One word: Meh. Bland, poor service, just nothing to bring you here except maybe the cheap prices. Egg rolls and dumpling wraps were too thick, with more bland nothingness inside. Bland noodles and utterly tasteless fried rice. Main dishes slathered in greasy sauce. Even the fortune cookie tasted like paper! Need I go on? One redeeming quality: nice, if incompetent, service staff. Close to ASU, so perhaps they survive on the poor college student budget. We'll certainly not bother again. read more

Please do not let the rating on doordash fool you. The lowest rating on the app is 4.5 so let that guide your personal rating system. I decided to try this place because it was close and I wanted fast delivery. Huge mistake. The picture should be enough for you to understand but this food had to all be old. The 'chow mein' looks slimy and colorless. The rice was dry and had a terrible aftertaste I only took a bite. The shrimp breading was falling apart as I picked it up. The shrimp itself did not taste old but there was some oil that dripped out after I bit into it and I gagged. The crab puff that I tried tasted rancid. I didn't even swallow it. The egg roll was so fried and greasy I didn't even try it. Absolutely disgusting and disturbing that they would serve this clearly unsafe food to someone. Luckily I ordered through doordash so I got my money back easily but jeez. I do not like leaving bad reviews, this place is the worst food establishment I've eaten at. I try at your own risk. read more

Little Szechuan - Crab puffs and egg roll - Szechuan Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

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Been coming for a few months now and this place just gets better. The Kung Pao is excellent. Attentive servers and great music while you eat! read more

I've been meaning to write a review for a while BUT this place is great! I usually get the orange chicken and hot and sour soup and both are yummy. read more

The food was absolutely the worst thing I have ever had! The Jessica who has posted 7 times how great the food has to be an employee trying to boost ratings which I will report to Yelp. The fried rice was the most disgusting uneditable crap I have ever been served it was 2 month old white rice that had soy sauce in it, nothing else. I am not sure how you make terrible egg drop soup but the succeeded in making the blandest soup ever. THIS IS A WARNING DO NOT EAT HERE! !! HOW THIS PLACE CONTINUES TO STAY OPEN IS A MYSTERY. read more

I tried this restaurant because I was craving good Chinese food and this place gets pretty good reviews on Yelp. I got the teriyaki crispy chicken and my fiancé got the orange chicken. We got this to go because we usually prefer to eat at home and I live just up the street. When we went to pick it up the lady who checked us out was really helpful and nice. I had read reviews about the owner being really sweet too and she was there and thanked us for our business. The food was delicious and I like the way they bread their chicken. It's not that thick breading most Chinese restaurants use for Orange chicken, General tso's chicken, etc. It was more like the sweet and sour chicken breading. My fiancé also said the food had really good flavor. See you soon Little Szechuan! read more

Have ordered food from here a couple of times now and it has been hit or miss. The dumplings were fantastic but the Dan Dan noodles...are nothing like what they're supposed to be. Someone else in my party ordered the Egg Foo Young and it was okay. Price and service are good. read more

I have been trying to find real dumplings - NOT potstickers - here in AZ for quite some time and I finally have. My family of 4 went for dinner on a Sunday at 6:30. I only went because their pictures looked like they had real dumplings and also, my family likes Chinese food so I figured we all win. We got shrimp fried rice, pepper steak, chicken with broccoli, chicken lomein, seaweed soup and the bobo platter. The dumplings were exactly what I wanted to find and all the rest of the food was fresh and delicious. We left completely satisfied. The place is simple but clean and the service was friendly and fast. I will def remember this place next time I'm craving dumplings. Cosmo was on point. read more

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Love Little Szechuan! The quality is always amazing and their catering is so worth the price!!!!!!!!!! Thank you for the yummy food!

