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Spicy King

Spicy King

65 Waverly Pl San Francisco, CA 94108-2118, San Andreas, United States

Asian • Hot Pot • Chinese • Szechuan


"Good spot for Sichuan food in Chinatown but definitely on the pricy side with small portions, hence my 3 star rating. I'd give it a 4 for the food itself. I'm a wimp when it comes to spice and don't eat a lot of Sichuan food, so I'm not an expert by any means, but I thought the dishes we ordered here were flavorful. My part of 3 came for Saturday lunch a little after 1 and the restaurant was pretty empty. The restaurant looks small from the outside but was much bigger inside than I expected. Dector looked a little bit old but was still nice. The menu has mostly spicy dishes I assume most of them are standard Sichuan dishes? but also has some non spicy options as well if you're a spice wimp like me. We ordered 3 dishes to share: Szechuan chili pepper with pork $18.95 pork was very tender and flavorful. This dish was the spiciest of the three as they sauté the pork with a ton of jalapenos BBQ cumin lamb ribs $28.95 my favorite of the three dishes! It's marked as spicy but was manageable and had a lot of flavor from the cumin. I wish there was more lamb ribs though... for the price, it didn't have enough meat Braised peking duck with steamed buns $28.95 would skip this dish as it's a small portion sad given the price . I also didn't particularly enjoy the duck which was a bit sweet We shared one bowl of rice $2.25 , which was enough for us. I read some other reviews that service was slow and the food took a while to come out, but that wasn't the case for us, probably because it wasn't that busy when we came. I saw another table sharing a whole fish cooked in a spicy broth. Would like to try that next time I come."