Chowking restaurant

reysaj
By reysaj

Where is the location of Chowking restaurant in Qatar?

By nomad_08• 16 Dec 2009 22:08
nomad_08

dont talk to me you cockroach...

By anonymous• 16 Dec 2009 22:07
anonymous

Rules are a guideline for intelligent people, but they must be adhered to by idiots.

By nomad_08• 16 Dec 2009 22:05
nomad_08

"they don't have the tase of original chowking in the philippines"...

how can you say this if you've never been there?

i think you better eat the crumbs under the table together with jackfrost...

By my_kris2ffer• 16 Dec 2009 18:36
Rating: 5/5
my_kris2ffer

i never been in chowking coz i don't want to waste my time waiting for long Q and poor service, there are lots of resto better than chowking and in fact, they don't have the tase of original chowking in the philippines.

DON'T LET FANTASY ROB YOU OF YOUR REAL LIFE BEAUTY

By anonymous• 16 Dec 2009 18:19
anonymous

Rules are a guideline for intelligent people, but they must be adhered to by idiots.

By hussein.jordan• 16 Dec 2009 14:12
hussein.jordan

i just learned today that we have chowking in qatar wow well i want to try that one day. would you come with me?

as always jordan

By hussein.jordan• 16 Dec 2009 14:05
Rating: 3/5
hussein.jordan

chowking restaurant is owned by filipino-chinese business man.

FYI: Philippines is not a communist government but a republic forms government. however, when it comes to business mostly owned by foreigners. why? because they have money to establish business.

as always jordan

By finnyy2008• 15 Dec 2009 10:20
finnyy2008

hello South_me

is the restaurent really bad in service???

By GodFather.• 14 Dec 2009 11:15
Rating: 5/5
GodFather.

Try the restaurant at the Holiday villa Hotel.. very nice food..

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"HE WHO DARES WINS"

Derek Edward Trotter

By Tarsiers• 14 Dec 2009 10:53
Rating: 5/5
Tarsiers

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By andy684300• 13 Dec 2009 23:51
andy684300

amen to that grace very well said

By anonymous• 13 Dec 2009 18:39
anonymous

Rules are a guideline for intelligent people, but they must be adhered to by idiots.

By nomad_08• 13 Dec 2009 16:03
nomad_08

Yes and it's so yummy!!!!

By nomad_08• 12 Dec 2009 09:09
nomad_08

we were there last night...nice food, just like back home.

a bit disappointed with the service though... :-(

service should improve once additional pinoys staff arrive from PI I was told.

By anonymous• 12 Dec 2009 09:01
anonymous

Rules are a guideline for intelligent people, but they must be adhered to by idiots.

By flomaster• 10 Dec 2009 08:40
flomaster

The owners know the problems, and are taking steps to improve the service, they did not realize the amount of traffic they would get, It will get better I promise.

By jpa• 9 Dec 2009 13:48
jpa

I got the wrong information.

Somebody told me a while ago that the PARASITE was killed by the rays of a pink color.

By anonymous• 9 Dec 2009 13:35
anonymous

Rules are a guideline for intelligent people, but they must be adhered to by idiots.

By gracefabular• 9 Dec 2009 12:12
gracefabular

and told his opinion which I also support. The result was that all pinoys were fighting with him in other threads as well, deleting his comments from thier group threads and they banned him from QL at the end.

This was his comment which I just found and I know him personally:

and pinoys were fighting with him and even banned him because he said his opinion

al31ex31 said My opinion ...

I never ate there in the subject matter restaurant, but i will tell my opinion only which is: the taste of the food in same chain of restaurants differ from region to another.

For example, BigMac meal in Mcdonalds-Paris for instance tastes very different from BigMac meal in Qatar. Same thing applies to other restaurant chains for some reasons such as:

1- In non-muslim countries: pork oil and fat contributes in almost everything. They even fry the chicken and potato in pork oil/fat. This will differintiate the taste too much than if regular corn oil is used in cooking.

2- Exotic vegatables and foods in general are much more expensive in Qatar than in thier country of origin and this will reflect on the price and/or the quantity used in each meal here in Qatar. IF 1 kilo of X vegatable is 20 peso in Manila while it will cost them 400 peso in Qatar, then they would most probably lessen the quantity of X, or use other cheaper X from other countries, or even use something else to replace it.

3- The meat itself taste much different in Qatar than somewhere else. I guess you noticed the difference between Qatari or imported beef and local filipino beef.

This will ofcourse affect the taste as well.

4- Unsatisfied employees will result in less quality of work. You know that the secret in cooking is the comfort, excitment, and happiness. To make it short, if you have a good mood, your meal will most probably taste better than if you are pissed off and forced to cook.

