I really like the food here, every weekend we come here for lunch. The noodles here are hand made…read morenoodles. Really love it!

Food here is so delicious! I'd definitely return! Specially for the soup dumplings. Extremely…read morecomforting! The spicy beef noodle soup was also very tasty.

The drink offerings are INSANELY awesome! Pengu smoothie is…read morethe stuff dreams are made of. It's got marshmallows, coconut, strawberry and more. Looks like a fluffy cotton candy cloud and tastes like perfection. Love the pot stickers and green onion pie. Buns with condensed milk are another lovely little treat. Steamed dumplings-yes, please. Lo mein is fantastic! There are bountiful drink choices from slushies to teas and milks. Like so many incredible offerings...hard to make a choice. Hands down one of my fave places.

I love a good Boba drink, and this is the place I will always come for one. A friend introduced me…read moreto this wonderful shop. So, I was telling a friend I was looking for a very good Boba place. She suggested CoCo's, and I got the directions. Imagine my surprise, it was next door to a place I go to regularly. I wondered why I hadn't seen this cafe before. The inside was so cute, it had a playful side and a lounge nighttime side, if that makes sense. I can see being here at night. I bet this place is very busy at night. It actually was busy when I was there. I tried to take my pictures away from people. I ordered the Honeydew Smoothie with the Tapioca Pearls. I have to say those pearls stood out. I never had pearls taste so good; they were so tasty and chewy. I was actually stirring my straw, moving the pearls around to get a lot of them at once to come through the straw. Now, granted, on its own, the pearls were coming through, but I think I got a little greedy. I also noticed there are food items on the menu. I saw more than a few entrees I like, and some I want to try. I want to dry the Rice Ball, Fried Tofu with Peanut Sauce, and more. There's so much here to try, and I can't wait. The question is, how did I not know about CoCo's?!

First of all, we were just there 08/07/2026 around 9pm, i hope the management reads that. The staff…read morewas very friendly and service oriented. Young kids doing hard work on a friday evening instead of partying. And they did a great job!!! Second, the food: We had the soup dumplings, the won ton in the chili sauce, the minced pork noodle and the stir fry noodles with beef. The food was amazing, could be a little bit more spicy though, but they have some hot sauces and chili oil to turn it up a notch. The noodles were perfectly cooked, not to soft and not al dente. Prices are good, portions are plenty. Also, they have these super delicious garlicky cucumbers in a savory sauce/dressing at the self serve section. I should have taken more of those. It's a neat little place, they also have these cute little booths outside. I already know what i will try next time we go there. This place is up my (noodle) alley!

TLDR: SO much potential…read more From the pictures online, Noodle Alley looked legit! Simple seating, bamboo plants, simple wood furniture, red lanterns and a shrine-- it gives traditional without even trying. You can order either at the counter or directly at your table via QR code. I'd recommend ordering at the counter, since it seems like table orders take longer to get moving. If your body runs warm, their central AC isn't running and for the most part, I found myself too hot to even want to order noodles with broth. Instead, I opted for the Cold Sesame noodles, which surprisingly wasn't bad! NOTE: the picture overhypes the dish and the actual result/taste look nothing like it. It absolutely needed more dimension other than the cucumbers, lettuce, and carrots-- fried garlic, lime, peanuts, scallions, ANYTHING. The chicken was tender (THANK GOODNESS), but should have been more shredded. Small menu items: *The Taiwanese Popcorn: another one-dimensional item that could have been so much better. It needed more spices and BASIL! *Soup Dumplings: Came out deflated with not enough soup, but the good news: the dumpling wrapper was tender and the pork filling wasn't too bad. *Shrimp & Pork Wontons in Chili Sauce: needs more acidity, I added a few drops of vinegar and it made the dish perfect Self-Service: In addition to being able to order at your table, Noodle Alley has a self-service bar where they serve oranges (essential to end all Chinese meals) and cucumber salad. Though there seems to be some praise for the cucumber salad, we found it to be too soggy meaning it's been sitting for some time.

I think the fried rice is good, the mapo tofu is good too, they are very generous with their meat…read moreportion in the mapo tofu. The salt and pepper dishes are too sweet. Same thing with the pig ear, too sweet for me. 3 cup chicken is interesting. Their scallion pancakes are very delicious and greasy.

OKAY.........Their food is amaaazing, ok?.......They give you "more" food than "any" restaurant…read moreI've "ever" been to. The service is quick efficient & yet handled w/ the utmost c a r e. The ambience is " v e r y" chill & comforting. My husband & I "L O V E" RICE BOWL CAFE SOOO MUCH !!!! We "L O V E" their abundant VEGAN PLANT BASED menu !! They also have an extensive carnivore menu, as well. PARKING is plentiful. There are just "SO" many good things about Rice Bowl Cafe !! Remember.......They're closed on Monday. So plan accordingly ;--).

