Chino Grande
Latin American restaurant · Williamsburg ·
Asian fusion fare, cocktails, and late-night karaoke saloon
Asian fusion fare, cocktails, and late-night karaoke saloon
"Chino Grande is a spot in Williamsburg with great cocktails and maximalist food that’s difficult to classify. You’ll find interesting dishes like lobster with Szechuan au poivre sauce and scallop ceviche with green strawberries. Come here for dinner to catch up with some friends, and have a few of their tequila highballs with celery and absinthe to build up some liquid courage. Why? Because once 10pm rolls around, karaoke starts, which you’ll have to do in front of the whole room. If you’re into that, expect to tack on at least a few more hours to your night." - team infatuation
"The menu keeps the spirit of New York’s old-school Chino Latino restaurants alive. There’s ceviche, chicharrón with fermented chile paste, congee croquettes, pork wonton caldo, and so much more. This Williamsburg restaurant from a co-owner of Win Son also bills itself as a “karaoke saloon” (starting at 10 p.m. on weekdays, and 11 p.m. on weekends)." - Eater Staff
"Chino Grande is a spot in Williamsburg that serves great cocktails and interesting dishes—like lobster with Szechuan au poivre sauce—that you can always use as a topic of conversation when your acquaintance keeps talking about crypto. Be sure to come around 10pm, because that's when the karaoke starts. It's difficult to chat while someone is screaming the lyrics to Mr. Brightside right in front of you. If the person you're with insists on talking, you can always put a song in yourself and get on up there." - kenny yang
"A highlight from the revamped menu is the crab rangoon toast ($16): golden, buttery milk bread slathered with a cream cheese and imitation crab mixture, then dipped in white and black sesame seeds for crunch — it's on the heavy side as an appetizer but a beautiful encapsulation of the menu's creativity, which draws on Chinese, Dominican, Cuban, and Peruvian inspirations." - Eater Staff
"The food at Chino Grande could be just okay, and the Williamsburg birthday celebrators would still fill up the green leather booths to wait their turn for after-dinner tableside karaoke. But the Chino Latino-inspired food also happens to be birthday-worthy, like a mountain of sizzling black pepper beef and a milk bread crab toast (a cross between shrimp toast and crab rangoon) that’s so rich you might actually utter the words “oh, sh*t” after your first bite. It’s everything you need to begin an evening that will likely devolve into a touching rendition of Nelly Furtado’s “Promiscuous” in between swigs of Henny Colada. If you're strictly looking for platters of Chino Latino classics, consider going to one of these spots instead. But if you're in need of a celebration that might involve two types of chicharrones, make a reservation on the later side (8:30pm or 9pm), start your meal with the sauce caddy (plantain chips and three sauces), and then get comfortable—there’s a good chance you’ll be here all night. photo credit: Ben Hon photo credit: Ben Hon" - Willa Moore
