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    Chuan Tian Xia - Brooklyn

    4.5 (347 reviews)
    ModerateSzechuan, Seafood
    Closed 11:30 am - 10:30 pm
    Updated a few days ago

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    String beans
    Angela L.

    Come here if you want spicy dishes family style!! There's lots of seating upstairs and downstairs. The portions are big and great to share with 4-6 people. Our party was 7 people and we ordered so many dishes to try. The dishes are on the spicy side but there are a few options that aren't spicy like the sweet and sour spare ribs or mustard green fish soup. Staff was attentive and the food came out pretty fast!

    Alan T.

    Craving Sichuan food, I decided to come try out Chuan Tuan Xia. I got their fish fillet in tomato, mapo tofu, and pineapple fried rice. My favorite dish was the fish fillet and I found that there was a decent portion of fish. I would say that the tomato is on the sweeter side, and I felt like it has a home cooked style taste. I also found the pineapple fried rice tasty and I like there there was a good amount of pineapple too. I felt like the mapo tofu was a vegetarian style as I don't recall pork in it.

    Miranda L.

    price - $120 including tax and tip food - 4/5 service - 5/5 ambiance - 5/5 I stopped by Chuan Tian Xia because I heard that they specialize in their Szechuan spiciness in their foods. I got a bunch of different dishes ranging from fish to meat to vegetables. I can definitely tell you based on their spiciness that the spice is no joke! I thought my spice tolerance was pretty good until I tried szechuan spiciness. even thought the dishes were really spicy, I still enjoyed the dishes because the spice doesnt mask the original flavor of the dish. the staff was super nice and constantly checked up on us which I really appreciate! the ambiance was super nice and its as if I stepped right into china with the beautiful interior design!

    蒜泥白肉/ Pork With Garlic Sauce
    Fennie W.

    The food here was so good. If you're looking for something spicy, this will give you that for sure. My friends and I ordered the pork with garlic sauce, mapo tofu, and green pepper fish dishes. The pork with garlic sauce was absolutely delicious. This one isn't spicy so it didn't numb the mouth. The mapo tofu was also delicious and a little spicier but still not numbing the mouth. Def better to have it with rice though. The green pepper fish was mouth numbing and honestly I couldn't taste much of the flavor because the combination of spice and the hot temperature of the food was overbearing for me. So if you're like me and can tolerate some spicy but not numbing spicy then I would recommend telling them less spicy. Portions were perfect for 5 people (3 males and 2 females) as we ordered 2 of the pork with garlic sauce, 2 mapo tofus, and 1 big green pepper fish dish. We went on a Saturday at 5:30pm so it wasn't too crowded. Overall delicious and the staff were all friendly and very attentive in filling up our water for our spicy meal. (mapo tofu not shown as we were too hungry)

    Sliced beef
    Jing K.

    A great meal with excellent service. First off, the staff is super efficient and attentive. They were slammed on a Saturday but the staff was hard at work flying around. Offered suggestions when we were ordering, constantly refilling our water, and adding dishes or removing plates to create room. They even help serve the family style entrees when it arrives. Everything was delicious from the creamy, umami silken tofu with shrimp topped with salted egg yolk. It was rich and decadent and delicate all at once. The fish fillet dry pot was huge and more than enough for 3-4 to share. The sliced cold beef dish was surprisingly refreshing compared to the heat of the hot dishes. I didn't get a picture but the stir fry cabbage was delish. Perfect if you are a vegetarian.

    Yuming C.

    We came as a group of 6 for dinner and wanted to try this place. We ordered quite a lot of food and they were all delicious! I think this place is good for those who can handle spice, but there are dishes that are non spicy. I would definitely come back here again some other day!

    Boiled fish
    Amy H.

    Very large portions. Would def come with friends. Boiled fish was good, spicy, and numbing. Make sure you know how to eat fish with bones. Loved the green beans. Staff was nice and gave recs about the menu

    Sandra L.

    Everything was delicious. Great place for large groups too. Came in for a group of 8 on saturday lunch and was immediately seated. The only dish I did not like was the fish dry pot which had very crunchy, cartilage type fish - which is not my personal favorite. I also prefer regular mapo tofu over the egg one but it was good for try.

    Sour Soup with Fat Beef Slices
    Stephanie W.

    Food here is amazing. Full of flavor and portions are good for sharing and pairs so well with rice! My favorite was definitely the mala duck blood and the chongqing sour fish! Spice level is definitely there so be prepared with glasses of water! The spicy cold noodles with cucumber were also really good, one of the best I've had in a restaurant!

    Clarissa L.

