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Sichuanese Cuisine in Redmond is the sister location to the same restaurant in the I-District in Seattle. That being said, I think the Redmond location is just as good. Though surprisingly I like the ambiance of the Seattle location better than the one here. It seemed surprisingly drab. I find this surprising because it took me multiple tries to try the Seattle Sichuanese location because of its dinginess. But with the remodel there, I am preferring the I-District location.
That being said, I think the food here is just as good. I like the fried dumplings ($5.50) at both locations. They are large servings which would make for a full meal. The ants on a tree ($6.95) is also an interesting dish here off their specialty Sichuanese menu. Essentially it is cellophane noodles with ground pieces of meat. It is a bit spicy, but not to the point that it makes your stomach churn which I like.
Since this is a Sichuanese restaurant, many dishes here are spicy but I have not found them to be overly hot which I think is a good thing. Definitely much more enjoyable than my experience at Bamboo Garden. There are a lot of menu choices and the prices are good. If you do not want to go to the I-District for your Sichuanese fix, I would try the Redmond location because I think it is just as great.
Been here twice for dinner with coworkers. I love spicy food and there's a big selection here (Sichuan food tends to be spicier). Unfortunately there's parts of the menu that are in chinese only - which makes me regret not learning Chinese better as a kid. There's lots of chinese speakers (with China Chinese accents), so that should speak for the type of native tonge this place attracts.
We ordered fried dumplings (pot stickers), you get lots for your money. The dumplings themselves were just ok. I also ordered cold noodles; I've tasted better in other places, but it wasn't bad here. I was pretty happy with the Sichuanese boiled fish, which is fish pieces bathed in hot oil - I've had this dish in many restaurants and I'd say this was no worse than any I've had.
Agree with some of the other reviews that service isn't great, but that's the case with lots of really really good chinese restaurants.
I overate, which is an overall signal that I enjoyed my food.
This is one of the worst dining experiences I have had in recent history. I used to love this restaurant, but after tonight I won't be going back, ever! About half way through dinner I watched a roach run across the wall right next to our table. If they are bad enough that you see them with the lights on in the dinning area, what is the kitchen like?!?! I shudder to think. Then while eating the string beans my girlfriend got a piece of hair. A nice long piece of hair that curled around the beans, she actually had to pull it out of her mouth.
To make a bad experience even worse, when we informed the waiter of the hair, which he saw, he shrugged his shoulders and brought us the bill. He didn't talk to the manager or apologize he just brought the bill for the full amount. When questioned he said he didn't have the authority to credit our bill. Apparently he also is not gifted enough to understand the fundamentals of customer service. The manger was so kind (dripping sarcasm) to credit our bill for the string beans.
I used to be a regular customer. I will not each here again. Sorry but I value my health.
This may not be authentic Sichuanese. Honestly, I have no friggin' idea what authentic Sichuanese tastes like. But the number of Chinese ex pats in the restaurant suggests to me that it's pretty decent.
Make no mistake, the food here can get very spicy if that's your bag. It's certainly mine, and I love to come here and ask for the five-star Sichuan Chicken or Knight Zhang's beef. BTW, is that the most badass name for a dish ever? To hell with General Tso, Knight Zhang could knock that chump out with one punch.
The implicit racism here is pretty funny, though. If you're white, you will receive a fork, spoon, and knife. The Chinese receive chopsticks. I'm not offended by this at all, but since I use chopsticks, it's annoying to have to ask for it every time. Expect to hear more Chinese than English. That just adds to the atmosphere for me, personally.
I recommend the string beans, the Sichuan Chicken, Knight Zhang's beef, and if you're feeling adventurous, try Ant On A Tree. It's a weird name, but it's thin noodles with a spicy sauce and quite tasty. If you're really, REALLY adventurous, try the Pork Miscellany. That is really the least appetizing thing I have ever heard. I have not been so bold yet as to order it, but I challenge a better Yelper than I to take the plunge.
