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    Lanner Noodles & Bar

    4.2 (211 reviews)
    ModerateNoodles, Bars
    Closed 11:30 am - 2:30 pm, 5:00 PM - 9:30 PM
    Updated 2 weeks ago

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    Menu (1/2) as of 8/22/26
    Winston L.

    Chinese noodles galore! We got the Beef Rib Chili Oil Noodles and a Lamb Skewers. Lamb skewers were flavorful and nicely BBQed. Noodles had tender meat in a tasty broth whose spice snuck up on us as we progressed through it. The meat portion between our two bowls was uneven though, one had more than the other. They have more chili oil and black vinegar on the side. It was quite stuffy inside, it would have been nice if they turned the AC higher

    Wendi K.

    This is a small, cozy spot in Kendall Square that makes delicious hand pulled noodles in delicious broths and sauces. I recommend the cucumber salad ($6) and cold chili chicken ($9) for the appetizer. The Beef Rib Chili Noodles ($18) were divine - the noodles are fresh and have a wonderful chew. The meat is tender, soft, chopped up into little bite sized pieces - so thoughtful! Portions are also huge. I wish I got pictures of the food, but I was at a business dinner and felt awkward. The staff are polite and efficient.

    Braised Beef Noodle Soup
    Lena L.

    We placed our name on the waitlist ahead of time and arrived when we got the notification that the table is ready. However, no one greeted us and we had to flag a server to get seated. The restaurant is weirdly warm and stuffy. The table is also weirdly small that looks like it's for 2 instead of 4. But food is delicious, I got the classic hand pulled noodles in the classic beef noodle soup. Skewers were well seasoned as well. Would definitely recommend the food but beware the warm environment and small seating.

    牛肋骨油泼面 Beef Rib Chili Oil Noodles
    Cyrus A.

    Based on food alone, Lanner definitely deserves five stars. Their noodles are outstanding. I had the beef rib chili oil noodles and opted for the wide noodles; everything about the dish was delicious. The meat was tender, the noodles were chewy, and the seasoning was very balanced, bringing some spice and some sweetness in every bite. They might be suffering from their own success, however. Operations here were pretty tough to watch. The servers on the floor were pretty overmatched in terms of keeping up with seating guests, taking orders, and bringing out dishes. There were two noisy drops in my visit, one of which almost led to food landing on a customer's lap. Accidents happen, but in the context of how hard the servers were working just to barely keep up, it was obvious this place needs more staff. The space itself is also a bit underwhelming, with a makeshift quilt at the entrance to try to keep heat in, and cheaper plastic cups that didn't look the most clean. Great food, definitely worth a visit, and I hope they tighten it up so that the rest of the experience follows the amazing cooking!

    牛肋骨油泼面 Beef Rib Chili Oil Noodles
    Isha A.

    First come, first serve and it gets pretty busy in here! I recommend adding your name to the waitlist before you go. It's a cute, small restaurant with a cozy feel. I think the service here is okay - pretty chaotic, so it took us awhile to get our food and when they forgot a drink, we weren't able to get it until we were almost done with our meal. The noodles are amazing. The beef falls off the bone and the spice is perfection for someone who loves spicy food. I like it so much that I've started ordering it when I'm craving noodles!

    Beef Rib Chili Oil Noodles
    Evelyn W.

    Enjoyed my meal and would come back to try other menu items! The space is small and cozy. I ordered the Beef Rib Chili Oil Noodles, and I wished the noodles were a bit bouncier and the chili oil was spicier. The beef was incredibly tender and delicious. I think it'd be even better if they included cilantro with this dish as well. Really interested so see if the texture is better with their other noodle shapes?

    lamb shank soup
    Howie H.

    parking is street. you'll have to go a block away for metered parking. this review is for the second visit. stopped by for a saturday lunch. ordered the fried mushrooms, lamb skewers, chili oil beef noodle, lamb shank soup noodle, and a can of coke. mushroom was fantastic, really crispy, mushrooms inside was fresh, the seasoning was flavorful. the chili oil beef noodles lamb shank soup noodle was fantastic as always. the lamb skewers were RAW. the smallest piece on the skewer was raw, the bigger pieces were super raw. we took a few bites and noticed the texture was off. then realized it's not even cooked. we asked the server to take it back and have the kitchen cook it some more. see the pics on how raw it is. c'mon lanner, the whole existence of the place is to cook food and failed at that. the raw meat upset my stomach for the rest of the day. this is a health concern as you failed to operate your restaurant to code.

