Chinois
Categories: Chinese, Asian Fusion [Edit]
Caesars Palace Hotel & Casino, Forum Shops3500 Las Vegas Blvd S
Las Vegas, NV 89109 (702) 369-6278
- Hours:
Mon-Thu 11:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m.
Fri-Sat 11:00 a.m.-11:00 p.m.
Sun 11:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m. - Price Range: $$
- Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
- Attire: Casual
- Good for Groups: Yes
- Good for Kids: No
- Takes Reservations: Yes
- Delivers: No
- Take-out: No
- Waiter Service: Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
- Outdoor Seating: No
- Alcohol: Full Bar
28 Reviews for Chinois
I'm surprised at so many bad reviews. I thought the banana dessert was fabulous! Drinks were great too.
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Let me preface this review by saying that Vegas hasn't really made a fan out of me and I am extremely hard on eateries there (especially when you look at how much an adequate meal costs!). However we were pleasantly surprised by Chinois.
We elected to share multiple dishes and with the exception of our pot stickers being on the greasy side, we enjoyed our dishes which included a good variety of options such as the chicken lettuce cups and korean bbq ribs.
I'm a sucker for desserts and Chinois did not dissapoint. We shared the fifteen layer red velvet cake and the passion fruit three ways. I have never had dessert where each member of the party couldn't decide which dessert was better. They were both delicious, well-prepared and beautifully displayed.
If you want a low-key but satisfying dining experience in the midst of the craziness that is the Strip this is a very good option.
I was really disappointed by Chinois. The first time I went to Vegas, a group of 4 of us went to Chinois for lunch. Once we sat down and looked at the menu we were all like "this is it?" The lunch menu is very limited, everything we ordered was very common, and still pretty expensive. Honestly, it was like the selection at Panda Express but the dishes are plated a lot nicer. The only saving grace was that the drinks were strong.
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We got seated pretty quickly but then I had the feeling they forgot about us. Eventually, the waiter came and we ordered. The food was good and a little better than your normal fast food Chinese take out but the service, price and atmosphere didn't really meet our expectations.
I dined here because of reviews from about.com and other various sites. Boy was it a let down. The food wasn't nearly as good as the reviews said. I'm not saying that it was horrible...the food just wasn't worth the price of admission. If you want Chinese food drive over to the Spring Mountain area and eat at a real Chinese Restaurant.
We had a really great, low key dinner here. Started with the lettuce cups, a perfect light appetizer. The wife got the Tarantula roll as her entree and I went for General Tso's chicken. There was enough General Tso's chicken for about four people. I thought it had a perfect balance of spice--not too hot, but enough to notice. The service was excellent and our water glasses were never close to empty.
Bonus: the mango mojitos are addictive and habit forming. I had two. Unfortunately they are $12 each.
Bill totalled $100, including tip.
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Us 4 hung over girls had a chill lunch here. We shared some asian noodles, lettuce wraps, fried tofu, and another girl had some wonton soup. We were sharing everything and didn't realize the soup came in individual servings. The noodles were the best but that's not saying much. The lettuce wraps were very salty and I like my food on the salty side. Atleast the green tea was excellent!
Wasn't impressed at all but the service was good.
I had dinner here with some friends and coworkers last week. The wait took about 20 - 30 minutes. We ordered some appetizers, and main courses. The food reminded me of PF Changs. This place seemed to have okay quality food, but of course at fancy restaurant prices. It was more like Americanized Chinese food.
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Wow! I was really surprised to read all the negative reviews about this place. I had a really great dining experience at Chinois recently.
I had to pick a place for a large group as I would be entertaining a number of members from my association during our annual convention. It had to be centrally located among the various hotels and provide a fairly decent meal and a good wine list. Chinois was the perfect choice.
