Overall, reviews describe Chow's as delivering great food and friendly service at affordable prices, with generous portions and reliable takeout and delivery. Several notes highlight that the dining room is no longer in use and the buffet is not available, and many express hope that these options will reopen. Some comments mention a decline in quality, with a sour and spicy soup that was disappointing and a sauce that was thick and very vinegary and did not include the expected ingredients, leaving some customers not planning to return. Despite these concerns, other patrons praise the restaurant's consistency over the years, the welcoming staff, and the willingness to go the extra mile for orders, making Chow's a strong option for classic Chinese cuisine in the area. All in all, it remains a popular and value oriented choice with easy online ordering and fast service.
Hadn't eaten there in a really long time & I went back lately. Still pretty good. It's still really surprisingly the same if you have a craving for some good old Chinese food in all the typical takeout or buffet food. Typical Chinese food that everyone's used to the egg rolls are awesome. Everything is good except maybe the chicken soup guy. Some of that great. It was a bit hard. We ordered it once. It was a great ordered it once. It was really terrible. Everything else was good. We had like a dinner with multiple items & we even added more & everything was good except for them. Like I said, chicken soup guy & I don't know the first time this chicken soupai was great. The second time the chicken soup guy was hard like rock & it was not edible. It's a little bit pricey but I mean when is Chinese food not expensive right? So I would say just order. It's been awhile. You've been there the craving Chinese food, the egg rolls, the chicken fried rice. Things like that are awesome. The egg rolls are really good. The chicken fried rice is really good. The pineapple chicken is really good. The chicken chow mein is very good & the garlic spare ribs are awesome but anyways I would say go try it get out of the house. It's been awhile since you've had it. Go try it. You have the craving for Chinese food. This will definitely get your craving to go away. Order some sauces. Don't forget the OD beef macaroni is very good too. & yeah everything is good except the chicken sugai so order call me. She's the owner there. She'll help you & write a review. It's indoor valve or Val circle. If you go to dorval circle, just take dorval avenue South & it's going to be on your left on the east side of the doraville avenue right across from the Maxi of the Walmart so you can't miss it. Go get it something there. It's worth it. Enjoy
Food was good but the worst réception when called back to ask about our order (took over an hour to be delivered).The rudest & most insulting lady.....when our order came sauce was everywhere in the bag. Delivery man was super nice but the lady answering the phone needs to take a few lessons in customer service. Regardless of the food....customer service is the reason we will not order there again.
We live in Dorval for over 40 years & have visited Chows at the self-serve Restaurant & ordered take-out food for several times. Today I have to write this review to warn other possible customers of how this establishment's food quality has deteriorated over the past months! Maybe there's another or new cook in the kitchen, who has been instructed to save as much money on the various ingrediences of their menu offerings. They may pass in an old age home or a hospital setting, where food is free & nobody complains - but not on paying customers - who know the difference between good Chinese food & unappetizing left-overs!
As a starter I have no complaints for the timely delivery after we ordered early in the afternoon for an evening delivery. But the food quality was much less than what we expected! Mushroom fried rice did hardly contain any mushroom at all! Then we tried the Hunan beef that was price at $17.75! There were some sliced beef strips with a huge amount of sliced onions on a brown sauce mix. Next was the Kung Poo shrimps. The 4-1/2' dia. x 3-1/2' high plastic container contained exactly 5 medium-sized shrimps & the rest was again all sliced onions & another thick brown & unappetizing sauce. I just bought an entire bag (400 grams) of larger shrimps from a delicatessen store for $12.00 that contained several times the quantity of 5-only shrimps!! & if you like onions - you can buy several bags from Maxi for less than Chows $17.25 offering. At the end a comment about the ordered egg rolls: I like them if they are crispy - but what we received was mushy & tasteless! The entire order w/ tax was close to $70.00 & went mostly to the garbage can!
We called Chow's order desk - but they had nothing to offer in compensation or solution. They basically don't care! & in the process lost us as a customer!!!!
Tonight was the last meal I will ever order from this restaurant. Delivery took 70+ mins & I have never been served a more disgusting meal in my life.
Everything was absolutely disgusting.
- verge-of-rotten vegetables in the Kung Pow (gross)
- pre mixed Hot & Sour soup with constancy of 2 day old gravy
- cold / half cooked grocery store egg rolls
$40 & 90% of it went directly into the garbage
I've always enjoyed the food in the past, which is why this was such a letdown. Never ordering again, that is certain.
Chows avait des aliments de qualité auparavant. Maintenant c'est juste passable sauf pour la soupe aigre & piquante qui est allée directement à la poubelle. Noire, elle avait l'épaisseur de la mélasse, super vinaigrée & ne contenait aucun des ingrédients qu'on s'attend normalement. Très déçus. Nous n'y retournerons plus.
This place makes great food its at affordable price over great place ...
I only wished they would re open thier dinning area .. i miss having thier buffet there is so few left .
Jan 5, 2026
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We did take out tonight, was so looking forward to the meal. We were horribly disappointed, food was terrible. Egg rolls were super salty, chicken was so tough & all the rest of the meal was tasteless. Got to find another restaurant unfortunately.
We made a very last minute takeout order (at around 9:10 pm) & the woman who answered the phone couldn't have been kinder. She made sure the kitchen would make our order & made sure we knew where we were heading. We got the Full Course Dinner No. 4 for two people. This included egg rolls, chicken chow mein, pineapple chicken, garlic spareribs, & chicken fried rice. This was PLENTY of food for two people. & everything was delicious! This is different than the Chinese food we are used to back in the states, but we enjoyed everything. My husband would especially like to shout out the chow mein - he said it was top notch. Definitely worth a stop if only to support the obviously wonderful people who run this spot.
Chow's Restaurant offers a menu of classic & affordable Chinese food in Montreal. The portions are healthy & their order online service is fast & friendly as usual.
