Imperial Chinese Restaurant

Imperial was founded in 1985 by Johnny Hsu and it has been my favorite Chinese restaurant ever since. Mr. Hsu ran a very tight ship, except that, per my understanding, he had a rocky relationship with the head chef. Ever so often they would have a huge fight, the chef would walk out, and the quality of the food would deteriorate until he came back. This went on for years. Mr. Hsu retired and sold the restaurant in early 2023. I've eaten here a number of times since then and feel the restaurant has been chronically understaffed since the new owners took over. I've had several strange experiences recently. I came for dinner a few months ago with two friends. We were seated promptly and received menus and water. We were then ignored for over 40 minutes although only a handful of other table

So when you get a hankering for Chinese, but like... That hankering needs a whole cow, I would recommend this joint. The lunch special may sound small... It isn't. That was our mistake when entering this place. Figured the lunch specials may be pretty good. When we saw they were a tad more expensive for a lunch, we grew wary of the experience. However, what came out explained why you are shelling out nearly twenty bucks for the meal; Cause it is huge. The taste is pretty good, though, so don't get it twisted. Definitely better off coming here when your belly was vacated fully like illegal housing in Texas.

The imperial egg rolls were amazing and the hot and sour soup was great, unfortunatly the prices of both items are way to high for what you get! 9 dollars for 3 egg rolls is insane! 14 dollars for a bowl of hot and sour soup proposterous! If prices were about 2 or 3 dollars cheaper for both items this would be a 5/5.

We had a good meal experience recently. Parking is easy, and the atmosphere is pleasant and quiet. We wanted vegetable dumplings, but they said they didn't have any, so we had pork. They were good, but I really wanted vegetables. We also enjoyed sesame chicken, which was delicious. I needed some vegetables with the meat, so I wish they were easier to get or incorporated into more dishes. Service was fine but our conversation was interrupted too often with the question of whether we wanted more water. Overall, a nice dinner.

I enjoyed the food here and the service. I’ll definitely return! I love the fish tank 😍