My friends and I ordered take out from here. We ordered many different items such as Yangzhou fried…read morerice, spicy dry chili chicken, black pepper beef, Szechuan wontons, and shrimp in garlic sauce. We also ordered a side of hot & sour soup. Overall, we all were a fan except my friends didn't really like the hot & sour soup too much. I liked it, but I guess it tasted a bit different than they were expecting. The fan favorite was the spicy dry chili chicken. It was excellent. Definitely spicy and one of the better ones I've had in Chicago. The food came out about 5 minutes after the estimated pick up time so it was pretty accurate. Would come back here!

Ambiance - lots of street parking outside, casual, great for small and large groups…read moreService - only 1 server/cashier, order food using QR code on table Food - Everything was super flavorful, my personal favorite was the dry pot chicken wing (love that they put sliced potato and lotus root to add to the texture)

Favorite chinese spot hands down at this point. I've gone…read morealone and in groups and every time i get seated quickly, staff is responsive, and the food is incredible. Sometimes you have to get their attention and they're great about serving once you do. Tried a bunch of things off the menu at this point and every one has been really good. The spiciness indicators are pretty legit which is awesome too. Outside the most popular popcorn chicken, the mr and ms smith is a favorite of mine.

Great Chinese restaurant! I've been twice already and I'll…read morebe back. The food is full of flavor, spicy, and delicious. I also had the kung pao tofu, which was some of the best fried tofu I've ever had. Food is served family style, so it is meant to be shared. I recommend coming by with a group. Service is very friendly and helpful in picking out dishes. Highly recommend!

This is the place to eat in Chicago in my opinion, and has made every other restaurant look bad…read more it's the absolute best meal in the city, at a great price, with a super awesome staff. I bring everyone i know here at some point. Only negative thing to say is that i no longer feel anything about anywhere else that I eat. Im okay with that though, because in my opinion this is how you run a restaurant. They are always full, but it is always worth the wait!

OMG the Cheng Du Spicy Dumplings were the best I have ever had in my life. They were delicate…read morewithout a thick wrapper with just enough kick that wasn't overbearing. Definitely will be ordered next time we go. The honey black pepper flank steak with very tender with a slight hint of the honey and pepper that really blended well together. The portion size was huge for the price which was similar to the shrimp dish. I couldn't believe the food quality for the price. The restaurant is VERY small so expect a wait but you can walk around Chinatown while you wait for your table. People were complaining about a 60 to 90 minute wait so people did pull out of line. They do charge you a $10 deposit that will be deducted from your bill. Definitely coming back when I am back in Chicago to try different dishes.

The crispy eggplant was a huge fan favorite, but we ordered so many other things that were good…read more The Sichuan wontons were delicious. We also got the dry chili chicken, dan dan noodles, Szechuan string beans, and a couple other things. Their Sichuan ice jelly was also yum. The service was great.

I've ordered from the Milwaukee location and they knocked it out of the park. Tonight, from the…read moreHalsted location, it wasn't great. The fried rice lacked more flavor than I previously experienced. One of my biggest peeves is when restaurants put fried food in airtight containers for delivery. The sweet & sour shrimp was soggy when it got here. They also don't put the fruit and veggies in the sauce, they put it in the container with the shrimp. I'm glad I was able to specify sauce on the side otherwise I think they would have dumped it on the fried shrimp. I'll be moving on.

Food: As good as always--flavorful, authentic, and satisfying…read more Service: The staff are friendly, attentive, and quick to help. The only downside is the wait since they moved to 2623 S Halsted St. We waited about 40 minutes for a table and another 20 minutes for our food. Ambiance: Nothing particularly special--just a fairly standard dining atmosphere. But honestly, we come here for the food, so the ambiance isn't really a deciding factor for us. Overall, the long wait can be frustrating, but the food is still worth the trip. We'll definitely be back.

Fair warning- this dish is NOT for the weak. I got the Szechuan Pepper chicken, one of my favorite…read moredishes that no Chinese restaurant has ever been able to make close to the level I had while in Chengdu- until now. When I tell you I openly wept while eating this dish (both from the spice and from joy), I'm not kidding. My spirits were high, my tongue and lips felt like they were vibrating, and I couldn't ask for more. Fantastic, cannot recommend enough, reasonably quick service and love the collection of restaurants in this food court. Will be returning.

We had a wonderful dinner here last night…read more Service is quick and helpful. Food is delicious and large portion sizes Fried rice vegetables- great szechuan green beans- amazing fried noodles with vegetables- good kung pao chicken- great (I only ate the vegetables and peanuts out of it which were delicious, but my picky 9 year old son and my mother in law both loved it) salt and pepper tofu- great We will be back again, and probably order all of the same things again. The place was packed by the time we were leaving around 8pm on a Tuesday night. They validate for parking in the Chinatown parking lot. You just have to ask them, and scan their QR code and then the parking is $3.

