Xiao Si Chuan

10/24/21: 2/5, update on order before Thanksgiving: horrible. Totally understand their are rushing all the orders due to the holidays. The taste worth at most 2 stars when they are rushing. It even makes me questioning whether they have two chiefs that cooks in different ways. My suggestion would be to order on some non-busy days or non-rushing hours, you will have a much better version. 09/26/21: 3/5, Spicy Szechuan dishes provided here. Their best dish used to be tomato eggs. To be honest, I believe they can earn a 5 star for the taste but the quality is just 3 stars for now. I will reserve the 3 stars until my next visit if their quality improves. They provided delivery on UberEATS with a free dish after you spend $30 as promotion. Now they also provide dine in option and it is not crowded. If you love spicy, I would recommend golden soup with beef and mushroom. If you are not a fan of spice, try the tomato eggs(best in nearby area). They also provide crispy rice which is not common among nearby Chinese restaurants. Now let's come to the quality of the food. If you are lucky, you will get a juicy tomato egg with soups at the bottom and you will love it. I was unlucky. Take a look at the one attached in the photo, the tomato is barely cooked and kept their original shape. Some of they are even cold when they come to the table. My friend loves the tomato egg as mush as me but he found a piece of eggshell. Besides, the chicken wings have such an authentic sauce that I must regret that the inside of the wings has no taste. I understand that they are busy with all the orders. But I do regret that they have the ability to provide good dishes maybe just with a few minutes more. Previous experience with Little Szechuan was good and I sincerely hope they can be better in the future.

If you want Szechuan Cuisine, this is the right place. It tastes authentic on the tongue and the beef noodles on the appetizer menu will inform you of what this restaurant serves without spending a lot of money. Unfortunately, the Szechuan spices find their way onto the Chinese-American section of the menu and disrupt a takeout classic. In my opinion, they would hands-down serve the best Sesame Chicken, Chicken and Broccoli, etcetera in the area (and possibly Long Island in general) if they kept those spices out of the equation. My disappointment about that is why I am rating it only 4/5. I can tell this restaurant mainly serves other Chinese, but if they want to expand their customer base they will need to adapt flavors to local tongues. If they do correct the seasonings on the American menu, I full-heartedly say that I would make this my go-to Chinese takeout restaurant. Fair Warning: The American Menu items DO NOT include rice. You need to order it seperately. I didn't know that and was quite disheartened when I got home. I thought it was included in the quite high purchase price.

The food was good but the service put us off. My family was seated right away; but when the menu was handed, the server was already expecting us to have our order. It was our first time so we did not know what to get. We felt rushed because the server was just standing next to our table as if rushing us to order. We ended up not browsing through the menu fully. Not sure if we will be back because of that experience alone:(