My bf and I wanted some authentic Chinese food. This place is it if you're looking for authenticity; it's authentic Szechuan style. I like the setting, it's more spacious inside than it looks from the outside. It's neat and clean. We ordered the beef in hot sour broth and green onion pancakes. We didn't order much since we snacked elsewhere but the portions here are like family style; pretty big. We are satisfied with the taste and flavor. If you don't like spice and adventurous flavoring or trying new things, this place isn't for you. But if you do, by all means, give it a try. We did and we enjoyed it. Till next time, let's eat! read more

Chen's Restaurant - Beef in hot sour broth - Szechuan Near Me - Plano, Texas

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It's your basic Americanized version of Chinese food. Nothing special, but if you want a quick inexpensive meal it's an option.

A new Sichuanese restaurant in the Plano area, located conveniently next to BeiWei Chinese Restaurant and across the street from a lot of other yummy Asian dessert/meal places. This plaza is starting to boom o.o I would say overall, this place was very authentically Sichuanese. When we came, it literally felt like China lol. Sure, being surrounded by Chinese people makes it more "immersive", but I promise you that the food is what made the restaurant more legit! Sichuanese dishes are known for their spiciness and flavorfulness. Chen's does not disappoint in this regard. As a medium weight for spicy food, I would say it was difficult to enjoy the dishes without rice! Certain dishes were definitely very salty. I recommend the Chendu Chicken, which was probably our favorite, with tender chicken and bamboo. The stir fried cabbage was delicious and not spicy, so great for veggie lovers and people who need a spice break :D The workers were sooo busy, so mad respect for sure. The place can feel a bit crammed, especially with its recent opening. One of the workers recommended us to come before 6PM to avoid the rush! read more

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The owner is very rude. The restaurant closes at 10 PM. My wife and I arrived at 8:30 PM and the owner yelled at us asking what the time is and asked us to leave. Wtf????? If you don't operate after 8:30 then please change the business hour. read more

The attitude is sooooo bad. I just got a half fish for the dish in picture. See detail read more

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Really authentic Sichuan place. It has both hot pot and Sichuan menu. We ordered hot pot to go. It's pretty convenient. read more

Chen's Restaurant - To go menu - Szechuan Near Me - Plano, Texas

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this place is back for dine in, hot pot available I think the meats are just okay since they're frozen but the other items are great nice and spicy soup base would come back again read more

We ordered a few traditions Szechuan dishes and they were executed perfectly. The flavors were authentic and traditional. We asked for less salt and no MSG if possible. They still tasted great. We passed by this restaurant so many time and opted for waiting in lines at Hunan Bistro (the Chinese restaurant) next door. Should have given this restaurant a chance sooner. Updated 8-15-2020: five starts for the chef always accommodating my requests, I.e. no starchy powders any kinds , half salt. read more

Chen's Restaurant - Customized Eggplant in Mapo tofu sauce. - Szechuan Near Me - Plano, Texas

We found this place a year or so ago and it has always been very good food. They had an excellent reasonably priced lunch menu that we have enjoyed several times. I made the mistake a few months ago of stopping in a bit after the lunch hours I didn't notice the time) and while the food was still good it seemed very expensive but the quantity was fairly large so we could make several meals out of it. Yesterday we called around 12:30PM to order off their lunch menu which we always keep for that purpose. We were abruptly told that no one there spoke English so my wife went to order in person for takeout. We had already chosen our meals from our menu so she just went in and ordered. When the order was handed to her she was told they no longer have a lunch menu and what should have cost around $14 would now be over $30. She is much more polite that I would have been and allowed herself to be taken by this. The portions were again larger but the food (at least mine) was very poor quality. The chicken was pretty flavorless and full of gristle. We won't be going back. read more

Came here on a whim to try somewhere else out. Did not realize at first it would be Szechuan food, and was surprised at the different flavors they incorporated. Still, it was delicious! We ordered the spicy beef noodle soup, spicy wontons, and the shredded pork with bamboo shoots (which is not on their to go menu, but is on their main menu). The staff speaks Chinese mostly but most of them do understand some English. Their beef noodle was a bit surprising. It has a lot more herbs/spices in it than a typical Taiwanese beef noodle soup which I'm used to. I feel as though it was very fragrant with the smell of cumin? I don't think I've ever used or had cumin in my beef noodle before, but still it was good. It was also a very generous portion, especially for its price. Spicy wontons were also delicious. A bit more typical, but nonetheless enjoyable! And their shredded pork with bamboo was very flavorful! You could tell they used quite a bit of oil, but I'm sure that's where a lot of the flavor came from. My only quib is that they charged us for rice. I would kinda get it if all we ordered was a noodle dish and maybe wontons as well, but we also got the shredded pork which should automatically come with rice. It's rice guys... And you're an Asian/Chinese restaurant. Crazy. It's not something I normally comment on, but they had some really beautiful serving dishes. Also, we ordered dishes off the menu, but they also offer hot pot. They will ask you when you enter if you want hot pot or to order dishes. Will definitely have to come back again (and likely to show friends)! read more

