Soups went from $1 to $2.50 and now $5.00. Asked for one fortune cookie.. received none until I asked again .When I paid , woman questioned if I could pay by cash . I paid debit card. Was a loyal customer but will not return because of cost and rude customer service . I fully realize that this business does not care about a negative review. I will find somewhere else to give my business . read more

This has been my go to take Chinese carry out. They do all the classic dishes really well. The sweet and sour chicken is especially good here as is the lo mein. The appetizers are all on point and generous portions. I enjoyed the hot and sour soup. It had just the right amount of heat. I'll be back soon read more

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First time ordering from this place and have mixed feelings. Ordered fried wings, Mongolian beef and shrimp fried rice.wings were disappointing, small portion and looked old. The beef tasted ok but was pretty tough. As for the shrimp fried rice, there was plenty and properly cooked shrimp, but tasted like it was just added to already cooked rice Overall not terrible, but not as expected either read more

Szechuan Delight - Mongolian beef - Chinese Near Me - Alexandria, Virginia

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This was the best for over 20 years! The food, soup and spring rolls were the best ever. Before I moved in 2017 the chief left with his recipes. It was not the same. I would love to know if the chief is preparing somewhere else. I'd travel for it. read more

Overall an OK experience. I was expecting more flavor from the Fried Rice and Lo Mein and quite honestly I rarely use soy sauce for Asian cuisine however on this occasion I needed to. Not bad however nothing to want more of. This restaurant won an award in 2011 for Overall Customer Experience. This restaurant is tucked nicely at the end of the corridor in this business hall. You won't see it from the main walkway, so if driving you'll need to get out of your car and walk up to the corridor. It was very quiet on the inside with no other customers but myself. There was seemingly no heat on in the restaurant and this was during winter in February. It was rather chilly on the inside. Overall an OK experience. If in the area I will give them another try. Give them a try and see what you think. read more

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Another great establishment that has changed for the worst. Once a pillar in Chinese food specially for their General Tso Chicken, now an average Chinese restaurant that serves mediocre food. I will not be eating food from here again. read more

It's one of the better places for carry out Chinese food. I recommend it for the neighborhood we lived in, which is the Lincolnia part of Alexandria Their egg drop soup is the best I've ever tasted having visited most of not all Chinese restaurants in Alexandria. Their egg serving is much more their others! read more

Horrible food. Was rotten and smelled bad. Threw up within the hour. The place has subpar health standards and seems they don't care about their customers. I would say run away from here. Try another Chinese place. read more

They use to be AWESOME we ate here a few times a month. Last order STUPID Delivery driver can NOT follow directions and we almost lost our cat through the door upon delivery. Today place a pick up order and to have them mark our account NOT to have this same issue happen again in the future. Get the order home food is MISSING, called the restaurant and they were going to deliver the missing items So the delivery driver is SO INEPT to LOOK at a directory in a SECURE Condominium to be let in to finish the delivery. He calls on his cell, we run downstairs to meet him IMMEDIATELY and HE'S GONE and NO FOOD left . We are Done, they just LOST GOOD Loyal Customers. BEWARE if you order Anything from there and PLEASE check your order for ACCURACY getting WHAT you PAID & TIPPED FOR so you don't have this LOUSY experience!!! read more

This was my first time ordering from here and I was pleasantly surprised. I ordered the Hunan Shrimp, General Tso Chicken, the Jumbo fried chicken wings with French Fries and 2 Spring Veggie Rolls. The Hunan Shrimp I ordered extra spicy with just broccoli and snap peas and it was soooo good! I am happy about this because I tried these at other places and they weren't as good. The General Tso Chicken was just ok for me but my friend really liked it so I guess it depends on each persons taste. The Jumbo fried chicken wings with French Fries was really good as well! The seasoning on the chicken was perfect and fried to perfection! The 2 Spring Veggie rolls were so good! It was fried and free with my order. I also love the fact that they do not use MSG. I will def order from here again! read more

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A great local Chinese restaurant serving quality, fresh food at a great price point. The meat quality in particular has always been excellent; tender, juicy and with very little (if any) gristle. Flavors for the different dishes are always on point: my go-to choices are Mongolian beef, Kung Pao chicken, General Tso's chicken and any fried rice dish. The folks running the restaurant are friendly and helpful, never have had any issues there. The dining area is pretty small; it's definitely geared toward takeout (which is what I've always done). Excellent hidden gem, a consistent favorite! read more

