2025 Restaurant Awards Winner
Crowned best Chinese restaurant in the region
About San Chuan Chinese Edinburgh 三川川菜馆
Sichuan cuisine is known for its wide range of ingredients, varied seasoning, and good use of spice; it tastes fresh and mellow while being strong in flavour. Additionally, San Chuan is famous for its spicy Sichuan food; many classic Cantonese dishes are created in-house using real Sichuan ingredients and unique cooking methods to make special dishes that are better suited to Edinburgh’s local customers.
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Braised Pork Belly - 红烧肉
£15.80Beef Brisket and Yuba in Casserole - 腐竹牛腩煲
£16.80Special Udon - 招牌炒乌冬
£15.501/2 Aromatic Duck with Pancakes 1/2香酥鸭
£28.00Spicy Mixed Pot - 麻辣香锅
£17.80Sauted Sliced Pork with Pepper and Chilli - 回锅肉
£15.80Stir-Fried Cabbage with Sliced Pork - 手撕包菜
£15.50Boiled Fish Fillet - 水煮鱼片
£17.80Chongqing Mao Xue Wang - 重庆毛血旺
£18.50Xinjiang Sauted Spicy Chicken - 新疆大盘鸡
£16.50
Starter Dish - 头盘菜
Salt and Pepper Chips - 椒盐薯条
Chips seasoned with salt and pepper.£5.80PopularVegetable Spring Rolls - 菜卷
Vegetable-filled spring rolls.£8.50Spring Rolls - 春卷
Contain chicken and pork£8.80Pan-Fried Japanese Dumplings(8) 日本煎饺
Chicken & Vegetable£12.801/4 Aromatic Duck with Pancakes - 香酥鸭
Aromatic duck served with pancakes.£15.80Salt and Chilli Spare Ribs - 椒盐排骨
Spare ribs with salt and chilli.£12.50Barbecued Spare Ribs - 烧汁排骨
Barbecued spare ribs in sauce.£12.501/2 Aromatic Duck with Pancakes 1/2香酥鸭
Aromatic duck served with pancakes.£28.00Salt and Chilli Chicken Wings - 椒盐鸡翅
Chicken wings with salt and chilli.£12.00Spicy and Chilli King Prawn - 椒盐大虾
King prawns with chilli seasoning.£13.80Chips - 薯条
Portion of chips.£3.80Peking Spare Ribs - 京汁排骨
Spare ribs in Peking-style sauce.£12.50
Appetiser Cold Dish - 开胃凉菜
Prawn Crackers - 虾片
Prawn crackers.£2.00Smashed Cucumber Salad in Soy Bean Sauce - 拍黄瓜
Contains nuts£8.50Sliced Pork Belly with Spicy Smash Garlic - 蒜泥白肉
Sliced pork belly with a spicy garlic sauce.£12.80Pouched Chicken with Chilli Sauce - 重庆口水鸡
Contains nuts£12.80Sliced Beef and Ox Tripe in Chilli Sauce - 夫妻肺片
Contains nuts£12.80Five-Spice Sliced Beef - 五香酱牛肉
Sliced beef seasoned with five spice.£12.80Spicy Beef Tripe with Salted Sesame Butter - 麻酱牛百叶
Spicy beef tripe with sesame sauce.£12.80Mung Bean Pastry Salad in Special Sesame Sauce 东北大拉皮
Mung bean noodle salad with sesame sauce.£13.50
Dim Sum - 点心
Siu Mai (6) 烧卖(6)
Pork dumplings£10.80Soup Dumpling (6) 小笼包(6)
Pork Dumplings£10.80Har Gaw Dumpling (6) 虾饺(6)
Prawn dumplings£10.80Char Siu Bun (3) - 叉烧包(3)
Three steamed buns filled with char siu pork.£10.80
Beef - 牛肉
Shredded Crispy Beef in Honey and Chilli Sauce - 蜜辣牛丝
