Royal Szechuan Restaurant

This business seems to have two listings; the other one is for Kirin Sushi. This review applies to both.
I agree with others that this place was *once* great.
DO NOT GO HERE NOW!
We went, and even though there were only two couples in the restaurant, it took us over 45 minutes to get our food, and it came out of order– my main dish, then the appetizers, then after a LONG time my husband’s main dish, then, after a LONG time, the rice. The waitress kept apologizing to us, and complaining about the new owner.
And this isn’t the worst part.
When my husband got the credit card statement, our $ 37.00 bill was listed as $ 107! WE WERE OVERCHARGED $ 70! He is still trying to meet with the nebulous owner to get this taken care of.

The orange chicken was the only thing decent. The service was really bad. We had to wait forever just to get our drink order and the place was almost empty. They have a neon Budweiser sign in the window but they didn’t have Budweiser. The fried rice that came with dinner was terrible. Also had a problem with the bill. I don’t think I’ll be back.

This place was weird! We get there at 530 pm was there until 7pm, we were the only ones there the whole time. The sushi chef kept yelling at the waitress in Chinese all night. The waitress had to ask me how the dish I ordered was made. She lost of ticket, and instead of writing down the few things we ordered again she spend 15 minutes looking for it and finally found it where she left it with the cook, and we were her only customers. They were blasting the Asian station on the big screen so the cooks had something to do, since there was no one else to cook for. It sounded like the were hacking up a body in the back, WHAM WHAM WHAM all through dinner, in between yelling in Chinese, and an Asian soap opera… Very uncomfortable.
The food was decent though, a little expensive considering the service and ambiance. I would never go back though, and don’t even think about taking a date there unless your looking for something creepy.

similar to others, this place used to have great chinese food. I did not know it well and went back recently thinking it was the same thing but it had changed into half Japanese. Mistakenly I ordered chinese and disaster ensued. They should just remove the chinese menu entirely.

used to LOVE this place. The original owners were funny as hell. Half of the restaurant was a day care for the staff’s kids. Food was always killer. Best Kung Pao and best Crispy beef in town! Then they sold it to Kirin Sushi or something weird, and they just turned to crap. I really miss the old food, being that this place is down the street from me. Oh well. The Mandarin House on 5^th in downtown has similar crispy beef, but not the same as the old school Royal Szechuan.

Sadly, this place was once a real gem, But since the original family sold it and Kirin Sushi moved in to the same restaurant, they’ve removed most of the original chinese menu and what is left is not very good. At all. Egg foo yung came out bland and undercooked, with raw egg oozing out of the middle. The sushi put out by Daniel is good, but BEWAREand stay away from the Chinese food or you WILL be disappointed. Also, they need some more experienced and attentive wait staff.

This place knows how to make one DELICIOUS order of orange chicken.
My fiancé and I love the Royal Szechuan because it’s tasty, clean, there’s never really a wait to sit down, and the service is wonderful. Oh, and because the name of the restaurant is Royal Szechuan, but we instead refer to it as «The Royal Sasquatch» (that’s how I pronounced it the first time we went here and it stuck ever since).
We like being able to tell our friends to «Meet us at the Sasquatch» for dinner or to come and have some «Sasquatch beef» with us. It’s fun. Yep, that’s what almost-​married people laugh at.
Anywho, they just remodeled the restaurant and it looks really nice in there, especially with the little sushi bar right in the middle.
It’s a great place. The staff is incredibly nice. Go here!

Well, if you have read my previous post… prepare yourself for the complete opposite. This place knows how to make you feel good about people again. I was beginning to give up. But I walked through the doors of a little, laid back Chinese/​Japanese melting pot, where the service was suitable for high ranking government officials. I mean, this place will bring people together.
I went in to order some takeout… catching the hostess off guard. I was not looking for the whole restaurant experience, but they will not let you leave without it. «Okay, no problem, here are some menus.» «Would you like some water?» «Just a few more minutes, it is almost done. Do you want more water.» «I am sorry that it took a little longer than normal, here is 10% off for the next time you come in.»
«Holy shit, are these people for real?» I ask myself. This is incredible. I mean, I could have probably received a foot massage had I asked appropriately enough. These employees are going way above and beyond, and I am not even sure that the clientele that was there even realized what they had right in front of them. But check this out, there is this old man there who makes your visit way worth it. This guy does not mess around. He is easily 67 years old. And he has these super tight eye-​glasses that I need to find for myself. He was rocking some Japanese designer fashion jeans and some dope shoes that I had never seen before. And a T-​shirt that said «SAKE BOMBER.» That is what I am talking about. This guy just runs around with the hottest gear on, catching mad style points, shouting out demands to his workers in Japanese, all while throwing down shots of sake. No one there can dare challenge this man with sake. Meat your defeat, believe me. I need to go back to catch his name because he is easily one of my heroes right now.
As far as the food goes, I got myself some Kung Pao Chicken and it was phenomenal. Seriously. And it is in Santee??? Go figure. I am not even sure how the old man found Santee. My guess is that him and his lady got into the sake one night, she got wild and threw some blows at him, he called the cops and she woke up in the drunk tank at Las Colinas Women’s Detention Facility, conveniently located in Santee. We also ordered some sushi, which was very good, but a little over-​priced, in my opinion. The Dragon Roll is unreal, but it is also $ 9.75. Overall, this place is pretty smashin’.