If I'm around Chinatown I'd want to come here for a quick lunch or a big dinner. The menu is just right with so many possibilities for you to choose from. I've just recently went there and I ordered a few dishesCurry Squid & Pig Skin - The curry is really good, love the pig skin too but the squid should really be cooked another way. The squid is too hard to chew but I guess some people prefer it that. I'd still order this dish everytime but it'd just be perfect if it's more tenderized.Braised Beef Tripe - Great Appetizer. This dish came in a trio tripe form. I don't favor one kind of the tripe but it was still good. The dish is a perfect size for an appetizer.Braised Beef Brisket Lo Mein - The noodles were cooked perfectly and the soup comes on the side for you to add as much as you want. The beef brisket was tender and surprisingly very good. They gave me a good amount and I was very satisfied with it.Ginger Flan (Cold) - I don't leave a meal without having this before I go.I love the food here, service is good but wish there's a better ambiance where the customers feel comfortable and clean. But hey, it's Chinatown afterall ...
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Minnie N. on:
3/24/2013 7:22:00 PM
The crab soup dumplings here are better than at Joe's ginger. pretty good pho too. Has enough seating for a comfortable, casual meal with friends.
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Timothy L. on:
3/19/2013 4:24:00 AM
I simply don't understand why Totto Ramen in midtown has been so highly rated, and people brave the cold weather to wait in line to get into such a campy joint. They should give this place a try and order the Devilish Soup Noodle with spiciness to your liking. The quantity is twice that of Totto Ramen, costs less, and the broth is just as delicious if not better.I love this place for its variety of light, tasty foods and comfortable sitting arrangement. Try the wonton noodle, it's simply the best you can find in New York!
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Jeff T. on:
3/11/2013 1:39:00 PM
I give this restaurant 3.5 to 4 star because they have lai fun and their beef stew is tastey. Also their cuttlefish balls taste homemade, not the frozen stuff. The prices aren't bad. Definitely give it a try if your in Chinatown, NYC.
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Jordan P. on:
2/12/2013 4:29:00 PM
This place was all right. Nice ambience and relatively good service for a Chinatown restaurant. I went there because I thought it would have good wonton noodles, but the wontons were a tad on the salty side, and there's definitely better wonton noodles in the neighborhood. But the noodles did have the special and move expensive chives that other places don't have.
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Vincent L. on:
2/6/2013 5:24:00 PM
This place is a little small. The soup dumplings were okay but John's Shanghai soup dumplings are better, probably because they're greasier and fattier. The place is kind of small and was also crowded. I don't know. I feel like this place is pretty forgettable compared to other restaurants.
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Scott E. on:
1/27/2013 9:38:00 AM
Their congee is my favorite. The testure of the congee is perfect!
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josh j. on:
1/13/2013 7:06:00 PM
Most of these 5 stars come from their soup dumplings. Take the soup dumps out this place, i'd give it a 3 or 4 stars. Put them back in, and they'd get 7. We've had quite a few of their other dishes which are good, leaning towards very fucking good but their soup dumps are mind altering beyond words. At least my limited vocab. Mostly Chinese people dining here at any time. Anyone who's had their soup dumps and knows of a better place in manhattan, let me know.
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Michelle F. on:
1/8/2013 9:53:00 PM
I really like this place, especially their fried wontons with sweet and sour sauce as a starter while waiting for my noodles. My boyfriend and I come here whenever I have time before I go to work since my workplace is literally around the corner lol Their fired wontons are actually only fried wonton skin, but it's still really good. I love their curry squid and pig skin noodle soup. The curry squid and pig skin come in a smaller bowl while your noodles come in a bigger bowl. It's not the best noodle place, but it's quite decent, may take longer on busy hours, but it's worth the wait!
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Romulus R. on:
1/8/2013 3:10:00 AM
not a big fan of chinese food in chinatown but this little spot satisfies my chinese food cravings.best item on menu is the shanghai dumplings.order them guaranteed every time.decent wonton noodles.the dumplings here are excellent.if i had to bring anyone to eat some tasty chinese food this would be the place.fast service with great prices.
