Taiwan Restaurant

I stopped in to grab some sweet and sour chicken, some wonton soup and egg rolls. The food was not hot, the chicken had a bad smell and very stringy. I didn’t eat it. The wonton soup was warm as well. Sweet and sour chicken should have peppers, onions and pineapple in it. Guess they skipped that.they were friendly enough but the food sucks. I cannot recommend this place for eating. I wish you better luck in your search. I want good food all the rest does not matter

I stopped in for the first time on a whim. Taiwan Restaurant was absolutely Amazing! This was the best experience by far of any Asian restaurant I've ever had in 52 years! The Lo-Mein was incredible. They used thin noodles almost like a vermicelli & the chicken & shrimp were grilled with a little crispness to them... an amazing combination! Scrumptious! The egg roll was like no other flavor I've ever had... It's absolutely delicious!! I love how they give you a large plate of crunchy noodles with sweet & sour sauce to enjoy with both your soup & main meal. The best part of the whole visit... Rose the Waitress who has been there since the restaurant opened in 1979! She was absolutely delightful to meet & talk with! She had the sweetest soul & it was my absolute pleasure to have met her! I can not wait until my next visit when I'm back in town!

I love eating here because it's not noisy like other places. The food is excellent. The waitresses are great and attentive. Also the lunch specials price is great!!

Great restaurant that serves Chinese, Taiwanese and some Philippine cuisine. Service is quick, attentive, and friendly. The food menu is extensive with many delicious options and they served with big proportions.

Loved the food but not the service from up the girls up front. Mongolian beef and Sesame chicken are our favorites! My complaint is after a couple of times going and spending $50 to $60 for our meals I recieved a wonton soup for my to go order that wasn't very good at all. It tasted like dirty water. I called and the ladies up front didn't really care to help me resolve the problem on 1 soup. My suggestion would be to just be alittle more helpful to your customers.

We will never go back! The food was just ok. The ladies restroom was disgusting…there were 2 stalls. The first one was unflushed, the second had two small puddles on the floor in front of the toilet. The soap and paper towel dispensers were both broken(though they did provide some soap in a pump bottle, and a roll of paper towels on the counter). When I returned to the table, I noticed a thick, black hair on the salt shaker…upon closer inspection, there was a roach leg inside the salt shaker! I told two different employees (I even showed them a picture of the roach leg) both of them simply replied, “sorry”.

No where near the same as it used to be. Had been going since the 90s but I don't think I'll ever be going back, for is not what Taiwan tasted like for decades.

This restaurant is very different from what we expected it to be and not in a good way. The Beef & Broccoli smelled fishy, turns out its made with oyster sauce. Their Wonton soup is the worse. They only have vegetable soup like the one in the picture below. I would have thought it would have been a cabbage soup. Their fried wontons are flavorless. Their rice is not too good. The General Tso Chicken was ok. The only thing good was their pork dumplings and even those needed a little more pan frying. Honestly, worse Chinese restaurant I have ever been to. I've had better Chinese food at the mall.

Very inconspicuous place, we walked in and it was pretty empty. It was 6pm Wednesday maybe that's why. Anyways we ordered the onion beef and the Hunan beef and chicken.... WOW!!! It was spectacular super delicious. Fast friendly service and of course DELICIOUS food! Don't pass this place up it's GREAT!! I forgot to take pictures it was so yummy we just INHALED IT ‍

So good that maggot in my food was just extra protein it was so delicious and it gave me a sickness that just made me stronger, thanks chef

The food was top notch amazing. We ordered Dinaguan, general tsos chicken, and hunan chicken. And don't forget to order a halo halo for dessert!!! This restaurant has the most authentic Filipino food in Corpus Christi!

will never go back!! food was ok. ladies restroom was disgusting... there were 2 stalls, one was un flushed, and the other had two small "puddles" on the floor in front of the toilet. soap and paper towel dispensers were broken (although they did provide a pump bottle of soap and a roll of paper towels). I could have let the restroom pass, but I noticed a thick black hair on the salt shaker, and on closer inspection, there was a roach leg inside! I told to employees about all of it, and both had the same response," sorry".

I've enjoyed my times here. I ordered the chicken & garlic lunch special Can't go wrong!

