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Fearless Critic restaurant review
Austin
Food
Feel
Price
8.3
7.0
$20
Chinese
Casual restaurant

Hours
Daily 11:00am–9:30pm

Bar BYO
Credit cards Visa, MC
Reservations Accepted

www.firstchinesebbq.com

Far North Austin
10901 N. Lamar Blvd.
Austin, TX
(512) 835-8889
First Chinese BBQ
Modern décor be damned, this is some mighty old-school goodness right here

The Austin outpost of this small, Richardson-based chain is the best Chinese option in the Chinatown shopping center (which also houses some of our top Korean, pho, banh mi, and bubble tea places, by the way). The interior is unusually stylish, with lime green walls, pale yellow ceilings and sparse,…

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