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With its rustic, exposed brick walls, traditional Chinese wall hangings, and ornate wooden tables, Beijing Ranch Chinese Restaurant is much more stylish than your typical Chinese buffet restaurant. The restaurant serves authentic Chinese dishes prepared in the traditional style, and while it does not offer a lunch buffet, there are unique chef’s lunch specials every weekday.

Beijing Ranch’s regular menu includes hot soups and favorite appetizers like steamed dumplings and egg rolls, as well as rice and noodle bowls with savory seasoned sauces. Meat and tofu dishes like General Tso’s chicken, Kung Pao shrimp, and many others come with vegetables and an optional rice side. The dining room is small, but Beijing Ranch offers takeout on all of its menu items for those who prefer to take their food to go.

Beijing Ranch Chinese Restaurant is open 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.

Beijing Ranch Chinese Restaurant
1251 Pin Oak Road
Katy, TX 77494
(832) 437-7002
www.beijingranch.com
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One Yelp reviewer enthusiastically reports that Katy's Babaloo International Cafe & Bar has a "nice atmosphere, good service, and lots of dancing going on," and that's pretty much the sentiment of most Babaloo regulars. This unique bar, eatery, and dance floor offers the best of all worlds: You can eat and drink, then dance it all off until you're ready for round two.

The tapas-style food menu is appropriately geared towards late-night nibbling and sharing, featuring lots of tasty finger foods like beef sliders, bacon wrapped scallops, egg rolls, and nacho potato skins. Babaloo's drink menu has a solid wine and cocktail selection with a particular emphasis on Latin-style mixed drinks and bottle service for those who wish to make the evening a VIP experience. And depending on the night, you might shimmy around the dance floor to a live Latin band, a hip hop DJ, or all the top 40 hits you love!

Babaloo International Cafe & Bar
22756 Westheimer Parkway
Katy, TX 77450
(281) 391-4167
www.babaloocafe.net
www.yelp.com/biz/babaloo-international-cafe-and-bar-katy

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