Hot Kitchen Sichuan Style — Restaurant in New York

Sometimes I just wonder whether restaurant owners ever bother to read the reviews and whether servers have a reason for not checking back at the table when the food is served as to how the dish is. I came around 7:25pm on Wednesday because I wanted to try some spicy Chinese food. The name of the restaurant was very inviting so I decided to give it a try. The first thing I noticed that there were barely any customers in the place, which seemed very empty. But then again this is January when business is slow everywhere. And on top of that it was only 7:35pm, which is very early for a dinner crowd Normally Kung Po Chicken has a sweet sauce, which was explained to me, however when ordering I asked for it to be extra spicy. The food arrived fairly quickly, but that wasn’t a surprise because after the table next to me paid and left I was the only person in there. The sauce was really delicious, sweet and also pretty spicy as I requested, the peanuts were very crunchy but the chicken itself was very dry and not tender, making it pretty chewy and difficult to eat. Not just one piece of chicken but the entire dish. They do give you a lot of chicken, but when it’s this dry it’s hard to enjoy. I did finish the entire dish because I was super hungry and the sauce helped. At no point during the meal did the server ever check back as to how the food was, or if I needed to order anything else. The service was seriously lacking. Still, I gave a 20% tip although I had no idea who my server was since no one ever came back to the table to check on anything. The person who initially took my order seemed to be either the owner or the manager, whom I never saw again after that. The person who brought the food to the table never ever returned except when I asked for the check at the end and I had to yell across the room to the other person behind the counter that I wanted the check. The atmosphere is seriously lacking here. Except for the framed photos on the wall that had nothing in common with each other, the place seemed completely lacking in any decor. I could have gone to Mc Donald’s down the street and had a more delicious meal for less than half the price. Restaurants like Hot Kitchen Sichuan Style need to understand that in Flushing the competition is immense given the sheer number of restaurants all around. If even ONE place realizes that once they get the food down, the rest is easy and the place will be packed by word of mouth. Because the biggest reason people come back is the food. They need to seriously train their servers about customer service, attending to a table, checking back on the food. The quality of the dishes should be consistent from one table to the next. The least important is the decor as long as the...

Hot Kitchen is located on Roosevelt Avenue where Little Pepper Hot Pot was situated....above where Little Pepper used to be down stairs. This place is the bomb! Clean, hospitable(family operated) with a vast menu. After trying literally all the various ethniticities of Chinese cuisine in Flushing we found this place to be the best. For Appys we had: *Sliced Pork Belly in chili Garlic Sauce- perfect consistancy of pork belly with outstanding hot red chili sauce. Mmmmm ! Sichuan Wontron with Red Hot Chili Oil - Tender Wonton in super red hot sauce. So good we dipped other items in it for heat.

On to the mains: Chef's Mapo Tofu - Best we ever had...Tofu just firm enough to pik up with sticks and the sauce was hot with meat which added consistancy and taste. Was super for lunch the next day.,..hot and tasty Chongqing Spicy Chicken - Outstanding....hot crisp morsals of chicken mixed in with a copious quantity of red chili peppers...loved that dish! Double cooked Pork Belly with Chili Leeks- Taste was spot on and Leeks were tender and tasty.

All this plus a soda and Tsing Tao Beer for a whopping $41 total!! Woo Hoo...good as it gets...albeit its CASH ONLY..but for these prices you cant go wrong. This is our new go to place for food that is not only Mala...

If I could give a 0 I really would. I came here July 8th around 9 pm so it was about to close in an hour which is fine, we picked cold dishes that were convenient and fast to eat. The server (a Chinese lady with blond highlights) was very rude about it and kept complaining that they were about to close and all that. I mean if you want to leave at 9, maybe you just close at 9 instead of complaining. My friend and I were just looking at the menu when she came with the kettle and slammed it on the table, she kept giving me an attitude and when she looked at my face and saw that I wasn't accepting this attitude she stopped a little. After we ate, we paid and when I was giving the tip she kept standing next to me expecting me to give her so much, I don't know how I would give tips to someone who treated me so bad. I didn't give her much tip because 1) I ran out of cash 2) She doesn't deserve tips from me so as I was about to leave she stopped me and said you should give me more! I gave you the best tea! My attitude wasn't bad! I was honestly laughing inside how someone can be so two-faced. I'm a generous tipper only if I get treated well. Just remember, treat others the way you want to be treated! Never coming here ever again, by the way the chicken had blood...