House of Sun

Had carry out from there last night. Had beef w/​broccoli. Was very heavy on broccoli and light on beef and zero flavor. Got egg rolls @ 1.35 each. Smallest I’ve ever seen. Don’t order them. The other items; lo mein was chewy and tasteless; General Tso’s chicken was fair. I know this place usually does better. Must have been an off night.

Very average, my husband and I ate here last week and the food was so bland, it needed some real flavor, the waitress made us feel very uncomfortable as she literally stood next to us while we ate, we were the only diners in the place and it was very weird. We just ate as fast as possible to get out of there, we won’t be back there are much better Chinese restaurants round here

I have been to a lot of different Asian restaurants in my time and I could be considered by most as forgiving of people and restaurants. But this place is by far the worst Asian food I’ve ever had before. Everything was cold when brought to the table. The wait staff were constantly checking their phones and none were pleasant to us. However when an Asian customer came in they were all over them making sure things were hot and fresh. We felt second rate. Won’t go back.

I’ve been going here for years and it has never failed to impress. Order off the pink menu for a more authentic Chinese food experience. Try the beef with bok choy for a garlic bomb in all the right ways. The cold marinated duck is also amazing.

I’ve eaten at the house of sun many times when I want something different. The food is above average. My only complaints are the language barrier, and the two menus. It’s difficult to ask questions. I sometimes will see someone being served something that looks delicious, but when I ask what it is, they can’t communicate it well and I end up ordering something else.
They have two menus. If you’re Chinese, they give you the pink menu, and if you’re not, you get the standard Chinese Restaurant menu. The pink menu has lots more options. When you insist on the pink menu, the language barrier comes into play again. I think they discourage non Asians from ordering from that menu.
For those reasons, I don’t recommend the HOS, and probably will never dine there again.

Tendon: chewy, spicy yummy
Soup: Def hot and sour is the one.
Stir fried fish. Yummmmm
Rice cake is better than I thought it would be
All that was $ 35

Sweet baby Jesus, it’s been over half a year since I’ve had beef noodle soup. So you can bet your ass I came in here ordering beef noodle soup once I discovered there was actually a Taiwanese place in this area. In case you’re curious, I found this place because Phở Kimmy was still closed for vacation and I was one day off from being accurate on their return.
Their beef noodle soup was large and fantastic! I was surprised as I entered with low expectations. Sad thing is it’s actually better than a handful of beef noodle soups I’ve tried in CA. I would rate it a 7.5÷10 in my beef noodle soup history (wasn’t close to being spicy).
I also splurged and ordered pork and chive dumplings. It was amazing! Their sweet and sour chicken was really good and reminded me of my favorite restaurant back in CA.
I feel like this restaurant filled the void of my food cravings since moving from CA. Now the only thing missing is to find good HK food and authentic milk tea!

My fiancé and I tried this Chinese restaurant for the first time last night. It was very bland, and not at all what we were expecting. We’ve been trying to find a good quality Chinese restaurant close to home but unfortunately we are not finding what we are looking for. This particular restaurant had pork fried rice that was completely bland. I ordered the sesame chicken and was very disappointed not only was it lacking in flavor and spices but the texture was very chewy and stringy. He ordered sweet and sour pork and had a similar experience. The sweet and sour sauce was actually so bad he didn’t choose to use it. We will not go to this establishment again.

I think the selection for Taiwanese breakfast on weekend makes it unique in Cincinnati, but House of Sun to me is only an average Chinese food spot. Without a special selection for breakfast, it likely would’ve just gotten 2 stars for being an average Chinese restaurant.
I think the staff are generally friendly at this restaurant. It helped that every time I was with Chinese speakers who understood the menu and handled the ordering. At this point, I would stress that my experience at this restaurant also varies. It feels like what you get really depends on how the chef cooks it the particular day.
A chicken dish that I have ordered several times can arrive tender one day, but overcooked another. Though, can also be called the charm of a traditional restaurant. Fortunately, breakfast is harder to go wrong and the soy milk, scallion pancakes, and noodles all taste as I would expect.
The unfortunate thing for dinner is that it’s hard to recommend a single dish due to the large repertoire that is covered. Truth be told, you’ll probably find something to suit your fancy whether deep fried, steamed, stir fried, etc. that tastes spicy, sweet, sour, etc. There’s a heavy-​handed usage of sauces here that I don’t agree with, but is not uncommon in many Chinese restaurants in the U.S. After visiting 3 – 4 times and sampling a variety, I am confident in saying that this restaurant feels and taste very similar to many other basic Chinese restaurants out there.