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KIRSTEN P. on:
1/6/2013 7:54:00 AM
Awesome dumplings and soup. I couldn't believe how much seafood I got in my soup; reasonably priced.
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Jo T. on:
1/4/2013 4:44:00 AM
Noodle Village was recommended by a friend and has some of the best beef chow fun and clay pot rice I've ever eaten. Beef chow fun has a tendency to be greasy at a lot of places, but they were dry, tasty, and had that elusive 'wok hay' taste. The clay pot rice with pork and salted fish exceeded expectations and we happily scraped the crispy bits from the bottom. The congee was better than Congee VIllage and the place gets props for being clean and having friendly service.
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Dan T. on:
12/9/2012 11:47:00 AM
Great service. I had the lollipop chicken as an appetizer. It had really good flavor. Tendon and wonton noodle soup REALLY hit the spot on a cold rainy day. If I am in Chinatown again I would definitley go back for more.
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Huong V. on:
11/24/2012 4:55:00 PM
Just went again recently and had their Beef Stew: best i've had in Manhattan Ctown so far. Meat so tender and sauce so flavorful. Do get it.
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David N. on:
11/8/2012 5:52:00 PM
On the recommendation of a friend who raves about Noodle Village and we were in the mood for noodles on a cold Early November evening. The restaurant tucked along the Woh Hop and Hop Kee restaurants. It is a bit better appointed interior than the typical hole in the wall looking restaurants in Chinatown. The service was also better than a lot of others also with attentive waiters refilling our tea.The Asian table next to us had a rice dished that looked good so we wanted to try it with pork. The friend also recommended the beef tendon dish. Since it was called Noodle Village, one has to try..noodles! We ordered the seafood Lo Mien. The cooked egg noodles topped with an assortment of seafood delight. It came with a side of hot broth that can be added to make it like a noodle soup dish. I would say this was hands down the favorite entree. The portions are ideal for sharing. The HK style beef tendon with radish was cooked about right. The tendon was still firm and not too soft. Almost a beef stew like in flavor. The rice dish that looked so good on the adjacent table wasn't a favorite of all the dishes ordered. Actually, we could have just pass on it. The pork was over powering at least for me and made it hard to eat. Mental note, just because it looks good on the next table doesn't mean it might it translate to my palette. When a restaurant is called Noodle Village maybe stick to what it is named after.While Noodle Village is similar to many of the others around it. Light on the pocket book (lots of money left for desert and bubble tea), portions for sharing but where it differs is the above average friendly service. Stick to the noodle dishes if you aren't adventurous and you can't go wrong.
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Fanny L. on:
11/8/2012 6:19:00 PM
The noodle bar has become the favorite of our family since our first visit.My daughters love their noodle. The texture is just right and very yummy. I like their dumplings and beef balls. If you like congee, make sure you try to pumpkin congee. I think it is the best, at least in Chinatown.The place is clean. Service is good. But it comes with a price. Overall, the noodle is tiny more expensive than other noodle bars in NYC Chinatown. But then, I think it deserves every penny.
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Kat D. on:
10/10/2012 10:58:00 PM
Yesterday it turned abruptly cold and we were craving something warm. Being in Chinatown, the first thing that sprang to mind was CONGEE! We asked the nice lady at the herb shoppe to recommend a place and she pointed toward Noodle Village, stressing that it is healthy and uses no MSG. Cool! So we ran over and discovered that she was completely right. It was delicious, comforting and filling. We ordered their pumpkin and mustard green congee (a must! Unexpected and unique), fried crueller, and steamed bok choi. The service was pleasant enough and pretty quick. Of course, you also get unlimited tea.
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Catherine C. on:
9/30/2012 3:37:00 AM
eh...i was really disappointed because i do like this place and their food isn't bad. I wouldn't say the food is amazing, but it's good if you want to have a simple meal at a clean restaurant. This experience just wasn't good because the waitress was extremely moody with us even though we were quite patient. My last time here had issues with the waitresses also....Also, their you tiao was soooo bad. Literally the worst I've ever had. It took the longest to come out and it came out cold and soft....