I have been here just barely less than 10 times, but their food and their service is very consistent. So far I've enjoyed every dish I've had, especially I enjoy their roast pork with vegetables. I also like their won ton soup, it reminds me of ones I've had in my childhood. Lastly it feels family run, and they are very nice people. For every reason above, I have returned many times, and I plan to continue doing so too. read more

Chicken wing fried rice always hit the spot Convenient and good price Will be ordering when craving some good chicken wings read more

I have been going to the place for over 20 years or more, the food is amazing, and the people are friendly and just wonderful! The Ambiance is great too. Sherry read more

One of our favorite American Chinese food places. It's reliably consistent and good quality.

As an asian international student I loved this place and reminded me of home. The portions are proportionally big considering the price and it's reasonable. The lady is very sweet and accommodating, she made sure I got everything I needed. This is now my nearby favorite go-to restaurant !! read more

Just moved to Alexandria and this is a pretty good Chinese spot. Amazing service, serving size is awesome! They've gained a customer ! I've returned twice already, this is now my go to spot read more

Definitely NOT it for me. I ordered different items and they all had the same flavor and different colors. I've never had that issue elsewhere, first time for everything . I was very disappointed in giving this place a shot. read more

I absolutely love this place, we moved from Vienna recently and we had a place we thought it was great but this place is better and the prices and service is just great, i only eat at places where the service is good, food is delicious and service is excellent, way to go Szechuan delight! Your friend Gus Love wonton soup, combination rice etc read more

We ordered supper to be delivered to our hotel, The Faimont Marriott accross the street, expecting the standard Chinese food experience. We were pleasently surprised by the speed that it was delivered and how hot the food was. More than that was the great quality of the food and the value per dollar spent. The large hot and sour soup was one of the best we've had; filled with tofu - watercress-green onions- chili peppers and not salty with corn starch thickener. Really delicious. We also had 905-564-6881he chicken with vegetables and steamed rice combo that came with a crunchy fresh spring roll. Both were mouth watering and tasty, again not too salty. Overall very good Traditional American Chinese food that rivals great Chinese food in Montreal. Highly recommend this restaurant. Howard B. read more

Szechuan Delight - Chinese Near Me - Alexandria, Virginia

You call that General Tso? I don't think so. Hardly any batter at all. I know other places like to go crazy on the batter with hardly any chicken. Here's the opposite. Perhaps some people think that's a good thing, but it's not like you get more chicken. I only got 4 midsized pieces of chicken. Portion felt disappointingly light, and sooooooooo not worth the wait. Be warned this is for take-out and delivery. No tables to eat at. And it's not easily visible from the shopping store fronts. You'll need to walk through toward the back of the building to get there. read more

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This is my spot when I want Chinese take out for lunch at work. Lunch menu is cheap and it's good. I have been back here so many times that I forget to take the pictures. I recommend the Sesame chicken and the House Party Wings. I willingly return to eat here again. read more

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Such great customer service!!! I felt very welcomed as soon as I entered the restaurant!! They are tucked away in the shopping center, BUT you will no be disappointed! The food is really good! I will be back!! read more

Szechuan Delight - Entrance - Chinese Near Me - Alexandria, Virginia

I come here pretty much once a week ! They're such a sweet family owned business and always provide great customer service.

Understand going in that this restaurant is not trying to win a James Beard award. It's not fancy and not expensive. It is, however, that "hole in the wall" place you want to get on your way home from work or on a weekend when you're craving Szechuan. We ordered Crab Rangoon, spring roll, Chicken Pad Thai, and chicken & broccoli with fried rice. Spring rolls were good, but Crab Rangoon were small and crispy with very little filling. Pad Thai was good -- chicken was in small pieces and tender (not fatty at all). Note that the noodles were a bit mushy/overcooked, but that's what you're getting at this place -- nothing fancy -- just good, affordable food. The broccoli with chicken is exactly what we wanted. Just chicken and broccoli in sauce. No other vegetables or crazy additions. The fried rice was good, but I'm not sure I could eat it as a main dish. It's best as a side mixed with another main dish. Overall good experience and we will be trying Szechuan Delight again. read more