Highly rated· Crispy shredded beef with honey and chilli sauce.£14.80Beef with Black Bean Sauce - 豉椒牛
Beef with black bean sauce.£14.50Crispy Beef Brisket with Black Pepper - 黑椒脆皮牛腩
Crispy beef brisket with black pepper.£14.80Beef Szechuan Style - 四川牛
Beef prepared in Sichuan style.£14.50Beef Brisket and Yuba in Casserole - 腐竹牛腩煲
Beef brisket and tofu skin in a casserole.£16.80Mixed Chillies Stir Fried Beef - 三椒爆炒牛肉
Stir-fried beef with mixed chillies.£15.80Spicy Hot Poached Beef Slice in Chilli Oil - 水煮牛
Beef slices poached in chilli oil.£15.50Curry Beef Brisket in Casserole - 咖喱牛腩煲
Beef brisket in a curry casserole.£14.80Pickled Cabbage Hot Pot Beef - 酸菜火锅肥牛
Beef hot pot with pickled cabbage.£18.80Stir-Fried Sliced Beef in Xinjiang Style - 新疆小炒牛
Beef slices stir-fried in Xinjiang style.£15.80Sauted Diced Beef Tenderloin with Potato - 金薯牛柳粒
Diced beef tenderloin with potato.£17.80Seven-Flavour Garlic Diced Beef Tenderloin - 七味蒜片牛柳粒
Diced beef tenderloin with garlic and seven-spice seasoning.£18.50Beef Curry - 咖喱牛
Sliced beef with our curry sauce (contains potatoes)£14.80Beef Slices in Golden Sour Broth - 金汤酸菜牛肉
Beef slices in a sour broth.£17.80Szechuan Spicy Hot Pot - 四川麻辣烫
Contains 2 types of beef tripe, sliced beef , king prawn, ham£20.50Beef with Vermicelli in Red Oily Broth - 红汤粉丝牛肉
Beef and vermicelli in a spicy broth.£17.50Numbing Spicy Fatty Beef Slice Cantonese Style - 潮式麻辣肥牛
Spicy beef slices with a numbing pepper seasoning.£17.80
Poultry - 家禽
Sweet and Sour Chicken Cantonese Style (In Light Batter) - 中式咕噜鸡
Highly rated· Lightly battered chicken in sweet and sour sauce.£13.50Shredded Crispy Chicken with Chilli and Honey Sauce - 蜜辣鸡丝
Highly rated· Crispy shredded chicken with chilli and honey sauce.£13.80Kung Po Chicken - 宫保鸡
Contains cashew nuts£13.80Lemon Chicken - 柠檬鸡
Chicken with lemon sauce.£13.80Chicken Curry - 咖喱鸡
Halal Chicken cooked in our Curry sauce (contain potatoes)£14.80Chilli Chicken in Chongqing Style 重庆辣子鸡
May contain bones. Does contain nuts. Spicy£14.80Roast Duck 烧鸭 - 半只 half
Half a roast duck.£18.00Salted Egg Chicken Wings - 金沙鸡翅
Chicken wings with salted egg seasoning.£13.50Plum Duck - 梅子鸭
Duck with plum sauce.£15.50Half deep fried crispy chicken - 半只当红炸子鸡
Deep fried crispy skin chicken, chopped into bone-in pieces, with a side of spiced salt£13.80Xinjiang Sauted Spicy Chicken - 新疆大盘鸡
contain chicken on bone£16.50Soy Sauce Stewed Chicken with Rice Wine and Sesame 家常三杯鸡
Contains chicken on bone£15.50Sand Ginger Chicken 沙姜鸡
Chicken seasoned with sand ginger.£13.80Sizzling Chicken Pot - 啫啫鸡煲
Contains pork liver and chicken on bone£14.80Boiled Chicken with Ginger Dipping Sauce 白斩鸡
Boiled chicken with ginger dipping sauce.£13.80Stir-Fried Chicken Gizzard with Chilli Peppers - 野山椒炒鸡胗