    牛肋骨油泼面 Beef Rib Chili Oil Noodles
    kat b.

    Food was delicious!!! Issue was with the service. Were only checked in on when (1) we got water (2) took our order (3) gave us our food. My best friend and I both got the Ceylon milk tea and Spicy Chili Beef Noodle Dish. Milk was good but boba was hard. No complaints on the noodles though. Was just disappointed in the service. The two people there were busting their butts but they needed some help!

    红烧牛肉面 Braised Beef Noodle Soup
    Jenny T.

    Food: Broth was REALLY good. The beef and noodles were ok-ish, maybe not my taste? Service: There was a bit of a wait, but this place gets super busy. Ice, my server, was super friendly! The servers were nice too. Ambiance: Restaurant has swearing all around. You may be put on a wait list but it moves fast. I wish I tried the other stuff tbh like the tea or soup dumplings.

    A delicious cow's shank with noodles
    Seth F.

    After much speculation and much rumination I scheduled an important dinner at Lanner Noodles & Bar, which is located a mere hop, skip, and jump away from the Central Square Target on the beautiful Pearl Street, the road that famously leads to the Morse School. Upon entering, guests have the pleasure of grazing their bodies through a piece of thin and lithe fabric that covers the entryway. I did not examine this piece of lithe fabric as concertedly and wholeheartedly as I might have earlier in the day -- alas, I entered Lanner Noodles & Bar at approximately 7 PM. I was neither surprised nor fazed that the menu selection largely consists of noodles. This is likely whence came the name Lanner Noodles & Bar. The noodle options offer a range of soupiness -- there are soups for some and dry options for others. My table shared an order of cucumber salad and an order of marinated wood ear mushrooms. These plates were both delicious and flavorful, especially the mushrooms, which did not taste like wood but did remind me in texture of a piglet's ear. A piglet's ear is a delicious food, particularly on tacos. I ordered a dish whose name now escapes me, but it was a seasonal item that essentially consists of a beef shank with noodles. I have attached a photograph for reference. The dish is tasty, but for many the true pleasure derives from the large cow's shank bone that you can gnaw at on the road after you leave the restaurant. The service was slightly confused. We were seated promptly by a server who seemed to be impressively competent. The waiter then assigned to our table forgot about us, but fortunately the competent waiter was able to take our order so we did not have to sit in the restaurant into the wee hours of the morning. I would return with readiness to sample the other menu items. This restaurant is a good addition to Central Square.

    Justin S.

    For a Tuesday lunch, I returned to Lanner. The establishment was almost full at 12:15pm, though I managed to get one of the remaining tables. As usual, I ordered the $20 lunch combo. The lanzhou noodles today seemed under-portioned compared to before. The broth only went halfway up the bowl, and the noodle amount was substantially less than before. Previously I would be definitively full after; today, however, I still felt a bit hungry. The new batch of students acting as wait staff also needs better training. My lunch combo tray was unceremoniously shoved onto the table under my arm from behind me without consideration for, say, if I moved at the last minute and accidentally knocked the server's stuff over. The bill was also handed to me in the middle of dining. I'd expect this from the disaffected Chinatown establishments, but not Lanner. Quite the unpleasant change from previous lunches, where wait staff were much more polite and deliberate with their movements. Hopefully today's experience is a result of the new student chaos that descends upon the city biannually. However, I don't feel all that inclined to return test my hypothesis.

    Cucumber Salad
    Gary G.

    Small joint just off Central Square, with an obviously noodle-centric menu. There's a bar, but more for making drinks to take to tables. I didn't see any stools. Cucumber Salad: Cold dish with large chunks of cucumber, marinated in sesame oil and hit copiously with minced garlic. A little one note, but prepared well and refreshing. Be prepared for the heavy garlic. Sweet and Sour Shortrib: Hefty serving for a small plate. Cut across the bones and lightly glazed with a dark barbecue sauce that wasn't that sweet and wasn't at all sour. Very tender meat, as if braised. No crispness. Pleasant enough but seemed like a reheat. Stir Fried Noodles with Tofu: My wife's dish. She enjoyed the noodles but thought the dish was heavy on the salt and that the tofu wasn't that fresh. Pork Belly Noodles: My dish. Thick noodles with the right feel, with plenty of pork belly and just enough somewhat-spicy sauce to keep everything lubricated, but not drowning. Minimal fat in the tender pork belly, which had a stewed, mono-textured feel like the shortrib app. Hand Torn Cabbage: Stir fried with hot peppers and garlic, this dish was built as two peppers of heat, but wasn't that hot at all. Perfectly cooked, with some crunch left in, and very lightly sauced. Another fairly plain one, but a suitable complement to the proteins. Service: Awkward. Value: Every dish was under $15, with the small plates $6 and $11. Parking: Tough to find on the street, but there's a garage right around the corner. I liked everything I tried-- somewhat. There were no mistakes or duds, but none of the dishes brought the excitement or flavor wallop of what I consider to be superior noodle joints (Jahunger, Lan Feast) nearby and across the river.

    Warm milk tea
    Monica C.

    Great experience dining here on a bustling weekday evening! It was a 10 minute waitlist for a walk in around 6pm and the restaurant was packed but cozy. We ordered the Langzhou beef noodle soup, cucumber salad, and mushroom dish plus warm milk tea which was so delicious with caramel notes and uniquely served in a mini pitcher which you can pour into a tiny tea cup. The noodle soup was cozy and just what I needed to warm up (:

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    A dinner with my Korean friends revealed my current favorite Chinese restaurant in Boston!…read more Soup Steamed Dumplings Pork 小籠包: The dumplings were large, incredibly juicy, and the meat filling was tender and smooth. The seasoning was only slightly sweet, perfectly complementing the freshness of the meat. These were the best Xiaolongbao I've had in the US, although the skin was a bit soggy and unappetizing. Pork & Leeks Dumpling: My friend ordered these, opting for pan-fried dumplings. They were piping hot, incredibly fragrant, and the meat filling was tender. The chive flavor was mild, which is perfect since I don't like chives lol. A touch of vinegar was definitely needed to cut through the richness! Sliced Fish Szechuan Style: Calling them "sliced fish" is a bit of a stretch; "fish fillets" would be more accurate. They were probably made with basa fish, and the fish was incredibly tender, almost melting in your mouth. The broth was fragrant, and the numbing and spicy flavor was authentic, earning high praise from my friend from Sichuan. Lamb with Ginger & Scallions Onion: A perfectly good Beijing dish, but it was prepared with the feel of a Cantonese stir-fry, which suited my Cantonese palate perfectly. The lamb was incredibly tender, with no gamey taste, and stir-fried until the oil was visible but the sauce wasn't thickened. The sweetness of the onions and carrots added to the complex flavor. Sweet and Sour Pork Tenderloin: Just average, like a typical Shanghai style home-cooked meal. Nothing special to say. General Gao's Tofu 左宗豆腐: My first time trying the famous "General Tso" (I don't know why they call it General Gao) series of American Chinese cuisine. It felt similar to the technique used in Shanghainese "Kung Pao宮保." A slightly sweet and sour flavor with the aroma and mild spiciness of dried chili peppers, the ingredients were deep-fried and coated in a thick sauce. The tofu was overcooked, the edges were hard, and the sauce became a bit watery towards the end. This dish was just okay.