The service was excellent. It started with the hostess when I told her that I was meeting a group of people I'd never met before and was there somewhere I could wait so they could find me. No problem - they took me right to my table and escorted each of my guests over after that. (One of the biggest pet peeves I have about many dining establishments in Vegas is that your entire party has to be there before being seated, so this was a bonus.) Our server was smart, friendly, knew her wine, and didn't bug us too much. When asked for her preferences, she didn't just spout off the most expensive thing on the menu. Many things we ordered, she accommodated specially because 2 people were vegetarians.
We ordered a number of appetizers for the table. I'm told the pork pot stickers were quite good, the tuna sashimi was wonderful! We also had the obligatory calamari and popcorn shrimp. Both were yummy.
For dinner, we each ordered our own meals, but then passed them around the table to share. Some standouts were the stir-fried tofu, the crispy whole catfish and the spicy shrimp noodles. The catfish was particularly fun because it comes whole and then they filet it apart for you tableside and was served with a delicious, spicy sauce. There were rave reviews from around the table and every morsel was eaten.
We were so full that we opted to split just three desserts among the table. The banana spring rolls were the stand out here. They were so good! We also had the crispy chocolate mousse and the creme brulee.
Now I realize that many of these entrees could probably be had at a PF Changs or similar, but I think the thing that made it all stand out was the service by far. I truly believe that food is a reflection of the enjoyment you're having. We had a fabulous time.
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this place was pretty disappointing...but really what can you expect from a Wolfgang Puck Asian fusion joint? A typical PF Chang knock off: one springroll cut in half with some fancy sauce (peanut sauce) artistically spewed around the edges of the plate....15 DOLLA PLEASE!!...or I should say zwolf dollar bitte!! Oh Mein Gott!!!! Actung!
Nothing irks me more than restaurants who try to make themselves look cooler by having lines of patrons stand outside for 10+ minutes, even though there are hoards of empty tables inside. "Ooh, honey, this place MUST be good -- there's a line" WRONG. So hubby and I stand outside, looking at the hostesses, and then at the open table immediately to the right of them, over and over for about 15 minutes. Right as I about to ask why we aren't being seated at that table, or any of the other available ones a menu's throw away, we are called.
We walk thru the cluttery floorplan, all the way to the back, passing empty table after table.... All the way to this tiny two top by a shoji screen, RIGHT by the kitchen. WTF? I called the hostess out on it, and said, "We'd rather sit over there, where it's more comfortable" and she grudgingly moved us up where all the pretty people were. Nobody puts Baby in a corner, dammit!
Our waiter was practically invisible, until it came time to pay the bill. He practically gushed over us at that point, "Oooh, guys, thank you SOOOO much for coming in" etc. I freakin hate that.
The food was edible, but not good or noteworthy. I ordered the crispy tofu dish, which was supposed to be spicy, crispy, and delicious, but it wasn't any of those things. The tofu was the really soft kind that falls apart when you try and cut it, and the sauce was sweet with mostly sugar as the main flavor.
The main reason I'm giving the place a 2 star review is for the decor. The staff were all a bunch of twerps, and made it abundantly clear that we were not a priority. The food was not worth what we paid for it, and I walked away going, "I should have spent that on slot machines." I'm so over that place.
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PUKE! Times two...I agree with Ellis below, $30 Panda Express, but at least at Panda your water doesn't taste like dishwashing soap and your food like mush with tofu.
Drinks sucked, wine menu medicore, and the food...for that price I should have just gotten a fancy meal at Del Taco.
PUKE.
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Funny - the very reason other reviewers don't like it is the reason I went in to try it (seemed like a PF Changs.) We were shopping and starving and there was a wait at Spago so we tried this place.
We had the lettuce wraps (better than at PF Changs which is my fav dish there), General Tso's chicken (not greasy like at every other chinese restaurant that serves it) and the rice noodles (Thai inspired - quite good I thought.) I pretty much do not like "authentic" Chinese food but like the Asian fusion style. And both my husband and I liked the food a lot.
