Tacoma Szechuan And Hot Pot - Lakewood

I've eaten here many times over the years and it is not as good as it once was. On my last visit, the service was poor to mediocre, and the presentation was slipshod. Chinese food can be very distinctive in its sauces, but this last time it was almost like it had been poured from a can. The restaurant itself is dank and worn. I had the feeling that most of their business was take-out.

Tacoma Szechuan is a standard favourite of ours, but it's getting more and more expensive (or so it feels! . We ordered delivery and got the beef chow fun, dried cooked string beans, tofu with hot garlic sauce, and one steamed rice. It was 70$ (with delivery and tip !! The green beans were AMAZING and the tofu and beef were good, but it was too expensive for us to consider eating there twice in a trip.

Before anything else, just wanted to say this place was pretty much just ok. We ordered a few things: 1 Chow fun was slightly bland. You can taste there’s something there but just not enough flavor. 2 Mongolian beef was sorta the same. Not enough flavor. I think they tried to compensate for that by putting a TON of onions. 3 Hot and sour soup was salty and barely sour. Love the mushrooms in there though and the consistency is perfect. Not thick or thin, just right. 4 Salt and pepper prawns was the best dish for the night. Still needs a little bit of seasoning but compared to the rest of what’s on the table, it was the best seasoned one. So like I said earlier, for our first experience it was just ok. Sad to say but we’re probably not be coming back.

Been going here for years and love it every time. It’s the only place I like to go to for Chinese food around here. Lunch specials are great and portions are big

Outstanding clean place only been there for lunch specials but been there many times.excellent lived and drve in Seattle for many years been going to Chinatown in Seattle for 45 years as good as jade garden or tai tung