It's hard to find a restaurant that serves Hainan Chicken in the peninsula and I'm glad we found…read morethis place. My gauge is comparing it to Rooster and Rice (or What The Cluck) which is no longer available in the area. We did take out and ordered online. I wasn't sure what to expect. 1) Pork knuckle soup - the hubby raved about it and enjoyed it, saying it was very tasty. 2) cucumber salad - the grand kids love their cucumber salad - thank goodness we ordered a side of it since they finished what was in the hainan chicken special plate 3) Hainan chicken over rice was smooth and tasty. It came with cucumber and wood ear mushroom at least 8 pieces of chicken, fungus salad, some peanuts, one small egg roll, green onion paste and tasty rice cooked in some chicken stock/fat. It also included a small bowl of soup. It was all great in our opinion. When you order online - you get a text message that your order is confirmed. Then you'll get a 2nd text message that it's being prepared and a final text that it's ready for pick up. I scheduled a 5:30 pick up and it was readty at 5:15. When I went to, pick up the order, I can see there were many other orders ready for pick up. The restaurant is small and at a glance looked like maybe 10+.tables. If you join the rewards program, you can earn reward points toward food. So if you plan to eat or order online more than once, might as well join their reward program. I joined - why not? -and I immediately saw that I earned points from our dinner. I would actually give it a 4.5.

First time trying Hainan Chicken here on a Friday night…read more Wait list moves pretty fast depending on the crowd, because the service is quite fast with food coming out within 5 minutes of our order being placed. Dishes we tried: 1 The Hainan Chicken Rice Plate - surprised? It is served slightly chilled and has the signature gelatinous skin. Something was lacking in the flavor, even combined with the ginger scallion oil included. It wasn't bad but not stellar. 3/5 2 Braised Beef Brisket and Tendon Over Rice - nice balanced flavor; briskets were soft and tendons had the perfect texture. 4/5 3 Spicy Pork Ear - heavy on the peppercorns, otherwise it would have been great. 3/5 They close early at 8pm so need to plan for an early/regular dinner. A number of people stopped by after 8pm expecting to be seated thinking 9pm is closing. Street parking is usually reasonable to find with nonmetered street parking or a couple blocks into residential neighborhood. Will come back one more time to try different dishes if we're in the neighborhood.

Our friends recommended this spot and I'm glad they did because there are so many options in this…read morearea. They excel on the Chinese bbq and noodles! I can quite pin point what region of China this cuisine focuses on but it's fine as long it's delish. Recommend: Haninan Chicken Knif cut noodles with mala Onion noodles Beef rib noodles Just ok: Soy milk Quick tip: their knife cut noodles are off menu! Just ask for it when you order.

This is going to be the place for me to pick up bbq pork, steamed chicken or fried pork…read more Thankfully, it is close enough that I won't think twice about making the drive. In addition, it's on the same block as my barber. WOOOHH!!!! The bbq pork was much better than I expected. It was rich and slightly sweeter than the pork at Ranch 99. I am a fan. Okay, that was my update and here are the pics.

Excellent dumplings, fresh and tasty. Very good service too!…read moreAlso the spicy cucumber salad was unusual and delicious. Will return.

WOW! This place always shows up on my Yelp page but I never thought to try it. A friend suggested…read morethis place to try and I'm so glad we did! Everything tasted delicious! When you order the food, it seems like it's not much but it slowly creeps up on you and is super filling! I highly recommend the food here! The appetizer was so good that we ordered a second plate! Service was great as well! All of the workers are super attentive!

Really enjoyed this place. The fish we had was very delicious and the fish and chives dumplings…read morewere great. I've never had fish and chive dumplings before. Service was prompt and there was no wait. Theres parallel parking in front but its usually filled. Theres a lot behind the store and parking in the next street. The surrounded area is residential so you should be able to find a spot after some hunting.

We had not planned on eating here but last-minute decided to dine here given this was our only…read moreoption in the vicinity. But I'm not upset at all about this impromptu decision as we had a great meal here. Our table of 6 ordered a variety of dishes and everything was delicious. the most notable items for me were the spicy wontons and fish in chili oil. The dishes were spicy but not so much so that you couldn't enjoy the actual flavors of the dish. For those that like the Szechuan tingling feeling, the chicken in explosive chilis was also quite good. We had also given the string beans, green onion pancake, and pork and shrimp dumplings a shot and all of them hit the spot. I'm usually a huge fan of braised beef noodle soup so decided to get that here too. It wasn't the same as if I had gotten this dish at a Taiwanese restaurant; compared to the strong flavors of the other dishes, this one was pretty mild. So it's something I would skip next time I come, but every other dish was on point. Our waitress was also great at taking care of us, bring out our food quickly and helping us to clear the other plates. Even after we finished our meal and overstayed our welcome by continuing to chat, the staff didn't make us feel rushed to leave.

