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• Learn mahjong to have a true Sichuan experience!

  DavidGonzalez,,Dec 26, 2025

  - Review from Viator

  5.00

  We had a wonderful experience with our guide checking out a local market and then learning to play mahjong. The guide was friendly and personable and was eager to show us his neighbourhood and patient with his teaching. It was also great to be in a less touristed area and see a different side of Chengdu.

• I recommend this tour to...

  Mikolaj I,,Nov 21, 2025

  - Review from Viator

  5.00

  I recommend this tour to anyone. Lance showed me around the local market, provided very tasty tea and taught me all I needed to know about Mahjong. I was solo so there was only the two of us and normally you need 4 people to play Mahjong, but the owners of the establishment (that also show you how to cook during Chilli Cool cooking class) joined us and we played a couple of rounds together. I would gladly revisit this experience and everyone visiting Chengdu and willing to play some Mahjong should as well. :)

• Great afternoon with a chill vibe

  O5936CPlucash,,Nov 4, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  We had a very good time with our guide Lance. We met at the metro station and then walked through a market before arriving to Chilli Cool China's facilities. Lance explained the mahjong rules (we didn't know anything before this class) and we did some trial runs before fully playing. The afternoon went by very smoothly playing mahjong, drinking tea, eating the peanuts and fruits bought at the market and chatting. We very much enjoyed this moment which indeed felt like spending an afternoon with a friend, at the chill Chengdu's pace!

• Thank you!

  Voyage499215,,Jul 31, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  We have spent a very interesting morning with our local tour guide Jerry. He took us to a food and spice market, gave insightful explanations and information about the local cuisine and culture and then taught us the Mahjong game in a small tea house. We had such a good time end enjoyed the experience immensely! Thanks, Jerry!

• Fun learning Mahjong with tea and snacks

  josephinemD9652SE,,Jun 8, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  I found this tour on Viator but wasn’t able to book it same day so I emailed the contact info on the Chilli Cool website and Jerry contacted me within an hour at 7 AM! Lance took me and my family to a local market where we saw lots of fresh meat and produce being sold and then to a spice market where he explained the types of spices and some of their culinary and medicinal purposes. We picked up some delicious garlic peanuts and local fruit and then headed to the Chilli Cool office where he made some tea for us to have with our snacks from the market. We then learned to play Mahjong on the really cool automatic self shuffling table and played several rounds until we got the hang of it. Even my hard to please 16 and 18 yo sons had a good time and are interested in trying to beat mom and dad when we get back to the States. Overall a great way to appreciate how the people in Chengdu enjoy a more slow paced life playing Mahjong and drinking tea. Lance was such a great guide and mahjong teacher - patient and kind especially at the end when we had some issues with our payment working on WeChat which took us 15 min to iron out with our bank and escorted us to and from the metro station which was a short walk from the beginning and end of the tour. Highly recommend this tour for something a little different from the traditional ones being offered elsewhere especially for families that might have older kids that would enjoy learning something new.

• Really fun tour that made me feel like a local in Chengdu!

  leonardow857,,May 6, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Had an amazing day with Jerry in the tour! I was taken in an adventure in Chengdu, eating delicious Sichuan food, playing mahjong with local aunties, and learning so much about this beautiful city. Felt like I was hanging out with an old friend! Highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting Sichuan!!

• Great experience, definitely recommended!

  lovetoeattravel2012,,Mar 6, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Great tour for people interested in mahjong! We booked the tour with a transfer, our guide Lance picked us up and we took DiDi to north Chengdu, very quiet, leafy, residential part of the city. Tour started at the local market where we (Lance) bought some snacks to have with tea during the game. From the market we walked to their office where we played mahjong for about 2+ hours. It’s a small room with a real (mechanical) mahjong table and Lance taught us Sichuan version which is btw much much easier then the western or Cantonese or maybe Lance is a very good teacher:). It’s a great way to spend a few hours in Chengdu, not just for mahjong but also to be introduced to the different part of the city, definitely recommended!

• So fun! Great option for something different

  kgirl9518,,Oct 2, 2024

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  I had the BEST time!!! My teacher and guide, Lance was more like a good friend than anything else. We first wandered around a local wet market and I learned about different Chengdu spices, vegetables and foods. Passed by numerous mahjong tea shops before getting to ours. After reviewing the rules we played for several hours while snacking on coffee, tea and fresh items purchased in the market. I had soooo much fun!!! Laughed a lot!! Lance and another Chinese friend were friendly, patient and encouraging. Lance’s English was wonderful but he also helped me with my (bad) mandarin. Can’t recommend cool chili and lance any more highly

  

  

  

  

  

  

• Discovering Mahjong, but also making friends

  Anonymous,,Jun 22, 2024

  - Review from Viator

  5.00

  Very grateful experience I recommend to anyone coming to Chengdu. You really can see how locals live in those non touristic areas. I felt like home, if the tour guide were my very old friend and we were just playing mahjong while enjoying local te and fruit. I also loved the smoked tofu (tasted like Spanish smoked cheese) so I just took some more to my hotel. Thank you really much for the experience and your kindness! I'll practice more and challenge you guys when I'm back.

• LOVED IT!!!!!

  Desiree M,,May 5, 2024

  - Review from Viator

  5.00

  Excellent customer service from the start. Tour operator contacted me almost immediately after I booked to clarify my hotel location for pick up. Then, as we were driving to the location, my guide pointed out different sites we were passing that I might want to check out later. We walked through a marketplace on the way to the mahjong houses and my guide pointed out different produce that was in season and different herbs used in Chinese medicine. My guide asked if I smoked and when I said no, he found a house where no one was smoking. He did an excellent job explaining the game to me, showing me how the tiles were organized and the general rules of the game. We played several games with him giving me advice and where we could see each other’s tiles. We then played more games without being able to see each other’s tiles. I am completely hooked on this game now.

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