The service wasn't that bad overall, but the final straw was when they gave me tiny little plastic utensils

The service was great!! The food is freshly cooked, I ordered the shrimp fried rice, the shrimp was so good, rice was amazing check this place out!

I've been coming to this restaurant since I was a kid. The food has been consistently good all of this time which says a lot. Taiwan has a flavor that I've not been able to find at any other establishment so it's one of my top 5 comfort foods. I usually lean towards the happy family, chicken and shrimp and shrimp rolls and they never disappoint. I don't dine in very often anymore but the interior could use a little TLC or minor renovations. Other than that this place is a hidden gem.

Food is always good, been coming here for 30yrs. Service is always nice and friendly and the ambiance is nice and open, nice outside light from all the windows. We love Taiwan Restaurant!

foods great. staff is friendly. except the old lady who is constantly yelling at the girl on the register and other workers sometimes. she yells at them so loud everyone can hear. it's very unprofessional and mean. it's the 3rd time during 3 different times i've come here, i've heard her speak to her the register girl in that way infront of everyone.

The place said it's Taiwan Restaurant but when you come inside, they have a sign with Filipino food. Staff is super friendly! Loved that it's not a buffet like most typical Filipino restaurants you find here in Texas. I came in a little early so I ordered the tocino with fried rice. I was so glad it was made just like back home and it was good! Big portions for only $10.95! Ask for some sawsawan- yum! I also ordered lumpia. 6 pieces for $2.95 sooo good! I was so full and was bummed I couldn't eat any halo halo. Will definitely be back when I'm in CC again.

I used to defend this restaurant from people claiming the service was bad or that they found roaches in their food. It never happened to me and I just couldn't see that happening here. This all changed the other day when I went to pick up takeout to bring back to work. I am a registered nurse, I don't have much time on my lunch but being that I had a medical appointment prior to going to work that day, I decided to get lunch from here bc i was fasting earlier in the day. I called ahead that way it would be ready when I got there. When I arrived, my order was sitting with the cashier. I told the cashier I was there to pick it up, to which he replied "give me a moment". He wasn't doing anything but proceeded to bring menus to like six tables, pick up dirty dishes and greet other customers. All the while two waiters are just standing against the wall chitchatting when they should be doing what the cashier is doing. Covid is going on, cashier should not be handling money and menus and having direct customer interaction except when checking out. Germs spread that way. Additionally, having done this, he had me waiting at the front for over five minutes with a growing line. I was tempted to grab my plate and go. When he got back, I mentioned that the waiters should be doing what he just did instead of him, he needs to wash his hands, and that he shouldn't keep customers waiting so long with takeout as most are on a short lunch break and don't have that much time. He mumbled something back, i couldn't really hear it and just ignored what i said. I took my food and left, drove back to work. I started eating my sesame chicken and after about halfway through, I noticed a HUGE ROACH in my food! It was cooked with it. Gross. I called the restaurant, they offered to refund, but that was it. I understand there isn't much that can be done (in that situation) but this happens here TOO often. This restaurant needs to be gutted and thoroughly cleaned and renovated to prevent the roach infestation that occurs here. I hear of too many incidents with people having roaches in their food at this restaurant. It's disgusting, unsanitary, and the health department needs to shut this place down. I felt queasy the rest of the day, and because of that I recommend you do not eat here unless you enjoy insects in your food.

First time here & everything was delicious! Met me & my family expectation. & everyone was very nice! Will come back here again! Need to try more from their menu, so much to choose! Loved it

The lunch special is a good deal and I enjoyed the hunan beef, but the dining room wasn't very clean. They brought the food out quickly. It struck me as authentic with decent portion sizes. The fried rice has very little egg and no vegetables. They also charged me $2 to pay by card without verbally informing me.

Pretty glad I found this place. I was surprised to find a place in Corpus that made lumpias and pancit. The pancit was some of the best I had in a while. As for the service, my server Wanda was excellent and very professional.

I love the lumpia's and the Chinese food is always great. I love the human pork and the scallops with beef and the general Tao chicken but it's alot. Bring family with you. The dinner plates are served family style. I love the wait staff. Super friendly and courteous

I remember first going to Taiwan in 2010. The food was delicious and the staff was super friendly and attentive. I went today, and it was sad to see a change in ambiance. Food was good but not like before. We had sizzling rice soup and it didn't have the vibrant vegetables as it used to. It was mainly broth. We also got beef and broccoli with fried rice and that was good as well. Really hoping Taiwan could get in touch with the service and quality as before.