Now, do you think the staff in most of restaurants here are well paid and satisfied with thier jobs?? or they really hate and regret working in thier current jobs?

By somwerNdmiddle• 9 Dec 2009 10:02
Rating: 4/5
somwerNdmiddle

subject was the location of chowking, no need to degrade their service; food is great and the service was good when we had our lunch there and stop comparing it to restaurants that have been here way before chowking started its operation, common sense!!!!!!!

By anonymous• 9 Dec 2009 09:53
anonymous

up to me i could never ever go there again, you know why coz i have the better supplement..

may be i go there if there's no other alternative, but plenty of Asian rest.at Doha now, and i just adore thier food..can't help it buddy..

N.F SHAKIB

By leo_nardo• 9 Dec 2009 08:55
leo_nardo

"ButI bet most of you will go back again. bet you.. there cant be that many people visiting it for the first time.. AGREE"

Jackfrost, oh really now. Lets say a thousand filipinos visit the place in a day, that's 30T in a month. The place has been open now for almost a month. How many filipinos do you think is now in Qatar? You still want a bet?

By marie_2• 9 Dec 2009 08:33
Rating: 4/5
marie_2

chowking....hhhmmm, must try

...listen to the sound of silence....

By mjamille28• 9 Dec 2009 08:03
mjamille28

yeah right,,.. we'll see..

By ninarachel24• 9 Dec 2009 08:01
ninarachel24

they're just starting. let's just give them a little more time... there's always room for improvement right?

By anonymous• 8 Dec 2009 19:08
anonymous

lol Brit :)

By anonymous• 8 Dec 2009 18:44
anonymous

ButI bet most of you will go back again. bet you.. there cant be that many people visiting it for the first time.. AGREE

Rules are a guideline for intelligent people, but they must be adhered to by idiots.

By britexpat• 8 Dec 2009 17:33
britexpat

whorepresents.com :O)

By anonymous• 8 Dec 2009 17:13
anonymous

Brit another one I stumbled upon. What do you think of this website therapistfinder.com

By britexpat• 8 Dec 2009 17:08
Rating: 5/5
britexpat

R O F L ..

By anonymous• 8 Dec 2009 17:06
anonymous

Brit can you imagine Pen Island or Experts Exchange without spaces?

By britexpat• 8 Dec 2009 16:50
Rating: 2/5
britexpat

Okeedokeethanksverymuch!

By jpa• 8 Dec 2009 16:36
jpa

Got it right tess...

By britexpat• 8 Dec 2009 15:33
britexpat

Shouldn't it be two words then ?

By britexpat• 8 Dec 2009 15:25
britexpat

Why would you name a restaurant "Choking" ?

By anonymous• 8 Dec 2009 15:20
anonymous

Jackfrost...you should watch your language and Think before doing things...we are all just disappointed because Chowking in the Phils. is far better than here with regards to the space and set up. Most Pinoys just missed the taste thats why they still persevere and still giving it a shot. Using strong words like stupidity just tells us that you are like one....Make your flag proud of you by being responsible samaritan...etc..etc...

But hey...try it and you'll know the answer. We just forgave the poor Chowking staff for their poor management plans.

By mjamille28• 8 Dec 2009 15:09
Rating: 4/5
mjamille28

bibo, try Asian traditional.. i like the crispy aromatic duck there.. :)

By south_me• 8 Dec 2009 15:08
Rating: 4/5
south_me

Only this i can say...

! wont go back there to eat!

"REMEMBER BE HAPPY"

By bibo• 8 Dec 2009 15:04
bibo

but.. I'd love to try some pilipino food in a decent nice restaurant...

any recommendations?

By jpa• 8 Dec 2009 14:51
jpa

I am not saying that chowking is a Filipino restaurant.

Who is controlling the economy of the Phil? It's not Filipinos.. but those .....eyes.

By LAMBORJEEPNEY• 8 Dec 2009 14:47
LAMBORJEEPNEY

I will not waste my hard earned money in there!!!

"katas ng qatar"

By anonymous• 8 Dec 2009 14:28
anonymous

great expectations.......a real classic!!!

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When in Rome do as the Romans do!!!

By mjamille28• 8 Dec 2009 14:26
Rating: 2/5
mjamille28

sorry but the way they're running it at the moment, no thanks..

By jpa• 8 Dec 2009 14:22
jpa

Support Filipino owned or managed restaurants.

Chowking is....??????

By LAMBORJEEPNEY• 8 Dec 2009 14:18
LAMBORJEEPNEY

you will be disappointed! try after a year if they still exist:-)

"katas ng qatar"

By messymiss• 8 Dec 2009 14:16
Rating: 4/5
messymiss

funny i read it as chocking restaurant!!

