Wa Jeal Sicuan Chili House Reviews

The foods can be very hot so ask for extra spice on the side. Some of the dishes the lamb with cumbersome n and I be fish are fabulous. Others just sent miss the mark by if the out know what you want it is delish. We usually order delivery as it is rather noisy. Love the spice but be careful.

Seating is quick, service attentive and fast and the menu has lots of choices at different spice levels. All dishes were very good and we couldn't believe we ate it all. Drinks menu as well. Very highly recommended.

This is a small restaurant with a large menu. Dumplings, noodles, sweet and sour fish, all really good. I live in the midwest and it has been a long time since I have had such tasty Chinese food. Good value, too.

Excellent casual Sichuan chili restaurant on 2nd Av bet 81-82 st. Quite large menu. Beer and wine. Vegetarian, meats, seafood, with range of chili ( code for spice, hot, rankings). Very reasonable for NYC UES. Wait staff very attentive. Several Asian customers... Good sign! Also , Thai, Japanese, and other Chinese restaurants near by.

I wanted a place close to the Guggenheim Museum for our lunch. I did lots and lots of research. I wanted to go to new places, not the same places we've visited before. The reviews of this restaurant convinced me to make a reservation. Lunch came with soup and we shared dumplings as an appetizer. The soups were delicious. When my meal was served, I thought, "Who is going to eat all that?" and then... my plate was clean. It was the most delicious food -- I can't find a So FL restaurant with outstanding Chinese food. We did not have drinks (lovely pot of green tea, though) -- we laughed throughout the trip because lunch cost only $42. The prices are insanely low for such great food.

At the suggestion of a NYC friend we went here today for lunch. There was a warm greeting on our arrival and it continued for the duration of our visit. This was perhaps the best Chinese meal we have had in the USA. We travel in Asia frequently so are quite familiar with the cuisine. 3 of us shared 3 dishes with 3 rice and the amount was perfect. Can't wait to return.

I don't know of a better place for great Chinese food in Manhattan. The interior is plain and attractive. The staff is friendly and attentive. The first time we went here we were in a party of 12 and were able to sample a wide range of things from the menu. Everything from Hot and Sour Soup to Pot Stickers to Shredded Pork and General Tso's Tofu was great. This is a great spot for vegetarians. Lots of delicious meatless dishes. Skip the Grand Marnier Shrimp but get the Salt and Pepper. Wa Jeal is is now our mainstay for Chinese.

Went with the family, early enough to be the only ones there (several other tables filled by the time we left). So we got great attention from the staff, and all the dishes were nicely prepared, fresh. All the food was delicious, and reasonable prices. Highly recommended.

Very nice atmosphere here, with long candles that are lit on each table where someone is dining. It is very unusual in a Chinese restaurant to get tender beef, but they serve it here and it is great. It is served with a brown sauce, broccoli and brown rice or white rice. If you live in this neighborhood try this dish, you won't be sorry. The restaurant has been at this location for five years, they must be doing something right. The restaurant is known for spicy food, and the menu identifies a food on the menu when a food is spicy. Beef with broccoli is not identified as spicy, and it was not spicy.

We had Sichuan dumplings and stir fried beef. Both were delicious. Great service and affordable price. Definitely a nice discovery.

My husband and I visit NYC often and eat at Wa Jeal every time. The food is fabulous. It is the perfect place for a romantic dinner with my husband or lunch with friends. I am vegetarian and find the vegetarian options fabulous. I highly, highly recommend this restaurant.

This is a great local Chinese...excellent food, incredibly reasonably priced and really nice service in pleasant surroundings! We are definitely going back here! And they do takeout too!

There are many places in the city where you might indulge yourself in the pleasure of consuming nicely roasted duck. What is unique about this place is the nice surrounding and very professional service plus very good selection of wines. Of course it is more expensive than many Chinese eatery but certainly is worth its price. On the other hand you have to be careful with selection of appetizers. The may be too spicy for your taste. Dumplings are mediocre . The duck will be a good choice for four people.

standard Chinese/American dishes. The mushroom soup and chicken broth tonight was really outstanding, with an excellent flavor profile and not too much so. The chicken dish was very well flavored with a variety of tastes and spiced exactly to our request. Service is fast and efficient, and the place has been recently been spruced up.