A really great Chinese food restaurant to go to. U can get a great taste food for a very decent price. Sewanie,the owner,is a very nice lady and spent lots time in running the restaurant. If u like Chinese food, this is the place u should go to read more

Omg. Omg. Omg. Seriously, stay away from this place. The WORST service. The food isn't good...bland and plain. No flavor. Go somewhere else as there are soo many great Chinese restaurants in the area. read more

By far the best Chinese food in a 25 minute radius. My boyfriend and I come here quite a bit and couldnt be happier. Pro tip, regardless of what youre hungry for.. order the House Special Chicken. So so so so good. Everything is made from scratch so dont get sad if there's a wait for your food. If youre lucky, Swanie (the owner) will come say hi. Support local businesses, especially this one because it will make you feel like youre part of the family. read more

Little Szechuan - Szechuan Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

I read the great reviews so finally tried this place. I've been driving right by for ten years and never noticed it. My loss. We entered twenty minutes before closing and the host still greeted us with a smile and made us feel welcome. Great service, my son and I were both impressed with the quality of the food. Fresh and hot, the white sticky rice was perfect. Huge portions for a fair price. It's now on our must-stop list when in the area. read more

Pretty decent chinese food (by Arizona standards) at low prices. Friendly service, local charm, and while they do not deliver themselves, doordash does. They also serve beer. As far as the menu, I would recommend the pot stickers, won ton soup, house chicken, and chicken or pork fried rice. read more

It was nice that it had gluten-free options for my wife but overall taste was lacking, and it's only nostalgia that kept it from having a worse score. Most of my family is in agreement and we're hoping it returns to a better experience! read more

Always made fresh so the wait is quick when needed but it's delicious. Nice dish sizes - never wasting food. Love the service.

Little Szechuan did amazing catering for our event on ASU's campus. I highly suggest Little Szechuan for your next event, especially if you expect vegetarian guests in addition to meat-eaters. read more

Have been coming here for years! It is honestly one of the best Asian places! The food is always just so fresh the soups tastes so good and have much flavor! The price is unbelievable, you get so much for the price and food to take home it's stunning. read more

This was not a bad dining experience. The staff was friendly and the restaurant was clean. The water was not good which impacted the flavor of the rice, and food. I may be more sensitive to that as I am a water drinker and have the top of the line filter in my home but it did flavor the rest of the food and it was not that good of a flavor. Worth trying but I may not be back. read more

This is the best Chinese restaurant in Tempe! The staff make you feel like you are at home every time you eat here. The food is delicious and the prices are great! You won't leave hungry! Swanie is so sweet and treats everyone like family. Make this your new favorite Chinese food! read more

They catered a work retreat for us and the food was great! Even the things I don't typically like, such as tofu, was really good and I would definitely eat it again. Everything was flavorful and even the spicy selections didn't kill my taste buds and were very flavorful, not just ridiculously spicy. Would 100% recommend! read more

Food was alright. The rice was great, service was great, tofu was great, teriyaki was a little off (almost burnt) but I would give another shot! read more

Little Szechuan - Teriyaki tofu! Pretty good, very brown sugary teriyaki! Quick and efficient @studiousfoodiousla - Szechuan Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

Delicious food! I love the gluten free options! We stopped in on Christmas Day and picked up takeout after climbing at Papago Park with our new puppy. We picked up the Chow Fun, Sizzling Rice Chicken, and another Chicken Foo Young. It was prepared quickly and the staff was very friendly. As I'm writing this, my Husband is heading back over for the same dishes. I'd say the best mild noodles in the Valley! They have this smoky flavor that was just delicious. I intentionally chose mild dishes due to some tummy issues. Really hit the spot! read more

Absolutely the worst Chinese food I've ever had. No flavor, very bland. We were so disappointed. $40 down the drain. The orange chicken was over cooked and had zero flavor. However, the portions were huge. I wish it tasted as good as it looked. We won't be back. read more

I'm so sorry because your service is rather friendly but I have to say: Ew. No. Don't. One star for food and one for service but I will never go here again. I've had my fair share of horrible American Chinese, but this I would not even finish. And there is never a time when I will pay someone more than once to make me food I will only throw away. read more

