Spicy Chong Qing

I was craving some tasty Sichuan food so Spicy Chong Qing was a lucky find in the convenient and popular 99 Ranch plaza. My friend and I ordered the pickled fish and spicy dry beef appetizer, both classic dishes. The portion sizes where are very generous and the food tastes great. Another positive tell is that at an odd 3:00 Sun afternoon, the lunch crowd still sustained a waiting list. There's tons of good food options around but next time I come to Renton craving Asian food, Spicy Chong Qing will be high on the list! There's many other Sichuan dishes I didn't have the capacity to order this time that I made a note of for the next!

This place caught my attention as I walked by because everything on their display menu looked so affordable. I've been here many times for brunch and my experience has always been positive despite the price increase. As a big fan of spicy Chinese food, I've been to many restaurants that serve dishes full of red peppers but don't taste spicy at all. This place's food made me sweat every single time and so I am satisfied. They have classic Chinese spicy dishes that taste the same or better than some big places I've been to at a more affordable price. Personally, I enjoyed every dish I ordered at this place so far except for the stew duck with beer in spicy sauce. This is a dish that I haven't had for at least 15 years and I was beyond excited to see it on the menu. I didn't expect it to taste the same as the one in my memory. However, it just didn't taste good and didn't remind me of anything. Service was always good every time I went.Overall, I think this place serves very decent food for the price based on my experience.

Ordered the chongqing hot pot, stir fried potato with pepper and toothpick lamb. The hot pot was good, I wish the Sichuan peppercorn spice was stronger tho :P the mushrooms and pork intestine were my favorite things in there. Also, there were a lot of fumes coming from the hotpot burner Never had lamb like this before, but it seems to lose its gaminess after being fried. Heavy flavor, MSGy, oily, good stuff.4 stars for the food, but the service could have been better: we ordered rice and it never came...

This is a really great spicy chinese food restaurant, it is inside the ranch 99 market place. The parking lot is always full. but you can always find parking.the dishes are delicious and has a very great portion.

Came here late on a Friday night, but still plenty of ppl inside. The service was good overall and the food came out quick. This is right inside the Great Wall Shopping Mall in the southmost entrance on the west side of the building. Large parking lot, but can get busy at times.I think we got the Seafood Tofu Pot, Wonton, Some spicy beef dish, green pepper and potato and a single cooked noodle? The tofu pot was okay, the potato and noodle soup were pretty decent, but the wonton was not good, nor the spicy beef dish. Wonton was just really bland and didn't taste fresh, and the spicy beef dish was just really oily and fatty. So, I guess still very similar to my experience from a year and a half ago. Deduct a star from last time because I was expecting more? Or at least some improvement I guess.

We had the Fried Chicken Cubes with Hot Pepper, Chong Qing Noodles, and the Combination in Dried Pot. Having had Schezuan food before , we were all in for the tingly spice! You order from your table thru a QR code and ordertogo.com website. The menu can be overwhelming with so many choices and not all of the items have photos. The restaurant was super busy on a Thursday night. Good sign that everyone looked like they were enjoying their food. Service was great and all the food we saw looked amazing so we took a chance on the Featured Specials section of the menu. I have to give a special mention for the Combination in Dried Pot. First, it comes in a dish kept warm over flame. It reminds me of army stew, everything you can think of in a pot with a spicy sauce. It was my first time trying lotus root which was thinly sliced, slightly crunchy and starchy. Along with the lotus, there were wood ear and shiitake mushrooms, bamboo shoots, green beans, tripe, beef, luncheon meat aka Spam, and as weird as it sounds, potatoes in the form of French fries all simmering in that spicy pepper sauce. Scoop that all on some rice and it's like comfort food Schezuan style. The location is convenient, right in Great Wall. We will be back to try the spicy fish and fragrant toothpick lamb!

It looks like there were a lot of bad reviews recently but my experience wasn't too bad. It was one of the only restaurants open at 8pm on a weeknight in the mall so I was glad they were able to seat us. The servers were overwhelmed and even the kitchen help came out to help wait tables. Don't expect good service or even decent service but as least I got water after asking twice. We got the green beans, ma po tofu and the Chong Qing noodles. The green beans were really good. The ma po tofu was different than other places I've had and on the sweeter side. The noodles were good as was the soup. The spice level was good and not as overwhelming as I would have expected from Sichuan food. Definitely recommend getting rice to go with the dishes. I saw other people order a lot of interesting dishes so I will definitely be back again to try some other things on the menu. It was just the two of us so we didn't get a 15% service charge that another review mentioned. That could have been for bigger parties.

I give 4 stars because the food is good, not great. I have had much better ones from other Sichuan restaurants. Definitely convenient as far as location since you know the number one rule for grocery shopping is to never shop with hungry stomach. Service was fast but trying to call the order was a challenge due to language and accent barriers. In the end, all worked out great. Spicy Eggplant - I do love this one as it's sweetness balance the other 4 dishes' saltiness. Not as spicy as the same dish served at other restaurants.Spicy Fried Chicken - hum, the last time I had this dish was from a Sichuan restaurant in Atlanta. This dish is still yummy but not spicy at all, especially if it's compared to the one I had in Atlanta. Dry Fried Green Beans - okay, I made better one than this one. Still good but mine,... made my guests speechless...Spicy Tofu - again it's not that spicy at all, taste can be improved a bit... Chongqing Spicy Fish - my husband loves this dish so much. The flavor is great but the type of fish they use is not the best for this dish.Overall, our bellies are happy to have these dishes before heading to Crystal Mountain for the weekend.

What a hidden treasure in the 99 Ranch Market near IKEA in Kent!This place is solid! It's refreshing to hear the cook whistling happily as he's cooking in the kitchen in this cozy little shop! So many of the Chinese restaurants on the Eastside have been up and down with mercenary cooks I'm just tired of the inconsistency.You may have to wait a little as it's a small operation, but good tastes comes to those who wait!Give it a try!

Diners beware! This was found in a order-to-go dish. My husband was eating when he stumbled upon this. Luckily, no harm came to him!! It appears to be a loose metal wire from the kind of wired brush used to scrub pots and pans. There was a recent similar incident from a diner at Panda Express. She was not so lucky then.