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Chuan Jiang Hao Zi

4.5 (157 reviews)
Open • 11:00 am - 10:00 pm

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Nancy L.

My husband ordered the Kung Pao chicken and white rice. I had a few bites of his dinner. I ordered the Crab Rangoon. All of the food was cooked perfectly and it was served quickly. The restaurant is very clean. We will be back.

Brian K.

We ended up at Chuan Jiang Hai Zi for Christmas dinner around 4:30 PM since most restaurants were closed, and this place was packed -- clearly a popular choice, and the strong Yelp reviews are what brought us in. After being seated, it took a bit before our server came by with menus and waters, and then another 15 minutes or so before our order was taken. I started with the egg drop soup, then ordered the shredded pork with garlic sauce. The sauce had a nice semi-spicy kick with bits of garlic, tossed with noodles and green peppers, and finished with green onions. My wife ordered the chicken with string beans, which was grilled chicken breast with stir-fried green beans, a slight charred flavor, and served with white rice. We stuck with water, though the cocktail menu did look tempting. First things first -- the food was really good. Big portions, served hot, and full of flavor. No complaints at all on the food side. Delicious and satisfying, especially on a busy holiday. Now...the service was a little strange. My pork dish and rice came out about 15-20 minutes after ordering, but my wife's food didn't arrive until another 20 minutes later. No apology, no explanation -- just dropped off. It was awkward eating separately, especially on Christmas. I'll chalk it up to being overwhelmed, understaffed, or slow in the kitchen due to the holiday rush. If you go when they aren't slammed, you'll probably have a much smoother experience and actually eat together. The flavors alone might bring me back, but if the service is the same again, I'd probably be one and done.

Stuffed eggplant (dim sum) - these were huge!
Charis W.

Super yum! There's a plethora of Szechuan restaurants in Columbus, but this place had larger portions sizes for a better price. The stuffed eggplant off if the dim sum menu was HUGE - it was an entree in itself. The dry pot cauliflower was delicious, just wish it was a little spicier. And the salt and pepper fish was nicely seasoned, just wish they left it in the deep fryer for 30 seconds more. Overall delicious food!

Sesame ball
Renee S.

I arrived at noon and the parking lot was already pretty full for this very unassuming Chinese restaurant from the outside. There is plenty of free parking which is nice. When I walked in the atmosphere was great, I could smell good food and heard conversations. There's a large area with large round tables to right and to the left are booths and almost all of them were full. The menu was a mix of Americanized Chinese, traditional Chinese and included Dim Sum as well. There were a number of dishes we didn't know much about and there were dishes being enjoyed by other customers that looked delicious. The wait staff was more than happy to explain the dishes and/or show us on the menu what someone was eating. They took very good care of us and shared the tasks of bringing our food, filling water, and just checking in. Now the food. The food came out very quickly! We all received a well filled bowl of rice. First out was the string beans, perfectly cooked, not droopy, and the flavors of garlic and hot peppers. Even though the peppers were there the heat was not overpowering at all. Next was the shredded pork with garlic sauce. The textures of the pork and bamboo shoots were a nice contrast and the sauce was perfectly balanced and craveable. The special grilled lamb, I was told, was some of the best in the city. It was tender and well spiced. Even when he said he was full he just couldn't stop eating it. For the dim sum order we got the shrimp dumplings, soup dumplings, scallion pancake, and sesame balls and they brought a soy sauce and a chili oil with them. The shrimp dumplings were tender but the dough was pretty sticky. I think this is normal and they were tasty with some of the oil on them. The scallion pancakes were very thin and gummy, this is the only thing we ordered that I would not get again. The soup dumplings were very small but packed a lot of flavor. The dough did stick together a bit so unfortunately some of the soup did leak out. The sesame balls were the hit and we're just the right amount of sweetness that we considered them desert. They were large, at least 2" in size, with a wonderful sesame seed covered exterior and a soft, sweet center. Chuan Jiang Hao Zi is a wonderful somewhat hidden gem. If you want traditional Chinese cuisine including all the different offal they have it and I would totally try it here over anyone else if I was brave enough. Portions were a good size for the price. I highly recommend checking them out!

Boiled fish
Ness S.

Chuan Jiang Hao Zi continues to impress. This time we ordered their wonton in chill oil, their dry beef, hot pot, their fish fillet with green peppercorns, and there sorted, Chinese water, spinach. Everything was excellent. The fish fillet with green peppercorns had a nice kick to it, the beef hot pot had thinly cut cauliflower which was delicious. The dry pot was very good as well, and the water spinach was delicious as usual. The wontons were my least favorite but still pretty good. We will continue to be repeat customers here :).

Green beans and chicken
Candice K.

Went to this place on Christmas day. The place was nice and clean. Great lighting and very busy. I ordered chicken and green beans. It came with a side of white rice. The food came 20 minutes after my husband received his food so we didn't get to eat together. The food was just sat down on the table with no explanation for why it took so long, no apologies, nothing. Food was served very hot. The green beans were nicely sauted and crunchy. The chicken was tender and the rice was perfectly sticky. I hope the service is better next time because the food was great but if a table of 2 has to wait 20 minutes between us getting our food it will be the last time we visit.

House fried rice (to go)
Kaoru M.

I just finished eating my takeout order of house fried rice from Chuan Jiang Hao Zi. I was really excited to try them since my fellow Yelpers have given them a 4.5 star average. Maybe fried rice isn't their strong point... but it was only okay. It tasted fine, but the rice was overcooked and too mushy for my liking. One order of this fried rice is $14 plus $1 online ordering convenience fee. For $15, I could get the same sized container full of meat with a side of rice at other Chinese restaurants. My fried rice had chicken, beef, and shrimp but they weren't particularly generous with the meats. So I don't think the value is good either. Maybe I'll get a chance to try their other dishes somewhere down the line, but best I can give them at this time is 3 stars.

