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Any recent experiences at Chinois on Main? Comments?

The continuation of the birthday celebration occurred with darling friends, Becky and Max at Chinois on Main in Santa Monica. Beautiful, charming people — the camaraderie outshining the food, which was fabulous. We started...

Hi kids, I’m off to Chinois tonight – for the first time. Does anyone have ordering (or other?) suggestions?

Recently had a wonderful dinner at Chinois on Main. Had the chinese chicken salad as an appetizer ... excellent! Then I had the Shanghai Lobster, which was wonderful. For dessert, I had a chocolate peanut butter crunch...

At Chinois on Main on Saturday night the service was slow and the food disappointing. It took over an hour to get our first entree, and another ten minutes after that to get our second. (They did apologize and comp our desserts,...

Hi gang, A friend is taking me to Chinois on Main in Santa Monica... Anyone been lately?

/chef was the former executive chef of CHINOIS on MAIN during its height. He left CHINOIS about 5 years ago and opened his own restaurant in Beverly Hills. Check out his website (LINK BELOW) - and if there is a dish that you...

Some friends are taking me to dinner for my birthday (different groups then are taking me to AOC and JiRaffe...how lucky am I?) and were thinking of either Chaya Venice or Chinois on Main. I’ve never been to either and I...

I’m going to Chinois on Main on Wednesday, and would love to know what people think are their best dishes. What do you think?

If your ONLY focus is food, and price is no object, then go to Chinois. Creative, very good food. But, if you also care about ambiance and good service, spend you money at other restaurants (for example, Via Veneto one of the...

Owed a friend dinner last night...I really thought the Spurs were gonna beat the Lakers...and Chinois is his favorite, so we went at 7:30 and the place was packed. The tabletops remind me of a high school cafeteria, designed to...

Hi all, I’m looking to take my husband somewhere we’ve never been (and also not too far from our home in Venice as we’re going away early the next morning) for his birthday. Somehow, we’ve never made it to...

a reservation, who just really needs a table NOW! By the way, have you considered Yujean Khangs? It’s up the street from Lucques, in the same genre as Chinois on Main, and in fact, I prefer it. Never overcrowded –...

, very good, and again a very nice presentation. Unlimited refills of coffee! We will be back! Chef Luis Diaz, was cooking again, and you can tell that he has very high standards. Chef Diaz is the former executive chef from...