China Family Restaurant

This is the best restaurant in West Campus. I love Chinese food and this place went above and beyond my wildest expectations. I would recommend any person to this restaurant. Everything is good. U will not be disappointed.

We ordered twice at this great Chinese restaurant during three day stays at Austin. The seven different dishes we ordered were all finished with no leftovers because how tasty it is. Their Szechuan style spicy dishes are highly recommended. Best paired with white rice and a cold bear. 😎

Got take out from this location on Christmas. Food was good, one of the better Chinese takeouts I’ve had. Would definitely order again.

We didn’t have a great experience. The food either didn’t have a lot of flavor or tasted like it had way too much salt. The staff was nice but I won’t be back.

I saw the good reviews for this place and thought I would give it a try..... The fried rice had no flavor! The chicken lo mein was bland too. However, my friend ordered the chicken and broccoli, which was good. Service could be a little more friendly, but perhaps it was lacking due to the language barrier. Overall, I wouldn't eat here again.

Small and nice cozy place. Looks like a mobile home. Food portions were good. Staff and service were very good. The food I ordered we not have much taste and fried chicken is very over fried. Food is too pricey. Over 50 for three dishes.

We bought three dishes, beef lo mein, combo fried rice & general tso chicken. Great portions and great food! We ordered to go, very fast service! $60 after tips and taxes

Oh NO! Why did you do this to my food. I ordered the chicken in Garlic Sauce it tasted like they put BBQ SAUCE. It was like a horrible stew. I should have used that 32.00 of gas somewhere else.

So good!! Was looking for a late dinner place after touring around campus and found this gem! They have a very extensive menu, so I just took the recommendations from the VERY nice staff. So easy, ordering can be in person or on their kiosk (which has pictures). We went about 35 min before they were closing and they didn't mind at all! Food came out fast, tables were available and cleaned quickly, and it was such an enjoyable little simple spot on the drag. I personally got the black pepper beef rice bowl and YUM it hit the spot! Saucy, fresh ingredients - I couldn't ask for a better Chinese hole in the wall

I ordered via Ubereats the fish fillet & tofu in spicy sauce and chicken fried rice. Their style is Americanized Chinese food - I was expecting more flavors and spices but the dishes ended up having a lot of MSG and soy sauce overall. The fish and tofu were drowned in a slurry soup with some hint of spices and the chicken fried rice is typical of American style chinese fried rice. Its too oily for my liking. The serving size is good though. I'm not sure if this place shares the same owner as China Family in Highland because I have heard good things about that other location but this one is just meh.

I come here after church service. The waiter was very nice. The food presentation unique and large food portions My only issue was the restaurant 1914 does not have an AC installed over-the-celling and so it makes it very hot while dimming in. R/Eric

Super close to the UT campus and the AT&T Conference Center. Ambience: This is a rustic and simple restaurant. That is almost tucked away in the very back of an alley? Service: Self-serve your drinks and order at the Counter if you want to pay cash. The lady at the counter English is limited. My Chinese was limited and I had no cash, so I used the ordering machine. You order dine-in or take out. I dine-in. So you order and then sit. When your food is ready it is brought to you in plastic container and you are given plastic silverware. My plasticware was very thin and the fork started to bend trying to grab my chicken. I really needed chopsticks but it was starting to get busy and I did not want to bother her, so I made do with my fork and spoon. Food: I watched as other people's food came out, all the portion sizes are huge. I ordered traditional Sichuan Chongqing spicy chicken extra spicy. The last time I had this dish was in Beijing and I was having a craving. In Beijing they stuff the peppers with corn meal and fry them. Here they do not stuff the red peppers, but the chicken was cooked just like in Beijing. The chicken was crunchy on the outside, soft on the inside. Since I got it extra spicy, there were jalapeno bits mixed in with the dried peppers. I could taste the Sichuan peppercorns and then I got a small hint of numbing. I recommend that you shake the dish up prior to eating. I noticed that as I got to the middle of the dish, the numbing was more noticeable compared to the top pieces. By the bottom I could feel the heat and numbing at the same time. If I am ever in the area again, will eat here again and learn the Chinese word for more Sichuan peppercorn please. They also serve American Chinese food. I looked around and those dishes did not really look good, but the place was packed with people ordering American Chinese. I will say the Chongqing chicken is worth the higher price and as close to Beijing as you can get in downtown Austin. Cleanliness: below average

The reviews were good, but then I needed to remember that these reviews come from college students. I ordered the egg drop soup. The flavor was decent, but the viscosity was a little thicker than I like plus they don't have crispy wontons to go with it. I got spring rolls that were lukewarm and greasy. My main, chicken lomein was actually hot, but tasteless.

