Kim Son

My overall experience was okay here, we’ve been wanting to try it since we drive by constantly and we ordered a variety of food, crab Rangoon and a bowl of soup. The crab Rangoon had little to no filling I took a picture after a bite and had but a smidge of filling. Soup had good flavor but came out lukewarm. The entrees on the other hand were pretty decent. The service was good and the waitress was attentive at filling our drinks though

I hadn’t been to this location in quite some time and it was just as I remembered. You get really good food here for not at lot of cost 💵. The General Tso’s is pretty good and so is the Chinese Wonton Soup. Phong was a very attentive waiter and we got our food quickly. Glad to see this place is still a great spot for a good meal.

The ambiance is great and wonderfully decorated! Then.... they took the decorations down as we were eating. Apparently, the cool decorations were only for the Chinese New Year. What a letdown. The menu does not accurately describe the food. I was so hungry and they brought out the crispy noodle dinner which had mushrooms in it. That was NOT in the description. I have a very bad mushroom allergy and had I not visualized them before I ate I would be in the hospital. The staff was very gracious and accommodating and fixed me a new dish quickly. It was delicious. My friend had the dish Ginger-Scallion Fish and she commented that it was just the right amount of spices.

The food was terrible. We ordered Uber eats of two servings of shrimp fried rice, but the rice was undercooked and had a crunchy texture. The sweet and sour shrimp was over-fried with too much baking powder, making them resemble donuts instead of shrimp. Even with the sauce, the dish was inedible. It was a complete waste of money.

I was totally disappointed with my dish. I got the sizzling chicken pot. I can say it's frozen chicken nuggets with onions 🌰, green peppers sauté in a clear base called gravy. I hope that the homeless lady enjoyed it because I certainly didn't

Went in early evening, the place is still quite. Got seated right way. The place is clean, even the bathroom is clean as well. The service is good. Only the food that not totally satisfied with. The food came quick, but it doesn’t hit. The stired fried dishes is ok. However, the tofu in Buddha Delight is off, it’s kinda hallow, no taste to it, too chewy. First time having Pad Thai ever, and had it here, it’s not expectedly good. The only flavors I could taste is Spicy and sweetness. Asking for vegetarian option thought there would be some tofu but none. I think it might be available upon request. Was looking for some veggies dumplings, not much available on dinner menu. Pho Deluxe is good, compare to other places. The only favorite of all is Brown Rice that come with the dish, it’s crunchy, and nutty. I like the brown rice. Overall, a good place for a meal.

Had a great beef and shrimp fried rice here. Service was good, our server was always refilling our drinks and the food came out pretty quickly. I also tried the crab rangoons and they were amazing. Just a great experience all around. The parking situation was pretty bad though. They have a ballroom on the second floor for events, and I'm sure it's not always like this, but the parking was completely full due to one and a pain to navigate due to being surrounded by one way streets.

The Atmosphere was very nice, they has a Koi Pond inside of the restaurant, the ambiance was nice also.. The service was very fast and the people were very nice and friendly, they were always asking if we were ok.. very good service.. I ordered the Killer Combo Vermacelli Bowl and it has beef, chicken and shrimp, it was very delicious and was in a very large portion.. Hubby has the Moo Goo Gi Pan and he says it was very delicious too.. has some spring rolls for appetizers but those fell alittle flat with no flavor.. Overall it was a very good experience and I will be back..

This was my first time ever in this restaurant. I grew up in the Heights and always wanted to eat here. I thought this was such a cool place. Today (5/23/2024) was the day this happened. The food was good, NOT GREAT, but along with the service, it was ok. For my dining experience, I wish the table would NOT have been like the ones at a fast food restaurant. Mine wobbled for whatever reason, and I would have thought that for the cost, the tables would have been restaurant quality. Regardless, for a first time experience it was, at best, mediocre. Is it worth a second try? I don't know. Only time will tell.

