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China Grill Management

restaurant group

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionOct 7, 2025
Entity authorityQ5099704
Source-derived summary

China Grill Management is a restaurant group which owns and operates over 22 restaurants worldwide under 15 concepts worldwide. Headquartered in Florida, the group now has locations in Miami, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Ft. Lauderdale, Chicago, Atlantic City, London and Mexico City. China Grill Management was established in 1987 by Jeffrey Chodorow. The first location was China Grill in Midtown West Manhattan. All restaurants are located in major cities, many of which are in hotels. The most notable concepts are Asia de Cuba and China Grill.

Restaurants & bars

Asia de Cuba

Asian-Latin cuisine

London: at St. Martins Lane

Miami: at Mondrian South Beach

Los Angeles, California: at Mondrian Los Angeles; Designed by Philippe Starck

China Grill

Asian-inspired World Cuisine

Chicago: at The Hard Rock Hotel Chicago (within the Carbide & Carbon Building)

Ft. Lauderdale

Las Vegas: at Mandalay Bay Hotel

Miami: China Grill Miami Beach

Mexico City: at Camino Real Hotel; Also features the Moonbar

New York City: Midtown West, Manhattan (at the CBS Building); CGM's first location; Closed 2017.

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