Little Szechuan

This is my 1st time trying this spot! It's by far the worst chinese food I've ever had! I pass by this place a lot and decided to try it. I ordered the orange chicken dinner special! The chicken was old and hard! And these noodles are just disgusting! The crab puffs had a rancid smell to them and they were runny! Was supposed to receive and egg roll but got a spring roll! Never again!

Very adorable! Cozy! Got the Egg flower soup and it was delicious with the hot oil. Very affordable and wonderful service! Will definitely be there again to support their dream! Had a white wine and they do have cocktails. Totally recommend!

The food is incredible! It’s definitely made with love and care. The service was also amazing, the woman there was so friendly and kind. The inside of the restaurant was clean and cozy too. My boyfriend and I will definitely be back to support this small business!

We love this place! The owner is super sweet and the food is good. I am gluten free and always get the gf chicken fried rice and never have issues. Always hot and fresh. And food is usually pretty quick to come out after we order (15ish minutes typically).

For a little hole in the wall place, it will rock your socks off! Great fresh food in a nice setting. Owner came out and chatted with us and she was delightful. Please order some take out. They had no dine in option because of short staff but she let us eat there anyway.

They mostly do carry out fyi and it is totally worth it. I got the orange chicken and it was perfectly zesty, not overly sweet, and nice and crispy. Plus the person working was the nicest, most homely person. I felt like my auntie was taking care of me 🤣. I also feel like it's really hard to find Chinese restaurants that are dietary friendly but here it's super vegan/vegetarian/gluten free friendly! A great place.

Great food and great service. Went on a Friday night, 6ish. No wait. I ordered the, House Special Chicken, dinner combo (see pics) at the recommendation of the waitress. Hot and Sour Egg Drop Soup had great flavor, nice spicey kick to it. The wontons had cream cheese filling and fried perfectly. Not oily. The egg roll was full of veggies with great texture and color. A little oily, but to be expected. Main dish- Chicken was breaded and perfectly fried, not oily. House sauce had a great taste, not salty. Noodles were thick with thin slices of scallions and carrots with glazed strips of white onion mixed in. Fried rice was cooked perfectly. I ordered a soda to wash it all down. Large cup with free refills. I couldn't finish it all. All this for under 15 dollars. Will be back.

Got take out. Fried rice, chow main, and sweet and sour. Food was awful. Fried Rice was not good, no egg, or veggies, just rice and fried it. Chow main looked like worms, was thick noodles size of a gummy worm tasted bad. Organe chicken was ok. All this for $11-13 dallor, ill rather spend same price at Panda.

Let's see. You are a place that pushes heavy on take out. Somebody, I am going human and not AI, put it together. Then, and this is just me tossing this toward the moon, stuck it in plastic, reviewed it, and let it go. If this person is a student at ASU, they should ask themselves when they order delivery, what item is relevant upon receiving it. Hmm. What could it be? Oh wait, I know. A fork. Maybe a plastic knife too. Oh, snd these little items called napkins. Sure I could use the toilet paper, and imagine Im at a Mongolian restaurant where everyone eats with their hands, but I'm not. Food eise - i opened up with the Impossible meat dumplings- i.e. plant based meat. It was wonderful, but the Dipping sauce was greasy and lacked depth of flavor. A bummer for a great appetizer. Witjin the dumplings is shredded carrots bits snd I found a sad pea looking at me. I felt for it. The other dish was Chiclen Chow Noodles. This is where we both felt a fork, maybe two, and a knive would benefit. I say two because we got two fortune cookies. Now the dish. I could hsve sworn that in th3 first few bites it tasted as though shrimp was in there. When I tried other items in it, including the spouse, we both concurred the taste disappeared. Nevertheless, it had zero flavor. I mesn there was sauce but I could decipher what it was. I asked my friend, miss pea. She was baffled too.

I moved to Arizona about 6 months ago and just moved over to Tempe maybe about a month ago and had just discovered this gem about a week ago. I love spicy food and they definitely delivered on that. The owner asked me 1-10 how spicy I said 10 make me regret it and they definitely delivered on that LOL. I haven't been able to find a restaurant since I moved here that has given me that sensation; I love spicy food. Very hospitable and very welcoming. The atmosphere was nice as well. I will definitely be coming here for more! Thank you again

Little Szechuan is one of those spots that has been a staple in the ASU-Tempe area for decades. Their food was consistently good and they gave you plenty--even at lunch. However, this is no longer the case. The food lacks flavor an complexity that it used to have. Little Szechuan wasn't basic Chinese fusion dining, it tasted and felt authentic. There was nothing authentic or flavorful about my chicken with broccoli. It was super dry, greasy, and lacked so much flavor. I echo a lot of the other reviews about it not being the same. I am giving it 2 stars for the good customer service, but I won't be back.

