Szechuan Garden

Great little gem in Kemah. Food was great and the man at the front desk (had tatoo sleeves) was super amazing and extremely friendly. They really have a great employee running the place. My Magnolias beef dish was excellent and not greasy at all and super fresh. Highly recommend this place for takeout and the dining area seemed nice as well.

I love this place! They did a dish with tofu for me as I'm vegetarian and it is just wonderful. I ordered the curry chicken(tofu substituted for chicken) and it has a wonderful taste. The picture doesn't do it justice as I mixed the rice in before I took the pic. All dishes always look nice when served. The other pic is my friends meal which was broccoli chicken.

A typical Chinese restaurant. I went here because my sister in law spoke positively aigh about there g.iood. I piiursonally think they food is good, but portions are a bit small.small. H ju As for the prices they are a bit higher whats I see around the Asian parts of town, but are in line with the area the location is in. The time I went here was about 4 pm on a Saturday and my party was about the only customers here. From what I saw most pf the orders were take away. The menu is small, printed on both sides. I first had the red oil wontons (8.99) as a appetizer. They were firm and had a good amount of meat filling. They were drenched in good amount of chilli oil with a fair amount of spiciness to it. Secondly, the fried flat noodle with beef (13.99) was served. The portion was small. It had a fair amount of beef and the noodles were previous dried. They were firm, but do not have the resistance present in fresh noodles. Some wok hei was present, could use a bit more time in the wok for a more smokey flavour. Next up were the sizzling black pepper and beef. (15.99) and the sizzling seafood with three delicacies (17.99). I combine these together since the had the same sauces on them and were both done fresh and well. I especially liked the mamasan green curry. Mostly because I could happily tolerate the spice level it had and had it all to myself. The price 14.99 was amenable to me. It had a good amount of tenderized chicken breast. The curry sauce was especially creamy and savoury and I shocked every one by drinking all of the remaining sauce all in one attempt. The ma pa tofu (12.99) was fine, not my thing, but the dish was done well. I then had the stir fried vegetables and shrimp (17.99) which is so calles chef speciality. Not sure why it that is is that it is blanched vegtables and shrimp stired fried briefly in a corn starch slurry. The dish was fine, not exceptional. Maybe because the shrimp was of a larger size? Peking duck (55.00) was the last dish that was served. The soup made from the duck bones was an especially flavourful clear soup with napa cabbage. It was a good palate cleanser As for the duck (a whole one comes in two duck shaped dishes) itself I was ok with it. It did taste it was made in advance as it was not as crisp as a wholly freshly prepared one. I would not hold that against them in that regard. This is a decent place considering the lack of chinese/asiatic restaurants in the area. Not a must go place, but if you live here and craving Chinese food, this hits the spot.

Im giving it 5 stars because they were one of the few restaurants open on Christmas. We waited patiently of course meanwhile the staff did their best to accommodate LARGE families, and they did. Yes there were some rude customers here and there but overall the staff were pleasant about the interactions! We normally eat at home for holidays but this time around we had unexpected things come up and truly did not have time to make it home. The dishes are definitely spicy! If you can barely handle anything hot - I would ask for mild or no spice at all. Cheese puffs and dumplings were good!

Excellent find ! They have not yet changed the exterior from previous establishment but inside nice renovated. Amazing authentic Chinese food along with some of your typical dishes. Beef hot pot was amazing ! So spicy . Service was excellent and even got greeted by the chef. First class restaurant. Definitely don’t judge a book by its cover, hopefully they get their new sign soon. Go soon so you can say you heard of it first as will be a popular one soon.

This review is for Spicy Panda that just opened up last week where Szechuan Garden used to be. They have not changed the sign but the menu and food is totally different. The menu looked like they have some pretty authentic Chinese dishes like Peking duck, soup dumplings, stirred seafood with chinese chives, etc. I was skeptical at first because we’re pretty far from Chinatown but I was VERY pleasantly surprised at how good the food was. Definitely Chinatown worthy!! Portion is big too. I’ve been back twice already to try different things from the menu. Everything has been excellent so far! I did not really care for the previous restaurant at this location so this is a nice change for me.