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May Wah Inn Chinese Cuisine
Categories: Restaurants Chinese Food Specialty Food Ethnic Food Chinese, Ethnic Food [Edit]
1689 University Ave WWindsor, ON N9B 1C3
(519) 256-4755
- Hours:
Mon-Fri 11 am - 12:30 am
Sat-Sun 10 am - 12:30 am
- Attire:
- Casual
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Price Range:
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$
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good For:
- Lunch, Dinner
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
14 reviews for May Wah Inn Chinese Cuisine
14 reviews in English
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Review from Tracey C.
Windsor, ON
1/16/2012
The only place in Windsor or Detroit area for good Chinese food. Great dim sum. Overall, consistent great food at reasonable prices.
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Review from Brian S.
1/19/2012
I have been to May Wah Inn three times and I feel like maybe I should give it more time before giving a review. May Wah Inn is a good restaurant and it has fairly descent dim sum, but let's face it, it is no Wah Court. That being said, May Wah Inn does have some of the best dim sum available in Windsor currently.
Some of the items on the menu seem a little pricey compared to some of the other Chinese places in Windsor. It is nice here, but the green tables and slow service can only get you so far !
The crab meat with fish maw soup is excellent, I wish I could have a huge mixing bowl of that. As I have mentioned before the dim sum is very good - sui mai, cheng fung is good and I have liked the baked bbq pork buns too. Their szechuan items lack spice though is what I have thought.
Maybe I am making the mistake by ordering off the regular americanized menu. Szechuan, Hongkong and cantonese menus are the place to order from is it what it seems.Listed in: Places in and around Windsor !
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Review from George-Michael H.
2/5/2012
Went here for dinner with three other people. Got the "Chinese Dinner for Four," very impressive. This place is EXTREMELY authentic- I traveled throughout China for a month in 2010, and my experience at May Wah Inn was fairly comprable. Although it's a bit pricey if you want the authentic stuff, (it was $80 for the Chinese Dinner for Dour) it's the closest you're going to get to authentic Chinese ANYWHERE in the Detroit Metro Area.
The tables are just like the tables in China. Some are smaller, traditional tables, that seat 2-6 people. The others are big, round tables for 10 or 12 people with a lazy susan in the center where all the food goes- just like the tables in China! I plan to come back as often as I can. -
Review from Craig F.
11/23/2011
Wonderful food! If you're in Windsor, this is the place to go!
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Review from Karl R.
6/27/2010 5 photos
Came here Saturday slightly after noon and they still had dim sum on. Which was good. Even better it's dim sum the way I like it, where they bring dishes by your table and let you select from the carts or trays. I'm not much of a pro remembering the names so I kind of like to be able to just point 'n' dine versus order up via a menu or tick sheet. My super beautiful blind date (well she was a blind date in a previous review) appears to speak fluent Mandarin and I guess she could do the ordering but she might just end up ordering chicken feet. Which she did.
My super beautiful date tested the waitstaff's knowledge of Mandarin which I think implies they either speak Cantonese or they're mostly English speakers. Which means if you're just a stupid whitey like me, you'll do fine here.
The place appeared quite busy Saturday noon although they have a pretty extensive secondary room in back so don't panic.
The dim sum wasn't the best I ever had (oddly the best I've ever had was a little out of the way place near SeaTac) but for Windsor this place is something of a miracle find.
And prices were pretty good. My beautiful date and I stuffed ourselves for $26. -
Review from Books Couple B.
12/5/2010
Great authentic chinese food!!! Definitely get the cantonese chow main and spicy seafood. I wish all chinese restaurants in the United States would mimic this restaurants recipes. My family has been coming to this place since I was a child. They use to be affiliated with Wah Court, but they shut down. I hope this place will stay open forever. I've celebrated birthday, graduations, and christenings at this place. They have a very large separate room for these type of events.
Oh yeah, have their seafood soup....it is BOMB!!! -
Review from Fen Z.
12/20/2009
Solid dim sum, but missing that little something that would put May Wah Inn (MWI) on par with Wah Court (WC.)
For traditional small plate items with the similar price tags as WC, MWI will satisfy your cravings. However, it lacks the creativity in unique dishes that WC seems to flawlessly shell out. Don't get me wrong -- the dim sum items here are still mighty delicious for the most part, with the notables being the shrimp cheong fun and the hargow. The bean curd skin rolls was slightly lacking in flavor and the BBQ pork buns were simply a-okay in my book. No BBQ pork pastries sadly.
Onto the pros of MWI: a private lot! It shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that I absolutely dislike street parking (found over at the WC.) However, I'll happily settle for the aforementioned street parking at the less crowded WC than a huge parking lot at a jam-packed MWI. Catch my drift?
All in all, a good second tier dim sum spot in the 519. -
Review from Eric C.
9/8/2008
If you're the type that refuses to take dim sum recommendations from non-chinese people... then you can keep reading
This place is delicious. I used to go here a lot with my family as a kid and I still stop by for dim sum frequently when I'm in WIndsor. I just was there yesterday and they haven't lost their touch.
The restaurant has a very high asian percentage if that's the sort of thing you look for (i.e., what percent of the actual patrons are asian) and a very low fork percentage. It wasn't that expensive either as yesterday 4 of us ordered everything to our heart's content and the bill only came to ~9 CAD a person which is a steal compared to most china towns
My only complaint is why dim sum places worldwide can't take a hint from Brazilian steakhouses and get a little card to be able to signal when you're full? That would make things so much easier. Also, at May Wah's they walk around with trays of food instead of the normal carts that you find at massive dim sum venues in places like Houston, LA, Toronto and New York. -
Review from Andrew Y.
7/22/2009
Had buffet style dinner here with my buddy's rehearsal dinner. There was deep fried squid, honey walnut prawns, sweet n sour pork, chinese broccoli and beef , baked chicken, vegetables, other vegetables, it was all good.
I also came here for dim sum a long time ago and that was really good.
Anyway, it's a large restaurant with...parking in the back!
Enjoy. -
Review from JJ D.
1/19/2011
I've been coming here since the mid 90s and have never been disappointed by their authentic dim sum. It's definitely my favorite Chinese restaurant whenever I come to metro Detroit to visit family.
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Review from Tom T.
5/5/2011
My 1st experience w/dim sum was at this place in the late 80s. Good to see it's still getting positive reviews! I remember the food being VERY good the 2 times I went there.
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Review from Mei L.
5/21/2009
best place for dim sum! i lived in dearborn and it was only about 10-15 minutes away! besides the fact that you have to cross the border to go to canada, this place is a must for dimsum!
Har Gow - shrimp dumplings
Char Siu Bao - BBQ Pork Buns (Get Baked Ones)
Borlaw Bao - Pineapple Buns
Egg Tarts
Potstickers
Century Egg and Pork Congee.............mmmmmmm -
Review from Andrew B.
5/22/2011
This is one of my favorite places of all time. The staff is so warm. The fried squid (is it octopus?) is unbelievable. The hot sauce they make is the best. Everything is really good here. Chicken corn soup, lobster, peking duck, crabs... wow. Really great dim sum and dinner.
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Review from r f.
Coquitlam, BC
6/21/2010
Our first Dim sum and it was very good. Very friendly staff, good suggestions, great price and great food.
