First time I ordered from here it was really good I had the Kung pao chicken and this time I ordered chicken and broccoli and got basically soup it wasn't good at all. read more

Spice Workshop - Chicken broccoli basically a soup - Szechuan Near Me - Centereach, New York

Great place for Szechuan food! The food and interior remind me of what I had in China! The homestyle pork has a good proportion of pork to pepper. The pepper kept me warm and it's such a good dish for winter. I love the sesame filled rice balls too! read more

Spice Workshop - Homestyle Pork Belly - Szechuan Near Me - Centereach, New York

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Just one more review saying what all the other reviews have said: fresh, authentic, delicious food in every way. Even the American Chinese dishes that our kids like were better than average. But of course the adults went for the Sichuan delicacies, and we weren't disappointed. Dry pot, cold noodles, tofu, everything was distinctive and on point. Yes, there is a bit of a language gap, and it can lead to a little bit of confusion, but who cares? This place is a treasure. read more

Great place for authentic Szechuan food in the area! The blood tofu is amazing! You will have to dine in for the best experience.

Had dinner here again. Heaven on Earth. Every dish is bursting with flavor. Love how they stick to more traditional dishes. Never had a bad dish. My favorite place on Long Island. read more

So good. We got the dumplings in chili oil, chicken lo mein, spicy chicken wings, and cumin fish. I would eat them all again, but I'm excited to come back and try new things that I'm sure will be just as good. read more

Spice Workshop - Spicy Chicken Wings - Szechuan Near Me - Centereach, New York

Authentic Chinese food. Please don't come here if you are looking for beef and broccoli and English speaking servers:). Come for delicious perfectly cooked real Chinese food. There is definitely a language barrier so probably wouldn't come if I had food allergies. We managed with google translate and the "NO meat" for the vegan dishes was understood. Yum. We will be back to try more:). Nicely spread out tables, you won't feel crowded, and take out orders are dealt with away from the diners. read more

Awesome dinner - delicate scallion pancake, superb cumin fried fish - A WONDERFUL FIRST EXPERIENCE. I can't wait to come back and expore the menu. read more

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A Yelp review discusses not only the taste of the food at a restaurant, but the overall experience. That is why unfortunately I have to give this place three stars. I went with a group of classmates on a Friday night for some spicy Szechuan food, we got a variety of dishes including dandan noodles, mapo tofu, garlic roasted vegetables and some meat dishes. Let me preface this by saying the food was absolutely fantastic. I've been to a variety of similar restaurants around this area, and I thought the food here ranked above them. Sadly, the service was horrendous and put a damper on the dinner. Throughout the dinner we had to repeatedly ask for our white rice and for water refills, and at the end for our bill. I think it must've added a whole thirty minutes to our time there just because of how long it took us to flag down a server and for them to actually deliver. They seem understaffed and I am reluctant to bring anyone else to this place unless this has been fixed since my last visit. For now, I will have to return to my other usual haunts along Stony Brook road. read more

A super rare Long Island gem. High-level summary: you should visit this restaurant if you enjoy genuine Chinese food. Management seems nice and I can't imagine it's particularly easy opening this relatively niche restaurant in Centereach. The more diverse food options that can be supported to continue in the area, the better :) My review: first up, the aesthetics of the restaurant leave A LOT to be desired. I'm not going to beat around the bush about that. I have no idea what they're going for in terms of fitting out the restaurant, but hey, it's all part of it's strange charm I guess. The service is acceptable, but by no means, outstanding--even when you have two Mandarin speakers in your party. Anyways, what's more important is that food is, honestly, kind of really great. We had a range of dishes, and generally, I'd suggest staying away from the 'American Chinese' section of the menu and ordering the Sichuan dishes if possible. It's nice that they have both 'groupings' though--so you can cater to the less adventurous eaters you have in your group. We ordered some pretty straightforward dishes (mapo tofu, sweet and sour cucumber, kung pao shrimp, and shredded pork sichuan style etc) and they were all highly satisfying. I'm looking forward to going back to get the green beans and eggplant dishes--two Sichuan dishes I try to get whenever the opportunity arises. Bonus point: the chef migrated over directly from Chengdu to run the kitchen, and it was worth every cent getting him over here. We went on a Saturday evening at 8pm and there was no wait. No reservations needed (or potentially taken, as they never answered our calls that afternoon). For four people, we ordered about six entrees and two apps and paid $120 altogether. Oh, and there's unlimited rice! Much, much better value than a lot of the chain restaurant options in the area. Roll the dice and give this place a go :) read more

As a frequent customer, my gf and I have lunch or dinner here every week. Literally we can order without seeing the menu. As a Chinese, i can promise you that all the dishes are authentic or even better than Chinese local restaurants. read more

