Fried cheeeese!!! A must appetizer if you go. All of the soups are great. My go to is the spicy noodle. The spice is perfect. The boss is always here which means quality control is A1. Portion size is good, price is great, and location has plenty of parking! Thanks to the gf for the intro, would definitely not have found this gem without her. I've tried another yunan style soup but this one hands down best in the bay. Try it, you won't regret it. read more

Looking for an authentic Yunnan Style "Crossing the bridge rice noodles" Spot in Bay Area? Cloudland Rice Noodles definitely your choice!! Everyone has his/her own type of comfort food when his/her need to nourishing the tummy and soul. "Crossing the bridge rice noodles" is my comfort food when I craving for noodles soup. Little bit background about "Crossing the bridge rice noodles": The rice noddles usually serving with a large bowl of hot broth and soup ingredients including raw veggies and light cooked meat. The server will pour all the ingredients into the hot broth bowl when delivering to the table. Once added into the broth, it cooks quickly with a layer of melted chicken fat and oil glistening on top. What we usually ordered: "Crossing the bridge rice noodles": The classic!, the soup is sooo yummy and the rice noodles are so soft. Fried Yunnan cheese: you cannot find in other places. It's very interesting to try the salty Yunnan cheese with cane sugar! Tasty! Fried Wild Boletus: Yunnan ppl love mushrooms, and they excel the mushroom to a higher level. Best company w/ rice noodles. Overall: Food: 5/5 Service: 3/5 The restaurant usually very busy and packed during the dinner and lunch time and they lack of staffs, so they don't have enough time to prepare for the side dishes. Sometimes, they would run out of what they offered on the menu. read more

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I just got back from Kunming last week, and Cloudland Rice Noodles is hands down the most authentic Yunnan restaurant in the Bay Area. I took my parents here (they both grew up and met in Kunming) and they loved it. The smaller dishes are a bit overpriced, but $13 for 过桥米线 isn't too bad at all (the dish costs anywhere from 25-50RMB in Kunming. The Crossing the Bridge Noodle itself was great: the soup had a nice soupy flavor read more

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Legit food and decent amount. Homesick after having those delicious rice noodles. Fried Dairy Fan is the best part of the food hunting trip(I live in Marin). Will be back again soon! read more

World's Ultimate comfort food! Sipping once sipping twice sipping chicken soup with rice...noodles. The crossing the bridge rice noodles are easily my favorite Chinese dish I experienced in China itself and I hadn't had them in years till finding them in Newark! read more

I came in to try the Yunan Cross-Bridge Rice Noodle Soup. I have heard about this fish, but never had the chance to try it. It tasted okay, but was way below my expectation. I would rather have Ramen than trying this dish again. They also offer appetizers, but they ran out the only choice that was interested to order. read more

My family is from Yunnan and I feel so blessed to have finally found a Yunnan place near me! Simple offerings and smallish menu but they've expanded their menu since they've opened, and may continue to do so. But I quite like that I know of a couple of things they do really well. The guoqiao mixian and xiaoguo mixian (spicy variety- I think that's how you say it???) - both rice noodle dishes are so tasty with a generous serving of broth. It brings me back to breakfast in Kunming. I like their other offerings such as clay pot chicken, and the two cheese curd dishes (appetizers) they serve here. I don't remember the others. Give this place a shot! Maybe it'll win your heart like it did mine. Oh, and the owner is kind and gentle. Other characteristics of place: - I'm here on Friday and waited at the door for them to open at 5:30 pm. I was immediately seated and was offered water & tea about a minute or less after I sat down - basically immediately except with time to breathe. -i love that they mix the guoqiao mixian in front of you!!! -it IS hot on arrival - it's medium small- ish size: tables are well spaced apart, but that means fewer seats. Don't expect a ton of seating. DO expect fresh delicious noodles! read more

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amazing food, extremely authentic to yunnan. The ambience is great and the service was good, they are very respectful. read more

Wifey is a superfan of Yunnan "Guo Qiao Mi Xian" (literally "over the bridge rice noodles"), so we decided to come here. Here's what we had: guo qiao mi xian- There were plenty of noodles, and the broth was just about right in terms of flavor- a very homey cozy bowl of noodles. Great for brisk winter mornings. xiao guo mi xian- A different rendition of the above with ground meat. Spicy lotus- a nice crispy and spicy texture/flavor contrast with the noodles. Spicy smoked beef- tasty, crunchy, but super salty strips of beef. Again, a good contrast to the noodles. Also a bit on the greasy side- it's swimming in oil. Pan fried ("fired") cheese- A must-get, in my opinion. Small rectangles of pan fried cheese, with some sugar on the side to use as a dipping flavor enhancer. Since we're always in CA in December, we'll probably be back... read more

