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  • 5/5 carolin h. 2 years ago on Google
    For lunch or dinner time the most time packed, but the food is so tasty. It's worth it to wait in the line, because they're usually very quick in preparing the meal. So the best thing here is to order for take away. What I can recommend are the spring rolls. Different than usual are you getting to big one, so delicious. By the way are the small noodle box portion very big.
    5 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Katka K. 3 years ago on Google
    Famous noodles and spice bag! Spice bag is huge, spicy enough and full of chicken! Noodle box with beef and veg 10stars from 10!! And deep fried fish in chilli sauce is also amazing and spicy! Definetely recommend this restaurant to order your take away from !!
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Kitty L. 1 year ago on Google
    Wow it was delicious. The flavour of biang biang noodle dish was great. The beef in it was a bix of a mix bag- some were tender some were super dry. The warm rice noodle salad was great too. Good texture of the rice noodles and good flavour with a peanut hint. Partner had Singaporean noodle which looks good. The food was a bit spicy for me but endurance haha. Luckily the tap water is refillable. Would come back when in Dublin! BTW if you have been to the biang biang noodles in East London, the flavour of this one is way better. I wrote a review of it.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Tressie F. 2 years ago on Google
    Quite possibly the best Chinese food you’ve ever had. Sporting seven full-time kitchen staff, Xian Street food smacks of authenticity from the get-go. Noodles and dumplings made fresh to order highlight an inclusive menu that will give you weeks’ worth of dishes to sample, and fresh teas ranging from passion fruit tapioca bubble to brown sugar cheese-cap milk tea(sounds weird but it’s delicious) complement whatever your selection may be. Portions are generous so you can share, though you may not want to- Xian Street Food is a must-try during your stay in Dublin.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Josefine D. 1 year ago on Google
    Fresh and flavorful food. Green curry a bit too sweet for my taste, but will def come back to try a new dish. Friendly staff.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Xiao Y. 1 year ago on Google
    This place is amazing and deserves the five stars! Good price and quality and you will get served pretty quickly. The biang biang noodles were medium spicy. I recommend you to eat here!
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Sarah C. 1 year ago on Google
    The images attached show a fly cooked into my food I got as takeout. Contacted Xian, explained we wouldn't be eating any of the order. They would replace the rice dish not our whole order. How that wasn't noticed by kitchen staff is beyond me. I feel physically ill knowing I had eaten several mouthfuls.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Roy T. 1 year ago on Google
    So looking forward to have noodle soup when i see this shop while walking around Temple Bar area. We made it here for lunch today. The noodle itself is good but the overall taste is just average. We also order the spring rolls, which just okay.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Noble P. 10 months ago on Google
    During my recent visit to Xian Street Food takeaway, I was surprised to find it bustling even at 11pm. The place was filled with customers eagerly placing their takeaway orders, creating a lively atmosphere. As there was no available seating inside, I opted for a takeaway and settled on the nearby building stairs, a less than ideal choice but relatively peaceful compared to the busy store. I decided to try their dumplings and ordered a spicy bag as well. The dumplings were enjoyable, delivering a satisfying taste. However, I must admit that the spicy bag left much to be desired. It had a dry texture that didn't quite meet my expectations. Perhaps this is a common characteristic of all their spicy bags. Regrettably, my overall dining experience was not as pleasant as I had hoped. The food had a slightly sour and salty flavor, which did not resonate well with my taste buds.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Harsha Venkata Sai C. 10 months ago on Google
    The food is really delicious if you have pan-Asian tastebuds. Top-notch in quality and decent ambiance. The serve is quick and staff are friendly.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Matthew A. 2 years ago on Google
    It was that good that I went there twice in two days and had the same dish both times! Went for the large Nooble Box with beef but chose to eat it there. It came in a big bowl full of veggies and noodles, along with a ton of strips of Irish beef! At least a steak's worth! So I wasn't gonna complain! It was a clean, tasty and quick to eat! So if you want a big, quick and very good value for money meal in the city centre then check this place out!
