Lao Sze Chuan

Really enjoyed this restaurant. The Mapo dofu and eggplant were delicious, very home-cooking flavor to everything.

This Szechuan/fusion restaurant is something of an unnoticed gem in Chinatown. We have eaten here twice, several dishes each time, and the food here is among the best and most flavorful that we have experienced in the area, though you may want to be cautious about the spice level among the dishes.Today we had the Lamb Green Peppercorn (the numbingness of the green peppercorn is more restrained and flavor more floral than typical), Tony's Chicken with Three Chili (renamed as one of the chef specials this visit), plus the Fish Filet Tender Tofu. All were quite good. On our last visit we had the same chicken, plus a spicy whole fish dish, the latter being flavorful but quite spicy.Atmosphere is upscale for Chinatown, though they really need to replace the seats which are grungy light colored fabric which has been handled by too many hands.Service was friendly and relatively prompt.This place is worth a visit, and easily comparable to Mala and other well-regarded Szechuan restaurants.

My friend recommended me this place so we decided to give it a try. Upon entering the restaurant, there was no host or anyone who greeted us. We waited there for short bit until we noticed a fishy smell. We turned around and see there were boxes of live crabs on the floor in the restaurant. It’s just gross to us so we decided to step out. Would never bother to come back to try the food here when the restaurant is “cleaner”.

Not one dish that we dislikes over here. Everything was super delicious, even fried tofo was so good and tasty. Was so hungry, and I completely forgot to take a picture until I was almost done eating. Ordered 6 dishes and two appetizers for 8 of us. We cleaned up the plates completely ? ? ? Definitely will go back.

The worst sichuan food I have ever had! Strongly NOT recommend.Their spicy fried chicken is mostly just fried flour without chicken!The spicy tofu taste like instant noodles.The only thing that eatable is fried rice.I usually don't give bad reviews. But this one is awful...I will never come and never recommend to any of my friends.