Ho Ho Chinese Food in Kenora

112 Matheson St S, Kenora, ON P9N 1T8, Canada

★★★★☆
(196 reviews)
Categories: Chinese restaurant
Address
112 Matheson St S, Kenora, ON P9N 1T8, Canada
Plus Code
QG86+P9 Kenora, Ontario, Canada
Time Zone
America/Winnipeg

Business Hours

Monday
11 AM–7 PM
Tuesday
11 AM–7 PM
Wednesday
Closed
Thursday
Closed
Friday
11 AM–8 PM
Saturday
4–8 PM
Sunday
3–7 PM

Services

Service options
Takeaway Dine-in Delivery
Accessibility
Wheelchair-accessible entrance
Offerings
Alcohol All you can eat Beer Cocktails Coffee Small plates Spirits Wine
Dining options
Lunch Dinner Catering
Amenities
Toilets
Atmosphere
Casual Cosy
Crowd
Family friendly Groups
Planning
Accepts reservations
Payments
Credit cards Debit cards NFC mobile payments Credit cards
Children
Good for kids High chairs

Reviews

4.0
★★★★☆
196 reviews

Most Mentioned

buffet (12) price (7) food and service (4) wontons (4) chicken balls (3) tasting (3) clean (3) chow mein (2) lemon (2)
5 stars
93
4 stars
51
3 stars
31
2 stars
5
1 stars
16
★★★
July 10, 2024

Went in for late lunch and they are “take out only”, just like the other Chinese restaurant nearby. Is there a time they actually open? Strike two for Chinese while in this town.

★★★★★
June 6, 2024

I really enjoyed the assortment of dishes we ordered. Very good!

★★★★★
May 29, 2024

I didn’t know that chicken had balls, but they taste great fried and served with sweet and sour sauce

★★★★
May 28, 2024

Still decent, the only good restaurant left in this shell of a town. Bad place to live

January 13, 2024

We got takeout and we're pretty grossed out. The chicken fried rice was pretty bland and the chicken looked pretty purple. The beef and greens tasted smoky and not much else. We also got the lemon chicken which tasted and appeared to have been frozen. Fried wontons were chewy and suspicious, with something small and pink in each one. I'm confused, as we were told this was going to be good. We unfortunately wasted much of our meal, it was unappetizing.

★★★
January 6, 2024

The food was ok; nothing special. Really large portions which was very nice. Definitely not the worst Chinese food in Kenora, but definitely not the best either in my opinion. People who love Ho Ho really love it, but I wasn't particularly overwhelmed by the food and service.

★★★
July 2, 2023

food wasn't the greatest as it has been previously. portions on the smaller side..but price still up. no buffet. huge restaurant .no dine in. limited hours for take out only. I assume staffing would be difficult , but the lady who served us was very friendly and deserving of a five star.

May 15, 2022

HO HO has been our favourite Chinese buffet for years when we visited Kenora every weekend in the summer. We’ve tried returning a few times Katey but unfortunately there was no buffet as previous when the Mother was still living. We were told on may 14/22 that they have no plans of returning to the buffet. 😩 it has become take out only. So sad. We will not be returning.

March 22, 2024

Very bland, watery, and flat out not good. It was wasted money. Upside, the staff was friendly. I would never consider ordering from here again.

★★★
Local Guide
January 22, 2024

Typical Chinese restaurant in a small town take out only

★★
December 22, 2023

Take out only

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Best Chinese Food cooked by friendly,knowledgeable, staff reasonable prices!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Awesome cup of coffee and some good treats thanks Timmies Vegetarian options: More veggies in wraps such as green peppers onion maybe some olives or feta for tartt tang sensations Food : 4/5 |

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Ok food.

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

Great food as always

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Always order the Bobbys Special! HoHo fried rice! Add any extras then you desire. Always satisfied... dine in has not yet returned yet! Sad to say.

December 22, 2022

No dine in still! We drove from Whiteshell to eat in!! Update google for crying out loud!!