I understand that Little Szechuan is a Tempe mainstay, operating for almost half a century. After having lunch here, I am baffled by how it could survive so long. Worst Chinese food in the valley, and it's not close! Food is low-quality, flavorless, and greasy. Starting from the fried rice, that appears to be fried in literally nothing. Not a hint of egg or vegetable in it at all, let alone discernible seasoning. The crab puffs were literally the worst I've ever had--utterly devoid of seasoning and tasted like fake or incredibly cheap cream cheese. The teriyaki chicken was fried, which is weird, and it was overcooked and rubbery. I hated everything I tried. The lunch combos are incredibly skimpy. I won't be back.

Long-time locally owned restaurant- food always fresh, well-prepared, and tasty. Best food around. Eat-in may not be available, so if planning to dine-in call ahead. If not, order take away.

The food is incredible! It's definitely made with love and care. The service was also amazing, the woman there was so friendly and kind. The inside of the restaurant was clean and cozy too. My boyfriend and I will definitely be back to support this small business!

I visited here on a trip and I'm so glad I did! The owner is wonderful and the food was amazing! Haven't had Chinese food that fresh in a while!

Little Szechuan in Tempe. Let's compare apples to apples--or in this case, dumplings to dumplings. Fast-food Chinese should never outshine authentic Chinese cuisine. With fifteen years of working and traveling across Southeast Asia under my belt, from Macau to Taipei, I've developed a palate for the good stuff. This place? It's like they've never heard of spices or flavors. My coworkers had been singing this place's praises for weeks. "You've got to try it!" they said. Eager to see what the fuss was about, I went in with an open mind and zero expectations. As a die-hard foodie, I was ready for a culinary adventure. What did I get? A one-way ticket to Disappointmentville. I couldn't even finish my meal; it was that bland. Let's talk about General Mao for a moment. If he tasted the food here, he'd probably shake his head in utter disappointment and consider shutting this place down. Mao had high standards for flavor, and this place? Well, it falls flatter than a pancake. For authentic Chinese food, you're better off heading to The Original Panda Restaurant in California (no, not Panda Express). They serve dishes that dance on your taste buds, unlike this place, where flavors go to die. Not recommended. Jordan

Lovely little spot. Dropped in while I my film was being developed next door. Had a lovely conversation with the woman who helped me and the food was great.

Has been a favorite for a few years now. Very mindful of gluten free allergies and our food is always good.

Great food and the best people working there! I always get something spicy and an eggroll with the homemade hot mustard.

My Asian family and I saw the positive reviews for Little Szechuan Restaurant and tried it for take out dinner. We ordered wor wonton soup, chicken broccoli dinner plate with fried rice, egg rolls, Dan Dan Noodles, Tofu Eggplant. About $50 worth of food. Wait time was long, however, nice woman said because food is made fresh. Ok. Large Wonton soup was bland and flavorless, small size, NOT quart size as ordered but pint size. Chicken Broccoli plate was was so bland and weird. Chicken broccoli was cubed with congealed sauce, a scoop of it in a corner. Fried rice was just plain rice, dyed brown with soy sauce, no egg or vegetables mixed in, just plain rice bland. Plain Lo mein noodles were on the plate too, not sure why, but bland fat udon noodles. Weird. Dan Dan noodles were spicy, but again with the cubed chicken and frozen peas and carrots mixed in. Definitely not authentic. Large Tofu eggplant was only a PINT size bland, swimming in a congealed sauce with more frozen peas and carrots. Everyone was just perplexed, confused, disappointed and frustrated by the positive comments and reviews. We just wanted some good simple Chinese food after a long drive to our hotel. Very bland food and very disappointed family.

Very nice people original owners since 76! I got the spicy wings and Mongolian beef dinner combo the wings were more like an orange chicken with a few chili pods cooked perfectly!!! Light and crispy Once I thru on some soy sauce on the beef and chow the flavors came out! I will stop by here again to try kung pao chicken

Best Chinese food in Arizona. Owner is extremely wonderful will alter the food to your taste. Every dish is wonderful as is . Great and friendly environment excellent place to bring family and friends to celebrate or just enjoy a great tasting meal

Food was bland... appreciate that they stayed open a few late for our pick up order though

I'm sorry to say but this was the worst Chinese food I've ever had. Fried rice was regular rice with a brown hue, no flavor. The lo mein was inedible, definitely the worst noodles I've ever had. And the orange chicken was terrible, dry, sickeningly sweet artificial flavored sauce. I ended up giving my meal to a homeless guy, save your money and go to Panda Express.

