Delivery
Yes
Food Chow City in Oswego
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Oswego, Oswego County, New York, US
Service options
Takeaway
Yes
Dine-in
Yes
Health and safety
Staff required to disinfect surfaces between visits
Yes
Popular for
Lunch
Yes
Dinner
Yes
Solo dining
Yes
Offerings
Comfort food
Yes
Late-night food
Yes
Quick bite
Yes
Small plates
Yes
Vegetarian options
Yes
Dining options
Lunch
Yes
Dinner
Yes
Atmosphere
Casual
Yes
Crowd
Tourists
Yes
University students
Yes
Phone: +1 315-343-3202
Site: http://www.foodchowcity.com/
Site: http://www.foodchowcity.com/
Opening hours
- Monday:11AM–10PM
- Tuesday:Closed
- Wednesday:11AM–10PM
- Thursday:11AM–10PM
- Friday:11AM–10:30PM
- Saturday:11AM–10:30PM
- Sunday:11:30AM–10PM
Comments (132)
I love food chow city! The food is always great and tasty. And the staff is always so nice and polite. I have anxiety so I dont like to order over the phone a lot. But from the phone call to the delivery all the staff just makes my expierence enjoyable. Highly reccomend
Our first time ordering from Food Chow City. Had six entrees, several soups and egg rolls and a n order of steamed veggies. Every dish was flavorful and delicious. The chicken in the General Tsos was large and very generously portioned and tasty. Same for the tofu in the General Tsos bean curd. Pepper steak and hot sour and dumpling soups were perfect and the pork lo mein was among the best we have had. The prices were reasonable and delivery was awesome. This was a celebration meal and could not have been better. We are very happy customers.
Please pick up I just want some shrimp & broccoli 😫😫I love it so much
Best vegetable fried rice Ive ever had. The food here is excellent with a menu that has something for everyone.
Super friendly staff! Had the garlic chicken lunch special with pork fried rice and hot and sour soup. The chicken was cooked perfectly and had a really nice spicy kick to it, plenty of veggies. The fried rice was really good, large chunks of pork in it. The hot and sour soup is some of the best Ive ever had. Its worth the trip just for the soup. Looking forward to my next visit.
Absolutely amazing service and staff! These people are kind hearted people with a lot to give! The food is really good for non MSG chinese food!!! We have ordered a variety of food over the years from food chow city and its always been delightful! The kitchen staff is great, the delivery guy is great! Always a pleasure!!! Would highly recommend!!!!
Very fast delivery, around 30 minutes after I placed my order. Great portion sizes, their small is comparative to Large at any food court establishment. Every time Ive ordered from here the food has been fantastic. My favorite chinese food source in Oswego county.
By far the worst food decision I could have made in Oswego. I ordered Szechuan Chicken. What I received was an oversauced stir fry made of mostly Onion. The driver was cool tho
Got the general tsos chicken with fried rice. The chicken tasted exactly like orange chicken, which is fine but not what I ordered obviously. And the rice was VERY mushy and soupy with the sauce they put on it, could be great for some but not my cup of tea. The egg rolls were good but K&Q definitely has better ones. Overall, go to K&Q.
Best Chinese food in town! My favorite is the beef lo mien lunch special that comes with fried rice, its less than $8.00! and is enough food to cover 2 whole meals for me. It cost less than a meal at McDonalds for way more food. Will forever be my go-to spot for a quick warm meal. Thank you for your service and amazing food!!! The service is also anyways excellent!
Worst place to eat in Oswego. Terrible food. Disgusting. Trust me. Avoid.
Food is good prices are fair they deliver wish they would use more white meat in their sweet and sour chicken. Ive ordered the sweet and sour chicken a few times its very good but I find some pieces that are very hard to chew other than that is excellent
The food was of poor quality. Had the chicken and broccoli with pork fried rice. The rice was extremely dry like its been there all day, no flavor of any kind on the meal. My wife had the General Tso chicken and pork fried rice. Once again,very bland , no taste and the rice was the same as mine. I thought the meal had spice and sauce and that to was of poor quality. For the $52 I spent on this meal I expected a little more in the quality category. Very unsatisfied.
