Albany ChowFoo Restaurant — Restaurant in Upper Harbour

I enjoyed my visit here for lunch and dinner. Very good prices for the quality of food and portions too. I was lucky in that I had a friend who had been here before and knew more about what each dish was, so that’s certainly a bonus.

The dinner menu was quite lovely. Their lobster was really well cooked and fresh too. The Peking duck, tofu, and greens also made for a balanced meal. All the dishes came with plenty of rice too. Don’t be afraid to get a bit messy when eating with your hands (especially when getting into the lobster)- it’s worth it!

I think ChowFoo is better suited for slightly larger groups (we had a group of 8) and this meant we could try more dishes and share. We did book, but it wasn’t too busy. Although, afternoons seems to be quite busy so could be worth...

How could I give out negative rate?? I would love to give out negative stars if I could. They have messed up our simple order, we ordered five dishes and they missed one. The first dish was fast, only took 10 mins to chop the duck off. Then we have been waiting for a whole hour with one dish. We would hate to rush the kitchen but it was definitely very annoying. After one hour, we finally got the second dish, Kyoto pork, it was so greasy just like the pig drowning in the oil pool. The paua tasted very odd. It was obvious that it has died in the fridge for ages. The last dish was the stir-fried vegetable. It was fresh and I bet they were grown from the scratch, where they were hand-picked from the farm. That’s the only reason I could think of why they served the dish with such...

Everything about this restaurant is great..... except the really high ceilings did nothing for the atmosphere. I think upstairs was a conference / special occasion area. A guy kept coming down for more bottles of red wine. The food I have to say was some of the best Chinese food I've had, cooked to perfection and tasted so good. Our waitress was lovely and knew the menu back to front and was happy to mix and match dishes to suit us. If you can get over the high ceiling and lack of decor you will keep going back. I highly recommend this restaurant. I will be going back, that...