The China Bowl

About

Chinese

Price Range : $11-30 ($$)

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    Yelp rating
    3 stars

Location

Adress: 258 King Street N, Waterloo, ON N2J 2Y9

Phone: (519) 954-6477

Work Hours

Mon 11:00 am-10:00 pm
Tue 11:00 am-10:00 pm
Wed 11:00 am-10:00 pm
Thu 11:00 am-10:00 pm
Fri 11:00 am-10:00 pm
Sat 11:00 am-10:00 pm
Sun 12:00 pm-10:00 pm

Business info

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    Takes Reservations
    Yes
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    Delivery
    Yes
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    Take-out
    Yes
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    Bike Parking
    Yes
  • accessibility
    Good for Kids
    Yes
  • group
    Good for Groups
    Yes
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    Noise Level
    Average
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    Alcohol
    Beer & Wine Only
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    Outdoor Seating
    No
  • wifi
    Wi-Fi
    No
  • tv
    Has TV
    Yes
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    Waiter Service
    Yes

Reviews

  • Basit K.

    star star star star star_border 18 June 2026

    Good authentic Chinese food available here. A large number of affordable dishes. Portions are pretty large and are intended to be shared within a group. Great value.

    The shrimp is pretty good.

  • Samantha Y.

    star star_border star_border star_border star_border 14 June 2026

    Overpriced bad chinese food with terrible service.

    I came here with a group of friends and we were discussing what to order. We were asked three times if we were ready to order. The third time the server said "talk talk talk don't order". We haven't even had a chance to go through the entire menu. The menu is extremely disorganized. I've never seen a menu organized with the type of meat and vegetables at the end.

    We ordered a soup, a beef pancake, some eggplant, and a beef. The soup was okay, not the best ingredients. The pancake was very weird. The beef had some carrot mixed into it. The eggplants were extremely oily and overcooked. The beef was dry and inconsistently marinated.

    The total was around $54 for those 4 dishes. Extremely overpriced for their quality of food.

  • Anson W.

    star star star star_border star_border 12 June 2026

    They try to imitate an authentic Chinese cuisine but only succeed in doing so with the atmosphere. The food doesn't taste like authentic Chinese food at all, but it isn't too terrible either. Should probably just be named The Bowl

  • Shuang W.

    star star star star star_border 6 June 2026

    This is a rating for their all u can eat hot pot. It is great value! They also charge for sauce which is pretty annoying and ridiculous but they r relatively cheap comparing to other hotpot places in town. The meat selections are limited but they taste good.

  • Sam M.

    star star star star star_border 6 June 2026

    Good affordable food, but a little bit greasy/oily. We were not able to finish everything so had a To go box and we're surprised to see all the oil in the container the next day. Would be back to try other items, could be just what we ordered.

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