We ended up eating here by accident..THIS IS NOT THE BUFFET VERSION..for that one, you want to head to the Bellaire location. The food was standard. We got the garlic butter wings, singapore noodles, and filet mignon rice dish. It came out piping hot, which is a plus. But it lacked the authenticity I was hoping for in the curry flavor of the Singapore noodles. Our server was excellent. The ambiance was also standard- they do have a pretty entrance area, but inside the restaurant is just a bunch of tables. It wasn't a terrible place to have a meal, but would highly recommend the Bellaire version over this dining experience instead.

Hot & Sour Soup: Perfect temperature, perfect large serving size, perfectly hot & sour, but......SWEET. Shrimp & Scallop Dinner (added spice): Not spicy TONS of vegetables Plenty of medium shrimp & small scallops, but.....the shrimp had TAILS. I spent half my time washing my fingers with the lime water from my glass. Service was speedy and very nice. Ambiance was pleasant.

My wife and her family love this place and I'm so glad I finally got to try it out for myself. We went to the buffet and it was different from any other buffet I have ever been to. The food was good and the soup and Vietnamese street food was amazing. It was not the best Vietnamese food I have very had, but for a buffet it was top notch and will definitely come again. The building itself is beautiful, clean, and well set up. The service is top notch and friendly. You cannot go wrong coming here for lunch or dinner.

Had an awesome meal here today. Dim sum and a buffet. Or have a meal cooked your way. Incredible place. Everyone raved about the food!

I ordered taro root pudding dessert Togo. This is such a rip off for $25+. The sauce container is only half full. So disappointed. I called and let them know about it so they can fix it next time. The manager said it's always been like this and if I want to complain, write a complaint online. To the owner, just because you have a strong customer base (older generation), doesn't mean you can do whatever you want and don't respect the customers. Another note, there was an older gentleman who has disability and didn't speak English well. He was treated rudely by the front desk lady who took his order. Her attitude towards him was mean and condescending. I can tell he was very frustrated by her attitude. There is zero customer service here. They need to remember where they are coming from and it's the customers who made them successful as they are now. Without the customers, they are nothing.

Finally, a destination off my bucket list! If you love Vietnamese food and sweets, this is jackpot. Arriving in Sunday 5pm, it was easy to find parking and get ourselves a table by the desserts station (best spot lol). I had crepes, summer roll, shaking beef, salt pepper shrimps, fried shrimps, baby clams, banh knot, rice noodles, nem noung, grilled shrimps on skewer and more. Yep, kiss whatever diet you have goodbye. I didn't fill myself up with the variety of noodle soups or rice or sushi because that would ruin my appetite too to eat all these other dishes. The sweets (che) station is the best and at first there were no lines but soon around 6 or so the line started to form. Talk about different types of sweets that you'd normally pay $5 - $7 a cup and you know you'll have more than one cup cause it's an AYCE buffet! Also, they have sugar cane, matcha, Thai tea and more drinks. I like their sugar cane and Thai tea. For $32.50 an adult buffet, it is good!

Ordered some Beef & Broccoli and General Tso's Chicken from here via Uber Eats and while it was good, there was nothing amazing about it. Yet, at the same time, there was nothing bad about it either. Would I eat from here again? Maybe not. I'd rather eat at a restaurant that leaves me wanting to keep coming back because of a certain food or product that makes them stand out from the crowd.

Huge variety of noodle dishes, seafood, Dim Sum, etc. I highly recommend this place! They even have an area for large groups; which we were a group of 35 people. I feel like flying back to Houston just so I can eat here again!!!

They have different stations that were serving drinks, dessert, appetizers, soups dishes. Everything I have was delicious and bursting with flavors. My favorite were the fried shrimp, chicken curry, and braised pork with eggs. So good. Tastes homemade and made with Mama's love. The service were very efficient. Since it is a buffet, they would take your empty plates right away and kept on refilling our drinks when it's halfway full. Hoping Philly would have something like this too since there is a big Vietnamese population here as well. Looking forward to returning when I'm back in the area.

Ordered hunnan chicken via uber eats. The dish was subpar, was quite bland and the veggies weren't fresh. Tasted very americanized. Wouldn't recommend getting this dish.

