The Real Chow Baby
Atlanta, GA 30318
Phone: (404) 815-4900
- Price:
- $
- Cross Street:
- 11th Street NW
- Specialties:
- Pan Asian Food
- Best of Citysearch:
- Lunch Spot 2006
- Hours:
- Mon-Thu 11:30am-2:30pm, 5pm-10:30pm, Fri 11:30am-2:30pm, 5pm-11:30pm, Sat 5pm-11:30pm, Sun 5pm-10pm
Message from The Real Chow Baby
Great Food, Great People, Good Times
- All You Can Eat Stir Fry Bar
- Full Bar: Sake, Wine, Beer
- Dessert
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Editorial Review for The Real Chow Baby – by Florence Byrd
The Scene
DIY stir-fry's universal appeal spreads to west Midtown. The sleek loft space, in the bottom of stylish apartments on Howell Mill, attracts Atlantans of all stripes: parents with toddlers in tow, first-date types nervously sipping specialty cocktails, good-looking 20-somethings as far as the eye can see. The stir-fry line, a buffet of raw ingredients from rice and snow peas to coconut curry sauce and fresh shrimp, moves surprisingly quickly, even with a large crowd.
The Food
Patrons line up, pile ingredients in a bowl, then hand it off. A cook stir-fries everything on a giant flat griddle, and a server delivers it to the table. While it's tempting to simply toss every available ingredient into your bowl, the results can be uneven. Thankfully, Chow Baby offers suggested combinations near the ingredients. The other route to success is to keep it simple: veggies, beef, teriyaki sauce, lo mein noodles.
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Insider Tips
Know Before You GoNot to worry--if your first attempt at a culinary masterpiece falls flat, you can go back for a second try. And a third. It's all-you-can-eat.
What to DrinkChow Baby has a great selection of specialty drinks and martinis. Try a Moscow Mule, a Part Time Lover or a Frozen Honey Colada.
User Reviews for The Real Chow Baby
07/21/2008 Posted by spmc82
Great place for a date! The food was really quite tasty and such an active unique idea for a dinner or meal. Quick tip: when reading a review consider what kind of person you are. Yes this place was louder, a little hurried, hip, and slighty cramp, but if you're looking for a good time and a quiet intimate dinner is NOT what you're going for then this is it! The food line appears long but it disappears quick. There is a huge menu and ingredients list to look at; you're surprised how quick it moves. The service was fantastic! The cooks even cooked mine in a seperate wok with water instead of oil. I will say the bar area was weak. We visited on a wed. night and it was crowded with a short wait (can't imagine a fri. or sat. night!), so the small bar area wasn't exactly ideal. The area wasn't the best, but it is close to Atlantic Station. All in all very good, the manager even stopped and chatted at the end of our visit, which is rare these days. Definite repeat customers!
Pros: High quality food! You get exactly what you want! Ask for Laura!
Cons: Bar area is weak
07/02/2008 Posted by espivey
The hostess wouldn't let my husband and I sit down at a table because we were waiting for two more people even though we wanted to order drinks and appetizers and the restaurant was almost empty. Then we stood in line for 20 minutes to make our own food. My husband ordered a wrap which means the chef puts a tortilla on top of your stir fry - they don't even wrap it up for you. My friend ended up with a fly stir fried in her meal (although the restauarant did give her a free dessert to make up for this). I wanted a second helping but by this time the line was at least 30 minutes long. So for $12 I got a smallish bowl of stir fry that I basically made myself. And the music is REALLY loud. I would never go here again. Noodle and Doc Chey's have similar food but are much tastier and cheaper.
Pros: Calamari was delicious.
Cons: Service, wait, food quality, ambience, parking, price.
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