I like the interior and atmosphere of the restaurant. Don't like the relatively quiet parking lot fool you. The Chinese food made here is authentic Sichuan style flavor. Surprisingly in this age of inflation while other restaurants have make their portion smaller, Xun Yu has very good portion size. You might want to hold off ordering too much and order more when you need to. The staff is friendly and attentive and provides great service. I will go back there very soon with my family again.
C MV
Poor Service… blond Asian Waitress…Sat for two hours waiting for main dish Of grilled fish. Finally asked waitress where food was, restaurant had only 4 tables eating. She told me oh sorry, I forgot! Expressionless… you have to check off your menu choices on a paper menu, I would assume to ensure accuracy? She didn’t apologize, nor make an excuse. Nothing, all of a sudden acted as if she didn’t speak English. String beans and fried rice were good, compliment to the chef… other than that… worst experience and waste of time…. So many amazing Asian restaurants on the same block, skip this one. Also quite over priced for a whole grilled fish half the price of many fancier spots in neighborhood… alleged manager name was Macy? Who also decided to not speak English when the time was convenient. Very poor service.
Xuemeng Li
OMG the best Sichuan style food place in the region since Sichuan Spring closed. We ordered their take out and just tried their fish roast dine in. Everything was excellent. The service was also great. They gave complimentary boiled edamame and spicy peanuts AND milk tea with herb jello and bubbles. 3 of us we paid $36 each with tax and tips. Much better than other roast fish places in the region. Strong recommend.Update: we went back as a party and found out that they have decent space for big parties and KTV rooms! We had a good time! Our server was so nice!
Nick K
Its empty parking lot stopped me from going to this restaurant for a long time but finally I decided to give it a try after seeing many positive reviews. The interior of the restaurant is pretty new and clean. Friendly staff and good service. We liked the spicy pot (many choices of meats and veggies to select from and cook all together). We chose a mild spicy level and it tasted pretty hot to me. I recommend the mild spicy level if you are trying an authentic Sichuan spicy dish for the first time. Its spicy hot level is no joke. Our dishes, very generous portion. We are going back again for sure. Recommend.
Julia Ferraro
Parking lot of an unremarkable gray one-story house on a side of a local highway was almost empty. The sign said Grill Fish, Open for to Go, and something in Chinese. The building was one of those you drive by and think who on Earth would would ever go there.Inside, it was another story. Soft light, muffled sound, wooden accents, generous spacing between tables, booths along the walls. Clean. And the menu: make-your-own dry pots with dozens of ingredients to choose from, whole-grilled-fish pots with pick-your-flavor options. Four different heat levels to choose from. List of preset dishes had safe and friendly stir-fried chicken, shredded beef, steamed fish, garlic eggplant, sautéed beans, noodle soups, fried rice. And there were items indicating a real deal: stir-fried kidneys, aorta, and tripe, griddle cooked intestines, appetizing frog, chopped chili fish head, spicy chicken feet, pig ears in chili oil. Prices — beyond reasonable.Not aware of their dry pot sizes, we started with a pork belly in the garlicky-gingery chili oil and a thousand-year egg. Ten out of ten.The size of dry pots wheeled out on a cart made us laugh. We were set for a few meals at home in the upcoming week. Sorry, not sorry.The pots were cooked to perfection. The most remarkable was the blooming flavor of Sichuan peppercorns. Numbing, tingly, sending customary electric currents through the mouth, they were especially citrusy and piney with a clear message of fruit as opposed to pepper.Cold milk bubble tea with jellied caramel — on the house — was a nice ending to the experience.And the service. Invisible and silent it was ever present guessing requests on an eye contact from a distance, with a quiet smile. Like in a movie.Bottom line. If you like Chinese food, Sichuan in particular, hot pots to be precise — stop what you’re doing and head to Edison, NJ.
Christine Li
Fantastic food. Way too spicy for me but it was still quite delicious! The fried rice cakes with honey were such a nice treat. Definitely recommend those. The Signature Pepper Pot with Sliced Fish was probably my favorite dish. I would probably order it with a little less spice next time though. Dry sautéed string beans and the Sliced Beef and Tripe with chili sauce were pretty good too. The Shredded Beef with Long hot chili peppers was ok. Beef was absolutely delicious but there was just so much pepper! Would love to try the hot pot next time.Now for my standard COVID comments as of May 2022. All employees are wearing masks and the seating is nice and distanced. Felt completely comfortable eating indoors.
Jacquelyn Gesumaria
Excellent fresh fish and great service! Even complimentary milk tea and jelly at the end. Highly recommend!
Yenny Su
Our go-to, authentic Sichuan restaurant. We bring friends (non-Asian and Chinese alike), and everyone loves the food. Dry pot is fantastic. Very affordable.
