Great Sichuan
“The Mao Pao tofu was delicious, and the highlight was definitely the Lamb with Cumin, which was tender and well seasoned.”
“Chong Qing dry & spicy chicken: they use freshly slaughtered chicken rather than frozen ones, so it tastes obviously fresher.”
“I also lived in Taipei and ate similar variations of these dishes and I can honestly say I'm surprised and pleased that a place like this exists in Murray Hill.”
Great Sichuan
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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Came here with some classmates after class and the 3 of decided to get the lunch specials. The lunch specials here are decently priced ranging from $7-10 depending on what you get. The lunch also comes with choice of brown or white rice and choice of soup.
We shared family style the pepper steak, General tso chicken, and the shrimp with lobster sauce. Every dish was very saucy and then after a few minutes the sauces all coagulated and became a gluey paste like consistency. They all tasted okayyy but after the paste formed it was just unappetizing.
Worst part of the experience was that it was super dead and no background music. So the entire meal the staff was just staring at us. Felt so rushed when we were one of two parties present.
I am giving this place 3 stars cause the other times I've been here in the past the food was really good. Maybe just the lunch specials are not so great.
I come here for their lunch special. Really good food for the price – less than $10. I can't say the service is all that great. They're a bit rude but I think it might be a cultural thing more so than them being rude. Overall, a pretty solid spot to go to for lunch. Out of lunch hours they're okay I guess.
Their beef stew noodle is by far the best thing I've eaten for lunch in this area. When my colleagues and I can't decide what to get for lunch, we usually decide on this spot. We rarely ever get a chance to sit down and eat , so majority of the time we take it to go.
Order from seamless, and pick it up in 10 mins to save yourself some time. It can be pretty spicy, so ask for mild if you can't take the heat.
Came here after a long day and the food here hit the spot. I think i thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of our meal. Starting from the hot and sour soup to our different appetizers and the main course, everything was flavorful and well cooked. My favorite was my dish which was a beef noodle soup. The flavor was excellent and there was a lot of meet and a good balance of noodles and vegetables as well. I will be coming back here forrsure
In a neighborhood saturated with a surfeit of homogeneous bro-y (read douchey) bars and irish pubs (as well as foreclosed restaurants unfortunately), great sichuan is a welcome haven of authentic ethnic fare. Staying true to its eponymous sichuan region, the restaurant offers a variety of authentic classics like mapo tofu, water boiled fish, oxe tongue and tripe etc. Great Sichuan serves comparable fare to other authentic sichuan restaurants in the city, with reasonable prices and service. Lunch specials available on the weekend is a nice touch, and I have yet to see the place be filled to capacity so walk in with confidence!
Service was a bit gruff, but the food was very tasty. I ordered the doubled cooked pork lunch special. The portion size was smallish, but I actually liked it. It had some extra oil but again..I thought it added to the dish.
Stale fortune cookie was a letdown at the end.
The meal was dirt cheap…a bit over $10 including tip.
my family works around the area and always raved about the beef noodle soup so i was finally in the area to try some. to me, it was oily and bland. theres depth but no flavor. to my surprise the xiao lung baos were decent but not as good as chinatown of course. the five spiced beef was good. we also tried the whole duck which was not meaty and probably been stored for a while since this isnt your chopped bbq meats restaurant in chinatown. meal was about ~80 for 4 people but then again 2 people barely ate. this is one of those restaurants where it might be popping for lunch but not much so for dinner. the hostess had no interest in seating us and i was told she always has a stank face regardless. the waiter was friendly and they refilled our ice water many times.
I have been craving soup dumplings for months. Unfortunately, Bloomington Indiana doesn't have any. Visiting NYC I was determined to get soup dumplings, but we always went to Joe's Shanghai in Chinatown when I lived in the city, and that was a bit of a hike from my sister's East side apartment. I turned to trusty Yelp to find closer soup dumplings.
Behold Great Sichuan. After reading both bad and good reviews I decided to risk it and venture here to satisfy my dire craving. I came with a group of 6 friends, anticipating hostile service and decent food. The service was great upon arrival. When coming to a Chinese place like this you expect service to be rigid but we didn't get that. We had fast, helpful and attentive service.
The soup dumplings were excellent – better than Joe's Shanghai and without the long wait outside in the cold or the "we only seat your whole party" rule (Joe's gets sassy about this). Along with these dumplings we had several other dishes and another red chili oil dumpling dish. We ate A LOT and had a great time.
I will go back! Converted from Joe's Shanghai.
Put a dumpling in my mouth now, please. Thaaaaaanks.