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Randomly stumbled upon this place when looking for a place to eat after the incredibly disappointing Bay Area Night Market. Famous Yunnan style noodles, these seem to be authentic but I am no expert there. The Crossing bridge noodles has a tasty broth that is refreshing and savory but not too heavy in flavor. Perfect if you're looking for something soupy. If you're into a heavier spicy and sour kind of flavor, the Single cooked noodles will satisfy your palette! Lastly, if you don't want any soup but still want delicious noodles, go for the Cold rice noodles. All of these noodles are delicious, you can't go wrong. It just depends on what you're specifically looking for. I'd say the price is a bit on the more expensive side for noodles so 4 Stars. read more

They have increased the price to $15 per bowl during pandemic. They offer takeout. Also to go containers are charged $1.5. So you would pay $20 for a to go order of rice noodles. read more

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I usually eat next door but I didn't know they were closed Thursday so I came here. I looked through the menu but still didn't know what to get. The gentleman behind the counter suggest the crossing bridge rice noodle. So tasty, noodles are perfect! Will be back. read more

Cloudland Rice Noodles - Crossing bridge rice noodle - Noodles Near Me - Newark, California

Authentic rice noodle and delicious, worthwhile going. Eat rice noodle with the well cooked mushroom, that's a joyful moment.

This spot serves fantastic Yunnan noodles! No other place comes close!! Happy they're doing takeout read more

I grew up in Yunnan, and this is the best Yunnan food I've ever had in America so far. First decided to give this place a try after reading so many polarized reviews. Some people said the food is authentic while others complain that the dishes are "overpriced" and portions too small. We came for lunch and got a Crossing-bridge Rice noodle, Single Cooked Rice Noodle, and a Fried Dairy Fan. The Dairy Fan was perfectly fried; and tasted exactly the same as the ones I've eaten in Da Li (a city in Yunnan, where is famous for this kind of Dairy Fan). The texture of Crossing-bridge Rice Noodle and Single Cooked Rice noodle are similar to those that I ate in Kunming (another city in Yunnan). The rice noodles portion sizes were enough and we were pretty full with these three orders. But I understand why people complain about the small portion size for the side dishes. In Yunnan, when eating Rice Noodle, each person usually orders one Rice Noodle as the main course. Then we order other additional dishes, as appetizers and side dishes to supplement the rice noodles. My suggestion would be to order some kind of Rice Noodle for each person along with a few other dishes to be shared as appetizers. I feel that the price is reasonable. Since most of the ingredients and supplies are difficult to find and are shipped from Yunnan it justifies the cost. The dishes that I ordered taste almost exactly as what I had when I was living in Yunnan. Overall I think this is a good restaurant that specializes in Yunnan food. read more

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The service is super bad for us. We come here for 2 people and reversed a table for 4. Then the waiter comes to us but there's not a table for 4. So we waited for next available table. And our friends arrived like 5 minutes after the waiter came. We waited another 20 minutes, and there's finally a table for 4 available. But the waiter gave the table to another party. We asked why not serving us since we have waited for 20 minutes. The waiter told us he has called our name but no response. But none of us really heard an even small notice about calling our name. Where did he call our name?? In the kitchen? The most awful thing is that when we want to wait for next available table, we have to write our name at the last of the table, which means we have to wait another 20 minutes. I highly recommend you think again to going to this place since you may need to wait double times. It's just a waste of time! If there's a rating with 0 star, I will definitely give it. read more

