Kau Ba

Maybe we came on a bad day… but will not be returning. Prices don’t reflect quality of food, drink, or service.

Nice small cozy place with good cocktails and food. Scallops are excellent. Parking: Small parking lot next to it

The service here is all over the place. One night we came in and 3 different people came to take our dinner order after it had already been placed. That was unusual because we usually have to wait forever for a server to come by. The only consistency is the time it takes them to make drinks. First, you have for the waiter to come by and then it takes them about 30 minutes to actually make the drink. We kept coming here because the food is incredible and we love the patio. But last night I found some sort of plastic packaging with a bar code mixed in with my pho... I didn't find it until I was packing up my leftovers, and thought that was pretty gross. We really wanted to love this place, but unfortunately we will not be back.

Decided to stray from our normal Vietnamese place because they had so.e great looking menu items. Unfortunately, we were not impressed. Ordered tea and water and the "soft shell" crab and scallops as appetizers. The crab arrived, and there was nothing soft about it. We expected small crabs that had molted, but these were tiny baby crabs, hard as rocks. Saw other tables eating them, but I don't see how you can eat crab shells. We then got our entree - shaking beef. It was good, needed veggies. Not the best I've had but decent. Finally, our baby scallops arrived. They were good, but nothing special - very small for the price. Finally, the iced tea arrived, so we didn't get refills by that time. Very overpriced for the portions, in my opinion. Had to sit at the bar because we didn't have reservations (no problem), but after our meal, that just kind of blew my mind. Except for the crab, Kau Ba wasn't bad, but there are much better choices in Houston. Parking: Small lot with very few spaces. Difficult to get out of.

Fantastic!