Trends · data through September 2026

Chinese in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX

Iceflower tracks 494 stores from 352 Chinese chains in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX. Taste of China grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Mala Sichuan Bistro and Panda Express.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
352
Tracked stores
494
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked Chinese chains

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Taste of China and Mala Sichuan Bistro sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T Taste of China ▲2 +13.3%
2 M Mala Sichuan Bistro ▲1 +4.5%
3 P Panda Express logo Panda Express - +4.1%
4 8 888 Chinese Restaurant - -5.9%
5 W Wok D'Lite ▲1 -9.6%
6 G General Wok - -11.1%
7 C Chang's Chinese Restaurant - -12.3%
8 N Noodle Master - -13.3%
9 C Chinese Wok - -17.3%
10 P Pei Wei logo Pei Wei ▼4 -39.0%
  • Panda Express
  • 888 Chinese Restaurant
  • Hong Kong Food Street
  • Spicy Chen Asian Bistro
  • Pick Up Stix
  • The Rice Box
  • East Star Chinese Buffet
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

494 tracked store locations in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Panda Express (70)
  • 888 Chinese Restaurant (4)
  • Hong Kong Food Street (1)
  • Spicy Chen Asian Bistro (2)
  • Pick Up Stix (1)
  • The Rice Box (1)
  • East Star Chinese Buffet (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 P Panda Express logo Panda Express 70
  • 2 P Pei Wei logo Pei Wei 13
  • 3 C Chinese Wok 8
  • 4 8 888 Chinese Restaurant 4
  • 5 W Wok D'Lite 4
  • 6 N Noodle Master 3
  • 7 C China Wok 3
  • 8 C Chang's Chinese Restaurant 3
  • 9 M Mala Sichuan Bistro 3
  • 10 T Taste of China 3
  • 11 G General Wok 3
  • 12 D Duck n Bao 2
  • 13 L Little V logo Little V 2
  • 14 Y Yummy Yummy 2
  • 15 H Hong Kong's Cafe 2
  • 16 C China Express 2
  • 17 C China King 2
  • 18 T Tiger Noodle House 2
  • 19 S Spicy Panda 2
  • 20 B Bao's Cafe 2
  • 21 D Dough Zone 2
  • 22 C China Ko 2
  • 23 C China One 2
  • 24 H Hot Wok 2
  • 25 C China Cottage 2
  • 26 A Asian Wok 2
  • 27 G Golden China 2
  • 28 S Star Wok Asian Bistro 2
  • 29 Q Qing Qing 2
  • 30 P Panda Garden 2
  • 31 R Rice Bowl 2
  • 32 D Dynasty Cuisine 2
  • 33 F Famous Wok 2
  • 34 T Tai Li Chinese Restaurant 2
  • 35 T Triple Pepper 2
  • 36 T Timmy Chan's 2
  • 37 C Cooking Girl logo Cooking Girl 2
  • 38 T Timmy Chan 2
  • 39 S Spicy Chen Asian Bistro 2
  • 40 C China Star 2
  • 41 T T Jin China Diner 2
  • 42 J Jia Kitchen 1
  • 43 C Chun's Cafe 1
  • 44 S Summer China Diner 1
  • 45 H Hunan King 1
  • 46 M Mei Wei 1
  • 47 E Egg Rolls Chinese Cafe 1
  • 48 S Snap-a-Box 1
  • 49 H Hunam Garden 1
  • 50 G Grand Imperial Chinese Restaurant 1

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