Very good dumplings and soup. I felt the food was fresh but under spiced, which allows you to flavor the food to your desired taste. Service was fast but souless. Portions were very large and served warm. The restaurant interior was basic but clean. Prices were reasonable.
Starting at least 2024 this business is focused on takeout orders, wait time for meals for the dining in customers is unreasonably long. The food - dumplings, soups, wok dishes - is very good though.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 1
Jeff Slivkoff
Anthony Bourdain is rolling in his grave! This place used to have some kind of the best beef noodle soup. Now the broth is watery, noodles are overcooked and the pigs ears are bland. Recommend you go elsewhere.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 2
Lawrence
Best beef/tendon noodle soup
Stanley Sigalov
Delicious, quick, friendly. Spicy beef noodles are great. Onion pancakes are excellent.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kali Lew
noodle quality not as good as before. in general v most items are not bad but not great. lamb noodle soup still hits though
Michael E.
I ate here a couple weeks ago. Our food came out super slow but it was pretty good. I'd go back.
Pankaj Mehra
Oh, the pea sprouts are so good!Vegetarian options: Best value for great taste in vegetables
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Scallion Pancake
Matty B
Pretty good Chicken Chow Mein, with a sufficiently large portion, and an ok Onion Pancake. The Pancake came fairly burnt, and oily, and broken to pieces - when delivery. It may be better in store.
Food: 4
Recommended dishes: Chicken Chow Mein Noodles
Austin C.
Great noodle dish, hot takeout with fast service, satisfies late night cravings!Food (8/10) - Definitely a hit or miss with the dishes that you choose. I chose chili oil pork ears since I've had some really good ones before. This one was a bit flavorless and all the oil just pooled at the bottom. However, the spicy beef noodles more than make up for it. The noodles were thick, a bit chewy, and very delicious. The beef itself was very tender and fell apart when eaten. The soup had a nice hint of spice but also was salty and went great with the noodles. Definitely a delicious late night meal if you're hungry for some hot soup. Also, for ordering take out and then driving all the way home, the soup was still steaming hot. Service (9/10) - The Yelp app was a bit deceiving with the wait time of my food. I walked in about 15 minutes before they said it would be ready and my food was already ready. Very fast food made.
Can't comment on the restaurant or service since I ordered delivery through DoorDash and tried their green onion pancake, beef noodle soup and chow fun.The green onion pancake was decent but on the greasier side and not as chewy as I would've preferred in the center.The spicy beef noodle soup had an unexpected ma la flavor to it. I'm also a really big fan of beef noodle soup but this was extremely salty, heavy soy sauce flavor to the point where it left me extremely thirsty and I couldn't finish my soup. You could also barely taste the beef flavor which made me think they tried to compensate with the soy sauce to make the soup more "flavorful".Beef chow fun on the other hand had really minimal flavor and actually needed more salt ironically. From this delivery I likely will not be ordering again unfortunately.
Jonathon J
Soup dumplings are a must try. Beef stew is good, spicy beef noodle soup is excellent. Good service.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Shanghai Soup Dumpling
Elizabeth Morrison
Everything here is amazing. Quality of the food, kind service, perfectly cooked everything. And very good prices for SF!! Locals-only type of hidden spot, but we’ve met people from all over the country eating here too!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Scott Boland
Unassuming little restaurant with the best food I tried in a long time, you must like it hot!!!!Ma la boneless chicken 5 starsPigs ears 4 stars full of flavor but the dish was a cold dish ! I wish I knew before but 100% delicious . Taking the rest of the ears home to stock in the air fryer , lol !Wish me luck
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Julian Y.
The restaurant is small, so expect a wait if you have more than 2 people on a weekend.We got a bunch of dishes to do family style:-Onion pancake - Solid.-Salt pepper tofu - This was a very tasty appetizer to share. The tofu is tender, with good flavor.-Xiao long bao - The thickness of the skin was perfect and it had good amount of juice. This was my third favorite dish.-Chicken and corn dumpling- My favorite dish! I loved the sweetness of the corn incorporated into the saltiness of the meat.-Pork and chive dumpling - Solid.-Pork and celery dumpling - Solid.-String beans - This is my second favorite dish. The flavors was amazing and the string beans had the perfect texture.-Black bean sauce noodles - I was quite full when this came out so I only ate a little, but this was good.Everything was solid, and I'd definitely be back when I need a dumpling fix.