Probably the best Chinese food restaurant in town! Real authentic traditional Chinese food with great fast service! I would highly recommend this to anyone in the city for great authentic traditional Chinese!

My family has been going here for years for their authentic Chinese food. I can only talk about ordering off the Chinese menu (but their is some english). Service and the food is always great. On this occasion we ordered the steamed fish, eggplant, sweet and sour pork ribs, pig intestine hot pot, Chinese broccoli, shredded pork and bamboo shoots.
Sometimes the steamed fish is under-​cooked and needs to be sent back to cook more, but the taste and the sauce is on point. All the food is pretty authentic and good. Pig intestine is a acquired taste, but the hotpot sauce is very rich. The eggplant was fresh, served in tasty dark garlic sauce. Sweet and sour pork ribs had well balanced flavors and a good amount of meat.
Pros: Authentic, prompt and friendly service, family and group friendly
Cons: Steamed fish is sometimes undercooked

I’ve only been here for the Taiwanese breakfast on the weekends and will come again and again until they kick me out!
Their «guabao» (braised pork sandwich) is really great, and we always order a few extra bc someone always wants more than one. I also like their soy milk, scallion pancakes, sticky rice balls, fried bread sticks, beef «shaobing», and peanut noodles (literally peanut butter + noodles).
I ordered their beef noodle soup once and probably will not order again as it was bland and boring. It’s def all about the Taiwanese breakfast on the weekends!

I visited House of Sun over lunch with a couple coworkers some weeks back. This place has been here for many years but I have never been a patron, and I think I’ve been missing out.
My coworkers each chose items from the lunch menu, but I went with the Chinese Seafood Combination Soup which turned out very well for me.
I also had some tea (standard Chinese restaurant tea,) and an egg roll.
While I didn’t find the menu particularly impressive, nor the service top notch, the noodle bowl I had was worth getting again. I’m sure I’ll be back with coworkers again soon.

I must confess that the only thing I really order at any kind of Asian dining is Beef Fried Rice. I know, I know– American with no spirit of adventure for palette broadening.
Here’s what I would say about the House of Sun. The Beef Fried Rice was only so-​so. Some of the rice was undercooked, and it was lacking in beef. I ordered two egg rolls, which combined would have equaled one egg roll at any other restaurant– they were good though, and if they weren’t $ 1.85 each I would probably get them next time. My meal was $ 11. If it were $ 7 – 8 I would have been happy enough with this meal.

House of Sun is the best Taiwanese Style restaurant in the Cincinnati Area. My group of friends and I are regulars for the Chinese Brunch on the weekends. Scallion Pancakes, Xiao Bings, Sweet/​Salty Rice Balls, Porkbelly Buns, Wonton Soup are some of our favorites, but basically anything on the breakfast menu is good and will make you begging for more. Its normal to have more plates of food than space allows on the table right?
Did I mention the Hot Pepper Chicken? Its made with fresh jalapenos that are no joke. I eat this with no regard for the burning struggles to happen the hours proceeding.
I have never been disappointed with anything that I’ve ordered, especially the more traditional dishes. Watercrest, Niuro Mien, and Meikai Koro are at the top of my list.
Gang-​bei friends.

Aside from the Taiwanese breakfast, which is decent but honestly how can you even F up fried breadsticks and sweet soy milk?, House of Sun is pretty terrible. I was excited after hearing that this place had good Taiwanese/​Chinese food. Finding good Chinese or Taiwanese in Ohio is hard to do. I brought my Taiwanese parents here for dinner and was really sorry that I did.
We ordered 5 dishes off of the traditional Chinese menu. They were the 3 cup chicken, stir fried bamboo shoots and pork, panfried noodles with seafood, spicy fried tofu, and a barbecue pork thing wrapped in fried bread. Now I don’t know if maybe the regular chef was off that night, but everything was just so bland and disappointing.
The 3 cup chicken tasted of nothing but soy sauce and brown sugar. No hint of wine, basil, ginger, or spices could be detected. They also clearly didn’t make a whole chicken because the pieces looked like hacked up tiny chicken wings. There was more bones to meat. The bamboo/​pork dish lacked any flavor. The seafood pan fried noodles was sucky sucky as balls. My mom’s version makes theirs taste like a sack of shit. The noodles had not a single hint of crispiness like they’re supposed to. The seafood on top tasted like mushy NOTHING! The spicy fried tofu was good only after we found some sauce to pour over it. And the fried bread wrapped pork dish would’ve been good if the bread had any crisp to it.
The bathrooms were dirty. They also piled boxes of produce along the hallway to the bathroom. Uhhh healthcode violation! F-​ing disgusting.
Never again House of Sun. You embarassed me in front of my parents.

