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Chwa Hollywood

2.7 (93 reviews)
Closed • 6:00 pm - 4:00 am (Next day)

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Salmon and grits
Ehud J.

Waited 2 hours for my food, drinks were weak af, server was rude, and everything you buy comes with 20% tip. Love supporting local Haitian restaurants but can't support this one......

Dry goat
Peaches L.

Food is over rated. If I could give -1 stars I would This place was recommended by a Haitian gentleman who lives in the area. He said it was the best restaurant in town.....lies lies lies!!! I ordered red snapper, black rice, plantains, salad. Our appetizer was conch. The rice and cabbage was the best thing on my plate even though it taste like rice a roni. My friend ordered goat with rice and salad. The goat and snapper was extremely DRY and OVER COOKED. The plantains was flavorless and dry. Snapper meal was $50, conch $21, goat $ 40. Not worth it AT ALL. Our server never came back to check on us. We had to wait for someone to walk by the table to request our ticket. Oh the restrooms are nasty. We told them and the guy didnt seems concerned at all. Don't waist your time or money coming here.

Inside
Renee R.

I wanted to give Chwa 5 stars but unfortunately I can not! Everything is just to expensive for the portion size that they give and they actually tried to charge me an EXTRA $10 for sharing an appetizer lol!!! The dj came at 8:30pm (we were there at 7pm on a Friday night) and when he did show up he wasn't enthusiastic at all. We were celebrating my friends birthday that day. Because the prices are extremely HIGH we decided to share the grio entree and conch appetizer. The food was DELICIOUS especially the conch! Everything was seasoned to perfection! FYI They use basmati rice.... I'm usually not a fan of that rice but it wasn't to bad. The blue Long Islands were nice and strong and the waiter was nice and gave us 2 free shots for the birthday festivities! ***PLEASE SEE PICTURES***

Cary E.

This place has great potential to be awesome. I love that it's a blacked owned Haitian Resturant but the reviews were right. This place is VERY unorganized as far as the staff goes. We first arrived and was greeted 10 mins after. We are finally seated and the waitress I guess had a big party( I understand that) but it took her LITERALLY 30 mins to take our order , I mean Atleast take our drink orders nada. (Mind you the dj was apparently late so it was no music) so we are just sitting there. Finally the waitress took our orders by that time we decided to just order our drinks and food. The drinks (mimosa passion fruit) took another 30 mins or longer to arrive. At point I'm ready to go and soon after the dj arrives and the owner gets on stage to apologize for the service and the staff being so unorganized then offered everyone free shots. (Great but that still didn't make it any better, if you know your staff is unorganized it's best you get a new staff because waiting almost 1hr 30 mins to get your food and drinks is ridiculous) Now food I had the chicken & red velvet waffles - the chicken was extremely flavorful but the waffles weren't good at all My friend at the salmon and grits- she loved the salmon but the combo was not the best together. If the service gets better I maybe back to dinner but after my experience I don't think I'll be returning

Fried Snapper dinner
Laura R.

I love this for the Haitian culture. The food is delicious! It's full of flavor. I always sit at the bar and the service is always good. They play music (Afro beats, kompa, r&b) I love the vibe. The fried snapper and the grilled conch are my favorite. They also have a guava punch that's so tasty it goes perfect with the food. Things I don't like: I smelled like food when I left there. The owners family walking around freely just staring. I mean, unless you're asking customers for feedback then I understand but they don't. All in all I love it there and I'll recommend.

Nelly T.

I've seen Chwa on my timeline for quite some time now. The pictures are inviting and made a great impression. I'll give them 5 stars for getting me here. However, that's where it ends. We were seated and waited at least 10 minutes before a server came to take our our order. Once our orders were placed , we waited another 35 before our food came out; and it wasn't a full house. The food was subpar and the grits were salty as hell. In the end they had the audacity to include a service fee; When we did not see a server from the time we received our food. Unfortunately we will not be back and I would not recommend! Full disclosure: after speaking to the manager, she did remove the service fee.

Crab Cake Sliders
Diana E.

I have been here several times and the service is always slow and just unorganized. Does not matter if the place is full of patrons or empty. Our waitress was inattentive and just nonchalant. She rarely came back to the table to check on us and then would walk away really fast when she did come back. No time to place any orders. She spent most of the time chilling and talking at the bar with other patrons. It was a terrible experience overall. The owner needs to speak to the servers because this is unacceptable behavior.

Fried snapper, rice and beans/plantain
Germanie C.

Chwa was worth the drive! My friends and I drove from West Palm Beach on a Friday to enjoy a great evening of excellent Haitian cuisine and vibe. Live DJ and friendly Customer service. The food was well presented, great flavor. Spicy just as I like it. I had the very tasty plantains nachos for appetizer. Fried snapper/ rice and beans and plantains.

Charged me wrong after my horrible customer service experience!
Nat A.

