I'll need to give this place another chance, or at least try something different on the next go around. I ordered the beef dry pot and it was extremely spicy. I like to think of myself as someone who can handle the heat, but this dish challenged me. On top of the spiciness, the dish was oily. My stomach was a bit in a knot after eating this meal. The beef was a little unsatisfying since it was soft (almost spongy) with no flavor. read more

This is an incredible restaurant hidden on a sketchy block. **Service, 5/5** They were on top of their game. We had multiple servers checking in on us throughout the night. Never had to flag someone down because we were waiting too long. And the food came out within minutes of us ordering. **Decor & cleanliness, 5/5** Servers had a great uniform and the vibe was giving modern sleek **Price & portion, 5/5** Great prices for great food in great portions. **Presentation, 5/5** It would have been a crime to not take pictures. Everything was plated very purposefully **Taste, 5/5** This is one of the best meals I have had in Brooklyn. Here is the list of everything we got: - Lychee & yuzu mocktails: who knew that non-alcoholic drinks could be so much fun! - Scallion Pancakes: Classic, crispy, delicious - Edamame: Perfectly steamed and salted - Double cooked pork: Woah. Tastes like upgraded bacon. Warning it is incredibly salty (and delicious) - Duck Fried Rice: The least exciting item but still good. Not a lot of flavor and not a lot of duck but hey its a rice dish, what can you expect? **Notes** The only utensils you get are chopsticks so you better know what you're doing! The surrounding area is a little sketchy but dont let that fool you, this restaurant goes down as one of my all time favorites read more

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Wonderful restaurant and addition to the neighborhood! Delicious food, very kind and attentive service, and elegant ambiance. We ordered: - scallion pancakes (good, standard) - fried chicken wings (with amazing dried spice mix) - snow pea shoots (crisp and expertly cooked, a light and garlicky wonder) - mustard green shoot fried rice (really good) - eggplant in garlic sauce (amazing - tangy, bright, deep flavorful sauce) I can't wait to go back and try more of the menu, though it will be hard not to re-order the eggplant and pea shoots especially! Many vegetarian options. read more

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Just had a delicious lunch! A beautiful pile of pea shoots in garlic cooked perfectly started things off. Mapo tofu with beef was Spicey. The tofu was fresh a silky. Since it was a lunch special it came with rice and pickled vegetables and the best hot and sour soup ever. We also had the house specialty Szechuan chicken --- with bits of perfectly fried chicken in mouth tingling peppercorn and red pepper sauce. Jasmine tea was refreshing and much needed. We will be back ! read more

Great, authentic Szechuan food comes to Cobble Hill. I still haven't found a disappointing dish on the entire menu. Service is very friendly and fast. The only problem is they always spray strong smelling detergent on the tables right next to you when cleaning them. Also, the beer menu is limited. read more

Was seated right away on a Friday night. Service seems to be lacking, takes a bit to get someone's attention sadly. We had the crispy pork, Dan Dan noodles, hot and sour soup, szechuan wontons, chunqing spicy chicken, and sliced pork belly in garlic sauce. The crispy pork itself was dry and had about zero flavor if you didn't dip it in the seasoning. Everything else on the contrary was super flavorful, almost too flavorful it feels like you'll need a palette cleanser in between bites. The pork belly was my favorite. I thought everything else was decent. But you will definitely need a thirst quenching drink after this meal. The food is okay, place itself is nice, service was lacking although they were nice. I'm glad I tried Shan, worth trying but not sure if it'll be a staple for me. read more

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I suspect they have norovirus from a staff or food. After eating there before the JJ Lin concert. The next day..me n 2 others all had diarrhea. I thought maybe it was the spiciness or oil. But I usually can handle Sichuan spice well. I suspect it could be from the fish with tofu house special or the mapo tofu. But both didn't taste spoiled. The other dish I order was lamb dry pot and beef slices in sour soup. The truffle dumpling meat was not juicy and a bit hard...might have been oversteamed. I would give the food rating a 3.8 But maybe the cleanliness or health sanitation (food prep) 1.5 ? Just disappointed that I got food poisoning from such a cool Sichuan spot. I might try them again...we'll see? read more

