Peter Chang McLean

"One of the restaurants owned by renowned chief Peter Chang, it features many famous authentic Chinese dishes. All of them are absolutely cooked to perfection and heavenly tasty. The parking could be a little challenging at the location but you should be able to find some free parkings within a block."

"Having been to at least 4 different Peter Chang restaurants, this one is on par with the rest. The location is still noticeably new with a clean environment and decor. We arrived for lunch on a Sunday and were seated with no wait. The menu is different from the Arlington location, but there is some overlap. While we did have to wave our waiter down to order, we did not have to wait long for our food; it was at most 10 minutes from ordering to eating. Dry fried eggplant was just as delicious as every other Peter Chang location. The pan fried noodle with seafood was tasty, filled with fish, scallops, and veggies, and overall a good amount of food. Spicy beef tendon was average. Overall would come back to try some of the other dishes."

"Great place when you are really craving for Szechuan food I was craving for this spicy sichuan fried chicken with dried chili with numbing spice This place got what I need! Chongqing chicken was great! Hit the spot. Yummy, crunchy, flavorful, spicy Spicy fried eggplants with mushroom was great! Flavorful, juicy Combination fried rice was okay. It was like a standard fried rice. Not really tasting the wok smell :( Sesame beef was nice. A tad on a sweet side but it was a nice addition to the table. If you had a chance, u should try their spicy golden pumpkin soup with beef, they looked really good but my bf is too cheap to order it Overall, the foods are on the expensive side. It’s quite more expensive than other Peter chang location (and they keep using wagyu (pretty sure that’s just a way to up-charge the dish)"

"Peter Chang McLean is the eponymous chef's 9th restaurant, and like the others, this newest location has its own unique menu (despite sharing a name with the Arlington and Rockville locations). If you aren't familiar with Peter Chang, this acclaimed former chef of the Chinese Embassy turned defector-with-a-cult-following has become a successful restaurateur, known for creative and intensely-flavored sichuan specialties such as numbing ma la flavors, dry-fried eggplant, and scallion bubble pancakes. But as he opens more restaurants, he's also built a reputation for spreading himself thin, and delivering inconsistent quality at very high prices. Eating at Peter Chang restaurants can be an expensive roll of the dice. This new McLean has another common Peter Chang problem: a cryptic menu that's hard to decipher without help. I feel sorry for the waiters, who will be asked dozens of times every shift what "Dragon Eggplant" is, and what's in "Green Peppercorn Flounder." As for the food, I was disappointed that this location doesn't have the "hot & numbing" hot pots or variety of fish dishes like the Arlington location, but it offers a ton of other Chang inventions to try. Vegetable lovers should be in heaven here. Dry-fried Green Beans are a guaranteed hit -- perfectly cooked and lively with ma la sichuan peppercorns and shallots. Dry-fried Shitake Mushrooms with Eggplant takes Chang's famously irresistible eggplant dish and adds rich shitakes for extra umami goodness. And thankfully, Tofu Skin Salad is a fantastic appetizer that survives from the other locations. It's authentic and creative dishes like these that make Peter Chang a standout. So if you just come here and order Sweet & Sour Chicken, it's your own fault. The chef tends to spend his time at the newest locations, so it pays to visit early, before consistency becomes a problem."