Do not order the beef teriyaki off the kids menu! It's tough, extra crispy, and super sweet. Our waitress was really nice and helpful though in providing a solution. We ordered the beef and broccoli instead and our kids split it.

My wife and I always stop by this place when visiting from out of town. They have the best tasting food around. Would definitely recommend.

Okay for quick asian fix....definitely had better. Had craving for Filipino food and the menu had decent choices along with the Chinese food. Would I go back? Sure, if the craving hits again and I don't have mom around to cook for me....

My food was raw.. our waitress was completely rude even the people in front of was complaining about her being rude so it wasn't just us "being mean" we waited 30 minutes until someone finally gave us our check which wasn't even our waiter. I didn't eat anything off my plate ... I just drank my soda and left... I wouldn't ever come back or recommend this place to anybody. The only good thing was they took our meal off the check for being raw just paid for appetizer and drinks ...

Greasy, not very good and the hygiene inside did not inspire confidence. Thankfully didn't find any bugs like other reviews but food not nearly good enough to risk going back. Do yourself a favor and go to Dao or JaJa if you want Chinese

One of my favorite restaurants. The sweet and sour chicken is so good. I wanna put the sweet and sour sauce on everything.

If I could give a zero, I would. The food was disgusting. Let's start with the egg drop soup. It tasted like it was cooked with an old sock. It wasn't even yellow and there was no egg to be found. My entree was the garlic chicken and there was no trace of garlic taste at all. And my chicken was fried. The sauce looked liked the soup. The fried rice was bland and didn't taste fried. The egg roll, well, let's just say it was in line with the taste of everything else. We spent $30, with tip. Definitely not worth it.

Great Chinese food. The sizzling rice soup is a must if you visit this restaurant. I've never gotten anything here that wasn't great. Surprisingly the fried rice that comes with your entree isn't really up to par but everything else is good.

Food and service are always excellent. The humans beef and scallops and sesame chicken are delish.

Been in this town almost 15 years never eaten at this restaurant I will be back lunch special happy family is probably one of the best meals I've had in a long time in Corpus Christi

Interesting there was a roach found in someone's food because a year ago while visiting the coast we stopped here on our way to eat, we too had a bug in our soup. I THINK a fly but couldn't be sure. Waitress offered another cup LOL as if I'd want a ladle of the same ick that was just given to me. Manager didn't say a word. Then when bill came. Irving was comped. Not even the cost of the soup. Waitress was super inattentive because well I assume she figured we wouldn't tip. I don't live anywhere near here but travel the gulf coast a lot. I'll of course never eat here again but fair warning. This place is gross and health reports are not very good either. Those are public and I just took a peek. Eeeeek. Makes ya wanna cook at home huh?

Beef and mushroom was amazing. Sesame chicken was good as well. Egg rolls had good flavor. Service was great. We did not dine in it was to go. They gave every condiment you might need. Decent sale as well.

All time favorite for the Filipino dishes . All the food is good though. Always great service

We had dinner here earlier this week. I think it was Wednesday around 7:45ish. We were seated immediately and had our drink orders taken. My husband and I both ordered off of the dinner (I think) section. Basically combos. I got the half lemon chicken/half garlic sauce chicken with wonton soup and fried rice. The lemon chicken was sweet and sour chicken but with lemon sauce instead of sweet and sour sauce. The garlic sauce chicken was good but tasted to many other chicken dishes from Chinese food restaurants. The "fried" rice appeared to be and tasted like brown rice. The wonton soup had a chemically smell to it, which was awesome to experience. The egg roll was awesome! My husband got the beef and cauliflower. I tried a bite and thought it was good. The restaurant itself is dated and dark. Our waitress was very friendly though. In total (before tip) we spent $27 and some change, which is way more than I feel like it should have been. The meal stayed with us when we got home and experienced stomach issues. So that's cool.

