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    Chowking

    2.4 (267 reviews)
    InexpensiveChinese, Fast Food, Noodles
    Closed • 7:00 am - 9:00 pm
    Updated over 3 months ago

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    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Good for groups
    Dogs allowed

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    Wrong Order2: fried eggs, fried meat, rice

    I ordered food to be delivered today, Sunday-May 17, 2026 at 11:00am. I ordered: Pansit Canton (noodles), 2 orders of Lumpia Shanghai. My entire ordered was delivered at 11:47 but the whole order is wrong and not the food that I order. The food CHOW KING sent to me: 2 fried eggs, fried beef & rice (see pic). I don't eat eggs because I am allergic to it. Called Chow King tell them I got the wrong order and Chow King admitted that the wrong order was sent to me but Chow King refused to send me the correct order because they said-they have no driver though on their website indicated that they have a delivery service. And Chow King refused to give me a refund because Chow King indicated that Uber Eats is the one that needs give me a refund& not them. Took pics of the wrong order and offered to send it back to Chow King but they said no need because they KNOW that its the Wrong Order, but they will NOT give me a refund & NOT send me the correct order. This is consumer fraud- for me to be charge for the food that I never receive. Poor customer satisfaction when CHOW KING Refused to refund my money or send me the correct order and stated that it is UBER EAT that made a mistake. I told them that they have a delivery service so why not just send me my correct order that I already paid. Chow King REFUSED to send me my correct order that I already paid and REFUSED to give my refund. SHAME on you Chow King for POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE. Very bad customer service& Consumer Fraud for charging me & taking my money & send me wrong food. Poor Customer Service and Consumer Fraud- which Chow King refused to send me correct food that I paid for and refused to give me refund. What kind of business that made a mistake and not correct the mistake they made by sending customer a wrong order & refusing to give refund for the food they sent that I did NOT order! I will NEVER give my business to CHOW KING Mira Mesa and Uber Eats & will NEVER recommend Chow King to al my family friends & everyone I know in SD & beyond! Pls attached of 2 wrong orders Chow King sent to me: 2 fried eggs, small cutup beef tosino & rice- I did NOT order this. Correct your mistake Chow King- send me the correct food I paid for!

    Thank u for the good food and service
    Marilyn G.

    We brought my Son and his friends to Seaworld and as always they still want to stay longer together afterwards, so after Seaworld I treated them more to Starbucks. And I know they would want more after Starbucks, and I always know they will be going to ask me to treat them to Raising Canes after, but we are always in Raising canes 'coz these Teens loves Raising Canes, so for a change of ambiance I searched up in Yelp for FRIED CHICKEN places that were near where we were at, but I remembered that Jollibee and CHOWKING also have good Fried Chicken. I chose to bring them to CHOWKING this time since their fried chicken was good and bigger there. When we came there's good enough seating inside. I ordered the special they have which is the: *2 of BUNDLE FEAST - CHICKEN and PANCIT That's a Total of 20 FRIED CHICKENS and 2 orders of PANCIT. The young lady on the front said it would be a 20 Minutes wait, and I said that's alright. Then after I ordered I heard her say to the next customer that it would be a 40 minutes wait. So after 20 mins passed, our Fried Chicken was not served yet. It was served after 1 hour and 20 minutes, I don't know what happened and why it took that long, or maybe they just have so many orders for the day. So for the FOOD, the PANCIT is just alright, but their FRIED CHICKEN was DELICIOUS! CRISPY on the outside and juicy inside, it was cooked nicely as always. The PLACE is also Clean. And there's Plenty of Parking too. For Customer service they have friendly staff here.

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    Maria B.

    Food: Tocino should be served in tinier pieces since they do not have plastic knives to cut the meats that are TOO big to fit into one's mouth and too tough to bite with one's teeth. Service: Denise is very professional, polite and attentive. She gave the proper greeting, "Hello mam, for here or to go?" Arlyn, the older lady on the other hand, looks like she hates her job. After not acknowledging my presence and making me wait a few minutes, she turns to her busy subordinates and tells them "tell Denise there's a customer", referring to me as persona non grata. Eventually, she says "never mind I'll do it" to which she turns to me and sternly said "YES?!" This lady could learn more from the younger workers. Obviously this supervisor type does NOT lead by example. Ambiance. Supervisor's negative attitude kills the ambiance. She should stay at the back and keep her bad attitude in place away from paying customers like me.

    Taho
    Dustin V.

    Staff is 5/5. Offered me water cups and insisted. The store was fairly clean 4/5. My food was a bit dry, but it was still good 4/5. This Chowking is better than the one in National City for sure. Give it a try!

    The name of the cashier is written very disrespectful
    Christina D.

    This location has the worst customer service. Filipino workers here are rude and disrespectful. Came in today to get the 2 entree breakfast. on the board it states 2 entree add $1.50 bangus. It was not very clear to me how it works so I asked. They were 2 people upfront. I believe the one short lady was the manager who made me wait 10 minutes without saying anything before taking my order and then the other one went to the other cashier and asked what i wanted. So I asked what does it mean add $1.50 for bangus? and none of them can answer the question. I simply wanted to know what the sign on the board meant. How can a manager and a person that works there doesn't know what you're selling and what your menu meant? It is standard to know and explain to the customer when they asked. They were so disrespectful when they speak to me and gave me all the side eyes they can. You both work in customer service at least be nice if you both actually didn't know what you're selling and what it meant or how to explain it to the customer. I am reporting this to their corporate. There is a big difference with not knowing and at least being nice of having a good customer service. Food are expensive and very small portions. This location has to close because they are hiring the wrong Filipinos. Filipinos are know for being nice and hospitable. But I guess these ones that works here have that crab mentality being here in the US. I am just saying it is free to be humble.

    Half Taho and mostly water!!!
    Danny C.

    Chow king is a Joke ordered a Beef stew with wontons noodles soup and had tiny bits of beef about 12 tiny pcs with no wonton and I have to ask them and it cost $10.79! Never eat at Chow king! ITS NOT WORTH IT!

    Outstanding customer service from Roel.
    Ricardo S.

    My wife and I ordered taho and buchi and both were served hot and fresh. The gentleman at the counter (Roel) was pleasant, cheerful, and provided outstanding customer service. He had the initiative to include cups of water with our order and offered soda. He also delivered to our table our remaining order (buchi). This virtue is rare to see in any fast food establishments.

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    Long wait. I think it's just short staff during memorial day. I can try again next time.

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