It's very reminiscent of classic Chinese restaurant that serves great tasting food that is rich in oil, spice, and garlic. However, I will posit it by saying that the prices are a smidge high for what I would entertain paying for Chinese food. The chongqing chicken was $18 and was more than adequately spiced. I would recommend making it extra spicy if you can handle the heat, but it surely packs a punch. My one critique is that I would enjoy more bits of chicken throughout the dish and a bit less fried pieces of nothing. The lo mein was good, a smidge bland, but serviceable. If you want a classic lo mein, I would recommend this one. Cheers!

Great food and great prices. Especially liked the dry noodles! The rice dishes were also really good!

I ordered the Chongqing Spicy Chicken and it is HORRIBLE. It tastes like someone's just tossed some popcorn chicken in a bucket of Slap Yo Mama seasoning. It was sooo dry. And not the least bit Chinese. (My in laws are Chinese, and they said it was in no way the least bit Chinese... they refused to eat it). It was very spicy, which isn't a bad thing, but SOOOO DRY! Now I just wish I could get the taste out of my mouth. They also lose points because we are at a hotel and ordered Uber Eats, and when they packed the food to-go, they didn't even put anything in there to eat with. Also, this is the first time I have ever eaten food from a Chinese restaurant where it didn't come with feee white rice. Stay away at all costs.

Went to this restaurant for a weekday dinner. It is on campus, so street parking skills are required if you are coming from off campus. Truthfully, this restaurant doesn't look like much from the outside or the inside. It is all about the food here, which I do think is good. I ordered the garlic eggplant, spicy chicken, and combination fried rice. The eggplant is really good! This was definitely my favorite out of the items I got. The eggplant is fried and coated in this garlic soy sauce. I didn't really love the spicy chicken because the chicken pieces were SO small (pea sized?). The flavor was good but disappointed by how small and little chicken there was. The food also all came in to go containers and we were given paper plates to eat on, which I assume started as part of the pandemic. I've been to the other locations for the restaurant, and aesthetically it is much better but food is similar. A solid 3.5/5 stars for this restaurant but rounding up!

Best Chinese food in West Campus- I think the Chongqing chicken, fish in spicy oil, and mapo tofu are great here. The food is spicy, well-made, and well-portioned. The main quirk here is that the inside is quite warm and isn't very well decorated. Still, it's super convenient, consistent, and tasty.

Really awesome place! The General Tso's Chicken was great. I'm picky about getting meat from random Chinese places, but decided to take the swing here and didn't regret it. The meat itself was fine -- could have been a little higher quality -- but it was nicely crunchy on the outside, and more importantly, the sauce was awesome. The fried rice was ok. I liked the shorter grains of rice, and how they were a little chewy. The texture was great. However, it was basically just rice and egg. Ie. there weren't any green onions or anything else fun. And I thought it coulda used a little more flavor, ie soy sauce or something. Then again it was a side to the General Tso's, and it's nice to contrast the super saucy and flavorful with something more bland. Maybe that's what they were going for. The Dan Dan Noodles were also great! They had those Sichuan peppercorns ground up in there that give you that "mala" flavor. Before going here I had read about mala but never actually experienced it. I'm so happy I finally got to experience it. It's tingly, chilly, somewhat aromatic, somewhat spicy. Very fun and interesting. And then the other flavors and spices in the noodles were good. I thought the noodles themselves were a little on the soft side though. I like them a little firmer and chewier.