Very good dumplings and soup. I felt the food was fresh but under spiced, which allows you to flavor the food to your desired taste. Service was fast but souless. Portions were very large and served warm. The restaurant interior was basic but clean. Prices were reasonable.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Shanghai Soup Dumpling 6 pcs, Noodle Soup
Starting at least 2024 this business is focused on takeout orders, wait time for meals for the dining in customers is unreasonably long. The food - dumplings, soups, wok dishes - is very good though.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 1
Anthony Bourdain is rolling in his grave! This place used to have some kind of the best beef noodle soup. Now the broth is watery, noodles are overcooked and the pigs ears are bland. Recommend you go elsewhere.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 2
Best beef/tendon noodle soup
Delicious, quick, friendly. Spicy beef noodles are great. Onion pancakes are excellent.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
noodle quality not as good as before. in general v most items are not bad but not great. lamb noodle soup still hits though
I ate here a couple weeks ago. Our food came out super slow but it was pretty good. I'd go back.
Oh, the pea sprouts are so good!Vegetarian options: Best value for great taste in vegetables
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Scallion Pancake
Pretty good Chicken Chow Mein, with a sufficiently large portion, and an ok Onion Pancake. The Pancake came fairly burnt, and oily, and broken to pieces - when delivery. It may be better in store.
Food: 4
Recommended dishes: Chicken Chow Mein Noodles
Great noodle dish, hot takeout with fast service, satisfies late night cravings!Food (8/10) - Definitely a hit or miss with the dishes that you choose. I chose chili oil pork ears since I've had some really good ones before. This one was a bit flavorless and all the oil just pooled at the bottom. However, the spicy beef noodles more than make up for it. The noodles were thick, a bit chewy, and very delicious. The beef itself was very tender and fell apart when eaten. The soup had a nice hint of spice but also was salty and went great with the noodles. Definitely a delicious late night meal if you're hungry for some hot soup. Also, for ordering take out and then driving all the way home, the soup was still steaming hot. Service (9/10) - The Yelp app was a bit deceiving with the wait time of my food. I walked in about 15 minutes before they said it would be ready and my food was already ready. Very fast food made.
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Can't comment on the restaurant or service since I ordered delivery through DoorDash and tried their green onion pancake, beef noodle soup and chow fun.The green onion pancake was decent but on the greasier side and not as chewy as I would've preferred in the center.The spicy beef noodle soup had an unexpected ma la flavor to it. I'm also a really big fan of beef noodle soup but this was extremely salty, heavy soy sauce flavor to the point where it left me extremely thirsty and I couldn't finish my soup. You could also barely taste the beef flavor which made me think they tried to compensate with the soy sauce to make the soup more "flavorful".Beef chow fun on the other hand had really minimal flavor and actually needed more salt ironically. From this delivery I likely will not be ordering again unfortunately.
Soup dumplings are a must try. Beef stew is good, spicy beef noodle soup is excellent. Good service.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Shanghai Soup Dumpling
Everything here is amazing. Quality of the food, kind service, perfectly cooked everything. And very good prices for SF!! Locals-only type of hidden spot, but we’ve met people from all over the country eating here too!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Unassuming little restaurant with the best food I tried in a long time, you must like it hot!!!!Ma la boneless chicken 5 starsPigs ears 4 stars full of flavor but the dish was a cold dish ! I wish I knew before but 100% delicious . Taking the rest of the ears home to stock in the air fryer , lol !Wish me luck
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
The restaurant is small, so expect a wait if you have more than 2 people on a weekend.We got a bunch of dishes to do family style:-Onion pancake - Solid.-Salt pepper tofu - This was a very tasty appetizer to share. The tofu is tender, with good flavor.-Xiao long bao - The thickness of the skin was perfect and it had good amount of juice. This was my third favorite dish.-Chicken and corn dumpling- My favorite dish! I loved the sweetness of the corn incorporated into the saltiness of the meat.-Pork and chive dumpling - Solid.-Pork and celery dumpling - Solid.-String beans - This is my second favorite dish. The flavors was amazing and the string beans had the perfect texture.-Black bean sauce noodles - I was quite full when this came out so I only ate a little, but this was good.Everything was solid, and I'd definitely be back when I need a dumpling fix.