Love love this place! The restaurant is so cute and huge, and the staff is very attentive. The food is absolutely delicious. My personal favorites are the dry pot cauliflower, the whole steamed fish in garlic sauce, and the lobster. I would hear every week if I could. read more

Loved the food and service here. Will definitely come back to try more stuff. Had the Kung pao chicken and spicy cumin lamb and both were delicious. read more

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Easily the best Sichuan restaurant in the neighborhood / within a 3 mile radius. In this part of Brooklyn it's all about these guys and Han Dynasty. The interior here is a bit more upscale and the drink menu is outstanding. Shan is *definitely* worth a dining-room visit, as the flavors are at their best when you don't do delivery. We've enjoyed a variety of dishes; the black and white truffle dumplings thing is your item for the 'gram, but the smartest money is on the classics. The dry pots are great, as are the spicy fish dishes. Most recently (of 4-5 visits), I loved the cold eggplant. One of the most welcome additions to this neighborhood in a long time! read more

High end Szechuan restaurant haha. We came with a party of 5 for dinner. I loved every dish. The Stewed Fish Fillet in Hot Chili Soup amazing. The fish was tender and flavor so well. Mapo tofu and shredded beef with pepper both had a kick and went well with rice. The pea shot was refreshing. The xiao long boa came in only 4. Wish there was more but quality over quantity. Service was good. The bus boy introduced every dish when placing them on our table. Our server was always around and kept refilling our water even after we were done. I would definitely come back. read more

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What a welcome addition to the neighborhood! There are a plethora of wonderful new Asian spots opening in the area, and this is near the top. The best thing about this place? It's Szechuan and is actually spicy. They don't water down the flavor like many Szechuan places do. At the same time, the spice does not overpower the flavor. I've had the dry pot beef, Dan Dan noodles, pea leaves, and garlic eggplant. Each dish was wonderful and complex in its own way. Also the dining room is beautiful and the service is impeccable. I will be coming back very often. read more

This joint set my mouth ablaze. The menu's aesthetic was perfectly throwback, including colorful mid-century cocktail drawings. The menu itself had a great combo of dishes, some familiar to us and some not. Our waitress recommended the chunking chicken, which was perfectly seasoned and fried chicken bites buried in a pile of chilis. We also got the steamed ribs on her recommendation, which were also great. The mapo tofu was spicy as hell and delicious but honestly between that and the chunking I was visibly sweating. In hindsight we should have balanced our order more spice-wise. The kung-pao was great, the sesame pancakes, the soup dumplings. It was all great, it was all fun, they've even got some fun non-alcoholic cocktails, and we got out of there having spent about $50 a person. read more

Great authentic and varied food, with warm servers. The lunch special is especially excellent value for money. Calm ambiance and location.

So thankful to have a super yummy Szechuan restaurant without having to go to Chinatown or Flushing. We got the scallion pancakes (recommend - so crispy!!!), the dry pot cauliflower, the spicy braised whole fish, and the drunken duck. The food was a bit salty though so be warned. You can ask for less salt but it was still pretty salty. Next time I'll ask for less less salt :) read more

This is my top szechuan spot in the city right now. Amazing food, their Chungking chicken might be actual magic. It's somehow doused in spicy chili oil but also not greasy or oily. read more