    Great casual place to stop by for spicy food. This restaurant can get really busy so make sure you make a reservation as they only have a handful of tables upstairs and downstairs. We had the Dan Dan noodles, chengdu spicy wonton, hot spicy fish, and the water cooked spicy beef. The fish was nicely fried and tossed with some vegetables. The beef was really spicy and flavorful, and the portion was nicely sized. We asked for less spicy and I was shocked by how spicy the dishes were still! The Dan Dan was standard and the wontons could have used more sauce and less chili oil. Service was great and staff were great with filling the water. If you check in on Yelp you get a free dessert, a cold jelly with some nuts, seeds and raisins. It had a little medicinal taste to me, but my parents enjoyed it.

    It was a very bad experience. two of which were very bad and very salty.they didn't redo it or change the dishes for us. When I arrived, I bought a single discount. I didn't eat two dishes for 100 dollars.

    Mala Hot Spicy Pot Mapo Tofu Sweet and Sour Pineapple Chicken Lung Slice Dry Mix Cumin Lamb
    Amy L.

    Service was attentive and the staff was wonderful! However, everything that we ordered was wayyyyy too salty except the sweet and sour chicken in a pineapple. The mala pot was way saltier than I've had in other places. The cold beef and tendon dish was also on the saltier side. The cumin lamb was pretty good but hard to taste after eating the mala pot. The mapo tofu was mid. Basically, things were so salty that you had to eat a lot of rice with it or drink a lot of fluids with it. At the end you are stuffed but not in a good satisfying way. People with high blood pressure, stay far away! That being said, even healthy people should not be eating this salty! Reply to owner: Thanks for the reply! Hopefully the food will be less salty the next time I visit as I do like being able to enjoy my food. If not, I'll make sure to let the staff know and to remake. The good thing is that I have leftovers for a week now! The flavor of each dish is so bold that I can only eat a little bit of it at a time with a lot of rice and bland vegetables.

    Hot Spicy Fish Fillet
    Brian G.

    Love their Szechuan cuisine , a hidden gem! I have not had better mapo tofu than here, epic place!

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    Ask the Community - Chuan Tian Xia - Brooklyn

    Any non spicy/less spicy dishes to recommend?

    Does the number work? Called many times no one answered.

    The work number is 929-295-0128, if it doesn’t work maybe it’s because the line is busy or you can try calling 347-675-9524.

    Does this place offer the dish boiled beef?

    Are you talking about the 水煮牛肉? They do have it for the fish here, as for beef the only item I saw as their "Hot Spicy Beef pot" It's a dry-hot pot with thin beef slices.

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    Shan - Dry Pot Cauliflower

    Shan

    4.4(155 reviews)
    3.3 miCobble Hill, Boerum Hill

    it's been too long so I last numbed all my tastebuds with spice at a place like this…read more - walking up to the an unassuming outside in an area not entirely known for this cuisine, I was interested why the reviewers were so good - the restaurant is deceivingly large as its thin but goes deep in the back. we started with their banger of a happy hour and got $9 spritzes & jasmine lychee martinis. the martini tasted like a sweet tea turned boldly alcoholic. very fun. I next just got a regular lychee martini, which was much less sweet & a perfect drink #2 - we started with the pork dumplings which had such a complex sauce. it looked like a basic chili oil but there was a tangy vinegar and a sweet aftertaste that balanced out the numbing spice. the dough was so chewy & thick, I loved. - the cold eggplant was very garlic forward & naturally ofc coated in spice. it's a large serving of the same vegetable but we ate every piece - we split the tofu & fish entree. this was insane, the same base and consistency as mapo tofu. incredibly rich and flavorful with light large chunks of silken tofu & battered fried soft fish. the fish absorbed so much of the sauce, which honestly I was eating by the spoonful.

    The udon was the star of the show for me. I saw a couple eating it next to us and ordered it based…read moreon visuals alone and I am glad to say that it tastes as good as it looks. The three pepper fried tofu was also delicious, I enjoyed the variety of texture in this dish and how well seasoned it is. I did try some of the chicken and it did taste a bit gamey so that would be my only note. Overall food was great and service was attentive.

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    Antidote - Dongpo Pork (@joeynht)