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Megan 9 months ago on Google
    The spice bucket is great value, the chicken balls and wings inside of it were so good! Only thing is the chicken strips were a little dry and hard to chew. Fried noodles were good but not great, the beef in them was amazing though! Loved the curry and sweet and sour sauce, our order was packed nicely and had good portion sizes. I would definitely come back to eat inside!
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Ashwin K. 2 years ago on Google
    For the love of Chinese street food this place for you! Been here and I like the Nasi goreng rice, spice bag spring rolls, and other items as well. And comes quite in a budget with good quantity.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Craig D. 10 months ago on Google
    Regretfully I ordered from here as was recommended by a friend. It took 1:30hrs for delivery less than 2km from their shop, food wise you can see by photos their “Tempura Prawns” are not that, their “Dumplings” are dry and very bland. I thought the “Massaman curry” was nice although the veg was nearly raw, the rest was ok but defo not worth getting for a delivery as it was very disappointing. Look elsewhere is my recommendation.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Sofia C. 5 months ago on Google
    I love the prawns and fried rice. Always yummy! Everything is correctly chilling, not too much, not too less… it’s just perfectly seasoned and chilli 🌶️ I love it. The ambience is good too, even in the winter ir warmy (even outside they have heaters). One of my fav chinese street food in Dublin.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Namrata P. 2 years ago on Google
    If you are vegetarian and craving for Chinese please please please must go and try it... You are going to have amazing Chinese trust me. Amazing Asian street food. Most of their specialty noodles they can do vegan and they also have a few vegan rice noodle salads. I got the vegetable noodles box and I would highly recommend them! The noodles were amazing!! Homemade, thick, flavourful and delicious! From the sauce to the veggies to the noodles - 100%!! Can’t wait to go back again - already craving them and it’s only been a day!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Sven O. 1 year ago on Google
    A lucky find! After searching some food late at night we found this place and were super happy about it! The chef made a vegan Pad Thai for me, my partner had a noodle salad. Both dishes very tasty. Fast service, almost unbeatable prices and friends staff. Highly recommended for vegans looking for some great street food at night!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 T N. 9 months ago on Google
    Ordered Dan Dan noodles today with high hopes. Sorely disappointed though. Instead of marinated beef stir fried with chilli oil,I got cubes of braised beef and a bland mix of vegetables that don't fit the dish at all. The sauce is a shop bought Szechuan hot pot base and everything about it was boring and badly executed. I saw the bored staff listlessly preparing the flat noodles which should be stretched by hand and slapped on the counter, instead a few half hearted goes and then into the boiling water. I've eaten this dish in china many times and this is far from the authentic original one. Could not recommend xian .
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 sgj 9. 1 year ago on Google
    If you feel like you want Chinese food I totally recommend. Good food, good amount but the staff could try to be more friendly. We order the Singapore noodles and the Xian beef ramen and they were really good.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 jonathan y. 1 year ago on Google
    After a few days of daily Irish food, really craving for noodle soup. I am surprised this one is pretty good. Somehow I think a lot of people missing out on this one "Paomo". I tried it with lamb meat. Beside a bit salty to me, it was very flavorful! I didn't see any picture posted about it. Of course the bread ("馍")is not exactly what you will get in China but it is a good tweak for different market! Not bad at all!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Abigail KL T. 2 years ago on Google
    Super tasty even for my Malaysian taste buds My favourite is the DANDAN noodles extra spicy. Perfect for the winter weather. I wanna come back here again The padthai isn't authentic padthai but nonetheless it is really tasty and flavourful. It's has a sweet profile The Singapore noodles is stir fried curry vermicelli. Again it's not authentic Singapore noodles but it is super tasty. Highly recommended. I will come back again The portions are huge!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Chris C. 1 year ago on Google
    A line out the door at 5 pm on a December Thursday is a pretty good indication of good food. Waited in line for pork dumplings, 5 for €6. Worth it. 4 tables inside shared by whomever. 👍🏻👍🏻 Went back for Singapore noodles a few days later and they were 👍🏻👍🏻.

