Found the flavors of the wood ear mushroom and Dan Dan noodles extremely bland and not authentic. The Sichuan roast duck was more authentic and extremely mala (I thought it was too mala, but my friend disagreed.) May have been a one off, as the staff were kind enough to seat us ~45 minutes before close read more

Really good sichuan food. We made a reservation online and was seated immediately. Restaurant was relatively busy but our food was served pretty quickly. Will return again! 麻辣香锅 - this was delicious and really comforting after not having Asian food for 2 weeks during my trip 蒜蓉空心菜 - this was a little too watery and not enough garlic flavor. read more

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Worth a shot! Sorry for not having photos, but this is your classic Sichaun/Asian style food so just think of the last time you had solid Chinese style food and that's what this looks like. And not your cheap quick take out Chinese food, a step up. NOTE - we dined in, but probably great for take out/delivery as well. Good flavor, opportunity for lots of spice and mala, which we love. We stuck to the classics - Won Ton Soup, spicy green beans, Kung Bao chicken & steamed white rice. Hot tea to start! Soup was the best piece, chicken could've been a little more flavorful but it was solid and I'd order again. The staff was attentive and easygoing. We walked in at 7:45pm on a Friday night, no reservation and we got a table, but it was busy the whole time we were there! Good vibes! This is not a place to travel around for but if you're nearby and are craving soup, hot tea, or a warm and tasty meal this will work! I paid $75 USD or £56 pounds for dinner for 2. read more

The food was very authentic and tasted great. I have lived in HK for a long time and the food came pretty close to anything I have had there. read more

The Sichuan - Gung Prawn and rice - Chinese Near Me - London, XGL

Came here to celebrate Chinese New Year and wow it was tasty. It is pretty pricey, but the food is very authentic and super delicious.. I was also super surprised with how delicious this food was. If you're trying to eat real Sichuan food, go here. Definitely order the gong bao chicken!! read more

The Sichuan - Chinese Near Me - London, XGL

Just a mediocre neighborhood joint. Had the prawn dumplings, which had no particular taste, prawn or otherwise. The Sichuan crispy beef was not crispy at all, more chewy. The choy sum with garlic was simple, as it should be, but somehow lacking- perhaps a touch over cooked? I didn't get sick, I'll give them that. read more

Damn near perfect! Stumbled on this Old Street spot on a city break and it is going to be a long term relationship. A good bottle of wine.....soft shell crab, garlic and pepper squid, chicken chow mein, sweet and sour chicken balanced off with some well made egg fried rice. Supremely good tasting food. I'm sure lots of folk know this spot but I am also recommending this place.!! read more

I ordered grilled vegetable dumplings for takeaway. The service was fast, efficient and to the point which is great for takeaway. They helped me choose the item too quickly. The food itself was ok, it was fresh but found it to be a little oily for a grilled item. read more

We were lucky that we reached by 11:45 when we easily got a table. By the time we left at 12:30, the place had long queues waiting to get in. Plenty of Asian businessmen (70% occupancy) led me to believe that they must be pretty authentic - since I've never been to China. The food was super delicious! Being Sichuan food, I ordered from the 'medium spicy' section and we were very happy with everything. The ants climbing up a tree was the star dish for us. Glass noodles tossed in a pork stock based sauce with a hint of Sichuan pepper and pork mince. I could eat this everyday. Light on the stomach, but with bucketloads of flavour. He had the veg hot & sour soup which was exactly what he wanted. I chose the milder pork wonton soup. I was expecting a really mild flavour (more as a hot water alternative), but the soup was delicious and the pork mince in the wontons had tiny hits of spice in it. Nothing overwhelming, just right to keep the tastebuds excited. The chicken with dried red chilli and Sichuan pepper was exactly what we expected. I forgot to take a picture of the dish after we had extracted the chicken and the groundnuts, the volume did not seem to differ much from the original The pork with green peppers was absolutely delicious and went very well with the egg fried rice. This did not have Sichuan peppers in it, so it was a very different kind of spice. I only wish I'd discovered this place earlier when I still had multiple trips to make to the office here. Hopefully, today is the last time I have to visit this particular office, but I might just return to this area to try more items on the menu. They do have more 'exotic' dishes like pigs ears, but today I wasn't in the mood to experiment. I'd definitely give this place a 5 star recommendation. read more

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What a shitty place. I'm in London for business staying a nearby hotel this area is absolute shit for a night life after 9. I stumble into this hole in wall place as it is the only place open in the dreary area. I'm greeted by what looks like half a man. Bro has an attitude right off the bat and thinks I don't speak Mandarin as he talks about me with his staff. Anyways food is decent but not the quality I'd get in the Bay Area. Guessing by the patrons while I was there it was predominately white folks. read more

Authentic and delicious Sichuan cuisine with a wide selection of spicy and non-spicy dishes. A pleasantly surprised find in the City. The dishes are more refined than those you find in Chinatown. read more

