[16] Mama Chow's is slated to begin operating as one of five food carts in the pod on Hawthorne Boulevard in southeast Portland's Sunnyside neighborhood in February 2025.

The site is part of the Steeplejack Brewing Company outpost, which operates in a former bank building and also houses a coffee shop by Harder Day.

[19] In a positive 2014 review of the restaurant, Andrea Damewood of the Portland Mercury wrote, "Mama Chow's is one of those gems that you can tell is going to make it, good press or not."

[20] Brooke Jackson-Glidden and Krista Garcia included Mama Chow's in Eater Portland's overview of the metropolitan area's best chicken wings.

[5] Mama Chow's ranked number six in Yelp's list of the top 100 Chinese restaurants in the United States in 2024.

[21][22] Covering the list, Food & Wine said, "The secret to Mama Chow's success is, in some ways, its simplicity; dishes with only a few ingredients are elevated by an attention to detail rather than an excess of culinary flourishes.