Chino Latino

Chico Latino pan asian food, inside the Park Plaza hotel
one of my fav restaurants/​bars in london!!!
the food is just amazing please try the scallops and the black cod! the cocktails omg hands down to the barman!
service is just great! you can tell their staff has been trained!
Décor and ambience (please see pics) its just lovely!
i just love it!
i highly recommend it to take clients out, special occasions bdays, anniversaries, or if you are lucky enough to go every week, trust me they do deliver!
Cant wait to go back!
5stars!

It tastes awesome! Serviced with fork, knife and including chopstick by default, considerable for Asian. Excellent and smiling waitress. I ordered apple juice (my favorite juice) with ice, slowed cooked prime beef short ribs and chips.29.1 pounds including service fee. A little bit pricey but tasted REALLY good.

Great decorations, services and food. We’re staying at the hotel so we have had a few dines in there. Servers are very courteous, food is high quality, well prepared and nice presented.
We’ll continue eating here until we leave back home…

I ate a late lunch at the Chino Latino (inside the Park Plaza Hotel) in London, England on 5÷21÷2015. It was my 1^st time there. The décor is wonderful. My beef burger w/​cheddar was 14 pounds plus 1.25 for the cheddar. My lemonade (it was a lemon soda) was 3.25 pounds. The best thing was their Miso Soup (Miso Soup is not Chino or Latino!?!) for 4.50 pounds. My server, Anna, did a fine job. Plus, I took photos.

Asian fusion food, and honestly speaken very good also. Had three way taquitos for a starter; very fresh, tasty and spectacular. Monkfish for main course, also very good. The dessert, the fruit platter, was too raw. The service started off very well, but slowed down considerably during the course of the dinner. Better than average hotel restaurant.

I am from San Francisco and have eaten a fair variety of sushi in my day … this may be the best sushi I’ve ever had. My friend and I were delighted to find this gem right in our hotel. Unequivocally recommended.

I did not expect to find incredible sushi in a place in a place that sounds like a Mexican restaurant, but that’s what I got. After a long flight I just wanted a beer and a little something to eat. Two hours later (and about 100 pounds or $ 150) I had tried 5 different plates of sushi each one amazing. A week later I came back and got some more sushi and some lamb cutlets, also great. This place is not cheap, but if you can afford it give it a try.

I went to chino Latino two weeks ago and I’m surprised it’s taken me this long to write a review because to be frank the food is bloody good!!! For starters we ordered the scallops (which was to dieeeeeee for literally), the soft shell crab and the sea bass and crayfish dumplings … Omg those dumplings have to be the best dumplings in the world! Seriously!
Then for mains we chose the Chilean sea bass with jasmine rice… Oh my sweet baby Jesus it was too good! Seriously! I was desperately trying to find fault in the food but nada! For dessert I chose the hot yogurt cake with the mango sorbet and foam… The hot yogurt cake was unusual but with the foam it worked !! I also had the Jalisco flower to drink which is a champagne cocktail and it didn’t disappoint ! Ok so to sum it up it was beautiful food in a pleasant setting! Go go gooooooooo and order the scallops! ;)

My sister purchased a deal on livingsocial for Chino Latino and I am soooo happy she did! Thanks to the previous Unilocalers, I was able to easily find the restaurant, which is in the Riverbank Plaza Hotel wth a great view of the water. The bar was quite swank, really cute and fun.
I would say the name is a bit misleading, bc the food is really asian and doesnt have much if any of a latin influence – more Pan Asian as Victoria said, but the food was fantastic. We had the Rengin tasting menu, which was the following items:
Apps:
Crispy soft shell crab, California rolls: I really enjoyed this dish though I’m not a huge fan of deep fried things, but still yummy.
Beetroot salad: I dont normally like beetroot, but again really delicious with a light cream cheese in b/​w.
Seared white tuna: AMAZING dish! It was light, fresh, and delicious!
Small Dishes
Grilled scallops: Elegant, light, nicely flavored but allowed for the scallops to shine through which were super fresh
Pork, crab and glass noodle samosas: These were the only that were OK, i didnt care too much for it
Main Dishes:
Sirloin steak on hot rocks: AWESOME dish, I would recommend to anyone.
Black Cod, spicy miso: Also deliciously flavored dish and again light enough sauce that didnt overwhelm the dish.
Dessert platter: Literally everything you could ever ask for: Sorbet, chocolate ice cream, cheesecake, fruits, and the list goes on.
The meal came with a signature pink cocktail which we loved immensely. I would go there with some type of discount and def for drinks — YUM!

