So overdue for a review of Mr Szechuan - one of my very favorite restaurants in the Sunset and on Taraval. It is consistent, reasonably priced, fast, polite service and the dry pot is absolutely delicious. It's so good I bring out of town friends here and also have also visited solo (which is rare for me especially because their dry pot portions can feed 3 people). Love love love. And open late - unheard of in the Sunset. Long live Mr Szechuan! read more

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Ordered a takeout from this place based off all the good reviews, but I unfortunately have to leave a 3 star review. I ordered the bento box and only took a few bites from it before throwing it away. Idk where, but I smelled a strong oil odor either from the bad or the box. The dishes tasted below average imo, and the flavors are all mixed up since they weren't separated in the bento box. I personally would not order again, but it is a solid option for some late night Chinese cravings. read more

This is very unfortunate for a restaurant that I thought would meet my standards based on the last time I visited. My dine in experience a few months ago was pleasant. However my uber eats order tonight was probably one of the worst meals I'd ever experience in my entire life. First of all it was a busy Friday night, so I get it. However I had to wait over 40 minutes for 4 orders of wontons. The wontons were awful and an absolute disgrace. Whoever was in the kitchen did a terrible job. They literally took like 5 wrappers and filled it with meat that was the size of peanut. Without a doubt, one of thee worst food experiences of all time. Literally the whole was 80% wonton wraps read more

Mr Szechuan - Chinese Near Me - San Francisco, California

Everything was super tasty. Even though I just came back from China 2 weeks ago, I could not tell the difference between the great food here and what I had in China, which speaks to the authenticity of this place. read more

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I came here with some tennis friends after our tennis practice got rained out. We circled the block a few times looking for parking and finally got lucky! They have a pretty good takeout business--people kept coming in to pickup to-go orders. I also liked their holiday decorations. 3 of us shared Dry Pot and Eggplant String Beans and Shredded Pigs Ears. Everything was delicious, spicy, and had complex sauces and flavors. We also liked our bubble milk tea drinks! Service was fast. Portions were good. Prices were reasonable. I'm not in the area very often, but would come back if I was. read more

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Stopped by after a Warriors game. Two of us had: soup dumplings(8pcs) $10.95 2 jasmine green tea $4.25 ea $8.50 total eggplant string beans $15.95 braised beef noodle soup $16.95 Tap water was so bad we had to get tea. Staff, for the most part, was friendly to us, but did see them yelling at a food pick up order earlier when we walked in lol. Eggplant was on the tougher side. Soup dumplings were not good at all...and one of them seemed bitten.. I assume the location does well with later closing hours. Definitely could've been better. Street parking only. read more

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I drove up here to enjoy some szechuan food since the reviews looked good but left immediately because it smelled so bad inside. It literally smelled like a wet dog and my family and I couldn't stand it. Everything felt filthy with flies all over the place. The hot tea pot that came out was covered in grease. I can't imagine how little they actually clean things here. The smell was such a turn off we left without even saying anything. Goodness gracious. read more

the most underrated place i swear as a fellow Burmese-Malaysian we LOVE having Dry Pot/Hot Pot as out comfort food. The place is never overly crowded and music is fun 2000s, with friendly chill service as well. I've eaten here more than 10 times and i love that they would give you your space and orders are fast. My go to order has always been Dry Pot/Super Dry Pot, the taste varies and it's not always the same with not a big difference but surprisingly what i look forward to lol. Definitely a great late night spot!!! read more

Mr Szechuan - Super Dry Pot - Chinese Near Me - San Francisco, California

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Food: The food itself has very good flavor, however, it was not consistent. The house chowmein and Mongolian beef were extremely salty. The dry pot was on the blander side. My favorite was the salt and pepper king oyster mushrooms, but the batter was a bit too thick. We did come later at night around 11 pm and it looked short staff, so I would try coming again in the day to see if that would make a difference. Service: There was only one person working in the front. When we came, there was a lot of unbussed tables. For ordering, we order through a QR code, and then pay at the end. The only time the server would come by is when he brings by food or if we ask for more water. The service wasn't bad but it just wasn't attentive as there is only one person working in front. Ambience: This is a medium sized restaurant, with lots of table. It seems that the main customer base is students, probably from SF State. They open very late until 1 am. Because I came later at night, there was a lot of street parking open around. read more