Off the Back of Jay Rayners's glowing review of this place, we came to check out the grilled fish. It came in a baking tray smothered in dried chiles. You can choose three veg to go with it and we opted for black fungus, lotus root and enoki mushrooms. It was a delicious dish and the fish was perfectly cooked. However, I wish it had more heat (there were not enough Sichuan peppercorns or chile seeds to my liking) and unfortunately, the fish came deboned. The price was also a bit steep at £28. We also ordered a plate of gai lan with black mushrooms. This was very good as well. Overall, a good dining experience. read more

The Sichuan - Grilled fish with black fungus, lotus root and enoki mushrooms - Chinese Near Me - London, XGL

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1. Wonderful service: of course we had to work a little to get our waiters attention once or twice... that comes with authentic chinese food in my experience, though. The server's english wasn't great but he did his best to answer all of our questions (and accurately) with a smile/good attitude. 2. The food was FANTASTIC! I LOVE good Sichuan food. I had the dandan noodles (with no pork and a little extra spice, as requested), gong bao chicken, fungus (earwood mushroom) salad, smacked cucumber salad (not the best i've ever had, but still good), and a bowl of hot & sour soup that was EXCELLENT. We're not the most adventurous eaters as you can tell from the order above, but we enjoyed everything we got! Yumyumyum read more

This restaurant served the best Chinese food I had in London. Super spicy and delicious. I recommend the cumin beef and #13 corn fed chicken with special sauce read more

The Sichuan - #13 chicken - Chinese Near Me - London, XGL

The food here is just about the average level among Chinese restaurant. The Sour and spicy vermicelli is in a tiny small bowl and taste like I can make it by myself. The Boiled beef is better but the vegetable sides taste bad. The most IMPORTANT thing is that this restaurant is trying to avoid tax!!! It does not give you the VAT RECEIPT!!! It only left a small piece of paper with total cost and nothing else, and they will take it back after being paid if you do not ask to keep this. WILL NEVER COME AGAIN. read more

I know that lots of people are saying this a pretty good place, and it is, but the food is soooo weird many people from the west will find it unpalatable. That's not to say that the food itself is bad, it's just that it really is typically Chinese - so there are many things on the menu that people wouldn't normally eat! That said, we went as a group and ordered a large selection of dishes for everyone to share. We all agreed that the food was excellent, and the service wasn't bad either. read more

The unusual thing here is the warm friendly greeting on arrival. The staff are obliging throughout your visit. Recently they served my early dinner fast as I had to leave for a Barbican concert. Dan Dan noodles to die for, dumplings delicious and spicing hot but not too much. I've been several times and still discovering what best to eat. Strongly recommended for genuine Szechuan food read more

Having lived in China for extended periods and having become a devotee of Sichuan food, when I learned that a Sichuan place was developing a following in London I of course wanted to try it when I visited the city. As luck would have it, a fellow spice-head lives in the city (and her family used to own Chinese restaurants) so we made a plan to go. The place is located in the City of London and is pretty small. The servers include a not-at-all-Chinese waitress who may very well have been there from before the place became Chinese, but all of them are friendly. The dish that seems to have earned the biggest following is the Sichuan roasted fish, which is £28 and is made with sea bass and your choice of three vegetables (we opted for lotus root, tree ear mushrooms and dried tofu). It is not particularly spicy, but the flavours are bright and rich and probably unfamiliar to people who have only had Chinese food overseas, and we enjoyed it but it was not the standout of our evening. That honour went to the beef in chilli oil (I'm not actual sure what the English name of this dish is; it's often translated as "water boiled beef", which is surely the best example there is of a misleading dish name, since it has little to do with water or boiling). The heat of the chillies and the tenderness of the beef were spot-on, and the ratio of meat to cabbage was also perfect. Another excellent dish was the dry-cooked string beans, which was cooked perfectly and had a good amount of salt and heat. The one dud was the cold chicken in chilli oil, which was flavourless and insipid. But overall we enjoyed the meal very much and could happily return. read more

I came to London with my partner and we needed some Sichuan badly. We came to The Sichuan and have been treated so well by their staff. Everyone here is so sweet and the food is amazing! We've actually been coming back a couple times a week ever since, and they've been amazing hosts. I highly recommend this spot if you're in the mood for great Sichuan and a friendly atmosphere! read more

Great authentic-ish Chinese restaurant in the middle of biz area. A menu is a blend of British Chinese dishes and traditional Sichuan dishes. It had a lunch menu which is helpful. The restaurant has a nice ambience as well and good option for a sit down lunch. read more