Chicken gizzard stir-fried with chilli peppers.£15.50Stir-Fried Chicken Gizzard with Pickled Cabbage - 酸豆角爆鸡胗
Chicken gizzard stir-fried with pickled vegetables.£15.50Whole chicken in soya sauce - 整只豉油鸡
Whole chicken in soy sauce.£23.80Half chicken in soya sauce - 半只豉油鸡
Half a chicken in soy sauce.£13.80Griddle Spicy Chicken Wings - 干锅鸡翅
Chicken wings in a spicy griddle dish.£16.80Honey Pepper Chicken Wings - 蜜椒鸡翅
Chicken wings with honey and pepper.£13.80Stir-Fried Chicken Gizzard with Cumin and Red Chilli - 麻辣孜然鸡胗
Chicken gizzard stir-fried with cumin and red chilli.£15.50Spicy Chicken Casserole - 麻辣鸡煲
contains chicken on bone£15.80Whole deep fried crispy chicken - 整只当红炸子鸡
Deep fried crispy skin chicken, chopped into bone-in pieces, with a side of spiced salt£23.80
Pork - 猪肉
Sweet and Sour Pork with Fresh Pineapple - 鲜菠萝咕咾肉
Pork with pineapple in sweet and sour sauce.£14.80Braised Pork Belly - 红烧肉
Braised pork belly.£15.80Hong Kong style honey roast pork ( char siu ) - 港式蜜汁叉烧
Hong Kong-style honey roast pork.£15.50Hong Kong style crispy roast pork - 港式脆皮烧肉
Hong Kong-style crispy roast pork.£15.50Sweet and Sour Spare Ribs - 糖醋排骨
Spare ribs in sweet and sour sauce.£13.50Spicy Mixed Pot - 麻辣香锅
Mixed ingredients in a spicy hot pot.£17.80Scoop Fried Pork in Sweet and Sour Sauce - 锅包肉
Crispy fried pork in sweet and sour sauce.£15.80Sauted Sliced Pork with Pepper and Chilli - 回锅肉
Pork slices sautéed with pepper and chilli.£15.80Chongqing Mao Xue Wang - 重庆毛血旺
Chongqing-style spicy mixed hot pot.£18.50Sauted Shredded Pork in Sweet Bean Sauce (With Wrap) - 京酱肉丝
Shredded pork in sweet bean sauce, served with wraps.£14.50Griddle Dry Braised Pork Belly with Cauliflower - 干锅菜花五花肉
Spicy£16.80Griddle Spicy Spare Ribs - 干锅排骨
Spare ribs in a spicy griddle dish.£16.80Braised Pork with Preserved Vegetables - 梅菜扣肉
Braised pork with preserved vegetables.£15.80Mushu Pork - 木须肉
Egg and shredded pork£15.80Pork Intestines with Chilli Pepper - 尖椒肥肠
Pork intestines with chilli peppers.£15.80Stir-Fried Garlic Sprouts and Shredded Pork - 蒜苔炒肉丝
Garlic sprouts stir-fried with shredded pork.£15.80Si Chuan Mao Xue Wang - 巴蜀新派毛血旺
Contains King prawn.£19.50Salted Egg Spare Ribs - 金沙骨
Spare ribs with salted egg seasoning.£14.80Roast pork & tofu casserole - 火腩煲
Roast pork and tofu in a casserole.£16.80Fish-Flavoured Shredded Pork - 鱼香肉丝
Shredded pork in a savoury fish-fragrant sauce.£14.50Sauted Vermicelli with Mince Pork - 蚂蚁上树
Stir-fried vermicelli with minced pork.£12.80Braised Pig Trotter in Hot Spicy Sauce - 香辣猪手
Pig trotter braised in a spicy sauce.£15.50Pork Knuckle Tripe and Chitterlings Stewed in High Pressure - 吊锅猪三鲜
Stewed pork knuckle, tripe and chitterlings.£16.80Stir-Fried Pork Liver Tripe and Chitterlings - 湘味火爆猪三宝
