Noodle & Beer
Chinese noodle restaurant · Spitalfields
31 Bell Ln, London E1 7LA, United Kingdom
Highlights
Sichuan noodles, beer, and standout spicy wok-fried chips
Sichuan noodles, beer, and standout spicy wok-fried chips
"There are multiple reasons why we quickly fell in love with Noodle & Beer. The first is the name which speaks to us both personally and profoundly. The second, third, fourth, and all the rest were food-related. The thick tian-shui mian udon is unlike any udon we’ve had in London. Full of bite, it sits in a slurpable pool of sweet, nutty, and Sichuan pepper-filled sauce. The other dish that occupies valuable real estate in our brain is the lang-ya tu dou—handmade crinkle-cut chips wok-fried in chilli oil with onion and pepper. They are some of the best chips in all of London." - jake missing, rianne shlebak, sinead cranna
"If you’re meeting up near Spitalfields, don’t wander over to Shoreditch and go to a place where you did something regrettable in your early 20s. Go somewhere comfortable and casual, like Noodle & Beer. Their lang-ya tu dou—handmade crinkle-cut chips wok-fried in chilli oil with onion and pepper—is a great edible ice-breaker, and their noodle and rice bowls give plenty of options for any unexpected dietary requirement." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, sinead cranna, rianne shlebak
"Noodle & Beer Chinatown is the jazz hands, 2.0 version of the original in Spitalfields. The Sichuan dishes are still great, but here they’ve dialled up the fun and added a sexy little velvet-clad basement. Braised beef ribs are expertly snipped off the Flintstone-like bone by servers, and walk-ins hunker down at the counter over bowls of buttery miso noodles all the way until 4am at the weekend." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, rianne shlebak, daisy meager, sinead cranna
"Noodle & Beer Chinatown is the jazz hands, 2.0 version of the original in Spitalfields. The Sichuan dishes are still great, but here they’ve dialled up the fun and added a sexy little velvet-clad basement. Braised beef ribs are expertly snipped off the Flintstone-like bone by servers, and walk-ins hunker down at the counter over bowls of buttery miso noodles all the way until 4am at the weekend." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, rianne shlebak, daisy meager, sinead cranna
"If you think that ordering chips in a restaurant that specialises in Chongqing noodles feels a little uncouth, then that’s fine. You’d be wrong of course, but it just means more lang-ya tu dou for the rest of us. Put it this way, outside of Mr. Potato Head solving the climate crisis, you won’t find a more impressive spud in London than these crinkle-cut potatoes. They’re part crunchy, part soggy, but always deep-fried, then wok-fried in Sichuan chilli oil. Find them at Noodle & Beer in Spitalfields." - jake missing, sinead cranna