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Lucie T. on:
9/24/2012 2:38:00 PM
The casseroles are a really good, this place is probably the cleanest place in Manhattan Chinatown I've seen in a decade so that too is plus and they are open late. They do serve con-gee and they do serve supposedly really good noodles.however their wontons are out of this world, the beef stew with turnips i can live without. But stand up wontons and casseroles and for the snacking fried fish skin.
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Jonathan C. on:
9/19/2012 12:02:00 AM
If I'm not feeling adventurous or my brain just can't think up a place to eat, this place is my Chinatown default. Good congee and good noodles. Nothing out of this world, nothing spectacular, but just enough to make you feel at home (if you're an Asian-American and your mom makes good congee and good noodles).
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Anna W. on:
9/3/2012 7:02:00 PM
We went here for an early dinner. We had the salted fish with pork clay pot rice and the beef stew noodle. All was good. Service was pretty friendly. Will definitely return to try other items on the menu.
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Vincent L. on:
8/30/2012 12:28:00 PM
came here on a friday night for dinner. place was packed, but not super crowded. came with a party of two and got seating immediately.the shop felt clean, especially for chinatown. the place seems nicely taken care of and the decor is simple, but fresh. not tacky or dingy.the food itself was good. not amazing blow your socks off delicious, but good and definitely somewhere i can see myself eating again in the future. they have a lot of congee as well on their menu, so i'd love to come back and try it at some point, but it was balls hot outside and if i would have gotten the congee, i may have melted.the hot pot rice was really good. it's simple, yet comforting. would definitely recommend. also got the soup dumplings, which were average i'd say. two of them came broken, which is annoying because soup dumpling connoisseurs know the right way to eat them, and the soup is essential.one other thing is, the place serves molten lava hot tea. and they swing the tea kettles around with no regard to safety or your face. my friend almost got her face burned off as the waiter came to fill her tea. and then when she poured mine, she did it from 2 feet in the air and luckily it went into my cup, but again, i feared for my life for a second.
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Sarah C. on:
8/23/2012 3:13:00 PM
A cheap and yummy treat during a day of jury duty.
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S.K. C. on:
8/11/2012 7:30:00 AM
Yummy Yummy, I got noodles in my tummy.You come to Noodle village for its noodles, congee and rice casserole. My favs : 3 kind of dumplings noodle soup. (shrimp wontons, shrimp dumplings and cilantro/century old eggs dumplings), rice casserole and congee. A+ no MSG.
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Robyn F. on:
8/8/2012 10:56:00 PM
Decently clean, decent food. Tried the hot stone rice w/ sausage. Will return to try the noodles next time!
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Lin Y. on:
7/19/2012 1:54:00 AM
Noodle Village tries to be a more upscale Chinese street food restaurant. They have better décor and plating than you would normally find, and they charge you for it too. There are ceiling fans and a nicer look and feel to this restaurant then you would normally find in other Chinese restaurants in NYC Chinatown, but service can be as lacking as those cheap, greasy hole-in-the-wall joints.I had the spicy fried fish balls for $3.95. I was dismayed when one skewer on a plate came to my table with 4 little balls. I have to admit, they covered the top of the balls with a delicious curry sauce, sprinkled with minced green onions and the skewer was plated above a small pool of curry and chili sauce. The curry was creamy, rich and you can taste the flavors of coconut, lemongrass and spices. It was spicy and had good flavor, but I don't feel it merited $3.95. That's almost a buck a ball. That's too much $$$ for something so miniscule.I also had the steamed rice roll for $3.50. The steamed rice rolls comes smother in peanut and hoisin sauce with a sprinkling of sesame seeds on top. The peanut and hoisin mixed together have a very creamy texture and is thick. If you don't like lots of sauce on your rice rolls, then this is not the item for you.Service here differs from good to bad. I asked for a glass of cold water and the first waitress never brought me a glass. The second waitress thought I said coke and came out with a can of coke and a glass. She rolled her eyes and had an annoyed look when I said "cold water" not coke. The lady next to me commented that it took them so long to bring a glass of water out. Finally, the annoyed waitress brought me a glass of cold water.I've tried some of their other items and noodle soups before and it is decent and not your big bowl of noodles. I've had the shrimp wonton, shrimp dumplings, cilantro & black egg dumplings soup before as well as the lo mein version. One time I had the soup noodles and though the noodles had a nice elastic quality, it also had a chemical taste that they probably used to make the noodles stretchy and didn't wash it off properly.I've also tried the branch in Flushing in the New World Mall. I had the steamed rice rolls and it tasted the same as the one in NYC Chinatown, but I think they sprinkled more sesame seeds.Good for a fast bite as you get your food in good time, but expensive, small portions and service needs improving. This one is a 2 and 1/2 star rating.
