Best cold noodles in NYC! Same as the old Szechuan West uptown way back in the day. A must stop on the UWS!

The 1980's NYC classics- fried pork dumplings and sesame noodles. Perfect. Absolutely I would give 5 stars if that was the whole menu, but I had a couple of other forgettable dishes. Still, a great old-school neighborhood Chinese joint.

This is our "go to" for Chinese takeout. Authentic recipes AFAICT, meaning traditional Szechuan reimagined for Americans. I recommend lo mein, spring rolls, beef with orange flavor, hot and sour soup.

I'm so excited that this restaurant serves bubble tea !!! They have vegetarian options, too! I ordered the vegetarian wonton soup. The server said it's for 2 people, but I think that is enough for 4 people . I ordered the mango shrimp. It's yummy/delicious, but I expected fresh slices of mango in the dish. It can't with sauce, but I'm not sure what the sauce tastes like (it didn't taste like mango sauce to me) . It's a small restaurant, but it's clean, and they do serve alcohol (they have a bar). Today was my first time here, and I'm looking forward to coming beach to get it different dishes.

I am shocked at how low the ratings are here. I get that the restaurant looks very casual and feels a little bit like a hole in the wall, however, the food is service is great. They have a TON of veggies options. Each food item was clearly made very fresh and came out as quickly as possible . It was also piping hot which I love. Food: We got the scallion pancakes and they were really good. The sauce that it came with was perfect. The vegetable tempura was good, but if the veggies has been cut smaller it would have better. The tempura sauce was also really yummy. For entrees my husband got noddles and he loved them, said they were flavored exactly the way he would expect them to be. I got a tofu/mushroom mix and has asked them to make it spicy. It was on point and well flavored. Service: Service was quick. We had water immediately and our drinks came out fast too. They checked in on us often as well and the restaurant was fairly crowded as it was late at night and one of the few spots open in the area.

$9.95 lunch special in Manhattan? Came here at 12:50pm on a Tuesday, and the place was packed inside and out, with us getting the last open table. List of 60 lunch specials served until 3pm everyday, starting at $9.95. Table next to us had three City road construction workers speaking Spanish who each ordered fried rice with chicken. Now, you know the place has got to be good when non Chinese locals come here for lunch. Service is on the slow side, taking 15 minutes to arrive. My cup of hot and sour soup had plenty of solids, including bamboo shoots and tofu, and was a bit on the heavy side with the vinegar. Wife's won ton soup was on the bland side, with three pork filled won tons. Wife's rainbow prawns came with six steamed shrimp with broccoli. Not a whole lot of flavor but well presented. My 'romeo and juliet' was beef and 3 fried shrimp with broccoli. Average portion size at best. Beef and shrimp had more flavor than wife's dish. Bathrooms downstairs. Narrowest door I've seen, with narrow corridor -person coming in had to back up to let person coming out go by. Not for overly obese people. On the positive side they had both a men's and women's separate bathrooms, so didn't have to wait behind my wife. Menu lists the lunch special as 'fast and frugal'. Not particularly fast, but frugal in terms of simplicity of ingredients and cooking. Credit card minimum $10 before tax and tip. Solitary $9.95 lunches have to be paid in cash. We ordering the two most expensive dishes on the lunch special list, at $12.25 each. Me splurging in New York City.