Place has been here a long time. Hit or miss. Little iffy where they are sourcing there chicken. I went into the kitchen once and saw piles of bones which for someone who spent 6 years working in restaurants I found odd. The food quality is OK. Probably the best Asian restaurant in town. I don’t think they got a Panda Express in the area...yet.
First of all our order consisted of general tso combo, chicken w/broccoli combo, large sweet and sour chicken, and 2 orders of dumplings. It came to $52.38. We were over charged. We got it home and the general tso chicken had no sauce on it at all. Was bone dry chicken with fried rice. I had to use some of my sons sweet and sour sauce on it. There was very little sauce on the chicken and broccoli and rice was so dry my husband had to use soy sauce, which he never uses. This was by far the worst chinese food we have had. Overcharging us wouldnt have been so bad if the food was good and worth it but it wasnt at all. We will not order from there again.
Not just the best Chinese food in the area by a landslide, but great Chinese food in general. Large helpings, low prices, and great taste.
Staff was polite and very nice. Food was hot and fresh. Paid $35 for 2 orders. Only reason this isnt 5 stars was due to the fact they dont wear hair nets, use their bare hands to touch our food and I had black hair in my food.
Well, this place had been, for years THE best around. Things have changed and not in a good way.Their lo mein was always fabulius, its now just run of the mill, the noodles are more like a cheap fat spaghetti type and not as seasoned as they use to be. Nor are there the crisp perfect veggies in it anymore. Yet prices are up.The beef and peppers with onion was more like, pepper peppers peppers and more peppers, minimal beef, VERY minimalSame with the other ordet we had. Also, no fortune cookies? Come on! Very low quality from a place that use to soar in ratings.
Inedible! Absolutely Terrible! The steamed dumplings are so thick! Theyre tough and very rubbery the inside is just a small lump of questionable looking gray meat. With both chicken dishes I ordered the chicken was so chewy and stringy it was almost like it wasnt chicken at all! If it was chicken it was a very poor quality. The shrimp dish I ordered would have been okay if it wasnt drowning in sauce. There was so much sauce that it was spilling everywhere and they had to stapled shut the box. Everything in my takeout bag was covered in sticky brown sauce.The other dish I ordered had no sauce at all the chicken was dry and nasty. I called back to complain and initially was offered for them to drive out extra sauce... the extra sauce would not have made up for the inedible chicken. There is really no excuse for this its very poor quality food. Only once I asked to be issued a credit for the next visit did the man agree.Unfortunately I will not be returning to get a remake. Honestly I feel that my order should be entirely refunded!The only thing that I was able to eat was the one ton soup and now an hour later Im having terrible stomach pains...
