Old Xi’an 164 Pearl Street, Manhattan, New York,

"So I have a mixed feeling with this restaurant right now. I really like the food (pork noodle is my favorite) but the delivery experience has been so consistently disappointing; this is what I got today. The delivery person seemed to know the issue but ran away so quickly — the same speed as how he came to me. Also all the delivery people I have seen do not understand either Chinese or English, and seem to enjoy yelling at customers. I have never come to the physical location; my only advice is not to order delivery from here."

"The Chinese pork burger is a must try and the noodles are tasty too!! Got the vegetable hand ripped noodle, I always change the noodle to rice noodle."

"***2 1/2 stars*** This just wasn't my cup of tea. After enduring yet another dreary Friday morning with no sunlight (almost every Friday has been like that for the past month or two), I decided the appropriate lunch to have was dumplings. After pondering and seeing a few nearby options, my Skipper and I decided this was the best of the bunch. She was already a fan from prior experience, and I had a vague memory of stopping here for a to-go order months ago. As soon as I saw the Irish bar outdoor seating next door (it involves a refitted dark green bus I think), I remembered that I wasn't crazy about the dumplings here because they had something crunchy in them - possibly chives - so I reversed course at the 11th hour and got something else. These days/lunches happen. They can't all be gems, even when you do the prep work. It's a cute interior with exposed, dark brick and a lot of big screens separating the tables. Definitely feels like some leftover COVID infrastructure in here (though it doesn't affect the experience). The dining situation here is pretty interesting. It's a hybrid of a takeout establishment and a sit-down restaurant; regardless of whether you intend to stay or not, you order on a giant iPadish device and don't really have any interaction with the staff beyond receiving the food from someone. When we were done, we just got up to leave since we'd already paid at the kiosk. I decided to get one of the more popular dishes here, the spicy cumin lamb entree with hand-ripped noodles (about $15). It arrived insanely quickly - within probably a minute or so. Huge points for that, and it made the lunch hour much more manageable. Aside from a Thai dish or two, this was one of my first times dealing with these types of noodles, and I'm just not a fan - they're heavy, cumbersome and for me impossible to eat with the provided chopsticks. They did have some plastic forks available for poor souls like me though. Also as a palate preference, there were chunks of peppers, etc. that I just wasn't into - I focused exclusively on the lamb meat and the noodles (which probably tells you I'm not the target demo for this type of food). It may be unfair to compare it to the aforementioned Thai food, but I just didn't think it tasted as zesty as that - it was more soy sauce-ish, which I don't find as flavorful (it comes with pretty much every sushi roll I've ever gotten and I ignore it). I'm certainly not going to claim this is a bad restaurant; I could easily envision someone who likes this type of food more than me having a solid meal here. And the price point/service (intangibles for sure) were very good. But I'm more likely to wander into the neighboring Irish bar than coming back here to battle the hand-ripped noodles."

"If you like noodle or soup noodles check this place out. I order chicken hand-ripped noodle in soup,the food is taste good,and purchase cash over $30 get one free mini appetizer! I am on my third time coming to this place."

"It’s more like a fast food restaurant, there is a self service kiosk to place your order. The staff brings out the food when they are ready. Beef noodle and burgers are really tasty, the portions are generous too. Don’t like the pork noodles, the pork is extremely hard to chew."