Not wanting the same o same o in my area, I decided to give this place a try despite the poor reviews and pics. Normally I would never in a million years chance it. With red and white picnic checkered tablecloths and eclectic decor it made me raised my eyebrows. Lol. Service was friendly from the start. I really enjoyed the hot tea that they served in the glass carafe. They have a very extensive menu. The staff speaks very limited English, I can speak Cantonese but not Mandarin. As we struggled to communicate the table next to us looked like they wanted to help. Lol. I just smiled and just point to what we wanted. The food took a long time to come, like 45 minutes long. But once it did, each dish we ordered exceeded our expectations. The family next to us ordered a feast and my mouth was watering. They seem to know what's up. I look forward to returning. Here is what we ordered: - Braised Beef Noodle Soup (broth was rich, beef tender) - Boiled Pork & Chive Dumplings - Spicy Chicken (perfect amount of spiciness) I don't understand why the last few reviews for this place on Yelp was 4-6 years ago. But from my first visit, I recommend. read more

Wow! There's a new noodle contender in the Edison area and it's Gao's Noodle House. Here, we have a 10-ish table, small restaurant in a small building across Rt 27 from Hmart, next to Gongura. The restaurant and building faces Rt 27 so turn into Loring Ave and you'll find a small parking lot for the building there. We were lucky enough to snag a spot there but it was sparse so you may need to resort to the residential streets. Anyway, enough about logistics, let's get to the food! Before we got our own food, we noticed a lot of the folks sniffling and, well, suffering from spiciness and great food. I knew I was in for a good time! My family came and ordered a few of their known dishes: the hand-pulled Nanzhou-style noodles in soup, another in their bean sauce mixed noodles (zhajiang noodles), dumplings, cumin lamb, and a mushroom/vegetable noodle soup. Overall, the food was amazing!! The soup was very rich and flavor and their noodles are super chewy and unlike many of the others here. And you can see the guy in action with their big window to show off his prowess. Now, this place isn't without it's faults. There's much to gain in wait staff as the current wait staff was very overwhelmed and we got lots of confusion when dishes started coming out. We also came when the restaurant was full but they weren't great at turning over tables. Also, their menus weren't together yet; we had a couple print outs of their to-be menu. All in all, nothing a little bit of warming up and experience can't fix. Not to mention, the decor here is top notch. Great china, lights, and decoration all around. Unlike many typical Chinese restaurants that aren't trying to be a fancy banquet hall. I look forward to checking this place out again! read more

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Good food and good prices Wanted to try something different and we found the right place. read more

Amazing food, reasonable price. It's one of the best northeastern Chinese food I had in US. The flavor and texture are right on spot. Recommend, 溜肉段，大拉皮， 拉面。 read more

Gao's Noodle House - 大拉皮 - Noodles Near Me - Edison, New Jersey

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Gao's was completely empty when we visited on a weekend lunch. The food is good, so I think that it was empty because of the prices. It is more expensive than competing Chinese food in the area. I thought that the soup was very flavorful and the noodles were also great. Hubby was hungry after he finished though. It is right by H-Mart, which makes it convenient if you need groceries before or after. read more

I called and ordered the takeout on Saturday night 7:11pm and the restaurant told me the food would be ready after 20 minutes. When I arrived the restaurant at 7:36pm, they could not find the order. Finally, they found my order details in their trash can. What should I say in that situation? Sigh... They didn't give me any discount for their mistake. My friend told me their service is bad and now I truly believe it. Finally I got my food after 8pm. I don't think I will come back. read more

I was very excited that a Lanzhou noodle shop opened in Edison. We ordered the standard noodle soup, a dry zhajiang noodle, fried pork chop, and eggplant. The fried pork had a really crispy coating and a sweet light glaze (4/5). The eggplant with minced meat was super oily. Probably a cup of oil on the plate. The eggplant skin was super tough. Flavor was just ok. (2/5) Lastly the noodles. The dry zhajiang noodle was good. The sauce was flavorful and coats the noodles well, but there wasn't enough (4/5). The waiter added more when request, which was nice of him. At first I wanted to order the braised beef noodle soup but it was not available. So we settled for the Original one. The noodles were fine but the soup was quite bland with little amounts of meat. Extra meat costs more. (3.5/5) Lot of room to improve, but good start. Overall it was ok. read more