VERY AUTHENTIC YUNAN RICE NOODLE THE BEST IN THE BAY AREA!!!! 目前个人觉得湾区最正宗云南过桥米线～ Falls in love with the rice noodles and the wild boletus, will definitely keep coming in the future!!! Highly recommend! Pros: - food comes FAST and HOT - TASTE VERY GOOD - clean and new and bright place - plenty of parking space outside - ACCEPT CREDIT CARD PAYMENT NOW - rice noodles are freshly made daily - rice noodles is in huge size - recommendation-推荐 ++ rice noodles-云南过桥米线 ++ steamed chicken-汽锅鸡 ++ fried wild boletus-野生牛肝菌 ++ fried Yunnan cheese-套炸乳饼 *** some people were complaining the small size of other dishes. To be honest, that's the authentic way to have rice noodles. Because the rice noodles is the main dishes, all other dishes are considered side dishes that's why they are so small. *** some people were complaining the fixed limited ingredients for the rice noodle. But for real, those combination is the most authentic one. If you want more selections or larger meat portion other than that, I suggest you to find another place which is not that authentic but fits your appetite. Cons: - limited selection on menu - not enough servers here due to grand opening - because the rice noodles are freshly made, so limited noodles are served daily. One time I was there 7:30pm on Saturday but was told they were out of rice noodles - acceptable price for me but not the cheapest for rice noodle (but I consider I pay for the authentic taste so I'm ok with that) - usually expect a little waiting line during lunch or dinner hour - closed from 2:30-5:30pm, also closed on Monday read more

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Hands down the best yunnan food we've had in the Bay Area! After having recently visited yunnan, I have been craving yunnan food for a while. It's so difficult to find restaurants that serve good yunnan food in Bay Area. One of my relatives is from Yunnan, and though we've heard mixed reviews about this place, we decided to come try the food out. We came around 2pm on a weekend and the restaurant was pretty full. Thankfully a table just finished eating and we were able to get seated in about 5minutes. Food: We got the Crossing bridge rice noodle, single cooked rice noodle soup, fried dairy fan, fried wild boletus, spicy diced fish. Loved all the dishes, but if I had to pick, the crossing bridge rice noodle, fried dairy fan, and fried wild boletus were my favorite- highly recommend these three dishes! Crossing bridge rice noodle: The broth is served at a very high temperature (in order to ensure that the raw meats/quail egg are thoroughly cooked) . They give you rice noodles, meat slices, veggies, and a quail egg on the side. Since the meats and egg are raw, you should immediately add them to the hot soup to ensure that they're cooked. Then, add the noodles and the rest of the veggies according to your preference. The soup is really good and the texture of the rice noodles in both noodle dishes is is very similar to the rice noodles we had in yunnan. We were given decent portions of noodles and soup. Fried dairy fan: This is exactly like what I had in Yunnan. It's a type of cheese made from the dairy milk from cows in Yunnan. It comes deep fried and crispy with a side of sugar. You can either sprinkle all the sugar on top or use it to dip the fried dairy fan. Fried wild boletus: A small dish of cooked mushrooms. Boletus is type of wild mushroom that is actually difficult to find and I have never seen them sell it in any supermarkets around here. Depending on the quality, it can be very expensive to purchase. Service: can be slow sometimes when they're busy since there's only 2 waitresses. However, they are very friendly and apologize for any delays. After eating here, I can't believe that the restaurant has such low ratings on Yelp. I think most people either have never had authentic yunnan food or just ordered the side dishes without ordering a bowl of rice noodles. (The portions for the side dishes are small because they're meant to compliment a bowl of rice noodles) Even my relative from Yunnan was pleasantly surprised at how authentic the food tastes. If you're from Yunnan or love yunnan food, I would highly recommend this restaurant. I know I'll definitely be back again. read more

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The Soup is good delicious and original taste, and the food is fine. overall it it js good read more

Cloudland Rice Noodles - Crossing-Bridge Rice Noodle - Noodles Near Me - Newark, California

Food: U JUST GOTTA GO!! I would put 4.5 if I could because I absolutely love how light the noodle soup is even though it has so much flavor. They put everything together right in front of you and the portion is pretty big for one person, but you can definitely finish it. There's pork slices and a piece of ham inside, and with a little chili sauce the soup is amazing! I go here so often, I think the only thing is its a bit expensive for just noodle soup. Ambiance: Relaxed, cute, and with a fresh look it's very comfortable. They have cute natural wood tables with a very clean interior. Service: They do their job effeciently and well but don't take it personally if they don't smile haha. read more

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This place is famous for its crossing the bridge noodles. I know it sounds like a mouth full, but my husband and I literally cross the san mateo bridge driving in an hour of traffic to come here! Amazing stuff! If you arent familiar, this noodle is served piping hot, with toppings added in at your table before being served (its a lot of hard work for the waitresses who did an awesome job btw). Rice noodles, sliced thin chicken and pork, chives, quail eggs and an intensely flavorful chicken soup. Some people say that the service is bad or slow, but I've only had good experiences. My only criticism is that the appetizer we've had in the 7+ times we have been here was a little inconsistent. We order the soft tofu skin noodles and the flavors are great each time, but sometimes the texture can be either softer or harder. There's also all sorts of other appetizers and local yunan dishes to try, so we strongly recommend this restaurant to everyone. We come here all the time and always had 5/5 experiences! read more