Also, be prepared for lots of grease. This ain't Subway, kids. This is fantastic hangover food.
This place gets a little busy around the lunch rush and after work, so tke that into account. If you want to go for lunch during the work week, get there by 11:45 to beat the major rush. Their takeout is also very quick.
The food is meh and the staff is one of the rudest I've seen outside of New York. Anyway, don't get their ma po tofu you'll regret it.
Decided to try it out because they have a Chinese menu in addition to their regular menu.
Ordered the water boiled beef, bitter melon, kung pao chicken, and a dueling beef dish.
Water boiled beef wasn't spicy enough and was way too oily, even for a dish that's supposed to be oily. Some pieces of beef didn't taste fresh.
Bitter melon was also a bit too oily and contained sand and a small stone. Wash the veggies!
Kung pao chicken was Americanized version. No problems with Americanization and it was solid.
Cold dueling beef dish came straight from fridge and seemed 3 days too old.
And how did they manage to mess up the rice? Mushy, instead of sticky, rice. Yuck.
Try Szechuan 99 in Lynnwood for good Sichuanese food.
This place gotta be in violation of some sort of fire code; the table and chairs are so close together that you will feel like you're riding the Metro at peak hour.
I do like the dishes they offered. There are lots of unconventional dishes and most of them are spicy. I Love the fat noodle most of all. I love them so much that I've decided to steal their recipes. Just don't tell them or the douche behind the counter (the young guy with glasses) will kick my butt.
Summation: Food, good. Service, okay. Atmosphere, sucks.
i love the waitress and the hot and sour soup here is still the best!
This is definitely one of my favorite Chinese restaurants in the Eastside! My boy and I always order… Read more »
My preference for Chinese restaurants is for down-home cooking, and Sichuanese delivers in spades. There is another location in Seattle but the Redmond location has more tables.
If this is your first visit, don't let the amount of pepper you see in dishes intimidate you. The staff says the kitchen generally cooks to "2-3 stars" spicy out of 5 stars. It's heavily seasoned but won't burn most mouths.
Highly recommended are: 1) the Special Hot Beef Chow Mein - the tooth (al dente) on these nice wide egg noodles makes this dish especially delicious; 2) pan-fried dumplings (20 for $5) - always a hit with anyone I bring here; 3) Sinkiang Lamb - thin shaved slices of lamb loaded with cumin & spices; 4) Cilantro Chicken - huge portion of stir-fried chicken tossed with cilantro & whole dried peppers. The only downside flavor-wise is this place is a bit of a one-trick pony - many dishes wind up tasting the same.
The other downside is quality control - it seems to be lacking in my last few visits when it has been especially busy. For example, just recently the Sinkiang lamb was served lukewarm and the onions were not only cold but raw and uncooked - they make up about half the dish so this is really a problem. We sent it back, and it came back with the onions only slightly better while the lamb was cooler and overcooked. It was a manager who brought it back, and he should have known the quality wasn't up to snuff.
Service is decent for a "hole in the wall", which this place definitely is. The staff speaks good English and will interpret the Chinese-only menu items when asked. However, they don't make suggestions easily and the menu descriptions don't give enough info. In short: not very user-friendly. It's best to order based on what you see other people eating. Or what's recommended on Yelp...
Back in Nov '08, I rated the Redmond Sichuanese 4 stars but with the QC slipping I've dropped it to 3 stars. I hope my problems are not common ones, I would hate to go off this place altogether.
Went here once around 5:30ish or so on a weekend and it was almost packed. No frills here. Typical Chinese eatery service. We were led quickly to our table and the menu was plopped on the table. Lots of selection on the menu. Took the waiter a while to come back to us til we flagged her down but we did eventually. By the time we had our dishes on our table, it was packed with people waiting, Asians and non-Asians alike, so that means something good.
I had the Mapo Dofu, which was good but a little too spicy and greasy for my liking, so I decided that maybe Sichuanese style just ain't my style. I can't remember what my husband had but his overall impression was too greasy and spicy even for us. Prices were reasonable.
