timeless family restaurant. If you love family dynamics and great food, I strongly recommend this lovely establishment.
April Hernandez
Shrimp peppercorn was delicious!
Benjamin N.
First off, the smell of open sewer hits you from the second you walk into the restaurant. They try to hide the smell with a flowery cover up, but frankly, that makes it worse. Once sitting, you're told that dozens of things on the menu aren't available and that every price is $5 more expensive than marked. We got up and left. I suggest you don't make the same mistake we did by coming here in the first place.
Carmen M.
This place was busted earlier this year for having 381 shark fins in its freezer. Sharks are amazing animals whose existence predates that of both dinosaurs and trees and who have survived four major mass extinctions of life on Earth. In the shark-finning industry, sharks are pulled out of the ocean onto a fishing vessel, where workers typically cut off the sharks' fins without painkillers and then throw the bleeding and writhing animals back into the water to die.
CLOSED—looks like permanently. They can’t be courteous enough to update this on the Google search. It has the prior opening times. On top of that, they have a bright neon sign that says open. How ridiculous is that. I don’t understand what their problem is. They obviously don’t care about any customers.
todd bales
Eat here at your own risk. The place is filthy. I was sick for 2 days after a horrible meal. The health department should shut this place down. If ZERO stars were an option, that's what would have given.
huong luu
This place was just on the news for trading shark fins, which is illegal in TX. If you eat here, you give support to the shark finning practice perpetrated primarily by the Chinese who have been depleting the entire world's fish stock. I hope the authority fines them out of business.
M
“When they cut off the fins, the shark is still alive, and then only 1 to 5 percent of the shark even gets used,” Vice President for U.S. Oceans at Oceana Jacqueline Savitz said after Abbott signed the bill. “The bodies of the shark are then thrown back into the ocean, only to drown, starve or die a slow death.”NEVER give money to this place.
W C
So sad that this place would mess with sharks. I remember going here once the food was disgusting. Plus they had a petty parking war with the restaurant next door. ?
Solid egg
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
They serve illegal endangered species which requires participation in illegal black markets.Avoid this place.
I love this place! I’ve eaten here since the late 80s. It’s sad to see them struggle after Covid, but they’re hanging on. Please eat here! Support local! The food is amazing in spite of the building being run down. Their wine selection Bo’s INSANE!
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 5
Service: 5
The best food!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The place was empty, and the lady stated that I needed to have reservations at least 24 hours in advance in order for me to have the privilege to eat in. So, I asked for carryout and was told that they don't do carryout because the food will be too expensive for me to pay for. Thats when I realized that I was not welcome in their establishment. The only thing I can assume was that they only serve certain folks in there, and I don't fit their profile. Their bad, and from other comments I read, I am glad that I did not eat their food.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
Every time we go, the food is on point and the service is exceptional.It is a family run business with everything made in house, none of the prepackaged sauces, etc.Specials are always incredible and he always has something new to try.The wine.When you walk in, look around the second room. Walls and walls of wine to choose from.Will never stop going to Van's, they have become like family over the years.
This is a timeless family restaurant. If you love family dynamics and great food, I strongly recommend this lovely establishment.
Shrimp peppercorn was delicious!
First off, the smell of open sewer hits you from the second you walk into the restaurant. They try to hide the smell with a flowery cover up, but frankly, that makes it worse. Once sitting, you're told that dozens of things on the menu aren't available and that every price is $5 more expensive than marked. We got up and left. I suggest you don't make the same mistake we did by coming here in the first place.
This place was busted earlier this year for having 381 shark fins in its freezer. Sharks are amazing animals whose existence predates that of both dinosaurs and trees and who have survived four major mass extinctions of life on Earth. In the shark-finning industry, sharks are pulled out of the ocean onto a fishing vessel, where workers typically cut off the sharks' fins without painkillers and then throw the bleeding and writhing animals back into the water to die.
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CLOSED—looks like permanently. They can’t be courteous enough to update this on the Google search. It has the prior opening times. On top of that, they have a bright neon sign that says open. How ridiculous is that. I don’t understand what their problem is. They obviously don’t care about any customers.
Eat here at your own risk. The place is filthy. I was sick for 2 days after a horrible meal. The health department should shut this place down. If ZERO stars were an option, that's what would have given.
This place was just on the news for trading shark fins, which is illegal in TX. If you eat here, you give support to the shark finning practice perpetrated primarily by the Chinese who have been depleting the entire world's fish stock. I hope the authority fines them out of business.
“When they cut off the fins, the shark is still alive, and then only 1 to 5 percent of the shark even gets used,” Vice President for U.S. Oceans at Oceana Jacqueline Savitz said after Abbott signed the bill. “The bodies of the shark are then thrown back into the ocean, only to drown, starve or die a slow death.”NEVER give money to this place.
So sad that this place would mess with sharks. I remember going here once the food was disgusting. Plus they had a petty parking war with the restaurant next door. ?