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    Hokkaido Ramen Santouka - Harvard Square

    4.1(1.6k reviews)
    0.9 miHarvard Square
    $$

    I thought their signature shio broth was the best: creamy and porky. It tasted like it has been…read moresimmering for hours. As some of the other reviewers mentioned, it was greasy. The miso broth was not bad, but the miso flavor dominated the rich pork broth, so I got less of the pork flavor. The noodles were firm, but I was disappointed with the scant toppings. My bowl only had 1 thin fish cake, 3 bamboo strips, and few wood ear mushroom strings (1 star off). Even the pork piece was small, about the size of 3 bamboo strips. Most other ramen places I have been to include an abundance of toppings or even a soft-boiled egg. I guess the ramen bowl here could fill a craving, but not one I would go out of my way for. One annoying thing that happened with us is that our waiter gave us the runaround to get an advertised $1 discount with a student ID (1 star off). My son showed his student ID and then the waiter said we have to download their app too. I downloaded it, but then he said the app account needs to be in my son's name. I then changed the account to my son's name and showed him. Then the waiter said the email needs to be his school email address. Eh, nowhere on Earth does a *restaurant* marketing app requires a student's school email address. Then he started asking if my son goes to college or high school, and that he needs to clear with his manager if a high school ID is okay. At this point, it just seems like he was trying to make things extra difficult for us. He eventually said he got "permission" from his manager to apply the $1 discount for my son's high school ID. Good Lord -- this is not worth it at this point and left a negative impression about the establishment.

    I tried the tsukemenつけ麺, and was a bit disappointed…read more.. Shoyu Tsukemen: The tsukemen noodles were much larger than the ramen noodles; a small portion had 200 grams of noodles, which were quite thick and chewy. The chashu叉焼 was stewed until tender, but the broth was extremely oily and had a strong porky smell, which was nauseating. Karaage: It was a little overcooked, but fresh and hot, so it was still pretty good. The sauce was a bit spicy, which was interesting. Aji-tama: The taste was neither good nor bad, but I found eggshell in it. After I reported this, the staff first asked if I had cut myself, and then readily gave me a refund, which was nice.

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    Kenzoku Mazesoba

    4.6(134 reviews)
    1.2 mi
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    Wheelchair accessible
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    Looking for something different while visiting Boston. This place was withing walking distance of…read moreour lodging so gave it a shot. There was a small line of people waiting when we arrived, but the wait was not very long. The dining area is not huge, but the Staff hustles so it seems to turn over quick. Super friendly hostess/server who was non-stop energy and movement. She made it flow while still being personable. I have never had this type of food, so cannot base it on anything except it was delicious. I followed the instructions and added the rice at the end (nice top off). The Miso soup was good along with the Sushi roll. The Hostess gave us a new drink to try and we all enjoyed it. Definitely a great spot !!!

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    4.4(257 reviews)
    0.2 miCentral Square
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    Delicious coffee, super cute space, and refreshing food…read more It's a bus yourself restaurant with an unassuming outdoor space in the back for additional seating. They generally require you to order before sitting given the small space so keep that in mind when you arrive. Service is friendly and very quick. Their food is delicious and refreshing, however I'd say the star of the show is their coffee. I really enjoyed the Saigon latte especially paired with the DELICIOUS pastry. Definitely want to come back to try their dinner menu!

    Came here on a sunday evening around 7:45 PM without a reservation, and were quickly seated at the…read morebar. The restaurant had a really great ambiance, and I enjoyed being able to watch the chefs prepare the food. We ordered the ginger cabbage salad, the coconut eggplant, and the duck noodles. I would have loved to have tried their sushi grade salmon, but they were unfortunately sold out for the night. So I would recommend arriving earlier if you would like to try it. My favorite dish was the duck noodles. I liked the freshness of the basil in the pesto, and the tenderness and juiciness of the duck. The coconut eggplant was a close second favorite. The coconut flavor was delicious, and I liked the nuts on top for crunch. I also found the ginger cabbage salad to be yummy, but not as much as a standout as the other two dishes. Overall, I really enjoyed this spot for dinner. I liked how fresh everything was, and how the dishes felt very light and healthy. It's definitely a bit on the pricier side, but I found it to be very worth it. I definitely come back and try their lattes and other dishes.

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