Stay away from the Guadalupe location at all cost; shockingly disgusting, not edible. Tasted like they repacked yeaterday's thrown out food from the garbage. They also got my order entirely wrong. I asked for shrimp and they gave me chicken. No soy sauce, no side of duck sauce for egg rolls, no chili oil and no chopsticks. It's almost like they don't want you to order delivery or be a repeat customer. Food showed up room temperature and it's only a 4 min drive. They won't answer the phone to correct anything. Update: After about 10 phone calls I was finally able to reach someone at this location but it took them more than 45 minutes over the phone to get them to refund my order. They hung up on me while putting me on hold for over 15 minutes at one point and I have to call back and they put me on hold again. Extremely unpleasant experience in every possible way.

It's alright. Ordered the chili fish to go. Called 30 minutes ahead. They told me it would be ready in 10 minutes and by the time I got there they were still making it. Maybe that's just the modus operandi here in Texas. You call for a to go order and they really start prepping it until you get there cuz maybe you won't show up. I don't blame them. However, the dish could be more spicy with more pepper corn.

fantastic spot for spicy things , the fried chicken and dan dan noodles are specialties.

Best Lo Mein I've had in the city. Couldn't recommend this enough. Friendly customer service.

The reason for the updated low star rating is that the Chongqing chicken has gotten SOOO spicy on occasion that it is totally inedible. Other times it's completely blend, 90% of the time recently it's MUCH TOO SPICY. There's a real lack of consistency. Also the egg rolls have gotten super gross. They taste like onion in a soggy wrapper and that's about it. To-go order portion sizes are much smaller than what you get on the restaurant. Not pleased with the direction this spot is moving in.

Super happy that my Door Dash recommended this to me!! I was craving the fish in spicy chili oil dish for a long time after trying it in Houston and was extremely surprised and delighted to find it in Austin (and available for delivery!). The dish itself is very spicy, salty (or umami? it's hard for me to explain!), oily, and maybe even a little one-note, but I just eat it with a lot of rice and I become a happy camper!! The eggplant dish was a smoother, milder counterpoint to the flavors in the fish dish. I later had these two dishes again along with the Mongolian beef to enjoy alongside my sisters on another day since I was raving about it so much, and I was impressed by that beef dish! It was flavorful. I think my sisters enjoyed the beef dish more since it was less intense than the fish, but I still love the fish in chili oil dish so much lol. I'm not Chinese, but I am impressed with the quality of these dishes. It is up to par with a similar, legitimately Chinese restaurant I go to in Houston. My coworkers who saw my initial order, including a native Chinese speaker, all seemed to be pretty impressed and envious lol. Sounds legit to me!

The mapo tofu and chicken fried rice are MaPo is not spicy though. I'm not sure why since it arrived with a generous sprinkling of Sichuan pepper. There's also no pork. The C2. Sesame Chicken and V2. Eggplant with Garlic Sauce are okay but I prefer the other two much more. The quality of chicken used for C2 was a little sus and V2 was very sweet and oily (this is how it's supposed to taste but it's worth noting in case it's not your thing). This restaurant definitely has milder flavors and caters either to foreign taste or those who can't handle a lot of heat.

Okay, so let's start with what was good about the place. The fish in chili oil was fantastic. Not the real deal, but pretty darn close to it. What I didn't like was how the food, especially the 11 dollar dumplings, were overpriced. 33 dollars for Chinese food is a little expensive, I think.

The relentless heat has driven me out of the kitchen, and I've ordered from China's Family every day this week. I've been delighted every time. It's the first Austin Szechuan restaurant I've ordered from that means it when it says a dish is spicy. The DanDan Noodle entrée was not so hot that you had to run screaming for relief -- or worse yet, where it rendered taste buds ineffective. Instead there was a good balance of garlic, minced pork, red pepper flakes and perfectly cooked egg noodles. My eggplant was slightly over cooked on one order, but firm a second time. My only complaint is a personal one: it was a bit to sweet, but I've had that experience with that particular dish elsewhere. As I said, that's just me. I will continue to order from China's Family when I feel the need a Szechuan fix, especially since an order is good for two generous meals, especially with rice -- which, by the way, slightly neutralizes the heat. Beer also helps. Ice cream for dessert does the job as well. Bon appetit.

excellent good, BEST chinese food I had had in a long time. Had the Hunan chicken and it had the perfect level of spice, good amount of chicken, was not overwhelmed by sauce. Also ordered the chicken dumplings fried and they were great. Only issue was a bit pricy, $11 for the dumplings seems like highway robbery. In totality, hole in the wall great asian food but be aware it's not cheap. Employees very friendly and good service.

