Szechuan Gourmet
“This is the best Szechuan, and probably the best Chinese food on the Upper East Side.”
“The Stir Fry Chicken with Spicy Peppercorns was as authentic as we'd ever seen in the US!”
“Honestly, do yourselves a favor and stop wasting time at other restaurants.”
Szechuan Gourmet
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
5 reviews
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Normally I don't review delivery but this was so good I felt I had to. Ordered through GrubHub while staying at the Hotel Bentley and it was a fantastic Chinese meal. Started with the Honey Glazed Spare Ribs, enjoyed them but probably the weakest part of the meal. Good flavor but not that meaty and not a huge portion.
Then I had the Shanghai Steamed Pork Buns (Soup Dumplings) which was not what I expected but were great. They were more like steamed dumplings than pork buns but they had fantastic flavor and did not even have to use the dumpling sauce (which I normally love).
Finally, my main course was incredible, sliced chicken with baby eggplant. Huge portion, very tender eggplant (sometimes parts of it are hard) and the chicken seemed high quality. I can't describe the sauce but it was great, I really enjoyed.
Overall, fantastic delivery option.
E-Scale: 8/10
I live around the block from this place so I order and eat here often.
My favorite is the Dan Dan noodles and the noodles with minced meat sauce. Very authentic and like home!
The pork dumplings with the chili soy is also fantastic.
Just from these 3 appetizers alone, one can eat at least 2 full meals.
The entrees are pricey but I love the prawns in garlic sauce. Service here is good and they don't charge me when I ask for extra rice.
The best part is the dessert. The sticky rice balls with sesame paste is very authentic and delicious. Reminds me of home!
This place is pricier than some chinese food places but you can't beat the quality!
The wait for Up Thai was too long (at 830pm..) so we came here instead. Overall good food, decent prices.
We got:
蒜泥白肉 (a cold appetizer, spicy garlic pork)–my favorite dish we got. the perfecf amount of spiciness and with a very subtle sweetness
蚂蚁上树 (spicy glass noodles with ground pork)– a more numbing sort of spiciness with some added heat from minced ginger, really big portion.
樟茶鸭 (duck)–very tender, good smoky flavor
We also got a stir fried green, which was ok (but I never really like green veggies so im biased).
The bill came out to be about 70 dollars including tax and tip but we ordered way too much (going to be eating this for lunch and dinner tomorrow). This was probably a good amount to order for four people instead of two.
Not sure if this is connected with the other one in midtown which I've been to a number of times. Haven't been here yet but ordered some delivery on Seamless.
The dan dan noodles are seriously tasty, definitely will be ordering that again.
Also tried the general tso's chicken which was fairly meh.
Will definitely try this place again and update on other dishes.
This is the best Szechuan, and probably the best Chinese food on the Upper East Side. We've been ordering from them for a while, always satisfied, and recently it's gotten even better. (New chef?) The pork with baby eggplant lunch special is an incredible value–enough for 2 meals, and the garlic sauce is the best I've had. Plus their hot and sour soup is great.