  • 3/5 Food of C. 10 months ago on Google
    We wanted to try a spice bag during our time in Dublin, so we found Xi’an Street Food nearby. The place was super busy and was doing a strong takeaway business, and the food everyone was eating looked delicious. The spice bag was very good, but the other dishes we ordered were just okay. I had asked for a mild soy sauce base with my noodles, and it came with a coconut spicy sauce instead… couldn’t check until I got home because we picked it up as takeaway.

  • 2/5 Comiati M. 2 years ago on Google
    We ordered: *Braised meat with rice: the meat was blend and not very tender. *Xi'an famous biang biang noodles with pork and duck meat: the pork was blend, the duck was extremely chewy, the noodles also very chewy and they were swimming into a greasy sauce. *Pad thai noodles: wrong noodles for Pad Thai , very chewy noodles and the topping was mostly some shredded carrots. * King Prawn Tempura with eel sauce: it was worst than buying them premade and frozen and then microwave them. They looked small, were only 5, no presentation, no tempura batter, they were bread crumbled but the crust was saggy and cooked in burnt oil as their color turned dark brown and the taste slightly bitter. The eel sauce was tasting like the one bought in a bottle not made into the restaurant. Info for the chef:"Braising (from the French word braiser) is a combination-cooking method that uses both wet and dry heats: typically, the food is first browned at a high temperature, then simmered in a covered pot in cooking liquid (such as wine, broth, coconut milk or beer). It is similar to stewing, but braising is done with less liquid and usually used for larger cuts of meat." 2 stars for the staff efforts and smile. All this was worth 63€. Probably the worst money I ever spent. There is plenty competition outside. If you try asian food for the first time in here, don't get disappointed, there are plenty delicious restaurants out there. (Attached picture 1 Xi'an dish 2 Pad Thai 3 Braised meat)

  • 5/5 Nahid K. 5 months ago on Google
    We had a great experience at this halal, Chinese restaurant. The food was great, and the restaurant had a vibrant and busy atmosphere. I was very impressed to see certifications displayed on one of the walls, confirming that their beef, lamb, and chicken are 100% Halal! What stood out to me the most was the great service provided by the staff member who took my order at the till. I took a little longer than usual to place my order, because I had questions about some of the dishes on the menu, and to customise my order. The lady assisting me was patient and kind. I felt well informed and not rushed at all.

  • 4/5 Emma P. 2 years ago on Google
    The food here is great they give you your food quite quick,I've always had a great experience here.usually when I order a hot and spicy noodles salad it takes 5 minutes 10 minutes top to get it,but today after 20 minutes I still didn't get my food,I watched as the guy before me get his much more complicated food in 5 minutes, and everyone after me get there food before me,he'll the guy that ordered right after me got his food 16 minutes before me. Maybe if I had waited another 10 minutes my food would've got to me ,but I was in a rush,I wasn't going to wait 30 minutes in the cold for noodles. Maybe I just got there on a busy day,I'd still recommend this place because their food is absolutely delicious,(almost) always fast at getting you your food and the staff are friendly

  • 5/5 Dianne G. 8 months ago on Google
    Mapo tofu! Would add more pork but be ready to sweat as it is spicy. The spice bag's very good, the fried buns with condensed milk are a great palate cleanser. Chicken with satay is also good, a little sweet but balances the spicy flavors of the other dishes. Would recommend! There's a wait time for dining customers as the place is quite small. If there are seats available, better go to it as waiting can be tricky (meaning some people rudely take advantage of available seats even when they see there's a line outside) since all crew are busy. Best to have clear guidance from the store management on waiting for takeaway and waiting to be seated.

  • 5/5 Jamiel L. 2 years ago on Google
    TAKEAWAY REVIEW this is the first place since Chelsea Market NYC that I’ve eaten authentic hand stretched wide noodles… and I’m happy about it!!! The flavour combination was perfect lectionary and the portions I’ve very generous. Highly recommended

  • 5/5 Sophia G. 2 years ago on Google
    It was so so good! A lot of people recommended the place and they are right, it is delicious. The prices are good and the portions really big. The service was amazing and super fast.

  • 4/5 Homemade P. 2 years ago on Google
    Nice, small, fast and cheap place where you can get a tasty food in good size. Very kind staff helped me to chose a vegan meal. Very busy and noisy place in the heart of Dublin so remember, this is not a restaurant!


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