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Location: in a small strip mall across from h mart in rt 27 in Edison, parking in the back. There's entrance to the store in the back. Food: we tried their Lanzhou la mian, which was just ok. The soup barely have any taste, the noodle was good. There was 6 thin slices of beef. The zhajiangmian was pretty good, I needed extra meat sauce. The eggplant dish we had was super oily. flavor is there but it's drenched in oil. Crazy! You can watch the chef making the la mian via window. Environment: small restaurant with booth and chair seating. I like the china they use. Very Oriental. Service: good and attentive. Price: reasonable pricing. It was $67 for 4 of us. Overall: it's just soft open now so I'll give them time. Noodle itself was al dente and good. read more

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I think this place might be under new ownership because it even looks like it's gotten a face-lift lately, new sign out front. Not sure why the reviews are so poor, everything we've had here has been FANTASTIC the last few visits. My family has a northern-chinese background and this is the only place around here that we've found to make the most authentic tasting dishes for our palate! For the record, it seems most people used to come here for the noodle soups, we never get noodles here, only chinese dishes. Favorites are 锅包肉，宫保鸡丁，麻辣豆腐，日本豆腐，夫妻肺片。 Service has also been great every time, even when I'm picking up take out they offer me a place to sit and hot tea. It's our family favorite! read more

Tried out this new noodle house specializing in Lan Zhou (a city in NW China specializing in) hand-pulled noodles. They only offer one thin kind noodle in a clear broth flavored with beef stock and some spices like cumin and pepper. In addition they had noodle in spicy bean sauce. The sauce was very dark and strong. i also had Lamb with Scallion over Rice and Marinated Pig Feet. Both were pretty tasty, esp. the smoky flavored pig feet. read more

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Avoid this place!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Bad service, uncomfortable environment, overpriced menu, not enough options, ridiculous efficiency, all in Gao's noodle! Worst in this area!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I didn't get any food or even a cup of tea after 1-hour waiting! To the owner of the restaurant: if you have no idea about how to run a restaurant, don't do so. I really look forward to seeing a new restaurant, or at least a new owner will take over this place in the near future. read more

Ordered lan Zhou noodle, spicy beef noodle, shredded potato, and water boiled beef. I'm gonna fight my impulse to give this place 5 stars and give it 4 stars instead. The lan Zhou noodle was exactly how I imagined it would be. Spicy beef noodle and water boiled beef were good too; the water boiled beef is not the traditional szechuan style, but was still great. Will be coming back here, reserving judgment on the 5 stars. read more

Gao's Noodle House - Spicy beef noodle, $11 - Noodles Near Me - Edison, New Jersey

Wow great food. We went with a group, we tried all kinds of dishes Cold starters- seaweed,, Hot main meal- Tofu , Kung Pao Chicken, Squid read more

Service is terrible and extremely slow And the worst part is, only pieces beef/ lamb inside my lamb over rice. It actually takes me a lot time looking for meat inside it. And it cost me 20 minutes waiting for my food. Another 20 minutes waiting for checking out. I really wish I can give negative star for this one. Worst in this area. read more

Update: decided to give this place another chance. Never again. They no longer have hand made noodles, which was their main and probably only selling point. It's all machine made now, which the waitress confirmed. After sitting down and ordering, we heard someone in the kitchen snort LOUDLY and hock a huge loogie. The window to look into the kitchen is now covered so you can't see what goes on back there anymore. We watched a waiter (who was here last time we were here too, so he's not a newbie) walk out of the kitchen with a bowl of noodles and ask another waitress loudly where table B2 was. Dude, that's your only job! There's only 3 tables filled here, not even busy! So within half an hour we saw that this restaurant is dirty and disorganized. I couldn't even taste the food to review because i had PTSD from the sound of that loogie the chef hocked up. Never again. read more

Gao's Noodle House - Looks like someone chewed up meat and spit it into my wife's noodle soup - Noodles Near Me - Edison, New Jersey