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Ordered delivery for this, but it was still as good as in person. The beef, pork, and fish were my choice of proteins. I wish the pieces were larger, but still tasted good. It has a good spicyness to it without being too spicy. read more

Mr Szechuan - Chinese Near Me - San Francisco, California

I tried three of the dishes, and my favorite was the Mapo tofu and Mongolia chicken. The chicken wasn't too spicy but it was just enough spicy for me. The vibe of the restaurant was really nice too, they were playing 2000s hits in the background. Service was nice too, and you just order through the QR code. read more

Mr Szechuan - Mongolian Chicken - Chinese Near Me - San Francisco, California

Authentic Szechuan food that is spicy! There is no parking lot here, so you'll need to park in the neighborhood. We ordered the following: - fried green beans - large portion and a nice offset vs the meat and spicy food we ordered - minced pork over rice bowl - an individual-sized rice bowl, but was nice and comforting vs all the meat dishes - beef chow fun - great wok taste! - chili fried chicken- spicy but too many chili peppers. Half the plate was red chilis. I wouldn't order this again - dry pot. I liked the concept where you can add the meats and vegetables you wanted, but there was barely any flavor and not worth the cost - salt and pepper fish fillet - was ok. I'd try something else on the menu next time Overall, enjoyed the food and the restaurant is a good size. They do a lot of take-out too! read more

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Mr. Szechuan is so good! A huge variety of options and fan favorites. I know it should be obvious, but warning to others there is a good amount of Szechuan spice used in these dishes. So if you don't like that tingly numbing feeling then choose cautiously, like the chili oil dumplings. Our favorites were the spicy fish filets, general tsao chicken, and the soy scallion noodles! The portions are generous and we ordered way too much food for 3 people but had lots of leftovers to enjoy. There was only one server there and she was managing a lot with 3 dine in tables and lots of take out orders. She did a pretty good job but I could see on some nights how the service might be a little slow. They do serve complimentary hot tea which was very nice! Would definitely come again and try more delicious dishes. read more

Haven't tried yet but already looks delicious. Got take out for myself. Itadakimasu read more

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Exceeded expectations for late night snacks at 19th and Taraval. Open till 1 AM on a Saturday night so we stopped in (after seeing a musical at the Orpheum theater) on the way home. Enjoyed the broth on the beef noodle soup and the green onion pancakes the most of the items we ordered, but everything else was pretty solid. read more

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I ordered the mangolian Lamb and it was absolutely delicious. Not sure what my nephew ordered but it was a dry noodle dish and it was very good. The mangolian lamb had a good balance of flavor with spice. I want to eat here again. read more

I've been curious about this place for a while, having walked past it many times. I needed to find a late night spot for dinner and the menu had a good number of options. We ordered two Beef Skewers, Laksa Noodle Soup, and Black Bean Noodles. The skewers had a decent seasoning that's not spicy, just mostly salty. However, the meat quality was terrible. The pieces were small, dry, and had a texture almost like tough beef jerky. I had high hopes for the Laksa Noodle Soup, but unfortunately, it was incredibly bland. The only flavor that came through was a faint hint of coconut. There wasn't even a salt shaker on the table to try to make it more appetizing. As for the Black Bean Noodles, once mixed, it was clear that the noodles weren't even properly coated in the sauce. They gave so little of it and the sauce itself was bland too. I'm honestly not sure how this place has 4 stars.. read more

