This is my first time with this restaurant and I ordered take-out. I ordered the Hawaiian Poke Tuna bowl and loved it! The spice is not overpowering, it's just right. Came with good amount of rice, salad and tuna. I would've liked to have gotten some of the crispy wonton skins though. Also got miso soup on the side. I can already see myself as a regular here because I want to try out the other menu items! I will be updating my star ratings once I dine in, but I'm sure it's worth 5 stars. read more

Chow-Ya - Spicy Hawaiian Poke bowl, seaweed salad instead of regular salad - Asian Fusion Near Me - Lompoc, California

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We've been coming here for over a year now and it one of our favorite restaurants in Lompoc. Everything we've tried has been absolutely delicious. The food has great flavors and the use the freshest vegetables. I recommend the salads, either the Korean Bbq chicken or the spicy pork salad (fantastic). Very high reviews but hardly ever busy (don't understand that). read more

Food here is delicious ,definitely recommend all to come!. Staff is very friendly and attentive. Super fast service. Restaurant decor is lovely. read more

Chow-Ya - Spicy Ramen with Kimchi and sharing a salmon bowl with veggies. - Asian Fusion Near Me - Lompoc, California

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So happy I found this restaurant very good food. The mushroom bombs and the calamari strips are so delicious and so fresh. Love the pork fried rice a good portion size you will definitely have some left overs. I just wish they were open on Sunday's. read more

Decent food. Clean restaurant. Nothing special though. We ordered the Gyoza which was good, but the ponzu dipping sauce wasn't that great. The chicken and salmon teriyaki were both ok. read more

Chow-Ya - Salmon teriyaki bowl - Asian Fusion Near Me - Lompoc, California

Chow ya...chowed my hubby's money. The Egg drop soup that's served with your meal was a small bowl but good. The presentation of our Poke bowl was picture perfect, and sorry I didn't take any. The Fish was quite purty and fresh, and underneath the mixed Green Salad and house sauce was 5 lbs of rice. I actually ate the few pieces of purty fish so it wouldn't be wasted, unfortunately the 5lbs of rice and the 1lb of veggies were filed. read more

The food is so salty. We ordered tuna bowel. Cannot taste anything but spicy and salty. Even after one night after the dinner, I still feel very thirsty. read more

Ate here twice with my little family and food was great , but the service could be better if they would go around to each table and see if everything is fine offer to refill their drinks instead of standing behind the register talking and looking around. But other than that the food is made fresh and served hot . My kids and hubby mainly eat there all the time when I work late. I'll definitely eat here again when I am craving spicy pork read more

Great food! Have always enjoyed their menu and tasty recipes. When we want a sure shot we go to chow-ya's.

It was wrong of me to expect real ramen at a place that is not strictly a ramen house, but to serve instant ramen?!? The broth and noodles were very suspiciously similar to that of Shin ramen with a few vegetables chopped up and thrown in. After this experience, I wonder what else in this restaurant is instant food? I'm not willing to give a second chance until I actually see the kitchen. read more

Chow-Ya - Instant ramen... - Asian Fusion Near Me - Lompoc, California

I really enjoyed the variety of the food as well as the fine service. The Kim Chi was wonderfully spicy and the Tempura Udon was unbelievably generous. The quality to price ratio was off the charts. read more

Since the first time I went, the food still tastes very flavorful & the waitress was very attentive and polite. This place is delish!

A frequent visitor, mostly to take away.... Every single time, the spicy pork and combo bowls are delicious, with perfectly cooked vegetables and tender flavorful meats.... After reading the other great reviews, I'm thinking there are new items on my wish list.... Tuna Poke for one!! Clean, nice simple decor but still comfortable.... Does tend to be cold inside but hey, I'll bring a sweater.... Very nice staff, quick service, decent prices, what more does one need? read more

Enjoyed eating here and love the Shrimp Bowl especially. The chicken fried rice is, with brown rice, excellent as well. Always enough for leftovers which means a lot to this working woman. Healthy!! read more

Chow-Ya - The most incredible food, presentation, and people. I recommend Chicken Yaki Soba and Spicy Seafood Udon Pasta. - Asian Fusion Near Me - Lompoc, California

Great food. Great prices. Big portions. Had egg rolls with pork for an appetizer. They were delicious. Even my wife, who is not big on pork, liked them. She had a shrimp bowl and I had the popcorn lobster bowl. Both were amazing and more than either of us could eat. read more