Very good food, great service, nice ambiance. We would definitely return. Centrally located just outside downtown Houston.

Came for lunch on a Friday and it was quite busy! But the wait to get a table wasn't too long about 15 minutes for 2 ppl. There was a good selection inside and I thought the Noodle section was cool. The food was good but they all had a very similar 5 spice flavor to it all. I didn't realize that they only do dimsum for weekend lunch so that was a bit disappointing because I thought it was everyday. So plan accordingly depending on what you want to eat! Service was great and I definitely left very full. It was very clean inside and everything was well organized too.

This is an easy five star review. I am shocked I am barely reviewing this place and I am also shocked I don't come here more. Everything was really good. Probably the best general tsos chicken I have ever had! Cooked to crispy perfection. Food: we had quite the selection of food. Generals tsos chicken which was amazing. I really liked it a lot! Fried to crispy perfection! Full of flavor. The chicken fried rice was excellent! Their small size is huge. The teriyaki chicken was really good too. So much flavor and very fresh. The wings were very good as well. My girl had the hunan beef and it was very good too. All of the dishes we had were very tasty. This will be my go to for Chinese/viet when I am in the area. The service was great too! In and out. Food came out fresh and fast. Waitstaff is very good and helpful. We will be back soon

Im pregnant. And Kim Son's the father! xD In all seriousness, I went w/ my sister today. We got there around noon and got a token for 262 (keep in mind, they opened at 11) and there was a wait. Lots of people ended up coming after us as well so already Im super excited for food. They have a few different bars - dim sum, grill, noodle/bowl station, banh station and some misc station, as well as dessert station. They also had servers by the food and everyone was attentive in giving out portions. Also, the drinks were replenished and cared to. the food was pretty great lots of interesting things to try. I also want to add the restaurant was very organized and although it was crowded from time to time there was still order. And the ease of getting in and out of your seat to grab food. dim sum - lots of shu mai and har gow. they also had cheung fun for beef and shrimp. I did enjoy the dim sum here it was tasty and flavorful. grill bar - nem nuong was the best here. they also had grilled sardine, shrimp, corn, and fishball. noodle/bowl bar - i really like the cha long. They were generous with other seasonings in the broth, esp with meats and different types of offal. Also had the bun rieu and that tomato was so juicy. Id be interested to try their bun bo hue and other dishes but I was really stuffed at this point. The chef involved with prepping the noodle/bowls was a G. He was so quick and intentional with his movements. banh station - they had ban xeoh, banh bo, and some other banh dishes. My favorite was similar to banh cuon like dish. It had cha lua and the steam crep with some veggies. it was one of my favorite dishes. misc station - had green beans, mushrooms, snails, small clams, noodles, etc. I had the mushrooms and the snail. they did have sauce for the snail as well and that was tasty. the texture did throw me off sometimes tho. dessert station - had some drinks too like basil w/ grass jelly, the che ba mau, tricolor dessert, sugarcane, red bean drink and others. I only got the che ba mau, sugarcane and basil w/ grass jelly. these were considerably less sweet they i was used to but the che ba mau had a thickness with the coconut that made it fun to eat. also the red beans were sweeter. sugarcane was alright, and basil at times were sweet but it was a bit more on the earthy side. The desserts they had were all sweet but very light and. I actually really liked this bar as well. We will be coming back soon!

All you can eat Vietnamese/Chinese food. My place first time here, I was impressed. This place is super busy on the weekend. I was told people would wait in line for one hour to get inside. We got lucky that we did not have to wait. I like their banjo (Vietnamese pancake), partial grilled oysters and of course I made my own sauce for it at the table. Their desserts are great too, most of them are made with coconut milk. Must try their taro dessert, very good. They do serve beer, soft drinks and tea. Great service. I will come back for sure.

