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    Szechuan House

    3.1 (110 reviews)
    ModerateChinese, Sushi Bars
    Closed 10:30 am - 9:30 pm

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    Loud
    Casual
    Good for groups
    Outdoor seating

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    Aromatic  Fish with Steamed Rice
    Reid P.

    Today I ordered Aromatic Fish from Szechuan House of Timonium , Md . It came with generous portions of fried Fish and steamed Rice . The Fish was tasty and just a little bit spicy . Picked it up and took it home .

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    Chuck N.

    Ordered food thru seamless app . Went to pick up my food , the lady at the counter refused to handover the food stating it wasn't paid . My wife came out staying the lady wouldn't give her the food. So I went in, politely showed her transaction on my phone . Food was paid thru Apple Card. She says "Apple Pay , you have to tap here " . I am not tapping anywhere when I had already paid thru the app. I have done this hundred times at Chinese food or other restaurants. I can't get the food and I won't pay twice for something I had already paid. So I walk out and get in my car. Few minutes later I get a voice message from Szechuan House stating they made the mistake and I can pick up the food if I still want it . This is not how you run a business!! And if you are reading this , refund my money now , I didn't pick it up because you refuse ti hand it over because you thought it wasn't paid !

    Fried rice
    Binio L.

    This place is excellent! Ample menu, even including sushi options. But I went there for Chinese food and left pleasantly surprised. A must stop for me going forward. The ambiance is inviting, big ample place to est in. Many servers and other staff with friendly professional and quick service. Plates and flavors were fantastic. Great portions, almost family style plates for dinner, and it seems that for lunch are personal servings. Easy plaza parking and good location as well.

    Wonton soup
    Claudia C.

    This is a re-visit. We had tried their food soon after they moved to this location. It was always so good, and we had high hopes it would continue and not miss a beat. It was just too new and lacked structure with the staff and kitchen. So here we are now, and we're anxious to try our favorites. The service was on the spot with everything and doing a great job! We love the fact that they give you free hot tea and the crisp fried wonton chips, such a delight. It is so easy to fill up on them before you get your meal. My husband ordered his usual, shrimp lomein, but now they have a twist to it, Chinese bacon, which is sweet and salty, and it complemented the dish very well. I ordered the Triple delight,which had shrimp, chicken, and beef in a brown sauce with white rice. Initially, it looked good, but as soon as I spooned it over the rice, I saw a scant amount of sauce, and it congealed to a paste like texture, so there was no way to flavor the rice. What a letdown. We had soups, too. The seafood soup has a creamy mushroom base with mushroom slices, shrimp, crab meat, and a piece of lobster tail. The Wonton soup was a chicken base and had 2 wontons. The fried wontons were filled with cream cheese and crab meat. We really did not see much crab meat in them or taste it either, none the less, they were good. Most likely, we'll be back sometime when in the area. Generally, it has improved from the first visit.

    Vegetable Tempura
    Diane H.

    Szechuan House used to be located in another spot. I think they closed for a period of time and have since reopened at this location in the Timonium Square shopping plaza. There is plenty of parking as this is a large shopping plaza with many restaurants and other retailers. Szechuan House is a local restaurant. Staff are personable and they greet guests swiftly. We were dining with friends who eat here often. The staff always remember their order too! Before the meal is served, they bring plates of crispy wonton chips and dipping sauce, as well as complimentary tea. We ordered shrimp fried rice and vegetable tempura. The plate presentation of the tempura is so cute. Almost like a tower as opposed to just placing the pieces haphazardly on the plate. At most Asian restaurants in Maryland, fried rice almost always includes bean sprouts. I am not a fan. I forgot to request they be omitted and guess what, the fried rice here is served without bean sprouts anyway! Yay! The entrée is amply sized to share and has large pieces of shrimp, with scrambled egg, peas and carrots. Simply delicious! We would return!

    First time at new spot.
    John W.

    My daughter has a birthday today and I wanted to take her to lunch at a place of her choosing. After working a case, it looked her main destination wouldn't work out, so she settled on SH. We both had sushi on our minds as it's the only stuff she can enjoy at SH due to allergies. The interior is slowing evolving from the identity of a former tenant. Between us we ordered about eight rolls. Most cooked and some raw and all priced within range. Presentation and food second to none, imho. Sushi chef came by to make sure we liked his creation. We not only liked it, we loved it. He was wearing a "SUSHI KING" T-shirt. Between Chinese, Thai and Sushi, Szechuan House has emerged as sort of a one stop shop for Asian Cuisine at excellent prices. Good thing, especially these days.

    "Philippines Michelle's Fried Fish Ball
    Nikki Z.

    This place boasts to have authentic Chinese cuisine, so of course we took the trek to Timonium to check it out. The server was very nice and also very apologetic. 2 of the cups on the table had lipstick stains. The silverware had crusted food on it. My glass of water had a bug in it. Already a few red flags, but we decided to stay after getting new and cleaner place settings. My mom was really excited to try the "Pata Tim" which is a Filipino dish of braised pig's feet. It was clear that the meat had been frozen for a long time and they reheat it on the off-chance that someone orders it. The snow pea leaves in garlic and the scallion pancakes were the only things we enjoyed. I can't imagine these dishes to be hard to prepare. Maybe the American Chinese food is better, but we didn't order any of those dishes. Maybe the chef doesn't cook the "Chinese" dishes as often so was at a loss as to how to prepare them. Who knows.

    Happy family, shrimp lo mein, sweet sour chicken, snow pea tips
    Ashley L.

    Not sure what the negative reviews are about. This was my first visit to this establishment and can't say enough good things. Came here on Easter Sunday with a party of six. We were able to share 4 dishes amongst the 6 of us (to be fair, we're all small asian women) and still took home leftovers. We ordered the happy family dish, shrimp lo mein, sweet sour chicken, and snow pea tips. They were all great - but nothing spectacular, just decent for Chinese food, the snow pea tips were my fave though. Really flavorful, you can really taste the garlic but it wasn't overpowering. The staff and service were all super friendly and accommodating! We were seated immediately with drinks and crackers served shortly after. We even brought a cake, as we were celebrating a birthday, they were nice enough to give us more plates and forks for serving. As far as the atmosphere, it's pretty open and nothing too fancy. There is one random tv on the wall. Otherwise I love the big windows, makes the restaurant feel brighter and bigger. Would come again, as my mom is a crazy picky eater and this place has quickly made it on her short list of places she'd eat at in the Baltimore County area.

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    Dependable, Consistent Chinese Food for decades, They've been Around forever; having been in three locations. Nice People,

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    Dirty. Dingy. Slow. Not the same as it once was. Used to be great. Can no longer recommend them.

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    Great food as always never disappoints and very good friendly service . New location more spacious.

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    Quality has gone downhill in last several months. Taste and texture not as good and I've moved this location down in rankings

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    1 year ago

    The "old" Szechuan House is back! So wonderful to have a go-to Chinese restaurant again.

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    Good was fresh delivered I a timely reason service from Shu was outstanding thank you for being so pleasant we are definitely coming bk

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    New Chen Carry Out - In a mini mall/shopping center next to Mars grocery store.

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