Verdict: It's Sichuanese, so expect greasy and spicy. It's just not for us.
Greasy.
Dirty.
Awful and rude service.
But the food (especially the hot pot and Sichuanese noodles) make all these aggravations just fade away. The atmosphere is authentic - you feel as if you're at a small restaurant in China.
You cannot go to a Szechuan restaurant and complain that their food is too oily... or worst, spicy! You just can't! Oil and spice are part of this cuisine so if you can't suck it up and enjoy the food, you might want to go eat at subway a few doors down at this strip mall.
It can get super duper crowded (like tonight) and all the different nationalities of folks are walking past you asking if their table for 8 and 10 is ready. I had to chuckle 'coz ummm... it's not a big restaurant at all and there really is no system to see who came first. All I can suggest is, make sure you tell a couple of people who work there (a waitress works better then one the guys - 'coz he'll tell you to ask the waitess) that you're waiting outside while too many people stand around staring at people enjoy their food - how uncomfortable!
I like their dumplings though their dipping sauce does nothing for me. The spicy fried rice with beef is nice too but sometimes while it looks spicy (and oily lol) doesn't have much heat in it (I love my hot food)... spicy fried noodles with tofu and vegetables (we kind of created it ourselves) is my favorite.
We'll need more people to go with us to explore further into their menu. I'm not a fan of ma-la so I prefer Chiang's Gourmet's la zi ji (done by the old chef - the new guy just hasn't mastered this dish at all).
Good food and pretty consistent. If you aren't crazy for really spicy food, you can request that they lower the heat (they go by 3 star being very hot to 1 star which still can be very hot). Some had suggested that requesting for no star would still give it some heat.
Service: I've experienced inconsistency in service.
This place wants to have more stars, but it's not quite there, because some of the food is hit or miss. But let's talk about service first.
Visit One: Mission was takeout for 11 people at 8 pm on a Saturday night, only one of whom I knew well, but I knew that nobody was a vegetarian. The sweet lady at the counter helped me pick out 11 dishes. Twenty minutes later, I had big bags of food and a giant tray of rice, everything boiling hot, in my car, having been put there by two smiling restaurant employees. Including tip, the entire meal cost $90. Four stars -- everyone liked the food, too, especially the fish dish that she recommended.
Visit two: My husband and I and our 7 year old decided to try eating in the restaurant, which isn't shiny-clean but is filled with happy-seeming Chinese people (always a good sign to me). We were one of two "gringo" families. The wait staff were all friendly, and service was mostly quick. We ordered egg drop soup (blandest soup I've ever had, this is a must-skip!), fried potstickers, sweet and sour chicken, shrimp chow mein, and beef and broccoli. Everything was good except the soup, and the portions were ample, though hubby didn't like the potstickers here as much as he likes them at Cheng Du (I'm the opposite). Total incluing tip was just over $40. I'd give this outing 2-3 stars.
Hot damn! The Sichuan province of China is renowned for its spicy food and you can find a good variety of it here. I particularly enjoy the green beans and Knight Zhang's Beef. The house beef noodle is also yummy. Look at the white board for daily fresh sheet.
One thing though... I wish they'd clean the place once in a while. Just don't look at the walls or the floor or get it to go.
Upon my sister's triumphant return from Europe we decided to enjoy Chinese Take-Out while watching all 900 photo's of her journey in a slide show. My mom even brought home a LCD projector so we could really enjoy the full glory of all NINE HUNDRED pictures.
We ordered Chicken Chow Mein, Almond Chicken, Mongolian Beef, Pork Fried Rice, Prawns in Garlic Sauce, Assorted Vegetables, and Egg Rolls. All was good - not outstanding - not great - but solid good. Greasier than my taste and a little too obviously spicy.
The restaurant was easy to find - located in a strip mall in that weird place that is both Bellevue and Redmond. The staff was friendly and my meal was ready for pick-up when they said it would be.
