Malatang (numbing spicy noodle soup with self-served ingredients that you pick from a freezer and wait for them to cook) is a budget pick in here. But make sure you have a whole hour to eat as tons of people come in for it and then it gets slow. They have it in mild to extra spicy levels and being a super big szechuan spice fan, I'm super happy that the extra spicy was a fine level of heat. The other entrees that claim to be spicy however, are weak and pretty much mild. The sliced beef and five spice tofu appetizers are decent and salty.
The dumplings are a-ok, but I just have high standards because I know how to make my own. We ordered the beef pancake but they gave us these panfried pork buns instead. They tasted weird. The server was very timid and looked tired. The owner was nice and glad to hear I wanted extra spicy. Like any northern Chinese place there's skewers on the menu but I haven't tried them yet. I'd go back for that and the malatang. it's a 3.5 but I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt.