Wanted to try this place and it was just ok. A combo of 1 bowl and 2 baos for $14.99. My teriyaki wasn't that good. I think Panda Express would have been better though. I noticed little things that looked like hair (not hair) all over in my bowl. These things were annoying. The coconut custard bao was good. The BBQ pork bao wasn't that good. Will I try this place again here or somewhere else? Probably not. A bottle of water is $1.78 + combo I mentioned above were $20.74. Really cheap. read more

Wow Bao - So many of those things that look like hair lol - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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I ordered frozen wow bao buns from goldbelly. These bao buns made our family sick the very first time we ate them. I liked them and didn't want to assume it was the bao buns so I tried them again a few days later. I ended missing work because I couldnt leave the bathroom. IDK what they did but I have a strong stomach and they poisoned me!! read more

Seems promising but falls way short of expectations. Citrus Chicken bowl was a few pieces of shredded chicken with a lot of tangy orange sauce over a big bowl of overcooked rice. There are only 2 bao 包 flavors, spicy Mongolian beef or cheeseburger. There's a burger place next door so there's no reason to get cheeseburger. Nonetheless, the beef version is basically supermarket freezer section quality. Service and ambiance is par for the course at an airport. No urgency from staff, but at least the fella was polite. Darwinian style seating. read more

Wow Bao - Citrus chicken bowl - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Great gluten free option of teriyaki chicken and jasmine rice! It's at the beginning of the international terminal at O'Hare (terminal 5). read more

Wow Bao - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Airport Wow Bao, just past checkpoint. Great taste, but did they maybe not add ENOUGH meat?!?! There is hardly ANY meat in the Kung Pao chicken bowl... luckily rice flavor fantastic and the pot stickers were YUM! read more

Wow Bao - Where's the meat?!? - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Maybe I just got lucky, but I found this place very good. While I had to wait a little bit for my Spicy Mongolian Beef bao to be made, the wait was worth it. I found the service overall to be quick and polite, and the food delicious. The bao were large and fluffy with a wonderful sweetness. While I didn't find the beef especially spicy for me, I did enjoy it. Especially when you added some sriracha to it. My daughter ordered the Spicy Kung Pao Chicken and Potstickers, and although the Kung Pao didn't look all that appetizing, it tasted very good with a nice amount of spice. Despite the fair amount of negative reviews for this location, I found the bao good enough to seek out a location close to me and look forward to trying it again. read more

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TLDR version: Pig slop. Avoid with extreme prejudice. Food looks *nothing* like the pictures. If you're a child of the '70s and you can remember "Chop Suey" day in the elementary school cafeteria (that gray slop with chunks of celery in it), then you'll have an excellent idea of the garbage served here. Think of what must be in the pipes on Thanksgiving after everyone has dumped their plate remains into the disposal and turned it on. Add some Chinese five spice and some red pepper flakes and, voilá! Your Wow Bow meal is ready, just as soon as you dig it out. Inedible. Disgusting. See photo for what you get for $15 read more

Wow Bao - Kung Pao Combo - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

The prices are jacked up as expected for an airport, but price aside, Wow Bao is my terminal 5 go-go. It's in the food court right after you get through security so it's pretty popular and can be hard to find a place to sit but it's packaged very conveniently if you have to take it to your gate instead. The bowls looked a little sad but the baos never disappoint. The chicken teriyaki and BBQ pork are my favorite. The coconut custard dessert flavor was different but good! read more

Wow Bao - Chicken Teriyaki Bao - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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Wow. This should have been good... but... it wasn't. The bao are fine but nothing that you can't just buy in a decent market. And the citrus glazed chicken... it just made me sad. It was so soupy and overcooked as to be basically just a blob of sweet mush. Maybe they're just having an off day, but wow. read more

This was maybe 11:30AM when I got here and the gal taking my order tells me that they are out of everything and only have Kung Pao or Orange Chicken and reading the reviews about orange chicken, I decided to go with the Pao. It definitely had a kick but boy oh boi- it was extremely greasy. It was so greasy that I could not even finish the small $10 bowl. I am not expecting airport food to be 5 stars and I am at peace with that but man... Come on maybe try read more

Wow Bao - Ordering station - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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The Kung Pow looks like pig slop. The rice was clumpy and probably a day old. I have never given a 1 star rating, but this place truly deserves it. The bao wasn't great, too. I should have checked yelp reviews. I couldn't finish it and I feel sick. Run from this place. read more

Wow Bao - Whoa, this what they are calling Kung Pow Chicken. - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Shame on me for not checking reviews before getting in line. If you purposely decided to run a place into the ground or maybe film a Punk'd episode this is it! Food: For some unexplaining reason I was told that bowls were not available; only to see one served to a patron 15 min later. Nothing changed, but I did notice that she scooped the protein out of some warming bin behind the register. Didn't look sanitary at all! Ordered 4 Baos and the texture of the dough was sticky and oversteamed? Taste was a 2 out of 10. Service: 10 min standing in front of register as the sole worker was packing up some items. cleaning up the area and moving bins around. Placed order and waited 15 min; only to finally get it: She reached into the warming bins, dropped into two bags and handed to me. I had to wait 15 min for that? BS! Overall: NEVER again! I have had Wow Bao in the past, having lived in Chicago for 30+ years. This location is a disaster across the board! Avoid this at all cost! read more

Teriyaki chicken was inedible. Looks like a weird stew. Rice was also gross. Be warned!