    Antidote

    4.6(679 reviews)
    5.6 miWilliamsburg - South Side
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    One of the most spectacular meals I've had in NYC in a hot minute. And it's been a while since I…read morefound a dish I liked enough to obsess over. But let's start from the beginning. My friend had been here before and wanted to come again for her birthday. She made a reservation swiftly, and even though we were on time for our reservation, we still had to wait about 10-15 minutes for a table when we arrived. The lobby was buzzing with people waiting to get seated. It was a little more peaceful in the dining room, with a small chatter. However, it progressively got louder during dinner, and I hate having to talk over other people to be heard, so I gave up on conversing during the meal. But that's fine since my mouth was busy enjoying all the good food. Dan dan noodles $14 : 5/5 stars I was disappointed by the small portions and the overall appearance, and while yes, it is small, don't judge a book by its appearance. It looks bland and dry but that's far from the truth. It was flavorful with a strong kick of spice and plenty of sauce. I would 100% get this again. Cucumber salad $14 : 5/5 stars $14 for just cucumbers is kind of absurd but I can't deny that it was delicious. Every restaurant does cucumber salad a little differently, and the ones at Antidote are coated in this creamy green sauce that made the app so hard to stop munching on. Not sure if I would get this again because of the price. Shredded duck fried rice $18 : 2.5/5 stars Honestly the pricing is really weird to me because what do you mean a cucumber salad is only $4 cheaper than a whole entree with protein? Anyway, I was looking forward to this interesting-sounding fried rice dish, but alas, I was not a fan. The duck was smoked and imparted a smoky taste to the whole dish that I did not enjoy. However, my friends loved it. Chestnut short ribs $30: 4/5 stars The ribs were fall-off-the-bone good but the chestnuts could've been a tad softer. There weren't that many ribs for $30. Youtiao shrimp $20 : 100/5 stars Literally the best item on the menu. It came with some pineapple pieces. It tastes just like the deep fried shrimp with walnuts and mayo at Chinese banquet meals. I truly think about this almost every day since I've had it. I can't wait to have it again.

    Disappointing. Tea-smoked duck overpowered with way too much smoke. The kung pao chicken lacked…read moreflavor and spice. I enjoyed the scallion pancake. Service not great, waited too long for a napkin after requesting an additional one.

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    Hot Space - Stinky tofu skewers

    Hot Space

    4.6(190 reviews)
    0.2 miBorough Park
    $$

    Food: The food is delicious here! We ordered the grilled eggplant with garlic, clams, and a grilled…read morefish as the main dish. This place is known for their grilled fish dishes, where you pick the type of fish, the flavor and then your add-ons. It is served in a huge tray with burners on the bottom to keep it hot during your meal. We tried the spicy tofu flavor, which was excellent, but they also offer non-spicy flavors. Add-ons include various veggies, mushrooms, and noodles. All of the food was very fresh and flavorful, and we were very happy with the quality. Service: Service was phenomenal. The staff was so attentive and friendly. We brought a cake to cut at the restaurant and the staff were very helpful in getting everything set up and the table cleared before we brought the cake out. Ambiance: The restaurant is not that big, but they can definitely accommodate large and small groups. Seating is spacious and comfortable. Overall, I would highly recommend this restaurant!

    Initially wanted to go to a different spot for skewers, but stumbled upon this place instead since…read morethere were so many people lined up outside! Not the best skewers I've had but we did notice a lot of people ordering the crawfish and decided to order one, and it did not disappoint! So juicy and flavorful, I wish I could try some of the other flavors!! Staff were extremely quick to service and the ambiance is nice and loud haha perfect spot for late night snack/meal with friends!

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    Birds of a Feather

    Birds of a Feather

    4.2(788 reviews)
    5.8 miWilliamsburg - North Side
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    Birds of a Feather was an amazing dining experience! The service, food, and atmosphere were all…read moregreat! My father was visiting from Seattle and treated me to lunch here. He was extremely impressed with the meal and said it's just as good if not better than anything he can find back home! We had the eggplant accordion, curious chicken, shrimp and pork dumplings, and the duck fried rice, and they were all hits. They were packed with great flavor, a great spice level, and cooked to perfection! To this day we still talk about how great this meal was! The service was also extremely friendly and efficient, and we had great conversations with the waiter about the history of the restaurant and other Chinese cuisine hotspots in the US. We went for lunch on a weekday, and it was super comfortable, and there was no wait. I will definitely be returning!

    I'd rate Birds of a Feather four and half stars…read more We came for a weekday lunch. For starters, we shared the okra wrapped in bacon, dumplings, and Dan Dan noodles. All of them were served in a similar Sichuan chili sauce. It was on the milder side, so there was only a slight numbness in the mouth. Definitely a great way to introduce people to this cuisine who are hesitant about spiciness. For the main course, we shared the Ma Po Tofu. This item was marked with three chilis on the menu indicating it is the highest spice level here. It was definitely the spiciest item by far. You get the full mala effect with a bold pepper flavor plus big time numbing that lingers well after. It was my favorite dish but might not be for everyone. Rice is not included so be sure to add at least one order. They have a full bar with lots of house cocktails. Some wines and a handful of beers including draft options. There are two single occupancy restrooms with one being handicap accessible. The staff was super hospitable. They were extra accommodating and made our experience wonderful.

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    Chuan Tian Xia - Brooklyn - szechuan - Updated September 2026

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