The drinks are high-priced but so are they in every other decent place you go in Vegas so whatever... The place was full when we were there and full when we left. They had modern music playing and the staff were on the ball (never had an empty water glass...)
Personally, I'm hoping he opens up one in the Bay Area. And like every PF Chang's you go to, will be crowded and popular because the food is decent, moderately priced and you know what you are getting.
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UGH!! A Wolfgang Puck Chinese restaurant. Need I say more? I hate PF Chang's and any restaurant(s) resembling it.
Take a good look at the clientele and you'll get an idea what sort of food you're about to eat.
Expensive and not good. Why would anyone even consider eating here?
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Slightly better than PF Changs, and a little better than I expected. Honestly, I didn't give it much of a chance from the jump but we were hungry and didn't really wanna navigate through the 100 degree heat outside to find somewhere to eat. The spicy tuna rolls weren't awful, just not great, but on par with Bristol Farms who I think carries the best supermarket sushi (all things relative). The salmon dish I got was ok, the sauce was the winner and I kept soaking my rice in it. The GF ordered the chow fun which was, bleh. A little on the pricey side, I probably wouldn't eat here again.
At night it becomes OPM nightclub. The waiter gave us a stack of VIP passes for that weekend's party where a few BET personalities were hosting. Make sure you go there when Franzen is spinning...he'll play all the Jeezy/Joc/Gorilla Zoe/Gucci southern shit and Bay Area joints old and new, you know, the stuff that makes you wanna get bent and either do your best two-step or slap someone silly.
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With Chinois, I feel like Wolfgang Puck sort of sold out... It's definitely a PF Changs type restaurant, with moderate quality food for a moderate price.
This restaurant is located in the Forum Shops at the Ceasar's Palace, so if you're hungry while you're shopping, it's not a bad place to stop and eat. I really enjoy the tofu dish with the reddish sauce -- I can't remember what it is called, but I recall that it was the only tofu dish on the menu.
Note that drinks are extremely overpriced.
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So my boyfriend and i were starving and were too lazy to go search around for a place to eat so we decided to try chinois. We ordered there spicy tuna rolls, it was ehh, nothing special, although oddly, my favorite place for spicy tuna rolls is at bristol farms. We then also had there rock shrimp, it was surprisingly good, I enjoyed that. For our entress we got the chow fun and salmon, nothing great, it was ok, but the sauce that came with my boyfriends salmon dish, it was soooo good, I could seriously just eat that with rice and I don't even like rice all that much. Prices were moderate, but this is not a place I would go out of my way for.
I do think that if you go and ONLY order the appetizer chicken salad (plenty for a meal), you'll leave fully satisfied! With cashews and large pieces of white chicken meat, awesome greens and a rockin' dressing- what do they do to it? - all for only $10. We did venture out to other entrees once, only to venture right back (other entrees are expensive, small and aren't especially special. Or appetizing).
It is a bit PF Chang like. Service can be slow even when there aren't a lot of customers.
OK I hate PF Chang's to begin with, so I had a feeling that this place was going to go down in cuisine history as a no go. Boy was I right. I started off with a Cosmo which was more like a Nause-mo. It was watered down and funky tasting and before my dear waiter who was a car salesman in his former life could take a moment to listen to my drink change, he brings back another. Well alcohol is alcohol and I needed a lot at the moment, so I indulged.
I had a hard time deciding on what country of Asia I wanted to dine from, so I decided to hedge my bets and go with maki and firecracker shrimp. I wish I would have ordered more maki instead and a side of edamame as my coworker did because my "spicy" sauce for my "firecracker" shrimp tasted more like maple syrup than anything. Blech.....maple syrup on bok choy. Some people claim that this one is the bees knees, but the next day I was ready to fall to my knees (in front of the porcelain god, no less.)
