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Rated: Average
based on 14 reviews
China House
Grand Hyatt Mumbai, Off Western Express Highway, Santacruz (E), Mumbai
66761086
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| Locality | Santacruz (E) |
|---|---|
| Place Type | Restaurant, Lounge |
| Food Type | Chinese |
| Price |
  Expensive
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Credit cards accepted
Air conditioned
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- hyatt kalina bottle-service
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first reviewed by anishtripathi
- User Reviews (14)
Oct 06, 2008
Veggie?: Few options
The ambiance of this place is just awesome and makes a great dinner date place. You can cosy up with your better half and enjoy the ambiance.
But all this before the menu arrives. Me being Vegetarian; its almost as difficult to get veggie food as it would be in China. Now, there is nothing wrong with that and these guys have an authentic array of dishes; but its just too limited for my needs.
Would prefer to go to another Chinese place where I would feel I am in Mumbai.
Oct 06, 2008
this place is real shi shi, but then?!
finally a place in bombay that holds its own when being compared to the international party scene and clubs abroad. great house/club music for starters, well dressed people, great decor and ambience, staff was quick and friendly...china house will put the poisons and the prives to shame!
now for the flipside:
i was annoyed to find out that the bar doesnt accept cash or credit card. instead, now u gotta go pay in cash or card at a counter near the main door and get a gift card which the bartender will then swipe. i found this to be completely unnecessary, and a total money-making scam. the customer has no idea how much balance the card has, neither does the bartender give any receipt which shows how much the drink costs (unless asked for). why cant they just give out paper coupons with denominations on it, like other places?? atleast the customer can track how much he/she spent and what is left over.
anyways, go here for a phenomenal night out and a great party experience but i would keep an eye open to see if one is being scammed in this spot; which serves overpriced drinks in the first place.
Jul 18, 2008
after1.00am
best place 2 be open right till 3.00am - best drinks - crowd very sexy - food awful- peanuts great - music - mix of new & old - EXPENSIVE. stags allowed but before 11.pm only if u knw few stewards, mind ur outfit - got to be best no small cars please.... only salooons.
Apr 08, 2008
Good Food, Bad Service
I was entertaining some business associates last evening at the Hyatt Lounge and then carried on to China House. The Hyatt is a regular of mine as I usually go to Som or the bar quite often for a post work drink with associates. China House was a first time experience.
First impressions - tasteful decor and quite a serene outdoors marred by a bright interior. The cubicles are quite private and give you the opportunity to have a conversation without a 100 prying ears surrounding you.
Secondly, food is good albeit highly expensive. We had one round of starters (lotus root fritters and crab meat soup dumplings), followed by claypot vegetables and sichuan chicken for mains accompanied by fried rice and noodles. The bill was nearly Rs. 8,000. I am not complaining as I guess you are sort of paying for the "tao" experience, haha!!
Thirdly, to say the service is "slighly" snooty is an understatement. Here's why - I CANNOT understand EVEN if you are an accomplished restaurateur with some knowledge of food giving me lip, after all I am a customer willing to pay your fancy price. What upsets me more is some trainee waiter acting like he owns a michelin star place and is doing me a favour by waiting at my table - I mean, if he had tilted his head a little further upwards, I could have seen his brains right through his nostrils - as the Queen of Hearts would say, "Off with his head", ok off with one point!!!
I am lopping off 1 point for clumsy service (including aiming to pour water on the tables, not the glasses and spilling the claypot vegetables/mushrooms on the table and denying me the pleasure of eating them). I expect table service at an upscale restaurant to be impeccable.
The host's attitude counts for a lot during a meal. So, overall, I would think twice before going there again.
Cheers
S
Mar 08, 2008
lounge / clubbing review
the big mistake we did was to get to the place at 10ish on Friday night. It was practically empty. It started filling up at 11 and was packed by midnight. Probably thats why the DJ played pretty boring music till 11 and then slightly better music till midnight.
One thing I didn't quite appreciate is that they had no bar stools. When I asked the bar tender if he could set us up with some bar stools, he gave me the lamest answer possible - we don't keep bar stools on a weekend.
The funny thing is he got onto playing hip hop at 1.30 when we were ready to leave the place. And even funnier, there was a line outside.
The drinks are alright. Please don't try the overly expensive fancy drinks. The one I was made to try was flaming lamborgini. It was overly expensive and totally impotent.
The crowd, as expected, was quite hip. I liked the place. I would have given it a 3.5.