We were given a gift certificate to Chinois (Wolfgang Puck)and told it was an amazing place. We're always up for a new spot. I will start off by saying the food is good.....very good. However, that was far overshadowed by the rude waiter and overall vibe of the place.

Granted, they have "regulars," you can tell. And as they should, they take good care of those people, however, at the expense of what could have been "new regulars."


My wife has a very severe food alergy. We called twice before we got there and upon our arrival told them. Wouldn't you know it, the waiter was rushing us and screwed up our first round of appetizers. Came with Soy all over it. He was rude and flighty with us. We asked for a "non-sweet" wine recoomendation and then proceeded to give us a "sweet" wine. We asked if the salads were enough to split. He said "no" then we found out 10 minutes later everything was family style.

We asked to have a new waiter after he rolled his eyes for the third time. He must not have been happy as he then proceeded to tell one of his "regular" tables about us. The woman at the table then accousted my wife and her friend in the bathroom. It was crazy!

The manager tried to save the experience but frankly didn't. Maybe that's because he went outside to have a smoke while he was manageing a restaurant on a Saturday night. He came back to our table and smelled like Joe the Camel. He also left our new bottle of "unsweet white" wine on a counter and not in ice. ROOKIE!

The entire vibe made you feel like you were not welcome. It was a most bizare experience and one that I would not reccomend.

We were shocked, as most Wolfgang Puck restaurants are amazing...oh well!

Oh, and yes, they screwed up and my wife is sick this morning from eating glutton last night.

This restaurant came very highly recommended and my girlfriend and I were very very excited to try it on date night. Unfortunately from the beginning this was an awful experience that made us wish for a hinano burger.

We go out often and try new restaurants all the time. The evening began with coming in to the most awful layout of a restaurant I have ever seen. We were seated in the middle facing the bar/waiters station in the most awful decor. There were two large flamingos on both sides of us for some unearthly reason someone thought this was tasteful.

The waiter immediately came to our table and did nothing short of demand we order drinks when we had not even pushed in our chairs. After we asked for more time we were glared and pointed at and when we were ready to order and gave the "we're ready now" nod the waiter walked by twice.

We ordered the chicken salad and scallops for dinner which seemed like a great bet. We were fully planning on a appetizer, dinner, desert, drinks and wine meal which would have pushed over the $250 mark with out a doubt. Unfortunately the entire experience left us with nothing but a case of the number 3s. The only saving grace was gift cards from a client that took care of the $87 bill + tip for $100.

If anyone is thinking or stepping foot in this restaurant I will email you a list of amazing restaurants that have everything this offers with better ambiance, service, and FOOD.

Did I mention that my girlfriend and I were starred at while getting our car from valet by every member of the wait staff until my girlfriend pointed at them to show me and they all ran. I guess the staff has never seen attractive les bian's (THE SPACE IN BETWEEN IS FOR THIS SITE BECAUSE APPARENTLY LES BIANS IS A INAPPROPRIATE WORD) before and I hope we are their last victims.

Very nice, relaxed atmosphere. Food was a little pricey, but well worth it. Our server, Lisa, was exceptional nd on top of everything, from the menu to our wine need. She made our experience worth going back for!

My wife and I were anticipating an extraordinary meal for our lunch and one of Mr. Puck's eateries and were let down, maybe our expectations were to high. I had anticipated eating at one LA's great restraunts all week long as we were winding down our vacation in the LA area. We chose Wolfgang's place based on name only. We had the fried soft shell crab and sichuan grilled beef dish. The soft shell crab looked and tasted good but thats all there was to the dish, no vegetables, no rice, just two crabs cut in two with some sauce plated on top of some fried spinach. The beef was great with the salad that came with it, we requested some steamed rice with this one after we found out it came out without it. Service was top shelf and I think maybe it would be better to fo there for dinner.

So everyone has different levels of expectations. I will be the first to say that when i go out to eat, i want to be wowed. Weather i am at Urth cafe, Chaya, or Chinois on Main, I want my food to be awesome! I understand that when you are at a nice restaurant you want everything to be perfect, truth is, servers have bad days too, just like I do. Everytime i go to Chinois, everything is amazing. Yeah it is loud, yeah it is busy, sometimes it takes longer than others.......welcome to life! I am and will always be a loyal customer. I do not know of anywhere else that I can get a Lobster that tastes that good or calamari so light and crunchy and amazing or seczhuan beef.......so good, and do not even get me going on their lamb chops. When it comes down to it, they never cease to impress me. I will keep going until wolfgang and Bella decide to call it finie! Until then, Happy eating and enjoy your meal. Honestly, if you are not enjoying what you are eating, wherever you are, send it back and either remake it or get something else. I would rather enjoy myself rather than not and write some lame comment about it later. Live well, eat great and drink wine. Happy eating! I mean what i say.............wow..... everytime!