"For the Weekly, Pete Kane admits he was wrong about George Chen’s ambitious China Live project, and the luxe Eight Tables was what finally won him over. It’s clear, Kane says, that Chen and the restaurant hope “to show up on the radar screens of visiting East Asian dignitaries” and maybe land on Michelin’s Euro-centric radar in the process. Despite a few over-constructed or brazenly opulent “clunkers” on his visit, Kane felt the restaurant “achieves and sustains a level of excellence without interrupting the smooth pace it sets.” The black cod course, for example, paired with an evocative lily pad cocktail was a “knockout” that seems directed at the overpriced and sub-par Nobus of the world." - Andrew Dalton