We have eaten at this restaurant over a dozen times either together or with other people and have invariably been happy with our dinners. Surprisingly, the two times we ordered takeout, the food was much less flavorable and frankly not worth eating. Two absolute favorites are the sesame chicken and General Tso's Chicken. One of us tends to be more adventurous, sometimes with merely good, and sometimes with excellent results. The menu is vast, and the dozen or so different beers are served very cold. Avoid the wine, which is barely drinkable. Cleanliness is very good, including the men's room. Unlike some other Chinese restaurants, no odor of cooking oil sticks to your clothing and follows you out the door. Service it is very prompt, attentive and accommodating. The decor is very basic, and the lighting tends to be on the dim side. If you are on the Upper East Side and in the mood for Chinese food, this is a very good choice. However, I would not make a special trip just for that cuisine.

Small quaint restaurant with excellent service. Everything we ordered was delicious from the pork fried dumplings and honey glazes spare ribs to the Wok-Seared Filet Mignon with Mushroom & Spinach, the General Tso's chicken,and shredded pork with dried tofu and Asian chili sauce. You cannot go wrong ordering anything from this restaurant.

Went there for lunch today with my wife. Had a surprisingly good meal and fantastic service. The Chef's menu had some atypical dishes, and the restaurant is known for its spicy dishes. Great dumplings and lettuce cups, followed by some meat and fish entrees. a good find.

The dining room is very pleasant. Simple, modern decor with good lighting. Unfortunately, the food missed the mark more often than not. The cold noodles appetizer has a nice sauce with a bit of a kick but the noodles themselves were wrong. Dense, tasteless, pasty. Diced chicken and pine nuts in lettuce cups had no inherent flavor and needed more contrast of texture. Neither worth ordering. Dumplings in chili garlic sauce were a bit thick in the wrappers (same dough as the noodles?), with bland filling although dressed in a yummy sauce. For entrees, we had a crispy tangerine beef that was tasty but cut into pieces far too large to eat comfortably with chopsticks or fork. After the first piece I lost interest in wrestling with the rest. Twice cooked pork with green peppers was very delicious and the only very good dish of the evening. Pea shoots were juicy and beautifully green but needed more seasoning. The house special fried rice was very un-special. One left feeling like the kitchen was withholding love and care in the preparation. Otherwise staff is professional and attentive. Wa Jeal seems the kind of restaurant where you had better know what to order; but with far better Sichuan in town, I wouldn’t bother taking the time to find out.

I had been here for dinner more than a year ago. I did not enjoy it. I decided to give it another try yesterday. I went for lunch. It was more awful than I remembered. The restaurant is pretty. It is clean. The one working waitress was lovely and friendly. The food is attractively plated and the portions are certainly fair. By now you must be wondering why I gave it only one star. That’s because I couldn’t give it no stars! The food was awful! I had a vegetable spring roll that had no taste except for the grease dripping from it. What they said was the duck sauce was a gelatinous mass of a color that even Crayola has never seen! I ordered the tangerine chicken there wasn’t a piece of tangerine or tangerine peel or the taste of tangerine anywhere on the plate. The chicken was so stringy that you couldn’t chew it enough to possibly swallow it. When I asked for the check the waitress remarked that I did not eat anything. I told her I did not care for it and I mentioned the problem with the chicken. She was very nice she said she would tell the chef. I was not offered any other dish. I paid the check and left. Never to return.

Hard to believe but it is for real. This great Chinese has "Light Cuisine" choices that are faboulous. If you are watching your calories, try any selections such as prawns or tofu or scallops and you will not be disappointed. Love their veggies eg green string beans or baby buck choi. They will also adjust oils and salt per your wish, and you will have a great low calorie meal!!!!!!

Has a nicer atmosphere and somewhat higher prices than most neighborhood Chinese restaurants, but the food is not all that different. Their spice scale is calibrated to Western tastes, and I found "medium" to be more what I would call "mild". Pretty dark inside. Absolutely no problem, but I think one can do better.

Having lived on the Upper East Side of Manhattan for 2 decades, I've had my fair share of take out and Chinese food. This is my family's go-to restaurant and our #1 recommendation for new neighbors. While Sichuan cuisine may be a little spicy for some, they also have a range of non-spicy dishes that are delightful.

