Xun Yu Si Kao - Edison

This restaurant is lovely! The food is excellent and the service is top-notch. It left me wondering why it was so empty during my visit—we were the only customers in the place. I returned last night, August 6th, and had an amazing experience. The spicy fish soup was incredible, and the spicy shrimp was fantastic; I definitely plan to order that again. The service here is the best I've encountered anywhere— the waitstaff are very helpful and speak English fluently. On August 23rd, I enjoyed another wonderful meal. I tried the cabbage fish soup, string beans, and pepper beef, and they were all delicious. Once again, on August 28th, I had a great meal! The live fish in hot peppers was simply outstanding!

I'm so glad I discovered this restaurant! The food was excellent and reasonably priced. The staff were very friendly. I ordered the spicy chicken appetizer, the snow pea leaves vegetable dish, the beef with long hot peppers, and the spicy hot pot with assorted ingredients. To top it all off, the dessert was amazing—a mini milk tea soup! I will definitely be coming back.

The food was fantastic! It was a bit too spicy for my taste, but it was still very tasty. The fried rice cakes drizzled with honey were a delightful treat—highly recommend trying those. My favorite dish was definitely the Signature Pepper Pot with Sliced Fish, although I might ask for it to be a bit less spicy next time. The dry sautéed string beans and the Sliced Beef and Tripe with chili sauce were also quite good. The Shredded Beef with long hot chili peppers was decent; the beef was absolutely delicious, but there was just too much pepper for my liking. I’m looking forward to trying the hot pot on my next visit. Now, regarding COVID safety as of May 2022: all employees are wearing masks, and the seating is well spaced out. I felt completely comfortable dining indoors.

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.

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!