Xi'an Famous Foods 西安名吃

"Xi'an Famous Foods, Upper West Side by Ken Pao. Xi'an Famous Foods is another great addition to the UWS for authentic Asian eats. Even though this place is a chain now, rapidly popping up all over NYC, it's stayed true to it's roots for inexpensive authentic Chinese food. On any given day, you'll find hoards of local Chinese students from Columbia and everyone in between. It's a great place to grab a quick bite of hand pulled noodles and dumplings. My two favorite things to get are the Sweet & Sour Spinach Dumplings and Tiger Vegetable Salad."

"Are you going to bring a date to Xi’an Famous Foods? Probably not. But this isn’t a first date guide. It’s a guide for where to sit down and eat a great dinner without spending more than $30, and this place is perfect for that. Like every other Xi’an location, this one is counter-service and extremely casual, and there are some stools that you can sit on while you eat an excellent plate of chewy hand-pulled noodles with chunks of cumin lamb. You can also add a beer and some dumplings, and still come in under-budget." - Bryan Kim

"Xi’an Famous Foods serves good, affordable, spicy Chinese noodles and burgers at all of their spots around the city. This location, not far south of Columbia, has a few counter seats, and also works for takeout lunch or dinner (although they don’t recommend it, because they insist their food is best when it’s eaten immediately). Our go-to is the spicy cumin lamb noodles. We also like the spicy hot oil seared noodles, but just know that trying to speak after eating these will be as productive as talking to your dentist after he gives you a shot of novocaine." - Matt Tervooren