My only complaint. No fortune cookies. WTF?
I actually LOVE this place.
I even make the treacherous trip across 520 (alone, mind you) to have dinner here. Try the dry-cooked long beans. Those alone changed my mind about hot and spicy food. That chili oil that sits patiently on the table? It kills me, its THAT good.
No, we don't go here for the service. Its a chinese restaurant, for Pete's sake. However every time a server passes with some delectable, and no doubt, spicy treat - I always have to ask them what that was they were just serving...and someone always is willing to give me an answer.
I love this place. Really.
PS: "Miscellaneous Beef"is really code for tripe and other interesting things that float in a broth. Our server even made a grimace when describing it to us. So, maybe don't order it?
Sichuanese has terrific food. The dry cooked chicken is amazing, as is their pork and eggplant. The dumplings are CHEAP, and you get a ton of them. They're also open until 10.
The problems: it can get very busy (especially during lunch and dinner), and service can be slow, even when it isn't that busy.
Their Knight Zhang's beef is one of my favorite dishes ever!! It's not for the health conscious however... But it's full of flavor and great with mixed rice. I definitely recommend this dish for anyone's bucket list. :)
The all-u-can eat hot pot is also of great value. Love having it on a chilly winter night. Remember that it comes with end-less pot stickers also.
Only drawback I can call out about Sichuanese is their poor ventilation. It just means your clothes will smell like Knight Zhang's beef when you leave. Might not be a bad thing.
A highly trusted foodie told me about this place, so we tried it for lunch today. They were busy, but the food was surprisingly good! I had the Prawns with Broccoli. If you like a mild, white wine sauce with garlic, it's perfect. The prawns were cooked perfectly. My friend ordered the Hot Beef Chow Mein, which looked like fresh, homemade noodles and beef in a really spicy sauce (not goopy sauce, though--it looked good).
Another friend suggests the Hot Pot...and yet another buys the potstickers fresh and cooks them at home.
Lunch today was again an amazing experience. We had sweet-sour soup (yum), egg drop soup (not really flavorful), the beef chow mein - delicious thick noodles with just the right amount of beef and tasty parsley (YUM), Ma Po Tofu - tofu, fried rice and chunky bits of pork (Yum), Sichuan Chicken (just ok), "ravioli" - which is steamed potstickers with crispy bacony bits and soy sauce(yum), and egg rolls (meh).
They don't take American Express, so don't try to expense it!
The food is all nicely prepared and yes, a cute, old chinese couple came in, shouted something foreign to the staff and got seated. You know it's all good when the old peops come in to dine at lunch hour with all the other hooligans, like myself.
My only complaint (besides not taking AmEx) is that when they're rushed, they bring out the food at all different points, so our appetizers came out at the end. In fact, the order that is listed above, was the order in which our food came out. It's happened before - but I'm not really that upset as the food comes out hot!
BTW, has anyone eaten the dried-cock pork? I'm not kidding! It's on the menu!! I think it's a typo - but what a great typo it is...
Enjoyed my meal thoroughly! I haven't had a lot of Sichuanese cuisine but I know well-prepared food and this was one of them!
Plus, they give you a lot of good food for your money. Had the hot pot of white-fish, shrimp, Chinese greens, tripe, thin noodles and a spicy pork/veggie dish!
I wish it had been spicier but I know what to get when I go back!!
I live in California, but every time I'm up here, I come here (sometimes more than once). The staff know me. I'm okay with the guys at the little Indian takeaway next to my flat at home knowing my name, but it's kinda weird having the staff at a restaurant not even in your state knowing your name, what you usually order, what your boyfriend is up to, your cat's name, everything. These guys remember more about my daily life than my mom does, plus they never ever ask when I'm going to provide them with grandchildren.