I was looking for Authentic Szechuan Chinese Cuisine restaurant for long time, finally this "Spicy workshop"(椒房 at 2503 Middle country Rd, Centereach 11720 pop out. I love Szechuan Spicy Chicken, Kung Fu Fatty Beef, Jumbo Shrimp in Dry pot, Hand-Torn Cabbage, Beef Lo Mein, shredded Pork, Orange Chicken, Mongolia beef， Lobster!.....Everything Everything!!! It was very best authentic Chinese Sichuan cooking, the owner came from SiChuan Province(No wander)! The food is Authentic and delicious I will never go back other Chinese shops. If spicy isn't you taste and even if it is you can not miss the Xiangxi Chinese Bacon fried rice! read more

The food here is always fantastic. Both dine in and take out. Highly recommend the 8-treasure seafood soup, sliced fish in chili sauce, spinach in sesame oil, eggplant & string beans, double pepper chicken, pork intestines with tofu, garlic fried pea shoots. read more

Spice Workshop - Szechuan Near Me - Centereach, New York

Diamond in the rough if you didn't know that it was there. Location is nestled next to a car wash and taxi service that it gets passed by often. One of the best Mapo Tofu that I've eaten. Staff is super nice and hospitable. Newly decorated and has a nice trendy vibe. Must try if you want authentic Chinese food without heading west into Nassau County, or towards Flushing Queens and/or Chinatown in NYC. read more

Spice Workshop - Szechuan Near Me - Centereach, New York

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I came here hoping to dine in last week or so and they didn't have AC. They were doing some renovations, so we ended up getting take out. I ordered the fatty beef dry pot, orange chicken and cold chili chicken. Everything was great. It may be a long island thing, I don't know, but every asian place I've gone to that offers breaded deep fried food always has way too much breading to meat ratio. However, the flavor of the orange chicken was phenomenal. I can't wait to come back here. If their renovations still aren't done, don't let that deter you from this place. It is excellent. read more

I was surprised to find such a legit authentic and delicious Sichuan restaurant in the middle of St. James! Love it and am considering driving an hour and a half from NJ (where i live) to come back here. So good!!! Go there now! Large enough to take groups and nice and clean~~~ read more

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super tasty and authentic szechuan-style cuisine. the woman who was serving us was super kind, know that she doesn't speak much english but don't let that deter you from the friendly service and wonderful food. will definitely come back. read more

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Ordered lunch special for take out today. In the menu it says lunch special comes with seaweed egg drop soup, peanut, & rice. All I got was rice. I called to order Chongqing Spicy Chicken and when I got there within 10 minutes the takeout was already ready. The flavor was good but 1/3 of dish was dried red pepper??! After looking at their menu I'm not sure if I will come back here since comparing to Spicy Home Tasty their dishes are on average $2~5 more expansive. read more

Great authentic Asian food Although some of the menu items are a bit off putting (pork intestine) the standard noodles and dumplings are great ! Friendly service. read more

The dishes are pretty good. We ordered pig trotters with chili peppers and green pepper corns, the best dish on the table but there are too few pieces of trotters- you have to fish them out among the copious amount chili peppers; fish fillet in chili. source (feiteng. yu)- flavorful and tender without too much oil as in most Szechuan restaurants; Hunan stir fried beef (Hunan xiaochao huangniu rou)- tasty but a bit tough; stir fried kidney- terrible, don't get this; garlic spinach- good complement to meaty and spicy food; pot stickers- good but nothing special; egg tofu- ok. The service needs improving with more attentiveness and details. Overall, it's a place we'll worth a visit. There are some other dishes we'd like to try and will definitely go back. read more

Used to be my favorite Chinese restaurant near Stony Brook. They decreased the size of each plate but I was fine as the taste remained. However, last time we ordered 6 dishes and half of them is not that tasty. Maybe we ordered too many plates and the kitchen was preparing in such a hurry. The noodles in the soup are even sticked to each other. Feel sad for seeing it falling. read more

Food was decent. The waiters were super pleasant. We had the dan dan noodles which were delicious. Also, we got the mapo tofu which needed to be spicier. The hot pots were just ok. Overall, a welcoming environment with decent food. I would go back. read more

Spice Workshop - Mapo tofu - Szechuan Near Me - Centereach, New York

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Authentic Szechuan food. Good portions/high quality. They actually use real Szechuan peppercorn which so many places do not. Mouth is numb as hell right now. Very pleased. read more

Do you want Szechuan? It's here, come and enjoy all your favorites;spicy mah po tofu.. spicy fish plus ...American Chinese favorites.

If you are into traditional Szechuan cuisine, this is the place for you. I mean really traditional. If you want American Chinese this is not the place to go. My daughter and I ordered four dishes. The first to come out were the spicy chicken wings. This dish looked like it would be incredibly spicy but it was so flavorful you got passed that. The plate was filled with slices of dried chili peppers and second joint wings. Great sauce, medium heat. The next dish was called fish fillet with spicy sauce. It was mild heat, great sauce and a large portion of fried fish fillets. A little heavy and light at the same time. The next dish we got came out with the fish, it was an unusual dish called hand ripped cabbage. It was a lightly braised cabbage in fish sauce and hot peppers. Incredible flavor. For those not familiar with fish sauce it's not fishy. Kind of like mild soy sauce with umami. This dish was wonderful because it cut the grease/fattiness of the fish dish. The last dish was the only one we were a little disappointed with. We ordered a dish called shredded pork with soybean paste. The pork was wonderful. We had seen pictures of this dish on the web site and it was served with bau buns which allowed you to make your own little folded pillowy sandwiches. Apparently they were out of the buns so the served it with tofu skins. They have the texture of rubber bathmats. We ate the pork without them. Can't wait to go back to try other things. Big note: point at things in the menu or show them pictures from the website as the English comprehension is not good at all. The actually use an electronic interpreting device but it's not infallible. read more

