Serves meat, vegan options available. Creative, Pan-Asian food with a vegan lunch menu and a vegan set menu (for 8 or more people). Dishes include rice paper rolls, papaya salad, gyoza, curry, seven spiced tofu, and dumplings. Has an express lunch special Tues-Sun from 12-4pm. Free Wi-fi. Open Mon-Tue 11:30am-10:00pm, Wed-Sat 11:30am-12:00am, Sun 11:30am-10:00pm.
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45 Tory St (at Courtenay Pl), Wellington, New Zealand
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Added by Mellifluoust on 04 Aug 2011
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32 Reviews
First Review by Mellifluoust
janetnz
Points +416
Great value restaurant lunch - Edit
Chow is always really reliable with lots of vegan options. The $17 lunch deal is probably the best value restaurant lunch in town if you get the jungle curry (only $2 more than a takeaway burrito from around the corner), and the restaurant environment is very nice.
Read moreIf you get the lunch deal and don’t get the jungle curry, you’re making a huge mistake. The jungle curry is a very filling portion, and delicious. You generally only get one chunk of tofu per curry portion, but it’s fine because there’s potato, carrot, beans, baby corn, and plenty of rice. Plus you get miso and one other choice from the set menu - the other options are all more like small sharing plates.
Pros: Great value lunch deal, Jungle curry is filling and delicious
Cons: Other than jungle curry, sharing plates are small
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VeganSoapDude
Points +7710
Awesome vegan menu, two for one Mondays! - Edit
All the vegan options are well labeled and well thought out. Mock duck, vegan mayo, lots of very delicious options. I liked everything. They offer a $17 lunch special that looks great as well.
Read moreCons: Not 100% vegan
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Plantbasedescape
Points +391
So many options - Edit
Chow is a classic great food lots of options. The portions are small so you will have to order a lot to be full so much sure to go on Monday for the two for one other wise can get expensive.
Read morePros: Tasty food, Two for one monday, Good service
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hack_man
Points +24979
Manic Mondays - Edit
Perfectly timed visit on a Monday night as everything is 2for1 except drinks and rice. We ordered the BBQ tofu skewers (with peanuts, cucumber & lime chilli sauce) a delicately fragrant and slightly kicking jungle curry with spring rolls and a portion of deliciously battered al dente cauliflower tempura. Everything was leaning towards awesome.
Read morePros: Great vegan options , Great staff, Great vibes
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cgreaves
Points +403
Yummy Asian food - Edit
Lots of options and very well labelled. Potsickers are excellent and they do lots of deals, 241 food on mondays and lunch specials
Read morePros: Labelling, Specials
Cons: Serves meat
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the_vegemitey_ducks
Points +74
Tapas after my heart and wallet - Edit
I tried the mushroom wontons, potstickers, summer rolls and aloo tiki. It was all 10/10 flavours, but prepare to spend all your money on small portions.
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Heatha
Points +394
Lots of variety for vegans. - Edit
My favourite were the pumpkin potstickers and the avocado salad rolls stuffed with mint. Mondays are 2 for 1! #Veganuary
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ChunkyWombat
Points +1174
Minty freshness supreme - Edit
Beautifully presented green papaya salad with nice mint and cashews in the mix. Lots of other vegan options to choose also from bao buns to dumplings.
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CityExplorer
Points +151
Chow Time - Edit
Chow was a great find for dinner- a select few vegan options but what there was, was delicious! The staff were lovely, despite being very busy. Worth a stop in if you're in the vicinity
Read morePros: Delicious vegan options , Great pricing for what you get
Cons: Can get noisy
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avagg
Points +68
Yum food! - Edit
food was delicious. they had a great range or veg/vegan dishes to choose from. they have a $16 (i think) lunch deal which is good price but otherwise fairly pricey. staff were lovely.
Read morePros: good options for vegan/vege
Cons: expensive
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ellaidagrantham
Points +581
Lovely Curry and Bao Buns - Edit
The bao buns and curry that I had were really good, especially the bao buns. The rest of my food was fine, but nothing memorable.
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aliceboar
Points +89
Had high hopes, but…. - Edit
Service was bad, sat us in a corner away from everyone and the waitresses couldn’t even see us so our water didn’t get refilled until we had already finished our food. Food was kinda bland and didn’t have much flavour. We got the jackfruit bao which was pretty good, the udon which was just way too simple and could be made 100x better at home, and the bbq tofu skewers which were ok. Probably won’t be going back anytime soon
Read morePros: Quite a few vegan options, Lots of deals (eg $5 bao on sundays), Large restaurant
Cons: Expensive without deals, Bland, Bad service
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Tashanz11
Points +183
Cute date night spot - Edit
Lots of sharing plates. We liked all the food we had, but have had similar things at other restaurants which we enjoyed more.
Read moreHuge drinks menu, we had mocktails which were delicious.
They have good day of the week specials which are worth looking into.
Pros: Lots of vegan and gluten free options, Nice setting, spacious restaurant, Fast service
Cons: Expensive
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citizenInsane
Points +1407
Delicious vegan options - Edit
Many options to choose from - my friend and I ordered small plates to share, and each was excellent! We had Vietnamese spring rolls, "popcorn" tofu (bomb!), a jackfruit bao, and shiitake dumplings (the star of the show). The menu is clearly labeled and the staff were friendly. The place is also really nice.
