Excellent staff – friendly and knowledgeable about the menu.
The food was superb. We pretty much followed the advice given by our waiters and were not disappointed.
Super value for money and an outstanding eating experience. Start in the ‘Library’ next door for a cheeky drink before enjoying dinner. That makes for a great evening out.

Pretty good, have been a few times now. The food is always good, prices are reasonable and staff are good. Good for functions too

Had our World Festival of Magic NZ Tour 2011 dinner here and the food was AMAZING, the staff was TOP NOTCH above the “norm” ! The drinks “I want more” We will def be coming back there next year.
If you are wanting a place that is friendly environment, great food (presented perfectly) and fast with a bar that knows their drinks and a price all can afford. This is your place!

If the Monday night specials are still going – Make sure you book or get in early! This place is popular for all the right reasons!!

Used to be a frequent customer (only due to moving out town this has changed). This is a Yumcha experience with fantastic asian cuisine like no other. Despite the casual Soho approach, the customer service is superb. The atmosphere gives a vast contrast. This place plays delightfully well on your tastebuds! Would fully recommend this place to anyone (especially if you’re a fan of mussel fritters!).

The only gripe that takes a star away from the rating is that it would take quite a bit of food to actually feel content. Unfortunately, this can be a costly place if you’re not entirely familiar with the food or looking to have your hunger well fed – This would actually be the better reason for looking towards the 2for1 deals.

Fabulous food so tasty, the 2 for 1 menu is a fantastic idea! Pitty that when it is a busy period you wait quite a while before even being served. Drinks also take a while to come out too.

So happy! This food is define, love it! Saw it in nz best dining at airport and have never been so pleased with the menu. Had the most amazing chicken salad with mint and corriander and cashews. My trainer is even pleased with the menu, healthy and fresh. Staff relaxed and friendly, well done chow x

Attentive waiter, comfortable seating although very close to other diners, not the place to have a private conversation. The food would suit someone looking for a light meal, you need to order several different things. It’s not my sort of food admittedly but the execution was average.

I went for dinner with friends and my food was bordering on tasteless, and unless you ordered a side dish at another nine dollars, you didn’t get any vegetables at all.

I also really object to music so loud that you can barely have a conversation. It’s almost like the diners don’t exist and the staff suit themselves. Finally the music was turned down after repeatedly asking for this. Secondly, I don’t like waiting staff behaving like they are my mates — my mates are the people I’m there with, not the Chow staff. Plus, all our various waiters also had no problem with waltzing up to our table, and without waiting or any regard for conversations that might be going on, just started talking over top of everyone — so conceited!

Not worth the visit on any count, and the decor is depressing and pure grunge, not to mention lighting that is so low that you can hardly read the menu.

Great casual dining, really good food, good service, would definitely come again! 2 for 1 Mondays an awesome deal! Decent sized servings, as a non Asian food fan I’m sold!

Food was nice.. ish but was very over priced for what it was, the amount of food you got was very minimal. Would be better if the price was dropped especially for lunches. Even with this so called two for one you still don’t get enough food.

The food was divine…the blue cheese won ton’s are to die for! Excellent service with warm, attentive staff, we walked in on a busy Friday night without a reservation, and were able to get a table within 10 minutes of waiting at the bar. Great ambiance and music too!

I’ve been a regualar at both Chows in Wellington for quite sometime now, but always preferred Tory St. The $25 lunch menu is value for money, but needs the wontons added The staff there are always lovely, and the vibe is always welcoming.

Generally I’m not a fan of Asian cuisine, but I’m glad I was convinced by my group to come to chow for dinner. We sat down strait away, and as instructed by our waiter we ordered our food to share. The food came out relatively quickly, and we demolished the lot. My favorites being the banana leaf chicken and coconut prawn dumplings.
Service was attentive throughout the night but not over the top. The music was a little loud but added to atmosphere. Overall a great experience. Thanks

I’ve dined here a few times but never given 1+1 Wednesday cocktails a go. The restaurant was busy, but like always I was greeted by a friendly staff member. I had to wait a while at the bar for a table but the rosebud cocktails made it worthwhile.

We indulged in our regular favourites on the menu but were pleasantly surprised by the spicy goodness of the smoked fish salad.

service was efficient considering the amount of people in the restaurant, and the ambiance and music were perfect.

I try to dine at Chow as much as I can. The food is amazing (blue cheese wontons!) and I am always greeted with a smile. The staff are lovely and make dining there a pleasure.

The staff need to up their game – these reviews are increasingly becoming a benchmark for diners to assess where we will spend our discretionary dollars – unfortunately with the staff displaying a cavalier ambivalence to a simple mistake they made and an even simpler solution they wont be getting my money ever again – worst part was I had been told it was average but still gave the benefit of the doubt. I don’t like writing reviews without giving the staff a chance to hear my complaint and attempt a fix – no chance here, we were totally ignored

Reasonable meal for three in a relatively empty restaurant last week, spoiled by the waiter being unaware they’d forgotten to serve the initial part of their fixed price lunch deal. We did advise that we were full by that stage and it didn’t matter,instead we enquired if we could get a coffee as a replacement – sadly no.
Then assumed they’d make a deduction from the final bill in recognition of not getting what was paid for – again no – full price was charged.
Here was a good opportunity to recover from a pretty basic slip up on a day when the place was far from busy, but rather than provide a reduction or a replacement coffee, we were met with indifference.

Great staff – very friendly. They make lunch there an absolute pleasure. Food is always great. Reasonable value too.

Definitely recommend!

food was good but overpriced for the size, so best time to go is monday when they have the 2-for-1 deals. service is good as well.

I ate at the Tory street Chow on Saturday May 2nd.

I had a lamb curry that tasted like the meat had been cooked two days before hand and reheated by simply throwing it into a curry broth. The meat was tough and stringy. Also the service was ok, until the staff starting swearing at each other. It was in good humour, but when your out with family you don’t want to hear people cussing each other out.

Very disappointing.

Anyone who enjoys modern Asian-fusion will find this place interesting, but not overly challenging, which makes it a good place to take friends wary spicy food and foreign-language-littered menus.

It is worth noting that the idea behind the menu is to order more than one “long plate” or side or one of the larger mains, and for that reason the price rating on this site is misleading. Therefore, those wishing to enjoy large quantities of food may find Chow harder on the pocket than they might have expected.

The atmosphere is modern and polished and the service is excellent.

I’ve been here a couple of times and so had most of the members of the group I dined with. We agree it is a consistently enjoyable dining experience.