Really enjoyed this place! The dumplings were fresh, flavorful, and really satisfying. Everything…read morewe tried tasted great, and the portions were good too. Definitely a nice spot in Austin when you're craving dumplings. I'd come back!​

Dumpling World was a very enjoyable experience and gave us a chance to try a nice variety of…read moredishes. We had the Pork Sticky Rice Shumai, Pork Xiao Long Bao, Shrimp & Pork & Chive Steamed Dumplings, Eggplant & Minced Pork Noodles, and Pineapple Fried Rice. Everything was flavorful and satisfying, and ordering several different dishes was definitely the way to go. The dumplings were the highlight, especially being able to try several different styles and fillings. The Xiao Long Bao had that comforting soup-dumpling experience you are looking for, while the shrimp, pork, and chive dumplings offered a completely different flavor and texture. The sticky rice shumai was another nice variation. The Eggplant & Minced Pork Noodles added a hearty, savory dish to the meal, and the Pineapple Fried Rice provided a nice balance with a little sweetness. Overall, Dumpling World is a great choice if you enjoy dumplings and want enough variety to explore beyond just one or two traditional options. Good food, plenty to choose from, and definitely a place we would visit again.

Tasty spot with Taiwanese food and Sushi! We enjoyed everything we tried (in order of favorite to…read moreleast favorite): Fried Chicken Pancake Slider with Pork Belly Claypot Beef Lu Ro Fan with Purple Rice (!!) Fried Kabocha But the way, that was a lot of food for 2 people even two hungry people but it as great to have the variety and try so many things on first visit and something tells me the mains will be very good tomorrow too! Service was friendly, and cool thing is that in an effort to be environmentally friendly, you get 10% off if you bring your own takeout containers! Also woman owned and operated. Definitely a very chill vibe - kind of artsy with murals/old Austin.

I have been drying to eat here forever. Love the reviews on…read moreYelp and follow their instagram. I do not understand how this kind of kitchen does NOT use salt, seasonings or spices?!?? Everything is just sooo incredibly bland and very little to almost zero flavor. Asked for dipping sauces and chili oil and even after adding it to the egg drop soup and dunking every item ordered in sauce..... all I could taste was the added hot sauce or dumpling sauce. I ordered the mimosa, came to the table completely flat and awful..... the food was also just flat and awful. Soooooo disappointed. We were so excited to finally get to eat here. Service was very attentive and sweet, very pretty interior. That was the only thing good about this restaurant. Unfortunately we will not be back. We ordered $75 worth of food and left the table full of plates piled high with uneaten food. We went in the street and ate lunch at a different restaurant. Now I know why there were only 3 old white guys eating lunch here on a Sunday afternoon and all the other restaurants on the street are packed with guests. Sorry to say, this place is a total disappointment.

Everything was delicious here. Everything. Single. Dish. Peking duck, boiled fish fillets in chili…read moresauce, basil eggplant, spicy and crispy chicken. Packed place, but the food comes out really fast. Service is nice too! Expect a bit of a waiting time to be seated because of how busy dinner gets. I would love to come back!

Bamboo House was such a great find. The star of the meal was definitely the Peking duck, crispy,…read moreperfectly roasted skin with juicy, flavorful meat. The duck was cooked really well, and paired with the pancakes, sauce, and fresh toppings, every bite was . Everything we had was solid, but the Peking duck is what really stood out and made the meal memorable. Definitely a spot I'd come back to, especially when I'm craving a good Peking duck. Highly recommend giving it a try!

I was craving XLB and dragged my husband along for an adventure to Julie's. New to the area, I'd…read moreheard they were the best. Unassuming location in a strip mall with plenty of parking. You order at the counter and they deliver the food table side. No frills on the service, which is why it's affordable. We ordered: pork XLB, pan fried pork and shrimp dumplings, scallion pancakes, steamed pork buns, and suan tsai spicy beef noodles. The suan tsai spicy beef noodles with pickled greens stole the show. WOW. Perfect amount of heat in a flavorful broth. The pickled greens really balanced out the heat in the perfect way. I could eat this every day and be happy. Noodles were thick and perfectly cooked. I was inhaling the soup and scallion pancakes (also incredible) and left the XLB sitting too long. By the time I got to them, the slightly thicker wrapping had absorbed all the soup. Still good flavor though! The pan fried dumplings were also good, but just overshadowed by the soup in my opinion. I didn't try the steamed buns (not typically my jam), and my husband said the bun itself was great, but the meat needed some flavor. Nothing to photograph as we ate almost everything! I'll be dreaming about the pickled soup tonight as I roll into bed.

I ordered this to go style and was a little bit worried I was still going to be hungry. I mean,…read morejust 6 soup dumplings sound like they can go down pretty fast. And as an appetizer at that lol . But way to prove me wrong because these were nice and hearty. The wrapper itself was a bit thicker than others I've tried and the protein inside was nice and hearty. There wasn't as much soup in all of the Dumplings but I feel ordering to go might have not done it justice. Flavor was rich and serving size was just right.

