Champa Kitchen - Waterloo

The food at this restaurant is delicious and affordably priced, and the service is top-notch. The staff is very attentive and helpful, offering great suggestion... read more The food at this restaurant is delicious and affordably priced, and the service is top-notch. The staff is very attentive and helpful, offering great suggestions. However, the restaurant is only given one star due to being extremely understaffed. The current staff are frantically trying to provide quality service to too many tables, especially during busy times like weekends and evenings. The owners should strongly consider hiring more staff to prevent burnout. This would improve various aspects such as vegetarian options, dietary restrictions, parking, kid-friendliness, and wheelchair accessibility during busy shifts.

I absolutely loved the fried chicken skins at this restaurant! The food was delicious and the service was friendly and attentive. I highly recommend this place! read more I absolutely loved the fried chicken skins at this restaurant! The food was delicious and the service was friendly and attentive. I highly recommend this place!

Wow, what a great first experience with Laotian food! The waiter was happy to give us recommendations on what to try for our first visit. We split the Laos Saus... read more Wow, what a great first experience with Laotian food! The waiter was happy to give us recommendations on what to try for our first visit. We split the Laos Sausage dish and the crispy duck with noodles. It was incredible! We will definitely be coming back to try more stuff!

Excellent authentic Asian cuisine. My partner and I came with our friend that was a chef for a number of years and she was impressed by the food as well. Materi... read more Excellent authentic Asian cuisine. My partner and I came with our friend that was a chef for a number of years and she was impressed by the food as well. Material on the booths need replacing and the horrible synthetic napkins placed in the stemware on the tables need to go but the service was friendly, very efficient and the food fantastic. We will return.Dietary restrictions: The server was very aware of vegan options!

Not originally being from the KW area, I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the variety of southeast Asian options present here. Having never come across a Laotian... read more Not originally being from the KW area, I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the variety of southeast Asian options present here. Having never come across a Laotian restaurant, I was excited to give it a shot. I would recommend making a reservation on a busy night, but our party of 3 were lucky to get in without a wait. I was happy to see traditional drinks being served, and enjoyed the sweet, but bold Thai-style iced coffee, which helped with the spice of the food. I was recommended the crispy duck on egg noodles. The duck itself had a crisp, fatty skin, but I noticed the noodles were salty being too heavy on soy sauce flavour. The kitchen was able to accommodate to dietary restrictions and spice tolerances. The side yellow curry sauce was less noteworthy, as it had gone cold by the time it arrived to the table.