Chen's Restaurant - Spicy beef noodle (the dish is huge and quite deep) and spicy wontons (neither were too spicy but we both like spicy). - Szechuan Near Me - Plano, Texas

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This is my favorite spicy Chinese food restaurant in town. They seemed to have recently improved the flavor and the look of the dishes to be even better. My favorite is their Qing Hua Jiao series, especially the fish is so fresh and tender. Spicy beef jerky is another one you have to try. I can't stop snacking on it every time I carry it out. The sour soup beef has been improved significantly and now the best in town. The cold dishes are also always good. read more

Chen's Restaurant - Szechuan Near Me - Plano, Texas

The hotpot buffet here is really good and authentic!! I like it very much, spicy, hot , taste and smell so good . This is the best Chinese hotpot place in Dallas. The meat and vegetables are very fresh, more choices than other places. The service is also very good, the waitresses came to our table to add soup , ask what else we need from time to time. The good service make people feel warm. Since I have some American friends like hotpot too and sometimes I take them to eat hotpot together, I decided this is a very good place to take them to try really good hotpot. And also this is a restaurant I will come often. read more

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Like all other restaurants, there are always hits and misses. What I will say is that this is overall a very pleasant place to eat. The food is of course on the spicy side, but you can always ask them to make a certain dish less spicy and they are happy to make such accommodations. All the staff are very friendly and helpful. I especially love their soup. One soup I have ordered over and over is a sautéed cabbage and vermicelli soup. I also love their mixed vegetables and spicy chicken dishes. This Covid-19 has made it impossible to eat in the restaurant. So I ordered a lot of pickups. I wish this pandemic goes away soon so that we can eat in the dining area again. read more

Very authentic Sichuan spicy food! High quality, large quantity, and affordable price! Highly recommend!

The food was tasty...at the time. We took some to go containers for my parents. My mum found broken glass while eating. Next day I had diarrhea...it has been terrible. read more

Still just as good as the last review. This time I tried the Fried Shredded Potato with Spicy Sour sauce, and Boneless Fried Chicken with Special Sauce. Both dishes take a highly skilled cook to create and the chef at Chen's pulled it off with perfection! Oof you want to try some truly amazing Chinese food this is the place to go! read more

Awesome food and great authentic taste. Strongly recommend this restaurant for people loving spicy food. We also had the offer the menu secrete recipe lamb/beef stew which is so yummy!!! read more

Chen's Restaurant - Szechuan Near Me - Plano, Texas

Just called this place to order for our staff at work and the lady who answered in perfect English said she didn't speak English and hung up! Wth kind of business. read more

The food here is fine. Definitely not bad, definitely not dirty, definitely not MSG-headache-inducing. But it's a little tame compared to some other restaurants in the area. When I eat Sichuan, I'm not looking for tame. I'm looking for spicy and numbing food. And the food here just isn't that exciting. The dan dan noodles are made with thin noodles, not the thicker noodles that I've had in lots of other restaurants. Flavor was fine, not great, but the noodles were disappointing. The pork belly with garlic sauce was the best dish we had. It's the one you see pictures of here, pork belly and cucumber draped over a wooden rod. It's delicious. But it stands alone in that category. I definitely won't say no if someone invites me here, but I'll probably look to get my fix elsewhere. read more

Ordered five dishes tonight, but none of them met my expectation. Won't come back anytime sooner. read more

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This is the real authentic Chinese SiChuan cuisine, The flavor is good and adjust to fit most American people(not too spicy) but still keep its excellent and unique flavor. The price is reasonable and portion is big, the restaurant is very clean ,spacious and has some private spaces for hung out with friends. read more

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best of plano！very delicious sichuan traditional cuisine！ my favorite in dfw area. I've tried many of their food and I like all of them read more

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Wow! Hot pot was amazing broth was flavorful, serving sizes are generous. And the pictures of other people's food are impressive. Will be back to try! read more

The meat they serve for hotpot is frozen, waiters took their sweet fucking time brining my drinks. 2/5 for me

We went in for lunch. They seem to specialize in authentic Szechuan dishes. We ordered foods that we usually eat at other Asian restaurants but it was not good. Filling in potstickers smelled off so we didn't eat them. There was so much breading around the sesame chicken and the little bit of chicken inside was somewhat dry. I wanted to order the beef flat noodle but we were told they don't have it (but it's still on the menu). Staff was friendly but we had a hard time communicating due to the language barrier. Eggplant dish was very flavorful but the eggplant itself seemed old and was very mushy. I'm sure their more traditional dishes are great so I guess it depends on what you are looking for. Unfortunately, we won't be returning. read more