This was my favorite a few years ago. As we all noticed that the price has gone up to a level that is not tolerable, so I stopped eating there anymore.

Just random piece of plastic in my food... Tried hard to figure out what it could possibly be but got no luck.... ..

The worst Chinese food I have ever had. Their jalapeño chicken is horrible, and it came with miso soup and it was as bad as the chicken.

I expected better, especially being at the epicenter of cheap student dining options. For a $15 lunch Kung Pao plate I guess I expected a lunch combo with soup, rice, maybe an eggroll? Instead I got springy, chewy dark-meat chicken which was outnumbered by raw celery pieces in a spicy brown sauce. The sauce was pretty good. Also got chicken fried rice which was ok but that, too was $15. So two entrees and a canned coke for $40.

Overall, this place is decent. I've been to a lot of similar Chinese restaurants, and I guess given the options in Austin, this is a good one to settle for. But in terms of the bigger picture, the food I got didn't have any wow factors. I ordered the beef lo mein, and there were just a couple things bugging me. For one, there's not a lot of meat that comes with the dish, and that's usually why you choose the meat that comes with the dish (in total, I counted about 8 smaller pieces). The noodles are a bit more oily than I would prefer, and the meat itself had a bit of a sour taste to it (usually meaning it's been out for a while). The good thing going for the dish is portion size - it's a lotta noodles! But for almost $12, I would've expected more than just a heap of noodles - more meat would've been nice. I heard the tofu here is good, so perhaps I'll come back another time to try it and see if I wanna update. But for now, in my books, this is just a more average place. PROS: - good amount of seating on the inside - even during hot Austin days, they keep this place nice and cool and give free cold water, which is always amazing - the staff seemed friendly, nothing that really stood out in a good or bad way - great portion size CONS: - not too much meat with the lo mein - bit oily for my preferences - some of the tables are unstable (wobble when you use them)

There aren't very many Chinese food options around campus, but this small Sichuan hole-in-the-wall restaurant is a good option to get some decently authentic Chinese food. My friends and I usually order eggplant and beef, fish, and some other dishes, and they're all pretty good! However, for a Sichuan restaurant, the food honestly isn't very spicy at all. That can be a good or a bad thing depending on your love for spice, but because I can't handle spicy food that well, I'm perfectly okay with the spicy level. The reason why I would give this place 4 stars is because it doesn't seem to be too sanitary. I've never seen any one wipe down the tables, and I always feel a bit sticky after leaving the establishment. You can grab a water pitcher from their small fridge and utensils nearby, but everything doesn't give you the impression that sanitation is their upmost concern. I'm also slightly disappointed that they give a single bowl of rice for every dish you order, and the bowls of rice are pretty small. Usually, Chinese restaurants allow you to order as many rice bowls as you want. However, I would still recommend C-Fam if you like Sichuan food. It reminds me of home-cooked meals, something that's rare on a college campus.

I wanted to give three stars because these guys seemed to ignore my (delivery) request for soy sauce and chile oil, but damn if the food wasn't some of the better (authentic) Chinese I've had outside of Houston or New York's Chinatowns. Admittedly, I ordered Americanized stuff -- hot & sour soup, General Tso's (I know ... shoot me) and eggplant. All was delicious, and none of it tasted as if it came from a mall food court. The people truly put their Sichuan stamp on the menu items. For folks looking for delivery, everything showed up hot and fresh. I was disappointed that there was no soy sauce or chile oil, as requested, but it was delicious nonetheless. I've bookmarked this place for future visits to Austin. If I lived here, I' probably be one of the more frequent customers.

