Husband and I stopped by WowBao around 10:30am to get four buns. We chose the Spicy Mongolian Beef, Teriyaki Chicken, and BBQ Pork (2). The buns were a small size, especially for the price, but that's what you pay for at an airport. I imagine 4 buns would be comparable to feeling full, but my husband and I split them. The buns were all pretty flavorful in taste, but we couldn't really tell the difference between the BBQ pork and the teriyaki chicken. If you're feeling hungry and want something warm to eat, WowBao is worth buying at the International terminal. You're not really going to get friendly, smiling faces serving you any where at this food court, but the seating area was well-kept with lots of outlets to recharge dying iPads and phones for the flight. The bathrooms, however, could be better managed. read more

Delicious food. I tried the Thai green chicken curry bowl with jasmine rice and it was delicious. Also the hot ginger tea is excellent. read more

Wow Bao - Wow Bao menu - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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The buns were kinda good. Cooked nicely. The are kinda small though. 2 for 4.50 seems a bit pricey, but at an airport, what are you gonna do, hehe. read more

It is hard to find Buns and baos in the airports. O'hare is one of them that provided the variety of foods to the customers. The way they sold is like fast food. In stead of burgers, they are selling baos and rice bowls. For the food taste, it was made to sell people who are not familiar with Asian foods, so that the lack of being authentic is the major part that they lose some points. I don't feel the difference between spicy mongolian beef and spicy kung pao. For the service, it is quite fast... read more

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No chicken in the meal bowl - mush on rice. Will never order from here again it was my first time trying it.

The potstickers are actually not too bad, I would get those again. The teriyaki chicken bao buns were truly disgusting though.

Disgusting. The orange chicken looks like soup and tastes awful. Apparently they don't fry their orange chicken, they should mention that. I'm used to airport food being bad but this is just offensive that they charge $10 for a kids size bowl of soupy chicken and rice. read more

Signs says they opened at 10 so people started forming a line at around 9:55. I wasnt in line yet, but I was sitting in the very near foodcourt waiting for the stand to be open because I work at a restaurant and I know how stressful it can be to have people staring at you as your doing your opening tasks. However, the young lady at the counter was being extremely openly rude to everyone standing in front of the stand and was chatting with the other girls working in the connected stands instead of working to get the shop open. She was making disgusted faces and snapping "I AM NOT OPEN" at the people standing in the line. The original people in the line left after she yelled at the them and some other people began forming a line a bit after 10. She was being rude to them as well and someone responded "well your sign says open at 10" and she said "I dont care what the sign says im not open". Extremely off putting. I am a waitress so I fully understand the woes of customer service, but this was completely unprovoked. (This was not today I forgot to finish the review because I had to board my flight, this happened on the morning of the 4th) read more

I got the Spicy Mongolian Beef and and Spicy Kung Pao Chicken baos. Really wanted to try the BBQ Pork bao but they were out. The guys behind the counter were nice and told us which baos were popular and also recommended their favorites. The bao is soft. The ratio of bao to filling is pretty decent. I thought both flavors were heavy on the ginger and more sweet than I'd personally prefer. The Spicy Kung Pao bao is slightly spicier but maybe a 2 on a scale of 1-5 for spiciness. I didn't think the Spicy Mongolian Beef bao was spicy at all. Overall, it was a good snack and I would come back again to try the other baos! read more

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We decided to grab some buns here because my son really wanted some and wanted me to try some. Service was interminably slow. I just couldn't figure out what was taking so long. I mean the buns are pre-made and in heating trays. Just grab them, throw them in a box and move on to the next person. It's not rocket science people. The buns were only okay. I have had much better. We got three different kinds but they all tasted the same. We actually couldn't tell them apart. Would have been nice if they had been labeled in some way. Sonny seemed to like the well enough, hence the three stars. Personally I would have given them two. read more

They got the second star mainly for the taste of the food. Everything else was not so good. They ran out of napkins, they ran out of spoons, and they ran out of forks. They didn't even have sauces to add to the food. Self defense Roxbury order should have been fast no, but there weren't. I had the curry Bowl, and a long time to get. A customer service was not there either. Next time I will try something else. read more

Today is a rainy day. Since there was nothing else to do after missing 12 o'clock tour from The Chicago Theatre, we went into this Bao Zi place to check out local Chinese food. We tried Kongpo Chicken, Curry Thai, and Thai soup, all tasted awful. We are very disappointed. read more

Wow Bao - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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Horrible experience, would love a refund bruh! Horrible and not satisfied with this horrible bruh nah experience read more

Wow Bao - This should conclude the horrible experience with baw naw. The food portions are small and the food is not tasty at all. - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Awful food. Just really bad. The kung pao chicken and rice were very disappointing, mushy rice and no chicken to speak of. I hope I don't get sick! read more