I really wanted to try this place. Everything says they are open. Get out of car in 115 degrees. Get to door. Guess what. They are not open. Yep Nope not trying. As a native Arizonan that is a major party foul. Too bad.

Super nice owner! Super popular with locals she always is chatting it up with the customers picking up their take out orders hehe. Lots of vegetarian options either with tofu or impossible meat!! my favorite is the orange zest and the general tso they also have impossible dumplings!

This little place has been around forever. I finally decided to check it out and ordered in last night for pick up due to social distancing. The food was overall okay. I personally felt the beef was overly salty and it was much more breading than meat. It's really difficult to find quality Asian food but this place was better than a few others I have tried recently. I would return but I would probably try a chicken vegetable meat that isn't breaded next time to see if it's less salty. The egg drop soup had a lot of pepper in it which wasn't my personal preference either. The lo mein noodles were so yummy and tender! The chicken fried rice was as expected. All in all I'd give it another go.

I was so excited to try since they had good reviews. My spring roll was soggy, the noodles were chewy and not really cooked and had no flavor at all. The orange chicken was decent

I honestly am worried about the people who comment on how good this food is. The chow mein resembles dog food, and has zero flavor whatsoever The crab puffs have a strange freezer burn aftertaste The "fried rice" is brown rice, there is no veggies or anything special about it worth paying an up charge for Everything needed seasoning, it was just really a disappointment and a waste of money

It's been a little while since I visited them but I love their kinda street style food. The woman that owns the place is insanely amazing. So sweet and wants to give to people. They are underrated

I really like your Lo Mein. Why do you not utilize GrubHub Delivery Service? As I am housebound, I only order delivery, and GrubHub is my delivery service of choice.

Little Szechuan is just ok, typically Asian restaurants located near college campuses are solid places for good Chinese food. But I was disappointed, the pot stickers were cooked in consistently in a wok that should have been hotter & with restaurant name of Little Szechuan the Dan Dan noodles had little flavor and not spicy. Now if you are a college student on a budget this place would score higher.

Good food. Vegan dumplings are pretty good, egg rolls are probably the best I've ever had. It's really hard to find decent Chinese food in Arizona. By east coast standards it's probably a 2.5, but this is a solid Arizona 4

Great food there dumplings are among the best in the Valley. She makes her own kimchi. Fresh made wraps for the Moo Shu . Great soups. Family style service the owners come out a great you by name as time allows. They know everybody that comes back. The ambience I is quaint you can dress casual and nice enough to stop by after theater .

Great little place! The food came out perfectly! Everything tasted amazing. Definitely recommend this place if you're looking for some good takeout. The woman helping me was super sweet and welcoming. It doesn't look like they have indoor dining yet (I'm not 100% sure) but hopefully one day they can bring that back soon. Until then order some delicious take out. You won't regret it!

The people running this place are really delightful, but I feel I must share my experience to help those who really like Szechuan to manage their expectations. I read from one reviewer this was the worst Chinese food she has ever had. I thought she had to be exaggerating! I decided to see for myself since this location is very convenient. Unfortunately, she was absolutely right. My husband ordered spring rolls and a noodle dish. He took one bite of each and could not eat at more. Then I tried a spring roll and was shocked it was mushy inside. Like there were so few vegetables or anything it was basically empty so it disintegrated to mush in the frying process. Then I opened up my DanDan noodles and found something that didn't even remotely resemble Dan Dan noodles. It was udon noodles that had a splatter of some kind of tomato based sauce with diced pees and carrots, and diced chicken? It is supposed to be ground pork. And no spicy flavor. It was like prison food. If you are not picky about Chinese you may like this spot. But if you enjoy traditional Chinese you are best to avoid.

Food is good. Portions not so much. Only take out. Always low on staff. I really liked the orange chicken and the sweet and sour soup.

I really want to give a glowing review of the restaurant because I really liked the person who attended to me. I believe she was the owner but I didn't ask. She was very personable and genuinely wanted me to enjoy my visit. Sadly, the food was a huge disappointment. It seemed as though every dish was a shadow of what it was supposed to be. Mostly lacked taste, or the taste was a little off from what it was supposed to be. The potstickers looked underdone, as if they were rushed through the cooking process. The sweet and sour chicken, the mushu Park, and the almond chicken were all quite anemic in appearance and The taste was lacking as well. The chicken was dry and most of the pieces were small. The hot and sour soup didn't taste like any hot and sour soup I've experienced in the past. I could go on but it's too painful. The meal wasn't worth any price. I won't eat there again.

