Foods are not bad, but the Asian lady with bad attitude makes me don't want to come back here again.

Everything I tried from here was absolutely delicious. I ordered the duck hand pulled noodle soup and the portion was huge. Also tried the fried dumplings and scallion pancake. The scallion pancake was the best I have ever had. I wished I had order two of these. I called them first and they very nicely recommended that I place my order online, which I did. The ordering process was very easy and my food was ready very on time. I am definitely coming here again and again and again. read more

All was good you won't regret any dish from their menu, space is kind of small but the space is not why you got there.

Checked out this Noodle place on their second day opening since the grand opening was kinda a bit too busy! And for my experience, I think I wasn't feel the wow or impressive just yet! They still need a lot of improvement from their lacking of service and order! And since it's a small kinda restaurant so the seats is a bit tight to get but we got the table to seat like 5mins after ordered. Me and my husband got there around 12:30pm, we ordered Beef noodle soup/ Roasted Duck noodle soup for here and steam dumplings / Fried Buns to go from there limited selection menu due to grand opening. The lady who took our order came back at 12:59pm to tell me that they're out of roasted duck so I switched to Oxtail soup instead. I finally got my Oxtail soup at 1:15 when my husband hasn't got his yet when I look to the other 2 tables that was ordered behind us already got their! So I went back to ask the cashier lady as I told her that the people ordered behind me already got all of their, she told me just because you have a number one sign on the table doesn't mean you'll get everything first you gotta wait cuz that's not how we work by number here! Then I ask ' so I have to forever even there people ordered behind me they'll get it first because I have the number 1 sign on my table? ' She said ok she'll check with the kitchen which she wasn't, instead she was standing doing nothing , drinking her coke with nobody waiting in line to order! I looked at the kitchen no one was cooking or making noodle so I ask again for the last time when a gentleman came to me and speak Chinese to us and that's when they start making the noodle! My husband got his noodle almost at 2pm. The Oxtail soup tasted good but the beef noodle soup wasn't. Overall experience I think they need to work on a lot of things, especially the lady who took the order, severs are still all over the place. The wait is way too long, we spent almost 2 hours in there just for noodle soup and it's not that crazy busy. But I could tell that they're trying and since it's still brand new, we will give them another try! read more

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The food was very good and watching them make the noodles right before you eyes is amazing. However, the biggest downfall was the fact that the A/C either couldn't keep up or was broken. It was like eating inside and oven. Fix the A/C problem and this place is really good. read more

I love the noodles here portion sizes are really great and so are the prices. The store is well maintained and the service is amazing. The first time I went here was with my boyfriend and the second time was when I met his mom! Everything came out quick and so yummy ! I love the fact that they are vegan/vegetarian friendly. Perfect for when you need to satisfy your noodle craving. Definitely recommend !! read more

We lived in Gaithersburg for 3 months the summer of 2019. We went to Lanzhou once a week and were never disappointed. Since living in Maryland, we have lived in UT, AR, and NM. No where for fresh hand pulled noodles to be found. It is now August of 2022 and we still daydream of Lanzhou. Considering making a trip out just for this restaurant. If you live close by, this is a must! And also consider yourself VERY lucky and blessed to have the best in the country. read more

Yummmm! Love watching the man hand pull noodle the moment I walk in the door! My absolute favorite. My only wish is that they had a vegetarian noodle soup....had to opt for noodle stir fry. read more

Incredibly bad service. This place has couple different kinds of beef noodle soups. Their employees have no idea how to help their customers to choose a soup. Last time when I was here, the cashier told me the wrong information about the brisket beef soup. To understand what types of beef I like, I end up trying different soup one by one, just because how unhelpful their cashier is. The last soup I didn't get to try is their beef soup, because the cashier ordered the wrong soup for me today. When I told her she got the wrong item for us, she accused us didn't check our receipt and didn't tell her she was wrong when she read our items back to us. What kind of service is this????? read more

Wow! This spot left me wanting more. When I say great I mean GREAT! From the kind and friendly service to the delicious food this place deserves 5 stars! My girlfriend and I came in on a Friday night around 8pm and it wasn't super packed like I expected, we sat down and waited for our food for a fair amount of time. Wow! The fried pork dumplings were out of this world, such amazing taste it's hard not to have a reaction. The shrimp stir fry was just as amazing! This is a great spot in Rio, I guarantee you will leave satisfied! read more

