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| - OMG! I am so glad Chada is here on the West Side of LV. I am a huge Lotus fan, but Lotus is far and recently been variable. While brings the same memory as the first time at Lotus, the food and vibe is completely different. Casual, but demurely hip, if you KWIM.
With its clean lines and simple color palate of grey and red, Chada reminds me of simple modern start up restaurants in NYC...that is a nice look. While not very big, the place seat about 40 people comfortably.
As of this point, Chada does not have a liquor license so no alcohol served. We did take advantage of their courtesy BYOB with no corkage fee! However, I look forward to their wine selection in the future, though.
The menu style is all small plates, but the portions are equivalent of atleast 1.5 main dish servings. I hope that doesn't change, because the dish prices range are extremely affordable ranging from $6-18; most dishes averaging in $8-12. Some of the fish and beef dishes are in the higher price ranges, but well worth it.
My husband got the spring rolls, which was $6 for 4 rolls...pretty reasonable. We got 4 oysters in chili sauce and mint for $8, the crispy pork belly with sauteed greens (choy something) for $10?, Seabass Tod Krueng was phenomenal...extremely tasty, unique generous portion even at $18, and sauteed ribeye in fish sauce. While execution was still a bit "slow" it made for a nice relaxing meal while we sipped on our favorite wines. Every dish was prepared beautifully. I can't wait to come back and try all the other dishes too.
A few things. You can tell the establishment is new, servers are still learning the menu, but they were polite. The menu lack organization, but that can be a good thing, because it makes you look through the entire menu. Once ordered, dishes came out one by one with a bit of lag time in between, but again, it really gave each dish time to be enjoyed. I can't wait to go back; it better be soon, because I know Chada's popularity is going to skyrocket to the height it deserves. Congrats to Chada and to us, Westsiders, who have something just as special as, if not better than, Lotus, closer to home.
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