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Vanessa O. on:
7/19/2012 10:37:00 AM
I came here for a lunch, and the shrimp dumpling noodle soup was so good. I had it with the flat rice noodles, and the broth was so tasty. My friend introduced me and I am so glad I came. This place is freaking cheap too. Definitely a bunch of other things on the menu that I wanted to try. Will definitely be back.
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Shirley Y. on:
7/14/2012 11:29:00 AM
Noodle Village has the best noodle and congee on Mott st! Yumm
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Yen H. on:
7/5/2012 2:41:00 AM
Very little portion
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Roy L. on:
3/19/2012 6:24:00 PM
I regularly order from here for lunch. I always order the shrimp dumpling Lo-Mein. Not your typical lo-mein noodles, basically the same as a Pad Thai noodle but egg, not rice. The dumplings are amazing, some of the best i've had. Along with the Chinese Broccoli, I don't even want to order a different place.Solid service and I will actually dine inside soon.
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August M. on:
3/15/2012 10:04:00 AM
Everything you may have heard about Noodle Village is true. Well..only if mostly positive. It's sort of a hole-in-the-wall kind of place, but not really, since it's pretty damn clean...so many times it's the dirtier the place, the better, as in it'll-make-it-seem-more-authentically-awesome-like-I've-discovered-a-hidden-secret-to-make-me-a-legitimate-New Yorker-in-the-know-kinda-place. You'll still feel pretty legit here, though, so don't worry.Service is quick. They don't like to talk, however, so know what you want to order before they get to you.Xiao Long Bao (soup dumplings) are downright tasty. Sure, they may not be the best in town, but they're consistently awesome--plump, juicy, hot, and flavorful. I don't eat a lot of pork in my life, but when you're getting XLB, why would you order anything other than pork? Vegetable? Pffff I say. (unless you're a vegetarian, sorry)The congee is good. Not so good it'll make you cry, but good. And cheap. And there's a lot of it.The only thing on the menu that is confusing is the spring rolls? Don't bother getting them. It's a lot of dough in a strange shape, and the filling is on the outside, and it's not good. The noodles are also pretty great. Round the meal out with a few $4 Tsing Taos and you're good to go. Cheap, satisfying, and filling. One reason why Chinatown--and in this particular case, Noodle Village--is always a good bet.
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Larry C. on:
2/17/2012 4:31:00 PM
One of my favor place in Chinatown.Love their Wonton Noodle, The soup base is original. Everything else is quite good too.
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Simon C. on:
2/6/2012 8:32:00 AM
Tried out their two kinds of wonton (ordered as one dish) and their steamed jiao zi (dumpling). Was very impressed. Even though three could all share the same fillings but the restaurant made an effort to highlight one dominant flavor in each by their names: the shrimps (two in each!) in the small wonton, the pork meat in the large wonton, and the chive in the jiao zi. Each filling is a little more complex in terms of the number of ingredients they used, which might put off some traditionalists.The ambiance was also good and the stoneware and chopstick holder add another nice touch.