Pork liver, tripe and chitterlings stir-fried together.£16.80San teed spicy chicken with pig trotters and intestine - 大盘肥肠猪脚
Spicy chicken with pig trotters and pork intestines.£19.80Stir-Fried Sliced Pork - 小炒肉
Stir-fried sliced pork.£15.80Stir-Fried Pork Tripe Hot and Spicy Hunan Style - 湘味小炒猪肚
Pork tripe stir-fried in a hot and spicy Hunan style.£15.80
Lamb - 羊肉
Cumin Lamb Slices - 孜然羊肉
Lamb slices seasoned with cumin.£18.50Fried Lamb Ribs - 羊排
Salt and chilli (椒盐), five spices (风沙), cumin (孜然)£17.50Sauted Lamb Slices with Scallion - 葱爆羊肉
Lamb slices stir-fried with scallions.£18.50Griddle braised lamb - 干锅红焖羊肉
Braised lamb in a griddle dish.£18.50Sour and Spicy Soup with Sliced Beef and Lamb - 酸汤肥牛/肥羊
Sour and spicy soup with sliced beef and lamb.£16.80Stir fried lamb slices - 小炒小肥羊
Stir-fried lamb slices.£18.50
Seafood - 海鲜
Salt and Pepper Squid - 椒盐鱿鱼
Squid with salt and pepper.£18.50Sanchuan Grilled Sea Bass - 三川烤鱼
Contain fish balls, beef meat balls and vegetables£28.50Golden King Prawn with Salted Egg Yolk - 黄金大虾
King prawns with salted egg yolk.£18.80Boiled Fish Fillet - 水煮鱼片
Fish fillet in a spicy broth.£17.80Fish Fillet with Pickled Cabbage - 酸菜鱼片
Fish fillet with pickled cabbage.£17.80Crispy Egg Tofu with Seafood and Mushroom - 海鲜玉子豆腐
Crispy egg tofu with seafood and mushrooms.£16.00King Prawn Curry - 咖喱大虾
King prawns in curry sauce.£15.80Super Spicy Hot Poached Sea Bass with Dried Chilli Oil - 川蜀沸腾鱼
Sea bass poached in spicy chilli oil.£18.80Griddle Fish Fillet and Pork Intestines in Hot Chilli Oil - 干锅肥肠鱼
Fish fillet and pork intestines in a spicy griddle dish.£17.80Salt and Pepper Soft Shell Crab - 椒盐软壳蟹
Soft shell crab with salt and pepper.£23.80Griddle Spicy Bullfrog - 干锅美蛙
Bullfrog in a spicy griddle dish.£19.80Steamed Sea Bass with Soy Sauce - 清蒸鲈鱼
Steamed sea bass with soy sauce.£21.80Pan-Fried Sea Bass with Garlic and Minced Pork - 干烧鲈鱼
Pan-fried sea bass with garlic and minced pork.£21.80Stir fried prawn cake with vegetables - 时蔬炒虾饼
Prawn cake stir-fried with vegetables.£17.50Sauted King Prawns with Sweet and Sour Sauce - 油焖大虾
Prawns on shell£18.80Frog Leg in Hot Chilli Oil - 水煮美蛙
Frog legs in hot chilli oil.£17.80Northeast China Stew - 东北大乱炖
Contains Slice pork, french bean, potato and vegetables, some sweet potato vermicelli noodles£15.80Spicy Squid - 麻辣鱿鱼
Squid with a spicy seasoning.£18.50Griddle Spicy Fish Fillet - 干锅鱼片
Fish fillet in a spicy griddle dish.£17.80Sweet and Sour Mandarin Fish - 松鼠鱼
Mandarin fish in sweet and sour sauce.£22.50Typhoon shelter style frog legs - 避风塘美蛙腿
Frog legs prepared in typhoon shelter style.£18.50Cod Fillet Slices in Pickled Chilli Broth - 泡椒鱼片