The service was okay, they were out of a few items. The veggie dumplings were subpar. read more

Wow Bao - Veggie dumplings - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

The first time I tried Wow Bao I ordered the BBQ Pork Bao and Chicken Teriyaki Bao and it was surprisingly good! The Bao was soft and the flavor was great! The second time I ordered from Wow Bao they didn't have the BBQ Pork Bao ready so I substitute it with the Cheeseburger Bao... Which was interesting to say the least. It tastes similar to a White Castle slider.. I would order it again if and only IF one of the two Bao flavors I originally tried is not available. Also, I only order the Bao from this place whenever I get the chance because it's usually hot and ready to eat and it's perfect for when I go on my break. read more

Out of the most popular items. I ordered the cheeseburger bao, and it was good. This place lacks basics of customer service. No one there cares, I paid for my order and they were bunch of food left at the end of the table, and you have to use your creativity to figure out which one is your order! read more

Wow Bao - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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I know airplane drink/food is going to be a ripoff, but this is just not good quality. It was the quality of a $2 frozen meal for near $20. The food someone had the quality of being 5 day leftovers for being made 'fresh' right there. I guess it's good if you're dieting, it'll kill your craving having food this dull. read more

The bao taste fine - they're all mass produced after all. Servers were goofing around and not taking orders. They DO NOT use ORDer Ahead - our charge went through and everything, but we waited for 10 mins before someone finally asked us what we were doing and told us that they don't take online orders anymore. read more

Why is the rice mushy when you have a rice cooker? Kung pao chicken was pre cooked and shredded/watery. It should be a stir fry and not a stew. read more

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I made a bad mistake trying my first bao bun at an airport. What was I thinking? I had 4 spicy Mongolian buns and my wife had the orange chicken. My wife's plate had very little chicken and was disappointing. The same issue happened with my dish. Mostly bun with a little Taco Bell consistency beef inside. I tasted spice and the soy sauce I drizzled on. What a total waste of money. read more

Ordered two bowls, one was chicken teriyaki and the other was Kung pao and both were upgraded to brown rice for an up charge. Both were small dinky bowls and there was most rice in both bowls. The chicken teriyaki was so skimped out on teriyaki chicken mix and maybe had 1/4 cup at most, the Kung pao at least had a 1/2 cup was still a rip off for what you get. As far as taste does they tasted no worse or better than the crappy fast food at a Chinese food court in some run down mall. Suffice to say the food was awful and not worthy of human consumption. What's worse is the chicken was in small pieces and as a whole looked like dog food, sickening really. read more

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Was there chicken in the kung pao gloop? Unsure. Service was fine. Ambiance was frozen bags of gloop thrown into steamers. Ooof. ORD, you need to step up your food game. read more

I agreed. Looks very tempting, but poorly managed. they only had hamburger Baozi, no dumplings, no potstickers. Steamed buns were cold, and I could not find any chicken in the orange chicken. great idea, poor delivery. read more

Wow Bao - Looks good but....... - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

When in ORD Chicago airport and you're eating for your flight in terminal 5, you know your food options are limited. Perusing my options I chose Asian and made my way to Wow Bao, hot Asian buns. A nice and pleasant change to the typical fast food burger. Their menu is limited but what they offer is solid eats for a cheap price. They offer 8 different flavor bao's, 5 different bowls with white, brown or lo mein noodles and chicken or vegetable potstickers / dumplings. Any of the above can also be made a combo. A small wrap is at the bottom and the meat was fresh and tasty. Would I eat here again, Yes. Solid, quick, tasty bites. Perhaps next visit I would get 4 bao's since they are about 3 bites to finish. read more

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I had the glazed citrus chicken with white rice. It was edible, but I soon as I looked at it, I knew not to expect too much. The rice was over cooked. They were very skimpy with the glazed chicken, not even a full ladle. The meat portion contained of the dish had only a few shreds of chicken and tasted like it came out of a can. Not worth $11. No wow factor from this Wow Bao. read more

Probably some of the nastiest airport food available. I had the citrus chicken bowl with two Bao buns. I was so hungry but it was disgusting so I didn't finish. read more

Definitely belongs on an "expectations versus reality" meme or subreddit. This was awful food all around. Slop served in a small plastic container. Soggy fried rice. Seemed like a can of progresso soup dumped out. I would never eat here again. They had about 8 people working behind the counter but only one person serving food and another ringing people up. It's a food court so can't really say anything positive about the ambiance either. Overall an experience that leaves nearly everything to be desired. Hopefully I don't get sick on our international trip! read more

