Bar Chinois
Chinese restaurant · Mount Vernon Triangle
455 I St NW, Washington, DC 20001
Highlights
Industrial-chic joint serving dumplings, shumai, and other Chinese finger foods, plus cocktails and wine.
Industrial-chic joint serving dumplings, shumai, and other Chinese finger foods, plus cocktails and wine.
"It always feels like a party at Mt. Vernon Triangle’s high-energy hangout for Frenchified cocktails, Champagne, DJs, dumplings, and industry regulars since 2021. Popular cocktails include a Calvados daiquiri and the “Big Pink” with tequila, créme de cassis currant liqueur, and Q grapefruit soda and a Calvados daiquiri with lime and simple syrup. The French beverage program the bar is known for made it over to 14th Street NW last spring with the arrival of the team’s stylish new izakaya called Bar Japonais. A second Bar Chinois is en route to National Landing." - Tierney Plumb
"Brunch at Bar Chinois isn’t that different from dinner (the dim sum menu is mostly the same), except you can get bottomless booze and once a month, a drag show. The Chinese-French fusion restaurant in Mt. Vernon Triangle serves small plates like perfectly-spiced sesame marinated cucumbers and peppery shrimp congee (which you can order with the bottomless drinks for under $50)." - mekita rivas, omnia saed, tristiana hinton
"This newcomer for French-leaning cocktails and dishes like garlic noodles and salt and pepper shrimp stays open till 1 a.m. on weekdays and 2 a.m. on the weekends, though the kitchen sometimes wraps things up earlier. This place gets absolutely slammed at happy hour, but late nights are generally more manageable." - Missy Frederick
"Find half-priced cocktails every day from 5-7 p.m. at this popular Mt. Vernon Triangle bar, which also serves $1 veggie, pork, or chicken dumplings at the same time." - Tierney Plumb, Missy Frederick
"It always feels like a party at Mt. Vernon Triangle’s high-energy hangout for Frenchified cocktails, Champagne, DJs, dumplings, and industry regulars since 2021. Popular cocktails include a Calvados daiquiri and the “Big Pink” with tequila, Créme de Cassis currant liqueur, and Q grapefruit soda and a Calvados daiquiri with lime and simple syrup. The French beverage program the bar is known for made it over to 14th Street NW this spring with the arrival of the team’s stylish new izakaya called Bar Japonais." - Tierney Plumb, Travis Mitchell