Lucy L.
I really like the flavor. For a Sichuan place it is not very spicy and oily which is good for beginners. The food is very good but on the pricey end for a shop in chinatown. There's alot of flexibility in what you want to eat in it. My favorite is the beef tendon. It's crunchy and taste so clean. It went so well with peanuts. The dry hot pot is so good too but the price adds up quickly as you add more stuff. I do enjoy this place
E P
Had takeout. Flavor is great but the quanity of food for what you pay for is small. Not worth it in that aspect. Spicy pot added cabbage. They dont even use veggies to add volume to dishes to make them seem fuller. Probably only one leaf of cabbage in the whole thing cut up.
Roomier and tasts better than the one in Flushing NY.
Daisy H.
We ordered Pork belly cucumber with garlic sauce, if you a garlic lover, can't pass this Bass Striped Bass Grouper grill pot with mild butter garlic sauce, not spicy at all. Personally, I like spicy sauce better but can't order spicy this time. Butter garlic is towards the greasy side, the garlic is sweet. 重慶辣子雞 this is very good. I tried so many place in NJ to find the real 重慶辣子雞. Finally, this is the place. The chicken diced into cubes and coated with batter to fry, then stirred fry with red dry pepper and Sichuan peppercorn and other spices. Yummy
Fanny L.
Authentic and tasty. Loved every dishes so far-beef noodle soup with udon, mixed pepper w. Chicken, twice cooked pork, braised pork w. Preserved vegetable, pig ear w. Chili oil...looking forward to try more dishes. They serve really good tea!
Sally Lu
I've been missing my grandma's cooking ever since I moved away from home. I went here for the first time today with some friends and it was the most authentic flavorful experience I have ever had. I don't know why more people don't know about this place. The tea was amazing and the servers were so nice. They give you a free little desert at the end that was sort of like milk tea in a small soup bowl. The menu might be intimidating for non-chinese people but you can just mark things on the menu with a pen and they will bring it out! Rule of thumb is order 1 less entree than you have people. If you dont know what to order, the grilled short rib entree is definitely worth a try!
Brendan A
So glad I found this place. Food was great and affordable. Staff were friendly.OrderedSpicy chicken appetizerSnow peas leaves vegetable dishBeef with long hot peppers dishSpicy hot pot assorted dishOn top of this, the dessert is amazing! Mini milk tea / soup!I will definitely come back.
I like the interior and atmosphere of the restaurant. Don't like the relatively quiet parking lot fool you. The Chinese food made here is authentic Sichuan style flavor. Surprisingly in this age of inflation while other restaurants have make their portion smaller, Xun Yu has very good portion size. You might want to hold off ordering too much and order more when you need to. The staff is friendly and attentive and provides great service. I will go back there very soon with my family again.
Poor Service… blond Asian Waitress…Sat for two hours waiting for main dish Of grilled fish. Finally asked waitress where food was, restaurant had only 4 tables eating. She told me oh sorry, I forgot! Expressionless… you have to check off your menu choices on a paper menu, I would assume to ensure accuracy? She didn’t apologize, nor make an excuse. Nothing, all of a sudden acted as if she didn’t speak English. String beans and fried rice were good, compliment to the chef… other than that… worst experience and waste of time…. So many amazing Asian restaurants on the same block, skip this one. Also quite over priced for a whole grilled fish half the price of many fancier spots in neighborhood… alleged manager name was Macy? Who also decided to not speak English when the time was convenient. Very poor service.
OMG the best Sichuan style food place in the region since Sichuan Spring closed. We ordered their take out and just tried their fish roast dine in. Everything was excellent. The service was also great. They gave complimentary boiled edamame and spicy peanuts AND milk tea with herb jello and bubbles. 3 of us we paid $36 each with tax and tips. Much better than other roast fish places in the region. Strong recommend.Update: we went back as a party and found out that they have decent space for big parties and KTV rooms! We had a good time! Our server was so nice!
Its empty parking lot stopped me from going to this restaurant for a long time but finally I decided to give it a try after seeing many positive reviews. The interior of the restaurant is pretty new and clean. Friendly staff and good service. We liked the spicy pot (many choices of meats and veggies to select from and cook all together). We chose a mild spicy level and it tasted pretty hot to me. I recommend the mild spicy level if you are trying an authentic Sichuan spicy dish for the first time. Its spicy hot level is no joke. Our dishes, very generous portion. We are going back again for sure. Recommend.