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Everything that we ordered at Mr. Szechuan was delicious. Definitely a good spot for small group outings. And in the off-chance that you're hungry for a late lunch or early dinner when most restaurants open (or re-open) at 5pm, Mr. Szechuan opens at 4pm on weekdays! price: ~$30/person recs: dry pot, green onion pancake, brown sugar boba - Dry Pot: Huge, cooked to perfection, and perfectly mala. Highly recommend getting the lamb, which was super tender! - Tan Tan Noodles: Generous portion, would have liked a little bit more ground meat, but otherwise really solid - Salt and Pepper Chicken Cartilage: Haven't seen this at other restaurants! Super crispy and piping hot. The breading that Mr. Szechuan uses is noticeable sweet and starchy. - Green Onion Pancake: This is the first time that I've had a green onion pancake that tasted almost deep-fried, but it was super good and not oily! - Brown Sugar Boba: Pearls were bouncy and the drink was not too sweet. Cuts the spiciness of the szechuan food really well. Would definitely come back! read more

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Way overdue. I remember the first time I came here vividly. A few years back, I recall thinking to myself, "Wow, this place is good... didn't know my neighborhood had a good Sichuan spot." During that visit I recall so many good things about it like the mala pigs ears, spicy chicken gristle, spicy n pickled fish broth, and few others I still frequently enjoy. However, there was the beef noodle soup that didn't strike a chord with us. The soup was somehow overly sweet. Balance was absolutely off and more like a dessert soup at that point. Unlike most Chinese restaurants, I was taken by surprise. I brought it up to one of the staff members (most likely owner) and without a question, they said we can bring you another one or we can just take it off for you. They handle it quickly and kindly. Blew my mind only because you don't expect that from a Chinese operated restaurant. Few years later, an order tonight which I thought I'd get dark meat for the spicy chicken but it came with white meat. (If you're Chinese, you'll know we'd never make that with white meat.) I called in just to check if it's was the norm there since I've never ordered it there even I frequent there. I just wanted to make sure that if it was indeed their norm that I wouldn't order it next time. Instead, they confirmed it was suppose to be dark meat. Immediately, they said they'll refund me on my to-go order. I declined the refund since it was perfectly made and nothing wrong other than not exactly what I expected. They insisted and still refunded me. In Chinese, he said, "We're running a business here. If it was a mistake, it has to be refunded. We want you to be a long time customer." Since day one until now, stellar business operating culture. Well deserved success to the business and others get to enjoy their dishes and service. Neighborhood gem. read more

Mr Szechuan - What they texted me right after we got off the phone. Integrity 1000%. A business I'd support. - Chinese Near Me - San Francisco, California

Great Szechuan spot! I get the dry hot pot every time i go and it's so good. The other food is good too but the value for the dry hot pot is amazing since you can pick the veggies and meat to add in! It used to come with a drink but i don't think they do it anymore but still sooo good. The service is amazing too read more

mala dry pot hit the spot too spicy it was not the portion size was a lot im so glad we got eat it while it's hot read more

Mr Szechuan - dry pot - Chinese Near Me - San Francisco, California

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My new favorite dry pot place!! I've been searching forever for a good mala dry pot place and randomly stumbled upon here and it was great. The flavors and spice level were good and portion size for the price was also reasonable, plus it comes with rice or a noodle as well. My only suggestion or wish is that they had the option to add more veggies, they limit you to 2 meat, 4 veggies but we would have easily wanted to add a lot of veggies to share a bigger dry pot for 2. Reason the photo is of a takeout box is because we accidentally ordered it as takeout even though we were dining in, and the staff were really nice and apologetic and even gave us a free side of scallion pancakes! read more

Mr Szechuan - Dry Pot - Chinese Near Me - San Francisco, California

This restaurant serves food on large platters but will not provide serving utensils....Diners use their own chop sticks to serve themselves. During COVID and flu season this practice is not sanitary. Food was however pretty good though hospitality needs work read more

Another sick day order... this time using Grubhub. So the food comes and looks like a royal mess. Order was two bento boxes. Sesame chicken, sweet & sour chicken, One with eggplant & one with broccoli beef. Looked horrible, but tasted good. Good flavor overall. The vegetables were better than the chicken. read more

This was for **delivery only**_ The spice level was spot on and the Mapo Tofu was savory though light on pork. The other two entrees, the Steamed Chicken in Chili Sauce ($13.95) and Szechuan Beef ($18.95) were very salty and the beef tasted like it was sliced from end pieces; it could've been more tender. Everything was packaged with care and Saran wrapped around the containers so sauce wouldn't spill. It was good, could be better. read more