AVOID AT ALL COST! I've been looking forward to a chance to check this place out. I finally had a moment to go and check it out and I was surprised to be "greeted" at the register by an employee that couldn't have looked less enthusiastic to be there staring down at his phone while wearing his headphones. I stood there for a minute right in front of him without him even looking up. I couldn't help but check if I'd suddenly become invisible without me realizing. When he finally decided he was done with whatever he was doing he looked up and took my order. I ordered one of the hand pulled noodle soups, the steamed pork dumplings and then found a place to sit. The soup came out promptly. I started to dig in. The flavor was nowhere to be found which was surprising but I was still going to eat it. It's food and I was hungry. I sat there quietly eating my noodle soup waiting to enjoy the pork buns. They never came. I checked the receipt. Yep, definitely ordered it. Once I was finished with the noodles I walked back up to the register to remind them about the pork buns. There was no sign that they were apologetic or even cared. In fact it seemed like I was bothering them to even ask for the food I had paid for. I'm in the service industry so I'm usually pretty forgiving because sometimes things happen and people make mistakes but what you can't excuse is the absolute lack of care or even attempt to be hospitable. This was honestly the WORST "service" I've ever received anywhere for any service. I would give a negative -1 star rating if I could. read more

The noodle is amazing at good portion! And the beef is fantastic! Overall Hands down the BEST noodle restaurant in this area.

Clean fast food, no service, no menus, tasty and fresh, no frills, noodle dishes. Could use some interior freshening.

This shop seems to have not come out of pandemic yet! Over priced food, probably due to sticking with delivery only option during the pandemic period. But now we are becoming normal and every restaurant is opening with welcome signs and new restaurants are popping up near by. But this noodle place has just deteriorated to an normal old Chinese restaurant with no new interesting food or attractive price or service to offer to more picky and price conscious customers. I walked in one late afternoon with no small room seemingly closed after lunch hour, but the waitress was very eager to serve me or getting my money after I looked at their menu, nothing below $13 will buy me a decent lunch for simply a ver routine and not very warm noodle soup. So disappointed with this experience and will avoid this place in future. read more

Too crowded and not enough seats for the type of business being run. The food is okay - I have had much better from other pulled noodle places in rockville. read more

Hand-pulled Noodles are good! The noodle booth is rich but full of MSG! I feel very thirsty afterward. The knife cut noodles are not good, i feel like eating a big chunk of flour. Also, the place is not kids friendly. The manager or owner came over to ask our kids (2 and 4 Years old ) to keep the noise down, even though this is not a fancy restaurant. We probably wont come again. read more

After reading the yelp reviews I decided to give this place a go. I was so excited watching the noodles being made/pulled but the food itself is bland and greasy. I ordered the chicken stir fry and pork dumplings (which were the only redeeming factor for the one star review). Highly disappointed. read more

I should have known better to find chinese food in this area. I don't understand why it is so popular and had such high reviews. I had the beef stir fried knife cut noodle and the pan fried pork bun. The noodle is stiff and undercooked, the beef is tough and overcooked, the sauce is overly salted. It is just heavy dark soya sauce and quickly fried mixed with the thick noodle. The pan fried bun was burnt at the bottom, I can't even have the bun without a bitter fried taste. The pork inside is tasteless and under marinated. This is not how chinese food is supposed to be! read more

Great noodle place! No frills but delicious! I recommend hand pulled thin and knife cut wide! Pork buns are also delicious and juicy. read more

First time! It was worth the experience as I was contemplating 2 days in a roll passing by it. Food was flavorful and decent portion for its rates. My best friend & I had the shrimp fried rice & chicken stirred fried noodles. Both dishes were really good! Food came out timely ordered and we were hungry to finished it all. Will definitely be back! read more

Food was ok-- hand pulled noodles were a nice touch but the flavor of the food and dumplings is just okay. Our family of five had to sit at a high counter with stools right by the door which kept opening with cold air-- the restaurant is small without too much seating. The self service sauces are nothing special. I don't think we'd make the trip from DC to come back but glad we tried it. read more

The staff are rude, and the internet ordering system doesn't work. I tried to calling to confirm my order, and they hung up on me

Ordered scallion pancakes and beef soup. Pancakes were poorly stuffed with scallions. Soup had no flavor! Beef was not trimmed. Got globs of fat! If you like bulk food, you might find this place okay. For me, I'm done! read more

The food in this place is wonderful. The flavors of the handmade, prepared at the moment noodles are unmatched and the meat pretty much melts in your mouth. The scallion pancakes are a little on the greasy side, but that's the way to make them. Everything that I had here was a pleasure to my taste buds. read more

I give this place double thumbs up!!! I was looking for a place that served handmade pulled noodles but what I got was delicious Chinese dishes that brought me back to my visit to Hong Kong! I will be back to get my fix of noodles and scallion pancakes read more

So good!!! Those noodles! Delicious quick made to order foods very flavorful and the prices are great.