I have been to Shan three times since it opened and am just so excited for an authentic Sichuan restaurant in the neighborhood! The food is delicious and the menu has a good spread of different Sichuan items, from cold starters like pickled vegetables to dry pots to more than three different fish dishes! You can also ask them to make the food extra spicy for those who like that mala kick. We have gotten the fish dry pot, fish with homemade tofu, chunking chicken, pea shoots, cauliflower dry pot, and several others. I haven't been disappointed yet! For those knocking the prices, I want to point out that they are on par with other restaurants in the neighborhood and the higher priced items are larger for sharing. I think the pricing is more than reasonable because traditional Chinese food is very difficult to make and requires a ton of ingredients relative to a lot of western cuisines (as someone who cooks Chinese and Italian food at home). One dish can have 10+ ingredients and sauces and needs to be cooked in a specific manner. That labor and time is properly reflected in the pricing here. Also, it's currently BYOB so that is a huge perk! Can't wait to come back, enjoy the food and the very pretty decor! read more

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i have now done delivery and ate at the restaurant the chinese is really good and a great addition to our neighborhood because this is something we were most definitely lacking. Would recommend. Dumplings are great:) read more

We just moved to Brooklyn and discovered Shan on DoorDash. OMG. Each dish exudes quality and flavor. My favorite is the Mapo Tofu, Kung Pao Chicken, and Honey Oolong Ice Jelly dessert. read more

good food. fresh ingredients and decent ambience. service unremarkable. not cheap, but it's cobble hill...

Five star. Hot damn. - Pickled wood ear mushrooms - Sweet and spicy udon - Spicy wonton - chongqing spicy chicken I debated leaving this review because I live close by and I don't want too many people to come or I'll never be able to get a table any more. It's very good sichuan food. Go. read more

1. Very tasty. They don't hold back on the mala flavor. If you're used to take out or even han dynasty stuff, this is going to blow your mind. 2. The portions, however, are a bit small compared to Han Dynasty etc., even though the cost is higher. That being said, Han Dynasty doesn't hit the mala flavor as hard as they should (or maybe I order the wrong things) and they aren't located on a prime Boerum Hill main street. I'm not saying the portions are small. You will walk away saying "Damn, I'm full" instead of "I'm going to explode on Smith Street." 4. I hope their prices can chill out a bit or increase portions, etc something. And I hope they are around for a long time. read more

This place is great in every way. We ordered a bunch of dishes to share. Amazing, fresh food. Just the right amount of heat. Excellent cocktails and attentive service. Didn't try dessert but it looked really good at the table next to me. read more

I cannot recommend this place enough. From the moment my friend and I arrived, we were treated so nicely. We had an 8pm reservation on a Friday. There was about about a 15 minute delay, but the host was so sweet and accommodating. This was especially what sold me. The host was so pleasant and well mannered. We were sat at our table and met with the nicest waiters. They were very enthusiastic and kind. They checked up on us frequently and with each request, we were met with smiles. The food is very good! We had : the pork dumpling in chili oil, sweet and sour ribs, pork soup dumpling, and shredded beef with green cayenne pepper.Everything was delicious. You can seven adjust the spice amount prior to the meal. All in all 10/10!!! read more

Attentive service, complex flavors with lots of heat and BYOB! Great new Szechuan place that opened up on Smith Street. I've been here multiple times and have enjoyed everything I've had. The steamed fish, mung bean noodles, fried tofu, pork belly as well as the pea shoots were tasty and fresh. I look forward to returning and trying more of your other entrees! read more

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We went there on Xmas evening - this was the first time we had been there. It was PACKED and the wait was long for the food BUT the staff was incredible. Our waitress was super attentive and apologetic and gave my son ice cream and a lychee mocktail on the house. Assuming any other night the wait won't be like it was. They were working super hard and the food was great. We will certainly be back! read more

Really good sechuan food! Service is great and we were seated quickly. Some dishes are very spicy even when ordered "mild," but that is to be expected with Sechuan cuisine. Overall a great place for delicious, flavorful food! Downside would be that it's quite pricy overall and you have to pay extra for rice, which come in very small bowls. read more

Very solid Chinese. I have had Delivery twice and it's warm and not too greasy. I really enjoyed the dan dan noodles and crab roe soup dumplings. Definite an elevated experience. read more

