Snow Pea Chinese Restaurant

10/10/06

Much better sushi places in town

by reesman6 at Citysearch

For one, their sushi happy hour is NOT on rolls. Just nigiri/sashimi. For two, i've eaten at 7 other sushi places in town, and this was my LEAST favorite. The flavors were blah and bland. The spider roll (hard to screw up) was just boring. Nothing tasted extra fresh as a result. There are so many other great sushi places in Austin. Don't waste your time. Try Maru if you want good quality with low prices. It's right up the street.

07/24/06

Greatly disappointed

by veggievoice at Citysearch

I'd been given a gift certificate worth $50 to eat at Snow Pea about six months ago. There was no expiration date printed on the certificate, so I did not rush to use it, but looked forward to taking out two of my friends for a nice dinner. We finally went to the restaurant a couple of weeks ago. The atmosphere was decent, the service was mediocre, but the menu had plenty to choose from. We eagerly ordered close to $50 worth of food. The edamame was plain with just a sprinkle of salt, the fried rice was very dry and the Buddha's delight remained fairly untouched. The vegetarian sushi plate was quite tasty though. Throughout the meal we kept saying, "Well, at least it's free." The bill for $42.25 came and I presented my gift certificate only to be met with a "Oh... we don't take those anymore. Sorry." Uh, what? I didn't realize that that's how gift certificates worked! Someone paid money or exchanged services worth $50 in order to get a gift certificate, but apparently the owner changed her mind and decided not to accept them anymore. What a great way to handle your business. Accept $50 and give nothing back in return. So, overall the food sucked and I ended up spending $50 on a meal I'd much rather have eaten somewhere like PF Chang's. Don't eat there.

• Pros: Large selection
• Cons: Bland food and selfish owners

02/20/06

Mediocre Americanized Asian Cuisine

by yingyangyou at Citysearch

Having read some reviews on Citysearch, I decided to take a group of my friends to try this restaurant out. I was sorely dissapointed. Almost every dish we ordered did not come as expected. Even the most basic Ma-Po tofu was disgustingly sweet and the Korean bul-gogi tasted like beef stir fried with sweet soy sauce. This restaurant is anything BUT authentic. Not only that, the portions were small for being 10-15 dollar dishes. Stay away from fusion restaurants like this if you're looking for good Asian food.

• Pros: Good Atmosphere, Nice Presentation
• Cons: Average Tasting Food, Expensive for Chinese, Not Authentic