Staff is always so friendly & the food is great. Love that you can adjust spice levels on a scale from 1-10. Portions are large, could easily split 1 dish amongst 2 people!

super cute local restaurant with the cutest owner who deserves THE WORLD!!! literally the sweetest ever. super yummy, fresh food! the portion sizes are ... insane, they last me multiple meals :') taste is definitely more americanized not the authentic sichuan taste, so keep that in mind when eating here! regardless, so delicious, & the sweet people who own the place always make my experience here perfect :)

Ordered food for office, shrimp veggie, just fair. Chicken egg foo young just fair. Cashew chicken was very average. We also ordered pork fried rice. No one liked it. The previous homeless guy who works with us would not even eat it and he use to eat out of dumpsters.

This is my favorite take out place... When I tell you I order from here once a week I am not at all kidding. I looove their impossible sweet and sour and their impossible dumplings are to die for. As a vegan with a vegetarian kiddo, we can't get enough of this place. The owner is also super friendly and remembers people by name, it's so sweet. 10/10

Good here is really good. My favorite dishes are moo shu and sweet and sour. Note that it is carry out only at dinner.

I usually order takeout but even eating there was nice as well. When I tell you the dumplings are fire they are actually fire, I always get the spicy ones and they're my favorite! Their fried rice is so good! It's a small space but it's nice. Highly recommend.

Awesome food. Take out only so be aware. The mapo tofu, pork fried rice and chicken chow mein were delicious. I will be returning again.

Delish take out. Offered yummy gluten-free options. Would definitely return for the Chicken Chow Mein. Really patient friendly, and very nice when placing order and picking up.

Everytime we are in Tempe we grab food from this place, I absolutely enjoy the food and the owners, very nice people

All I wanted was some crab Rangoon. I knew the moment I opened the crab Rangoon that it was going to be a sad night. There was no golden brown color. There was no sizzle. They were puny little pouches with barely any filling :'( The sadder part is the crab Rangoon was probably the best part of the meal. Chicken quality was odd, and I ended up throwing the food away - something I rarely do especially when it cost almost 40 bucks for 2 entrees and an app lol. One of the entrees barely had chicken (I discovered this whole fishing chicken out prior to throwing everything away). First and last time, super sad cause this was close to me too and they actually made the food spicy but it just made the taste one flavor that wasn't really good. The lady seemed nice and gave me some hot sauce. But that doesn't change the fact that I should have just ordered Panda Express. Sad.

Good Chinese food. Large portion. I ordered the orange chicken combo with eggroll/crab rangoon and egg drop soup. I was quite surprise of the portion size - good for two people. Chicken was hot and tasty, the soup was ok needs more flavor. Not much to look at from outside but the dining has great ambience. The lady, maybe the owner, was very courteous. Place is located in the university area so tons of college students riding bikes and scooters. Overall, good food, clean dining area, and friendly service. Go check it out!

I lived in China for many years and this food is a very sad representation of Chinese food. I don't recommend any of the dinner deals because it's 80% rice and noodles, 20% entree. I was hoping for a veggie dinner. I got chicken and veggies and it was mostly starches, not a ton of veggies. The entree was flavorless, just as the rice and noodles. The spring roll didn't have much filling, mostly dough. The egg drop soup was just a thick corn starch slurry.

Honestly Panda Express is more authentic, disappointed with almost everything. I ordered fried rice and got plain brown tinted rice, my veggie noodles had just 3 pieces of cabbage where my Mongolian beef had 4 actual pieces of mean and covered in random veggies.

Service was fine as I ordered food to go. I got their "signature" Kung Pao Crispy Beef which says on the menu is: "our famous sauce stir fried with onions, scallions and topped with peanuts". When I looked at my food when I got home I saw a pile of just beef which was stuck together with some sticky sauce. No onions, scallions, chilis or peanuts. The photo of this entrée shows a lot of peanuts, onions and chili peppers on it. It was bland, not spicy as the menu indicated. I wish I would have taken a photo to share. Never again.

This quaint restaurant is always on top of it. The woman that answers is always so polite and receptive. She remembers our vegetarian orders and everything is always accurate and tasty, especially the egg drop soup and broccoli & tofu. Yum! Try it!!

A classic neighborhood Chinese spot. Little Szech knows us by name and the very kind lady who runs / owns always makes sure you are set. I've never had a bad Chinese meal here and neither has my girlfriend who is vegetarian and sticks with the lo mein.

Amazing food! We have been trying to find a legit Chinese spot after Mr Chaos changed owners. This place is the real deal! Amazing! Hunan chicken, chicken mei fun, spring rolls and sesame chicken were all winners! My kids had thirds haha! Next time in person!!! Love it. Haven't seen the little mustard and dick sauce packets in a long time!

Such amazing food and service, the owner was amazing and the atmosphere was amazing. The dumplings and crab puffs and spice edamame were to die for!!

Love that they offer gluten free! Don't always have servers so ordered to go and just ate it there, which was fine.