I was really optimistic coming in to eat here for the first time. My party and I ordered a variety of things, the A1 (Mongolian Pancake) and A3 (Vegetable pancake)... A5 (Spicy Pork Wonton) , A7 (Chong Qing Style Sour & Spicy Noodles), B2 (Beef Brisket w/ Tomato Noodle Soup) and C3 (Homemade Zha Jiang Noodle)....
The food was decent... A7 was definitely our least favorite... B2, was good...
But...
The service was so weird... I feel like the servers displayed favoritism to Chinese patrons and White American patrons. The service we received made us not enjoy our experience. Utensils were not available at the table (I don't understand why not either) and they seemed angry that we asked for utensils to eat our noodles. We had to ask for chopsticks, then ask for spoons... All of our other dishes were almost finished before we finally received A5 and A7.
The spicy pork wonton (A5) was definitely not what I anticipated the dish to taste like. It was decent but it had this red watery sauce that made me feel like I was getting hypertension as I ate it.
I thought the pancakes A1 and A3 were okay. My party preferred the vegetable one over the Mongolian. The Mongolian was overly oil and watery... And it didn't have much flavor in my opinion.
A7 just straight up tasted weird... It looked a lot better than it tasted. Would not recommend at all. No one liked it.
I didn't try the C3 but my party finished that dish... Assuming it was good??
The noodles were very long in length and good, but as what someone in my party said, since they advertise to be a "fresh noodle" place, the taste wasn't distinct. I've had some amazingly fresh noodles with a very refreshing taste in Beijing.
I do like the decor/wall art. The layout is similar to Monta with few tables and a "bar-like" area where you can watch the cooking.
Overall, I'd be willing to come here again. I may have come on an off-day, or the servers really don't like children or non-Chinese people... I will definitely try other items since I saw a lady at the table next to us order a delicious looking bowl of noodles.
I would say B2 is definitely safe every time.