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Nothing too great about this place.....except the happy hour menu. If you are willing to eat early, you can get a good meal and lots of drinks for a steal. I had the two rolls, and three martinis and I think my meal was under 25 dollars. If you are not going to take advantage of the happy hour menu then do not bother. The food is alright but nothing great compared to the other restaurants around.
"30 dollar Panda express!" :(
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When I was little, I remember being told that too much salt was bad for you. I don't remember why this was so, but I think it came from the FDA or some other governmental agency. As a scientist, I've always been curious to read the reports myself or at least determine where the funding came from, but to tell you the truth, I'm too lazy.
Later we were told that salt in larger quantities was, in fact, not as bad as originally determined when accompanied with proper hydration. I have no evidence for this, but I think these reports were probably funded by a Wolfgang Puck conglomerate! Jaysus! I'm still trying to hydrate myself after my meal at Chinois.
Originally, I thought the food here was OK, but in retrospect, the food was actually only a little better than cafeteria food. I can get better quality food at a Wolfgang Puck Express. My sushi roll was almost flavorless, and this is even with unagi, avocado, and "special" (meaning the oddest shade of gray) sauce on top. Even the pork spareribs were lacking in flavor. I did taste a hint of Chinese flavors, but only a hint. For the degree of stickiness the ribs were, you would expect there to be an abundance of flavor, but sadly this was not the case. The sign in front say "Chinese Fusion", but I'm not quite sure what it's fused with - perhaps with a little bit of crappy cuisine.
With tax and tip, I spent almost $50 for one appetizer, one sushi roll, and a cocktail! They say you have to bet big to win big in Vegas, but you just LOSE VERY BIG at Chinois. The two stars are for the great service from the bar guy, and the tasty cocktail.
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Much better sushi elsewhere. Be wary of eateries that try to combine Japanese and Chinese cuisine. Won ton soup and sashimi? The horror.
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Yike! we were lured to this place just by Wolfgang Puck's name, and regretted every second of it. Not only is the food only quasi-authentic Asian, it is plainly not good. P.F. Chang's served better food. Such a restaurant can only survive in Vegas.
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this is your typical asian fusion restaurant perverted by the white man for their liking. in my honest opinion, not many restaurants ever pull off a fusion restaurant, and this one is no exception. basically every dish on the menu we ordered lacked any true or asian flavor you'd expect. furthermore, someone told me that chinois means "chinese'' in french. i shouldve made the connection right there that this food would suck. cmon now, would any of you eat at a chinese restaurant that serves american food and calls themselves honkys?
also, everything was overpriced. luckily, my company picked up the tab for this crap. i'd be embarrassed to come here again. this place justs preys on tourist with money. if there are any real patrons for this place, then they probably pay just to sit here and show they have money as well as admit they know nothing about food.
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Okay, I wrote earlier about Spago.. and how the one in Vegas probably isn't as good as the one in LA. I'm SURE the one in LA is better than THIS one. I didn't even like it. I thought the service was sub-par for a fine dining institution and the food was only at the same level. Oh well, not everything can be duplicated. Sometimes, not everything is meant to.
I don't understand the bad reviews. This was one of the best Chinese dining experiences I've ever had. Deep fried whole fish was moist, juicy and had no trace of greasiness. The vegetables were cooked to perfection. In fact, every dish ranged from very good to excellent. The service was great. The restaurant is pretty.
excellent meal from start to finish. even though the name means "chinese" en francais, the menu is pan-asain and fusion and all that blahblahblah goodness. the sashimi was the greatest i've ever tasted. melt-in-your-mouth delicious. odd fact, seeing as how this is a wolfgang puck restaurant in the middle of the nevada desert.
my only complaint is that the (bland, thumping house) music from OPM upstairs made it impossible to speak below a shout here. one perk of this, however, is that we got to watch early arrivals to the club walk up the stairs... mostly large, scantily-clad ladies and the kind of men who love large, scantily-clad ladies. campy dinner theater at its finest.
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