Mr Szechuan - Steamed Chicken In Chili Sauce - Chinese Near Me - San Francisco, California

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my friends and I came here at like 10:15ish and they were still happy to take us. i wish i got the guy's name, but he was so funny and nice to us. He definitely made this place go from a 4 to a 5 for me. The highlight dish was the Mongolian beef because it was sweet, a tad spicy but overall pretty tasty. I really enjoyed the watermelon juice too i wish i took a picture of that one. I would love to go back and hopefully try more of their food. read more

Ordered food to go in the restaurant/on the app and found out they gave me another person's order when I got home and was too late to go back. Barely anything I added to the dry pot was in this dish so it was a very disappointing meal when I paid close to $30 for this. Double check before leaving next time if ordering to go. read more

Mr Szechuan - Shrimp, squid, celery, king oyster mushroom, napa cabbage, beef dry pot - Chinese Near Me - San Francisco, California

Stopped by Mr. Szechuan and ordered the dry pot -- loaded with beef, cabbage, lotus root, rice cakes, and a mix of veggies all tossed in that classic numbing-spicy sauce. The flavors were bold, though leaning on the salty side for me. That said, the value is fantastic -- you get a huge portion, easily sharable with friends, and plenty of variety in the mix. The beef was tender, the rice cakes gave it a nice chewy texture, and the cabbage soaked up all that chili oil and spice. Overall, it's a solid spot if you're craving hearty, spicy Szechuan comfort food. Just bring an appetite (or a friend). 4/5 read more

Mr Szechuan - Chinese Near Me - San Francisco, California

Good flavor. Fast service. Nice atmosphere. The food was fresh and delicious. I actually couldn't believe how affordable the prices are for what i received. Great value for the time and money. read more

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Stopped by for a quick dinner and had a great experience. Service was fast and friendly, and the food came out quickly. Portions were generous and everything tasted good. Will definitely be back! read more

Mr Szechuan - Mapo Tofu W/Pork Dry Fried Chicken Wings (8Pcs) (8) Eggplant W. Garlic Sauce Braised Pork Belly - Chinese Near Me - San Francisco, California

This was the worst food I have ever eaten in San Francisco: - There was a piece of plastic in the pea shoots with garlic. - There was a massive piece of undercooked beef in the chow fun. - The wontons in chili oil were undercooked and parts of the skin were hard. It was also way too sweet and not spicy. - The spicy chicken was cut in big chunks and was a tiny portion. Flavor was limited. Super inauthentic. I love Szechuan food. I have never had such a poor experience where I left a review. This was gross and I hope that I don't get sick tomorrow. read more

The dry pot was amazing, big portions where you can choose 4 veggie and 3 meats. The best part was also the chili wontons, had a deep peanut flavour that worked well to cut the spice. Fast service and plenty of tables inside and good for big groups, can't wait to try their non spicy dry pot next time! read more

Mr Szechuan - Dry Pot - Chinese Near Me - San Francisco, California

I think I ordered the wrong thing at this place cause it's not what they're known for but I was craving something hot juicy and bite sized so I got soup dumpling and sheng jian bao. There was not a single drop of soup in either of the dumplings unfortunately. Im guessing all of the xiao long bao dumpling skin had gotten punctured somehow and all the soup had drained out (assuming there was soup to begin with). A very dry meal indeed and they didn't have ginger for the dipping sauce either. I did eat it all ... but suddenly trader joe's frozen soup dumplings seem so gourmet read more

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Stopped in hoping for a delicious Szechuan. They required scanning the table QR code for menu and ordering. Normally not an issue except my cell was in my car a few blocks away. Can I get a hard copy menu? No, they didn't provide those. Do you have a spare tablet I could use? No dont have those either. So I left... no other options .... no food. QR codes may be the future for restaurants but they really should have alternatives if the customer does not have a smart phone read more

