Exhibit 23.1

               CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form
S-8 No. 333-73035) pertaining to the 1996 Employee Stock Option Plan, 1997
Restaurant Management Stock Option Plan, 1998 Stock Option Plan and 1998
Employee Stock Purchase Plan, in the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-
98665) pertaining to the 1998 Stock Option Plan and the 1999 Nonstatutory Stock
Option Plan, and in the Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-56618) of P.F.
Chang's China Bistro, Inc. of our report dated January 31, 2003, with respect to
the consolidated financial statements of P.F. Chang's China Bistro, Inc.
included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 29, 2002,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


                                        /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Phoenix, Arizona
February 11, 2003