Hao Noodle Chelsea Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The beef with cilantro and ginger was truly delicious."
• "The food is tasty and well-prepared. Authentic flavors."
• "This place is amazing… we loved every single dish we ordered (around 8 dishes), all the noodles were phenomenal."
• "Hotpot beef noodle soup: beef was really good! It was so tender."
• "The chicken salad in house spicy oil was outstanding as was the watermelon radish salad."
• "Very authentic and exquisite chinese cuisine."
• "Ribs are well cooked softly and they marinated this dish well."

Cons:

• "The garlic fried pork chop with spicy soy sauce very disappointing."
• "The duck confit with sticky rice wasn’t as flavorful as I would have hoped."
• "The food was so so, but the shrimp I ordered wasn't fresh at all."
• "All of which had no flavor and any semblance of a flavor was massively disappointing and unpleasant."
• "The pan fried dumpling were very greasy and burnt, it just wasn't good."
• "Food was horrible it was salty and one of the dishes were undercooked."
• "Crispy Duck Confit with Sticky Rice $26 was dry."

Service

Pros:

• "Service was fast and kind."
• "Very polite services."
• "The atmosphere was very nice and the servers were very nice and helpful."
• "The waiter was attentive, though not very communicative in terms of explaining/recommending dishes."
• "Good, attentive & helpful service."
• "Attentive service. Nice staff."
• "Service was impeccable, and congenial."

Cons:

• "Left after an hour of waiting for food, 30 mins of no one coming by to take our order."
• "Arrived at this restaurant at 2pm, the rude server told us she couldn't seat us for 15 minutes."
• "Had to flag down the hostess every time we needed something."
• "AWFUL service. I’ve been here a few times because I love the food but wow what a miserable group of people who work here."
• "Service was a bit slow despite the restaurant being mostly empty."
• "The service was terrible. They dropped off one of the main courses before the appetizers."
• "Also was basically ignored the entire night and had to ask for servers whenever ordering food / dessert."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "You will be impressed by the decoration with lots of plants and sunlight."
• "The atmosphere is calm and upscale, the service is great and the prices are very reasonable."
• "The restaurant itself is spacious with front seating and a back area with lots of plants and natural lighting."
• "The ambiance is romantic and quaint and a little oasis in the city."
• "Service is quick and staff 👨‍🍳 is super professional! The ambience 🎶 is fantastic and the interior design 🛋️ is beautiful!"
• "A beautiful minimalist interior, attentive service, and delicious plates make for a great meal."
• "The interior space is gorgeous and so cozy."

Cons:

• "The place was unbelievably noisy with people shouting at each other’s as tables too close."
• "It gets noisy in there so for a quiet time, choose late lunch or early dinner."
• "This was the loudest dining experience that I have ever had at a restaurant."
• "The 3 star is for how bad the acoustics were. Please invest in some sound absorbing panels or treatment."
• "Really beautiful restaurant with good service, but it was very quite and the food was wanting."
• "The place was understaffed on a Saturday night. Only two servers."
• "Honestly would not come back. It was intriguing since the interiors are trendy, but the food did not live up to it's hype."

Price

Pros:

• "The price is very reasonable considering the location and dining experience."
• "Very reasonable prices for food in New York."
• "It’s quite pricey but also comes in decent serving size!"
• "Price is very fair considering the area."
• "Amazing food, reasonably priced for the quality."
• "Priced reasonably for Chelsea."
• "Great spot. The watermelon radish was amazing. The dan dan noodles and the fried tofu were good too. 9/10. Great value"

Cons:

• "High prices for small amount of food."
• "The food is way to overpriced, portions are tiny and not to mention very salty as well."
• "Place is expensive."
• "The noodles are also quite pricey."
• "Mildly pricy for what it is."
• "The price was a bit high, almost 60 bucks for two of us."
• "Would not expect this to be this pricey for what this is."