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    Closed 11:30 am - 11:30 pm
    Updated over 3 months ago

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    Their "mapo dofu". It smelled vile. Note the frozen peas and carrots.

    I ordered from here because it was the only place open at 11 pm. The overly expanse menu should have been a dead giveaway. Their "fried rice" was bright yellow! Bright yellow fried rice? Have you ever heard of such a thing? I have eaten Chinese food from Puerto Rico, Argentina, and all over the United States, from high-end traditional Chinese restaurants to the more casual Chinese-American delivery joints, and never in my life have I ever seen yellow fried rice. It looked like it came from a bag of Uncle Ben's. I also ordered their "mapo dofu", but to call what I received mapo dofu would be an insult to all mapo dofu. Mapo dofu is a delicious Szechuan dish with soft tofu that practically melts in your mouth in a chili and bean paste sauce that has just a kiss of minced pork to give it some extra flavor. It's savory, spicy, tangy, and heavenly. What I got was putrid. As soon as I lifted off the lid from my (messy) container, I was hit with a vile smell. I don't know what the hell this smells like. This was some kind of alien sewer smell. Another thing I noticed was the peas and carrots that clearly came out of a frozen bag. Not a lot of marrowfat peas growing in Szechuan. This place is an insult to Chinese food. It's an insult to every comforting bite of fried rice I've ever had in my life. It's an insult to the Szechuan Province. Don't eat here.

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    Good reasonably priced Chinese. Sometimes the food is better than others (wish I knew which chef is the good one).

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    7 years ago

    Food is disgusting!!! Mushy and old. My friends and I couldn't even eat it. I would never order from here again.

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    10 years ago

    I ordered the veggie pad thai. The food was good and arrived fast and hot.

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    10 years ago

    The food is horrible here. Quite possibly the worst Chinese food I've had in New York City. There are much better alternatives nearby.

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    Very solid Chinese food spot. We picked up food to go and the restaurant looked very clean and…read morespacious though no one was eating in. The food was very fairly priced and the portions were huge. We got the pork soup dumplings, pork fried rice, szechuan chicken (which came with white rice), and pad see ew (which though not listed comes with pork, chicken, and shrimp). Everything was solid, but our favorite was the fried rice which had a ton of flavor. I liked the veggies that were in the chicken dish but there were just way too many of them compared to the chicken and I wasn't crazy about the sauce. The pad see ew wasn't made the traditional way I've had it with soy sauce and oyster sauce. It had some sort of orange sauce that tasted closer to a sweet and sour. It wasn't bad it was just not what I was hoping for. The soup dumplings were solid, no complaints there. And the fried rice was great, lots of flavor. Overall, I liked this place especially for the price but I'd probably order different things if I went back.

    I had a taste for Chinese food like good old school. Chinese food and I happen to look on one of…read morethe delivery apps and located this place. I found parking down the block and walked over to the restaurant. It seems like more of a delivery spot because there was no one inside sitting at any of the 5 tables. It's a fairly good size space, very simply decorated, mixed with a cool wall resembling a curio cabinet of treasures. I chose a spot in the middle and went to the restroom which was clean and simple. I noticed there were a lot of takeout orders, from delivery services to local folks picking up their regular dinner. I looked over the menu and decided on salt and pepper wings and an order of shrimp. Fried Rice came out first and it was delicious. I even tasted a hint of salted egg yolk mixed into the egg mixture friefried up with the rice that signature crispiness with the little saltiness.... fantastic. The salt and pepper wings were different than the ones i'm accustomed to though the flavor was amazing.It didn't have the fried garlic, peppers, chilis, and onions that i'm accustomed to being in the dish. They were still flavorful, juicy and crisp and I could tell they cooked them fresh.That was much appreciated. I ended up taking half of my food home because I was stuffed.Thank you Msm Ellen and the Crown Garden crew for a tasty solo dinner.

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