I order all of my Chinese food from here, they have a big area in which theyll deliver to which is always convenient and has been a big reason they keep my service! Ive had both great and bad experiences here when it comes to food quality however, Ive had times where Ive ordered and ate a very nice meal and others where I felt like it was made by me, someone with no knowledge of making Chinese food, in my kitchen.Me and my boyfriend almost always order the same things since we know what we like, some of our favorites are their pork fried rice, white rice, beef with broccoli, sweet and sour chicken, sesame chicken and eggrolls. The most consistent thing from there is definitely the rice, Ive yet to have a bad experience eating their rice and they give you a lot of it too! Each main course you order (sesame chicken for example) comes with a small white rice as well which is great! I order their beef with broccoli everytime as well because thats my favorite, Ive only had one bad time with ordering this and that one time I felt like the chicken felt rubbery. Other than that one time (which happened over a year ago now) Ive adored it. It has a great amount of sauce it soaks in, the broccoli is cooked perfectly and so is the beef and it overall just fits together really good! My boyfriend is a fan of the sweet and sour chicken, I cant really say much because its hard to mess up something so simple, so if you want guaranteed quality thas a good choice. Ive never really liked their sesame chicken, ever. It doesnt have the signature taste that Ive grown accustomed to when ordering it from other places and the chicken feels quite soggy or too crunchy sometimes, never in the middle where it should be; Id steer away from this on the menu. Eggrolls however are a favorite in my family, Ive seen some negative reviews of them on here but Ive always enjoyed them and have never had a bad eggroll.The service there is very good, all the workers seem genuine and in a good mood everytime I go there and are more than willing to talk with me while I wait for my food. Ive seen complaints about people not being to understand the workers accents while ordering over the phone but Ive never had someone with an accent so thick that I wasnt able to understand them, and I order from them quite often. The only thing is the inside of the restaurant has had some bad days while Ive been in there, Ive sat near the windows and seen visible dust, spiderwebs and dirt around them. This is actually the reason Im giving them 3 stars instead of 4, because you need to keep a restaurant at a certain standard so people will want to eat their food inside.Overall, I have mostly positive experiences with all of their food except their sesame chicken, which I strongly dont recommend ordering due to a lack of quality. The service is great, the workers are positive and upbeat which gives the restaurant a good feeling aside from the visible uncleanness near the front windows where they seem to forget to clean. They have a wide delivery range and can deliver VERY far for a small extra fee which is one of my favorite things they do. I also love how each main course comes with a small rice for free to accompany it! I like this place, I like their food and I like their employees, however I dislike the unkept parts of their restaurant and it steers me from wanting to dine in.
Have to say, this place delivered AND DELIVERED AGAIN! VERY IMPRESSED with their customer service. FRESH FOOD AND DELICIOUS! Small snafu; however, they RECTIFIED it quickly. Will DEFINITELY order next time Im in town while traveling.
The food is quite good, and a bit different than most other Chinese restaurants.
BEST CHINESE FOR MILES! if youve had NYC Chinese youll appreciate this restaurant. By far best tasting Chinese I wont go elsewhere thats for sure! UPDATE: PLACE WAS SOLD BY ORIGINAL OWNER, FOOD WENT DOWNHILL BIG TIME GO TO KQ
A great alternative to the basic fast food joint!
Ordered moo shu pork... Tasted great... Would have been better with REAL pancakes... NOTspring roll wraps. Chewy... But the moo Shi was very good.Would have been 5 stars... But... No pancakesI got it for the pancakes.
This place is amazing. Ive been ordering here for years, only had one issue of getting the wrong order and they fixed it right away. Amazing staff and quick delivery.
One of the best Chinese takeout meals I have ever had. Everything tasted so fresh and delicious. Absolutely my new go to!
Excellent Chinese food! Everything we get here is always delicious. Their chicken with broccoli, General Tsos chicken, and lemon chicken are standouts, along with the fried wontons as appetizers. The fried rice is also great, as are the soups. Its our go-to place since we moved to town from out of state.
Absolutely the worst. KandQ is currently closed due to Covid dealio so we figured wed check out Food Chow City. Ive never had Sesame Chicken where the chicken isnt crispy. Additionally my Sesame Chicken was orange with sesame seeds on it. Strangely my daughters General Tso was also orange. Could it be that they get bags of pre-made orange chicken and use this as the base for the chicken meals? Ive seen KandQ dipping chicken pieces and deep frying them, so I know they make it in house. Food Chow City sesame chicken is not fried, hence the not crispy chicken. Thankfully KandQ is opening Fri.
Absolutely disgusting. I used to eat here all the time until recently I found what appeared to be a fruit fly in sweet and sour sauce. I thought ok maybe it was just an accident or something. Gave the place another chance thinking it wasnt a big deal and after examining the food more closely found a different type of bug in my sweet and sour again and one in my egg roll ! Look closely if you decide to eat here.