What's it that keeps me coming back? It's the mapo tofu. Seriously. There are other great things on the menu (love the hot pot), but it's the mapo tofu that I dream about. Some places make it too garlicky, some lay off the spices, some try to replace the pork with something else (the vegetarian version is fine, but mapo tofu with chicken is just wrong). I don't know what magic they're doing in their kitchen when it comes to this dish, but it is the best mapo tofu I've had outside of China.
If I ever move here, having full-time access to this restaurant will ease the pain of leaving my beloved San Francisco.
A little too much oil, but otherwise pretty good Sichuanese food. We've had many different dishes here, from crowd pleasers to more eclectic ones, and they were all prepared well, served quickly, and tasted good or very good. The Hot & Sour soup is the best we've had in the Seattle area. Limited, crowded seating and it gets pretty busy even during the week, so come early, call ahead, and/or get takeout.
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This place ROCKS! Everything on the menu is good.
Water boiled beef is served with nappa cabbage. The water boiled fish is with tofu and peanuts. The gong jin chicken is like spicy popcorn chicken. The pork with jalapenos is heavenly.
Note if you can't take SPICY (5 stars) then don't eat here.
The service is not that great by American standards but they are not bad for a Chinese restaurant.
Excellent food, good service. You see lots of Chinese locals in there, so that's a good sign that its authentic too.
Perhaps my favorite Chinese food in the area because of cheap price, but great food.
Try the garlic eggplant. Yummm...
The Knight Zhang Beef (a cabbage and beef stew with chiles and chile-oil) that everyone goes on about was pretty tasty, but barely spicy even though I ordered it at 5 stars. The Sichuan Bean Jelly isn't as good as at Szechuan Chef or Bamboo Garden, but it was still ok. I also tried the "Jalapeno Chile Potato" which was an unusual dish of fine julienne potatoes and jalapeno stir-cooked so quickly as to result in no browning; It was the best of the things I tried. I will be back to try more, including the hot pot at some point.
The food at Sichuanese Cuisine did not impress me or my tastebuds.
The spicy dishes are not spicy. The dishes made with fried meat are not crispy. The vegetables do not even try to look healthy; they kind of look up at you with bleary, oil-glistened eyes. Even the hot-and-sour soup, usually a comforting respite from the onslaught of MSG, tasted faintly of sweaty socks and spices that got picked last in the fantasy spice league.
The service wasn't much good either. But I will probably be back, because it was fast and cheap and the portions were generous; and, without reason, I am looking forward to tonight's leftovers.
great divey place for authentic sezchuan cuisine...can be busy during weekday lunch
I think I totally ordered something that I shouldn't have. And that was Knight Zhang's beef. I had no idea what it was, but it sounded interesting enough. It was a dish with huge chucks of beef soaked in hot oil/grease/god-knows-what-it-was kinda liquid. It's not that spicy, I liked the flavor, but the beef somehow tasted more like lamb to me and I dislike lamb. I still managed to have a few pieces of beef, then my tongue started to feel numb. That was a little weird....
I used to frequent this place on a regular basis. Whenever I'm in town, this is usually one of the first places I hit. Sure, the atmosphere isn't the best (cleanliness and service), but the food is great! I mean, I've been to a lot of Chinese restaurants -- and this one is at the top of my list. I especially love the dried string beans and steamed dumplings! Mmmm...makes me want to go there right now!
Big portions, decent prices, but not the best service in the world. When I went, my boyfriend and I were the only white people in the building. They don't have a traditional soda fountain, so you get a can of pop for a dollar, but there are worse things in life.
I had the broccoli beef and it was awesome. Not so awesome reheated but in my experience that's kinda the way it goes with Chinese food. My boyfriend ordered something that was amazing. Only bummer was the not all the way hot egg rolls. It was like they had them out to thaw, and grabbed the still frozen ones to make for us. So the outside was all perfect and then the veggies in the middle were still ice cold. And since our server never came back during our meal(as in, we had to go ask for our check) I didn't say anything about the cold egg rolls.
Chinese food, especially Sichuan, has always been my favorite. Since moving to Seattle from San Francisco I felt a void in my culinary life that has now been filled!!