Good restaurant, indeed. Like the menu and the wide variety of meals they are offering. Food looks great and is delicious. After my visit at the restaurant Im considering going to the lounge as well. Pretty satisfied from what I’ve experienced.

After a little confusion in finding the restaurant (Tell your cab driver it’s in the Riverbank Plaza Hotel or he will drop you off at Vauxhall station) and working out what sort of restaurant it is (ignore the Latino part of the name) we had a pleasant evening all in all.
The bar was as Victoria C’s review says nice and swanky, with quite a mixture of clientele… tourists, business people and girly catch-​up types. I found the table service a little confusing with the when to serve or not balance a little out of balance. And I think it may be cheaper to ask for a cocktail without alcohol rather than a £7.50 glass of orange juice and lemonade.
Once we went through to the restaurant we were seated at a great big table which was only just the right size given what we were about to eat. We were not so subtly recommended to have one of the tasting menus in particular the £49 per person one based on 4 people eating. We did have a 40% discount with our top table booking so we went for it. What a feast! The presentation was great… some dishes were better than others there was a real mix of sort of Japanese and sort of Chinese dishes that just kept on coming. The lobster at the end was just perfect.
All in all, I found the service a little pushy, the pricing quite high but the discount makes it worth it, the atmosphere ok (we had a couple of odd ones in the bar stand there staring at us through the glass which was a little off putting) and the food good. I am not sure if I would go rushing back, but it’s a nice option if you happen to be in the area.

Good atmosphere and service. Room is dark and well designed. Would recommend for sushi but other fusion dishes are variable and poor value.

Chino Latino a great restaurant on the riverbank side. Food was absoultly perfect and on time. I just can recommend the restaurant to everyone. It wasn’t my last time here…

This restaurant is in the Riverbank Plaza Hotel on the Albert Embankment. Nice view of Big Ben across the river.
There’s a nice swanky bar lounge with ultra cool modern décor, white leather sofas and a blue back lit bar. The cocktails were fabulous — I had a Passionate Buffalo– with bourbon, lychee, ginger beer and passion fruit. De-​lish. They give you some wasabi crunchy coated peanuts which were addictive.
The meal was a bit of a disappointment. Style is modern Pan-​Asian.
For starters:
Tempura Mozzarella & Tomato — didn’t think this combo worked-​very bland. They give you a few dots of basil sauce. Would’ve been better with way more sauce. The tomato was a big dry beef tomato with no flavor.
Yellowtail Sashimi — thinly sliced with ponzu sauce and chili. Tasted like smoked salmon :(
Crab Dim Sum — in a rice paper roll with veggies. Tasted fresh, but not much flavor
Mains:
Duck with miso sauce and kumquat sauce. — Duck was very nicely cooked, miso sauce was perfect. Kumquat sauce tasted like orange marmalade — didn’t think it went well
Sea Bream — in a broth. The crispy salted skin was great, but the rest of the dish just had a subtle flavor.
Overall, I think we wanted to be wowed by interesting flavor combinations, and we weren’t. We even had 40% off the bill from OpenTable, but still seemed expensive for what it was.
I’d definitely go back for the bar lounge cocktails.

Chino Latino is located next to the lobby inside the riverside plaza hotel. It’s the ideal place for business lunch as the restaurant is quite classy and quiet. The service is quick if you have a small group but for large group the kitchen seems to struggle (even when the restaurant is empty). The food is absolutely gorgeous even though the portions can be small. They do have set menus if you find it too difficult to choose from the lovely fusion menu.