Wow! I never review resturants, but THIS, was way too good not to review. Prices were very reasonable, service was prestige, and the food was out of this world. I did not expect such quality from this resturant, will be coming back🙂
The food is alright as long as you dont mind getting what you didnt order, and the staff was very hard to talk to and at times were over bearing youll like it just try it even though I told them I didnt want it. Never ordering here again. This is my third mishap with this establishment and I am rather dissatisfied with the food and the customer service. Take it easy my fellow oswegonians
I love this place! Very very authentic food! I have tried several different items on the menu and still have yet to find something I dont enjoy. The owner is a very genuine man! Thank you for serving Oswego with delicious food!
Ordered combination chicken and mixed vegetables. There were a lot of vegetables, but no flavor. Nothing like New York City Chinese food. The egg rolls looked like spring rolls there was very little filling. Was nothing but dry. Was very disappointing.
This was the worst Chinese I have ever had in my life! I ordered crab ragoons... there was no crab and no flavor except sour cream cheese. The fried wontons had no flavor.. except grease and half were falling apart. And the walnut chicken was more like predipped soggy sweet and sour chicken with some walnuts thrown in. I had always thought walnut chicken to be a cream based sauce... either way. Huge disappointment as the whole meal was in my opinion inedible and a waste of 30$.
If you like Kung po (AKA Kung Bo) try it here, very tasty unlike bland dishes at other Chinese Restaurants.Love the brown sauce in it. Very reasonable price too.
Best Chinese spot in Oswego. Fresh, tasty, and clean. The pan fried chili wontons are a great appetizer/ side dish thats not common across other Chinese restaurants. My other faves here are eggplant or broccoli with garlic sauce and the Singapore Chow Mai Fun which has a rich of curry powder in it.
I used to love eating here but the last 4 times I’ve ordered the food hasn’t been fresh and tastes different then it used to. Very disappointing. There’s literally no good Chinese food in Oswego now.
This is the best Ive ever had its different fresh huge portions one of a kind items on menu. Great job
Ben and Judy carry on a great tradition for excellence in Chinese food in Oswego! Great food and the friendliest service too. 5 stars hands down
When I order Chinese this is the only place I order from. Best Chinese in Oswego they recently revamped the menu before it was very good now its outstanding. If you havent ordered from them recently do so .
Amazing service. Good food.
I Love Food Chow City Chinese Food They Are One Of My Favorite Restaurants To Eat There Or To Order In And They Have Amazing And Awsome Chinese Food That I Crave For When Ever I Have The Money To Order Out No Matter Where I Order From I Have Never Ever Been Picky Of Different Foods I Have Been Always And Forever Satisfied! 😁
Extensive menu, great prices, and good take-out. Cant go wrong here! All of the workers here are very friendly and personable. Great service ☺️
The best I have found in Oswego Ny. All the food is excellent best ribs ever and cooked the way you want them. Will go out of there way to make what you want an the way you want it. Custumer service is beyond comparison!
Been eating at Food Chow for many years. New ownership has maintained their fine standard. Good food and service.
Great and fast service! My general Tso chicken was just as I expected it to be!
Was always my favorite chinese place growing up! Long time staple in Oswego while lesser places come and go.
They were nice. They got are food to us fast. It was hot and very tasty. I cant wait to order again soon.
Sesame chicken wasnt great but pork with broccoli was awesome! Best in Oswego without a doubt. Give it a shot
Ordered food at 9:50 pm .... its 11:13pm and no food and no is picking up the phone.
Been ordering here for 6 years now love them
Best Chinese in Oswego, hands down. Quick delivery time fresh hot food....love the crab cream cheese and egg drop soup.
My order never delivered.
One of the best Chinese places around. they have amazing dumplings and their lomain is soo good
They are fast and taste great, have been winning local food awards for over 20 years.
Food is very good but egg rolls were over fried besides that it was yummy
Food is always amazing and never fails to impress! Best place to get Chinese food in oswego.