One of my fav spots to get take out from when Im in CC. This is my absolute favorite place to get hunan beef (or chicken...or both, ha). The vegetables are always super fresh and the meat and sauce is always really tasty. Decent portion, especially if you like to mix your white rice in. That being said, this is only thing I get from this restaurant. I know what I like! So if your going to get something, definitely give the hunan a try. I never eat there, always pick up. I do remember I had taken my mom to dinner there a while back, she didnt like her dish at all (why I stick to what I know), she had only taken one bite and when she asked the manager to change it out (at that time an older woman), the manager was basically just like "sorry no exchange." I was just kind of like...O___O...wtf...why not? Lol. Meh, didnt seem like a very smart move in terms of customer service but whatever. Just get the hunan to go, extra spicy, and you'll be good. :)

From the outside the place didn't seem attractive . We traveled from San Antonio and booked a party of 40. The service was A++ they made sure everything was up to our expectations they had 4 servers attending our guest at all times which made the experience perfect. We never had to wait for drinks to get full, or food to be brought in timely manner when requested. We absolutely were shocked on how well we were taken care of. We would definitely go back and have our next event at Taiwan. Thank you to the owner for making the reservation process very easy.

Came in for some great General Tso chicken. My favorite dish here. Excellent service and great location.

When you sit down on the chairs wrapped in plastic - like a 1960's grandmothers place - you will notice a sticky coat of grease on the tables....at least nothing will slide off the tables When I walked in, there were 2 tables ordering, and 1 table eating. I ordered the house special kung pal (3 kinds of protein). Waited over 40 minutes to get the entree - only comments from the waitress "they thought your order was one of the togo orders, so they rushed that through" and "They are rushing on your food, it should be out any second" (only ten more minutes) When it came out, " be careful, it's very hot". Not even close! The mushrooms and squash weren't even warm, they didn't see the wok for more than a couple of seconds. I mentioned the problem to the waitress when she finally made an appearance in the dining room again. A few hems and haws, a few started apologies, only to have "I will tell the kitchen about it so they take care of it next time" Go up front to pay, host says "everything OK?", I tell him of the problems...."sorry to hear about that, it will be 19.38" You really don't care anything about customer service, you run 40 minute ticket times with an empty restaurant, and you can't even warm veggies.........go ahead and close, let someone who cares try

Service was terrible! Asked for a refill on my soda and was told "just 2, no more!" The food was very disappointing. I ordered the sesame chicken and the chicken was so small it crunchy from over cooking. Not worth stopping.

Great service, but food was mediocre. I had Gen Tao's chicken- ok flavor, very sweet, but not spicy at all. Very disappointed in the fried rice- looks like white rice with nothing else. Egg roll was good. Egg drop soup had a funny smell(like old grease), but a very rich flavor. Only ate 2 bites of that.

Well, after reading previous reviews, I'm surprised that I still went ahead and tried it out. My husband was craving panicit, (filipino noodle dish) so of course I used Yelp to find a filipino restaurant. When I checked out the menu at Taiwan Restaurant, they had filipino dishes listed and I was in the same parking lot, so I decided to give it a try. Now mind you, if you see a review that has the word "cockroach" in it, you would say, "heck no!" real quick. I always look at the date of reviews and the most recent ones were good so I said I'd give them the benefit of the doubt. I walk in behind a gentleman who was dining in. The guy at the counter said he would be right with me and continued to seat the gentleman. THEN, he didn't come back to me. Luckily, another guy came and asked what I needed. I ordered the pancit and asked if they still have lechon kawali, (fried pork belly) and he said yes so I asked for an order of that as well. He took my name and number and said it would take 25mins, so I went to wait in my car. 30mins, no call. I went inside and the same guy said he was going to check on the order. Another guy came behind the counter and proceeded to ask if I'd been helped. I said yes and that the first guy went to check on my order and he asked what my order was. I told him and then he looked at my ticket which had the pancit written down but not the lechon kawali. Then the first guy came back and told the guy that something happened in the kitchen, something burned. He said it in english. The first guy must've said it too low because the 2nd guy asked again if the pancit was ready and the first guy repeated what he said earlier, except in filipino. (I'm half filipino and understand a little bit) So the 2nd guy said, "sorry you waited for nothing." It would've been a good time to ask for a discount, but with this pandemic, everyone is hurting. So I went back to wait in the car for about 20 minutes. Other than the mix-up, my husband liked the pancit, no cockroaches, freshly cooked, and I had calamansi, (filipino lemon?) so all's well that ends well. Maybe next time I'll try the lechon.