I've tried so called hand pulled noodle, emm it taste weird, I figured it must contain potassium carbonates water in the noodle, overdosed potassium carbonate can cause very serious hepatotoxicity!! So, paid $8.90 plus tax for food poisoning? NO! Get away from this noodle house, RUN!! btw the waitress is very unhappy to work there and the manager his act like a idiot. God bless! Peace! read more

Gao's Noodle House - Noodles Near Me - Edison, New Jersey

The beef brisket is 100x better than the normal beef. My gf for the lan zhou noodles and i ordered the beef brisket noodles There noodles are okay, nothing special. The soup is pretty tasty also okay. The beef brisket is magic though. Super tender and tasty. I would just order it with soup and beef brisket without noodles if possible. read more

I ordered take-out: Lanzhou noodles and Moo Shu pork. Took them home only to find there's NO RICE to go with the pork. So I have to cook rice myself. Totally lost the meaning of take-out at all. Called the restaurants to complain and they told me it's my fault since I didn't tell them at the very beginning I wanted rice. Perfect!!!!! Also FYI I was also told that they're going to have a PRICE RISE. read more

My boyfriend got food poisoned here, and it lasted for 5 days. We suspect it is the cold appetizer.So, avoid the cold appetizer here(it has stayed in the refrigerator FOREVER before serving). The hot dishes(lamb rib, noodles) are good. read more

Coming from the Philadelphia area I was pleasantly surprised by this place. It caught me by surprise because it was right across H Mart and from the outside it looked like a tiny place. But the decor inside was very clean and beyond my imagination. The first thing that caught my attention was the dining ware. These are NOT your typical plastic dining ware I'm so used to anywhere else in Philly. It's freaking made out of ceramic. I'm very surprised no one paid attention to this detail in all of the reviews. People, next time you go pay close attention to the dining ware. It is awesome. I want to commend the owner for this. It really enhanced my dining experience. Another thing that usually doesn't happen is the place accepts Visa. Most places in Philadelphia is cash only. They're losing a little bit of money every time they swipe a card people, and to be able to keep their prices like that? Amazing. The food has a wide selection that many places in Philadelphia does not have. I could taste the home made heat and soul in each dish. Everything felt like it was made from scratch. I really enjoyed that. I'm so surprised to see this place have such as sub-par rating that I felt the need to really leave this review here. If you guys ever need to consider a new location, come down to the Philadelphia/Cherry Hill Area. P.S. it was our first time going there, and we thought we had to enter from the front. There was a back door you could enter from the parking lot. read more

Accept: American Express, Discover, Mastercard, and Visa Parking: In the back. Turn in from Loring Ave If you are reading this while waiting in line at Dunhuang, you should come here instead. It's right across the street and the noodle soup taste much better. I have been here half a dozen times, and their noodle is consistently al dente. Their braised beef noodle's beef are stewed packed with flavor and the soup taste has a deep dark flavor. If you want lighter flavor soup order their Lanzhou noodle Since their open they have added small dishes on the menu. You can go up to their cold dish counter with 5-6 dishes and select the dishes you want or you can mix 3 for the price of 1. Recently they introduced that if you spend over $20 you get one cold dish free. They have a giant window that you can see the entire kitchen so when they make the noodle you will see it. The other benefit is they better keep it tip top shape and clean. Each table has a bottle of soy sauce, vinegar, hot oil, salt, a bundle of chopsticks, and stack of paper napkin (Don't have to constantly ask waiter for napkins YAY) The only caveat I have is they are still going through some business changes so be prepare to order something on the menu and they won't have it in their system. But so far majority of the changes they had made is for the better. read more

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The food is good, but the service is concerning. The complentary tea came in with some stuff in there, and the second cup to replace it got some stain on the cup side... How can I feel comfortable to drink this? And the waiter was watching TV and barely heard me. read more

I often go to Gao's Noodle House for dinner with my friends. The ramen noodles in their store are all made in front of the guests. The sweet pork and northern Chinese cuisines in the store are very special read more

Gao's Noodle House - Noodles Near Me - Edison, New Jersey

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Have to try "Triple Fresh from the land" Amazing Dish , potatoes cooked perfectly, tasted better than meat. You can't really go wrong with any noodles bowls or lambs dishes. Service is great, very patient and professional. If I have to nick pick anything, they have very nice China on each table. You probably need to watch your small children. Overall decent restaurant serve authentic shangdong Chinese cuisine. read more

