Bichen Z.

Xiang cuisine, also known as Hunan cuisine, is one of the eight major culinary traditions of China. Sei Bar offers some of the most authentic Xiang cuisine in the greater Boston area. To avoid long wait times, we usually stop by for dinner on weekdays. My favorites include the steamed spicy fish fillets, spicy lamb with cumin, black mushroom salad, and grilled peppers with preserved duck egg. Be aware that the dishes can be really spicy, so choose your spice level carefully! By the way, there is only street parking near the restaurant. Alternatively, you can park at Shaw's, just one block away.

Veronica L.

Food is surprisingly good. Went with friends, was glad to find this gem in wakefield. The food is pretty spicy, you can ask the server to make it mild. The price was much more reasonable, compared with similar restaurants in allston or brighton.

Tulsa H.

Delicious food but so far away from Boston. Worth it if you have other things to do in the area. If not, maybe still worth the drive here for the food!

Sharon S.

Great spicy and savory food. Large portions and good service Pickled pig's ears, sweet potato soup, spicy glass noodles, black mushroom salad, spicy radish hot pot.

Yelp U.

The food was good, but now changed. I ordered Stir Fry Cabbage$18.5,but the portions are small.( Left side of pictures ). The Crazy Spicy Chicken hot pot test like American Chinese food with Douban. Nothing special, it is not desire $24.25. 豆瓣都没炒散，就是咸，完全失去了湘菜的风味，好意思卖这么贵吗？ 餐馆打包很好，但是被司机扔得东倒西歪的每一样菜都在漏油。

John Z.

Authentic Hunan dishes. Highly recommend 刮凉粉，长沙烧卖，擂椒皮蛋，红烧肉。Service is good too. Their home made drink 冬瓜汁 tasted great.

Jamie Y.

Came on a Sunday at 6:30pm, and was seated immediately for a table of 6. Service was great and environment was perfect for catching up with old family friends! Ordered around ~9 dishes, including pig ears, pork liver, spicy cauliflower, spicy tofu, mantou with condensed milk, giant sesame ball, steamed sticky rice w pork ribs, and braised sliced pork w preserved veggie. The spicy dishes were medium-level spicy. If you have a low spice tolerance, I would request the kitchen make all the spicy dishes less spicy. My tongue was on fire by the end of the night! Giant sesame ball was hollow, with a tiny bit of nonfried dough inside. They provide you scissors to cut open the ball with. The kids really liked this! Pig ears were delightful! I've been to a couple Shanghainese restaurants that make this cold dish crunchier, but the pig ears here were softer and tasted fresher. Would get this every week if I could. The only reason for a 4/5 rating was because of the mantou. The fried mantou were over fried, and the steamed mantou were too firm. Room for improvement here. Otherwise, all other dishes were authentic and a joy to eat. Thanks Sei Bar 湘私馆!

Zi N.

First time trying this place and it was definitely one of a kind!! They have really amazing menu, tons of authentic Chinese dishes. We went with two Chinese friends of ours who are regular at this restaurant and they recommended a lot of good stuff. We ordered around 6 different dishes and it came down to ~ $30/ person. The portion is huge and should be enough for another 2 meals! Most of the food were spicy and salty so you might want to order some rice to go with them. One thing we really enjoyed was that each dishes had distinctive flavor and you could taste not just the hot flavor of the chili but also a bit of sweet and sour - really interesting and flavorful stuff. This place is different from other Chinese restaurants we've been to. The service was good and people were friendly. There was a big party so it took a while for them to serve our food but all was well. We'll definitely visit again soon!

Songyi W.

AMAZING Hunan style dishes that are better than anything I've ever tried in the US. When you Yelp the restaurant, it shows up as a "sushi bar" "Thai restaurant", however, it is a hidden gem with very authentic Chinese food at very reasonable price. Almost everything is SPICY on the menu, but so delicious if that's why you life. Some of my favorite items- Five sliced beef with garlic and chili （五香牛肉） Braised pork belly (红烧肉） Stir Fried smoked tofu (湘味豆干） Spicy cabbage （手撕包菜） They also have a special whole chicken dish that you have to call to reserve in advance, because it takes hours for the chicken to simmer in a clay pot. The broth that came with the chicken was heavenly that I had to ask to box the broth to take home after we are done eating the chicken. The food is comparable to those I've had in China and I can't wait to go back already! Just wish the place is closer to me...

David T.

Be ready because of it's far away from Boston city and very spicy if you aren't used to Hunan cuisine. Meter parking is available. Between the two of us, we had spicy cauliflower, spicy beef, and spicy intestine along with a couple Sapporo and plum juice. The cauliflower is the iconic dish, therefore it's a must order and not too spicy. The spicy beef is popular as well except I think the beef/chili ratio is too low and resulted in an entire bowl of chili leftover. The spicy intestine was, ok, I wouldn't recommend it if you see other dishes you like (the spicy fish seemed to be popular as well). The HUGE sesame ball seemed to be a must order if you have a party over 3 (good for pictures and actually good as dessert, you'll likely see parties around you order them). Service was on par with other places of similar price range except it could be slow at times. Prices are reasonable as well except you're likely to order many drinks to offset the spice. (Our bill was around 40 per person, which was a little unexpected.) Food 3.5/5 Service 4/5 Value 3.5/5 Ambiance NA