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On our recent jaunt to London, we had a goal to get some Sichuan food. We love it and unfortunately it is one of the few cuisines completely missing in our current location. Until visiting The Sichuan, I'd say our surprising all-time favorite was Sichuan Cottage in rural North New Jersey (see my Yelp review and don't miss it if you have the opportunity). However, The Sichuan has eclipsed that fine restaurant and is now at the top of my list. We arrived in a seriously jet lagged state from our nearby Shoreditch flat on a frigid Wednesday evening. One of the two manager gentlemen warmly welcomed us and spent a lot of quality time discussing the huge menu, drink options, etc. We took his recommendations - for Westerners familiar with Sichuan food, liking spice/heat but not wanting full spice level, etc - and they were spot on. I have to note, he went out of the way to correct us when we wanted to order an extra dish and accurately pointed out that their portions are very generous. He was absolutely right but how many restaurant people will talk customers OUT of ordering extra food? We started with some of the "refreshing fungus" - perfect wood ear type mushrooms in an amazing preparation of fresh herbs and a few peppers. This was a revelation. Never had anything like it before and we both loved it. For our mains we had Gung bo Chicken and a special Twice cooked fish that was off menu but he said is a customer favorite. The chicken was classic, complex, tongue tingling and delicious. For me, I think I prefer Sichuan Cottage's and perhaps they were holding off a bit on the Sichuan peppercorns but for us that evening, that was probably the right call. The fish was amazeballs! One of the best dishes I've ever eaten - lightly battered and very lightly/perfectly fried - crunchy but still very juicy in a dry wok preparation with cumin , peppers, etc. Really astounding. OK...we returned for a second dinner as we just couldn't stay away. That evening, Friday, the restaurant was at capacity but the same sweet owner?/manager found room for us at a larger communal table (that led to meeting a delightful local bar owner who hooked us up - see my Aviary review) so...always go with the flow folks. That time we had to get the fish again along with the pork with green peppers (rich, luscious, perfectly hot) and the green beans/ground pork - best version of these I've ever eaten. The Sichuan is a wonderful, welcoming, outstandingly run restaurant turning out some of the best Sichuan food you will ever eat. What are you waiting for? read more

Not bad, for Sichuanese food abroad. Seasoning was fairly convincing, although with a slight southern twang. but this is London after all... The DanDan Noodles (a favorite of mine from back in my Sichuan days) were sadly on the soggy side, although still quite edible. The Red Oil Wontons were ok. Price was very reasonable. (about a tenner for the noodles + wontons) Will consider going back to try their stir fries and other dishes. 巴适指数7/10 read more

By a long pig's snout the best Sichuan Chinese in London -- nay, one of the best Chinese restaurants in London. A tsunami of flavour from the first morsel of fried Sichuan pork with peppers to the last dreg of boiled beef with chilis. Forget about the service, decor, drinks variety, prices, or cut of your waiter's jib and sing hosannas in this temple of flavour. read more

Extremely disappointed with this restaurant. Booked a table with a friend here for lunch after seeing positive reviews elsewhere. The staff were very pushy, obviously rushed off their feet, but the restaurant was probably about 80% full at 12.30pm in the City (which should be one of their busiest times). Only 1 out of the 3 things we ordered arrived 45 minutes later - listed as 6 spring rolls on the menu for £5.60, however there were only 3, which had been cut in half, and were cold by the time they arrived! They told me after 45 minutes that there was a problem with the kitchen. This sort of information would have been a lot more useful to me 15 minutes earlier so I could have at least got something else for lunch or asked for it in a takeaway box. I needed to get back to work so went to pay for what we had eaten, they added a service charge on top of the £5.60 spring rolls and a £2.65 lemonade. Such a disappointment. I can only imagine that Jay Rayner would be a higher priority customer than the rest of us. Plenty of customers seemed to be complaining too. I wish I'd just walked out or paid half the £5.60 for half the spring rolls advertised. As you can tell, I am pretty p*ssed off that I paid nearly £8 for a Sprite and 3 cold spring rolls, and that was after the manager had given me a 10% discount. Definitely would not recommend this place. read more

Service was great and attentive but the food was not at all to our liking. Waay too oily and saucy. Would be good if there was much less oil. read more

MEh, The food here is just alright. I've had MUCH better but it was late and this place was close to my hotel. The service was generally lacking. First of all it says that the place is open until 11pm, yet when I got there at 9:55 they told me the kitchen was about to close at 10pm. If thats the case, then why not adjust your hours on your website? People are obviously interested in the times that they can eat at your restaurant. The waiter told me to wait a moment that he would ask the kitchen if they could take one more order. 2 minutes later he comes back with a menu and tells me I have about 1 minute to make an order before the kitchen closes. So in a rush, i hurriedly make an order without really getting a chance to look through the menu. 15 minutes after my food arrives, another couple arrive at the place and are immediately seated and given menus. I asked the waiter why I was hurried and told the kitchen was closing when this couple came in 15 minutes after I did and were seated and given menus with no problem? He just smiled and said he was sorry. Then when the bill came, I was surprised to see they added a MANDATORY 12.5% gratuity to the bill. Outrageous! I'm a big tipper but not when they add mandatory gratuity to the bill of a single guest. So I left nothing. read more