Fantastic news! Open for dining again, May 2026, after months long shutdown. Outstanding Szechuan food, authentic flavors and spice levels, they can fine tune as you like. NOT your every day Americanized Chinese. A very extensive menu. Legendary Dry Chili Chicken is AMAZING, Sole Fish Fillet Chili Bean Sauce or in Black Bean Sauce are delectable. Garlic Spinach is veggie heaven. They have the usual offerings too - General Tao, Kung Pao, Orange Chicken if you want to ease in to a new world of flavors. If you are unsure of your hot/spice tolerance, better start your order at Mild spiciness, their Medium can pack a really nice punch of spice heat and Szechuan pepper numbing. read more

Food is authentic ma-la. Numbing and hot. But they also have American Asian dishes for the faint hearted. Service is great. Our favorite Asian restaurant every time we come to St Paul read more

Legendary Spice - Szechuan Near Me - Woodbury, Minnesota

Hubs was craving some Asian food and I remembered that this was a new-ish offering in Woodbury. It's in the old Pei Wei space in Tamarack Village. They have turned this into "table" service, rather than order at the desk. Table service is ordering via QR code though. Hubs had sesame chicken, I ordered orange chicken, and we split chicken egg rolls. I also got a mango boba tea. Portions were pretty big, so we said we would split an entree next time. I definitely would skip the egg rolls next time, the wrap was a little too thick for me and lacked flavor. I'd also skip the boba and go elsewhere for that. Service was exceptionally quick. I would come back and try some different items or come at lunch for the specials. read more

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Love sichuan style foods n pot hot. Took me awhile to get used to the numbing peppers but I do get a craving for it now n then. My go to is always the cold beef slices w beef maw in sichuan chili sauce. Hot pot is good n ingredients come in a large bento like box. Very Large menu; come with a crowd so u can get a variety. On the menu (much appreciated)... delicious boba for the kiddos. Loving the space. Kool folks, recommended. read more

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This review is for take out as I had to try. Woodbury now has an authentic Szechuan Restaurant. I ordered on a large touch screen when I entered. The atmosphere is very nice and will try dine in next time. I ordered Mapo Tofu, Sliced Beef Omasum & Szechuan Beef Noodle. All perfect with the right amount of spice utilizing Szechuan Peppercorns, My takeout order was perfectly wrapped and placed in an insulated bag. I can't wait to go back to dine in to try more dishes especially their dim sum. read more

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My wife and I decided to try Legendary Spice because we found they opened a location in Woodbury. So, upon walking into the restaurant, we immediately noticed how nice the decor was. We were seated, and the tables are set up with a bench and several chairs. The tables have chopsticks in a napkin and small bowls and plates. On the bench where we sat, they had these cute panda fur-style seat cushions, which we liked, and a few pillows. The apps we ordered were crab Rangoon and chicken egg rolls. For our entrées, we ordered the boiled fish and the combo hot and spice pot with rice. The problem came when the food was brought out. I tried it and had a numbing feeling on my tongue and in my mouth, and it was like I had eaten something that wasn't good for me. My wife tried it also and said she believed it was probably the peppercorn. I spoke to the gentleman who seemed to be the manager; he asked if I wanted them to remake it without peppercorn, and I said yes. So, they remade it, and it was much better, but the feeling was in my mouth for so long that I didn't finish my food; I just took it home. My wife said hers was similar with peppercorn, and she didn't care much for it. The apps were good, and the service was good. Even one of the people that worked there said she didn't like the peppercorn either. I feel there should have been something mentioned about how the peppercorn would affect the taste of the dish, but nothing was mentioned about that. I am not sure we will return because even though they made it right the issue we had kind of ruined our evening. read more

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The fried rice had concentrated flavor in some bites that tasted like vinegar. It took asking several times to finally get our white rice to go with our entrees. When it was finally served it was more of a consistency of rice pudding rather than even a regular sticky rice consistency. The decor and ambience is very nice. read more

Great Szechuan Chinese food. They are open again and hopefully will survive. It's not your typical American Chinese food but

I ordered carry out and made the 2 mile trip from my hotel. Legendary spice is in a strip mall type plaza thing, there is plenty of parking. When I walked in, I was quickly greeted by the amazing smell of the spicy food that I was about to enjoy. The dining room and kitchen all all in one open room. It is very easy to see your food being prepared. Everyone was all smiles here. They go all out on the TO-GO experience, the packaging is the best I've ever seen and that makes it super easy when my hands are full and getting into the hotel. The utensil packet comes sealed and contains chop sticks, a small plastic fork or spork even, a toothpick and a napkin. The entire packet is well thought out and very convenient. My General Tso's chicken was spicy just like I asked, the sauce was not overly sweet and I liked that. The chicken fried rice was loaded with chicken. Both dishes were hot and the portions were perfect. The next time I crave spicy I will hit this place up without hesitation. read more

Legendary Spice - Best take out packaging EVER! - Szechuan Near Me - Woodbury, Minnesota