Saw them take pre cooked plastic bags of food out and poured into cooking. It was gross and I couldn't even eat half of it. Honestly would rather eat canned meat. read more

Wow! These guys need to rewrite training manuals! Waited about 5 minutes without word from any of the employees. No "Hello", nothing. Finally got the money drawer in and ask "What can I get you?" Asked for the Coconut Bao and was told they were out of coconut. That's it. Asked for napkins and was told "We are out". No other word from any of them. Meanwhile two of the woman employees were in an altercation and saying things to each other I would not repeat. Should have walked away, but I was very hungry before my flight. I'm from Chicago, and it was a shame watching these 5 employees act as they did. Hate to say it, but it reminded me of the New York employees I used to encounter at the many places I visited. Rude and uncaring. Seriously, if you want a job, act like it. Will not return. read more

It's a wonderful Chinese fast food place! I ordered combo 1 for 11.99 with one bowl and two Baos at choice. My bowl was spicy Mongolian beef and I had a kung app chicken bao and a bbq pork bao. The food was very tasty and the waiting time was very short. Perfect for a quick bite. read more

Wow Bao - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

They serve three main dishes and were out of two at noon on a Thursday. The one dish they had was Spicy Kung Po chicken. Not more then two small chunk cos chicken. Very disappointing and the dumplings were very soggy. read more

Avoid Wow Bao. The service is super slow and the food quality is low. I ordered a chicken bowl and it came with only 5 small pieces of chicken. Waste of money... read more

Wow Bao - Bowl - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

TERRIBLE!! The staff is rude, insulting and extremely unprofessional. The restaurant had barely any dishes at lunch time, there was no sign that addressed food availability and the cashier made no attempt to communicate food availability and was busy chatting with the other staff. When we tried to order something that we didn't know was unavailable, the cashier rudely raised her voice. For a fast food restaurant located in one of the biggest airports in the US, such customer service is not expected. read more

Disgusting. Took two bites and threw it away. Tasted like a frozen meal that was heated up, but even worse. Complete waste of money. And one of the workers was extremely rude for no reason so the service couldn't even make up for the horrible food. read more

Stopped by this Wow Bao for a quick lunch while waiting for my flight to leave. I ordered a lot...basically an item from each column in preparation for my 16 hour flight. Never been more disappointed. I ordered the following: -Chicken Teriyaki bowl over white jasmine rice -8 pork dumplings -2 baos: bbq pork and chicken Teriyaki -coke Where to start? The bowl was standard. Low quality rice cooked unevenly with a splash of chicken teriyaki mix on top. The seasoning was salty and relatively unappetizing. The dumplings were stuck together and basically what I expect if I were to take day old dumplings and microwave them having made them from a frozen bag the day before. The baos were dropped into a carry out sand which bag and altogether soft, mushy and they stuck to the paper, rendering at least 1/2 of the outside skin of the Bao inedible. The only positive thing I can say was that it was super fast service. But given the super fast service and the fact that I ate my food just minutes after being served and it still being this disgusting...I will definitely skip over this restaurant at the airport. Disappointing considering my first experience downtown at the watertower place was fantastic. read more

Wow Bao - Pre board meal. - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

This place is horrible! I travel regularly and come through terminal 5 a few times per month. I've wanted to try Wow Bao multiple times, but every time I've tried they're either closing super early or they are out of everything. Today I finally had the opportunity to eat here and boy, what a total letdown! They only had orange chicken which wasn't my first choice, but I like orange chicken generally. This "orange chicken" was absolutely disgusting and unedible. After 3-4 bites I had to toss it. It was worse than the worst microwave Chinese food I've ever had. The flavor was terrible, it looked revolting and it didn't even smell appetizing. I got a combo with Bao, so was hopeful that they would be better and they were just as bad. One was super soggy/mushy and the filling on the other was terrible. To top things off, the girl running the register was wearing one plastic glove and handled the money of the customer in front of me, then takes my order and with the same glove, goes and starts picking up my Bao and putting them in a bag. I nicely asked her to change gloves. So all that to say, spending almost $22 after tax for a combo with a medium fountain drink, only to toss it in the trash was extremely disappointing! read more

Wow Bao - Orange chicken - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

I was looking for a quick nite before taking off. Since the name sounded interesting and I have never had it before, I thought to give it a try. To my surprise, the food is not bad! I guess it pays off to be adventurous. On top of it, the staffs were super friendly and helpful. It changed my mind about airport cultural food. I will definitely try this again the next time I am in O'Hare. read more

Wow Bao - Box of Baos - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

$4.39 for two buns that are SO small! Some of their flavors are quite unusual for buns... I got the spicy kung pao chicken and my bf got the bbq pork. The spicy kung pao chicken wasn't even spicy and it should've even be in a bun. You should eat that in a bowl or something. The bbq pork was ok. service was slow and everyone seemed to hate their job. I do not recommend this spot to eat at all. Way overpriced for the portions! read more