I don't usually write negative reviews but this place SUCKS! I went for the first time today and I'm not coming back and I hope you don't lose out on your time and money! The Bad: Customer Service - the manager + ownership must be pinching pennies - I ordered a wine and never got it. So I asked if it was possible to just add a side of egg rolls instead of the wine since I was in a hurry waiting for my take out. The egg rolls are 5.95 - the wine I never got was 5. The manager was so cheap that she didn't want to refund my 5 for the wine or exchange egg rolls for the inconvenience. I waited for 20 mins and saw multiple people not get served in time, so they left. Now I understand why the food taste cheap. Nothing personal but if you eat here after this post. You must love highly processed MSG food. P.S. I called and asked about a Menu and they said the yelp photos are their menu - should have been a red flag! AND the food looks nothing like the photos - I'm guessing they wrote these 4 star reviews too. read more

The food is decent however the wait time to get the food is unacceptable. I recommend the jalapeño bombs

Me and a coworker went yesterday for lunch and it was amazing we had great service and our food came out in a timely manner... We both had the sweet chili shrimp (the portion was so large we could have shared and still had left overs) there was plenty of shrimp and they were large not the tiny ones ... so to me the price was very reasonable. We also ordered the jalapeño bomb as an appetizer and it was so good I'm already looking forward to ordering it again! We will definitely be back! My only wish is that you could do half orders on the bowls as it was way too much food for me read more

From out of town visiting family. This place was amazing. From the outside didn't look like much but inside was very clean and updated. Waitress was very nice and my drink was always full. Got one of the bowls, it was delicious and it was a very large portion for the price, even had to take half of it back to the hotel for later read more

My husband said this was the best ramen he had ever had!!! My kids loved it too. I had the scallop bowl and that was delicious too. We had the jalapeño shrimp and the soft shell vita as an appetizer, do t miss out on that! Overall great place to eat as there was families and friends enjoying together. read more

We ordered crispy oyster, which was okay, and gyoza, fried well and not greasy. I had a dynamite bowl but it was overly sweet with sauce and I could not eat more than a quarter of it. My husband had the beef udon and he said it was sweet but tasty. read more

I moved to California for a job - and my one big fear was that I wasn't going to find a local place that was as good as the Korean fusion places in northern Virginia... well Chow-ya isn't as good...it's better. We got the Hawaiian spicy poke salad and the spicy pork add kimchi - they were both the kind of spicy where you should take a break and have a sip of water but so darn good you can't stop eating. The Kimchi might just be my lifetime favorite - it had plenty of big cabbage chunks, my favorite! . This will be my go to! read more

The servings were large. I ordered a tuna salad and it was fresh and flavorful. No wait time. Spacious restaurant. The staff was courteous and helpful. read more

This is a pretty good restuarant. Food was really good I had the spicy ahi tuna bowl. The spiciness level was just perfect. I've also had the stuffed jalapeno bombs which were delicious but filled me up pretty quick. The employees are super friendly and service is fast. read more

My absolute is the Crunch Sweet Chili Chicken Bowl. I seem to get this every time but it's super delicious it has the right amount of chicken,vegetables, and rice. Very delicious with a hint of sweet and spicy everything else looks delicious and tastes great too! read more

This is one of the top places in Lompoc to eat; with a great staff the is always on point to ensure your experience is a great one! The atmosphere is very clean and open but no extremely private with personal conversation. The food is INCREDIBLE!! With the option to increase the health side with brown rice/egg/avocado it makes it the perfect place for after workout. read more

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Great customer service. Clean restaurant and great food. Love the option to have chicken breast and brown rice in the bowls which is a large portion. read more

Excellent food, great service. Attractive, clean location; nice atmosphere. I had the chicken bowl and it was fantastic. Will definitely be coming back. read more

had their tempura udon for togo after we arrived in lompoc late. it was good, the broth was super hot even after we brought to the hotel. tempura was just ok, thought the batter was rather too tuck. but over all was good. the service was slow since one waitress was seving for the entire res. read more

I was super excited to finally try this place, but it fell short of my expectations.... I got the spicy pork bowl, which I felt had way too much chili paste. I actually wished there was more rice to counter act the heat. I will say that I do like spicy, but the chili flavor overpowered the pork and veggies. I also got the garlic edamame. I'm a huge fan of fresh garlic, but this too had too much garlic topping, otherwise good... Definitely better than the pork bowl. I'll give them another try.... Then again, sushi Teri is right down the street. Overall, the flavors didn't fuse for me read more

Food is so-so but clean and nice atmosphere. Ordered combo fried udon noodle and scallop bowl. Too salty and sweet. Portion was decent and lots of meat and scallop. read more