2 stars only for the service. The cashier was decent, but I can't say very experience in the customer service part. The food was disgusting in my point of view. The broth was overly sweet and I taste a lot of MSG in it..or whatever it is they use for flavoring. Made me extremely thirsty and just down right ew. The sauce or drink station was very obviously dirty. 1. They got the noodle wrong. 2. The broth was nasty ( they took it back to change it for me). 3. They obviously just rinsed off the broth when I asked them to change to something way less sweet. And the sugary after taste was still in my mouth when I down some tea and water. Overall not good, and definitely will not be returning. Don't care if it's soft opening or not. read more

They need to know how to manage wait times. We ended up having to leave because we couldn't get a straight answer on how long it would take. read more

My coworker and I were so excited to try this restaurant after seeing it in Washingtonian magazine. We were definitely satisfied after our meal, but the overall experience was lacking. We ordered to go for lunch, called ahead and arrived about 20 minutes later. We waited for a good 10 minutes for our food, while people who had just walked in and ordered had their to go orders filled. Not a big deal, but slightly inconvenient when the wait time exceeds what was stated on the phone. We ordered the noodles with vegetable and egg, scallion pancakes, and steamed pork and chive dumplings. Actually, we ordered cucumber salad as well but they were out of cucumber. The noodles were greasy and just okay; the scallion pancakes were delicious, even after a car ride back to the office. The steamed dumplings were also very tasty and came with a good sauce. However, in my order of pork and chive dumplings, TWO were accidentally beef dumplings! It was lucky that I do not have any dietary restrictions and didn't mind eating the beef, but not only was it not what I asked for, it was a major oversight and could result in a much bigger issue if it had been served to someone who didn't eat beef. As I said, we enjoyed our food overall and I wouldn't write it off yet. I would love to go back and hopefully have a better experience. The ambience seemed hip, and it was fun to see the employees hand pulling the noodles in front of you. Hopefully there will be less kinks next time! read more

I stumbled upon this place after going to Target at the Rio and decided to get some food to go. I got a chicken stir fry dish and it was so good! I loved the noodles and that you could see the chefs hand pulling them from the seating area. Service was slightly slow and I was disappointed that they didn't include chopsticks in my to go bag. read more

Had low expectation coming in, but our beef noodle soup was really good! The broth tastes really nice despite the watery look. The noodle is really fresh and has nice bounce and texture. The beef was tender and the right cut! read more

This is a fine noodle place. It is well located and and a long time coming. It has a lot of customers who seem to really enjoy it. I wasn't super impressed with the food. But I didn't dislike the food. It was.. acceptable. I ordered the beef noodle soup and fried dumplings. It's in a good location, walking distance for me if I have a noodle craving and I would return. I just, wouldn't want someone to go there expecting something life changing. It's fine, good food, consistent in flavor each time I've gone if that is what you want. read more

This place is consistently good. I come here often and know that I will enjoy it. My favorite is the beef noodle soup. The seafood soup is a little bland though compared to the others. Also really love their scallion pancakes. read more

Lanzhou Hand Pull Noodle - Noodles Near Me - Gaithersburg, Maryland

Over priced and the meat is so fatty it actually made me sick the noodles themselves are fine but lack flavor

Very friendly and accommodating and the food is great! The scallion pancakes are extra crispy and very light. The beef noodle soup was the best I've had and earned praise from my Chinese wife. Same with the wonderful pan fried dumplings- some of the best ever. It's even fun to watch the noodles being 'hand tossed.' We will be back! read more

Located in Rio Gaithersburg across from the sporting goods store, this restaurant was my introduction to beef noodle soup. The beef pieces are juicy and tender - barely requiring teeth to chew. I preferred my knife-sliced noodles over my wife's hand-pulled. The soup is flavorful and the amount is enough to make anyone full. It was nice trying something new and I'll be back! read more

Been to Lanzhou twice now and it has been so yummy, quick service , delicious noodles. The dumplings are also just devine! Everything tastes fresh and I think our only problem is we ate too much last time - every last bite - good size portions- just awesome ! I would add that this restaurant is counter service , and has a clean and efficient design and look. It's fun to see the noodles being made right in front. read more

The duck soup is a masterpiece!!!! You have to tried I put some soy sauce and omggg it's one of my best recommendation in the city

I think this a very good place to get some noodles. I liked the fried noodles. I think their chicken is could be better. I also believe they need Siracha, the noodles need to be a little spicy. read more

First time trying this restaurant and I was impressed. It was a nice change of pace for me. I am not a big pasta and noodle person. But, the choices and the food was favor full and filling. read more