I just don't get it. What makes this place so special? Granted, the food was great, but it was not a $120 dining experience for my wife and I. We started with the soft shell crab appetizer ($23.50) and then had the grilled salmon and the seabass (about $27.00 each). Add to that a very mediocre glass of merlot ($7.50) and I felt completely ripped off.
No tableclothes, cheesy helium ballons tied to each chair (celebrating the restaurant's 19th anniversary) and a moderately informed server only drove home my belief that Chinois on Main is overrated, overpriced and overexposed. Save your money for a dining experience with real ambience.
Pros: great food
Cons: overpriced, terrible ambience, so-so servers
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