Learned about this restaurant from my bf's coworker. This place was packed!! But luckily we did not wait too long because it was just the two of us. We ordered the fish in chili oil ($17) and WOW it was the biggest bowl I have ever seen. I really liked the bean sprouts provided at the bottom of the bowl. Other versions of this dish are served with different, light vegetables so that was a nice surprise! The green beans were so yummy and the sauce/seasoning was really nice. I liked the few bell pepper pieces that also came with it. I'm not exactly sure how this dish is supposed to be made but I really liked that they weren't completely wrinkly because you could still get that nice crunch when you bite into it. The dan dan noodles were yummy because of the strong garlic and Szechuan flavors that came through. Definitely a plate worth sharing. We accidentally ordered the steamed chicken in chili oil but it turned out pretty good as it was my first time trying this kind of dish. The chicken was very flavorful as you could get that fat flavor and the chili oil. The peanuts with the dish were also a nice touch. These dishes had our mouths burning but it was soo delicious. All of this was just ~$50!! It was just the two of us but could serve 4-5 people. They also serve hot pot so I'll try that next time I go! Service was okay, we already knew what we wanted to order so I'm not sure how well the waiter could help a new customer to this cuisine. I'm craving this place already! read more

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really good food but prefer take out. theres lot of mosquitos inside-doesnt matter where u sit. im not a fan of chinese food due to herbal smell and how grease the food turn iut but this place is just perfect read more

Just ordered from DoorDash for the first time. I got the shrimp fried rice, egg rolls, and the orange chicken. The Fried rice was fresh but could've been salted a little more, better after I added two packets of soy sauce. The orange chicken is sooooo good! Juicy with the perfect amount crisp and It was and fresh. It is so hard to find orange chicken that isn't over fried. read more

Chen's Restaurant - Orange chicken after I ate 2-3 pieces - Szechuan Near Me - Plano, Texas

This place has amazing authentic Sichuan style hot pot. The flavor of the broth is very good, best we've found to date in dfw! We went with the half and half pot, with the white mushroom on one side and the mala spicy on the other. They also have great meat and vegetable selections. We were surprised by their meat selection, at many other hot pot places you can't get what they offer at this place. They have a lot of the really authentic meats: fresh cow stomach, beef aorta, fresh pork blood, etc. We are eager to go back and try their stir frys! read more

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Great Szechuan spot, wonderful food and even more lovely staff. Service was so friendly and kind, we look forward to coming back whenever we are in the area! read more

A bit pricey but worth it! The bowls are huge and now I understand why there's small empty bowls on the table. Food is very tasty and flavorful. I'm glad I stopped by and gave this place a try. A pleasant surprise and will be coming back again. read more

Gave this place a try because I love Sichuan cuisine. Tried the dan dan noodles here and they were completely bland with zero Sichuan peppercorn. How can you serve dan dan noodles with no Sichuan peppercorn? I was severely let down. These were just bland noodles. I can go to Panda Express for that. Why call yourselves a Sichuan restaurant if you don't use Sichuan peppercorn in your dan dan noodles? Baffling. read more

Not as spicy as real Sichuan food but it's still very very good! Highly recommend anyone to come here and have a delicious meal. 好吃

I have been to this restaurant multiple times. The regular dishes are decent, depending on what you order. I like the beef tendon and duck in beer sauce. The hotpot is disappointing. Not only we had to wait a long time for the soup base to be ready， the beef tongue was extremely tough. I liked the lamb and fish. However, what upset me was the unreasonably high bill. We have three ladies ordering 10 hotpot dishes, 4 of which are veggie/tofu. The food alone cost us over 90 dollars. We finished up everything so the portion is not that large. read more

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DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY HERE. If you dont care about the quality of food, just go for it. We went there for hot pot and the waitress kept giving us SUPER FROZEN meat, which we were not even able to eat, and it was not fresh at all!!! We asked the manager but she seems like didnt really care. You can find way better chinese restaurant just cross street, WORST RESTAURANT EVER! I wish i could give them negative star read more

Agree with all of the one star reviews. This place has really gone down in service and food quality. Terribly greasy food, bad customer service, had stomach ache for hours after eating here. Also prices are ridiculous for the tiny portions they give. DO NOT GO! Save yourself the time and effort, there are better Sichuan restaurants near by. read more

This little jewel is where the locals go for lunch because it is fast and affordable AND carefully made from good ingredients. All of the American Chineese classics and tasty too, they serve in a bright, clean, happy modern atmosphere featuring soft contemporary decor, elegant marble and porcelain with a hint of bamboo and tall ceiling. This place deserves a try. read more

Overpriced hotpot with subpar service. I asked where can I get a bowl, server moves her head signaling the bowls are underneath the trey, go get it yourself please! read more

Second the other reviewer, not bad taste wise, but small portion high prices. All factors considered, pretty average. 2 of us need to order 4 dishes to get full and that's like over $60 without left over. read more

One of the many authentic Chinese restaurant that popped up in the recent years but this restaurant offers authentic Sichuan cuisines. Hot and flavorful. Price is very reasonable. read more