We went for dinner today and it was not as busy as usual, we wanted to sit in a better area though we had 3 adults + 1 kid + 1 baby with stroller. When we made suggestion about seats, the owner said "take the other seat or you leave"... Excuse me??? 1) the owner is never restrictive for seats at busy time, last time we five went, the owner gave us the table close the door 2) the big table with eight seats is commonly shared, we once sat there shared the table with the other two groups 3) even the owner is considerable, it is inappropriate to say things like that to its customers I am not a picky person, but we had other embarrassing experiences before that I never complained: 1) we asked a plastic folk/spoon for my 4y son, but it never showed up till we finished the dinner, my son ate noodle by the big wood spoon for soup inconveniently 2) the employee put two dishes of meat in the same noodle and left the other meatless :( 3) the owner gave us an unexpected discount when we checked, we were thinking that was because we came very often, but at that moment the owner said that is a mistake, alright... 4) we saw the owner was rude to his employees and also to other customers several times, I just joked with my husband that the owner never knew how to express and how to communicate. Finally it is on us now If looking at reviews in google, the owner cares negative reviews, he will apologize with different excuses, but never realize the root problem. Dear owner, have you ever thought why the top first complain is your rudeness? read more

I LOVE THIS PLACE! Cloudland Rice Noodle deserves a solid 5 stars for what they have to offer. It has been so hard to find Yunnan style rice noodle soup bowls in the Bay Area. I am so grateful that my fellow friends told me about this little gem in Newark! Cloudland Rice Noodle is known for having several hot rice noodle soup bowls. "Over Bridge Noodle" is definitely my favorite here because it features a hot chicken broth and just watching all these little side dishes go into the bowl of noodle soup is fun. The ingredients they use here are fresh and just the taste of the noodle soup bowl always bring me back memories of when I visited Yunnan Kunming for the first time. They also have this appetizer where not a lot of people might like but it is their fried cheese. It is made fresh every day and if they sell out that day, then sorry- come the next day. The texture is just right and crispy enough. The pricing here is average and I would say it is fairly priced for the size and the quality of the food here. read more

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don't trust the review; don't trust the menu. cross-bridge noodle is only a bowl rice noodle with a few piece of hard meat. The menu shows several dishes in the picture, and shows many common ingredients. very misleading. the fried cheese - you can't taste any cheese flavor. maybe made of flour? read more

Always a good choice for comfort food, delicious and authentic Yun Nan cuisine. Highly recommend if you are a fan of Yun Nan noodles. read more

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Service attitude is very very very rude!!! We drive 50 mins to try the newly opened noodle place. They serviced us with wrong order. And arguing to charge us for the wrong dish they served. Totally unreasonable. Food does not taste like Yunnan style. They attitude also insulted the hospitable people from Yunnan! Won't come again! Do not recommended at all!!! read more

Decent rice noodles, exotic dishes, but the price and portion are disappointing. I've been here at least 5 times. The owner is from Yunnan so they offer a variety of dishes that you don't see elsewhere which is really exciting. Apart from many of the side dishes they offer, the main dishes, however, is very limited. They only offer like 3 kinds of rice noodle to choose from, and from those 3 choices I always go with the 过桥米线, which is the noodles in chicken broth. I always compare this with the vietnamese pho ga. They share the similar flavor profile, which is to accentuate the umami of the chicken, along with some thinly sliced meat and veggies to go along to enhance the flavor and mouthfeel. The soup at Cloudland does has a more substantial chicken flavor than those in pho ga, which taste too MSGish to me. The toppings are ok, no Yunnan ham is included which is a very important part of the dish. It's expensive to export it I get it. However, the most fun part of the dish 过桥米线 is to DIY the dish. You pour all the raw ingredients in and let it cook. They do it here for your safety, but you definitely loss the fun. The other thing to mention is that apart from the main dishes, the side dishes, the rice, the soup are very small-portioned. Many of the dishes I can finish within a couple bites. Aside from that. The price tag is a bit steep. I went in and had a noodle soup came out at $17.XX after tax and tips. With that I'd much likely to enjoy a bowl of ramen at or go to a pho place to have a cheaper meal. Last, they do take cards but has a minimum $20 which they don't have it displayed anywhere, which is confusing. Food: 3.5 Ambience: 3 Service: 3.5 Value: 2.5 read more