This is Chicago brand. This chain restaurant is locally own. At least I can see three location. In Chicago and one of them is at Chicago airport terminals 5. International terminals. It is make sense because it has international customers. The menu is very simple. Bao, rice bowl or pot stickers. They sell combination meal. Most meal is under $12. So it is consider most affordable. The Bao has many types. Such as Mongolian beef, Kung Pao Chicken, bbq Pork, veggies bun, teriyaki bun. They also have 2 Bao, 4 Bao or 6 Bao at one price. It is great to get the group Bao with different flavors. The pot sticker with pork is nice. The combo is the way to go with rice bowl and pot sticker. It is popular. I like the teriyaki Bao and Mongolian beef Bao. Both are the good option. Their Bao skin thickness just enough and not too thick. I would recommend their Bao. read more

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From now until 1/7/22, can get a $5 off coupon for a $10 or more mobile order. Used this to order two 6 packs of baos using two transactions. Ate 6 while waiting for the airplane and another 6 to eat on the plane. Plane better come quick or won't have any left to eat on the plane. read more

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This place has degraded so low since I was last here about 3 years ago. I remembered that it was really good so I ventured it again. But tjis time it's terrible. The teriyaki chicken bowl hardly had meat on it, only shreds. The green vegetable potsticker was another regurgitated mess. Only the chicken dumpling was edible. The franchise needs to take a look at this location and help please. read more

Gross, soggy BBQ Pork Bao and inedible orange chicken that looked like cat food. A total rip off.

As far as "airport food" goes, Wow Bao is (IMHO) a better option than the other places in the International Terminal at ORD. But be forewarned -- getting your food may take some time. The line to order was long and slow moving. After your order is placed the fulfillment line is equally long. And then, when they tell you that the bun or dumpling that you ordered is still being steamed and won't be ready for five or ten minutes, be prepared to choose a substitute on the fly or else -- wait. Of course, depending on the time of day your flight is departing, your experience could be totally different. Fortunately we were not in a rush so the inefficiency of their service was not an issue. The food was fine (for airport food) and the vegan in our party was able to order food that met his dietary restrictions. With limited choices for grabbing a bite to eat in Terminal 5, many (like us) will find this to be the best option. read more

The Bao'/s were pretty decent and that's the only reason why I'm not giving this place a one star but the 4 baos I did order were cold. I also ordered orange chicken and it had like at most three small pieces of chicken and the rest was sauce... for over $20 this place should offer more. read more

I stopped. I was intrigued. I would recommend a pass. The bao buns are pre cooked. Sitting. Sitting. Sitting. Sitting. The paper on the bottom of each bun is labeled. Felt, and tasted like I ate from a vending machine. An old vending machine. Not a repeat. Keep walking. read more

Food was very mushy and not flavorful at all, we ordered the combo meal with orange chicken, and teriyaki chicken with a side of pot stickers. We ended up tossing the food and going to a different l Food location. Not worth $38.00 read more

Wow Bao - Teriyaki chicken bowl - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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This food is completely tasteless, worst excuse of Asian food ever. Priced as if it's the last food on earth.

I'm surprised to see so many negative reviews on this place, when I tried it, it was incredible! I was flying from Terminal 5 in Chicago O'Hare International Airport on a 16 hour flight to Auckland, and was looking for a bite to eat before. As a lover of bao, I was estatic to see this lovely place. I decided to give it a go, and it was amazing. The buns were perfectly sweet, the filling was amazing, and the prices were not too bad. Ultimately, it was an amazing find, and the food was great. It was situated nicely in the middle of Terminal 5, and included a wide variety of delicious menu options. It is also one of the only actual restaurant sort of deal around, versus just fast food. I loved it here, I will come back whenever I get the chance. read more

Ahhhhhh MAJOR sanitary hazards when you wear gloves to take money from customers and use those same gloved hands to touch the food... I'm usually not a germophobe, but I've seen where money goes and have seen the nasty things it touches...and thinking about that residue getting smeared all over something I'll be eating...no thank you. read more

I ordered the #1 bowl which consisted of your choice of bowl and 2 baos or 3 dumplings. I chose the spicy Mongolian beef and the 2 baos. For the bowl, I chose noodles over rice. And for the baos, I picked the curry chicken bao and spicy Mongolian beef bao. The noodle bowl was not spicy at all. Don't know if it was me, but it was kind of bland. Both the baos were delicious. If you like spicy, you can't go wrong with the spicy Mongolian beef bao. There was only one server at this fast food place and it seemed like this guy hated his job. He was emotionless, seemed annoyed and had a negative attitude when asking for my order. read more

Wow Bao - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Sustains life if you're starving, so... there's that. Wouldn't recommend. Wish i would have checked the reviews first.