Wai Wai Restaurant

Reviews

• Stephanie N.

  star star star star star_border 3 June 2026

  I crave Chinese chicken and rice plates once in a while. My usual go-to place is Chinatown cafe. However, I was closer to Wai Wai one day and decided to stop by.
  
  Very small restaurant hidden in a really dark side street. Their menu is on the counter. They have a few combos to choose from. The lady speaks enough English to understand your order.
  
  Their chicken and duck are really tender. LOVE the ginger scallion sauce they put on your rice. I could just eat rice with that sauce and be happy. The only down side I have is that they do not give you very much meat at all. And their prices are a little higher, over $8. However these prices are to be expected with the rent increases in Chinatown. Prices of food increase, but quantity and quality of food decrease. (Y'all can blame gentrification for that).

• Mei L.

  star star star star_border star_border 28 May 2026

  At first glance, this place looks sketchy, dirty, and you're unsure if you're there to buy food or accidentally walked into someone's home,  welcome to waiwai.
  
  This is the classic "don't judge a book by it's cover" situation. I've visited this establishment multiple times whenever I'm home sick. Their 三寶飯 (three treasure rice?) is my go to choice there, don't think I've tried anything else. From middle school to now i noticed their quality slowly go down, same great taste but meat to rice ratio was off. Maybe it's due to the location as Chinatown rent is always increasing due to gentrification.
  
  I will continue coming here when I have a craving for it.

• Marissa M.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 26 May 2026

  I usually go to their location in the corner but was informed that location closed down and only the basement location remains open now. I ordered two rice boxes from the basement location and was told it would be 10 minutes. I got there about 5 minutes early then had to wait another 15 minutes for my stuff. That part was fine, I understand places get unexpectedly busy sometimes. The bad part was when I got the food ($21 for two rice boxes btw). The pork tasted rancid and left a gross taste in my mouth. Like they boiled it in smelly sock water...had two bites and threw the rest away
  
  The corner location was 10x better, I thought they got their stock from this location but guess not? Won't be back. Even Hong Kong eatery tastes better...just hoping to not get food poisoning from the rancid meat at this point.

• Jess S.

  star star star star_border star_border 20 May 2026

  For all the hype, I wasn't impressed at all with this meal. We ordered two combo plates with duck, roast pork, bbq pork. Both plates were topped with the scallion sauce. The dish was extremely oily, the pieces of duck we were given barely had any meat so they were practically just duck bones, and the roast pork had basically no skin. The amount of meat given compared to the rice portion is so off. There are places in Chinatown and Quincy that I feel the quality is just as good if not better; better priced and with better selection of pieces. I would come back as it wasn't a bad meal, but would not choose this over other options of the same dish.

• Park G.

  star star star star star 18 May 2026

  Hidden from the main streets of Chinatown, Wai Wai sits in the basement on Oxford street near several other smaller storefronts. It really is what you would think of when the words hole-in-a-wall comes up.
  
  Quick things to note: Cash only!
  
  With that aside, the thing that they seem to pride themselves over is their white-cut chicken (白切雞) as this is actually written on their store sign. This is something that I do not see as commonly served at restaurants around here, however, it is a very common way for my family and other Guangdong families to do so. The cooking method involves poaching the chicken whole in non-boiling water until it is fully cooked. It is usually shocked in cold water in order to firm up the skin. The resulting product is a tender, moist chicken with firm and bouncy skin without being overly oily.
  
  When ordering, you can choose from a variety of meats that they have over rice. The rice is drizzled with a seasoned soy sauce, then topped with the meat(s) of your choice, and that is topped with a ginger/scallion mixture. Keep in mind that the meats are cooled. When dining in, you also get a small bowl of soup which usually seems to be made from the leftover chicken necks and feet. Great simple broth that goes along well with the rice dishes.
  
  When craving a good plate of chicken and rice, this is definitely the one place that I'd like to come to for simple home-like cooking. Also remember, you can ask them to make items boneless if you like as well as white versus dark meat if you have a preference.