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This is my favorite Yunnan rice noodle place in Bay Area. My hubby and I drive here for half an hour for the rice noodle almost every weekend. I don't why it's 3 stars in Yelp. We are only here for the crossing bridge rice noodles, that's the one and one bowl makes us full. The chicken&pork for rice noodles are extremely thin cut, thinner than all the meats you would see in any other hot pot places. The thin cut meat along with other veggies are cooked when served by putting them into the boiling hot soup. I see others complain about the super hot soup or lack of meat, but that's the way authentic Yunnan crossing bridge rice noodles should be. There are so many ingredients in the soup, chicken&pork,the special ham, king oyster mushroom, quail egg etc, and all of them, not the seasoning, just make the soup so great, so I always drink it up! read more

AC is off on such a day lol Tea is hot at the temperature which is not drinkable, but it's not my concern, my concern is NO AC during summer? Seriously? I heard this place from my friends, well it's definitely overrated by word of mouths. Food is just okay, service is just ok, it got only 3 star on yelp for a reason. read more

Overpriced noodle. For those have never been, it's ok to try it for one time. But we will never go again. Soup base is good, but with $12.99/ per bowl of noodles, only have 6 pieces thin chicken meat, seriously not worth the price. I'd rather to go for a Ramen instead. read more

Their cold noodles are excellent, with just the right amount of heat and seasoning. The spicy sour flavor just makes you want to eat more. The mala lotus root slices are great too--refreshingly crisp with a nice hit of mala without being overpowering. Service was prompt and friendly. Highly recommend checking it out! read more

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Went there late 1:30pm, no line, had the sour spicy noodle, very tasty I had to agree with some other comments, it's super expensive for what's put in, $13.99 ground meat and pickle noodle. It's delicious but still pricy ! The chilli sauce is very good too !! read more

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Delicious rice noodle. Two tables available in front of the restaurant. Nice service.

3.5 star for the rice noodle. Just ok, but they charge additional for the take out box. 0 star for 'steamed chicken'! Really small portion, fine, since it is only 6.99. But, most of the chicken are just bones, you will need some effort to find the meat! read more

For the food: 0 For the service:4 So I gave them 2 star! As many people's reviews, the side dish is a big joke! You can see the picture how mini it is! And the price 9 for one mini size side fish! Guoqiao noodle is very famous in china, I have been eat many times! But here guoqiao noodle made me feel are u sure this is guoqiao noodle? Anyway I am not came from yunnan,maybe it's this way but not my tea. read more

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They don't have many choices for food, but the ones they have are pretty good. We had their cloudland rice noodles (signature), and it's fast and delicious. Sometimes I got salty soup at other rice noodle places, but this one is good. However, the side dishes are a bit too heavy and salty for me. Complementary tea is great! read more

Cloudland Rice Noodles - Noodles Near Me - Newark, California

This is the very Yunnan rice noodle restaurant we go every week until the lockdown due to COVID-19. We always order the crossing-bridge noodles which are served in their authentic way. The portion is huge -- I have a big appetite but 2 orders of that will satisfy a family of 3. The fried cheese is another favorite dish we have every time. The owner is super nice and he gives our 2-yo treats every time we visit. Highly recommended if you would like to taste authentic Yunnan food. Parking can be a bit challenging if you go dinner time on weekends. And the line waiting can be long. read more

The Crossing Bridge Noodles were just meh. And the fried cheese thing was OK. I haven't been to a restaurant in a LONG time where no one inside spoke English. It is a sign of the changes that are happening in the Bay. I was greeted in Mandarin! I almost looked like I could speak it, until that moment they realized I was an ABC from a time now past. These days the new wave of Mainland Chinese cuisine is washing over us. It's fun to see new Chinese places. Have I adapted too much to American tastes to fully appreciate the New Chinese? Or is Cloudland just a reflection of that thing we know too well: most restaurants won't survive the 3rd year? read more

Agree with other reviews - this should be a solid 4 star place at least. Don't believe me? Check out the place on weekends and it's usually packed. Anyway, come here to enjoy authentic rice over bridge noodle. read more

The rice noodles are at best mediocre - across all aspects like the quality of noodles, quality of the soup and the toppings. Miss authentic Hunan rice noodles :(( read more