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Amar S. on:
2/1/2012 10:17:00 AM
Before starting, I must profess to not being an expert or a connoisseur of chinese noodles. As an "outsider" however, I did not seem very impressed by Noodle Village. Noodle Village made judicial use of its limited space by fitting in as many tables as possible. The staff, was not very friendly, but that may be more a cause of the large crowds than anything. (However, they were very quite attentive as our tea cups were always constantly filled, sometimes without me noticing).In terms of the food, I believe all our meals left us wanting. My pork Lo Mien dish came out luke warm and the noodles were clumped together like the left over noodles you try to eat from the order you made 3 days ago. The pork was tasty but definitely not memorable. My friends ended up ordering the shrimp wonton soup, and the clay pot rice with sausage. The soup like my Lo Mien was pretty average. The clay pot rice, whether due to the poor showing of the other dishes or due to its own ability, was actually quite tasty and had plenty of sausage.Overall Noodle village was not impressive for me or my group (we did not have the congee though), and I don't envision a scenario where I will be returning.
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Karen S. on:
2/1/2012 3:15:00 AM
Everytime before/after we go to Everything Frosted (read my reviews) , we try to find an interesting place to eat near by. Not feeling particularly hungry, we stopped in just for a quick bowl of noodles.To our very pleasant surprise, the first page of the menu stated the absence of MSG. This is the 2nd restaurant I've been to that specifies their non-usage of MSG. This makes your truly - a person with an MSG allergy - very happy.The boyfriend got a regular Brisket & tendon noodles which was 905 tendons. The noodles have the right texture but the brisket was super tough. I ordered myself a Duet noodles with fish cake & beef tendon. The tendons were way too soft & the fish cake didn't have much flavor.Regular size was more like small but the broth really did taste different from other Chinese restaurants - much less salty. Our meal came out to be only $15 after tax AND tip.Another bonus - the bathroom is really clean.
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Michelle T. on:
1/17/2012 9:23:00 PM
The boyfriend and I were looking for something to eat for a late breakfast/early lunch. I have never had fried fish skin like their Hong Kong style before so the boyfriend made a beeline for this place. The boyfriend ordered their fishball noodles with a side of fried fish skin. I ordered their soup dumplings. Noodle Village boosts that all their food comes without MSG.It might have been the no MSG but I thought the soup dumplings tasted a bit different then the ones I'm used to. They give you this cute little wooden tong to pick up the soup dumplings with, which helped me transfer the dumplings without popping them.The fried fish skin was delicious! They give you a salty broth to dip the fish skin into and you leave it soaking depending on how crunchy you want it to be. I really enjoyed this and will definitely be back for some more.We arrived around 10:30 so it was pretty empty but by the time we left at around 11:45, it was beginning to really fill up. They're very spacious and the food comes out quick.
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Amanda J. on:
1/6/2012 3:31:00 PM
This is seriously as good as it gets in Chinatown if you're looking for Hong Kong-style food. I've been a Chinese food enthusiast for my whole life and have spent time in China, and I can honestly say I have never eaten steamed vegetable dumplings that are more perfect than the ones served in Noodle Village's lovely stacked bamboo steamers. No matter how many I order, I always seem to wish there were more.I make a special point of coming to Noodle Village even when I am nowhere near it. It's a small place like others in Chinatown, but it's more attractive inside, cleaner, and the service is generally better than a lot of the other restaurants. But it's still all about the food, and it is all done well. Although I'm especially partial to the dumplings, everything is delicious. There are lots of fine vegetarian options- the ginger-scallion lo mein is a don't miss, as is the black mushroom and vegetable noodle soup.
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Jane Doe Eats Seattle on:
2009-07-16
We lost our NYC Chinatown virginity at Noodle Village and after plowing through a dozen or so other restaurants, roasted meat stalls and jook joints during the weeks that followed,we couldn't have been deflowered by a better place. ...?
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Rob Patronite and Robin on:
The owners of the Cantonese restaurant Noodle Village, located at the southern tip of Mott Street in Chinatown, have the health and well being of their customers on their minds. You realize this even before you set foot inside the place, ...?
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