{"id":303838,"date":"2026-06-11T12:52:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T12:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/303838\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T12:52:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T12:52:14","slug":"china-grill-opens-at-bal-harbour-shops-near-miami-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/303838\/","title":{"rendered":"China Grill opens at Bal Harbour Shops near Miami Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"China<\/p>\n

China Grill has returned, this time to the Bal Harbour Shops.<\/p>\n

World Red Eye<\/p>\n

China Grill, the South Beach restaurant that ushered in a new era of upscale dining and partying in Miami, has made a return to South Florida \u2014 but this time, it\u2019s not in Miami Beach.<\/p>\n

The iconic spot from restaurateur Jeffrey Chodorow is now open at Bal Harbour Shops, in the former space of the French restaurant Le Zoo, which closed in 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Chodorow, who opened the the first China Grill in New York City in 1987 and the Miami Beach restaurant in 1995, said the luxurious open-air shopping mecca, home to such restaurants as Carpaccio, Makoto and new(ish) Slim\u2019s Steakhouse<\/a>, worked for the concept. The Miami Beach China Grill closed in 2012.<\/p>\n

\u201cChina Grill was always about creating a shared experience, something people remembered long after the meal ended,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s been a real demand to bring it back, and Bal Harbour feels like the right place to do it in a way that honors what it was while moving it forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Lobster Lobster pancakes at the new China Grill in Bal Harbour Shops. World Red Eye <\/p>\n

The new China Grill seats 160 diners and serves lunch and dinner. The menu offers many of the original\u2019s most famous dishes, like the beloved lobster pancakes and lamb spare ribs.<\/p>\n

As they did in the good old days, dumplings also play a huge part of the menu, particularly the popular spicy beef dumplings. There are new dumplings, too, including a black and gold black cod dumpling.<\/p>\n

You can expect salads, too: calamari salad, Peking duck salad and a brand-new Singapore 17 vegetable salad with an umi salted plum dressing. Also on the menu are the crispy spinach and wasabi mashed potato side dishes, which live prominently in former guests\u2019 imaginations.<\/p>\n

\"Black Black and gold cod and tobiko dumplings at China Grill in Bal Harbour Shops. World Red Eye <\/p>\n

As for dessert, expect a number of Asian-inspired souffles, as well as the showstopper Bananas in a Box, caramelized bananas with caramel pastry cream inside a crispy, spun-sugar caramel \u201cbox.\u201d<\/p>\n

The mix of old and new aims to blend nostalgia with Miami\u2019s new culinary identity, which has become far more dynamic since China Grill first opened on South Beach, Chodorow said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re introducing some new dishes that feel right for where dining is today,\u201d he explains. \u201cMost of what people remember is coming back exactly as it should, the signatures that defined China Grill and still resonate with guests who have been waiting for this moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"The The interior of the new China Grill in Bal Harbour Shops. World Red Eye China Grill<\/p>\n

Where: Bal Harbour Shops, 9700 Collins Ave., Bal Harbour<\/p>\n

Hours: Noon-11 p.m. Sunday-Thursday; noon-midnight Friday-Saturday<\/p>\n

More information and reservations: www.chinagrillbalharbour.com<\/a> or 305-404-9700<\/p>\n

Connie Ogle loves wine, books and the Miami Heat. Please don\u2019t make her eat a mango.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"China Grill has returned, this time to the Bal Harbour Shops. World Red Eye China Grill, the South…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":303839,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-303838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}