Red Pepper Chinese Restaurant - Lawrence, Kansas

Carmen Aquino

Estuvo espectacular súper sabroso y el servicio excelente

George Sanchez (Él Homme.)

Muy bueno,Í Rico.ì LA Cagera esta muy guapa.;)ì bonita.

Jim McGee

Have eaten here twice in the last week. Some of the most flavorful Chinese food I’ve ever had. The hot and sour soup is thick and full bodied. Sweet and sour chicken is tender with crunchy breading, “Done perfectly” says my girlfriend.
Staff are incredibly helpful. I love the atmosphere as the cooking takes place just behind the open counter.
Highly recommend!!

its a beer life

Update: Because of the precooked and sometimes too dry or too sweet items in the dishes I’m reducing my original 4 stars to three.

We tried Red Pepper now that they have moved into their new location on 9th street. The new place was renovated and it was done well. The layout of the kitchen and dining area is clean and serves the space well. There is a large dining area in the back for large parties or spill over when the front dining area reaches capacity. The outside seating was nice and clean.

There are two side to the menu. One is the westernized Chinese menu and the back side is authentic Chinese dishes. I’ll say this once….do yourself a favor and order the authentic Chinese menu items. You got one life to live and orange chicken shouldn’t be in your vocabulary.

Spread your culinary wings and try some excitement in your meals. I settled in for my favorite the authentic stir fried pork intestines with vegetables. This dish is loaded with green and red peppers, onions, red chili peppers, Sichuan peppers that numb just the tip of your tongue, ginger, scallions, garlic, chili oil, shaoxing wine, and pork intestines that are flash cooked to be crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. It comes with a side of rice and I guarantee you’ll like it

We also ordered the dinner combo authentic Chinese dish of stir fried beef with vegetables. Basically the same ingredients but it has beef instead of pork intestines. The combo meal comes with a choice of egg roll, egg drop soup, and rice.

Prices were very reasonable and the portions were large.

The order to plate time was great considering how much take out they were also preparing. The wait staff was attentive and knowledgeable about items on the menu.

Our food was great and the combination of the peppers, herbs, and vegetables really met my expectations of some good home style Chinese food. The soup was great as was the egg roll.

2nd visit
I went again and ordered the Kung Poa Chicken and it was way too sweet. No vegetables like a traditional dish. This level of sweetness is because the meat is exposed to the sugars too long before and after cooking. I’m positive all the meats are precooked, which results in the sugars fully penetrating the meats.

The only thing I could find to improve on would be cooking the meat items when ordered versus pre-cooking them. The pork intestines and beef had obviously been cooked far ahead. That’s a shame since everything about this Chinese restaurant was right on for being a really great addition to the Lawrence food scene minus the pre cooked meats. That said, it won’t keep me from coming back. If the management could address this it would definitely increase your returning customer count.

It’s still decent, and I’ll definitely go back again and again, but please start cooking the meats to order. You’re not saving time, you’re losing customers who would be coming back. If your kitchen can’t take the time to cook to order, add another cook.

Subarna Bhattachan

One of my favorite Chinese restaurants in town. I love the flavors of Sichuan- chilli pepper & Sichuan peppercorn. The new place is swanky. Cold noodles, Cumin Beef, Crispy Tofu are some of my favs!!

Jin Li

The Red Pepper is the best Chinese restaurant in Lawrence, they serve traditional Chinese food. I like this restaurant very much and I have been coming here for several years. The restaurant is clean and the waitstaff is polite and very enthusiastic. Most importantly, and the key reason I keep coming back, is this place provides delicious food. You can see that the management of this restaurant is very attentive to providing high-quality food at a reasonable price. If you like good and authentic Chinese food, I highly recommend the Red Pepper.

Juju

Staff was friendly when I went in, but only refunded part the order due to issues with the order.. but for almost $50 for the order it wasn’t worth it.
Don’t think I’ll be coming back unfortunately, looked like a cute place with friendly staff.
Food all around was very bland.
Update!!! Just tried to finish my food since I took only one bite out of it, and just threw it all up! Come here if you want to get sick!

Mike Carlson

I really liked it here. I had the sizzling black pepper beef and beef fried rice. It was a lot better than I was expecting. I thoroughly enjoyed both. If I am ever back in the area, I will definitely be back here.