Casa Chow Gouda — Restaurant in Gouda

The vibe of the restaurant is really nice, and the concept is cool offering dishes ranging from Mexican to Thai and Japanese. Portions are on the smaller side, but we were warned about that before ordering.

One strange issue: after ordering the red Thai curry, we were served only the sauce, with nothing in it. Even more importantly, we had to order extra rice separately and wait for it, which meant our curry was getting cold by the time we could eat it.

On the positive side, the Indonesian rendang was flavorful and well-prepared. However, the churros were far too sweet for our taste.

Service-wise, while the staff were friendly, they should be more attentive. The restaurant was practically empty, yet we had to wait quite a while for someone to notice us because the servers were busy chatting...

I had a piña collada which was fine until i found a hair in it. I asked my waiteress to check it and she agreed the hair was in the Middle of my drink. She took it changed the straw and "took out" the hair and brought me the same glass. I asked for it to be changed since hair is not very hygenic especially in covid times. Another waiteress brought me another piña. When we asked to pay, the manager came by and handed me a check with 2 piña colladas saying that since I drank most of it, it's my problem that the hair was there and said He doesnt have any time to waist arguing with customers. In times where tourism is getting out of one of its most painful times they are several nicer and especially cleaner places in gouda than casa chow. Keep out unless you want overcharged...

Cozy place but unfortunately I didn’t have a pleasant experience. On the menu there is a Mediterranean flatbread that had 3 ingredients: ajvar, grilled vegetables and feta. They brought me a crispy dough (not the flatbread that I know) with two ingredients only which is ajvar and feta. I asked the waitress to check with the kitchen as there was an ingredient missing which is the grilled vegetables. She came back and said that the ajvar paste is made out of grilled vegetables inside 😒 and that was it! I am not stupid I know what Ajvar is made of (I have it in my fridge). I was not happy and told them that what they were offering on the menu does not reflect what they are serving so they offered a drink on the house..

Quite annoying to be mislead in this way, I am...