This is a good option if you are looking for a good spicy Chinese restaurant uptown. Really enjoyed the Tangerine flavored shrimp, very crispy and delicious. Though the pork with plum sauce was flavorless and dull. The fried rice is also decent. You can choose the level of heat on all dishes. Service is good. The restaurant is not very attractive but it is comfortable. Worth a visit.

Wonderful Whole Fish in Szechuan sauce, Grand Marnier Shrimp is great! Atmosphere is one step above typical Chinese. Not inexpensive, but we keep going back

We stumbled into this place while looking for another restaurant that we found out later went out of business (a Hungarian place). It was unusual seeig it in what used to be the old German and Hungarian Quarter of NYC, nevertheless, we were in for a treat! The menu was very authentic Sichuan Chinese and the food was by far some of the, if not the, best Chines I have had. The service was exceptionally friendly, not just our main female server, but also a gentleman that seemed to appear any time we needed anything and the other server wasn't around----still service was very non-intrusive and extremely polite and friendly. The Duck with Yam Cakes, Crispy Garlic Chicken, and the Chicken dish with Kung Pao sauce were excellent entrees we enjoyed. The Spicy Pork Dumplings, Veggie Dumplings and regular Pork Dunplings were wonderful starters. Also, the bar is worth a look. I was impressed with the flavor and quality of the classic Mai- Tai cocktail--no junky or cheap juices were used BUT there was definitely some good old Myers Rum in there (heavy pour too! LOL). Had we not been so hungry we might not have given this place a second look because were weren't originally out for Chinese. I am most happy we did discover this place though and would not hesitate to recommend this restaurant for anyone wanting to try Chinese OUTSIDE of Chinatown. We will be back on our next trip.

This place is so awesome. Love the beef filet with bok choy in chili oil. Outstanding sauce and the meat is so so tender. We love the thousand chili chicken and our new favorite is the double cooked pork w capsicum. We eat here at least once a week. We do both delivery and in. Yum!

A neighborhood must go to place if you're interested in spicy Sichuan food. Dan dan noodles are great, as is thousand chillies chicken. Surprisingly their Peking duck is one of the best I've ever tried in three continents and they always have it available (no need to order it ahead). Service is always friendly and helpful and ambiance is relaxing and cozy.

The food was way over spiced and quality is a fraction of where it was. Totally disappointed in the food and we will stop good ng here. We tried to order for Delivery and that was poor as well. I will not even order from them again as they do not follow directions of what we want. It is no. No fir me. Be careful of. False. Promises.

So tired trying to find a restaurant with good food and reasonable prices. Even harder is finding a decent Chinese restaurant in Manhattan and even the burbs. But we finally lucked out. Wa Jeal had both excellent food and service. We started with hand shredded chicken with spicy sesame dressing (too spicy for me) and scallion pan cakes. For main dishes we had sauteed white meat chicken with cashew nuts and the crispy shredded beef in sweet and sour sesame flavor. Also tried the soft noodles. All those dishes were great. The iced tea was also great. Top that with a pistachio ice cream and you will be very satisfied. Hope to return soon.

The room is attractive, the service attentive and food preparation and presentation competent. Still, we felt that that the overall experience was a “miss”. Peking duck was just OK. A beef dish was over-salted and everything lacked the crisp flavors and heat of Sichuan province. We’ve traveled there so have some idea of what it can be. You may have a pleasant meal but it won’t rise to the level of a memowrable experience.

A very good Chinese restaurant on the upper east side. Many good choices -- definitely recommend the spicy Sichuan pork dumplings. Reasonable wine selection.

A busy Saturday night, we ordered the Peking duck as our main.... the starters came and were good... and then we waited, and we waited and we waited... for the duck... when it arrived already wrapped in pancakes we realised it was stone cold and unlikely to have been cooked on the premises anytime in the past 24 hours... disgusting! If they had no duck, all they had to do was say... instead an elaborate charade and horrid food... we of course left without eating the cold, disgusting duck.... but the most disappointing thing was... they didn’t care... another stupid punter would soon be through their door.