By far the worst Chinese food Ive ever had.The apps were all burnt and the meals were barely cooked.Completely Inedible, if you dont want to be on or over the tonight all night STAY AWAY!!!!!!!
Great food. Always ready for pick up and nice when we eat in.
We order from the at least once a week and it’s always delicious and fast delivery too.
Food was amazing and all employees were very nice... I would definitely suggest this place...
Egg rollswere lowsy. Shrimp and cashews had way to much vegetable almost no cashews, good amount of shrimp. Wont go back again.
Probably the best Chinese food in Oswego. Fast and curtious. And the prices are fair.
Never again will i order food from there really oil taste in the food egg roll can not eat just wast money for something nobody will eat i wish Jerry was back he cook really good not this ppl you have lost my support in your small business
The food was just thrown together cause they were getting ready to close very unhappy wasnt what was expected son in happy couldnt even call cause u were closed and probably wont order again
My favorite chinese food, everyone recommends K&Q to me so I decided to try it. I hated it, love food chow city!!!!!!!!
Great food, great prices and amazing customer service!
Amazing food! I will definitely be eating there again.
Amazing food and speedy delivery I will be ordering again for sure
What happened to the egg rolls? 🤷🏽♂️🤔🤷🏽♂️ very different from what I remember
Very clean, the wait took forever, and the food was only ok
They jave the best food in town and are fast and accurate.
Chicken and vegetables, perfect portions and tasty. Will order again.
Delicious food, my go-to place!
Amazing service, food, and friendly conversations.Very clean as well 👍
Kung Pao chicken was good, just slightly different from what I am used to.
Really good food. Theyve improved greatly
Love there food need to open one up in fulton because the ones here are nasty and they microwave there food
Highly recommended by my 7 year old. 100 thumbs up!
Best fried rice in the world dont @ me.
The food is really good! Love it.
Hit or miss, i love the pork fried rice tho.
They don’t really open at the times listed on their page. I have been calling since 11am. They OPENED AT 10:30. Rude and unprofessional
Excellent food and great customer service!
Always my favorite. Good people, good food.
Absolutely awful. Girlfriend and I woke up an 3am with food poisoning. Never receiving our business again!
I cant even explain how good it is. Its amazing. I suggest this restraint to everyone. 😘😍
I have never had fresher nor better Chinese food.
New owners are great! Polite and fast service!
Always hot and on time, great food without a doubt
Great quality food and polite staff
Just stopped by. Best Chinese Ive ever had!! :)
Best Chinese in Oswego county
Great.pricing and food....fast service
Great food decent prices
I think its the best in Oswego
Best Chinese food in Oswego.
Very neat, tasty and affordable
Love this place! Always fresh!
Good food
The home special lo main is my favorite.
Best Chinese take out in Oswego
Best cream cheese wontons!
They deliver to Minette which is awesome!!
Friendly place with great food.
Not too bad
The best Chinese food in town 100%
Good food, fast delivery
FRIED BEAN CURD WITH BROWN SAUCE FTW!
I love their food
Best Chinese in Oswego.
Love it
The ribs are awesome!
Best food ever.
I like Chinese food
Delicious and filling.
Good Chinese takeout
Amazing Chinese food
Excellent!
