Masterpiece

Food is cheap and staff are friendly, Mao's chicken and other meats are extremely crunchy and tasteful, be advised that the spices can be extreme at times but will not impede the overall taste of the food.

If you're looking for atmosphere, go elsewhere.

If you're looking for stunning flavor, this kitchen is a masterpiece.

Heads up: the best dishes are quite spicy.

This place has been ony list for a long time. We visited it a few days before Christmas, and overall experience was pretty good- I'd give 4.5
Atmosphere is just average. Tables and chairs, no special decorations
Service was pretty good and food came out with good pacing
We ordered 5 dishes- 1 of them really excellent (couple beef); 1of them pretty good ("water cooked beef", beef with chili sauce); 2 of them good (zhong dumplings with chili oil& fish and tofu with vegetables); 1 of them ok (Dan Dan mien)

Our favorite was the "Couple beef" with beef slices, tripes and tendons in chili oil/ sauce with lots of cilantro. This is my favorite Szechuan dish and I've had it in many places across the country. I can say this was one of the bests- aromatic beef, and complex flavoring with the chili oil (not just salty and oily). The quality & proportion of meat and tripe were also good.
Beef in spicy chili broth was great in flavors- I just like it better with bigger pieces of Napa cabbage.:)
Fish with tofu was a little salty but it was cooked well.
Dandan mien was fine, but nothing special
I'll definitely visit again if I'm in the area!

One of the few but best Sichuan restaurants I have been to! They have plenty of seating, their food will make you want to eat more. The furniture is a bit outdated. The service in my opinion could be a bit better, as the ladies are sometimes rude. But the quality of the food makes up for it. When they are busy they are forgetful; i ordered a Diet Coke and she forgot to bring it out so i had to remind her.

I ordered the Kung Pao tofu, vegetable noodles. Mapo tofu w/o pork and vegetable fried rice. EVERYTHING was so flavorful with garlic and spices.

Let me warn you food can be SPICY! So it's important to let the waitress know your spice tolerance.

Not pictured - we ordered the eggplant with chili powder and pepper ash powder. This also had sichuan peppers, if you are not familiar with this, just be prepared for your taste buds to tingle and go numb for a bit. It's not as dangerous as it sounds, but you can sense the power that these tiny little peppers have!

Masterpiece is one of the few Szechuan restaurants that is worthy of a repeat visit. This is the third time that I have been here, both with three different groups of people. The things that we tried, include the fish fillet, as well as the dry pot.

Szechuan fish fillet :
Pros:
- Fish came out crispy in super large chunks
- Portion was perfect to share, and this was actually one of my favorite dishes.
- able to cater the spice level down a little bit.
Cons:
- none

Spicy beef dry pot
Pros:
- Great amount to share
- Meat was well seasoned and flavorful.
- Nice balance with the fish, not as oily as I thought it would be.
Cons:
- For their entrées, you need to order a separate side of rice, it does not come with the entrée itself.

Even though I would have to say that ordering a separate side of rice for dishes that you know are going to be salty and spicy is a little jarring, I would still come back. It is very hard to find good Szechuan in the greater Atlanta area, and this place does it well. More importantly, it's only a 15 minute drive from my parents place. The next closest Szechuan restaurants are located in Chamblee. Now with the traffic being as bad as it is, it can easily be a 40 minute drive instead of the 20 minute drive. I can't say how these would taste as takeout, I would imagine that it's much better to eat this in person in the restaurant as I have been each time I came here. Definitely coming back.

After reading multiple reviews, we decided to give Masterpiece a try. Overall good experience - service was attentive and helpful although I'd prefer a slower pace - the dishes were brought almost too quick. Let us finish our dumplings before bringing the other items we ordered. 3/5

Speaking of ordering, we had:
Dan dan noodles - cold and spicy but a bit too soft/overcooked. 3.5/5
Zhong style dumplings- solid 4/5
Eggplant w chili powder - like eggplant fries, nothing special and a bit too dry 3/5
Veggie fried rice - a bit bland but nice l, fresh ingredients 4/5
Fu Qi Fei Pian - a winner. Spicy, chewy, numbing 4/5
Sliced Cumin Lamb - very flavorful 4/5

Ambiance is strip mall typical 2/5

4.5/5 excellent food with a with deep flavors. Smoked tea duck was an interesting try that was indeed quite smoky. Best dish was the intestine, not gamey all and very tender / not overly chewy

James Beard nominated (more than once). Nationally recognized. Service is quick and efficient. A large group came in when I was there and the waitstaff rushed over to see if we wanted to get more food before the large group ordered. Very thoughtful

Food is solid. You can't go wrong here. I recommend the Dan Dan noodles as an appetizer so you can try out the numbing sauce. Keep the bowl and sauce and use it to dip your dumplings in it - yeah get the dumplings any of the three are amazing. The soup dumplings were disappointing but still tasty. I've had better. Don't sleep in the humble fried rice either it felt home cook style so I loved it. If you don't want spicy try the vegetable selection. Chinese broccoli was excellent simple garlic flavor almost no sauce.

I've always loved Masterpiece, and now finally getting to write a review! They have home-cooking style Szechuan dishes, which are from the southern part of China. Szechuan style dishes are known for their spice and numbing flavors, which means if you can't do spicy, don't order anything spicy!! The restaurant is open and with lots of windows for light, which I love. I really go here for the steamed vegetarian dumplings, they are HUGE, and very filling!

I've visited this place two times now and thoroughly enjoyed the experience both times. The service is efficient and everything i've tried so far was tasty! My favorite dish is the Fu Qi Fei Pian, which is a spicy cold dish with beef and other meat parts. I love the texture of the meats and it goes so well with rice, I think i'll probably get it every time I go there. I don't have pictures but the cumin lamb and fried chicken are very good too! But beware, the food can be pretty spicy and oily. Overall, Masterpiece is a solid place to get Szechuan food.

We've been wanting to try Masterpiece for a long time, but it's not close to us. Finally tried it & loved it! I read a lot of the yelp reviews and had a few things i knew we wanted to order & was ready for a menu with no descriptions. Our server was so lovely - i told her it was our first time & that one of us could not do spicy. She immediately went & grabbed an ipad with pictures of the menu items & recommended ones that were not spicy for my daughter. She loved her non-spicy noodles! Our hands-down favorite was the eggplant with the cilantro & peppers. We also had boneless fried chicken with peppers that was the perfect amount of heat.Black pepper beef had a great flavor & a nice sauce. Dumplings were delicious. They refilled water frequently since they clearly know you need it with the heat. Will definitely be back.