Let me break it down for you:
Food 4.5 stars. Ordered Hot Chicken. Yummy spice with chicken and cabbage. I did not ask for a particular spice level and since I was white I guess they went too low. I reserve the half star for the next time when I order it at 3 stars.
Ambiance: 5 stars. The place was crowded, dirty and small... I LOVE IT!!! It's like every good Chinese restaurant I ever ate at in San Francisco and used to love. I got take out because I was on my lunch hour but If you have ever eaten at a great dive Chinese place you know the sort of joy this atmosphere can conjure and just pickup food from here made me happy.
Service: 5.5 stars. Everyone spoke Chinese... not Korean, not Japanese, Chinese. Not that I dislike Japanese or Korean... but too many times I go to Chinese restaurants and hear of all things... SPANISH. I speak fluent Spanish (Cuban) and like hearing it... but not at my Chinese takeout place. The woman at the counter was super nice and the guy on the phone spoke English... woah!
Overall this place is so great to see, a really good, dive Chinese place that reminds me of home and makes me happy. Yes it's greasy and spicy... It's Sichuan food!! If it weren't greasy and spicy it would be bad. I will have to go back and try different things, especially the hot pot which I love. I have never been to Sichuan province but compared to the Sichuan restaurants in SF it's authentic. They just need more intestines on the menu. :)
This place is definately delicious. I have tried a handful of dishes and have been very satisfied will all of them. My favorite is the special fried rice. It is the best fried rice I have tried in a chinese restaurant. I also tried the Hot Pot. This was delicious also. They bring out a burner with a big pot of boiling broth and a big plate of meats and vegetables. You put the meat and veggies in the broth and cook to your liking. They only bad thing about the Hot Pot was the big plate of tripe they gave us. The service is decent. The restaurant is pretty small and it is in a small shopping center so it doesn't really catch your eye. Overall, very good and I'll definately br going back.
I agree with most reviews of this place....its greasy and its so bad for your health. But it is a place you cannot avoid...because it ssssooooo tasty. Perfect hangover food.
The amount of chinese/indians in this place confirms that this is a popular chinese place in this area.
Friends of mine call Sichuanese Chisine "Sweaty-Bad-Service". In the summer it gets really hot in there and the spice in the dishes doesn't help. So be prepared to walk in and see a bunch of people with reflective foreheads and wet pits. As for the bad-service part that is due to the fact it is nearly impossible to get a glass of water and even harder to keep it refilled. One would think in a restaurant as hot as this would keep the water flowing however this is not the case. The food is pretty good which is the only reason we can stand to go back but that is not too frequent. Try Cafe Ori instead http://www.yelp.com/bi... I know it is a different style but I think it is much better ...and less expensive.
If you're looking for something different, try this place. The food is very cheap but all cooked fresh. Everything is very spicy but very good. I love their mongolian beef and their dry cooked chicken (sorta like deep fried chicken strips). You can get 2 entrees and rice for less than $15. I haven't had the chance to try a lot of things on their menu, but I liked most everything I've tried. The food here is very authentic...if you order twice cooked pork, you're not gonna get pork as you'd expect, it'd be the chinese fatty pork type of meat. These babies will clog your arteries, but they're goooood.
I know everyone raves about the hot pot here, but when I find dishes I love, it can be hard to deviate. Here, it's the spicy chow mein (definitely spicy! the regular is boring) and deep baked potato for me. Carb/starch heaven! Be warned, both dishes are pretty spicy. The chow mein has a nice hint of fresh herb taste that puts it above your average Chinese takeout, but I can't really express what it is about the potato that I love so much. It's oily, spicy slivers of potato with chiles and green onions. Guess I just like potatoes a lot? Oh, and the dumplings are a fantastic deal.
My co-workers and I love this place! Wonderfully prepared spicy dishes abound... It can get a little cramped in there, however. Since it's not Cantonese, I have to be in the mood for it in order to go. Every time, I'm delighted, though...
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