Ordered through Uber Eats for pickup, and the guy kept on ignoring my order. I waited over 20 minutes for food, and asked a waiter when it was coming out. Was rude and said your food order got in when everyone else ordered. Then I asked for a time frame on when it will be done. No answer and I said forget it and walked away. Btw, the order was: 2 sides of minced pork with rice. Green Beans and Eggplant dish. 1 mango milk slush and 1 brown boba drink. This order could have been fulfilled in 10 minutes. Instead they chose to delay it futher and further, but allowed other people who came in, ordered and recieved their order after I came in. I also need yo mention that they ignored me for the entire time, no apologies, just rude overall. I will never get food from them again. read more

Good service, food and atmosphere. I would say better if you stuck with the basics. Dumplings are just OK, the rest is good

we came around 9pm, only two other parties but it's nice this restaurant closes at 1am. the food was decently fast as well. we ordered pretty fast and the server was nice and efficient. we ordered this many dishes with 8 people and it was decent, but not many people liked the beef noodle soup so we could have done without it. dry pot (5/5): szechuan spicy, sliced lamb, slice beef, sliced fish, sliced fish ball with roe, lotus root, king oyster mushroom, minced pork rice. for two people this was my favorite dish of the night, cooked well, nice and decent spice minced pork rice x3: would definitely recommend getting a couple (the dry pot came with one) but we did half and half so my party of 7 everyone could get some regular and some pork rice rice x3: just regular plain rice spicy chicken (3.5/5): not that spicy, definitely smaller portion than when i've ordered at different sichuan restaurants no stir fried pea shoots with garlic so we get green beans (4/5): solid nothing stand out braised beef noodle soup (4/5): everyone in my party did not like this, said it was too beefy (not sure that that means) but no one ended up eating it except me but i thought it was fine. i liked the noodle type but the beef seemed kinda dry despite it being inside the soup dish boiled fish (4/5): nice and soft, solid dish, not that spicy read more

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We came here for a late night bite after coming out of the System of a Down concert. We got the dry pot with Szechuan spicy base. For $27, you get the choice of 2 proteins and 4 vegetables. This was a decent amount of food for 2 people and a fair price for SF. In terms of spice level, I'd say this is a 6-7 on a scale of 10. I used to eat a decent amount of Mala dry pots back in NYC. I think the quality here is comparable and brings me back to those Flushing food court days. We beat the post-concert rush by mere few minutes. Tons of concert goers dropped in after we ordered. I applaud the worker for keeping his composure and running a one-man show holding down the fort. In addition to tending to a restaurant full of guests, a stream of takeout orders kept coming in through their computer (reminiscent of The Bear S1E7). That was 11:30pm. I hope the man made it through the night. read more

Mr Szechuan - Dry Pot with Szechuan spicy base - Chinese Near Me - San Francisco, California

Our dish was okay with generous amount of fish, but the "Szechuan" part was just a pail full of sliced dried peppers dumped on top which added only heat, no flavor, seemed old. The vegetables and the mushroom were good, but it was an uninspiring entree. The music was awful; terrible Chinese or Korean boyband R&B/rap sludge. No ambiance. And I'm sorry, I know it's 2025 but this scan-the-menu stuff is such an annoying imposition: should tips be lower if we take the order? It's hard to visually scan the variety of dishes, and their order of categories is all over the place: e.g., rice and dumplings in same group? I'll raise it a star for the nice woman who handles the bill, but this has more a cafeteria vibe than a place to dine. Just not my style. I'm sure lots of younger folk won't mind. read more

It has been forever since I have had great and memorable Chinese food. Well folks, Mr Szechuan is it. The ordering experience is not your traditional experience (maybe it is normal in SF). This place is pretty hands off but hands on when needed (paying, water refills, food delivery). You scan the QR code and instead of ordering with anyone, you order from the QR code. I liked when I hit confirm, I could hear my food order being printed in the kitchen and then, poof, the food is delivered to your table minutes later. All the food was fantastic (see images of what we ordered) and I can't recommend this place enough. Service, when needed, was excellent. Go check for yourself, I have a feeling you will fall in food love. read more

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