What a lovely little family Chinese restaurant. Food is excellent. Never had such a thick egg drop soup. Swanie, the owner, is friendly and fun to talk to. I came in for dinner at 5 on a Wednesday and was there till 6:30. Lots of people came in for take out, but almost nobody dined in, which surprised me, as the food is excellent and the atmosphere of the restaurant is quaint. Nice little undiscovered family restaurant. read more

The food here isn't too much to write home about, but the service was top of the line. Our server shared a very touching story in broken English after I mentioned I liked the crab rangoons. She pointed to a recently empty table and said that they couple were in the airforce and recently married and that Little Szechuan had made and gifted over 200 rangoons as a wedding gift for their service for "our freedom." I wish I had recorded it because her broken English made it that much more memorable and touching. I thought it was totally sweet and would support any restaurant with that kind of heart behind it. Plus, the beers were flowing and our food fresh and hot even though we were clearly the last customers on a Friday night. Score! read more

So confused to why this place is 4 stars? I'm from New York and know GOOD Chinese food. I had the lunch beef and broccoli and egg roll. Short story: the best thing I ate was my fortune cookie! Long story: the temperature of my food was very hot and fresh. The rice was undercooked ...slightly. But my beef and broccoli was so flavorless. I don't even know how that was accomplished when it was drowning in a brown sauce. My meal had ZERO flavor. Was highly disappointed. As for my egg roll again not much flavor. The shell was excellent yet the inside had dryyyyyy flavorless chicken. The dipping sauce I didn't like. It was weird mix between sweet and sour and duck sauce. I did notice everything was VERY greasy. Aside from my food having no flavor besides it's original taste, I kept tasting like a burnt char taste in my mouth. My food wasn't burnt so it make me believe perhaps my food was cooked on a dirty pan. This char taste was literally on every bite. Let's just say I will NOT be going back. read more

Still love this place. My husband and I recently celebrated our 16th wedding anniversary and we spent it here. I love this place and its owners and their family. We have come to know themselves the course of the last 18 years. We will never go anywhere else for Chinese! read more

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It was just ok. Nothing terrible, but not great. Regular old Chinese food. I don't think I will be going back.

I reather enjoy this place. The food is overall pretty damn decent and it's not expensive. The crab puffs are really good. I wanted to crawl inside of it, camp for three days and eat my way out like a tarantula wasp larva, but I had work.... It goes without saying, but the service is incredible. Everyone mentions it. The lady who works there gave me soup on the house simply because my girlfriend ordered a meal with it and I didn't and didn't want me to be lonely and without something to eat. That's rad. As I was leaving she also gave us free cookies. Fuck yeah! Each time I've been here, there've been loud-as-hell people for some reason. One time I went and there must've been, a World of Warcraft convention in town or something because there was a table full of kids with plastic battleaxes telling jokes with such punchlines as, "Wookie bowcaster," and "Purple light sabers!" read more

This is ABSOLUTELY the best Chinese in Tempe! I've been going since my college days in the early 90s. It is fast, inexpensive, and DELICIOUS. Family owned and operated! read more

I think it was A-OK because we were REALLY hungry. You know, everything tastes better when you're super hungry. We ordered the Kung Poa chicken and some BBQ pork noodles. They were both alright...not something we would order again. The waiter never came by after dropping of the food. The drinks are incredibly cheap... So, there's that read more

