518 Chinese Cafe

Great place. Great food. Great service.

518 is a family owned diner the owners there really nice. My family eats here often, the food is so delicious and fresh you will not be disappointed. Sesame chicken , Gen. Tao's chicken , Kung Pao chicken , Orange chicken , Hunan beef are some of our favorites and are not overly saucy . The house salad with the homemade ginger dressing is delicious. The best deals to get the family dinner you get a appetizer and entrée , soup and salad for about $10.50 . There's always plenty left leftovers take-home .

I had the General Tso's Chicken and the Glaze was perfect, not syrupy at all like the other place! All the food is prepared from scratch daily and you can't beat that! The Shrimp with Lobster Sauce was full of big juicy Fresh Shrimp, they weren't rubbery like the other place I used to order from. Rubbery seafood is a good indicator of FROZEN not FRESH Shrimp and Scallops. I had the Spring Rolls with the Peanut Sauce and I like the Peanut Sauce so much I ordered an additional container and the owner was nice enough not to charge me for it. That's rare with restraunt's these days. I would give these fine folks 5 out of 5 STARS for Quality and Service. Also too, the lady that took my order on the phone to be delivered spoke perfect English, was patient and polite andhad some great suggestions. I can't believe how affordable 518 Cafe is. I pay almost twice as much when I go to Houston Chinese Restraunts.