Needed a lunch spot that wasn't a three hour wait (lol Whisper) - and this place seemed to call to…read moreus. Upon entering, I noticed that it is a sister restaurant to the Lazhou Noodles but before we could change our minds, the hostess sat us (lol). I went with the main beef noodle soup, and we also tried the dry noodles with spicy beef. I was expecting the food to be very similar to their sister restaurant - BUT the food here was so much better I was SO surprised. The broth tasted better, the noodles were higher quality, and the beef was also much more tender and had less gristle. it made me wonder if it was a fluke or if this location was just that much better as this restaurant was also much more crowded versus the other locations. I can't wait to come back and bring friends, and though San Mateo is parking is not as friendly, the food experience definitely makes up for it!

It was well lit inside with high ceilings and the walls were decorated with a historical timeline…read moreand different facts about their noodles. Asked a server how big one bowl of noodles were and she made a small circle with her hands. When our order came out it was much bigger than what they described. If you're looking to share a bowl, one bowl is enough for two people. We got their No. 1 hand-pulled noodles with wide egg noodles and spicy heat level as well as their popcorn chicken with spice. First taste is always the broth and it was good but not the best I ever had. It was lacking more depth of flavor in the broth. There was only one spice level and while it was mild for me, could be a little spicy for others but nothing to worry about. The dry spice from the popcorn chicken definitely hits if you inhale it so be careful and it did make me break out into a mild sweat but it was ok.

4.5/5! The karaage…read morewas nice and tender. The tofu tasted good but wish it was the agedashi type, which I think would elevate the dish! Homura aburasoba was the highlight of the meal. The noodles were nice and bouncy, and the sauce, ground pork, and garnishes were a perfect harmony.

Great chewy noodle texture and very flavourful!! Would definitely come again. There was a line but…read moreshort wait for the outdoor seating. Chill ambience, the space between tables was reasonable but you could clearly hear your neighbor's conversations at very loud volume.. we overheard a very spicy and shocking conversation from the table adjacent to us. At first it seemed like a lot of onions and chives but after mixing it was a good ratio of sauce noodles and toppings. Friend ordered the mozzarella cheese add-on topping and it was literally just a little bowl of the shredded mozzarella cheese you can get at the grocery store... so we joked that next time we can just bring our own cheese (BYOC) I ordered the homura aburasoba (spicy minced pork, green onions, bamboo shoots, seaweed, fish powder, chives with ajitama (soft-boiled eggs marinated in soy sauce, ramen egg)). Highly recommend this place to anyone who likes noodles !!

The taste was so much better back in 18-19. Now the food taste like Chinese cafe. All Mexican…read morecooker now, the boiling fish taste bland, I didn't take leftover. However my white husband think it's great. I am Chinese and I really think the taste is 3 star now, lack of guoqi

Stopped by for a quick dinner Monday evening. I got the cilantro beef and green onion panCAKEs…read more Prices were okay, serving size was good, and taste and appearance were great! One tip is to ask about the spice level if you're sensitive to spice or want something spicier. I think they defaulted to low spice for us but I heard it's adjustable.

Been coming here but just for drinks and we love the persimmons when I season but never got to try…read morefood wise. Today we had group order with my colleagues. We got Beef stew noodles in soup with rice noodles( mine) beef is soft and flavorful generously portion as well. Spicy cumin lamb noodle ( my colleague- she said it's very good not enough spice but she loves it and generous portions as well) Curry noodle(my colleague- she love the fried katsu on the side separate with curry sauce- meat is crispy outside and moist inside and sauce it good flavor too) Overall first time trying there food and all agreed to try again next time because we enjoyed it

BEWARE OF FOOD POISONING:…read more We ordered two bowls of cumin lamb noodles on Tuesday and both subsequently fell sick. Symptoms include vomiting and diarrhea. To be honest, we are more than disappointed because we used to love Noodleosophy and are so shocked this happened. I don't know what has happened to the quality and sanitation, but I will not be ordering from them again.