FIRST & LAST TIME VISITING! HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE! I was invited to my friends bday dinner on a Thursday night. When I arrived, some of her guests were already there & some ordered appetizers. The waiter Francesca came & took the couples order next to me, which he asked her if she preferred the grilled or fried conch, & she replied both. After they placed their order, she left but came back to take mine. I ordered the "conch and griot." When the food came out, I noticed the others received appetizers & mines came out as a full meal! I immediately stated that I did not want meals & wanted appetizers like everyone else. She stated I did not say "appetizer," so she "assumed" I wanted the meals. Why would a person arrive at a restaurant & order 2 meals for themselves when everyone is ordering appetizers? Especially when the sides are exactly the same! I explained to her I couldn't eat all this, nor did I plan to & wanted to sides returned and only wanted the conch and griot alone. She said there was no manager on site & that she didn't have access to cancel the order. She left to get the drinks. While she was gone, my friend at the table said the waiter she had to speak to a manager when she ordered so there was a manager. When Francesca returned, I told her I was told a manager was needed earlier & wanted the manager. Francesca said the manager had left & was not coming until 9:30 or later. She refused to call the manager, & when I said to just take the food back, she said she would have to call the cops for not paying for the food. She also proceeded to tell me the everyone had said the words "appetizer" which the other guests said, "they did not" & even the couple that order before me took up for me & told her she was being rude & acting like it was my fault for her mistake. I ended up calling the restaurant while sitting there a few minutes after the waiter walked away. The manager Maritsa answered & said she was onsite. I explained the situation, & she agreed & mentioned how she had been hired to fix the customer service & would only charge me for the 2 appetizers. She also left the sides for me to keep & provide a free drink. I never wanted the sides & only sampled them, letting the people at the table enjoy as they pleased. Maritsa later brought me a bill in which she charged me for 1 appetizer and 1 conch entree. NOT HONORING what she agreed to, which was only charging me for the 2 appetizers & even charged me gratuity. After I told the manager, I was called sweetheart in a condescending tone & advised the police would be called on me for refusing to pay for meals I did not order. In order to not make a scene as the birthday person was at the table & more people arrived. I simply paid the bill & did not wish to escalate further! The food was good, but there was nothing I needed to go back for. I feel that at the end of the day, the waiter did not have any accountability for her mistake, and the manager decided to make me responsible for part of that mistake. The area was busy, & the restaurant was empty outside of our table of 20. So it was not like she could have forgotten what she promised. Even the other guest said they were not interested in coming back after the way I was treated. Never again! P.s. I also didn't like the way my credit card was taken for a long time and not in sight, so I will monitor the transaction & might request a new card.

Chicken and griot tacos
Laetitiah R.

Came here on a taco Tuesday night at 11 pm didn't expect service to be much since they were about to close. Glad me and my friends decided to go in anyways, parking was easy to find . They have parking all around and very cheap at that. I paid $3 for 2 hrs Soon as we enter the host greeted us and told us we could sit anywhere. From then on we got checked by what seemed to be one of the owners of CHWA. She made sure our waiter came after only waiting 10 mins. I decided to try 3 of their taco options (Griot, Steak & Chicken) ,out of the 4 I believe. GRIOT TACO was the winner, chicken taco can be deboned a bit better but it was good too. My least favorite was their steak taco. I'm usually a steak fan but the flavor wasn't my cup of tea, despite how good looking it came out. Drinks were great and strong ! Also they provided games to play, how thoughtful and fun Amazing job team ! Thank you for the great service last night . I'll be back

DJ
Marcy J.

I'd been hearing alot about this spot from my friends so my coworkers and I decided to have our farewell outing here. It was a Sunday so it wasn't too busy and we were able to be seated immediately. Upon asking tne waitress for a drink menu she bought out the bottle menu and just rambled off the list of drinks she could make. I was very disappointed in the lounge not having signature drinks and how unpleasant my margarita was. For food I ordered the plantain nachos and the cracked conch. That was some of the best cracked conch I've ever had. The plantain nachos were ok. They lacked some cheese and seasoning. Also the restaurant was freezing so it made it kind of hard to enjoy myself. Overall I would be back just to try out the rest of the menu and to experience their brunch.

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Sara D.

Chwa is def a 10/10 Food Service Drinks Ambience We're no strangers to CHWA, but every time it feels like our FIRST time. We always ask for our FAVORITE waitress, Genesis. Always takes good care of us. We ordered the Plantain Nachos with Buffalo Wings for appetizer. For Entree, we had the Complete Fried Snapper meal, along with the Griot. Seasoned and cooked to perfection. We definitely recommend this spot 100% to any and everyone visiting the South Florida/ Hollywood area. Won't regret it. Try it for yourself, you won't regret it P.S. stop listening to negative reviews. People have this high standard rule, expectations when it comes to local businesses. But won't dare have that same energy towards big franchises.

Reggie B.

Well, after a night of waiting to eventually try this place. I was ummmm disappointed. Here's why. We waited 45mins to finally put in an order. Now mind you, it's the weekend that experience bad weather and 3servers called out. So as I was taking our own orders to walk k the bar, a guy came by to take are order. The plan was to walk to the var to place the order. The plantain nachos was missing everything besides the meat. Lol. They did apologize as they told us they ran out. However, it was an interesting night. Food was okay. The DJ struggled for an hour to get the sound right. $451 later and I don't see what was worth it. However, beautiful spot and on to the next. Staff was nice. You do need a reservation for large parties as we were a party of 7.

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Great food. Drinks were alright and the view was beautiful but the food superseded everything else.

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