Pay peanuts & you get Monkeys

By serpentos• 8 Dec 2009 13:48
serpentos

sorry but of all restaurant i went even that is from my country...its the worst we been visited...i prepare to eat shawarma than chowking...

By anonymous• 8 Dec 2009 13:07
Rating: 4/5
anonymous

its near the center but i dont know if they are operational at the moment but you can check it there.

By mjamille28• 8 Dec 2009 13:05
Rating: 2/5
mjamille28

snessy, :D

By snessy• 8 Dec 2009 13:04
snessy

LOL MJ, would your mum mind if I went round for dinner?

*****If you haven't got anything nice to say, don't say anything at all*****

By mjamille28• 8 Dec 2009 13:03
Rating: 2/5
mjamille28

i bet my mom's cooking is better... :P

By phoenix2009• 8 Dec 2009 13:02
Rating: 4/5
phoenix2009

food is generally poor, photos of their plates are misleading, they show varaiety of ingredients on the photo, but disappointing reality in the plates:S

Never will i go there again.

Yalla!

By snessy• 8 Dec 2009 12:47
snessy

I understand the customer service is not great, but is the food good here? Or not as good as the Phillipines? I'm always on the look out for good places to eat.

*****If you haven't got anything nice to say, don't say anything at all*****

By anonymous• 8 Dec 2009 12:11
anonymous

Jackfrost you can never judge fairly unless you try yourself, plus what do we have than trying every single new places here, its fun .. trust me :))

N.F SHAKIB

By anonymous• 8 Dec 2009 12:05
anonymous

Why on earth do you pinos eat there when the ratings are so bad,,, are all that stupid??/ i think so...

Rules are a guideline for intelligent people, but they must be adhered to by idiots.

By anonymous• 8 Dec 2009 11:57
Rating: 4/5
anonymous

Tarsier..the franchise owner is Mr. Ahmed Bilal

I can say, these hassles are due to poor anticipations from the management...they didn't realize that they will be overwhelmed by 200,000 +- Filipinos who missed Chowking in the Phils. chowking in the Phils. is not as bad as here. Poor planning from management here in Qatar and unreasonable spaces and set up.

Yes, a lot of rooms for improvement should be done ASAP!!! We're hungry!!!

By Tarsiers• 8 Dec 2009 11:43
Rating: 4/5
Tarsiers

at 8:45 pm and was excited to try thier food after all the comments and fights that were going on here prior its opening.

It was over crowded, too nosiy, left overs were on the tables, mass everywhere, and at the end I had to go all over downstairs to give my order when i was told that I can have only pancit because they close after one hour and 10 minutes:)

I suggest them to hire two cleaners. One upstairs and one downstairs who will only clean the mass and left overs on tables.

I also recommend them to extend thier opening hours just like the rest or restaurants in Doha even if it will cost them more 4 new staff. I think the reason why it closes at 10 is that they have only one shift straight from 12 noon to 10 pm (10 hrs) and dont want to hire more staff.

One more thing, they better give customer service and hospitality training sessions to thier staff.

By the way, Is it true that the owner is a Palestinian guy with his Filipina wife?

By mjamille28• 8 Dec 2009 11:36
Rating: 3/5
mjamille28

they let people wait outside when there are plenty of tables and seats inside, now how the hell did they come up with that... talk about crap service.. they should make room for improvement..

By anonymous• 8 Dec 2009 11:36
anonymous

they have the worst of everything, they let clients stand in the street at queues to take the client's order at the street, pay first then sit down...??? what is that, middle ages restaurant...!!!

But honestly they have clean delicious food, with so reasonable prices, but alot of items were missing..

May be its changed now as I went third day of thier openings

N.F SHAKIB

By subhaan• 8 Dec 2009 11:34
Rating: 5/5
subhaan

Its an bullshit restaurant , i had been to philps for buisness visit and i had been to chowking , over there, i rate 2/100 for tat

By phoenix2009• 8 Dec 2009 11:32
Rating: 2/5
phoenix2009

yeah mj, i went there they were toooooooo fast with our order that we received halo halo along with our main courses :S not to mention missing dishes

Yalla!

By anonymous• 8 Dec 2009 11:30
Rating: 5/5
anonymous

at the back of Al-Mashreq bank after Ramada Hotel

N.F SHAKIB

By anonymous• 8 Dec 2009 11:21
Rating: 5/5
anonymous

"the center" at the back of Ramada hotel.

By mjamille28• 8 Dec 2009 11:21
Rating: 4/5
mjamille28

yet another.... it's beside the Jaguar showroom back of Ramada Hotel.. if you're planning to go there, don't expect too much as far as customer service is concerned, they still have a looooooooong way to go..

By rMs_000• 8 Dec 2009 11:19
rMs_000

yet another chowking thread!! ;o)

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