Getting a little concerned as I just placed my order and reading the negative reviews while waiting for my food. My first red flag should have been when they told me they sold out of noodles at a noodle house at 6pm. Keeping my fingers crossed read more

Soo i went to this restaurant with all my friends today，first in the front of the store didn't shows that is a parkinglot in the back。second thing "price" ，seems like the boss of this store never sees money befor。 we order a "fresh shrimp"i guess？？ but the shrimp is NOT fresh！and it cost like 25usd for 11 little NOTfresh shrimp with ketchup 。 AND 9 pc meat for 15 usd。（The waiters were nice！But this store i wont come again！！！） **** read more

It is so so place. The hygiene is no good. I went there wit my son last Friday. The cup of hot tea was disgusting, there were oil drops on top of the tea. I had to ask for a new cup of tea. This is the only Chinese restaurant doesn't offer traditional tea cup for tea. "Hand Grip Lamb" took long time to come, the sauce is not good. The chef doesn't know what kind of sauce should be for the dish. Very disappointed. Noodle was good. read more

One of the worst restaurants. Bad service and noodle doesn't taste good. Loud music....very bad eating experience overall!

Best restaurant around！ Dishes is big and delicious! If you prefer Chinese traditional North-east food, this is the best place you would like to try! Love this restaurant! read more

Dumpling, Napa tofu and lamb dish were extra ordinary, unexpectedly and pleasantly surprised!

They use the transparent glass to separate the kitchen and dining area. So I assume they'd like to show guests how good their health condition is. But today, when I picked up my food, I saw a cook smoking in the kitchen. He was also staring at me, not feeling any anything wrong. I complained to the waiter, the waiter did not respond me. Excuse me?! A cook can smoke in the kitchen?! I don't have enough energy, otherwise I should complain to FDA! read more

This is the WORST place I ever visited in Edison! I went there with my friend and was kept waiting for over 15 minutes outside the restaurant! While seated, I hoped to order beef over rice, but the waitress said she didn't know whether they still had it! Okay, I asked "what else do you have here?", and she responded "You should ask the chefs, not me!" Seriously? This restaurant is in my blacklist! TERRIBLE PLACE! NEVER TRY IT! read more

I don't usually write reviews but this place definitely deserve higher ratings. The noodles are tasty and I really love the soup base. You can see the chef making noodles in the kitchen. It seems he's really enjoying it and you can get your noodles in 5 minutes. Waitress is attentive. Their pickles are free and very authentic. Their Chinese dishes are also tasty. I like Guo Bao Rou and can't wait to try the rest. Do yourself a favor and try some delicious Chinese food here. read more

Lanzhou la mian is one of my favorite food all the time and I was very happy we finally have the hand drawn noodle in Edison. I like their noodle and soup base, beef was ok. I also had their cold plate with 3 kinds of vegetables, overall food was very authentic and delicious. But their service was HORRIBLE. Only one girl in the restaurant knew what she was doing(I'm so sorry for her), others were just like dream walkers. Not paying attention to customers, doing things very slow, one guy rushed out from kitchen to deliver food to tables, he put EVERY DISH at wrong table. People were so confused, and my next table just ate what I ordered, even though he knew it was not his. People who ordered later than my table got food much earlier than us. Bad service ruined everything. read more

Food tastes ok. But got food poisoning a couple hours later... other reviewers also mentioned food poisoning and hygiene problems.. will not go back read more

I've been to Gao's Noodle House a few times over the summer. I enjoyed their homemade noodles and thought their dumplings (Sauerkraut? Dumplings & Seafood Dumplings) were good as well. Their cold dish - Tossed Clear Flat Noodles with Vegetables / Peanut sauce is also a dish I enjoyed even though it was not homemade noodles (A1 on the takeout menu). Beef Noodle Soup is good, but they use thin strips of beef. I'm more of a fan of thicker chunks of beef. Parking is a bit limited, so you need to park behind the storefront. Overall, I think they do a good job and I'll take my wife there when the urge arises. read more