Ho Wah Chinese Restaurant — Restaurant in Marina

If this was just for the food this would be 2 stars as the food was just about edible. Panda express is far superior. The whole experience was awful. My mother and I arrived at 8.25pm and were immediately barked at by I'm assuming the owner. She said "just take out!" She then hurried us into choosing some items which she shouted back to the kitchen to start making even though we were still deciding. We chose a few items, enough for 3 people as she kept rushing us by saying the kitchen staff had to leave despite closing time being over half an hour away. She then proceeded to hand us the bill for $100!! I was shocked and said that this was way too much. I then discovered that the rice dishes were enormous and we just had way too much food. She refused to take anything off as she said the kitchen staff had already started. I wanted to leave but my mum being prideful would not hear of it and instead handed over $100. I felt like we had been essentially ripped off. We ended up trashing the vast majority of the barely edible food. Save yourself the stress and bizarrely overpriced, sub...

This place offers up some really authentic Cantonese style Chinese food. My wife is S.F. born Chinese. This is the food she grew up on and I have eaten for nearly 50 years. It is well prepared and very tasty. No MSG. We are from Palo Alto and visit our son often. He's in Marina. The Chinese food in the Bay area is very good and this is comparable. This has become our go to spot for Chinese food. We've had several items from the menu on different occasions and have never been disappointed. Last night we had the Hong Kong crispy noodle chow mein with chicken and veggies, salt and pepper prawns and sauteed green beans. Everything was perfect and the portions were enough for three with some left over. Our plan is to try different items on every visit and will be trying dine in soon. Can't go wrong here. 4.5 stars ... It was good to see how busy they were. Restaurant nearly full and lots of take out lined up on the counter.

Update: 7/6/23 ... Still as good as I described above. Consistency makes a difference and this place...

I ordered the salt and pepper shrimp, salt and pepper chicken and the salt and pepper fish. Normally all is the best, but the shrimp lacked badly. The coating was missing from the shrimp, and the chicken and fish both had the coating and were just perfect. Only reason they lose a star. Update: 9/14/21 Ordered from their restaurant , after calling back 3 times. started with "do you offer Curbside pickup?" After I was told yes, then I waited out front for 15 minutes after the time period they told me to pick up the food. When I called to ask if my order was ready the lady who picked up the phone rushed and said "yes" then hung up on me. I didn't even get to say anything. I had the money and tip ready to pay since I had 3 small children in the car with me. They preceded to call me back and I stated how the situation went and then hung up. The gentlemen called me back and stared with " This is how this goes" I stopped him immediately and stated the same way I was disrespected from the woman previously. I'm fine not...