I highly recommend this restaurant! Every dish I have had
here is excellent. Their Shanghai Lobster with curry sauce
with crispy spinach is one of the best dishes I have ever experienced. If you are a foodie, I highly recommend a reserving a seat at the bar. You won't be disappointed.
I have been dining at Chinois on Main for 25 years, it is easily my favorite restaurant. The food is absolutely delishious! It doesn’t matter what you order, the Chinois Salad is the best chicken salad in the city, the Shanghai Lobster with Curry Sauce and Crispy Spinach is out of this world. Grilled Szechuan Beef with Spicy Shallot Cilantro Sauce Is one of the best dishes you will ever have. Bella Lanzman runs the show for the last 35 years she is great. 👍👍👍
I was here while Wolfgang puck came to visit. Which was also really cool. But the food was amazing. So were the drinks + the atmosphere. Such a great experience. Highly recommend.
Fantastic! Best scallops and tuna that I could eat every night. We were lucky enough to there on their 40 th and I can't wait to go back. Great food and service. I can't say enough about the restaurant!
This Asian-French fusion restaurant is one I’ve been wanting to come to for years and it was worth the wait! Amazing service. Still closed indoors but they made a cozy out door area with live music. I went on a Thursday. Fun area to be in overall. We order the soup that was Devine. The catfish was perfect with a little squeeze of lime and we got 2 sides. Veggies and stir fried rice. I was in food heaven! Their servings are all shareable sizes if you like to share with someone on a date. Perfect spot for a cute date. LARGE wine selection and cocktails were yummy.
Given it is a Wolfgang Puck restaurant, we had to try it. This was our experience-
Ambience- great, looks like a typical Chinese diner with an open kitchen concept - overall great ambience.
Food- highlights were the Shanghai lobster (even though expensive, it’s a must try), the duck fried rice and the yellow tail sashimi (I think this was a special).
Drinks- ordered a Kirin Ichiban, a Japanese beer, if you like lagers, this is crisp and nice. They do also offer a wide array of cocktails.
Service- one of the best service I have experienced in a while- constant check ins, food came out great, great recommendations, frequent cleaning of table.
Would I go back? Absolutely.
I love Chinois On Main! This place is trendy, immaculately located at the heart of Santa Monica, and the food is authentic yet elevated. It’s great for celebrating birthday and/or date night out with your loved ones. The drinks are neat, but my absolute favorite item on the menu is the Shanghai lobster 🦞 and the catfish! Incredible flavors, perfectly seasoned, gorgeous presentation and well-balanced. I’m so pleased with this dish, as well as the desserts. The staff are kind, polite and efficient. It was a delightful dinner and I will definitely come back for Shanghai lobster 🦞 the sauce is sublime, crispy spinach is fantastic. An extraordinary Chinese cuisine that has met globally recognized fine dining standards, totally worth the trip! 🥢😋🍹💯
Chinois is a neighborhood institution for those of us in the Ocean Park area of Santa Monica. The food is exquisite. I've never had anything bad. The staff is exceptional. They are the kind of people that they teach customer experience courses about. Where else are you going to go for French/Chinese fusion?
Great food! Super old school decor. Could use an update. It felt like you were in a time warp back in the 90s or something. The food was really great though! Definitely worth a go. It used to be packed with celebs back in the day.
Unbelievable extremely delicious and highest quality food and great service. Can’t go wrong no matter what you order. Our waiters and the GM were very sweet. They give their customers a lot of attention and care.
As once introduced in the Michelin guide California, they have awesome Asian-French fusion cuisine. Thanks to their lovely embience and tasteful food, we're utterly satisfied with bringing our guests to this beautiful restaurant to spend our Friday night.
Cantonese duck, one of their signiture items, amazingly went well with its plum sauce. On top of that, my best choice was the sizzling calamari salad - deliciously seasoned with hot chili paste and presented in a wonton cup over crisp vegetables. The vegetable fried rice and the salmon with noodles were above par. Their plating was beautiful as well. All the plates came out with a large portion, big enough for 2-3 people to share.
Highly recommend this place!
We had a really good dinner at this my favorite Chinese restaurant in santa monica. I think this is the best Chinese in LA . You can get best service and highest quality food . I love Chinese Chicken Salad and fried rice. Sweets are also good
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