Attentive service and excellent food! We selected couple of plates to share and everything was excellent; the stir fried beef fillets with onions, the pan fried noodles, the pork dumplings, we had a dish with shrimps and also fried rice, everything was tasty, we went for not spicy and the shrimps lightly spicy, and everything was excellent, one of the best Chinese food we ever had.

Shared a variety of food at our large table. It was all good. Spare Ribs, eggplant w/garlic, dan dan noodle, tangerine beef, rice, etc. Not greasy at all. Appreciated the speed of the service.

The good dishes: spicy prawns and Peking duck. The duck was nicely done and served. All other dishes were mostly bland. Service was good and friendly but this wont be the place for us to go for a great meal, unfortunately.

This restaurant was recommended to us by a relative who had dined here before. We went there for lunch during a recent trip to New York City. The hostess in the dinning room was quite indifferent toward us when we entered. However, the only server there was very friendly, professional and polite who directed us to the table. The dinning room was very clean and nicely appointed. The tables were nicely set and cloth napkins were provided. We ordered the steamed pork appetizer and spare rice. Both appetizers were very good. My wife ordered the whole fish with brown sauced white rice. I ordered the Moo Shu pork with pancakes and plum sauce. Bothe dishes were good. The Moo Su pork was 95% cabbage and 5% pork. I thought food was expensive at this restaurant. 2 Appetizers and 2 main dishes and a lass of beer cost over $80 including tip.

One of my family's most treasured places to get our chilli kicks in the city. Service is excellent. We even had a family party here several years ago, and the quality of the food remained high. Some favourites are fish with chilli and nappa cabbage, oxtongue a tripe, beef with chilli, and cumin lamb. The spicy peanuts with sicuan peppercorns that they serve as a freebie to start are addictive.

Great and friendly service. The food was great. We have at times ordered oriental food too spicy, at times too bland. This time we ordered spicy items and asked for moderate spiciness. It was excellent. Very nice wine and they were kind enough to allow us to sample prior to order.

The food preparation is excellent. The Kung Pow and Pork with garlic sauce are tasty and not over spiced. Portions are generous and the menu has a wide variety of choices for everyone. Service is excellent and is a great neighborhood place to visit.

I was hungry for some Chinese before seeing Joe Biden at Lincoln center. Quiet when I arrived at 6. Nice space with linen table cloths. Standard menu and prices. They seem to do lotsa delivery. Excellent waitstaff and food arrived surprisingly quickly Pork sicuan dumplings: really good Dan dan noodles: better than expected Hot and sour soup: so tasty

We have been coming here for years because aside from Cafe China, this is the most consistently excellent and high quality Chinese food I've eaten in NYC.

I can't rave enough about the quality of food here. Now, I've tried everything on the menu that's worth sampling. So, when in doubt, ask the waitstaff for new items or recommendations for what to have for dinner. Please stay away from Cantonese and American-Chinese standards. You deserve better.

Had a fine dinner with friends at this understated, white table cloth, quiet restaurant. The spicy pork dumplings were outstanding with such a tasty sauce we asked to keep the extra on the table to go with rice. The service was attentive and friendly. Everything was freshly prepared and certainly above average. A little pricey but for that you get a classier atmosphere than usual. Happy to return here and we have already recommended to local family and friends.

Please do not come here to order the sugar-laden American Chinese items like General Tso's Chicken, Sesame Chicken, YangZhou FriedRice, etc... Instead, come for their proper Sichuan dishes like cumin lamb, thousand-chili chicken, spicy miso fish, and KungBao chicken. They know the proper balance of the Sichuan peppercorns and dried chili, with a small hint of anise or five spice. I ALWAYS ask the staff to recommend Sichuan items for the day and have never opened the menu since my 3rd visit. They have never gone wrong bringing out dishes I would normally overlook.

Wa Jeal is a very small, easy to overlook restaurant. Don't overlook it. The food is delicious and with different spicing than your usual Chinese restaurant. The portions are generous and the service is a little raggy if you get a waitstaff that doesn't understand English. Don't let that stop you and what a great deal!

The food is pretty good, quite authentic with very nice flavour. The service is very friendly and efficient.

It’s no understatement when I say that the General Tso’s Chicken here is the best chicken I’ve ever had. Absolutely exceptional. A must-eat for any trip to NY.