Parking lot of an unremarkable gray one-story house on a side of a local highway was almost empty. The sign said Grill Fish, Open for to Go, and something in Chinese. The building was one of those you drive by and think who on Earth would would ever go there.Inside, it was another story. Soft light, muffled sound, wooden accents, generous spacing between tables, booths along the walls. Clean. And the menu: make-your-own dry pots with dozens of ingredients to choose from, whole-grilled-fish pots with pick-your-flavor options. Four different heat levels to choose from. List of preset dishes had safe and friendly stir-fried chicken, shredded beef, steamed fish, garlic eggplant, sautéed beans, noodle soups, fried rice. And there were items indicating a real deal: stir-fried kidneys, aorta, and tripe, griddle cooked intestines, appetizing frog, chopped chili fish head, spicy chicken feet, pig ears in chili oil. Prices — beyond reasonable.Not aware of their dry pot sizes, we started with a pork belly in the garlicky-gingery chili oil and a thousand-year egg. Ten out of ten.The size of dry pots wheeled out on a cart made us laugh. We were set for a few meals at home in the upcoming week. Sorry, not sorry.The pots were cooked to perfection. The most remarkable was the blooming flavor of Sichuan peppercorns. Numbing, tingly, sending customary electric currents through the mouth, they were especially citrusy and piney with a clear message of fruit as opposed to pepper.Cold milk bubble tea with jellied caramel — on the house — was a nice ending to the experience.And the service. Invisible and silent it was ever present guessing requests on an eye contact from a distance, with a quiet smile. Like in a movie.Bottom line. If you like Chinese food, Sichuan in particular, hot pots to be precise — stop what you’re doing and head to Edison, NJ.
Fantastic food. Way too spicy for me but it was still quite delicious! The fried rice cakes with honey were such a nice treat. Definitely recommend those. The Signature Pepper Pot with Sliced Fish was probably my favorite dish. I would probably order it with a little less spice next time though. Dry sautéed string beans and the Sliced Beef and Tripe with chili sauce were pretty good too. The Shredded Beef with Long hot chili peppers was ok. Beef was absolutely delicious but there was just so much pepper! Would love to try the hot pot next time.Now for my standard COVID comments as of May 2022. All employees are wearing masks and the seating is nice and distanced. Felt completely comfortable eating indoors.
Excellent fresh fish and great service! Even complimentary milk tea and jelly at the end. Highly recommend!
Our go-to, authentic Sichuan restaurant. We bring friends (non-Asian and Chinese alike), and everyone loves the food. Dry pot is fantastic. Very affordable.
I really like the flavor. For a Sichuan place it is not very spicy and oily which is good for beginners. The food is very good but on the pricey end for a shop in chinatown. There's alot of flexibility in what you want to eat in it. My favorite is the beef tendon. It's crunchy and taste so clean. It went so well with peanuts. The dry hot pot is so good too but the price adds up quickly as you add more stuff. I do enjoy this place
Had takeout. Flavor is great but the quanity of food for what you pay for is small. Not worth it in that aspect. Spicy pot added cabbage. They dont even use veggies to add volume to dishes to make them seem fuller. Probably only one leaf of cabbage in the whole thing cut up.
Restaurantji Recommends
Roomier and tasts better than the one in Flushing NY.
We ordered Pork belly cucumber with garlic sauce, if you a garlic lover, can't pass this Bass Striped Bass Grouper grill pot with mild butter garlic sauce, not spicy at all. Personally, I like spicy sauce better but can't order spicy this time. Butter garlic is towards the greasy side, the garlic is sweet. 重慶辣子雞 this is very good. I tried so many place in NJ to find the real 重慶辣子雞. Finally, this is the place. The chicken diced into cubes and coated with batter to fry, then stirred fry with red dry pepper and Sichuan peppercorn and other spices. Yummy
Authentic and tasty. Loved every dishes so far-beef noodle soup with udon, mixed pepper w. Chicken, twice cooked pork, braised pork w. Preserved vegetable, pig ear w. Chili oil...looking forward to try more dishes. They serve really good tea!
I've been missing my grandma's cooking ever since I moved away from home. I went here for the first time today with some friends and it was the most authentic flavorful experience I have ever had. I don't know why more people don't know about this place. The tea was amazing and the servers were so nice. They give you a free little desert at the end that was sort of like milk tea in a small soup bowl. The menu might be intimidating for non-chinese people but you can just mark things on the menu with a pen and they will bring it out! Rule of thumb is order 1 less entree than you have people. If you dont know what to order, the grilled short rib entree is definitely worth a try!
So glad I found this place. Food was great and affordable. Staff were friendly.OrderedSpicy chicken appetizerSnow peas leaves vegetable dishBeef with long hot peppers dishSpicy hot pot assorted dishOn top of this, the dessert is amazing! Mini milk tea / soup!I will definitely come back.