Champa Kitchen

Name: Champa Kitchen
Address: 21 King St N, Waterloo, ON N2J 2W6, Canada, J, Canada

4.8/5 ★ based on 8 reviews

Contact Champa Kitchen

Address :	21 King St N, Waterloo, ON N2J 2W6, Canada
Phone :	📞 +987877
Website :	https://www.facebook.com/champakitchen.info
Categories :	Southeast Asian restaurant ,
City :	J

21 King St N, Waterloo, ON N2J 2W6, Canada

Best Southeast Asian restaurant in Canada

J	Jacquie Dudley on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Wanted to like this place. Pictures all looked good. Just found it to be pretty basic food, nothing too exciting or overly great. We ordered the crispy duck and it was very tough, seemed overcooked, and some of the crispy parts were so hard you couldn't eat them. (Even the dog didn't want them) Tried the Pad Thai and it was good but basic. Also had the crispy chicken. Was strange but it tasted exactly like chicken balls from a Chinese restaurant. Wasn't a huge fan of the noodles or sauce. Overall very basic & mediocre.
i	ing ing on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ First time trying at Champa Kitchen (Thai, Laos, Vietnamese food), I loved it. I definitely come back to try more dishes. This restaurant is located on King St. close to Waterloo town square ION station.
C	Clare Mok on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I've been here a couple times already and truly feel compelled to write a review. The food is really great and very true to its origin and kept to its authenticity. I particularly love the roast duck dish with its crispy skin but soft and tender meat (I bet it's a secret recipe lol). I personally never had such a dish before and it's really mind blowing. We also ordered the coconut rice salad this time and it's also really amazingly good. Other than food, the service is coupled with down to earth owners who are passionate about the cuisine and the customers. This is definitely a place we will keep coming back.
A	Alison L on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Got takeout with a large group. The food was pretty good, but nothing really stood out to me. The food was a little cold when it got here but other than that, it was enjoyable!
M	Michelle Gong on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Amazing!! I ordered from this place on Uber before but I really recommend the in-person experience. We had pad kee mao, larb, and the Indonesian fried rice. Pad kee mao — vegetables were tender-crisp and noodles were perfectly done. I asked for this to be extra spicy and it was pretty good. We were even offered more hot sauce after ? Larb — yum! Chicken heart is delicious but they also offer this dish with just chicken breast as well. Indonesian fried rice — I didn’t try this one but it looked delicious and my friends really liked it! It came with satay and peanut sauce, and smelled really good. Service was so friendly as well! I want to come eat here every day!!
S	Shuborno Biswas on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ My wife and I enjoyed lunch here on my birthday. The restaurant was a nice family run place, and satisfied my craving for some new flavours and textures! I took some recommendations from our friendly server, the chef's husband. I started with the mango rolls - these were nice to start, as they fruit provided some lightness, but with the meat inside and peanut sauce, they were still hearty enough. I went with Larb Moo as my main, taking the server's recommendation of chicken/chicken heart as my protein. (It is also available with beef or pork.) The larb was spicy and flavourful. There was some in house made chili paste that I enjoyed with my rice. I finished with a warm pudding style Lao inspired dessert which hit the spot - it reminded me of the flavours I enjoy with the type of pudding style dessert I'd be served for a birthday at my Bengali parents' house, but this Lao dessert had a totally different texture and consistency. It's nice to be exposed to some new flavours and textures, and I'd love to come back to try more of the menu.
J	Johanna Solomon on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Love that there's an authentic Laotian restaurant in Waterloo! Definitely enjoyed our meal here and the owners are amazing. We stumbled by this restaurant literally looking for pad thai and I saw that they had Laotian sausages which are my favourite!! And they make it well! All the food had a lot of flavour and were all big portions. Can't wait to come back and try more dishes like their coconut rice, larb and sakoo yat sai!
R	Rebecca J on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Large menu and friendly staff and atmosphere. The food experience was somewhat mixed. Nam khao was tasty, pork skewers were pretty good, but the crispy chicken stir fry was more of a takeout experience. Serving sizes are large but the service itself was slow. 3.5 stars, worth a try for the hard-to-find Laotian menu variety.