We went to this place once when it opened up it was decent. It was very clean and open and decorated nicely. The food was OK a little bland and that's probly why we haven't returned yet. But it definitely is a little different than The other Similar places in town. We will most likely return at some point. They have lasted a while at this location which is a surprise because everything that goes in there is of closing due to lack of foot traffic read more

This place was absolutely horrible. Central coast Yelpers have failed me again. The place smelled like old fry oil. Food was flavorless. Think of old frozen food prepared too long in a microwave...... that's what you get here read more

Great food. Decent service. Fresh ingredients. Went there the first month they opened and they screwed our order up a little bit. They didnt bring our miso soups and didn't add beef to my veggie bowl as I ordered. They were quick to fix it after our food came and it is understandable because they were a new restaurant. One of my new favorite places to eat in Lompoc. read more

Big portions but not a ton of variety. Prices are OK for what you get. Vegetarian dishes were bland. Service is always great but "Asian Fusion" can be hard to pull off and for me (a former co owner of an Asian fusion restaurant), I wasn't totally impressed. HOWEVER the portion sizes alone make it a great value and are a reason I continue to return. That and I haven't tried everything yet so of course there's room for adjustment in my views. Overall yes I would bring family or friends here, I love the atmosphere. Servers are very polite and don't check on you too much or too little. They don't rush you even if it's near closing time which isn't common but is much appreciated. I plan on returning. read more

Good restaurant. Much needed change for Lompoc. The service was good, got my food fast and was very hot. The taste of the food and a great mix of spicy and hot. The staff was very good as well. And I love it that they have soju (to expensive ). Will come back again. read more

Chow-Ya - Spicy Pork with kimchi - Asian Fusion Near Me - Lompoc, California

The food was delicious, let me start by saying that. Nice portions with reasonable prices to match. I have nothing negative to say about the food besides the fact that my chicken bowl was a little lacking in flavor for my personal liking (however that way easily fixed by asking for extra sauce which made it perfect). 4 stars for the food The atmosphere was lovely, a nice little place with wonderful decor. I absolutely loved it. 5 stars for the environment Here is where things take a turn for the worse which is why my rating stands. Disorganized kitchen. I went with my partner, we ordered an appetizer and each our own meal. He ordered a more complex plate (can't remember the name but it has scallops and muscles and noodles and an arrangement of other delicious items) and I ordered a simple chicken teriyaki bowl. And as an appetizer we ordered spring rolls. Well his food came out in about 10 minutes (which was much faster than what we thought). Then we sat there awkwardly since he didn't want to eat without me 5 minutes later the appetizer came out, so we ate that. We then proceeded to wait. We were approached by multiple employees (probably due to our looks of confusion and frustration). Asking if we needed anything, and time and time again my response was simple "I'm just waiting for my food". 15-20 minutes later my food finally came out. My boyfriends food had already lost most of the heat, so that was very disappointing. So that is why I am only giving them 2 stars. ****UPDATE: it's been a while but decided to go again and it was delicious like the first time (actually better) I got the avocado mango salad, which sounds odd but is heavenly. My boyfriend got the Hawaiian tuna poke salad, which he said was amazing. My one and only complaint was that the restaurant was really cold. I was wearing a long sleeve shirt and was still shivering, but definitely worth a strong 4 star review. I'm so glad to see amazing improvement from last time. Next time just a little warmer lol but it was amazing. read more

Chow-Ya - Asian Fusion Near Me - Lompoc, California

Finally got a chance to check out this place. It was very clean and had a nice atmosphere. We were seated quickly and the service was spot on. Ordered a few rolls, tempura fried shrimp, the seafood soup, Miso soup and a beef bowl. The seafood soup looked amazing but it looked better than it tasted...maybe it was the broth that needed a little something? It kind of had a one tone oily taste to it. The fried shrimp was delish, miso soup was served a little under room temp, and was a little thick compared to what I am used to. Beef bowl very tasty. The rolls we had were all big and fresh and I'm sure we will be back. read more

One of the few delicious places to eat in Lompoc that offer fantastic vegan options. Really quick and great service with quality food. Can't really say anything negative. Maybe the parking lot.. It's a pretty right squeeze if you have a larger vehicle. read more

I have had a few good meals here but today I got the black pork sausage bowl and the sausage were hillshire farms lil' smokies. Definitely not what was advertised. I expected chunks of blackened pork sausage and I got mini fucken hot dogs.not their greatest hour. I'll be back though read more