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

OMG! Great Customer Service! Excellent Food! ( Chopped onions, Chowder, Chow Mien, Chicken Balls, Bock Choi, and Wontons!), also with Dry Noodles, Fwied Rice, and Sauces!, Very Tasty Delicious, will stop thare again when out that way!!!

★★★★
December 22, 2022

Awesome food

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Food was so delicious

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Good place for dine in when it was possible. Still good for take out now.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Awsome

December 22, 2021

Very disappointed. I was driving through town and stopped here for food. 1. One of the dishes I ordered had the fried noodles on top which I specifically told her I wanted none of 2. I ordered chicken teriyaki and the serving was 95% onions and peppers and 5% chicken 3. I ordered chow Mein, instead we got a container full of steamed cabbage. Chow mein is not a cabbage dish it is noodles. On top of all that, the food was terrible and very poorly seasoned. False advertising on the menu and even more disappointing food and flavour

★★★★
December 22, 2021

Very good food.. yummy

December 22, 2021

Expensive and volume are extremely small. Taste even bad than my dog s food!! Cause even my dog doesn t want this for lunch!When I step into their restaurant, their chef facing to the dishes and coughing! How this restaurant can survive?! Never ever come to this restaurant pls! Both of my wife and myself have loose bowels after eat their food. I will give it a negative star if I could!! Such a joke.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Good food

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Good buffet

December 22, 2020

Trashy. Very trashy. Rude, extremely overpriced and bad quality. Messed up the order.

★★★★★
December 22, 2020

Good

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

The food and service was excellent mmm

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Loved Ho-Ho since my family discovered it sometime after moving to Kenora in 1979. Ive since moved away, and all these years later, its still great!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

They keeping forgetting to add some sauce packages for my egg rolls. Very disappointing Food is great!!!

★★★
December 22, 2019

Meals are great especially the Bobbys Special. The buffet lacks variety and there are not enough items to choose from.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Ordered the Mei special. Very good food and large portion. Reasonably priced.

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

No soup and needs to fill up fresh food faster

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Portions have gotten smaller

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Buffet was good but a little cold.

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Bit of a wait here for either dining in or take out. They are busy all the time. The food however is worth the wait. Best Chinese food in Kenora

★★★★
December 22, 2019

Courteous and friendly service. Good food consistantly.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Nice size portions.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Looooove the place

★★★★★
December 22, 2019

Excellent buffet Good variety Loved it

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Good Food

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Great food

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Great food,friendly staff,But worth the wait has its always freshly made

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Amazing food! Service is great, staff treat you like family. Food comes out quickly and hot. Food allergies are taken care of, as well as dietary restrictions are accommodated for. The HoHo is a must stop when you stay in Kenora.

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Food was delicious but packaging was horrific made a mess all over my room. They should put more effort into presentation cause that is half the review.

★★★★★
December 22, 2019

Amazing food!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

So perfect when u go when its not busy. If u go when its busy then they run outta food like the wings. I also love to order the buffet to go. You get a little bit of everything...or I should say ALOT of everything!!

★★★★★
December 22, 2019

Best Chinese food

★★★★★
December 22, 2019

Great tasting food. Also, yummy yummy

★★★★
December 22, 2019

Good fpod

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

excellent food but the is 17.99 much to expensive . Chinese buffet in Winnipeg are 7 to 12 dollars

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Ho hos is pretty good ! We have eaten there a number of times. Food is always served hot and fresh. The servers are great. Although the outside of the restaurant we noticed a meth pipe or crack pipe, the city of kenora or the owners need to help on cleaning that up. Very sad to see. Take out is good also. One thing i suggest the pop drinks should be bottomless as they charge per refill.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Been going to Hoho for years great food great service every time Ive been there

★★★★
December 22, 2019

Authentic Chinese food. Great

★★★
December 22, 2019

Good food. Need better matters.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Delicious food! Great service! I wish the won tons had a little less of the crispy shell (meat to shell ratio....too much crisp)...but thats being picky. They are still tasty.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Food is GREAT!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Buffet at lunch is best ..hot..lots of good foos

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Yummy food! Staff are very friendly and helpful.

