Szechuan Express

I’ve been coming here for the last 21 yrs, when I lived close by. I always get the #10 house chicken combo spicy (scale 1 – 10), I get a ten! I’ve yet to find a place that has something similar in Arizona! This is awesome food! My kids love the sweet and sour chicken! Everything is GREAT!
–mark

We usually get the family meal! It is a great deal and good variety.
Rice is always cooked right and they deliver too!

I’ve only been here once. It was super delicious. The wait was pretty long for take out however. Their food was worth the wait. The staff are very kind!

I haven’t had any issues with pricing, service, or anything else. They always say it will take about an hour but I usually get my food in about 40 minutes (and I am about a 7 minute drive away). This is my favorite delivery place, hands down. The thai basil rice is a favorite of mine; the portions are huge, and they have a wide variety of options in both Thai, Chinese, etc. Highly recommended.

This is my favorite place to get Thai in the valley. I have tried so many and none come close. Takeout or delivery… their staff is gracious and accommodating. I have been eating here for 8 years and have always had the best experience.

You had me at pumpkin curry… Easily the best I’ve ever had and my wife loved the pad Thai. Will definitely be back and will bring friends.

We order from here quite frequently and love their Crispy Thai chicken. I love that their food is not terribly sugary like so many Chinese restaurants that end up catering to local palates by frying pieces of chicken and dunking it in essentially caramel. Their fried rice is nice but I prefer just plain white rice. I once got a bit of egg shell in my fried rice but I won’t really hold that against them. The people working there are friendly and welcoming. The restaurant itself is kind of a hole in the wall, but their food is fantastic.

The best Thai food ever!!! I’ve been looking for authentic Thai curry chicken made with coconut milk like my friend used to make me and am sooo excited I found it tonight! They were so nice and delivered fast and the food is amazing!!! My kids loved the orange chicken! The sticky rice and mango was so good! Thank you Szechuan Express we will be ordering again soon! Delicious!!!

The food is big portion and very good food. The Thai tea is amazing! The owner is very friendly.

CANT TAKE ORDER. OR MAKE ORDER CORRECTLY. WONT REPLACE WRONGLY MADE FOOD.
I will never order from this place again. placing a delivery order was like pulling teeth. the person on the phone needs to learn how to communicate better. After 5 minutes of trying to get my phone number right we were finally on our way to placing a pretty basic order, or so i thought. We tried to order house special chicken combo plate and pad tai from the tai menu with no spiciness. after a hefty hour of waiting we finally received our order. and to our surprise the pad tai was obscenely spicy. Because i work in the food service industry i understand mistakes can be made in the ordering process but can and should be ameliorated pretty easily. Well after calling them up and expressing my dislike of the food the person on the line said they would send another one. But after another 30 minutes of waitting we receive a call from this place and the person tells us that its our fault and they will not be sending another order. They also commented that they thought we would be ok with the spiciness level because we had also asked for some chili oil, but after explaining to them that the oil was for the other dish they became defensive and continued to say that it was our fault. Needless to say I will never be ordering from here again. Placing an order is beyond difficult, and if order is made incorrectly the staff would rather blame the customer for their mistakes, rather then owning up to them and accommodating the patron.

I have food allergies and need to sometimes omit certain ingredients from a menu item. There was no problem with that here and they were willing to even add other ingredients to make up for the ones taken out. I ordered the chicken coconut soup and Thai fried rice with veggies and couldn’t be happier it is so tasty and made special for me. Bravo Szechuan!

Just decided to try this place tonight on a whim. I ordered the drunken noodles and the golden tofu from the Thai menu. Spent $ 20 after delivery fee and tax for one of the worst Thai food experiences of my life. The noodles are really just mashed left over noodle pieces interspersed with veggies. They’re so greasy they drip from the fork and so spicy I can’t even eat it. (I ordered mild!) The fried tofu isn’t awful, but it’s also too greasy for words. I will not be ordering from here again.