Cod fillet slices in pickled chilli broth.£16.80Chopped Chilli Pepper Fish Head - 剁椒鱼头
Fish head topped with chopped chilli.£15.80Chopped Chilli Pepper Sea Bass - 剁椒鲈鱼
Sea bass topped with chopped chilli.£21.80Sauted Soft Crab in Hot and Spicy Style - 香辣软壳蟹
Soft shell crab in a hot and spicy sauce.£23.80
Vegetable - 时蔬
Mapo Tofu - 麻婆豆腐
Contains Pork.£14.80Stir-Fried Potato, Aubergine with Green and Red Pepper - 地三鲜
Potato, aubergine and peppers stir-fried together.£13.80Seven-Flavour Crispy Tofu - 七味脆皮豆腐
Crispy tofu with seven-spice seasoning.£16.00Braised Aubergine with Garlic and Chilli - 鱼香茄子
Braised aubergine with garlic and chilli.£14.80Stir-Fried French Beans with Chilli Minced Pork - 干煸四季豆
French beans stir-fried with chilli and minced pork.£13.80Stir-Fried Vegetables with Oyster Sauce - 蚝油炒什菜
Mixed vegetables stir-fried with oyster sauce.£13.80Pak Choi 小白菜
Pak choi greens.£15.50Stir-Fried Cabbage with Sliced Pork - 手撕包菜
Cabbage stir-fried with sliced pork.£15.50Braised Chinese Spinach in Broth or Cabbage in Broth - 上汤菠菜/白菜
Contains ham & prawn£14.80Stir fried shredded Chinese leak with tofu skin & sprouts - 素炒三丝
Stir-fried shredded Chinese leek, tofu skin and sprouts.£15.80Numbing peppery oyster mushrooms - 椒麻平菇
Oyster mushrooms with a numbing pepper seasoning.£13.80Typhoon Shelter Style Aubergines - 避风塘茄子
Aubergine prepared in typhoon shelter style.£14.80Shredded Potato - 土豆丝
Stir-fried shredded potato.£14.50Assorted Braised Tofu Casserole - 什烩豆腐煲
Contains chicken, char siu pork, prawn, beef£15.50Water Spinach 空心菜
Water spinach greens.£15.50Vegetable Curry - 咖喱杂菜
Mix of veggies in curry sauce£14.50Choy Sum 菜心
Choy sum greens.£15.50Numbing peppery bean curd skin - 椒麻豆腐皮
Bean curd skin with a numbing pepper seasoning.£13.80Griddle Spicy Shredded Cabbage - 干锅包菜
Contains sliced pork£14.80Spicy Chinese Leaves with Vinegar - 醋溜大白菜
Chinese leaves with chilli and vinegar.£13.80Minced Tofu and Pork with Olive Vegetables - 橄榄菜肉碎豆腐
Tofu and minced pork with olive vegetables.£14.50Pan-Fried Fish Mixed Tofu - 琵琶豆腐
Pan-fried fish and tofu.£16.00Spinach & fried peanuts with vinegar - 老醋菠菜花生
Spinach and fried peanuts with vinegar.£13.50
Soup - 汤羹
Chicken Sweetcorn Soup - 粟米鸡汤
contains egg£7.00King Prawn Wonton Soup - 鲜虾云吞汤
Wonton soup with king prawns.£7.50Hot and Sour Soup - 酸辣汤
Contains pork, egg, wood ear mushroom, bamboo shoots, shrimp£7.00Chicken Mushroom Soup - 蘑菇鸡汤
Soup with chicken and mushrooms.£7.00Minced Beef and Tofu Soup - 西湖牛肉羹
Contains egg£7.00Pork Tripe and Chicken Soup with Pepper Powder - 胡椒猪肚鸡汤
Soup with pork tripe, chicken and pepper.£10.00Nourishing lamb soup - 滋补羊肉汤
Lamb soup.£18.50Fish head & tofu soup - 鱼头豆腐汤
Soup with fish head and tofu.£16.80Seafood Tofu Soup - 海鲜豆腐羹
Soup with seafood and tofu.£7.00
Rice Noodles - 饭面
Chicken Chow Mein - 鸡丝炒面
Stir-fried noodles with chicken.£12.50Egg Fried Rice - 蛋炒饭
Fried rice with egg.£4.20Chow Mein with Soy Sauce - 酱油炒面
Stir-fried noodles with soy sauce.£8.50PopularChicken Fried Rice - 鸡丝炒饭
Fried rice with chicken.£12.50Special Chow Mein - 招牌炒面
Mix meat£13.80Steamed Rice - 丝苗白饭
Steamed white rice.£3.80Special Egg Fried Rice - 招牌炒饭
Mix meat£13.80Singapore Vermicelli - 星洲米粉
Singapore-style stir-fried vermicelli.£12.50Beef Chow Mein - 牛肉炒面
Stir-fried noodles with beef.£12.50Typhoon Shelter Style Beef Fried Rice - 避风塘牛肉炒饭
Garlic and Chilli£13.80King Prawn Chow Mein - 大虾炒面
Stir-fried noodles with king prawns.£13.50Beef Ho Fan - 干炒牛河
Stir-fried flat rice noodles with beef.£14.80King Prawn Egg Fried Rice - 大虾炒饭
Egg fried rice with king prawns.£13.50Special Udon - 招牌炒乌冬
House-special stir-fried udon noodles.£15.50Vegetable Fried Rice - 什菜炒饭
Fried rice with vegetables.£11.80Yang Chow Egg Fried Rice - 扬州炒饭
Contains chicken, char siu pork and prawn£12.80Hokkien Fried Rice - 福建炒饭
Contains chicken, prawn and diced vegetables with a sauce.£13.80Beef Fried Rice - 牛肉炒饭
Fried rice with beef.£12.50Salted Fish and Chicken Minced Fried Rice - 咸鱼鸡粒炒饭
Fried rice with salted fish and minced chicken.£12.50Beef Flank Noodle Soup - 牛腩汤面
Noodle soup with beef flank.£14.80Stir-Fried Seafood Hofun - 海鲜河粉
Stir-fried flat rice noodles with seafood.£15.50Boiled Chicken Rice - 白斩鸡饭
Boiled chicken served with rice.£12.50Dried Scallops Egg White Seafood Fried Rice - 瑶柱蛋白海鲜炒饭
Seafood fried rice with dried scallops and egg white.£15.50Seafood Udon - 海鲜炒乌冬
Stir-fried udon noodles with seafood.£15.50Pineapple Boat Seafood Crispy Fried Rice - 菠萝船海鲜脆米炒饭
Disclaimer: Does not include the pineapple shell£15.50Sour Pickled Cowpeas and Minced Pork Noodles - 肉末酸角拌面
Spicy£12.80Beef Fried Rice with Lettuce - 生菜牛肉炒饭
Fried rice with beef and lettuce.£12.50Stir-Fried Rice Noodles with Black Pepper and Beef - 豉椒牛肉炒河粉
Stir-fried rice noodles with beef and black pepper.£14.80Minced Meat with Shrimp Paste Fried Rice - 招马拉盏肉碎炒饭
Fried rice with minced meat and shrimp paste.£13.80
Drinks
Diet Coke [330ml]
Diet Coke, 330 ml.£1.60Coke [330ml]
Coke, 330 ml.£1.60Irn Bru 330 ml
Irn-Bru, 330 ml.£1.60Fanta [330ml]
Fanta, 330 ml.£1.60Aloe Vera Juice [500ml]
Aloe vera juice, 500 ml.£2.50Red Ice Tea [500ml]
Red iced tea, 500 ml.£2.50Plum Juice [500ml]
Plum juice, 500 ml.£2.50Green Ice Tea
Green iced tea.£2.50YS Coconut Juice 245 ml
Coconut juice, 245 ml.£3.00Herbal Tea [310ml]
Herbal tea, 310 ml.£2.50
Sauces
available extra sauces
Curry Sauce - 咖喱汁
Curry dipping sauce.£3.00Sweet & Sour Sauce - 咕咾汁
sweet and sour sauce£3.00BBQ Sauce - BBQ汁
Contains some chilli, slightly spicy£3.00