★★★★★
December 22, 2018

The food is amazing!!!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Best Chinese in town !

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Best place for chicken balls

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Food was fine but server was kind of rude.

★★★
December 22, 2018

The service was good

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

To much seasoning and oil. Nice space clean restrooms

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

super service and great food

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Excellent north american style Chinese food. We go several times a summer

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Wonderful Chinese restaurant in downtown kenora

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Nice people and nice food.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Mmmm...best chinese food in Canada!!!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

My personal favourite for Chinese food in kenora.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Food was quite good. Service was a little slow.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Huge portions! Order 1 combo plate & share

Local Guide
December 22, 2018

VERY POOR Food, service and cleanliness. Lemon chicken was disgusting. Buffet was empty and took forever for them to come out with fresh food in only about 2 cups portions to feed our family of 6. When they slowly brought out fresh buffet items it was done only 1 item at a time and they not refill all the items, just rice and veggies and chicken balls. That left at least 6 empty trays.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

best Chinese food I have ever had!!

★★★★
December 22, 2018

Good food and nice atmosphere

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Best Chinese food in Canada

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

The food is typical Chineese.The atmosphere is average along with the service.Yesterday was a little different where the service was terribly slow due to being a very bisy friday evening.I had a new young male server that was doing his best to remedy the hour long wait...this young man was trying his best.When we got our soup.I would have to say it was better than normal.Due to being a one man show in Kenora and most staff knowing me I will continue to go to this restaurant with my family....always a pleasant time. Last time we went there the soup had strong tasting pork and very few wontons.The dried breaded shrimp jad pieces that were just dry breaded nothings...they admitted that they ran out of food but the three items still cost me close to 50.00 dollars.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

One of my favorite restaurants in town. Very tasty Asian fare with staff that make you feel like family. They have a buffet at lunch but take a look at the menu as well.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Excellent food made fresh and obviously with love

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Just another small town Chinese restaurant, but the lunch buffet is a great price.

December 22, 2018

Waited 45 mins and left cause I didnt get my food

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Very friendly good food and clean

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

It was delicious as always, best place ever, no food anywhere else tastes just like it. Two thumbs up!!

★★★★
December 22, 2018

best there is in K-town

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

As a 30 year regular to HoHo we have never experienced a bad meal. In our travels its what we compare all others to and none come close.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Great!

★★★★★
December 22, 2017

Always good.....Consistently good for decades

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

I love the hoho. Best Chinese around.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

My favourite Chinese food.

★★★★
December 22, 2017

Shkint that was good!!

★★★★
December 22, 2017

Great food

December 22, 2017

Phoned and asked for prices...was told 14.95 for supper buffet and less for age 12 and under..Not too busy but no fried rice or noodles for buffet..Waited for 6 mins at buffet for burnt tasting fried rice and vegetables..go to pay and its 15.95 per adult and its 9 and under for kids...its too bad..heard good things about it..aw well....live and learn

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

love the food

December 22, 2017

If I wanted the taste of rubber I would have went to Safeways and got microwaveable Chinese food. This food is a shame

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

Awesome food

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

Great food. Love eating here.

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

Food was ok, service was good, a nice friendly waitress who knew her job and did it well.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

One of the things I miss most about Kenora is this restaurant! Some of the best Chinese food that Ive ever had!

★★★★★
December 22, 2017

The best in town

★★★★★
December 22, 2016

Nothing compared to

December 22, 2016

The worst chinese food Ive ever had.. everything I ordered was gross red sauce was brown and had pieces of food in it already looked reused I do NOT recommend

★★★★★
December 22, 2016

love my chinese food

★★★★
December 22, 2016

It would be nice to see how much nutrition gose in each piece of food and serving size. But the food is one of the best in town...

★★★★★
December 22, 2016

Best Chinese

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2015

Wow.. must say one of the best meals I have had in a long long time!!

★★★★
December 22, 2013

good food! Bobby special is great

★★★★★
December 22, 2013

The food was absolutely amazing. Probably the best chinese food in Kenora. I recommend everyone to go there.