Definitely the place to be if one wants the Sichuan stuff with that nice chili heat and everything drenched in chili oil. Parking is available in the lot next to the building, as well as on Kingsway. The dining area is actually split onto 2 floors. Each floor is quite small, with maybe 7 tables. Staff are okay but a bit rushed. They were rushing us the entire time to try and squeeze another party in after us. Not a big deal but worth mentioning. I guess the other thing worth mentioning is they ran out of chicken (for some dishes) and rabbit too. Guess those animals will live to see another day. For any Sichuan restaurant, the test is always the "water cooked fish", or poached sliced fish in chili oil (as shown on the menu). This thing hit the spot. The group of us also ordered a bowl of boiled sliced lamb in chili oil. Not too spicy, but with a nice layer of chili oil. The deep fried chicken with dried chili wasn't bad, but the chicken bits are bone-in. It was actually hard to tell which part was bone as opposed to deep fried meat. This dish had to be eaten slowly. The shredded pork with chili sauce was probably the only disappointment, though admittedly this might've been because we were all numb from the other dishes. The sauce was more sweet if anything. Personally I'd skip this dish. Lastly, the Yangzhou fried rice is nice. Up to par with other places out there. Guess I'm coming back here at some point for another chili oil fix. Recommended. read more

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Pretty good for the food and service. The restaurant was empty since we arrived right at open.

Yo this place is a TRIP.. Food = 6.5 / 10 Service = 1 / 10 Cleanliness = 1 / 10 First off, the service here is out of this world bad. It's like they pride theirselves in poor customer service. We came on a Friday at 6:00, and all of the 8 tables were full of people. There was ONE person serving us all. On top of that, she wasn't even giving us her full attention, she was running in and out of the kitchen and also handling payment AND also handling food delivery pickups and phone calls. Many people just ended up grabbing cutlery and napkins from the table nearby as they couldn't get the attention of the "waitress" As for the food, it was a mix of good and bad. I really enjoyed the spicy/sour fish soup because the fish was fresh and came out of the fish tank. They also had a nice beef shank / intentestine dish that was tasty. However a couple of dishes were notably bad. They had this stir fried beef w/ cumin and the beef was very chewy and obviously a bit stale. Also, the thousand chilli chicken dish, was terrible. The chicken pieces were TINY and many of them were mostly just chunks of bones. The pieces that did have meat were incredibly small and because of the way it was cooked, the meat ended up being so dry. I've had this dish at many other szechuan restaurants and it's much more tender / juicy ( eg. Peaceful Restaurant, S&W pepper house in Crystal Mall ). The cleanliness and decour of the restaurant was atrocious. There was pieces of cardboard covering the windows all over the place. It looked like some crack house.. Also, one of the fish tanks water was super dirty. I'd recommend only doing pick up at this place as it seems impossible to get decent service here. read more

Szechuan Cuisine - Thousand chilli chicken - Chinese Near Me - Burnaby, British Columbia

Almost everything on the menu is hot, seriously. Check out the very innocent and unassuming look of the sour cabbage shredded pork noodle soup, it's actually outta-this-world friggin' hottt! And just when you think you can have a break from the heat with the very simple dish of scrambled eggs with tomatoes but nope now it's super salty!! This place just drives me crazy. I think they might be conspiring with next doors 'cos when you're done frying your taste buds here you can just head over there and try to cool yourself down with the shaved ice. Lol read more

Szechuan Cuisine - Chinese Near Me - Burnaby, British Columbia

Chili Oil Chicken, Cauliflower with Pork Slices, Braised Pork Belly, and Steamed Eggs _ As someone who liiiives for spicy foods, I'm so happy I found this spot 90% of the menu is spicy and it actually is. I hate it when the menu lies to me and says it's spicy when it's far from it _ I'd recommend everything I got and all the portions are very generous. I ended up mixing the chili oil into the braised pork because it wasn't spicy If you love eggs then you have to get the steamed eggs. It's so silky and so much flavour for such a simple dish read more

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I don't usually eat spicy food so I can't be the best judge in Szechuan cuisine, but I liked this place. We showed up on a weekday afternoon around 2pm so it was pretty dead. There were only 2 other tables. Service was average. My husband and I shared a beef dish and a mapo tofu dish. I enjoyed the beef and could only eat a bit at a time. I loved the flavor of the mapo tofu and although I kept taking pauses to wipe sweat off my upper lip, I ate an entire bowl of rice with some tofu. Prices in the menu was higher than I expected and I had leftovers for dinner. read more