This is definitely one of my favorite places in Austin for Asian food and soup dumplings…read more Definitely need to make a reservation because this place is small and always packed. When you arrive, everybody is so nice you give them your name and they get you seated right away. I ordered a drink called a signature tingling Daisy and it was so good. I definitely could've had so many but I was driving so you gotta pace yourself. We started off with the soup dumplings, which are just phenomenal. It's a must when you go. Also, for appetizers, we got the spicy cucumbers which were divine and a hot and sour soup, which was perfectly balanced and not watery. We also got a beef fried rice and let me tell you that rice is so soft and delicious. You literally dream about it the next day. I also got the pecking duck which is delicious there the skin is nice and crispy and the meat on it taste so good. We also got the Kung pow shrimp with cashews, which was delicious and the pieces of shrimp were gigantic. We also got the green beans which is were delicious. I love ordering green beans when they're cooked just like the ones I posted in the photo. Then for dessert, we got the chocolate mousse which is that little dog cake. I know it's so cute and they made it a little hard to eat because you feel bad in a weird sense. It was delicious now I will say when cutting it and realizing the inside had a raspberry filling, made it a little more crazy cause it looked like blood, but it was still so good. This place is definitely an awesome staple and a must visit when you're in town or just always go and have food there whether it's date night or friends catching up or anything in general even on your own.

I made a reservation for two on Resy and discovered when we got there that it was for the bar for…read moresome reason. This could have been my mistake but I don't remember any choice in the matter. The greeter wasn't very friendly and borderline surly when I asked for more details about how to not book the bar in the future. Didn't get any explanation but fortunately, we won't have to worry about that... The food was just awful. We ordered 3-4 types of dimsum (onion pancake, soup dumplings, chu shou, fried shu mae) and three entries (orange beef, eggplant and their take on ma pao tofu) for the best tasting experience. The curry sauce for the onion pancake was probably the most flavorful dish of the night sadly. The onion pancake was way way over fried-- hard as a rock. If that's their take on onion pancake... well, it's just wrong. The soup dumplings were passable but a bit doughie and the filling was full of a lot of noticeable coagulated fat -- not clear and broth-y, with light surface droplets of oil as all delicious broths. My wife enjoyed the chu shou -- I found the filling much too overcooked and tough -- difficult to eat with chop sticks. Like a tough, overcooked meatball. The fried shu Mae were just plain inedible. My wife and I each ate one and left the rest. The included sauce was basic and too heavy. And again, over fried. There was a huge delay between our apps and our mains, like 40 minutes or so. Various bar staff apologized. It wasn't a big deal, we were in a good conversation and they were super busy but our mains were not at all worth waiting for. Small portions. WAY over sauced. WAY too salty. WAY too sweet. No distinct flavors at all. The ma pao didn't seem to have any Szechuan pepper at all. How do you miss that ? The plating of the eggplant dish was really creative but I don't eat with my eyes and it came with no instruction -- my first bite was just flavorless steamed eggplant cube -- second was mixed with one note sauce. One of the better mains IMO but it was still gloopy and pretty gross. Wife did not enjoy it. The orange beef was essentially just six or seven cubes of tough, fatty beef covered in over-the-top bitter orange peel. We each had a cube and left the rest. Honestly, give me Panda Express any day over this abject failure of a restaurant. Austin needs more Chinese but if it's anything like this place, forget it. I'd rather spend a 4h round trip to Houston and go to even a mediocre Chinese restaurant than endure another meal at this place. What a waste of $165. Edit: I wish I was making this up but I literally had to pull over to throw up on the side of the road on the way home. The food did not sit well with me. I have no underlying health conditions, am not on any medicine that would have this as a side effect and only shared one beer with my wife. It was just a very, very, disappointing and gross meal.

Classic hole in the wall Chinese restaurant! It's tiny inside with limited seating, I got my food…read moreto go. Spicy Lamb Noodle: 10/10: for $13 this was massive! Even after being in a container for a bit, the noodles were still chewy and not soggy. The noodles themselves tasted a little salty so it wasn't bland at all. The lamb was really flavorful and the onions balanced it out perfectly. Scallion Pancake: 5/10 Unfortunately these were a miss for me. These were super greasy and smelled faintly of old oil. Possibly caught them on a bad day, but I wouldn't be discouraged from trying their other menu items.

We tried the sesame pork sandwiches, combination noodle soup, and the green onion pancake. I really…read moreliked the sesame pork sandwich! It reminded me of a Taiwanese street food, but the fried sesame bun is different than what I've tried at other places. The combination noodle soup is delicious! There is a good ratio of noodles to toppings. I think the price is very reasonable as well. The combination soup reminds me of sweet and sour soup, but without the sour vinegar taste. This tastes like home-cooked food! We took our order to go, and I think that is the move. There are eight small tables inside the restaurant. It was the middle of the day, and the AC did not seem to be on. But there were some fans.