This place has the same quality as other Chinese food places in Woodbury (which is to say, medium), but at way higher prices. I give them props for also offering boba, but that's about where the positives end. The meat is prepared fine, but the absolutely ridiculous amount of salt in it overwhelms any potential flavors. Save your money and go to Little Chopstix instead. read more

All the dishes we try had great depth of flavor, my favorite was the wonton soup. Next time I will get a bigger bowl. Jack was very attentive and super friendly. The decor and graphic design looks beautiful as well. I love all the panda decor. We will be back and definitely want to try the szechuan soup & dim sum. Highly recommend read more

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Had lunch take out and ordered a variety of items to try: lemon shrimp, mopo tofu, dry chili chicken and chicken kung pao. Also had cream cheese puffs and wonton soup with the order. Been wanting to check this place out for a long time, but unfortunately, I was disappointed. Food was not great overall. The wonton soup was the worst I've ever had. Took a sip and threw it out. Tasted like dirty pepper water...it was super bland like water with a stong black pepper after taste. It came with wontons, but after trying the terrible broth, I was too afraid to eat it. Do not order the wonton soup. Dry chili pepper chicken was also not good. Super dry pieces of chicken and mostly dry red peppers. Hardly any protein in that dish. Tofu, shrimp and kung pao chicken were good. Cream cheese puffs were good. Lunch portion size seem smaller than other chinese restaurants in the area (I feel you can get more for lunch over at Little Chopstix, for example). In terms of flavor, everything kind of had that same basic szechun pepper flavor/heat. Maybe it's just me, but I was hoping for a variety of flavors and taste. I did like the disposable containers. Restaurant looks awesome inside. Cool decor and ambiance. Would be a cool place to take a date. Maybe dinner and dining in would be better?! read more

Legendary Spice - Szechuan Near Me - Woodbury, Minnesota

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Great customer service and the food is delicious! Been back 3x within 2 weeks!! Ambiance is beautiful as well! read more

Legendary Spice - Sour fish - Szechuan Near Me - Woodbury, Minnesota

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After only one visit I can already tell you what the "legendary spice" is, salt! They use about two times as much salt as you would want on your food! I should back up, I arrived at noon to find that we were their only customers. We sat at the table so long we started talking about leaving before we were finally were asked to place our order. The food itself came out quickly, I would hope so given that we were their only customers. The hot and sour soup was okay, not good, not bad. The crab rangoon and spring roll were not good. Both chicken dishes were too salty to eat. I explained to the staff that the food was too salty and that is why we did not want to take any of our leftovers to-go, the 90% uneaten portions. They did not offer us any feedback or compensation. All of the above aside, the inside decor looks very nice and the place was as clean as you would expect for a brand new restaurant. Personally, I miss Pei Wei. read more

Omg!! The food is die for! Some of the best Chinese food in the Woodbury area, I might even say the best! Great portions, great environment, great staff! read more

Orange chicken!? But was it though? Fried nuggets with very small dehydrated bits of chicken! Yuck! Good spring roll and Hot and Sour soup - ok! Won't be coming back! read more

Legendary Spice - Orange chicken!? - Szechuan Near Me - Woodbury, Minnesota

A truly authentic Chinese restaurant experience. We did the lunch special and the food was fresh, hot and delicious. As someone who appreciates spicy food, The ma po tofu was perfectly spicy and the Sichuan peppers make for an interesting taste experience. The staff are friendly and professional. The decor is very nice as well. I will definitely be back. read more

Finally a great sit down Szechuan near us! Phenomenal! Amazing atmosphere, great food, menu is huge. read more

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We are group of 6 came to celebrating family reunion. We have paid nearly $300 but received terrible service! This was my 2nd time there, first time Was good. unfortunately we were so disappointed this time, and not planning to go back again anymore. Throughout the entire meal, no one checked if we needed anything! Our wine never come, the plate was piled up in grease and waste, unbelievable that no one come to change it, or even come to checked if we need anything .we asked for soup bowls THREE times and the servers just said ok but never come back, our hot tea were never refilled either . The food was good only the portions were small, which is I don't mind that much, because they have much better interior design compared with other Chinese restaurants. Unfortunately the service was not acceptable! Maybe the 20% mandatory tip for our group is not good enough?? With this kind of service, one visit is enough! read more

The shrimp I got was wonderfully spiced, typical of good Szechuan style, and not dumbed down for Americans. I showed up early in the evening, so the staff was attentive, and the restaurant was clean and well decorated. If I return (I was visiting St Paul area), I will try the hot pot next time. Caution...the booths are better for people with short legs. read more

Service was quick & welcoming. Ambiance was nice, decor was on theme and beautiful. Food was flavorful

We got take out from Woodbury location on Sunday night. Decided to try because it had pretty good reviews. Unfortunately, we were very disappointed. I got the curry beef with no flavors or curry tasted like bad Dinty Moore beef stew, my husband got the sesame chicken and the chicken was full of tendons and gristle he could not find an edible piece. The wonton soup was a strange color and the fried Asian spice chicken wings also were not good. Crab Rangoon wontons were ok but were packed without dipping sauce. I hope this newish place improves because we need more good Asian food open on Sundays in the area but right now this is not a 4 plus star place. read more