I am writing this as a possible learning opportunity about customer service for the restaurant. I have ordered from this restaurant a number of times, always delivery. It is your typical Chinese delivery food. Nothing spectacular, but decent enough to return, specifically for their steamed healthy options. Delivery has been ok, except for a couple of long delivery waits. Tonight though, lost us as customers. I am going to try to keep this somewhat brief, but there is much more to this story. We had a typical order through GrubHub. They got the order wrong, forgot a soup, forgot a white rice, gave a fried dumpling instead of steamed, and most important - the 'healthy chicken's was bathed in sauce. I had to call the restaurant multiple times as each time I pulled something out, it was wrong or missing. Admittedly (and it was pointed out) I mistakenly ordered the fried dumplings...my fault. It is the chicken dish that really made my blood boil. After the third call, when I saw the sauce on the chicken, instead of refunding me for their mistake, the restaurant said they want to come back to my house to take it back and then they will refund me. Huh? What is the point of that and what would you do with the food if you did come to.my house? Serve it to somebody else? I told them this was ridiculous as I have 2 small children and by doing that, we would throw off of any evening schedule and were expecting this as dinner. Instead of understanding and just simply refunding our order or at least just give a credit for next time, I was lectured about Costco. I was told that if you buy something there and don't want it, you return it. That was demeaning and a completely different scenario than a food delivery. Taking food back from a customer makes me curious as to what they would do with the food after (is this a health code violation?). The long and short of it, they finally refunded me for 1 chicken, but not the other because of 'time, materials, and gas for delivery'. So, coming back to my house to get the food wouldn't have cost gas or materials, etc.? I was also told that this was an expensive meal, so they can't refund me. The cost of a steamed chicken is $9.25. Expensive? This could have easily been rectified immediately by refunding the meal as courtesy of a mistake, or at worst, credit for next time. Instead, I was on the phone with a restaurant for 45 minutes figuring out what they will do and arguing about an order. Szecuan Delight, I hope you use this example for a learning experience about what not to do with a customer. It not only wasted my time, but due to the frustration on the phone, ruined my evening as I am sure it ruined the evening for the person with whom I was arguing with on the phone. Unfortunately for you, this cost you a customer. read more

I've been gone for 10+ years, so I was disappointed to hear that it is under new management. Simple fried rice was messed up! Didn't taste good! Crab Rangoon lacks crab meat! It seems like they didn't even put one on it! It was all cream cheese! read more

Ordered from here via Grubhub. The Hot & Sour soup was good. Flavorful and not overly salty. I was very disappointed in the curry shrimp. While I wasn't expecting loads of shrimp, I was expecting more than 9 and not a bowl full of onions (see pictures) to mask the small amount of shrimp. In addition, there was very little curry sauce (maybe the large amount of slivered onions soaked up the sauce). Disappointed in the little to no curry sauce for the dish. The Crab Rangoon was good. read more

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This used to be the best general tso chicken around. Light sauce and huge chunks of white meat chicken. Fried rice was smokey and lovely too. I came back recently and it is not the same. In fact I felt very sick all night afterwards. read more

For some reason, EVERYTHING from this place is excellent! It's kinda hard to find as it's located behind the shopping center closest to the rear of total wine. Order ahead, you get your food faster!! read more

Best Chinese type delivery we've ever had! Love they don't use MSG. Egg Rolls were on point. Miso soup was perfect! And my Shrimp Curry was delicious! read more

If you are looking for authentic Chinese food, this place is not for you. If you are looking for good "Americanized" Chinese take-out, this place will hit the spot. Although I grew up in a Chinese family, every once in a while I crave the fried, saucy Chinese food that isn't exactly authentic. I ordered fried dumplings as appetizer, veggie lo mein, combination fried rice, crispy beef, and kung pao chicken. Of all the dishes, I only really enjoyed the combination fried rice and the crispy beef. Everything else was just "eh." The good: Crispy beef and combination fried rice had a good amount of flavor and satisfied my craving for chinese delivery food. The bad: The fried dumplings were pan fried, and a bit oily. The frying didn't seem to add any crispiness to the skin at all. The skin on the dumplings was also a bit thick for my taste (they used too much dough). I wouldn't order these again. The veggie lo mein was also a bit too oily and kind of bland, but salty at the same time. There just wasn't enough flavor there for me. The kung pao chicken was just "eh." It really just left no impression. Overall my bill was over $40, which was a bit pricey considering the quality of the food. However, for when I get those cravings for Chinese delivery every once in a blue moon I think I'd still come back and try a couple different items off of their menu. Note: there is no seating at their address. This is a strictly pick-up or delivery restaurant. However, they do accept credit card. read more