More of a fusion cuisine. The chicken fried rice although smelled fragrant was bland. The stir fried fish with peanuts was flavorful but lacked the Chinese chilli. If you want authentic Chinese try another place. Service and atmosphere was great though.

I'm such a regular here that I can tell if the head chef has the night off. We can tell only because the owner/chef seasons the food correctly. It's not oversalted nor oversauced. The staff is always kind and very attentive, even during busy nights. Things to try: the "thousand chili chicken", their red oil dumplings and stir fry lotus root (not the batter and deep fried one).

I enjoyed this restaurant several months ago, and so had a delivery tonight. It was the worst Chinese food I have ever had. The corn and egg drop soup had absolutely no taste, even after adding lots of mustard and soy sauce -- three spoonfuls, one of each combination -- out it went. The whole roasted fish had no taste either, although the sauce was good enough to make it edible. But, oh my, the grease. Three pieces of fish and it followed the soup. Take out is not this restaurant's forte, based on this awful experience. Never again.

Getting out of our usual rut, we tried Wa Jeal for lunch and were delighted with the attractive dining room and the clean, unmuddy flavors of the dishes we ordered. Scallion pancakes and pork dumplings were great starters followed by chicken with broccoli and spicy shrimp with green peppers in a pepper sauce. Add in some rice and a couple of beers and you have a fortifying and delicious lunch! Very pleasant waitress also

I ate here 3 times in 2 days! Mostly cold appetisers, tho a plate of schezuan pepper prawns orange peel chicken were transcendent. Nice strong cocktails, if you want one, or better yet a Tsing Dao beer. This is the best schezuan food I have ever eaten, and possibly the best Chinese food.

We continue to order in as they are promoting and courteous with very tasty food. They have a wide variety and all seems fresh and to order

I remember the first Chinese restaurant my family visited, way back in the 70's. It was in the basement of a bank building and had lots of red, gorgeous lanterns, and all manner of other ornamentation in the decor. I fell in love with the elegance of the place and the delicious food. Over the years, Chinese food in this country has largely become synonymous with carry-out and strip mall joints. It's usually very bland despite loaded with sugar. Wa Jeal, however, serves Chinese food the way it used to be - delicious, fresh, and in a lovely room. I highly recommend the seafood soup (described as for two, but three could easily share it) and the eggplant. Both dishes were cooked without sugar upon request and our server actually seemed delighted that we'd made such a stipulation. Service was a tad slow, but if you have time, are hungry, and want to experience Chinese food done right, Wa Jeal is for you.

A gem of the Upper East Side, Wa Jeal has the best Spicy Noodles and General Tso's chic. ken I've ever had. Average service and atmosphere but the food is excellent.

This is a very solid Szechuan restaurant. We've been eating here since they opened and we all thought the meal the other night was one of the best ever. Don't miss Chef Ma Paul's crispy fish and tofu or the spicy Szechuan dumplings. Dee is a wonderful and accommodating server.

Haven't had a lousy meal yet. Only 1 dinner when the head chef was not working in the kitchen (we can tell the food was oversalted and soggy). Waitstaff are very accomodating to their regulars and treats us like royalty.

Wa Jeal, on the upper East Side of Manhattan, is an mecca for fine Sichan (Szechuan) cuisine. The menu is diverse and authentic, the setting is tasteful, and the service attentive without being intrusive. I shared dinner with two dear friends and we reveled in the saute scallops, tangerine prawns, pan seared dumplings, baby eggplant, and calimari. I will return to Wa Jeal many times.

Don't miss this place. It is a must. If you really love Szechuan Chinese food it is worthwhile to grab a cab and go. I have been eating Chinese at the very best in NYC and must say this place takes the top of the list. Everything was tasty, fresh with wonderful service. There has been construction going on in front of this location for quite awhile but was told it will soon be finished. They have a wonderful diverse menu and the pricing is fair for the quality of the food as well as the service. Enjoy this experience.

Please do not order the standardized American-Chinese food you will find at the neighborhood take out establishments. Ask the waitstaff for recommendations on what real Sichuan residents eat. As usual, avoid seafood dishes. Sichuan is landlocked and their fish is often overspiced to compensate for lack of flavor in the freshwater fish. Other than that, it's my go-to restaurant to entertain Chinese folks.

