My grandmother is from south China near Sichuan and I'd frequently visit growing up. I have yet to find another restaurant in the city that reminds me more of her and delivers such powerful childhood nostalgia with each bite. Chef Zhou is a true master of his craft. The jab-jab-punch of garlic, ma la, and chili in his Dry Chili Chicken still knocks me out my seat each time even though I know to brace for flavor impact. His Mapo Tofu is genuinely "ma" spicy (ask your Chinese friends what it means if you need) and I haven't had Yu Xiang Rou Si (Pork in Garlic Sauce) this authentic since I was in Cheng Du that I can't even bring myself to call it by its English name. Our other favorites are the Garlic Fried Prawns and the famous Boiled Fish Fillet in Spicy Szechuan Sauce (Shui Zhu Yu). Mary, Edison, and Meagan make us feel like family every time we dine here. The hospitality they provide with each meal, the efforts they put in wiping and sanitizing each table, the kindness they offer each patron is inspiring. This location opened up last summer, unfortunately during both COVID and a labor shortage and has not received the publicity it deserves. Selfishly, I want this to remain my best-kept secret in Chicago but the folks that work here deserve so much more. I've always entered here with a warm welcome and left with a full heart and stomach. While my grandmother is no longer strong enough to cook, I see her culinary spirit through these doors, welcoming me in, tossing the woks, placing the dishes--asking me what I'd like to eat. Thank you, Lao Sze Chuan.

Best Chinese food ever had in the USA. Frog is tender, fish is flavorful. Phenomenal!!

The place was nice and the staff was friendly. We ordered different dishes to try. The spring rolls were delicious. Our favorite dish was the eggplant with garlic sauce. We have the spicy cho mein noodles with the duck, the noodles were has a weird texture and were dry. The flat noodles were great, I would recommend them.

Got to the restaurant 1.5 hours prior to the published closing time. Very surprised to find the door locked when there were people inside eating and take-out orders sitting on the counter. Knocked on the door a few times only to be completely ignored by the hostess who absolutely saw and heard us. Called on the phone, someone picked up, would not speak at all. Tried calling back multiple times but it was always busy, obviously they took the phone off the hook instead of just politely saying the restaurant had to close early. After a crowd of of about 10 people gathered, the hostess finally acknowledged the crowd outside and gave a hand signal indicating they were closed. Despite enjoying this restaurant previously, I will never return to this location nor any of their other locations. I'd give bad service a 2nd chance but not openly hostile disregard for your customers.

TLDR; Eat here, you're welcome! This place is incredible, best Szechuan food I have ever had by far! We got the green beans, crab rangoon, mapo tofu and kung pow chicken. Each dish had a depth of flavors beyond anything you'd typically expect, the portions were generous and the price was reasonable. Words can't convey how good this was!!

Amazing authentic flavors. The Mala spiciness is to die for. I highly recommend the dry chili chicken and the mapo tofu for this mala spicy experience. The dry chili chicken has such a great crispy texture paired with such salty, savory, spiciness. *chef's kiss* The mapo tofu is so savory and spicy. The umami from this dish is so intense you wouldn't think it's a vegetarian dish. *another chef's kiss*

Great food and service. We reserved a private party in their ktv room and the chef made the special menu based on our requests. Very tasty and highly recommend.

I have been SEARCHING for "the one" when it comes to Chinese food by my current apartment. I have tried them all, and this place is by far my favorite! So flavorful and such good quality. Absolutely delicious!

Extensive menu and what we had was delicious…duck fried rice, dumplings and a couple of other dishes. This might be odd, even the green tea was really good.

When I saw how it came, with the chopsticks, the high quality box, and large rice, I knew this would be great. It was. General tso was great. Fresh peppers were a great add. Didn't need the baby corn, personally.

Food was good. Service was not. Order from app. Food brought to your table, no other interaction. I wouldn't eat in again but would do take out. FYI, they have a good looking Lunch menu that I must have missed. About $11 for entree, roll, rice and drink.

DO NOT EAT HERE! Wanted something close after getting in from a long flight. Hotel staff told me about this restaurant. Ordered General tso chicken lunch box which came with white rice, vegetable egg roll, soda and I ordered a side of scallion pancakes. Before my order was placed I specifically ask to have the chicken crispy, the server said yes it is crispy. Had food to go. This is the worst Chinese food I have ever had the displeasure of purchasing. I say purchasing because the food was inedible. The chicken was soggy (not crispy), stale and riddled with salt. To make it worse the sauce was sweet and tangy. The spring roll was drenched in oil. I couldn't even eat that. I was in disbelief, how can you spoil General tso chicken????. Was too tired to walk back with the food and thought if I called the restaurant the server who was unpleasant to begin with would become belligerent. Threw the food away as it belonged in the garbage and had to write this review. The only thing that saved me was the scallion pancake and it was bearable. Do not eat here!!!. You've been warned. I also must add that generally when the portion is too large the food isn't good. I saw the size of the food of the patrons dining in and asked what they were having, it was the lunch box.

I ordered from here hoping for some real Chinese food and imagine my delight at the first bite. Eating it felt like being back in China,. It's probably the most authentic Chinese I've ever had in America outside of a China Town. I highly recommend it. But bring friends because the portions are larger than you might expect.

Wow! Haven’t had Chinese food this good since I lived in Philadelphia. Ordered takeout and the flavors were like your neighborhood Chinese food place around the corner in the east coast. Order pork fried rice, chicken noodles and egg rolls. The food was simply delicious in that fatty, greasy type of way. Very highly recommended and would order here at least twice a week if I lived in Chicago.

Just walked by and decided for lunch there. Very clean, good service. And the taste of the food is amazing. Seldom the szechuan kitchen is found abroad, I know some places in Europe, but this was the first in the U.S. that presented really spicy food with a good presentation. Had the House made sour&spicy soup and the chicken with dry chillie. Yum yum. Will come back.

Visiting from out of town & I love Chinese food! Went here & it was horrible! Ordered chicken and broccoli, don't believe the chicken was real chicken!! The lady that served us was awful! Only came to us one time, that's only cause I asked for her. Wanted ice, she laughed & said we don't have ice here. What restaurant doesn't have ice SMH! It's so much more, to must to type. Just stay away from this place!!

Super friendly staff tonight! I wanted some sweet potato noodles in my dish so they added it for me. Delicious. One of the authentic Chinese places here ! can have in the loop.