Szechuan Cuisine - Chinese Near Me - Burnaby, British Columbia

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I am very sorry to have to write this but I ordered from here last night. There was a fee and tip added to my bill....the driver did not come to my door or let me know the order was there, so it was left in the Lobby for 1 1/2 hours before I knew to look there. By then it was cold. The food was over-cooked and had so many little bones in it I could not safely eat it. It was like the order was a mistake....it seemed like the old scraps left over in a pan meant to be thrown away but by mistkae became my order I paid $41.00 for. It was honestly the most awful food delivery experience I have experienced in my life time. read more

There were only two of us white people and I was envious of the bigger groups with tables laden with interesting looking dishes! We had the special dumplings which tasted great and hot and sour soup which was super spicy and yummy. If they have a fresh leafy vegetable dish we would have ordered that to counter the spicy food, but instead just relied on beer. They have heavy plasticky table cloths that hang quite far over the table edge and rest on your legs so they trap heat...my dining companion got overheated, he was not comfortable. We sat on the second level and enjoyed the view of A&W and a scruffy parking lot. The decor is awful, but who cares, the food is good. read more

Arrived and the place was full,with 4 other ppl waiting in front of us. I didnt mind the wait as I heard the food was 5/5 and I saw a few tables ready to leave. (the owners are friendly and respectful- which is odd for this type of a place). 15 mins later..we sat and already knew what to order so we preordered(Starving) 1. Spicy chicken (dry-see pics) 5/5. 2. fish hot pot (in oil) large portions/great taste. 4.5/5 3. lamb w/cummin 5/5 i cant recall the prices but they're reasonable $15 and under dont quote me on that.. quick service even for having the place completely full (we sat downstairs- closer to the kitchen) wait staff are commended for there hard work walking up those stairs with food/drinks. read more

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For taste, I give 5 star because it's the most authentic szechuan foods I found in Vancouver. For someone not familiar, the foods are spicy, oily, salty maybe? So please consider it based on preference before coming. For cleaniness and environment, I give 3 stars. I had to go to toilet lots of time next morning. So definitely it's not the healthiest food you can get Overall, i give 4 star read more

I'm not sure why the ratings for this place is so low. My one experience here was good. To be honest we only stumbled upon this place as we were going to go to the restaurant next door but they had a twenty minute wait. We didn't want to wait so walked the twenty steps to this place. I would have to agree with a few of the reviews in that the service was not great but it wasn't that bad. But the food was excellent. We had the Kung Pao Chicken and Szechuan Beef. And we had it with a bowl of rice each. I was full but I couldn't stop eating it because it was so delicious. (Poor self control I know but that's another story) There is a parking lot there but even for a Thursday evening there was no parking available. It's very busy. read more

The best Szechuan food I've ever had in great Vancouver! It's a combination of Szechuan and Hunan ("Xiang" Cuisine) flavors in some of the dishes. It's the paradise for those who are addicted to spicy food. Make sure you try the fish! read more

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Had 3 dishes. Poached beef in spicy sauce Squid Pork intestine The dishes were a bit similar in the sense that they were all in spicy sauce so we had no real time to rest, however the spiciness was done very tastefully so we were able to continue to enjoy all the way until the end. The pork intestine was the special dish to me. It seemed to have first gone through one stage of quick deep frying such that the outside was slightly crispy and the inside was juicy and fatty. Very well prepared. The quantities were also fairly large which is something i do enjoy. Reasonably priced for a szechuan place. We spent 55$ before tip and had more than enough food for 4 people. The service was great. Correct dishes, in time, and they bring you whatever you ask for with haste and friendly attitude. I enjoy that. We ll be back for sure to try the other dishes! read more

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SUPER AUTHENTIC Sichuan food, and I am from Sichuan. I don't care about the service or the setting, and that is not what I come for. The food is great. read more

I have to say this is so far one of the best Szechuan restaurants in The area. I'm so happy I discovered it. I spent sometime in Shanghai and was never afraid to try all the food there. I'm always looking for that specific flavouring that I can't explain but they use all the right spices here and it's pretty close so I have to give it a five star. read more

If I could give 0 stars I would! I love szechuan food so when I drove by this place I wanted to give it a try. They have an upstairs and a downstairs. I was meeting my friend there and I got there first. No one really greeted me at the door so I kinda walked a little into the dining room area, the people who work here don't really speak english. Someone came to me and since it was full downstairs sat me upstairs. So, my friend arrived and we ordered two beers, it took a little while but not bad, then we ordered our food.....and waited and waited. A table came in a little after us started getting their food and the table across from us which came in quite a bit later (15min at least) got their food as well...us? Nothing. It's around 45 minutes now and all we got are our beers. I told my friend, let's pay for our beers and leave but he called the server over and asked where our food was. They were speaking mandarin which I don't understand so I let them finish and then asked my friend what he said. He said the server said our food took a long time because the food we ordered had to be prepared together or something like that, in other words..BS! If i knew what they were talking about I would have just said we're leaving. I understand restaurants make mistakes, lose tickets etc. but please do not lie to me and give me some bullshit excuse. That really pissed me off. I still wanted to leave but the food was coming now (after almost an hour now) and my friend didn't really want to leave, he reasoned that if we went to another place we'd have to wait again ( which I was fine with it was about the principle not about waiting!) Ok, fine, the food was okay, I mean I dunno I was starving at this point right. So, we finish our meal and the check comes..no discount, comp, nothing. Waited over an hour for our food while tables coming in after us are eating and not so much as an apology let alone taking something off the bill. Whatever...never see me back in this place again....oh and I didn't take any pics cuz I was too angry.... read more