Absolute gem!!! Have been hoping for some truly authentic Szechuan food. The chef took so much pride in the food - and rightfully so. Had the sesame spinach which was Delicious and the stir friend eggplant with potatoes and green peppers - an absolute gem. Both of these dishes are not spicy and would be great for someone trying this regions cuisine for the first time - our favorite was the Szechuan chicken which was delicious; not too spicy and complemented the other dishes well. Please give this restaurant a try! You won't be disappointed. read more

A gem in the neighborhood. This is the site of the old Yao's Diner . The place has been beautifully remodeled. The menu is as authentic as in Chinatown and for the less adventurous who don't relish pork knuckle or lamb with cumin (delicious) or wood ear fungus with chili pepper app( also v good ) they have American Chinese ( but why go there then?) The Mapo tofu was good if not a bit salty for me but i have low salt tolerance. My son enjoyed it. The brewed tea was very good and the food came out very quickly full of flavor with ginger , garlic scallion celery and cilantro . Yummy . read more

Disgusting awful gross food. Do not bother. Yuck. So disgusting. Will never go back. Dont know how they are still in business. If I could give them a zero I would. read more

Insanely good , drop the mike, end of story. Third trip to work our way thru menu and only slightly dented the spectacular wonders read more

The food was good, pretty similar to what is was before when it was Yao's diner, but few things really threw me off. The music they played really didn't fit the atmosphere, mostly being pop culture songs that you'd hear at parties instead of restaurants normally. The food was good, what you'd expect from an authentic Chinese restaurant. If it were left at just that I'd give this 4-5 stars for keeping the place almost as it was before it changed. We got the bill. The food already being slightly more expensive than it usually is compared to places like Lol kitchen and grill but since it was fairly new I let it go. Now this is what I'm most displeased about: we're told to pay an extra 3% service charge if we used a credit card. Normally for restaurants like these you get a discount for paying in cash if you don't use credit card or you pay either way without getting any discounts at all. Instead for Spice Workshop you pay a 3% service charge for using a credit card and pay normally if you use cash. I don't even know what the service was that made it so special enough to have me pay an extra amount. I have other options if I wanted to go for authentic Chinese food, but it won't be at this location anymore. read more

Amazing food, great customer service. Can't ask for more. I'm definitely going to be a repeat customer.

Just Ok, no where near the quality nor authenticity of LOL KITCHEN, which we really miss. Food was overly spicy and staff was not friendly. Would try again as it's close by but have heard better things about other locations. Worth another try though. read more

I just went yesterday!!! Omg! I wish I found this place sooner. This place is real authentic Chinese food. You can't find any better around here. If you are looking for real Chinese food, this place is your answer. I enjoyed my food so much. Everything I ordered absolutely delicious!! The staff was very nice and kind person. I have very good experience here. I will definitely go back there again and I can't wait to try all the food there. :) read more

Michellin Szechuan restaurant on LI. Come here b4 this restaurant becomes known. Chinatown, Flushing, 8th ave, can not match! Not something I thought will exist on LI, but it does. read more

This place is amazing! Truly authentic food. I've never been disappointed when I go here

Delicious flavors and foods! Great service! Authentic Chinese in a lovely setting! definitely coming back!

This is the best restaurant if you are craving szechuan/hunan food. I have been looking for a good one around this area for so long and am glad that I found one. I especially like the sliced beef in a chili oil, xihu beef soup, and fillet fish with spicy sauce. The owner is kind, except the only caveat is she doesn't speak english so it might be hard when you are trying to order takeout via phone (i had to physically go there and point to the specific menus in order to communicate). Despite this small inconvenience, i still order food from here frequently (its that good). Strongly recommend! read more

After visiting SBU we tried food here. It's pretty authentic Chinese food and we all liked the food a lot. It's not very spicy (for my standard) but very delicious. read more

Fantastic Authentic Chinese food ! This has to be the best Chinese food on Long Island! There is something for everyone from the adventurous to the not so adventurous eater. The flavors are complex and layered with even the non spicy food extremely flavorful. The dining room is classy quiet and comfortable. Service was attentive and unobtrusive. I loved the large glass turntable in the center of the large round table for sharing dishes. You have to give this place a try! read more

Amazing authentic Chinese food that is so underrated. Please come and please make this place stay in business! You will love it if you love spicy food and have an open mind. PLEASE DON'T LET THIS PLACE GO OUT OF BUSINESS!!! We need to keep real Chinese food here! read more