Just paid 22 dollars for an entree and cup of soup. The lady was going to forget to give me rice until I reminded her. Shrimp hunan is tasty but not for this price.

I am visiting Austin. I was walking around and found this restaurant. I checked out the pics on yelp before going in there. You order and pay first and then sit down at any table. The food was amazing! There were some Chinese people dining there, so usually it means something. The only thing was the waiting time. The restaurant can only accommodate 6-8 small tables, but was busy with online and to-go orders. So I waited for 30-40min before my food showed up. I wasn't in a rush and the food was delicious. Still, I was hoping to taste it a little sooner. I will come back again when visiting Austin, maybe not during lunch hour...

To be frank, I do not know much about Chinese cuisines, however, my besties do - all I can say, it's quite authentic. It is the perfect place to gather your friends together to share different plates of Sichuan food. This hole-in-the-wall restaurant is near campus so it's really convenient. Walk only. No legit parking. After you and your friends are done comparing your answers on the exam, go there to binge eat the deliciousness. Let me tell you, the price is pretty pricey for each plate. If you're just buying fried rice, it's not worth it. If you want to expand your dishes, you should because it's worth it. The best dish there is hands down the fish chili oil. Please please remember to ask for no msg - if that's your preference. I've been going there for years - for different occasions, of course. I think you'll like it but don't have so much expectation. Very casual.

While the address states Guadalupe, it's really hard to spot this restaurant because of two things: 1) the signage hasn't been change yet - it still says 3 Woks and 2) The frontage faces a parking lot between two building, meaning you're not gonna be able to spot this place just by driving on Guadalupe. Keep this in mind! Upon entering, I was surprised by how stark utilitarian the interior is. No decoration, no color, nothing at all. Even the menu is absent, as they only have it on the television screen near the front door to show, besides a small black board with daily specials. I ordered a typical Chinese dish of eggplant with minced pork (C12, $10.99) - knowing it's not really Szechuan but also knowing that it's still authentically Chinese (in contrast with Chinese-American). And the dish was skillfully executed, with fresh tasting eggplants and delicious seasoned ground pork with sauce. Only thing that I didn't exactly enjoy much was the sticky white rice - it tasted too plain and uninspired. But good as a sopping tool to eat the sauces left in the plate. While eating, a young chef came out and looked at me and smiled, wondering if I had liked the dish. I nodded with my mouth full and, after swallowing, had the guts to ask him what his favorite thing on the menu was. The lady at the front end, who had just moved to Austin from China two days ago, interpreted for me since, unknown to me before, the chef only speaks Mandarin. He thought carefully, looking over the menu, and then pointed out the dry fried fish filet (D2, $16.99) and said he could make it less spicy for me if I wanted to (there were two pepper marks next to the listing). I most likely will be ordering this next time I go. I think the owners are the same as the previous 3 Woks, but I wouldn't know since it's my first time visiting the establishment. The reasoning I stated this is because after the first chef went to the kitchen, I spotted exactly two more chefs, both older. And quizzingly, I looked at the front end lady, and she said they were all chefs, and that they had three. Enough for three woks, apparently. NOTE: the prices are a bit high for your usual lunch, but the reasoning for this is because, as stated by the name "China's Family Restaurant", the servings are in family portions. Unless if you're able to eat one dish all by yourself (and not be sick of eating a lot of one thing), you should come back with friends to share more than one dishes. There are no personal sized dishes here. FOOD: Excellent quality, authentic PRICE: Reasonable for the portions SERVICE: New lady was attentive and kept the place clean ATMOSPHERE: Utilitarian, bare-boned

This place absolutely deserves every one of the three stars of this review. If you ever see a five star rating for a hole in the wall, grungy Chinese restaurant, that ish ain't authentic. You're gonna need the mismatched seating, random stock photos of a white family on the wall, 3 different kinds of TVs hanging by a single cord, and the truly disgusting toilets to call yourself an authentic Chinese restaurant. I've come here a good amount of times with friends, bf, and parents (and you KNOW if i brought my parents here then I'm being frfr). Dishes I'd recommend getting: 水煮鱼 (fish filet in chili oil), 番茄鸡蛋 (tomato and egg), 茄子(eggplant in garlic sauce), and their green beans. I don't know how to write green beans in Chinese. Prices are a bit ridiculous, averaging around $12 per dish. Granted, portion sizes are generous, but you're not just going to get one dish of green beans and call it a day. God forbid those who don't do family style and come here. Again--don't be looking for those 5 star chinese restaurants. 3 stars is truly, a compliment.

