Cho Gao Restaurant & Lounge — Restaurant in Abu Dhabi

The worst service I ever experienced. We (group of four) came last night around 6 PM. We stayed for almost three hours. First, We were never greeted by anyone. We sat by the "private" area, somewhere by the corner of the restaurant. The waitress came after 5 minutes to assist us and I asked if there is a lades night. She said she has no idea and will check with the manager. 5 minutes later she came back and said that we can only get complimentary red and white wine. I told her that the advertisement in one of their ad says that cocktail is included. She said cocktails are not included. Because of disappointment, we ordered apple juice and some main course. Since i could not accept that only wine is included in the complimentary, I went in the bar section directly. The bartender informed me that I can also choose between fun on the beach and bitter cocktail. fast forward, our drinks came 25 minutes later. By the way, after placing the order till before we received the apple juice, not a single soul from the staff came to our table to check on us. After serving the apple juice, the waitress disappeared again. She forgot to give straws. Since she is MIA, I went by the bar to request for straws. Our food came around 10 minutes after the drinks. There was no apology for delayed food, there was not even a notification if our food will arrive when, there was nothing ask if we need anything else, seriously nothing. during the entire time we we there, we needed some couple of assistance because of additional food and drinks orders. But there was literally no one to assist us. We always had to go to the front part of the resto or by the bar to get the attention of the waitress. We were like a group of desperate people wanting to eat and drink and no one would entertain us. Because of total disappointment, instead of ordering more, we decided to leave. And guess what? nobody said goodbye or thank you for dining with us. They all just looked at us leaving the place. One more thing, the management of this place needs to teach their staff how to smile. it's free and makes the world a better place. Also regarding the bill, your ad shows 35% discount on food. The waitress gave us 25% discount. She said only 25% is given to customers and not 35% according to what is on your social media. In all, will not come back to this anymore....

Asian Market Night

Every Wednesday 7pm to 10pm 179 pp with soft beverages.

The ambience was perfect for a cosy dinner with open tables and few semi closed Chambers.

The staff were friendly and very courteous. Loved their service and humbleness.

The food arrangements and the whole buffet set up was definitely a treat to the eye.

The buffet has soft drinks, juices, salads, main course, soup, fruits and desserts.

We had tropical mixed fruits and lemon mint ice tea for juices. Fresh papaya salad, beef salad and sea food salad in the salad section. For desserts there were a variety of amazing desserts like pineapple mousse, red velvet cake, leche flen and many more!! Absolutely worth a try!!

Soup there was Tom yum chicken soup.

Main course there were beef stir fry, hakka noodles, pad Thai, wok fry veggies, red Thai curry, white rice , grilled fishes and chicken wings and spring rolls!!!

My fav ones were the hakka noodles, wok fried veggies, papaya salad, spring roll and the bbq and crispy fried chicken wings were out if the world!!! Absolute must try!!! The crunch of the chicken wings should not be missed! I also loved every dessert served! They were amazing!!

Definitely...

Wonderful staff and atmosphere. It is inside the Crown Plaza hotel. Walk in from the valet parking and head to the opposite end of the building. Parking was sus, none of the machines seemed to work. So gave up and valet'd, who just parked it where we tried to anyways. Oh well.

Ordered the appetizer sampler that came with beef and chicken skewers, some prawn dimsum style shumei, and vegetable spring rolls. Beef tasted a bit old. Chicken had a strange texture to it but good flavour. The vegetable spring rolls were good but tasted a bit fishy. I had hoped to escape the "everything tastes of fish" pitfall by going to a restaurant in an international hotel, but oh well.

The panang curry and the green curry were delicious. Some of the best standard Thai food, even including in Thailand. There was so much meat in the curry and just so much food. The rice was a huge helping. The sauce was rich and thick, very developed flavours. Would order again without hesitation.

Also got some strawberry mojitos (virgin) and they were very tasty.

The staff were ontop of it. Quick to seat, bring menus, take care of ordering, and the cheque. Was checked on multiple times, and had...