House of Sun, you’ve done it again!
Came here for a second (third?!) round of Taiwanese breakfast this past weekend and brought my man-​friend along since he had never tried it.
This meant I was in charge of all of the ordering etc, so as per usual, I over-​ordered.
We got:
Shaobing with egg
Fried dough sticks
Sticky rice ball (sweet)
Hot soy milk (sweet)
Green onion pancake (with beef)
Dumplings
I got super excited when I saw jellyfish on the menu so I ordered some of that as well but they were out :(I’m pretty sure the waitress was unsure of what to do with me. She kept giving me incredulous looks and asking me to repeat my order just to be sure, but I know I impressed her because she came back with a pair of chopsticks and took our forks away when she brought our food!
All of our food was a whopping $ 23 dollars! And so very delicious. Come for the weekend to see what I’m talking about– if you are a true foodie you will not be disappointed! Also, I’ll be back for some jellyfish!

Great Taiwanese breakfast on weekends. I love the sweet soy milk and fan tuan (sticky rice ball). Everyone will swear by the gua bao («steam bun with special pork»), which is indeed yummy. The scallion pancake w/​or without egg is decent, but not nearly as good as mama’s (that’s usually the standard by which we Asians judge other Asian cooking). Items come in sizable portions (for 1 – 2 people) and priced at $ 1 – 3 each, which means you can get full off just a few well-​spent bucks.
I say great Taiwanese breakfast, but a little known secret is their regular Chinese menu. Grab a Chinese/​Taiwanese buddy and come for dinner. You’ll be amazed at the wonders this little kitchen can churn out. In my opinion, truly authentic Taiwanese food aside from their popular breakfast. Tip: Around 3pm on weekends when the breakfast closes, you’ll see the waiters sit down at a table and dig into some fancy fare… i.e. steamed fish, veggies, eggplant, etc. Don’t be afraid to crane your neck a little and take note of what they’re eating. That, my friend, is the real deal.

Would like to stray a bit from the typical dim sum menu?
Then I encourage the path of the Taiwanese breakfast menu on the weekend at House of Sun.
Rule #1 Refer to photos to initiate Pavlovian conditioning
Rule #2 Travel in pack of 4, which will maximize menu coverage, and still be able to share dishes equally.
Rule #3 You must try the Salty Rice ball as this was my favorite item
Rule #4 Order the tofu pudding-​reglar toward the end, as this is more of a dessert item and you want the dish warm. But, to warn you, this is far from the best tofu pudding I have had.
We ordered about 11 items and the total came out to about $ 40 including tax and tip for a pack of 4.

If you come here, you must ask for the Chinese menu if you don’t look Asian– that’s where the goodness is at. House of Sun is the kind of strip mall Chinese restaurant tucked away in some suburb that I’ve been looking for in the Cincinnati area. There are a lot of authentic dishes (and you know it’s a good sign when they have fish tanks with some of the seafood they serve), and Taiwanese breakfast! Thank you Caroline C. for alerting me to this. The service and restaurant itself is pretty standard for a Chinese restaurant– okay, and slightly dated.
Of course, you come here for the food (and so do lots of Asian folks, from my two observations!). Everything I’ve tried has been good, though I did think some the portions didn’t seem quite family style size. The beef noodle soup is great (and huge, so very shareable). I love that you can order hot soy milk (sweet or salty) that tastes homemade. And of course, the Taiwanese breakfast on the weekends! For you non-​Taiwanese eaters, you should try a sesame shaobing, which is a flaky flat bread, and the fried bread stick. Growing up, we usually split the shaobing apart and put a piece of the bread stick inside. Some folks like to dip it in hot soy milk. The scallion pancakes are tasty, and the scallion pancake with beef (basically rolled up beef and onions in a scallion pancake was delicious! Mmm. I can’t wait to go back and try more items on the very large menu!