Szechuan Garden

752 18th St, Arcata
(707) 822-0277

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Steve Arnold (Floatingfire87)

Some of the best food in northern Ca👍🏼some of best food around

Aspen Hills

Seriously excellent Chinese place, definitely not something I was expecting to find in Humboldt county when I moved up here.

Of all the dishes here I've tried, the mapo tofu is the standout by far. It's super delicious and uses real Szechuan peppercorns, so it's a unique culinary experience for sure. The twice cooked pork is also awesome.

Servers have always been friendly, and the food arrives REALLY fast after you order it. I've never had to wait more than 5-10 mins. The interior is nice, with walled booths that offer lots of privacy, dim lighting, and fun decorations. I often find myself going back here to treat myself to a tasty lunch or dinner.

Redwoods gm

It was excellent as always! This time I went for the fried beef and it was good also. I love the cashew dishes. And I generally go there for lunch and it was very reasonable 😁

Julia Staggs

Initially I was excited. The hot and sour soup on the menu just has veggies and tofu as ingredients. I asked the server, who looked like a manager or owner, if I can get it without the egg. I confirmed multiple times it was vegetarian. She said yes. I got the big bowl of soup and ate a lot of it, then realized I had bit into a giant chunk of chicken. I spit it out, it was clearly chicken. They apologized profousely and I asked if I could just get my money back and they said no we can remake it. Honestly I am not going to eat that. I havent eaten meat since 2005 and I know its a preference and not an allergy thing, but how did chicken accidently end up in there? Thats sketchy. Is there cross contamination? I dont trust it. I think its not safe for people who dont eat meat and also in general because what kind of oversight or lack of sanitation or cleanliness that you can get a huge chunk of chicken accidently in a soup that has no meat.

Dopegiao To

This is THE BEST authentic Chinese food in town. The place opens until 9:30p.m. Everyone is super nice and friendly!

Anthony Contreras

The best Chinese food in the area. Friendly staff, very fresh ingredients. Tons of space to dine in.

Wade van Buskirk

Nice building, friendly people, good food. We came in for the first time for the year of the snake lunch. We had the eggplant and chow fun. We will come back. Asked for spicy and it was 🔥. Get the mustard if you need your sinuses drained.

Kathy Seror

Slow service but worth the wait. Mushu chicken has lots of vegetable and nice pieces of chicken.

Marina Chow

We ordered takeout on Christmas Day. The Sichuan dishes we got were delicious! Highly recommend.

Cumin Lamb — great flavor, tender lamb
Dry Sauted Eggplant — super delicious! Crispy on the outside, tender on the inside, with the numbing spicy of Sichuan peppercorns.
Beef Chow Fun — good

The wait for takeout was very long but the food was worth it.

Eric Woodbury

Very good. The waitress was helpful with my selection since I don't know Chinese food well. Recommended.

Jesse Victoroff

Incredible food - far and away best Chinese food in Arcata. As good as you’d get in any major city. Worth a trip

Valencia Karges

Amazing food and great service! This one is definitely on our list of favorite restaurants!

Raja Gonuguntla

Restaurant do not have dine in till 12 pm. Not mentioned online.

Shayn Shumard

Chicken was so overcooked it tasted like jerky they will give excuses that it’s cooked twice and that’s why no chicken should taste like jerky said he would comp dident eat any of it and only took 20 percent off this is the secound time this place served overcooked food last time I will be going there would not recommend

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 2

Angela Bernardi

Ordered food on line.Received
Wrong order brought back and they said I owed $7.00 more,was not happy.Paid them even though I was out time and gas . Did they get my order right the second time?
No! Called to tell them they owed me $11.50 for my fried,Rice they shortted me the second trip and they told me to eat shit . (And to think I had included a tip in my on line order☹️ )Was a long time customer - No more.

Food: 3

Service: 1

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