The storefront sign wasn't bright nor flashy, one can easily missed it. There's an elevator to take…read morediners up to the restaurant. It's a spacious and colorful. The service was per normal. We tried a few dishes but not overwhelmed by them unfortunately 2*House Special Beggar's Chicken 飘香叫花鸡：chicken with bones wasn't fresh, they were fried, mixed with a bunch of veggies. I was a bit disappointed. Besides spicy, no other flavors! 4*Spicy Beef Tendon*麻辣牛筋: was good 3*Green Bean Jelly Szechuan Style 四川涼粉: per normal, nothing stood out. 3*Cucumber Salad w/ Fresh Garlic #泥黃瓜: common cold dish.

When I tell you this is the best Chinese food in Chicago I mean damnit I am not lying you can't go…read morewrong with at all 5star

Since there's no three and a half star rating, I had to give this a three star rating. I was really…read morecraving some good Chinese food but did not want to go into downtown first to pick up and then head back home so I looked this place up and had decent reviews and decided to try it out. What really impressed me was they had a specific section of the menu which was titled "Salt and Pepper". Of course I was super excited to try the salt and pepper tofu so here's what we got: - we got the salt and pepper tofu - we got the American garlic broccoli - got the mala lamb. - Got a pair of complimentary vegetarian spring rolls. When I went to pick up the take-out order, I was shocked at how heavy it was. This was clearly a lot of food. I'll start with the lamb. Very well thought out packaging, to be straight. Because the lamb had a lot of oil and liquid in it, they put it in a plastic container, which they knew is going to leak. They put that entire container in a separate tiny plastic bag and wrapped it so that the juices from that would not come all over in the main bag. Really appreciate that. Now the lamb, while cooked okay, the flavor was just, you know, it did not do it for me. Add to that they really kept the lamb as relatively big pieces. They were thinly sliced but they were just large pieces. They could have been smaller for it to be easier to eat. Flavor-wise there was just too much black pepper, which is what I was expecting, but to match that there was no flavor as such. The salt and pepper tofu was a disaster. I got it from other places. The flavor just was not doing it. It was not crispy at all. Yes I have them take out salt and pepper tofu from many other places. It does leave its crunchiness to some extent. This one had zero crunch. In fact it was weird. Every piece that was stuck to the next one had something gooey on it. Just overall the flavor was very underwhelming. The American garlic broccoli was overcooked to the extent it did not have the firmness one would expect and was overcooked to the extent where some of the smaller pieces just disintegrated. The spring roll is wild. The casing was phenomenal. It was perfect for a spring roll even after opening it after one hour. Really appreciate that. The filling, however, there really weren't many vegetables in it at all. That was very disappointing. Overall I don't think I am going to grab food from here again. The reason they get the 3.5 stars, though, is they did a phenomenal job on the packaging of all the food. The quantity was well beyond what I expected. The food, however, I have to say, was a disaster. And maybe this is my taste. It may be it's a bit too Americanized and I have not been used to eating very Americanized Chinese food for the last many years. That might be the problem.

Excellent Sichuan fare ! And it is certainly possible to come here and not burn your mouth out…read more Black Bean Fish fillet was perfect., String beans filled with flavor, cute little pork hunks and just enough heat, and cold noodle salad , refreshing with a nice floral bite. Only disapointment was the scallion pancake, dry and sorta flavorless with no dipping sauce .

Umm... it was different. Very authentic. And I like authentic…read more We ordered the Crystal Shrimp Dumplings. I love dumplings. They were pretty good. Combo Fried Flat Rice Noodle. I would get this again. My family and I talk about this dish. Often. But the Mapo Tofu with Beef just was NOT what I was expecting. It is NOT like what other places serve. And the Meizhou Dry Chili Chicken was just okay. The food overall wasn't terrible. But the service. Omgoodness. Service is EVERYTHING. I love a no nonsense server but you gotta have a little personality. The one guy was kind and friendly and just fine but the other. I mean. He was attentive but with NO emotion. My son actually prefers that. But my son ain't paying so we ain't going back. Chinatown Parking

I wanted to try a new place and found this based on reviews…read moreI had not realized it is in a central kitchen, just take out The owner was there and she was so nice I went with the curried chicken lunch special and added an extra veggie egg roll The food was hot, fresh and of high quality I enjoyed every bite This was a great find

Have great gluten-free options. I really liked the food always comes like you expected itread more

Absolutely amazing. Food was incredible. Service was excellent…read more Jellyfish was great. The fish soup was hot and numbing. Fried chicken pieces were delicious. 10/10 would recommend over and over again. Best Chinese food in USA? Might be close!

I've only been to Lao Sze Chuan once and didn't have a great experience. The 3 stars is for the…read morefood, which was OK. We had the dry chili chicken (lazi chicken), dry bean curd and peanut in spicy sauce, fatty beef, sliced pork dry bean with chives, and Yangzhou fried rice. First off, it's a to go order, so I knew it won't be as good as if I was to dine in and eat right away when brought to the table. Even so, I find the chili chicken bland (surprising). We asked for extra spicy, but it was pretty mild (again, surprising for a Sichuan restaurant). I love dried bean curd so ordered two dishes. They were also kind of bland. The fatty beef was pretty good, beef was tender. The fried rice was ok as well. But the main concern which will deter me from going back again is that we waited 45 min to get our to go order when it was a 'timed' order for a 2:30 PM pick up on a week day. With so many options in Chicago, not sure if I will repay a visit anytime soon.