Sheng Yan Restaurant

I normally don't give fives out in reviews:. Nobody's perfect. But I want folks to see this.

My partner and I were the only white faces in the place. Everyone else (and I do mean everyone) was eating a grilled dish from a brazier on their table. We ordered Kung Pao chicken, twice cooked pork, a salty and sour potato dish, and an eggplant dish. Forget the kung Pao chicken. It's there for the tourists. The rest of the meal was a great display of flavor and texture. The potatoes were crunchy. A little sour and a little hot. The eggplant was sweet with a luscious texture and heat. The twice cooked pork was numbingly hot and rich.
Give this place a try if your willing to be adventurous. My partner and I plan to go back for a grilled fish.

Their signature grilled fish wasn’t really spicy, mumbling, or rich in flavor. They also didn’t provide good quality fish for you to choose. Besides, all the other dishes tasted okay but were in small portions, and were a little bit pricey.

One more thing to notice is, there are no cellular signal at all (at least for Verizon) and they don’t provide WiFi. Horrible.

This is one of our favorite Chinese restaurants in Seattle! You are not gonna get Orange chicken, Mongolian beef that type of thing here. This is an authentic Sichuan and Hunan style restaurant for eaters who appreciate delicious spicy Chinese dishes with high quality ingredients in it. The place is always clean, and the staffs here are friendly and provide good services. :)

I know that I'm just a white guy reviewing a Chinese restaurant on Google Maps – I understand the optics of that. But I can't possibly describe how underrated this restaurant is. It's the only Chinese restaurant I've been to in Washington that remotely compares to the food that I ate while I was living in China. It's my favorite restaurant in Seattle. I would be devastated if it closed. Please go support them.