Delicious! They have a great lunch special that's less than 10$ each. Each item was packed full and very tasty. Especially liked the Kung pao chicken and pork with bamboo. Both super flavorful. The twice cooked pork was kinda bland and fatty wouldn't get again. Also came w rice and a pickled cabbage.

Hands down, they have the BEST fish fillet in spicy chilli oil. If you come here, don't bother order anything else but that. I've tried sooo many fish fillets in chili oil through out flushing/elmhurst/queens and nothing beats this place.

Mmmmm soooo good! Love Sichuan cruise and this place has every dish you can think of! Sooo flavorful, spicy, and pungent! Can really taste the peppercorns which I loveeee

Delicious Sichuan food! The food was not too spicy as well, although you can probably ask for spicier. The waiter warned us that the stir fried green peppers were spicy and I was expecting the worse, but the spice level wasn't too bad. Pretty tasty dish even though I don't usually like peppers. Actually all the dishes that we had were great! Especially the boiled fish in chili oil and lamb with onions.

I was here with a bunch of others who were looking for a spicy kick and this place did not disappoint. A Chinese woman who has been here plenty of times ordered the following 8 dishes and it was a plentiful amount of food for the price (I believe around 20 bucks or so.) Before I begin, special thanks to Google Lens for the direct translations from their online menu. As with other places with a lot of dishes, I'll be splitting it by preference: Excellent: Dry Mixed Beef/干拌牛肉/Ganban Niurou. This was outstanding. Very nice texture to the dried meat with a lot of flavor and kick. It was finished very quickly at the table Beef With Bean Curd Sauce/豆花 牛肉片/Douhua Niurou Pian. I've had this dish the more traditional style with fish which we didn't order as we were already getting another fish dish but I preferred it with beef. The beef had a wonderful flavor from the bean curd. Would also highly recommend. Very good: Boiled Sliced Fish in Hot Chili Sauce/水煮鱼/Shui Zhu Yu. Also very tasty. Fish was very tender but not as spicy as some people thought it would be. Smokey wok tossed green peppers//虎皮尖椒/Hu Pi Jian Jiao. This was the surprise hit of the table. The name of the dish translates to tiger skin peppers from the texture of them being smoked. There was a bit of Russian roulette as some of them had the head with all the seeds but some of them were not spicy. I'm usually not that big a fan of regular peppers but this was good. Sautéed pea shoots/豆苗/Doumio. Nicely flavored and a good little extra dish to go with the rest. Not too much oil also. Good Sautéed String Beans With Minced Pork/干煸四季豆/Gan Bian Si Ju Dou. This was good but it was hard to take the pork. The string beans had a good texture though. Stir Fried Lamb With Cumin/孜然羊肉/Zi Ran Yang Rou. Unfortunately the cumin was a bit too light. Alright lamb. Double Cooked Pork With Chili Leeks/回鍋肉/Hui Guo Rou. Tasty but as per the previous dish, I preferred the version from the restaurant a few doors down as the pork had better texture there and it was less chewy. The person who had been here said that this was the one dish that wasn't as good as last time she was there along with the lamb. There was also free cabbage like other tables as a palate cleanser in-between all the spice though we didn't get as big a portion as a smaller table nearby but it wasn't really an issue. Overall the food was very tasty. Not many complaints especially with the three or four best dishes. The cumin lamb and the double pork were the odd disappointments in a sea of very good dishes but overall it was reasonable and very tasty and I can see why she liked the place prior. Mid 4.

Ordered food to go for the first time. I would have given 5 stars, but.... POSITIVES -Authentic and flavorful Sichuan flavors -Prepared quickly and everything was still hot after getting home. NEGATIVES -Sautéed Omasum (beef tripe) was very hard and chewy. Not tender enough. -The YangZhou Fried Rice contained only 3 small shrimp...really??? -Portion sizes could be more generous considering the prices. Not cheap; that's for sure. All considered, the food was actually quite delicious, so will surely stop by again :-).

Went back recently for lunch & it was as amazing as I remember. Just to let you know they doing indoor dining again! You will have to bring your vaccine card & ID to be seated, and I think they are still cash only. I totally recommend the string beans, dan dan noodled & the boiled sliced fish. I get it everytime I go, and it has never failed. I will say its not very spicy/numby but it tastes SOOO good. I finally tried the chongqing chicken for the first time and it was really good! A bit spicier than their other items, but still isnt a mind blowing spice. My friend and I agreed that it was good to have with rice but it really suits being a drinking (beer) snack. It was chicken cut into small chunks fried super crunchy (but not dry) and I can totally see it being a great drinking snack.

Hot Kitchen remains one of my most favorite Szechuan restaurants. Ditto to everything I wrote in my previous reviews. I've been coming to this restaurant for quite a number of years, and they have been consistently great. Hospitality and service has always been welcoming, accommodating and friendly. The only slight drawback is that not all of the staff speaks English; however, there is usually at least one person there at most times, who does. Seek them out if you don't speak Mandarin. Love this place. I usually go with a big crowd and they are always terrific. Highly recommended! Note:. If you are not Asian, best to emphasize how spicy you'd prefer your food. If you want really HOT, make sure to let them know.