This was supposed to be the highlight of an otherwise disappointing evening in Mesa, but it too let us down. I ordered the pad thai and my wife ordered another noodle dish, both with tofu. Neither was prepared such that the noodles would pick up much of the sauce and the vegetables were equally overcooked, so we struggled at first to figure out which was which. Both of us literally commented, «meh». I would perhaps come back, but only after drinking.

SERIOUSLY. TERRIBLE.
My office all ordered from this awful place. Took 1+ for them to make the food. and drive down the road to give it to us. I can pretty much see this place from my office — what’s taking so long?
We get the food (really late), and it turns out they overcharged us. And they forgot an order. My coworker spent twenty minutes asking them to either bring her the food or give her the money back, and they argued with her, said they would bring the food eventually, and then 30+ minutes later IT’S STILL NOT HERE. HOLY CRAP.
All the chicken and pork: overdone. My coworker says the ONLY thing that was even KIND OF decent was the pot stickers.

Phone in an order to pick up.
Decided to try the pineapple fried rice w/​shrimp from the Thai menu, broccoli shrimp from the Chinese menu and an order of dumplings/​pot stickers. Asked for medium spice on both entrees. They indicated that medium Thai was hotter than medium Chinese. No problem, appreciate them telling me that.
My order would be ready in about 20 – 25 minutes.
Arriving there 25 minutes later, I would say it’s your typical take out/​delivery place. They have seating and a few tables, but you’ll likely not be eating there with any degree of frequency.
My order was ready, the people at the front counter were nice and I was on my way.
I thought the food was good. The veges were fresh the shrimp were firm and tasty. The rice was cooked well. The dumplings were good, not too much dough and they had that nice browned side to them. They weren’t piping hot like the entrees, but not cold either.
The Thai medium is definitely hotter than the Chinese medium. The Chinese heat level was OK, the Thai heat level was better. I like hot foods, but also still like to taste the food at the same time.
I enjoyed the dishes I and there is plenty left over for another meal as well.
Will I order from them again? Yes.

This place was very good. I got the crispy spicy teriyaki chicken. I liked that it was a piece of chicken that was fried and then sliced. Some Chinese food places do to much breading. It was kind of a panko like crust too. Very good. I am pretty sure they make their own noodles there. I really liked them. It’s a great lunch spot with their special. Be expected to pay $ 2 more to upgrade to the noodles. A little pricey, but I think worth it.

I have been ordering delivery from Szechuan Express for about 7 years now. The food is consistently delicious and the staff are extremely friendly. The prices are good and the delivery menu has coupons available. Delivery is fast and the food is always hot. I’ve never been in the restaurant itself, so I cannot speak to that aspect. I will continue ordering their food for many years to come. **HIGHLY RECOMMENDED**

Their delicious pineapple fried rice with steamed tofu is my favorite at this take out place, in fact that’s all I get here, tho I’m told their Thai noodle dishes are also good Always friendly.
Why is it named Szechuan Express since it’s a Thai place? I don’t know.
TIP: TELL THEM NO MSG!!!

Now that i finished my meal, food is ok, I ordered the orange chicken, and it was a definitely over done.
I agree with a previous reviewer, definitely set up as a take out place, though I don’t plan on taking anything out in the future. Staff is very friendly though.

Mediocre, but not bad and didn’t make us sick. I had crab puffs and sizzling rice soup, which were both okay. Crab puffs were nice and crispy, they gave us a ton of them, but they were a little on the sweet side. Sizzling rice soup had good broth and good rice, but almost nothing else — few veggies and only 3 piece of meat. BF had dumplings and moo shu pork. The dumplings were standard — pan fried with an odd dipping sauce. Moo shu was 90% cabbage. Anywhere you get moo shu, there are a lot of veggies, but this was seriously just cabbage. A few babboo shoots here and there, very skimpy on the pork. The flavor was okay, though.
To sum up: Go there if you’re in the mood for a quick and decent meal, but don’t expect to be amazed.