Very disappointing at Kim Son this time. We had a rehearsal dinner there last night for 60ppl and I don't know what Kim son is thinking, they gave one server to serve the entire room. The worse service ever and to top it some of the food is horrible too. The beef (bo lúc lắc) is too dry must be from cheap property. The fried squid is not crunchy, it was actually soft. The duck has no taste. Overall is horrible. I had to ask to talk to a manager about the service. We are paying 22% service charge with no service that's not acceptable from Kim Son part. The manager showed up for 2 minutes to show that she was accommodating our request but seriously if she thought that help ease the situation then she was so wrong. Please don't use excuse of lack staffing. Guests deserve the service they paid for. If you can't accommodate the service then you should not take the reservation.

Went at a weird time 3pm on a Friday place was empty. I used to come here when they first built it. It was beautiful building and they have lacked in the upkeep. When we ordered Vietnamese egg rolls they didn't give cucumber or carrots with them and gave the stalest lettuce. Tried the mama La platter and rice was crispy and meats over cooked. The only saving grace was their combo fried rice is amazing and their black pepper crabs are always a fav.

I like the location being near Minute Maid Park. Service was good. Our waiter was attentive eapecially for a busy day. I ordered chicken spring rolls and Pho which I found to be pretty average. I would return if i happen to be in the area. The environment is nice and classy but still pretty casual. You could defintely dine here dressed up or casually dressed.

My mom and I came here for lunch! I got the pad Thai and she got the saigon wonton noodle soup. Her portion size was decent but the pad Thai portion was a bit small for the price. She also comes here often due to proximity to her workplace and enjoys it!

Good value buffet for weekend lunch. Thai tea, mango tea, and strawberry tea were also included by the dessert area. Liked how servers put the food on your tray to maintain cleanliness

Great selection of food. Waiters were on point with coming by to grab used plates. Would recommend.

First Impression - First time at this location so I'm pretty sure I know what I'm getting into. Great ambiance and pretty busy for being late. Food - Spring rolls (BIG, 5), Vietnamese egg rolls, cup of hot & sour soup, Vietnamese Fajitas, & 1 Woodford reserve on ice - $60 + tip Rolls and soup were DElicious!! If you've never tried their egg rolls, stop hating yourself and do it. Sadly, the waitress didn't bring hot enough water for the wrappers of the fajitas so lettuce was used instead, nbd. Meat was tender and well seasoned. Loved the atmosphere

Gotta be 'THE' place to go for Vietnamese buffet in Houston, only on Fridays! The restaurant has been around a long time, with various locations, but the Bellaire is the 'mother ship' Gotta go for the buffet, especially the crab plates and all the seafood! Great that all the food is served to you and all the lines are separated, according to choice of food (snacks, soups, meat, desserts, etc) I'd bring anyone here who want a good representation of good Viet food

This is a restaurant that knows it's fate but nonetheless continues to operate for reasons known only by its owner. I will give those scrappy management folk their due in the fact that this establishment has been kicking for at least 2 decades (I think). At a time before, the food may have sufficed for the local customer base. But the Houston of 2023, prized in the region for its rich breadth and quality of food, deserves better than what Kim Son offers. Dry fried rice, chewy rubbery meats (chicken is cloud white and the beef is firm with a thin veneer of grease slime). If you're expecting any degree of juiciness or flavor in your protein from this ghost of an restaurant, reconsider - your taste buds and stomach will thank you. Food safety and preparation quality appears to be well below standard as the plates you eat off of have the haze of stains of previous food and I found a suspicious black metallic speck in the glass of my pink lemonade. See attached photo. Lack luster service but not terrible by any means - general disinterested attitude. I dined in the company of a helplessly optimistic friend and even *he* considered it to be the least favorite plate of Vietnamese food that he had ever tried. He still praised it but I suspect it was naive denial or his charitable sensibilities on display. Or maybe I simply don't have the palette required to eat the food here. Whichever the case, this restaurant is subpar while so much better exists nearby. I gave Kim Son a chance and I remain baffled.

