Cooking Girl - Houston

I was really excited to try this place. I checked the review score but didn’t read the reviews. The food wasn’t flavorful or memorable. The server tried her best but it looked like she was the only one working — which is it’s own issue but also ruins the customer experience.Food: 3/5

This is the literal description of a “HIDDEN GEM!”This restaurant in the heart of Medical Center in Houston is so good!When you drive by it can be easy to miss, so don’t blink!The staff is so nice and attentive, I love the fact they give you the story of the food the make there, they even tell you what part of Asia this food comes and why is a little spicy.Its cute in the inside and the also sell alcohol.But let’s talk about the food, first of all the dishes are family size, and the make every dish right, with enough veggies or protein .Oh! And they bring a huge bowl of steamed rice for your food!We ordered an appetizer that had cucumbers and a sweet sauce, little spicy but so delicious and fresh.And we also got the noodles and vegetables and the king pap chicken. Very very delicious!

A wonderful find. This Sichuan place has many offerings at various heat levels but I ordered this super flavorful, very spicy dry fried pork. It had a lot of bird's eye chilies so I had to order a Thai tea to manage the heat. The waitresses were kind and helpful. The restaurant was neat, clean, and calming. I liked the atmosphere. I'll be back again.

I've been dining and doing to go orders here since they first started. Things are getting bad. My food took 40 minutes to arrive. The waitresses thought I had already had my food. Where did she think the big bowl went? lol. The restaurant only had one more party. They can't blame the mistake of being busy. The waitress also had a very hard time understanding us. We had a big group of us as it was a birthday celebration. The sad part is that the ac was not working and there are not any signs on the building. The roof is falling apart with the mold. It stinks like mold on there now. They also didn't offer any appetizers or any discount for the 40 min wait for my food. They also seem to be bothered when you ask them for rice. Before you would automatically get it with the order. I mean, the bill was almost $200. Don't be cheap when it comes to rice. Hope things get better soon before they lose all their customers.

Pretty authentic Chinese food in a nice decorated restaurant. Fried pork dumplings really good and crunchy. The noddles with beef chicken and shrimp were good but not the best and the black pepper beef really good (it comes with a lot of white rice). I will come back to try other things.Vegetarian options: There is a section just with vegetable. Also starters has some vegetarian options.Parking: Parking is small.