IF you like some heat this place has it. THis rather plain looking place has some very hot and unusual dishes. You can get it as spicy as you like it. We often order in from there and actually had delivery last evening IT seems that they are leaving as soon as you hang up the phone. A number of hard to find specialties can be found in a large menu.

This is a good place in the UES. Typical Chinese fare with a good vibe and good service and good prices.

Loved the place. Very hard to get good asian food on the UES lately . Especially hard to get a nice sit down restaurant. Went on A saturday so make sure you have reservation (they are on OPENTABLE).

This is definitely the gold standard of what proper Sichuan cuisine should be. They have the heat from the peppers, depth of flavors from fresh ingredients and the balance through variety to produce the perfect symphonic chord of fine dining. Must try their Thousand Chili Chicken (辣子雞) and sauteed lotus root slices (炒蓮藕片).

A lovely new UES restaurant, Wa Jeal is YUMMY. The portions are overly generous which allowed us all to share. Currently, it is a BYOB establishment but that will change soon. The prices are excellent ranging from $2.50 for a bowl of chicken corn egg drop soup, to $25.00 for seafood dishes. I recommend the Scallion Pancakes, which were arguably the best I have had in the city and my 3 friends each had their own order and agree. The entire menu comes off as being spicy but being someone who can not handle the spicy, I can handle most of the heat here. Also, they will place the spicy sauces on the side if you care to share with your date. The service is excellent and assist you at the table for some dishes such as the Moo Shoo Pork, which was also very good.

The scallion pancakes and dumplings with hot chili oil were the best I've ever had. Reasonably priced. Our server was very nice and remembered what we had ordered from two weeks prior - very impressive! Will be back again!

I poured over dozens of reviews looking for a casual Asian restaurant with excellent food on the Upper East Side and this filled the bill. Most definitely not your ordinary Szechuan restaurant both kinds of steamed dumplings were fantastic and the chow fun was the best I've had. My dinner companion said this is definitely a restaurant to return to and I'm recommending it to all my friends it is elegant yet casual service is fast and friendly and I don't think you can go wrong with any choice of food.

A recent take out from this favourite East Side joint, failed us on all accounts. In the past it was always way above average Chinese eateries in NYC. Baby shrimp doughy and soggy, veggies limp and tasteless. Ribs and beef cold and souless foods. Aand the worst was that after eating that out of respect for all last positive experiences, we felt sick to our stomach. It felt like addition of some strange chemicals was added to make up for freshness. Sorry but one time of such failed experince is enough to strike this place off future visiting list.

Fine food, good service in an attractive restaurant. Wa Jeal is deservedly popular, so reserve ahead. It's the best Chinese restaurant we've found in the neighbrohood. We meet friends there every few months and end up ordering the same dishes: fried shrimp dumplings, steamed veggie dumplings, baby eggplant with garlic, sauteed baby bok choy, and a special of fish filets over noodles (which we prefer not spicy). The dishes can be spicy and the atmosphere is pretty up-scale, so I wouldn't recommend bringing young children.

I always get nervous at Chinese restaurants in NY ( or anywhere else actually) without any Asians eating there. I had high hopes having read raves about this place. It is a beautiful restaurant; white table cloths, nicely lit and well decorated. But the food disappointed. Not very spicy, too oily. We ordered a pretty broad mix of items. (Unfortunately it has been a while so I cannot identify specifically the dishes, but it was not the "American-Chinese" fare). One was a signature Sichuan chicken dish, there was a vegetarian special -- all disappointed and it was a very pricy meal. My fault for trying to get top quality Chinese in the UES I suppose.

Try to get to the lunch time if you're looking for bargain. You'll get a nice family attitude, tasty food and caring stuff in any case. We just loved the place

We were in the area and were looking for a good Chinese restaurant, and we were recommended to try Wa Jeal. It was a good choice. The place is not too big and welcoming, the staff was very nice and efficient, and the food was excellent - I was afraid about it being too spicy, but that is clearly indicated in the menu with two levels, so I was happy with what I got. We shared an appetizer of pan seared dumplings, and our mains were the seared "cellophane noodles" with minced beef and the beef with crispy sesame flavour - all excellent and in good quantity. With two Tsingtao beers, the bill was $68, I guess in line with NYC prices. We will likely go back when in the area.