Little Szechuan - Szechuan Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

Nice service, real Chinese people, nice interior - nothing special but nice. OK I have lived in Sichuan Province. Why they are Little Sichuan I don't know. Please note I am spelling Sichuan Correctly using Pin Yin. This place's food does not even remotely taste like Sichuan Food. The appearance does not look like Sichuan Food, and the Smell is nothing like Sichuan food. I asked them in Chinese if they could make my food Ma-La, which is numbingly hot. I did not ask for La si ren (kill people hot). Just if they do make Sichuan Food they would be able to do this. OK, they could not do and I appreciate the honesty of their telling me. I ordered Chicken Eggplant. Nothing to it, not prepared correctly and the chicken was stringy and dry. Yum YUm!!! OK I did not get sick + 10 hours from lunch. Now I ordered some dumplings. Well I took one bite and did not eat another. The meat tasted strange and I thought someone has put soap in my mouth. I have eaten dumplings in China all over the place, in USA and I have to say, those where .....no good. When they would not give me my money back for the dumplings (cold, late, and soapy) i decided next time I'd go to the culture center... For people to say Authentic etc. I'd just say, Sorry you don't know what you are talking about. More authentic than fast food places? They do have Chinese Fast food places in China too. Fast Food Hong Kong tastes like fast food Chinese in USA. Go to the Chinese cultural center on the 40's block in Phoenix if you want anything even close to Sichuan. I know some people will have issue with me on all this. that is OK. You won't die here as far as I know, but clearly they are not even Little Szechuan. yi dien dien Sichuan (little little) Sichuan. read more

So friendly and welcoming. The owner sent us some soup to enjoy while we waited for our order knowing we were from out of town and would probably never come again. The food was a little better than most Chinese food in this price range outside of china town in any city USA. I had the moo shu vegetables and the pancakes tasted like they were freshly made, not the usual thin hard ones you get with take out. Over all food was tasty and not greasy. The outside does look a little creepy, even my 12 year old commented on how unfriendly the door is. Well, maybe they are screening their clients. If I was a local I would make this one if my regular casual dining spots. read more

Im so sad to see so many negative reviews for this place! Ive been going here for years. Its the best (decently priced) Chinese food Ive found in the valley. I always get take out, but whenever I go in its empty. The lady who runs it is super sweet, she always puts extra hot mustard w/ my order. The real stuff too, not that packet disgustingness. My wonton soup is always flavorful and tasty. They have the best chicken fried rice Ive found out here, and their crab rangoons (puffs on their menu) always satisfy. read more

The menu here is hit or miss, but when it hits, it definitely hits. I'd recommend trying the spicy eggplant and the veggie mu shu. the mu shu remains my favorite of almost everywhere i've ever eaten - and i got around chinatown in chicago, believe you me. the rest of the menu that i've tried is average-to-good, but those two dishes really are worth a visit, especially at lunch time. the restaurant itself? i love the unintentionally kitschy aspect of it. the superfriendly staff have been there a long, long time, and have obviously decorated how they want to see it. after ducking in there every couple months while going to school down the street, it started to feel like my second living room. read more

Chinese food in Tempe is weak. Little Szechuan is the only joint to actually achieve wok hei, and it especially comes through in their fried beef dishes. Do yourself a favor and make cozy with the owner until she treats you like one of her own. I'm now at the point where she asks how my mom's doing, and she's never even met her. Every conversation is like a metaphorical punch card, and when it's full, you get welcome hugs and cookies on Christmas. read more

I found this place by chance and I am so glad that I did, the lady that owns this place cooks everything to order so everything is always super fresh. I tested this theory with her potstickers because let's be honest it's hard to find hand made fresh potstickers...well these are some of the best Potstickers I have had Period!! They are what I would imagine your Chinese grandma would make for a family dinner the type of gems that normal people never uncover Holy Smokes you have to find this place and eat the dumplings (potstickers) true Divinity !! read more

Little Szechuan - Dumplings hand made (potstickers) I challenge you to find similar in Az period - Szechuan Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

I love this place! As a Tempe native that grew up down the street I have eaten here my entire life and am always excited to stop here when I'm back in town. My family still visits every week or two. I grew up eating the meat dishes and they were all amazing, but in the last couple years have switched to the vegetarian ones. My favorites are the moo shoo (veggie now, pork before), spicy chinese eggplant with this amazing sauce, and my absolute favorite is the spicy cabbage, it's truly a wonderful thing. The service here is also excellent, the owners are really wonderful people that go above and beyond to make you feel like family when you visit. They are also incredibly understanding about any dietary needs and have a very adaptable menu. They have even made my family things off menu to make sure everyone had something delicious regardless of dietary restrictions. I really can't recommend this place enough! read more