Best Contemporary Asian Restaurants in Santa Monica

Excellent staff Pleasant vibrant atmosphere Eclectic menu well prepared Walked from our hotel but seemed to have parking.

The food here is amazing!! The vibes are so nice and it's a gorgeous restaurant. The service was perfect and the server deserves 5 stars on their own!

I haven’t been in Koi for many years the place looks different, but the food and the service are great The fish was very fresh presentation was beautiful

Great atmosphere and good food. The staff was extremely attentive and friendly. Will go back

This is an surprising and amazing outpost of excellent Chinese cuisine in a large region of LA that specializes in mediocre Chinese fare. We started with Peking Duck Quoe Tehr and Sesame Tofu Cubes. Sesame Tofu cubes were very good (A-), while the Quoe Tehr had a truly unexpected and wonderful flavor balance of rich Peking Duck, sauce and covering (A). For our main course, we had Hometown Braised Tofu and Snowbass on Black Sauce. Although I have had many Chinese meals in large cities in China, I have never had a meal in a smaller town there. The Hometown Braised Tofu tasted so wonderfully "country" that I could almost feel myself eating it in a small village. Tofu perfectly braised with a mixture of mushrooms, bamboo shoots and bok choy (A). The Snowbass was both an artistic and taste "piece de resistance". Perfectly cooked very white fish, on a bed of perfectly balanced complex black sauce. (A+). The best dish I have had anywhere in a restaurant in a long time! Service was prompt and attentive. Prices were very reasonable for the quality. Inexplicably, the small restaurant was empty except for us on a week night. If you like sophisticated delicious Chinese food at a very reasonable price, you should put this on your list.