Chong Qing Mei Wei Szechuan - Irvine

This is the best Sichuan cuisine I have had in the USA. Don't pay attention to the negative reviews from random customers who order the wrong dishes and give bad feedback. This place is authentic and the portions are generous. The chef is originally from Sichuan, making the food better than many other places in Irvine that also serve Sichuan dishes. The mapo tofu here is the best I have had in the United States. When I lived on the East Coast, I would eagerly wait to fly back to California just to come here and order it.

I absolutely love the cold dishes at Chingqing. The meat quality is good, although the portions are small. The atmosphere is not very quiet, but it's still good.

Relatively authentic sichuan food not spicy enough for my taste. Presentation is sloppy and prices are on the high side.

We ordered tofu and vegetable soup, Kungpao chicken, cold noodle with special sauce, and beef in dry pot. The soup just tasted like white pepper and nothing else. The kungpao chicken was very Americanized and too sweet. The cold noodle’s sauce was even more sweet, like I can taste the sugar. The beef would’ve been good if there was less numbing pepper in there.

Eh, i think the food was old and it had like sour vinegar type taste . the spicy chicken was ok, but i spent like 80$ on valentines day and we basically threw it out.... and i am seriously not a shy eater either. very disappointed despite the positive reviews. the garlic green beans were the best item....