Life is too short, eat somewhere else. Have you ever been out for dinner with friends and have the night be ruined by the restaurant? Yup! The quality/flavour of food did not justify the wait or service (lack there of). If you want to read more because you are really craving Szechuan food or finally found parking and just found out the wait for MYST is too long. The food below took over an hour to come. From the time we ordered we waited 30 mins. It wasn't until we ask where our food was then shortly came the Wontons in Chilli (3/5). You can imagine how quickly 4 hungry adults would devour 10 pieces of wontons. After that...nothing! Until we asked again.. then we got the Chilli Chicken (2/5) (mushy and over cooked) and a Fish stewed in Chilli dish (4/5). When we were fully done our food, nothing else came out. We had to ask them for the the Noodles in Chilli Oil (2.5/5) dish and Stir Fry Green Beans in Chilli (2.5/5) yet again, in which they did not bring out until 20 mins later. When we tried to cancel the dishes not surprisingly they said it will be ready in 5 mins. At this point, we just asked for the food to be packed. The food was mediocre and lacked the traditional bold flavours of Szechuan cuisine. So many better restaurants down Kingsway such as Chong Qing, Old Xi'an and my personal favourite Joojak (call ahead first). Notes: *restaurant did not seem busy as there were quite a few empty tables around us *the table beside us was complaining too as they had no food come out after the same amount of time *if you do decide to eat here, keep asking where the food is or threaten to cancel the dish.. hopefully you will get your food made quicker *good luck, you will need it read more

Drive pass Kingsway and give it a try. Quite busy at lunch time, parking lot is full. Food quality is fine, l may say 7 out of 10. Can improve on cleanliness, services is ok, not much words, just check photos! read more

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Worst service ever. My husband normally doesn't make a big deal but this time he had to say something. My in-laws are quite old and have difficulty with mobility. Before heading to the airport we wanted to have a family dinner. We get there, waited and while my husband went to find parking we were still waiting. The waiters gave me glances so they clearly saw me waiting but didn't bother talking to me or asking me to wait. If they said hold on a sec please then I'd gladly wait. However after constant pass-bys and lots of empty tables, my husband told the people behind the counter what terrible service they had and had elderly people waiting for so long without even a greeting. Then we just left. Not saying just because we had old people with us we should be getting better service but a nice "hi" and a "please wait a sec" would have sufficed. Just recognition that we were waiting was enough but I guess that's too difficult now a days. read more

Waiting time was too long (more than 40 min for group of two) & the service was terrible. Need to share the table with other groups if you have less than 3 ppl. No service at all even after we were sit read more

Only tried once after recommended by friend. Food is okay. Taste is average. Service is not bad. Price is reasonable. Portion is not large. But their business is really good. It took some times to get all the dishes completed. The restaurant is full at that time and there're more people line up. Probably it's because there's not a lot good Szechuan restaurants in Burnaby. read more

Restaurant was serviously short-staffed. There was one guy waiting 7 large tables. No tea was served until requested and we waited for an hour for our order. The food was good but pricy. read more

Great food! Ordered takeout chicken with chili, mapo tofu, cold appy with tripe and beef, boiled beef with chili sauce and wonton in chiili oil. Total came out to about $65 after tax. Delicious and loved it. Will be back again for more read more

Arrived at 7:25pm and waited 30 minutes to be seated (group of two), which I wasn't angry about because the place seemed quite busy. We placed our order at 7:57 and at this point there were around three or four empty tables around us, but we still waited a good forty minutes before our food arrived. The table next to us arrived 20 minutes later than we did, we watched them order their food, and watched their food arrive within 10 minutes while we still got nothing, at this point I seriously was going to leave. They only get two stars because the food wasn't half bad but, they really need to work on their efficiency. I left without giving a tip because I was frustrated by them to a where point I wasn't able to enjoy my food. We spent a good 2 hours at this place because of their slow pace, definitely would not recommend if you're on an empty stomach or do not have a good two hours of time. read more