Kim Son is definitely one of the more enjoyable buffets I have been too. Its clean and they have a wide variety of Vietnamese/chinese food including a pho/noodle station, traditional Vietnamese desserts, and when we went, they were serving large crawfish plates directly to the table. Some of the foods were overly salty, but there were plenty that I enjoyed. I especially liked their desserts. I like that instead of guests serving themselves, they have servers at each station which prevents mess. A lot of them don't understand english however, so when I asked them where can I find certain items, they are not able to answer. The restaurant in general is rather clean for a buffet, although our table cloth was a bit stained and gross when we first sat down.

We visited on a friend's recommendation since we are from out of town. Loved the outside of the building & the entry has a water feature with koi fish. Not pictured because we were starving, were crispy crab Rangoons & Wonton Soup. We ordered a bowl of wonton soup for our table of 5 & it was the perfect amount. I think it was my favorite I've had. It had small pieces of beef for extra flavor in the broth. Highly recommend!! Crab Rangoons were also very good and you could tell they were hand made. The service was a bit slow but our waitress was spot on with her recommendations. Everything was so good. One entree was forgotten & we were grateful because the portions were so large! We had leftovers. The Hunan Beef was by far my fav! The veggies were perfectly cooked not soggy. The mushrooms were very flavorful. The beef was cut larger than I normally like however it was tender & I didn't mind. The sauce was flavorful even though I asked for low spice. YUM! None of the was brought in our to go!!

Weekend buffet: seafood and a handful of dim sum items, $30/pp Okay that is wish I saw on their website or read somewhere before I went. I just found it confusing, but the buffet was delish. I really enjoyed their soup bar with all of my favs. The street food section was my least favorite. Service is good they are super attentive.

It's an all you can eat type of Vietnamese buffet restaurant! I absolutely love the variety here, and my usual go tos is the walnut shrimp and the Banh bot chien! They also even have a Banh xeo/ fried food section platter. If you love soup on the other hand, their buon rieu is absolute fire. Also they serve unlimited crawfish on Fridays!!!

Food was average not the best like other saying. But if u want little bit of everything then they got it all. They gave drink like milk tea, thai tea, taro milk tea, lemonade. Unless u want soda, other than that just get those free drink. Service was nice. They will scoop the food for u which really clean and sanitary.

Very good food The black pepper crabs are the best. House fried rice is amazingly delicious.

We were sat immediately at a table and our drink orders were taken. We were then free to get whatever we desired at the buffet, they had a ton of food options, and even had a noodle bar where they make your dish right in front of you. They were quick to take away any dishes we were done with. I enjoyed their Che ba mau desert. Some food items were delicious and some were mediocre.

My mother watched some YouTuber who loved this restaurant and after much argument among my family about where they wanted to eat, we finally decided on Kim Son. I'd only heard of this restaurant but did not know much about it nor have too much interest in coming initially due to the somewhat low ratings on Yelp. We came for a weekday lunch and even then it was completely crowded and there was almost a 30 minute wait. Upon being seated, it was great to see the breadth of food options. I think there is probably even more options available during dinner as there was little to no seafood for lunch which I was a little disappointed about. Nevertheless, i liked how the buffet was separated by stations -- there was a station where you could get vermicelli as well as a station where you could order various noodle dishes or appetizers. Id never been to a Vietnamese buffet before so it was amazing to try a broader range of Vietnamese buffet besides the usual pho I get. I thought the vermicelli with pork and shrimp was quite good as well as the spring rolls, wonton egg noodle soup, and this one mushroom dish I can't recall its name. I wasn't super hungry when I first came so I didn't get to try as many foods as I'd have liked. Overall, this would be a great restaurant to come to with a big group of your family and/or friends. If I were to come back, I'd love to come for dinner to try the seafood options!

Good service and decent food. Nothing to complain about. Facility was kinda old but it's an old restaurant.