Chinatown needs is a premium price establishment with low quality fare. I have been ordering from the Westlake location for years. Over the past year I have yet to get decent food. Like many Austin institutions the owners get lazy and expect their patrons to keep coming. I am done. The sushi, General Tso, and dumplings were all mediocre. Listen to me carefully get your act together Chinatown, your doom is right around the corner.

I ordered 3 times from this restaurant and the food was good. The 4th time I went there the food was definitely not fresh and when i asked for it to be replaced the lady told me "I'm not the boss I can't replace it and it tastes good everybody likes it." Really bad customer service for a return client. After spending my money there and having to throw the food away, it's safe to say I won't return. Take your business else where, where you will be heard and appreciated as a return customer.

Felt hungover and craved soup and Asian food. Had it delivered through GrubHub and it came on time. The egg drop soup was good, but really oily. Was really glad it came hot for a 1.5 mile ride. I ordered a side of fried rice but I also got a side of white rice? So I was really excited to try the mapo tofu after reading all the reviews, but it had a spice that was unbearable for me. My tongue was left numb. I do wish there was a warning to it, and it was the oiliest mapo tofu I have ever had. I threw it away after two bites.

Small and intimate, great food and definitely worth the price of admission. I had egg drop soup and the Kung Pow beef. Portions were large, so we probably should've shared, but the quality was fantastic. Definitely recommend!

CF is consistently good. Their employees are so kind & hardworking. We have been ordering here for years, & we have never been disappointed. The food was good tonight that I decided to leave a review!

Perfectly good Chinese food, but points off for three reasons: 1. Food not as good as that found at the Highland location... which is a bit overrated to begin with, and also more spendy than comparable Chinese options. 2. Not really a viable destination for anyone outside of the UT West Campus area. What little parking there was has been cordoned off to make room for picnic tables. Definitely the best use of the space during the pandemic but don't assume this will be an easy takeout experience. 3. Sketchy online ordering. I was checking out online and after service fees and with suggested tip my order was just shy of $70. When I got fed up with registering with the third-party app I decided to call in instead. Exact same order by phone: $47. I sh!t you not - not saying this is a scam - just a major failure in the notion of some random app being something a restaurant should casually tie their fortunes to, or for patrons to mindlessly trust. If you find yourself near the UT campus looking for Chinese Food, know this place renders Panda Express a shameful alternative choice. Just don't expect it to be the five-star experience other Yelp reviews might lead you to expect. Cheers!

If you like terrible service and fruit flies this is the place for you. Greeted by a hostess who told us they were a "no-serve" restaurant. I assumed this meant no one was going to refill my water and since I'm cool with limiting my lunch to a single bottle of Dasani's finest I accepted that. But "no-serve" turned out to be code for "come get your food when I mumble and point to you because it's really hard to look up from my phone when I'm about to conquer level 479 of Candy Crush and am incapable of walking 5 feet to provide even the minimal level of customer service." Oh, and don't mind the fruit flies. They're likely the secret ingredient to their very tasty, yet overpriced, Dan Dan noodles.

These people will have your food hot and ready for you pretty darn quick! I've had their general tso and orange chicken and it they were both pretty good, the general tso was awesome! The orange chicken sometimes had a weird texture that made it impossible to chew so I had to just spit those pieces out. This has happened before at other restaurants that serve orange chicken so I'm not sure if it has something to do with how they prep it, the Queso it's of the chicken, or what so -1 star. Otherwise great and it is a good go-to Chinese place to order from.

the service sucks. dont come and eat here esp if this woman is around. she is so rude and not so accomodating

My daughter and I stumbled on this little gem tucked away on Guadalupe Street. I cannot say enough wonderful things about China's Family Restaurant... The staff was very friendly. The food was hot, fresh, and tasted AMAZING!

