Chili Talk - Rockville

I 'd highly suggest getting their lunch specials bento box) that 're available on Monday Saturday. Orders outside lunch specials are way too expensive. I once spent $40 for 2 of us and came out hungry still. It 's just not worth it. Beef Brisket Bento Box $12) Beef Brisket, Taro, Corn, Imitation Crab Meat, Veggies, Dried Tofu, Rice. This is my go to lunch special here. It got plenty of meat, veggies and carbs to fill you up. For the spicy level, I wouldn 't order anything below Medium as it 'd result in no flavor. Spicy would result in best experience in my opinion.

So good. Love the spice and portion is huge! I think many will underestimate quantity. It does look deceiving. Highly recommended!

I tried this because it 's in the same place as T-Swirl Crêpe and we had nice experiences with T-Swirl. The food at Chili Talk was very sub-par and had no flavor. We spent almost $35 and didn 't barely eat anything. The mouth watering chicken was terrible. I tried to call and speak with the manager 3 times, and everytime they took my number and said they weren 't in today. It 's been weeks and nobody has contacted me. I feel like I wasted $35 on very poor meal. I recall wanted to like you Chili Talk, how disappointing. If the manager ever reaches out, I 'll update my review.

Pretty good dry hot pot, but a pretty unappealing environment to eat in. Summer heat, doors closed, zero AC, humid steam from kitchen. Must of been 80 degrees inside. Nice staff though.

You know what the Chinese millennials say... eat hot pot in summer and ice cream in winter. Lately, I 've been disappointed by the spice level of Sichuan restaurants in Rockville. While their mala pots are delicious, the spice is normal and almost mild at best. How I measure spiciness: If I can get through my entire meal without taking a sip of water, then the dish is not spicy enough :D So lo and behold, I finally decided to check out Chili Talk. I ordered a very spicy pot with beef tendon, pork intestine, wood-ear, winter melon...all the usual suspects. I really liked being able to choose my ingredients because many pre-made mala pots have ingredients I don 't care for (ex. broccoli, cabbage or carrot) yet I force myself to eat them anyway because I don 't want to waste food. Anyway, while my order was being prepared, I thought about getting a bubble tea to balance the spice. So I walked over to KFT for an iced taro milk tea. By the time I got my milk tea, my Chili Talk order was ready and packaged up nicely. I REALLY like the fact they used the aluminum bottom container instead of a plastic bottom container. Bonus points there. The verdict? The spice level is awesome! I found it so spicy that I had to breathe through my mouth. Very nice. I also felt the heat through my body. But I can still taste the ingredients ' flavor. Thank goodness for the bubble tea! Do yourself a favor and order a bubble tea on the side to alleviate the numbing spice. Hot and spicy, cold and sweet. Yum! The rice on the other hand was just OK. I don 't particularly care for it and would cook my own jasmine rice on the side. I will go back though! For the price level, it is a little more expensive than getting a standard mala pot somewhere else, but I don 't think it 's way overpriced for the quality and amount of food you get. I mean, these days, you pay $10 for a combo meal at McDonalds! So it 's really not unreasonable to pay around $25 for mala pot that can serve 2-3 people.