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Annabelle0704
Points +547
2 4 1 Monday’s are amazing! - Edit
Chow runs lots of different deals during the week, it’s great. They used to run a full vegan Tuesday, but nevertheless, they have an abundance of vegan options. On the expensive side but if you time it right during the week with one of their deals then it’s fine. They do $15 lunches! A cool place to go with a group and all about the sharing plates. Definitely recommend.
Read morePros: Abundance of vegan options , Deals running through the week, Great food
Cons: Expensive
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1980svegan
Points +70
Not vegan! - Edit
Again, another place that says vegan but it’s not. They cook vegan options with meat and fish. Very disappointing but the papaya salad they made me was great.
Read morePros: Great papaya salad
Cons: Vegan options cooked with meat
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Yolanda
Points +1862
Great vegan options but too hot for me - Edit
Chow has so many great vegan options: popcorn tofu, jungle curry, spicey cauliflower, dumplings etc. It is also in a central location and has a great atmosphere. However I don't think I will go there again because the food is just too spicy hot for me. I actually don't mind mild heat, but we were not asked how hot did we want the food and I didn't think to ask how hot it would be because it's never been an issue anywhere else I've eaten. But sadly both my dining companion and I struggled to deal with the heat in all the dishes we ordered. I had to stop eating because my mouth was burning so bad and it burned for hours afterwards. The popcorn tofu in itself wasn't hot, but the sauce it came with was. I told the waitperson the sauce was too hot and she took it away but she didn't come back with another sauce. Everything else we ordered was too hot.
Read moreIt was a shame and a disappointing meal out because we paid all that money for the food and then couldn't eat most of it even though it looked and smelled so good.
Pros: great location, lots of vegan options, nice staff
Cons: too hot, too hot, too hot
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JPAAttewell
Points +38
Yummo - Edit
Really yummy, spicy, and lots of variety and options of vegan eats. Bit on the expensive side for the portion sizes, but worth a visit and they have lovely staff there.
Read morePros: Lots of options, Very delicious
Cons: Was quite expensive , Small portions
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Orion
Points +1423
Come for the curry - Edit
2 for 1 cocktails and one of the best curry’s I’ve had in Welly (jungle curry) I’d come just for that. Skewers and dumplings were lacking though.
Read morePros: The curry , 2 for 1 cocktails
Cons: Needs more options, A little slow
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RooVeg
Points +34
Fair choice - Edit
There’s a reasonable choice of dishes, can be a tad expensive but pick a 2for1 day and it’s fine.
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Darrenp
Points +102
Good food but you’ll need to wait - Edit
I often eat here if I’m in town over night as the food is good but it’s so busy that it takes ages to be served and even longer for the food
Read morePros: Tasty vegan options
Cons: Not cheap, You’ll need to book and then wait to be served
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millerfly13
Points +119
Good Vegan Options, Delicious Cocktails - Edit
Great cocktails (especially on Wed and Sat when they have 2 of the same cocktail for 1), a little expensive for food but some good vegan options unless you get their lunch deal when you pick a few options from a smaller menu and a drink. Jungle curry is a favourite. Moody atmosphere (not too bright) which I like.
Read morePros: Good vegan options, Delicious cocktails - cheaper on Wed and Sat
Cons: Food is a bit expensive (lunch deal excl.), Tables can be a bit cramped
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caity
Points +112
Best in town - Edit
Definitely go to chow at least once, Delicious ous vegan menu. Jungle curry and udon noodles are boss
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GraceStainthorpe
Points +22
not overly impressed - Edit
Food took ages and then tasted very average. Incredibly spicy even though we did not ask for extra chilli or anything. Really wanted to like it, but left feeling disappointed. Have heard good reviews however, we could have caught them on a bad day!
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AVeganVisit.com
Points +155
Great vegan options and delicious cocktails - Edit
Chow was an excellent restaurant - from the service, to the drinks, to the food.
Read moreFor our starter at Chow we shared the crispy seven spice tofu, with sea salt, sesame and chilli soy sauce, which was packed with flavour, perfectly cooked and incredibly moreish (not to mention easy to eat with chopsticks so you look like a pro).
For the main course I opted for the Jungle Curry with roast vegetables, kaffir lime, coconut cream, fried tofu and coriander. The curry was deliciously creamy with light flavours and punchy spice.
The cocktail menu is brilliantly inventive - the Geisha Girls Grog was a delicious strawberry gin cocktail that I just had to recreate when I got home!
I would love to return here one day and hope that you too can enjoy it on your trip to Wellington
Pros: Inventive cocktails, Lots of vegan options, Delicious food
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Bluseafish
Points +94
Great food but not much choice - Edit
We had a lovely meal there - great food, busy noodle-bar atmosphere, friendly staff and reasonable prices. Menu clearly labelled for vegan and vegetarian options which was great. Not a huge selection however so would probably choose somewhere else next time given how Wellington has a lot of vegan choices, but great option for dining with any staunchly omnivorous friends.
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Mophead
Points +127
excellent - Edit
Vegan options clearly labeled, and several items served with oyster sauce were able to be veganized by the use of a different sauce. Particularly liked the roasted pumpkin salad.
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