Chengdu Impression Edgewater 成都印象

The food here is honestly a mixed bag. I heard about their Zhong's dumplings and had to agree that these were quite tasty. The wrappers were thick just enough to deliver a great chew without overshadowing the filling. The star of the dish was the aromatic savory-sweet soy sauce - so delicious I could drink it! Beijing style stewed eggplant, however, was a waste of money. This so-called "stewed" dish came in a tiny portion, swimming in oil, and tasted lackluster. My friend loved the dry chili chicken. I wanted to get the smoked tea duck but they ran out so I opted for the fresh chili fish. The texture of the fish was extremely tender and silky. The dish, though undersalted, had a nice kick of spice as well as the numbing sensation from the Sichuan peppercorns. They charged $1.50/bowl of white rice, which was quite ridiculous. Service was subpar. Our waiter was not able to answer any simple questions about the food, making the experience quite frustrating.

I’ve been here a couple times recently and I really do think there is some quality food here. The Mapo tofu is really yummy and not too spicy. Honestly, I feel like they are holding back on spice because I feel the same about the dan dan noodles. The American Chinese options like orange and sweet and sour chicken are good. The orange chicken actually tastes like it has orange juice and the breading is perfect. Also, big fan of the sichuan sausage. My biggest issue of this place is the rice not being free. Seems a little odd. Still believe this will be a go to spot for me.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Dandan Noodle, Orange Chicken

Great food, reasonable prices and nice staff!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Orange Chicken

Pretty good Chinese spot near my campus.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Dry Chili Chicken

Summary: bug in food, poor service, never returning, reporting to IDPH

This is the photo of the bug that we found in our food. The restaurant offered to take the dish off our bill, and offered 10% discount; I said that they should give us 50% discount, which they did.

The owner was in the kitchen but did not come out to speak with me directly, the conversation was with the staff.

Leading up to this, we had waited at least 40 minutes for our food to come out, before I got up and asked the staff the status on our meal.

I’ll be filing a report with IDPH.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Ordered online, most things say “very spicy,” so I didn’t ask to increase the spice level. I got the dandan noodles and the dry chili chicken, neither were spicy…maybe a 2.5/10. When I want Sichuan food I want spice! No numbing whatsoever unfortunately so if you want spicy, make sure to ask them. The scallion pancake was crispy, I’m used to it chewy so that was different.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

Does not sell vegetable pot stickers

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Mongolian Beef

Food was super delicious, but unfortunately a lone shrimp found its way into my Dad’s Mongolian beef. Wouldn’t normally be a problem but he has a shellfish allergy! He was able to eat other items we ordered but in the future I hope the restaurant will be more cautious with cross contamination because the food is genuinely really good!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Crispy Szechuan Style

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

SO GOOD. We got all our favorite Chinese dishes and they were all delicious and came out piping hot. Portion sizes were perfect- enough to share and take home leftovers. Highly recommend the xiao long bao and dry chili beef. Never eating at Lao Sze Chuan again!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Xiao Long Bao

I have tried to go several times to eat within the published schedule and we managed to get it closed, today Wednesday 8 pm closed... I should adjust the schedule here, so people don't miss the trip..

Good is amazing !!!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 4

Terrible business. They charged me $52 after cancelling an Uber eats order 30 seconds after it was placed. I accidentally tapped order. No way they started the order but they insist on charging the full amount. Ridiculous.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Super authentic!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Mala Xiang Guo Stir-Fry Hot and Spicy Pot

It was awful. I was ignored and had menus carelessly thrown were I was standing. I was treated so poorly! The white guy after me was treated like a king. It was my first and last time going there. I was so unpleasantly surprised by their racism. I was looking for a meal to make me feel better not worse.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 3

Service: 1