(617) 338-8158
81 Essex St
Boston,
MA
02111
42.3524
-71.0603
Neighborhoods: Chinatown, Central, Downtown, Chinatown / Leather District
Price:
$
Last updated 1.24.11
Category:
Payment Methods:
American Express, Cash, Visa, Discover, MasterCard
Restaurant Special Features:
Family-Friendly Dining, Brunch, Family Style Dining, Lunch Spot, Group Dining, Carry Out, Cheap Eats
Cuisine:
Smoking Permitted:
No
What People Are Saying About Chau Chow City Restaurant
Featured Review
Contributor
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In Short – Chau Chow's first two floors offer seafood; the upper floor serves dim sum. All areas are patrolled by dutiful, formally-dressed waiters. The menu includes hundreds of offerings, from the familiar (moo goo gai pan, sweet and sour chicken) to the more exotic (honey-glazed jumbo shrimp with walnuts, conch with ginger and scallion, scallop with green beans and Macadamia nut). The dining rooms are often filled with wildly mixed crowds, as boisterous groups of Chinese-Americans sit alongside well-dressed club kids or tentative tourists.
Editor's Tips
- When to Go:
- Tired of settling for pizza after closing down the clubs? The restaurant stays open until 4am.
| ambiance | 50.0% positive |
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| drinks | 0.0% positive |
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| food quality | 85.41999816894531% positive |
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| menu variety | 100.0% positive |
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| service | 85.71000099182129% positive |
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| value | 50.0% positive |
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This is one of my fovorite hangouts
by The Adventurer at Citysearch
I just love this place! It has awsome food and reasonable prices, If you like authentic Chinese cuisine then you will find it here. They also have some Chinese-American dishes for the unadventurous. They have plenty of space and parking, and it's open till 3 AM! The seafood is so fresh, it's still swimming in one of the tanks when you place your order. They also have the game on in the evenings and karaoke upstairs late at night. The Dim Sum is probably the best in Boston.
Simply the best
by CSMobileUser2 at Citysearch
Open late. Best customer service i've ever dealt with in all my Chinese food years. If your dining in, wonderful tranquil area with great scenery. average pricing, and in all honesty probably the best all around Chinese food experience you will have. Highly recomended!
Adding Tips By Yourself?
by LoveWilma at Citysearch
I ordered a takeout and 3 days later found out that the restaurant overcharged my credit card 10% of the amount I agreed to pay. This is rediculous - so the restaurant ASSUMED that I should pay tips without my awareness? I called the restaurant and was just pushed around. I guess this is a way they make profit!!
- Cons: Overcharged My Credit Card
Very good dim sum in Chinatown!!!
by chuchumouth at Citysearch
I just love it. It is so good and tasty that I go there once a week!!!! Their Dim Sum is probably once of the best in Boston Chinatown. The only inconvenient is it is very hard to find a parking in Chinatown.
- Pros: Excellent Dim Sum
- Cons: No Parking
I can live with the atmosphere but the food was not impressive
by PK2008 at Citysearch
As far as atmosphere, Im not hard to please so I wasnt concerned with the place itself. My friend was raving about the calamari and it wasnt good at all. The fried rice was the only thing that was good. I ordered beef lo mein and I wasnt impressed at all. The noodles were super thin, and I asked for no bean sprouts and they still put them in there. For the amount of money I spent, I should of gone to PF changs.
The Details on Chau Chow City Restaurant
Place Categories:
- great food
- fast customer service
- pricey place
- best dimsum
- fantastic dim sum
- thick sauces
- huge story restaurant
- best hands
- bad service
- great meal
- happy staff
- great fish
- cold tea
- excellent dinners
- great scenery
- recommend any
- nasty first
- great people
- highly recommend dim sum room
- not pleasant but
- good quality
- fresh cooked
- good not as
- affordable atmosphere
- recommend fried chicken

