Angeles

Completely agree with previous post, HOWEVER visited last night and their menu has completely changed! Bilingual menu full of szechuan delights, what a nice suprise!
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9 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 8
Wednesday, November 03, 2010

Been driving past this place for nearly ten years. Always assumed it was going to be cheap and nasty as it was in Kilburn. But after reading numerous accounts of the authentic Szechuan cuisine decided it had to be tried.

This restaurant has two separate sections. Door on the left takes you into the buffet section. Food is standard, cheap nasty "gweilo" chinese. Pop your head round the door if you want a laugh.

Right hand door takes you into the hardcore chinese section. Steamy windows from the Szechuan hot pots. They've also got a great Szechuan a la carte menu. It's translated in English so you don't have to order in Chinese to get the authentic Szechuan food as suggested in other reviews. Basic decor, good enough.

Really enjoyed the food. Proper authentic Szechuan dishes.

Only quibble was that the bill came out a lot higher than we expected. £2.50 per portion of plain steamed white rice? £8 for a bottle of aloe vera water?

We'll be back. For sure. Amazing to find a culinary gem in Kilburn. Revolutionary!
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Fatty Lo''s Disciple
7 Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 6
Monday, February 15, 2010

I have no doubt that this restaurant may serve some of the most authentic Sichuan cuisine in London. The trouble is that you have to be Chinese to "deserve" it. We've been here four times now. Twice we had hotpot (not on the "western" menu), and it was great - but getting help in making the sauces was like getting blood out of stone - the waitressess just weren't interested in helping us.

And it was even worse when we tried to order from the menu. Having just been to China and enjoyed some genuine Sichuan cuisine, we were hoping for something great… The trouble was that we were given the menu for “westerners” (i.e. us) -- not the plastic red one that all the Chinese guests were given. When we asked about the difference between the two menus, we were told that ours was simply a translation of the Chinese one – never mind the fact that we couldn’t find a single dish on our menu that matched anything that anyone else in the restaurant was eating. When our food turned up – surprise, surprise – it was the usual western “Chinese” fare – boring, boring, boring. We won’t be going back (unless we have a real craving for hotpot and can’t find anywhere else in London that does one) – and I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone else unless you’re brave enough to ask for the Chinese menu and a translation of every item on it. What a shame…
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2 Overall rating
Food 3 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 1
Monday, May 25, 2009