Xi'An Food Bar 西安饭庄

Xi Ann Food Bar is a cozy, small shop that punches well above its weight. They make their own noodles from scratch, which truly elevates the dish. We highly recommend trying their cumin lamb noodles—they’re delicious, packed with flavor, and the portions are huge, easily enough to share between two people. The unique, fresh quality of the homemade noodles and the well-balanced seasoning make for a memorable dining experience. One noodle cost about 15$.

It had been awhile since I had ordered from here but ordered dinner from here recently and I went back three times to order dinner to takeaway. I ordered the cucumber salad (#73), wonton soup (#84) and corned beef Chinese burger (#9). All of it was delicious and I'd highly recommend drizzling the chilli sauce from the salad onto the corned beef in the burger if you order it. Great flavour as the burger is quite dry without some sort of sauce. You could even stuff some of the salad in it too or just eat it together. I've ordered #8 in the past but it was just a bit too fiery for me and should have a two chilli rating rather than one chilli. Staff are nice.

AMAZING food! We got the cucumber salad, the veggie hand-pulled noodles and the hand-pulled noodles with pork and it was soooo delicious! The portions were very good and the staff very nice :-) We would definitly recommend!

There’s really nothing fancy about Xi’an but there’s a lot that’s special about it. You go there for the hand pulled noodle soup and it doesn’t matter which one you choose, it’ll be good. If you like authentic food that’s full of flavour and of amazing value, then this is the place. Xi’an is an institution that will outlast any fancy restaurant out there. Would I like a beer with my food, yea I would but also, I’m glad I don’t get to have one - healthier you know. My pork noodle soup was everything I wanted it to be, warming and perfectly seasoned, it was a simple dish so it was nice to add a little pickled garlic to it, that tastes like Chinese medicine and not garlic at all - super unique flavour, not spicy, not even garlicky. I always get pickled cucumber, every place does them differently and I love all of them, crunchy, fresh, spicy, saucy yum!

Hand pulled noodle soups are quite tasty and so are the Chinese burgers. Not as spicy as it could be but very flavorful!

Generous portion and delicious flavour. My personal favourite is the cumin lamb on noodles as well as the braised pork on noodles. Their cucumber salad is also really good!

You might think this is a restaurant in Auckland. No. It's actually a portal to China. This is unapologetically Xi'an flavors straight from the streets of China. And just like China, it's a place to eat with very little service. But I'm cool with that. The restaurant is run by 3 women and they throw down the most delicious meal I've had so far this trip. The lamb noodle soup is just right. The cold noodle dish is great too. Wear loose and cool clothing because you will be sweating it maybe it was just me. I wish they had cold beer though... That would make it the best.

Okay. So let's get right into it. Metro 2024 Under $25. Dish - [87] Hand-pulled Noodles with Cumin Lamb So, at the $15 price point, what you get is a absolutely stunning concoction of flavour. You are greeted with a generously sized bowl of noodles with expertly blended amounts of sauce, lamb and cumin to form a memorable base that smells and tastes like no other noodle restaurant in the CBD. It's distinct flavour from the cumin with some Scoville units from the spice makes for a unforgettable experience as those hand pulled noodles absorb all of the dry sauces and transport all of those flavour bombs straight into your mouth. Although the location and interior has seen better days, overall where else can you get a reasonabe meal at this price point in the CBD?