RATS, RATS everywhere. So embarrassing! I used to enjoy going here before change of ownership because it was clean and ran smoothly. Now it is basically a Filipino restaurant disguised as a Chinese. I have no problem with Filipino food, I enjoy it. What i did not enjoy was having one dish at a time presented during lunch break with a co-worker. It took over an hour to get the three entrees that we ordered to share. My friend ended up having to order basic egg drop soup because she was so hungry waiting on order. All the while the older Filipino lady/waitress/hostess?? spoke to us like she was doing US as favor. Laughable. All of those things aside, my major concern was the absolute cluttered and pure filth of this place makes my skin crawl. The yellow or yellowed curtains are so dusty that I was having a hard time breathing. they looked like something picked up from the dollar tree. The salt/pepper shakers and bottled condiments were so sticky that I knew they do not practice washing/disinfecting them daily. The walls are filthy. There are stacked boxes all along the walls, not neatly stacked but cluttered and things falling out as if they just don't care or don't know better. The door to kitchen is so full of grime I was pretending not to notice because I was feeling ashamed for suggesting the place so when a rat flat out ran between boxes in the back corner near the kitchen, I was mortified but I didn't mention it. I just wanted to get out. The only thing we had was soup lechon, and some cheap steamed rice. I payed the bill and took the entrees we didn't have time to eat and tossed in the dumpster outside my office. Needless to say I will NOT be returning or recommending this place to anyone again! Traumatic experience. CLUTTER ATTRACTS RODENTS AND BUGS- Typically people in restaurant service understand this and run their business accordingly. I cannot believe this filthy place is allowed to stay in business.

Tofu Family Style is great. Good egg rolls and crab rangoons. Egg drop and hit and sour soups are our favorite.

I have been to this his place many times. My favorite dish is the beef with Chinese mushrooms. The fried rice is a little plain but fresh and good. I have never had any problems with the service either eating in or carry out.

It's 8:33 on a Saturday. It says they close at 9 and when I went in the girl in the front told me they were closed. I've been here plenty of times before past 8:30 and have never had a problem until tonight. Bad for business update your closing times

There sweet-and-sour chicken with fried rice is delicious also probably the best egg drop soup in town

Worst place ever! Soup, vegetables, beef, and shrimp were all fried, and all were too salty. My wife and I went there for a quick lunch, actually happy and ready to go shopping! Lunch was too bad first, but eatable and drink more water; however, the service was bad enough, we placed the card, and sat there talking, were planing to give tips by cash. Unexpectedly, the lady took the plate and pointed at the check, looked at me. And I said, what? She said impolitely, you need to add tips! I said I am gonna give tips in cash. Anyway, we left the tips on the table, but will never go back to there. Bad service, plus bad food.

Bamboo Garden seems to garner the honors year after year in the local newspaper's reader survey, but Taiwan is at least as good (and has a better parking set-up). Strengths include their white-meat battered chicken dishes (Sesame chicken, General Tso's chicken). Their wontons are quite good, though the broth for the wonton soup might strike some as a bit insipid. Like many Chinese restaurants in Corpus Christi, fried wonton wrappers are set out as a sort of pre-appetizer appetizer. Watch out--their crunchy, oily goodness is mildly addictive and can fill you up long before your dinner arrives. They advertise a Filipino menu, but I never tried those dishes.

Decent Chinese and filipino food. Being from the Los Angeles area I 've had much better but, when in the area it satisfies the need.

I have thought about going there for some time now. My buddy and I decided to go this past week. I had some General Tso's Chicken, and my buddy has some Hunan beef and shrimp. They were both wonderful. The chicken was super crispy/crunchy. The beef was crispy on the outside and so tender on the inside. The lunch special came with an egg roll....Dude! DUDE!!! The egg roll was epically good. I'm definitely gonna be going back!!

Horrible food. Asked for chow mein where I can find it and waiter showed me where it was and said its the same thing as chow mein, so when food arrived it had no NOODLES! He said it was the same thing? Bad service didn't even give us refills and the straws in cup were proabably reused or something we didn't even get to open them ourselves. Awkward atmosphere too.

Came for lunch and sat immediately. The service is awesome and the food is great. I had the sesame chicken with fried rice and egg roll. The egg roll was crisp and not greasy. Food was the right balance of sweet. I do think they need to remodel. I thought I was back in 1986.