Szechuan East — Restaurant in Richland Township

I really wanted to give this place a positive review. I was here for a job interview at Johnstown and thought chinese food would be the safest, tastiest, and cheapest option for dinner. Since this place is the highest rated, me and my wife wanted to give it a shot. We got the general jou's chicken and it was tasty albeight being a bit oily. All went well and we enjoyed dinner. Then everything went down hill from there. We both woke up at 1am with severe nausea and abdominal disturbance, then came the vomiting and diarrhea. Unfortunately for the restaurant I am a doctor and I knew what was going on. We had what is called "fried rice syndrome" or Bacillus Cereus food poisoning. This illness develops due to poor refrigeration of rice and having it lying around for long times at room temperature. The toxin doesn't get destroyed with re-heating so again unfortunately for the restaurant it was clear they had that rice lying around for days without properly discarding it and cooking new batches. Now we are at the airport feeling sick and running to the bathroom every now and then, and will remain doing so till the duration of the condition (up to 24 hours).

Long story short, we probably won't be having chinese from this place ever again but I thought it is of utmost importance that anyone deciding to eat from there to know what to expect. This type of food poisoning is a benign one, but still it reflects the place's sanitry values in general. They did it once and they'll do it...

I had never been here before and was wanting to give it a try. It's a very small restaurant for sure. About 8 tables max, all 4 seats per table. Not a big deal. I go sit at my table. They were slammed so service took a little while. My order came out super fast which was a big plus. I'd say after I ordered no longer than 10 minutes and I had all my food. The taste of the food is what gets me. It's not the greatest. I got the triple delight, the general Jou's, both with fried rice and egg drop soup, and an order of fried wontons. The wontons had an off taste. Almost like freezer burnt or something. (Not saying it wasn't fresh, just tasted like that). The fried rice had no seasoning other than soy sauce, and was super salty. The egg rolls that came with the meal also tasted freezer burnt. The triple delight had almost no flavor. The vegtables are the most flavorful part, not the meat or sauce which is odd. The general Jou's was just meh. I could go to aldi and get general tsos in the freezer section and to me it would taste just the same. And the egg drop soup had a very off putting texture and taste. I honestly don't know how to describe it.

Over all, I don't think I'll be back. Although service was quick and I didn't have any problems with the staff, the only reason you go to a restaurant is to eat. The portion for the price ypu pay is unbeatable, but the food was just lacking in taste, and missing...

I ordered Sezchaun chicken combo with fried rice. No egg roll,extra chicken. I was very disappointed when I looked and ate my lunch at home. I been ordering this same order for extremely long time before new owners, the Sezchaun sauce , was totally different and plain ,the sauce is usually a dark texture and i can taste the ginger and othee spices,,, today it was extremely blend and orange color , light texture sauce with no flavor , off and on I was having issues with the same exact order ,1 time the sauce was too thin and watery , Another time it was perfect. Iam to this point nough is enough, I will never order from sezchaun ever again, extremely disappointed with my food order,, customer service is wonderful ,counter girl has a wonderful and good...