Snow Pea Chinese Restaurant

05/07/08

Tasty chinese food without the MSG

by danjh at Citysearch

This is our favorite chinese restaurant. The owner and staff are very friendly, and the food, service, and value are good. One of the great things about Snow Pea is they never use MSG, which my wife is allergic to. We've also found that too many oriental restaurants use MSG as a crutch, and those that don't tend to be better. We think that's true for Snow Pea - most of the food is very tasty without the MSG. The "snow pea favorites" are especially good. Some of our favorites are snow pea special garlic, cilantro scallops, basil shrimp, and hohng-yu vegetables. The old stand-bys like moo-sho pork, sweet and sour chicken, egg rolls, dumplings, and hot-and-sour soup are good too. The only thing we've ordered that we didn't like is snow pea special tofu. The quality is of their sushi is not quite up to a par with a place like Uchi, but then it's not priced like Uchi either. For a change of pace, we often order up a big platter of sushi and are very happy with it.

09/25/06

Don't believe what you hear....

by gottaloveit at Citysearch

Everyone can have a bad expirience at any restaurant, it doesn't mean it's bad though. I love this place! Not only does it have an awesome sushi happy hour it has wonderful chinese food as well! 2 for 1 sushi, half price sake, and $1 off domestics are a start! Great family atmosphere and definately some of the best food I've had in a while. I actually go through withdraws if I don't get my fix! To make it short, go see for yourself, don't believe the bad things other's say. Seeing (and tasting) is believing, I keep going back!!!

• Pros: Good service, Great Happy Hour, Wonderful food
• Cons: a little hard to find

05/24/05

Great Food, nice value

by phongle at Citysearch

Though Snow Pea is not the easiet restaurant to find, you will be happy that you have found it after your dining expierence. Greeted by friendly service, the food is prepared very quick compared to other chinese restaurants. The enviorment is also quite nice. A beautiful water fall caps it off. The food is excellent. MY personal favorite was the Spicy Cilantro Scallops.....seasoned perfectly with a nice crisp, they will fill you up quite well. All in all, Snow Pea is one of the best if not the best Chinese Restaurants I have dined at in a long time.

• Pros: Great food, friendly staff, quick service
• Cons: little bit hidden

09/17/04

WOW, Great for Families

by ruinedfilms at Citysearch

I have been to every Sushi joint in Austin & Snow Pea gets my vote.

This is not your typical Sushi Place, it feels like home. The waterfall is just loud enough where you can have a conversaion and not feel like you being listened to by everyone else. The Sushi is outstanding. Get the Crunchy California. The food is excellent but the service is far more spectacular. Our waiter was very attentive but not a bugaboo. The light conversaion and humor made our experience Excellent. The manager made sure we had a great time as she carried my two year old daughter around to chat with the other tables and to gather tons of fortune cookies. My entire party had a blast and enjoyed far more sushi than we should have ate. Snow Pea is by far the greatest family welcoming Sushi Restuarant I've found in Austin.

• Pros: Inexpensive, Great parking, Happy Hour

07/18/03

one word...GREAT

by theluman at Citysearch

THe food was delicious, the service was great, and the restuarant was nice. I eat alot of food, i weigh 400lbs+, but i've never had food so satisfying. The sushi was absolutley tasty, the dumplings were perfect and the sesame chicken was perfection. A++++++!!!!!! the only bad part of the whole night was the music, im not into jazz, more a hip-hop kind of guy. THUMBS UP~!!!

• Pros: good price, quality, curteous

01/25/03

Best Chinese Food in Austin!

by rdeschner at Citysearch

Snow Pea is the best kept secret in Austin. I have never eaten at a better Chinese/Sushi restaurant in all of my years in Austin, and I eat out a lot! It is hidden behind a strip-mallesque facade, but inside you will find an intricately decorated Chinese food hideaway. To top it off, even a college student could afford its modest prices.

....And you won't believe the sushi!

• Pros: Inexpensive, Not Crowded, Great Atmosphere
• Cons: Hidden

11/01/02

Wonderful!!!

by samx3030 at Citysearch

I've never been much into sushi until I ate at Snow Pea, now I crave it all the time. The sesame chicken is also Great. The egg drop soup is pretty good, but I must comment on the crab rangoons. I used to live in Springfield , MO which is a terrible town, but it has tons of chinese food (cashew chicken was invented there). Anyway, most resauarants there have really good crab rangoons and when I moved back to texas, everyone's crab rangoons totally sucked. That is until I had Snow Pea's crab rangoons. MMM, a little sweet and delicious, and not greasy at all. The service has always been quite good, they are starting to recognize me now. And they also deliver which is awesome, Sushi right to your door!

• Pros: good food, cheapdelicioussushi