Sichuan Wok, Arlington, Virginia Restaurant Details

Food:

Very bad food and very bad service

Food:

The food is always great and they make it how you like it. I love extra spicy food and every time I ask for extra spicy the food is always on point. Great service helps the fact that I keep coming back as well.

Food:

That food is actually pretty good. The main issue I notice while I was there waiting for my dinner was that Asian lady with short hair working the register was very rude and she seems like she didn't want to be there I thought it was just me but after a while I while I was sitting eating I notice she didn't smile once towards me or PAYING CUSTOMER who walked in there, but what really bother me is how people would say thank you, and she wouldn't reply she just kind of nods and calls out who is next. I thought she was having a bad day but I have had lunch there in past before and she acted exactly the same way. This will be the last time I ever eat here. This is not the only Chinese restaurant in the area.

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I live next door and have ate here several times. Never again. They rarely change the oil so the food is greasy and all tastes the same. Standard Americanized menu. I got diarrhea and upset stomach several times right after eating the food so I looked up the VA Health Inspection Reports. They are repeat violators of health codes. The place is unsanitary and gross. For example, this is just one report with 14 violations as of last year:

VA Health Violations April 2014:
2-301.14 - A food employee failed to wash his or her hands before donning gloves and during food preparation when changing tasks.
6-301.11 - A supply of hand cleaning liquid, powder, or bar soap is not provided at kitchen handwashing sink.
3-202.15 - Dented cans found on the shelves in downstairs dry storage area.
3-302.11 - Ready-to-eat food is not protected from cross contamination by separating them from raw animal foods. Trays of raw eggs stored over cooked foods in "Bev Air" 2-dr refrigerator; and raw chicken, raw beef and egg trays observed vegetables in "Jordan" walk-in refrigerator.
4-702.11 - Employees observed just washing dishes with soapy water. Three (3)-compartment sink was not properly set up.
4-601.11(A) - The food-contact surface of several choppers and can opener is not clean to sight and touch.
3-501.14(A) - Beef was not cooled within 2 hours from 57ºC (135ºF) to 21ºC (70ºF); and/or within a total of 6 hours from 57ºC (135ºF) to 5ºC (41ºF) or less.
3-501.16(A)(2) - Chicken (46F) on top portion of "True" 3-dr prep refrigerator was observed at improper cold holding tempeature. Egg rolls (58F - discarded) were found on kitchen table.
3-501.17(A) - Cooked ducks, egg rolls and sweet-n-sour chicken, prepared and held in the food establishment for more than 24 hours is not clearly marked to indicate the date or day by which the food shall be consumed on the premises, sold, or discarded.
4-301.11 - Equipment is not sufficient in number and capacity to provide proper food temperatures.
3-501.15(A) - Methods used for cooling several cooked foods can not be accomplished with the time and temperature criteria. Gen Tso's chicken was observed in cardboard boxes in kitchen; covered containers of partially-cooked chicken, beef and steamed shrimps were found in "True" 3-dr prep refrigerator.
3-305.11 - Cases of cooking oil observed stored on the floor in kitchen.
3-304.14 - Cloths in-use for wiping counters and other equipment surfaces are not held between uses in a chemical sanitizer solution of proper concentration; and/or not laundered daily.
4-901.11 - After cleaning and sanitizing, equipment and utensils are not air-dried, adequately drained, and/or they are cloth dried before contact with food.
3-304.15 - Single-use gloves used for more than one task and are saved for re-use.
4-601.11 - The nonfood-contact surface of the deep fryers, doors of "True" 3-dr prep refrigerator, interior and exterior of "Bev Air" 2-door refrigerator and spice card is not kept free of an accumulation of dust, dirt, food residue, and/or other debris. Kitchen shelves are not clean; rice cookers are dusty.
5-501.113 - Receptacles and/or waste handling units for refuse, recyclables, and/or returnables kept outside the food establishment are not kept covered with tight-fitting lids or doors.
6-501.11 - Broken floors tiles in front of 3-compartment sink; wall behind 3-vat sink is in need of painting.
6-501.12 - Floors and walls under and behind equipment on cookline are in need of cleaning.
6-303.11 - The light intensity is below 50 foot candles in the kitchen where a food employee is working with food.
6-303.11 - The light intensity is below 20 foot candles in "Bev Air" 2-dr refrigerator.

Food:

I tried the crispy walnut shrimp but did not like it because it was too much batter and I believe they put a creamy condensed milk on top as the sauce. I also tried the asparagus with chicken, beef and shrimp and that was pretty good. Lots of asparagus in it. I also tried pu pu for 1 to sample appetizers and I enjoyed the spring roll, crab rangoon and beef teriyaki stick. In all I would say this is a good American Chinese take out.