Szechuan Garden

Yummy! I read through a lot of the reviews on here before deciding on Szechuan Garden for my family's Christmas Eve Dinner. What I gathered from the reviews were people who really know the region, and it's food love Szechuan Garden, as do most people. I saw the negative reviews, but they seemed to me for the most part to be on the whiny side, and not well informed on Szechuan cuisine. The one concern I had was some of the negative reviews mentioned the food being too salty, and...read full review

Surprisingly good Chinese food. I'm from northen China and in general have not been impressed by the Chinese food selection in Portland, but this place was decent. We ordered snow pea leaf, eggplant with garlic, manderin crispy chicken, twice cooked poek, and chicken fried rice. Everything was delicious! Not authentic per se, but great Americanized Chinese food. It's not spicy at all though (rather than Sichuan food, tastes more like Cantonese food). I took one star off because...read full review

Solid choice for a last minute dinner out - we didn't need a reservation and the food was good, quick, and plenty. We stuck with szechuan choices which I think is the way to go here - Dan Dan noodles, beef dry pot, and cumin lamb. These were all good. I was hoping for more vegetable dishes like Chinese broccoli but they didn't have that - we got a broccoli and mushroom dish instead which was okay.