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Ordered $55 worth of food online through their website on a Friday night date night. Showed up at the time it was supposed to be ready but there was nothing to pick up. The owner/manager had no idea what I had ordered. He checked his printer and noticed there were multiple orders that hadn't been tended to/noticed. I left. Thanks for Fing up my date night! Never again!!! Useless!!!! read more

a great quality food. the service was also very good. the restaurant is more "homy" feeling than fancy which i really like. the crab ran goons, and the fried rice is definitely something to try! the front desk kid was also very friendly and nice and was very helpful with helping me out picking out the food options. i would prefer to go here if you like Chinese food. read more

I ordered from here because of the great reviews it had but I was kind of disappointed. My food was just okay. Nothing to write home about. I ordered the lunch moo shoo chicken, crab rangoons, and an egg roll. The moo shoo was pretty bland, I had to use two packets of soy sauce just to give it some flavor. Also, I paid $1 extra for fried rice instead of white rice and I received a teeny tiny container of rice. The eggroll was hot and crispy, but there was no shrimp in it. The description said there should have been beef and shrimp inside - so that was disappointing. And lastly the crab rangoons were probably the best part of the meal. Although they had very little filling it was still tasty. The pricing for the restaurant was really good, which was another reason I decided to try this place. Their lunch specials range from $5-7! Another pro was the quick delivery time. I think I only waited 30 minutes (if that) for my food. Even with the good prices and quick delivery, though, I won't order from here again. read more

I was lured to this dining facility due to the cheap prices and I needed something inside me quick This is your typical fast food Chinese joint. Szechuan Delight is tucked away in the shopping center. Traffic is terrible in this part of town so be ready to wait and fight for parking spots....very busy read more

Szechuan Delight - Kung pow chicken - Chinese Near Me - Alexandria, Virginia

I use to order a lot of Chinese food from this location I order 78.00 of Chinese food there food was pretty good for some reason there general Tso chicken did it taste that well and there combination Fred Rice was not cook all the way it was kinda hard was not soft the texture of the rice I have order Fred rice from other Chinese restaurants and I know the difference so I called the Carry out to let them know and a person answered the phone I believe to be the owner the owner was very defensive saying he orders the best rice you can buy witch he said was Sesame rice instead he try to brush me off and over talk me defending his product instead as an owner you shouldn't have just sit I'm sorry you had that experience and we will give you another order of rice or credit, believe me I have had the finest Chinese food from China and New York City there must be a new cook in there kitchen or the rice is stale I know something not rice with the rice and the general Tso chicken the flavor and it wasn't crispy one thing about me if I like your business and I spend over 80.00 and over that tells you I like your food and this time it was poor quality. I will not visit Restaurant no more didn't like the owner defensive attitude read more

Szechuan Delight - a box of rice and meat - Chinese Near Me - Alexandria, Virginia

DONT TRUST THEIR BEEF DISHES...it ISNT beef! This was our third visit in the last 5 months... the first two orders were delicious, fresh and flavorful (fresh veggies, rice, actual beef, fresh shrimp in the fried rice, fresh light colored noodles). Today after only 2 bites we saved our stomachs and stopped eating while we were ahead. UGHH the food was old and flat out disgusting. What a disappointment!!!! It was horrible! If you get sick from eating chicken, don't trust this restaurant! Because of diet restrictions I specifically ordered a beef dish, one bite in I knew it wasn't beef. My poor stomach confirmed it. I still feel sick. I can't imagine if I actually ate a serving of it. SAVE YOUR STOMACHS AND YOUR MONEY. read more

the food was amazing and the receptionist was really nice would 10/10 recommended. Good quality food and fast serving.

I called in a simple order of two 'chicken and shrimp' egg rolls and BBQ pork. After picking up the order decided to dine in the back seats of my LexRex. I began with the BBQ pork which in my past has always been double roasted BBQ with a dark sauce, this tasted like it was cooked but that's about it and the sauce was more like a syrupy sugary water. So I moved onto the egg rolls this is my way of judging Chinese food. They are supposed to be chicken and shrimp. The wrap was solid like cardboard and I am not exaggerating, and the inside was one solid mush with not discerning hints of anything other than overcooked cabbage. After I swallowed my first bite I opened the door and threw them onto the parking lot. read more

Szechuan Delight - Chinese Near Me - Alexandria, Virginia