DIM SUM: Stuffed Eggplant
Berinda H.

This spot's super convenient -- right on Ackerman near campus and around the corner from Tous les Jours. We walked in and got seated right away, which was nice. We've got a go-to dim sum place in Columbus, but since we were around OSU, we figured we'd give this one a shot. Ordered a few things off the dim sum menu and a couple from the regular menu. For dim sum, we got the Pork Shumai, Chicken Feet, Beef Omasum, Shanghai Soup Dumplings, and Stuffed Eggplant. The Soup Dumplings and Stuffed Eggplant were definitely the winners. The Shumai was massive but kinda fell apart -- the wrapper didn't hold up. The Chicken Feet weren't cooked long enough, so they were hard to eat, and the Beef Omasum didn't really have any flavor -- pretty bland. From the regular menu, we tried the Spicy Pig's Large Intestine in Dry Pot and the Porcini & Pork Short Rib Soup. The Intestine had good texture but was super numbing from all the Sichuan peppercorns -- spicy for sure, just a bit too much. The Soup though? Amazing. Simple, flavorful, and the porcini mushrooms really made it shine. Would totally get that again. Service was quick and friendly, no complaints there. It did get a little loud -- we could hear other tables' convos pretty clearly.

Special grilled lamb
Smeeth W.

This is the best food I had in Columbus. The foods are very authentic and foods all come with white or fried rice. We ordered special grilled cumin lamb and deep fried chicken. The chicken isn't super spicy but my favorite was the cumin lamb. The food portion was large and we had leftover good enough for another meal! They also have a great beverage selection.

Green beans Salt and pepper fish Black pepper beef
Molly M.

This place is genuinely amazing. I haven't tried one item from here that isn't full of flavor. Serving sizes are very large, so it is a very nice place to go with a large group to try everything. The staff are very sweet and attentive. The restaurant is also very very clean.

Laura F.

We liked this place so much that when my friend from China was in town we showed him the menu and he got SO happy. We were all at a dog show at the fair grounds so we placed a LARGE takeout order for six people, planning to share everything... which is what we did. I want to start with my friend from China says this is one of the most authentic Chinese restaurants he has been to in the Mid West and would definitely order again from it.... High praise. Lol. What we ordered: Chive bun dim sum: four pieces. Each a great size. Shrimp was fresh and had a great texture. Probably one of our favorite things we ordered that night. If you like shrimp.... Get this for sure. Delicious. Egg rolls: come in sets of two. Very fresh. Pot stickers : steamed. No complaints. i didnt sample but there were no left overs so thats a good sign with this group! They must be good as they sometimes sell out of these. House fried rice. We got two orders of This for six people. We probably only needed one... the sizing is generous and they dont skimp on ingredients. We all were very pleasantly pleased. It had pork, beef, shrimp and maybe some chicken along with ample veggies. Delicious. Not Greasy Beef with broccoli. The beef was surprisingly tender and had that buttery melt in your mouth texture. I hate beef and I found this dish to be very good. I would even have eaten it if I was served it as it was quite good. And I dont usually voluntarily eat a meal containing beef. Lol. General tso chicken. Keep in mind this is an authentic chinese restaurants and gen tso is American food trying to be chinese. This was okay. It had big pieces of super fresh brocoli but the chicken didnt have that rich american brown sauce. It was more traditional and cooked into it. Sweet and sour chicken: another americanized dish. Not the greatest. By the time we got back to thebfairgrounds this was the only dish that was straight up cold. It needed to be coated in sweet and sour sauce which warm whichbit didnt get the opportunity to do. This was a dud. Disliked it strongly. Hometown braised pork: big chunks of braised pork with orka? I didnt have any but there wasnt hardly any left. They said it was good. Garlic eggplant: Show stealer. This was the winning dish. The eggplant is the asian style bright purple eggplant. It was so flavorful and not mushy. There wasnt any left. We all tried it and each loved it - this we would get multiple orders next time. Heck I am getting some either today or tomorrow, as I cant stop obsessing about it. My friend from China said that and the chive bun were his favs. I strongly recommend this place. This is the second trip in and both times it has been excellent, food fresh, nice sized portions and ready in a reasonable time. For all that food it was about 145 bucks (remember there was 6 adults who hadn't eaten all day, we ordered a lot) It was a lot of food and felt the pricing was appropriate actually- it was more on the good value side for the portion sizing. :) Le

Soup dumpling
Arisa L.

The place is nice and clean with a lot of seatings. The server was friendly but the person who brought the food just slammed the plates on the table. Service is fast. The best thing I had was the shredded pork in garlic sauce. It said it was spicy on the menu but it wasn't. It was really flavorful with tender pieces of pork with nice crunch from the veggies and mushroom, but if you like it spicy, you might want to ask for extra spice. The fish soup was interesting-I didn't care for it but the tingly sensation you get from the peppercorn was something I never experienced and am still happy I tried it. Soup dumpling was a huge disappointment. It was cold and tasted frozen. The sauce that came with it was so so salty with no vinegar or ginger. Wonton in spicy sauce and the hot and sour soup were just ok. I would go back to try other things as they do offer interesting and different items, but i wasn't super impressed by the food I had that day.

Ozoda U.

Great fresh food and reasonably priced. The green pepper soup is HUGE! So if you order it - prepare to share it with 2-3 people.

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We love the food. We won't go anywhere else for Chinese food. The wine options are a bit weak.

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Authentic Chinese dishes. Food was excellent and service was friendly and efficient.

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