Manhattan locals who travel to China often took us to Wa Jeal's as their guests. What a delightful evening. After being seated at a large table, they did not miss a beat when we asked for a small table for conversation proximity. We shared 4 apps. and 4 entrees and everything was wonderful. The server was very helpful asking us questions and making suggestions. This was an experience to remember.

Not a hole in the wall delivery place. This place is nice. Service is good and food is delicious Excellent for a sit down/dine in chinese meal

Excellent food. This is our favorite Chinese food. Everything is delicious and fresh. Best Wonton soup ever. Excellent service!!! A little expensive for Chinese food.

Took an early evening walk on second avenue to Reacquaint myself with the possible changes. Second Avenue was alive with people due to the beautiful weather and I couldn’t decide what to eat. Haven’t had Chinese for a while and I popped into a local favorite recommended by TRIP ADVISOR. The ribs are a little different then what I am used to , never the less they were very good. Took the waiters suggestions and had the garlic prawns with brown rice which proved to be very good. Judging by the people I saw leaving the inside of the restaurant, I think they have a nice clientele. It was a shame I was solo and I didn’t get to try any other dishes, but I will return with friends to eat here again !

We had a very good sichuan lunch here. The menu is decent, food very tasty and the service reasonably attentive. Will go again on my next trip to NY.

Very happy to have lunch here. Service was great, swift and efficient. Restaurant is spotlessly clean. Shame about the ongoing construction outside on the block, but hopefully they will be done in a few months. The hot-and-sour soup was mouth wateringly good, peppery delicious. The scallion pancakes were hot, flaky and perfectly doughy at the same time. Yummy. The dumplings in hot chile oil were perfect, flavorful, excellent, wonderful wrapper. Will definitely go back for another meal!

Since moving to NYC from Beijing 6 months ago, my wife (Chinese citizen) and I have been looking for that real Sichuan spicy taste. Although nothing can replace Chengdu Hot Pot, etc... Wa Jeal is the best flavor we have found so far in NYC! We tried the, "Wok Roasted Chicken with Thousand Chili's" and asked them to make it even hotter. Usually, hotter means less flavor but in this case it was outstanding. We also had the best Dan Dan Mien we have yet to try in the USA. We like China Town (Manhattan & Queens) however, we have yet to find something that truly replicates Mainland China!

Talk to your waiter and collaborate on a great meal. For starters don't miss the cold scallops or spicy dumplings. The cold spiced beef and mini pork buns are also great tries. Entrees are well worth exploring with interesting fish, duck, and pork selections. A shredded pork with yellow chives and dried bean curd and a fish filet in a chili sauce were off the charts. A winner on the upper east side that should not be missed. The professional and helpful service is an additional bonus.

Mid size pleasant restaurant had tablecloths and candles on the tables which created a warm atmosphere 😄. An extensive menu, and the option of specifying levels of spicing was promising. All the dishes were good, the hot and sour soup was one of the better ones I have had. Some good choices on the wine list also. Service was excellent. Recommended

The food is quite good, do not needs to be as hot as Sichuan food is, and the service is very friendly.

My daughter treated me to a long weekend in New York City for my birthday. "Wa Jeal" was one of the highlights of this trip. From the moment we walked through the door for dinner, we were greeted graciously and asked our seating preference. There is a small window table at the front of the restaurant overlooking the street we would have liked. However, it was occupied. Within minutes the sun was glaring through that window so we were happy to be seated a few tables away and in the shade. I had never been to a Sichuan Chili House and found "Wa Jeal's" menu to be most intriguing. Their menu is divided into several columns,i.e., Cold Appetizers, Hot Appetizers, Soup, Seafood, Poultry, Meats, Vegetables, Rice & Noodles, Lite Cuisine, Chefs Menu, etc., with a notation that the degree of spice can be adjusted to your taste. My daughter ordered Saute Baby Shrimps with Sichuan Chili Sauce(medium spice) and I devoured the Saute Beef Filets with String Beans(light spice). The waitress was most attentive, pleasant and efficient. Too bad this restaurant is 2 l/2 hours from home.......