I want to give Chengdu five stars because I think the potential is there but I just didn't have a five star experience.
First, appetizers of crab rangoons and dumplings were delicious. And came very quickly after ordering.
Then, our party of four did a family style order. We had the broccoli and chicken (fine!), double cooked sliced pork belly (my favorite of the group) the mapo tofu (the tofu was like silk and the spice was on point) and the spicy lamb (wayyyyyy too salty!).
The food really wasn't bad, it just didn't blow my mind away and the MSG and salt was too much. I ate with my chopsticks which severely slowed my eating process (a good thing) but my friends who used forks and ate more were all kind of holding their stomachs afterwards from being bloated (and eating too much).
I want to come back and try again. My friends that I dined with had eaten here before and each said it wasn't their best experience there. So maybe it was an off night?