The China Bowl

258 King St N, Waterloo
(519) 954-6477

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ENYAO GUO

A very satisfying experience. The food was very fresh, and even though it was crowded, our requests were always met promptly. This is a top choice for gatherings and holidays.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Sadie

Went out to celebrate Chinese new year with a nice dinner out. Food was bland and not very good considering the price for each dish. Service from the male waiter was non existent, not attentive and with attitude. Atmosphere needed music. Hard to find good Chinese food in the area.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 1

Jim

Ordered the pork belly and chestnut dish. It was delicious. Would definitely come back here again. 非常好吃啊

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Laura N

Soup was amazing and you can tell it was made fresh and with care!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Cherie

Horrible food! Very disappointing!
We ordered, chicken balls which had hardly any chicken and all batter. The low mein and fried rice with chicken was greasy and the chicken pieces were so tiny and didn’t taste fresh. The garlic ribs were completely inedible, it had an odd smell which made you wonder if you were eating pork and the pieces were very fatty. The only thing that was ok were the spring rolls.
When I went back to complain, I showed them the ribs which they proceeded to cut each piece on a cutting board in front of me to tell me which pieces were good and the “off smell” was due to garlic powder.
They did give me half of the $85 spent but I had to really prove my point to justify the request.
As well, there was a complete language barrier and had to respectfully repeat my case in several ways to make the point before it was understood.
I will not be returning and advise those to go elsewhere as it’s a complete waste of money!

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 2

Sam Ellenbogen

great food

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Andrew Zhou

solid authentic chinese food

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

LACH

Parking is available upon front but very tight parking spots.

Restaurant is huge with an vip room for private dining.

Portions are huge. Flavors are intense.

Seafood dry crisp rice 10/10
So good and the crispy rice was done to perfection.

Pork hock rice 9/10
Flavor is good but the pork hock was a bit on dry side.

Dry spicy wok 10/10
Everything mix and gel together. Flavor was phenomenal.

Beef brisket with tomatoes 9/10
You can taste the tomatoes but the Beef brisket could be cooked longer as it was still hard to chew.

Sour potatoe shreds 7/10
Not sour enough.

Spicy cabbage 8/10
Pretty good.

Service was good and staff is friendly.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

MattRobloxYT

I was here for dinner and the food and service here was astonishing.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Matt Deres

Good, authentic Chinese cuisine. Everyone at our party enjoyed their meals. Parking was a little treacherous, but that's not the restaurant's fault. Chop Suey was excellent.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Adler W

Excellent food and service

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Edward Jian

Very good food

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

song zhou

Very good experience here! For festival.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Sarah L

Chewy chicken balls with a tiny piece of chicken inside and mostly batter, the fried rice didn’t taste good and tasted like it wasn’t fresh. The eggroll wrapper tasted oddly like cinnamon. The sesame chicken was good. I wouldn’t order again though.

Food: 2

Conan Gao

Tastes good!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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