Wow Bao - A spicy kung pao chicken bun. Gross, small, & way overpriced. - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Sooo bad! Worst bao I've ever had! Make me really sick! Worse than frozen food! Just wondering how long they kept those bao in frozen? Inside meat taste like years old!!!! read more

Wow Bao - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Absolutely the slowest service possible. I've been a WowBao customer since they opened in Chicago. I was happy to see WowBao at O'Hare International Airport and visited it at 1pm on a Friday. Sadly, there was only one employee working both the register and prep area. The coconut and chocolate wow baos were not available. Terrible management. The employees were moving so slow, it's as if they were trying not to work. Shame. This location is tarnishing your brand WowBao. read more

Wow Bao - One employee barely working, another one just hanging out. - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Ordered the veg noodle salad and veg dumping The noodles were cold with no veggies what so ever. The dumpling were ok Was disappointed paying 13 bucks for the cold noodles. read more

Wow Bao - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

I bought some better here cause I was very hungry but I felt that it was not what I'm used to in Singapore Malaysia Hong Kong. They have a variety of stuffing's but nothing like roast pork and I didn't like the town red curry but it was so late and I had fireball for $11 read more

Buns were good. Very flavorful. I got the spicy Mongolian beef and Kung Pao chicken. It was a nice find at the airport. There was soup and salad options on the menu, but at 2pm, they were out. Poor preparation if you ask me. The employees were friendly and joked around only with each other, but not customers...which was weird and rude. But hey, this O'Hare...I guess. read more

Well it's at the airport so it's expensive and tasteless. Avoid the outrageously expensive drink. I had the potstickers (they were out of a lot of bao)and bowl combo. Potstickers were very overcooked and devoid of flavor. Noodles were bland. Just go somewhere else...... read more

Food here tasted really bad. The service was horrible too. I asked for water and the lady pointed to a nearby water fountain. Avoid at all costs. read more

Food was OK tasting, no complaints there BUT! It was Very expensive And they don't seem to like Caucasian people very much. Polite to every African American who purchased food but a lot of sighing, huffing puffing, eye rolling with me and other Caucasian people. They gave me the wrong order but I just ate it anyway because they were obviously not giving a damn and it would have been even more of a hassle. They gave my husband a half order so I went back to the counter to politely ask why the half order The girl who dishes up the food was SOOOOO RUDE! What a horrible attitude! If you hate your job that much then please, do us a favor, quit and go work in a closet where you don't have any contact with people. The guy at the cashier really didn't want to be there and was just taking payment...and then expected a tip lol. He didn't give me a receipt...only later did I realize he charged me about $10 too much....2 rice bowls, a small order of sticky buns and 1 drink should not have cost $38. I heard the rude girl dishing up the food saying they didn't have enough brown rice...then she tried to tell me they only give half orders when you order brown rice. Wow! If that is true then they need to say that on their menu. Funny thing was that someone else had just ordered brown rice and yet she gave them a full order. So the food rate a 2-3 star rating but the crappy attitude by all was not fun to deal with People are just passing through, hungry and tired...we didn't ask for a side dish of attitude. read more

I tried the chicken teriyaki bowl - not impressed - food fit for a dog! Needless to say I will not be going back the next time I pass through O'Hare's terminal 5. read more

Wow Bow has bow, rice or noodle bowls, potstickers or dumplings. The bowls are pretty small and the flavors were ok, but not amazing. I tried teriyaki chicken and noodles which was decent. The chicken Thai curry on brown rice was the best thing I tried from here, but of course not as good as it would be from a real Thai restaurant. read more

Wow Bao - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

They only had Kung Pow bun from the menu at 5pm Sunday onwards. No one in line knew. Menu looks very interesting

The worst salad I've had in a long time. The "bowl" was meat in sauce in rice, it had a bbq flavor rather than a teriyaki flavor as it should have. The boa was tasty and the only reason it gets 2 stars. read more

Employees here need training....they gave me the wrong order but I went back and they replaced it for me for free. Thumbs up on customer service and the food is identical to wow bow places in chicago. read more

Service was kind of slow. Ordered six different bao but you don't know which is which when you're ready to eat them. They are more on the small side. I didn't expect a lot since it was in the airport terminal. They did have good flavor but if you want true bao go to Chinatown on the south side read more

OMG!! I didn't think airport food vendors would have anything good but this place was BOMB.COM!!! My family and I bought the bbq pork and the Spicy Mongolian Beef Bao buns and they are so flavorful!! The spice and the flavor of lemongrass mixed in with the meat was perfect! read more