Yao Fuzi Cuisine

Reviews

• Richa T.

  star star star star star_border 21 July 2026

  Pros:
  + AMAZING Chinese food
  + Great sea bass - one of my favorite dishes by far
  + You have to order rice/noodles separately - but definitely worth the splurge
  + Great for date night
  + Short wait times
  
  Cons:
  - A little overpriced for what you're getting

• Jackie N.

  star star star_border star_border star_border 20 July 2026

  What a pretentious place this is!!!!  Save your time, money, appetite, and go somewhere else.
  
  I can see why they lost stars as well as customers!  Just had dinner there, and yes, entree was good, but portions have gotten smaller with prices still up there.
   
  For appetizer, I had the blue crab and cheese wontons, and no surprise, no evidence of blue crab.  Entree was crushed red pepper beef ($22!), which was good, but was more an appetizer portion.....really??
  
  To make matters worse, we were asked us to leave because they needed the table for a reservation when there were plenty of other seats to be had!!!  Never in my life have I been asked to leave a restaurant because they needed the table, even McDonalds!!!
  
  Well......OK, I'M GONE AND NOT COMING BACK!

• Don B.

  star star star star star 19 July 2026

  My all time favorite Asian restaurant in this country!  Absolutely terrific food. High quality.  It is very nice to have a full service dining Asian restaurant that doesn't feel like fast food. Most Asian places are that way. Yao is too notch. My only critique is that the portions could be slightly larger for the price. This is not an inexpensive restaurant. For me, the quality and taste of the food make me return, but I could imagine that the price will deter many from going or at least from returning frequently and portion sizes will likely give people a negative perception of value.
  
  As for me, I will continue to return, but if the cost was lower I would come twice as much!

• Muriel D.

  star star star star_border star_border 8 July 2026

  Went to lunch with my friends yesterday. The food is still good and the waitress was still surly. Evidently, surly is a requirement on the job application. However, the man who cleared our dishes was pleasant and even smiled at us. Perhaps he should be the customer service trainer.

• Yu-kwong C.

  star star star star star_border 22 June 2026

  In Plano, when it comes to eating Chinese food, we have a variety of options at our disposal depending on the locale of the cuisine: Canton, Sichuan, Hunan, Beijing (Peking), Shandong, Taiwan, etc. There is also one type that appeals to the wider non-Chinese public, that is American Chinese food. Usually the food is decent, but more pricey, and the decor is more ornate. Yao Fuzi falls into the last type even though the restaurant name couldn't be more Chinese. Yao Fuzi simply means Teacher or Master Yao in case you're curious.
  
  We ordered a few items: crispy duck, vegetable pot, and a seafood soup. I always order a soup because I'm Cantonese by decent and we always have soup in our meals. The seafood soup had assorted seafood like squid, shrimp, scallops, fish, snow peas, baby corn, mushroom. Everything was nice and fresh. I liked the shrimp and scallops, both of which were of pretty good size. The broth tasted good and refreshing.
  
  As to the crispy duck, it was nicely breaded, fried, and crispy on the outside. There were two drumsticks and a duck breast, more than enough for two of us, plus a handful of in-house potato chips. The meat was tender and well-seasoned. It was slightly saltier than I would like it to be, but it would be great to go with a beer.
  
  The vegetable pot was fine. I liked the variety of vegetables - carrots, broccoli, cabbage, baby corn, water chestnut, snow peas, etc - all simmered in a dark sauce. The varied colors made it look very visually appealing. The sauce was quite tasty, not overpowering, and slightly sweet because of the oyster sauce, I think.
  
  The service was just okay. They were not rude or anything. Usually I don't expect any service in a Chinese Chinese restaurant. But since the food here is relatively pricey, I was expecting better-than-usual service.
  
  The place is dimly lit and elegantly decorated with lots of Chinese calligraphy paintings. It's a delightful place to enjoy a fine meal.