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Sam's Cafe

Restaurant Chinese restaurant Meal delivery Asian restaurant

Vast menu of Chinese lunch & dinner specials served in a simple spot with delivery & takeout. People often mention dine, rice,


Address

920 Studemont St #438, Houston, TX 77007

Website

www.grubhub.com

Contact

(713) 861-1109

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

2.90 (334 reviews)

Open on Google Maps

Working Hours

  • Thursday: 11 AM to 11:30 PM
  • Friday: 11 AM to 11:30 PM
  • Saturday: 11 AM to 11:30 PM
  • Sunday: 11 AM to 11:30 PM
  • Monday: 11 AM to 11:30 PM
  • Tuesday: 11 AM to 11:30 PM
  • Wednesday: 11 AM to 11:30 PM

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: dine (8) rice (7)
Reviews are sorted by relevance, prioritizing the most helpful and insightful feedback at the top for easier reference.
  • 1/5 DeAnza C. 7 years ago on Google
    If no stars were available I'd leave them. I just moved to Houston so I've not eaten at many places in town. I had a long day, was hungry and wanted to sit down and eat. I was in the neighborhood and picked this place. I walk in and all the staff was eating. The lady operating the front counter comes up and says they are having lunch and it would be about 20 min wait because they were having lunch and I could come back then if I liked. I said that I would wait because I was already here. I ordered my food and asked for fried rice instead of steamed. My order is ready and I go sit back at my table a few minutes later she comes saying they don't have dine in today. She really wanted me to leave he restaurant which is clearly a dine in restaurant with dine in on the door and tables to eat. She says they don't have the staff this week to clean (you can see in pictures what a big mess she had to wipe up after 🙁) up the front and it was 5 ppl having lunch with her when I walked in. I understand businesses encounter short staff sometimes and have to improvise but don't not inform me that you're supposedly not doing dine in after you take my money. She actually never asked was it dine in but claimed I told her I was carrying out. Which is a lie because I deliberately looked for a place to dine in. I asked for my money back and she didn't want to do that "because I touched it" so I'm now taking my time dining in to eat my food and write this review because I didn't buy it to sit and eat in my car. The rice is horrible (it's just regular tasting white rice with a few pieces of egg), but I was going to accept that before the no dine in situation; the chicken is okay but service is flat out horrible. Oh and she's watching me eat.... so that's gonna be even slower eating from me. If you're not accepting dine in put a sign up! Especially since there's a nice size yellow sign on the door stating smile you're on camera. I guess they think the world is out to steal their dear Chinese food 😒
    5 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Maria B. 9 months ago on Google
    Ordered through Uber Eats, we ordered orange chicken , beef & broccoli, and the lo mein combo, something gave us food poisoning. A couple of hours after eating we had fever, dhiarrea and nausea. Sticking with Panda Express next time.
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Dekeith T. 7 months ago on Google
    When I say the food was bad, IT WAS BAD, I ordered dinner from here from Uber eats. I had never tried their food and decided to give it a try BAD MISTAKE lol. The food tasted so bland and I was honestly confused because I’ve never had bad Chinese food, anyways I ended up throwing it out and ordering Taco Bell. Don’t waste your money because I sadly did.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Holly C. 7 months ago on Google
    It was a Friday night and wanted Chinese food. It was close to 9:00pm. Most Chinese was closing & found this place. Failed to check the reviews, until after I had placed the $50 online order. My friend will pretty much eat anything and loves Chinese and he didn't even like it. He said, it tasted old. I did not eat any of mine, cuz I could tell by the way it smelled in the car. I should have known by the name of the place. Won't be back?
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Erick G. 6 months ago on Google
    I was on Uber eats and I ordered according to what Uber eats allowed and the promotion going on the restaurant cancelled my order and when I called he was saying I had to order $40 worth of food to get the promotion that was on Uber eats that says BOGO free. Cheaters
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Chad S. 9 months ago on Google
    The rice is horrible made THIS IS NOT CHINESE...THIS IS A INSULT TO ME AND MY MONEY DO NOT EAT HERE ....HOW HARD IS IT TO MAKE TASty rice
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Colin S. 4 months ago on Google
    Have been ordering once a week for a few weeks now and it's consistently delicious. Any changes we make like chicken instead of pork no onions they always adjust without hesitation.

  • 5/5 R S. 6 months ago on Google
    General Tso's and shrimp fried rice was good

  • 1/5 Marci M. 4 months ago on Google
    I had my food delivered to me and the fried wing or the lo mein doesn’t look nothing like what’s displayed on the menu. The wings were horrible they weren’t even wigs they have me pieces of a wing.

  • 2/5 Bree F. 4 months ago on Google
    This place was rated 4.6 on DoorDash so I order whole I was in a hotel nearby. The chicken tasted like to had been microwaved several times before being served and was just plain gross. The fried rice had zero flavor and was crunchy and dry. Definitely read the reviews outside of DoorDash before ordering. I wish I had and saved myself $30 of horrible tasting food.

  • 1/5 Dani 3 months ago on Google New
    I only ate a few bites, and this is the only thing I ate today. I spent almost $40. I’m a really slow eater, so about an hour after it arrived, my stomach is instantly messed up. And I won’t go into details how so. Never again. I ate the crab rangoons and honey shrimp.


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Amenities


  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Quick bite
    • ✓️ Comfort food
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Healthy options
  • Popular for
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Solo dining
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible entrance
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible restroom
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible parking lot
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Takeout
    • ✓️ Delivery

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