Description: Great place for more than just a meal – restaurant itself is entertaining and you can stay on after your meal for some traditional Sichuan entertainment.
Address: 198 Century City Boulevard, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan Province
Telephone: 028 8538 0007
Neighborhood: The restaurant is located in Century City, the same complex as the Intercontinental Hotel. The area is newly developing and is located south of Chengdu city center.
Cuisine: Sichuan (read spicy!) There are some dishes that aren’t spicy in Sichuan Province, ask for traditional dumplings. You can tell your waiter how tolerant you are of spiciness and they may or may not comply with your request to tone it down.
What to Order: Read more about Sichuan cuisine here: What to Order at a Sichuan Restaurant.
Price Range: Inexpensive - Moderate
Hours of Operation: Daily 5-11pm (dinner), Sichuan Opera Show nightly from 8-9pm.
Additional Information:
- English Menu: at the time I visited the restaurant, they were still working on their English menu. It might be a good idea for you to discuss Sichuan dishes with your hotel concierge to get some ideas before you go.
- Kid Friendly? Very. I took my 3-year-old son who was mesmerized by the men who poured tea. There’s a lot going on in the restaurant and the show afterward is a lot of fun for kids.
Guide Comments:
- We really enjoyed our meal here. We were greeted by a man wearing traditional robes, clacking two wooden blocks together, and chanting a greeting. Tea bearers poured tea from pots with spouts 5 feet long and around the restaurant were jars of herbal liquors and mountains of tea to look at.
- The opera house next door (adjacent to the restaurant) is really a fun activity to take advantage of, especially if you’ve got kids. The show starts at 8pm and you’re served more tea and snacks (you can come only for the show). It lasts an hour and there’s much singing and dancing of which you won’t understand a word. The finale is the famous Sichuan Opera “Changing Faces” dance where the dancers have masks on that they change without your seeing them move. It’s very dramatic and a lot of fun!