I was very happy with our lunch! We were seated right away, the restaurant was clean and air conditioned. Delicious food, and our server was really sweet and timely. The ambiance was nice and quiet, very relaxed but classy. I recommend it :)

The food is fantastic. The service is fantastic. This is my go to Vietnamese restaurant every time I am in Houston. The prices are very fair, considering how much food you actually get I have never been able to finish a single order in one sitting, I would definitely go with the Vietnamese lettuce wraps

I was ecstatic to know there was AYCE Vietnamese food. All their noodle bowls were good. I had to try them all. I was disappointed in the snails. It was not good. The seasoning was not there. The texture was a bit too slimy. Service was great. He always came and cleared our tables. To top it off, they had some che for dessert and fruits. Great way to end dinner. This place can get very crowed. We came in when they just opened for dinner.

Very tastey as I remember. I loved how my food was packaged to go. I usually enjoy the sit down but to go orders are just as fresh and warm.

We stopped attracted by the building looks ( I believe used to be a Chinese restaurant, but now is Vietnamese). The inside of the building is old and outdated. The food was mediocre in taste, service horrible. The food is all pre cooked, any requests such as extra hot food, no MSG was never honored.

At lunch time it is easy to find parking but if you come for dinner be prepared to struggle to find parking! My favorite meal to get here is a small hot and sour with pan fried tofu. Great date spot!

I ordered the egg roll and honey glazed shrimp bowl with rice noodles! At first the egg rolls were barely warm and very hard to bite. I could tell that they had been sitting a while. So I asked for a new serving and they were better but still a little chewy..I think it's the actual roll not the meat inside. Anyway, I still give it a 10/10! My server was so kind and paid attention to detail. The food so freaking good! I'll definitely be making this spot a regular! The green veggie were fresh and clean! I love it! The shrimp seasoned so good.

The food was delicious. Definitely one of the best Chinese food spots. The service was also excellent.

I like their fried rice and their sweet pork . Something to order is those dinner places.

I'm eating lunch and a guest walks by and puts a lime on my table from off the floor. who does that I don't know you that was trash!! i asked my waiter to ask her why she did that she told him I'm so sorry. that was my table my lunch my food. I'm coming here more now to stand for blacks in Houston but this restaurant sucks. no stars

Service okay. Terrible. Food Lettuce wrapped in bugs. Ambiance is okay. I will never go back again. I Dont trust the processing of their food.

Food is great with wonderful service. We love the ambiance and location. The spring rolls are excellent!

While I do enjoy their buffet and the times I've been here, this review is mainly to thank them for being amazing for an event we had. We had already had a catering agreement with them to be served at another venue but due to some complications, we had to switch it up and they had space and were able to accomodate us! I kept waiting and waiting to be let down throughout the process at some point because of my bad experiences with others, etc. But they came through every single time! We had our florists' design that required the temperature to be set at a certain threshold overnight. The 8 course meal we had was outstanding - many guests commented saying how the food was some of the best wedding food they've ever had. Of note, the chilean sea bass was cooked to perfection - very easy to be overdone. Had many boxes of booze delivered from Total Wine directly to Kim Son, as they allowed BYOB. No problem. Communication was great all the way through. They met every request we had. I would not hesitate to book another event here. Tina, if you see this, thank you for everything!

The best thing about this place is that it is big enough that there is typically not a wait - no matter when you go. Big game downtown on a Saturday night, want to get a bite to eat before the event, go here. Food is pretty good and the plate sizes are huge - enough for two people. Prices are excellent. Their orange chicken is wonderful. Wait staff is great. Just wish their Gen Tso's chicken was better.

Absolutely love this restaurant. Been coming for many years. We ordered Vietnamese egg rolls, Vietnamese crepe, house crispy noodles and hunan chicken. The paper menu doesn't have these listed on there... The crepe is my fav. I could eat it by itself lol

Love the location and convenience of Kim Son in Eado. Service is always quick and stellar. The beautiful koi pond in the entry has always impressed and continues to make a great impression. The menu must try's are the TOFU DELUXE - extra crispy tofu in a decadent brown sauce as well as the GARLIC EGGPLANT! My other go to's are the HOUSE FRIED RICE and the SINGAPORE NOODLES. Always a solid execution. A Houston staple that you can't miss.