Szechuan Chef Chinese Restaurant

Szechuan Chef Chinese Restaurant is one of our go to Chinese restaurant in PDX

Tasty fairly priced Chinese food.

Service is fast, friendly and efficient.

i had the mandarin crispy chicken lunch special, which comes with a soup (i chose hot & sour) and white or fried rice (i chose the latter). as i entered the restaurant the hostess asked me if i wanted water or hot tea. i opted for hot tea.
first, the hot tea is 2 bucks. not a lot, but i've rarely seen hot tea being charged at chinese restaurants, no less when offered as an option against water. so that was off-putting. the hot & sour soup was fine. i asked for hot mustard, and they gave me little to-go packets. i asked for a red hot sauce like sambal and they offered me chili oil (which was fine). but it was in this little to-go container. and even that didn't have enough chili flakes in it. i don't know, everything was off-putting... obviously their primary business is takeway/delivery.
the chicken was okay. not as crispy as the name of the dish would suggest. the food came out really fast, so clearly all of it is just sitting under some heat lamps or something. the sauce didn't seem to be added on over chicken, i don't know. seemed like it was just in a buffet dish or something. it tasted fine i guess. the fried rice was really under seasoned. the whole time i wished i had ordered white rice. anyway, the whole experience of dining in was pretty sub-par. not terrible, but not good either. price was fine i guess, in this day and age (see lunch menu photo - wait... as a matter of fact, even the menu they offered me at the dine-in was a takeaway paper menu! like, they don't cater to dine-in whatsoever... which is a waste because their space there is quite nice).
it's a shame not that great, because it's very convenient. and lastly, an observation: i noticed that average 3.5 star ratings in portland on yelp usually means the restaurant is not that great. that's just what i've noticed... usually 3.5 means above average, but not in portland. need to heed that more often.

This was a great dinner to celebrate a family birthday--perfect atmosphere and service for our party of 8, including a 16 month old and a preschooler.

The food was tasty--I shouldn't have even tried the prawns with pineapple and honey walnuts. It was the most addicting, food without brakes that I've eaten in a long time. It proud to admit it, but I was a resource hoarder on this particular dish. I sat between the baby and the four-year-old, so I got away with it.

I'll be back--arrive hungry!

Took my parents for dinner, the restaurant has wheelchair access, very friendly staff and great service. Food is yummy, must try stir fry shaved noodles. We ordered roasted duck, very yummy. Will come back again.

Bad lunch take-out experience today - food was bland and soggy, service was flustered and the place is really dirty. I've had great food here a few times in the past. Might've just been a bad day but I won't be back.

In our experience, this is the best cold mixed beef around -- and we have had this dish at several Portland area restaurants, San Francisco, New York City and Victoria, BC.

They used to be good but nowadays they shrink their food so much. I mostly order their food from Uber eats. The chongqing hot chicken has no chicken in it anymore compare to it used to be, it looks like a big amount but it actually just fried flour. The rice that costs 1.75 dollars is sooo tiny. Few times I had to order multiple of them but I still only got one at the end. Also the fish filet size has decreased too. I'm very disappointed to the food quality nowadays. The taste is still good, but please stop being so stingy.

After the disappointment of Kuang's Kitchen a few weeks ago, this place more than rocks! The amazing food, unique menu complete with extensive vegetarian options, low prices, and generous portions more than made up for a longer than average wait to order drinks and have the bill delivered. Definitely on the list of favorite Szechuan spots in Portland!

Five stars for the food. Crispy garlic chicken and ma po tofu (no meat) we're outstanding. The hand shaved rice noodles are special. Six of us ate seven mouth watering dishes.

Parking is easy. The ambience is so so in this former Japanese restaurant. The service is inconsistent and a little confused but rendered cheerfully and enthusiastically.

We will definitely return. If it was closer to home it would be my choice for takeout.

Not much of flavor, and spicy dishes are not even spicy.
Rice tasted real old. 米饭是陈米，菜 很油，没什么味，更没什么川味，感觉厨师很糊弄。也没有香锅什么的了。