Awesome food
Mediocre food
Total reviews rating 4.1
132 Reviews for Food Chow City 2023:
Review №1
2022-02-18If I could write this place is zero stars trust me I would. My mail just came with a giant clump of gross hair in it and so I obviously threw it in the trash and then I called the restaurant and the lady who answered was very nice she seemed very apologetic and then she put me on the phone with her manager and he quite simply asked me to bring my food to the restaurant with said hair in it. I ordered delivery I do not have transportation to the restaurant. I told him this. He asked me to dig through the trash to find the hair after I told him I obviously had thrown the food away. I told him I just wanted a refund for my meal not even the whole order just that one meal and he said he doesn’t do refunds and rudely hung up on me. I do not recommend this place at all
Review №2
2022-03-15This was my favorite Chinese restaurant ever when I was working at the power plant from 2004- 2007. Nothing was even close. They had awards for best general tsos chicken hanging up and everyone I brought there agreed it was the best general tsos. The owner was awesome but I forgot his name. He always had his son their helping him out. But the whole family was always super cool to us.Went back for the first time since around 2009. It carries the same name but the people were not the same. I ordered the general tsos hoping it would be the same. It was not even close and the rice was overcooked or something. Chicken wasnt. As good quality. Prices were way higher as well and the people working their were not nearly as friendly.Its to bad this place changed so much. For a long time its all I would eat. If its new ownership I really hope this management gets ahold of the old management and ask them for the exact recipes they used. I will try again sometime. Hopefully it will be better next time
Review №3
2021-12-30Food Chow City; go here! Excellent food, fresh ingredients. I had the vegetable chow fun; plenty of fresh vegetables, not over cooked like most places. The owner is a professional chef, and the food here showcases his talent. And the staff is so nice and accommodating! The restaurant is small but cozy. They are very busy with takeout orders and delivery. Don’t let the few negative comments away you. Give small businesses some grace; we’re in a pandemic. The staff at Food Chow City is masked and ready to serve you. Thank you, chef!
Review №4
2020-02-25Spent $38 for 2 orders of general tso combo (1 with pork fried rice, 1 with veg. Rice), 2 orders of crab ragoons and fried dumplings. The chicken looks as if the take Tyson nuggets and throw them around in sauce. Legit looked like buffalo sauce but I smelled it and knew it wouldnt be general tso but hoped for something Similar. Tasted like a sweetened buffalo sauce. Their veggie fried rice wasnt bad until I found a wavy brown/black hair in it. The fried dumplings are seriously the equivalent of the hot dogs wrapped in crescent roll, just more dumpling like breading. The crab ragoons were mediocre. Definitely not the worst Ive had but far from the best. Seriously upset and disappointed I drove 20 minutes and paid $40 for food I cant even stomach. Also, no fortune cookies but thats whatever.I do have to say that the staff when ordering and picking up were very friendly. However, we will certainly not be returning ever again. Id rather drive 40 minutes to Auburn or Elbridge for some decent chinese food.
Review №5
2022-04-28I could taste the sodium in the boneless spare ribs and the fried riced had ton of salt in it ... Go somewhere else if you want good Chinese food
Review №6
2022-07-02Went above and beyond to get my delivery to us, even though we live out of delivery range! 5/5 would absolutely recommend
Review №7
2022-05-19This Chinese is great. They are very friendly. NEVER HAD A BAD MEAL. Reasonably priced as well.
Review №8
2018-09-20This place was great everything Ive goten so far has been fantastic. Service is good. Ive never had a bad dish every time I go its always good. Tastes fresh. I go every chance I can. I recommend it as 1 of the best take outs Ive been to and I travel slot and love Chinese food. Good portions great price.
Review №9
2020-12-18The best Chinese food restaurant in town. Every thing Ive ever gotten was hot and fresh. They are usually quick in their service. The price is fair for what you get. The combination plate, which is about 8 bucks, consisting of the main dish, a pile of fried rice, and an egg roll, is enough for at least two meals for me.I dont think Ive ever gotten a bad dish from there. Plus, the people at the front counter are always warm, genuine, and cheerful people. The color scheme is warm and inviting. It is small, but very well kept. They take social distancing and safety very seriously. All in all, this restaurant is wonderful and Im always happy to spend my money there in lieu of somewhere like McDonalds or Burger King. 10/10 would recommend.
Review №10
2021-12-06Absolute worst Chinese food I’ve ever had. Drive the extra 3 minutes and go to KQ. The place smells like garbage and their chicken is rubbery. And it wasn’t just a bad experience because I’ve had it twice now