The waiters are avoid eye contact like they were trained by Perseus to handle each patron as if they were Medusa. They never check in on you. This is especially egregious at a Sichuan restaurant where water isn't a luxury, it's mission critical. I had to wave my hand to get my waiter to begrudgingly approach the table. He was visibly annoyed that he had to actually provide service beyond taking our order. The bourbon cocktail was served in a small tea cup and cost $16. The prices in general were all variations on this theme. The dry pot beef had about 8 paltry pieces of beef buried in vegetables. Each sighting of a protein slice was akin to the feeling of an archaeological dig where one of us struck pay dirt. Overall, there was probably less than 10 grams of protein in that whole dish. On top of that, the texture of the meat was rubbery and sad. In summary, poor service, stingy portions, strange drinkwear made this place a "never again" experience. read more

Have been here twice, both times had a delicious experience. The first time my bf and I had the whole braised fish to share (so good!), mung bean noodles (I personally love the texture, but my bf didn't love it, we both thought the chili sauce was really flavorful), and the fried pork with chili powder (this was good, but a little lacking in flavor - we ended up dipping the pork into the mung bean sauce and it was better) Second time I had a variety of dumplings with a friend. Really yummy and filled us up. My favorite were the pork dumplings. read more

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Overall, it's a cute restaurant. Waiters are friendly and helpful! We also ordered a duck dish, but I forgot to take a picture of it.. drypot is very tasty wish it has a bigger portion. read more

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The most authentic place I've been to in hipster Brooklyn. The rose lychee Martini was delicious, and so was the Dan Dan noodles, steam soup dumplings (crab flavor) and Chong Qing chicken. I highly recommend the spicy fish filet in spicy stew; actually took the leftover sauce/broth home and added more fish to it! read more

The food is delightful and authentic. Service is warm and attentive. Location is great and ambiance is cozy, though can be brighter for a more cheerful vibe that complements the exciting food and drink. read more

Bad service, bad food. Atmosphere ordinary and blah. Food is overpriced and weird. Duck was dried out; fish was soggy and spongy. Waiter hovered behind me as I was using my charge card. Had to stack up all the dirty dishes and put them on the corner of the table. Waiter would not pick the dirty dishes up until I flagged him down. read more

One of the best Szechuan restaurants I've been to in America. Not even being hyperbolic. I rarely write reviews but this place warrants!

Delicious, delicious, delicious! Great dishes with incredible flavor, creative cocktails and excellent service. Great addition to the neighborhood! read more

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Fantastic dining experience at this new Sichuan restaurant on Smith Street! Happy to have them in the neighborhood. Really delicious Soup Dumplings. My favorite dish was the Beef Dry Pot, it tasted incredibly fresh. Don't forget to order dessert, the Matcha Green Tea Ice Cream is perfect after a spicy entree. Wonderful service! read more

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Waited way too long to have a legit Szechuan spot in the neighbourhood. Need to give it a few more visits--first one was solid food with great service. Spicy cumin lamb and the woodear mushroom are fantastic. read more

We ordered out from Shan and were disappointed in every dish. First, the hot and sour soup was thin and lacking ingredients. Second the cold noodles with shredded chicken had zero chicken. It was, basically, a bowl of spaghetti with a bland sesame sauce for 15 dollars. Jeff Bezos doesn't have a profit margin like that. Third, the mapo tofu, while a substantial dish, was loaded with chili oil, and we had asked for moderately spicy. For me it was too spicy to eat and I do eat spicy food regularly. All in all, I do not recommend this restaurant for the food (maybe the drinking is fun). Of course they may have great dumplings and other stuff but I'm not going to find out. read more

shan is a place. to some, it's a trendy sichuan restaurant between boerum hill and cobble hill, tucked away from the craziness of downtown brooklyn but still right in the middle of the action. but to me, shan is a refuge tucked away in the fog surrounding mount éméi shan near where i was born. a gong rings faintly in the background, as a door opens, and a warm smile of spices incites me inside read more

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