This is good takeout Chinese food for a fairly moderate price. Overall it was a little bit expensive, but it really satisfied my craving for greasy Chinese food. We ordered the fried dumplings, the vegetable lo mein, and the Szechuan dandan noodles. The dumplings had good flavor and I really enjoyed the sauce, but they were a bit soggy. Perhaps if we ate in the restaurant they would have tasted fresher. The lo mein was a bit greasy, but was very satisfying and had lots of vegetables in it. The dandan noodles were also good, but very spicy! The price was a little bit expensive for the quality of the food, but not prohibitively so. I'm not going to exclusively go here for Chinese food, but I will add it to my list of options!

Huge, family style portions. My group of 8 each ordered a dish and we devoured each one. Everything was really tasty! I especially liked the eggplant and the black bean noodles with minced pork. Not a huge seating area, though. We had to put tables together, and it was a tight squeeze. I saw a lot of take-out orders when I was there and I think that may be the way to go.

I love the Mapo Tofu here. It's so so delicious. The fried rice is also tasty and done well. My mom orderd a fish in chili oil dish. It was ok, not flavorful as the Mapo tofu but soaked in lots of oil which made me heartburns afterwards. Parking is sucks and staffs are foreign so substitution and modification will be a challenge for them to understand. I just feel like it's over priced. Mapo tofu is $12, fish in oil $17. Too expensive for this kind of place.

There is not that much parking for the restaurant - I think there's a small parking lot to the side but it's super limited so I would advise to try to find parking on Guad if you can. The interior of this place isn't necessarily modern or contemporary by any means but it reminds me of restaurants in Houston that are home-y. I went here during the Austin Boil Water notice and saw that they had some water in the pitcher for public use. My group of friends ordered the Szechuan fish, Mapo Tofu and the curry chicken. Personally I'm not a huge fan of yellow curry but it was pretty yummy! The vegetables were crunchy and fresh and the chicken was well cooked. It was seasoned and really rich. The fish and the mapo tofu were both really oily and numbing spicy. Like, I couldn't feel my tongue. Personally I'd rather not have the mapo tofu not be made entirely of oil but it was still really good. The portions are really huge and a pretty good shareable size! I would recommend coming with someone else or taking it home to go. It tastes authentic to me which is rare for campus!

Terrible experience. Went back for my second time recently and this place was CHAOTIC. If you look closely (like I had the chance to when waiting 30+ min for my food), there are 6+ tablets behind the register ALL for takeout. Favor, Uber, DoorDash, etc. All there. Those get QUEUED along with the customer orders in the restaurant, which makes the wait incredibly long. EVERYONE (dine-in, delivery, takeout) was waiting 30+ minutes for food. It was crazy, the number of times people had to go up and ask about their food. This restaurant DOES NOT have the bandwidth to handle the influx of orders. I mean, good for them. But this is how you lose customers if you're too greedy. Additionally, (probably my biggest issue/pet peeve about this place)... NO A/C. Are you kidding me?? You run a SICHUAN place. Your customers are FLOWING OUT THE DOOR. And you can't AFFORD a/c? Try to explain that. The experience, wait, and quality is awful. Not worth it.

Me and my mainland Chinese boyfriend ended up in Texas to visit friends and family over the holidays. I got Covid Omicron. Fully vaccinated but got very sick. We needed comfort food so I ordered one of my favorite restaurants in Austin. Is it legit numbing spicy gold, no. If you order carefully it is a decent pass for Chinese food. Do I wish there was an app that allows for us to say we are Chinese, yes. Because we believe they can cook like we do at home, but do not to please their white customers. Rating a 5! Still very good.

I had high expectations for the food here after hearing that it is very authentic. I'm happy to say that I left the restaurant very satisfied! My friend and I ordered garlic eggplant and Chongqing spicy chicken. Both dishes, including tax and tip, came out to be $30, which honestly isn't too bad. Our food was brought out in less than 10 minutes! The eggplant and chicken both tasted amazing, and the portions are huge. My friend and I were super hungry, ate a lot, and had leftovers.