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    Magic Noodles

    3.6 (72 reviews)
    Open • 11:00 am - 11:00 pm
    Updated over 3 months ago

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    Dogs allowed

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    Ming L.

    *Indoor Dining Review* I really wanted to like this place, but not what I expected. Since this was opened not long ago and close to my house, I decided to give it a try. Restaurant: 3/5 Food: 2/5 Service: 1/5 Parking: Combo of Street meter parking and limited free parking lot in the back. Restaurant itself looks pretty nice, the decors are modern. Tables and chairs are clean. Couldn't say the same about restroom. Food is at best average, we ordered couple things to try. -Assorted Skewers (Dry and overcooked, flavor is good at least) -Beef Brisket Ramen (Broth taste good, but barely room temperature. Protein is plentiful but it is like chewing on leather) -Beijing Bang (Nothing special, a fancy way to make Lo Mein. Ramen was slightly undercooked) Service... oh boy. From the moment we walked in, we probably should have turn around and walk out, the restaurant was empty. But I decided to give them a benefit of the doubt. We're greeted with less than unwelcome enthusiasm from the lady working the desk/tables, as if we just ruined her day. We sat down on our table, presented with a menu, was almost rushed into ordering our food. After we ordered and while still eating talking. We weren't even ask if we needed a box or take our leftover, the lady just dropped off our check, without a word. As if we're being told, ok hurry up, eat and get out. Keep in mind, we were not showing any hostility or negativity towards the food or the restaurant. I can understand it if they are super busy, but there was only one other family that came in after us. Needless to say, we decided not to even finish our food or pack them to go, paid for our meal and left. To sum it up... Noodle is there, just no Magic (at all). At the end of the experience, I almost wanted to apologize to my girlfriend for wanting to try this place when we're both hungry. Would we go back? No, absolutely not. We would rather forget about this whole entire experience. TIP: If you want a fun Ramen experience. Go across the street to (Rayaki Ramen). Much better service and food.

    Linh T.

    My go-to Skewers place. I love their Skewers seasoning, and the price is more affordable than Chinatown. Highly recommend beef, lamb, chicken gizzard; skip the rest. Noodles are pretty decent and fulfilling. Their rice dishes are alright, though the rice is kind of dry. Their Xiao long bao's skin is too thick, and flavor is meh. You can find better Xiao Long Bao elsewhere.

    Zhen L.

    I got a taste for noodles and bao today, found Magic Noodles on Yelp. Magic Noodles is located on the same strip where McDonald's(cottman and blvd) and Four Seasons Diner at. As we were walking in, we saw that the restaurant is pack so I thought that must be a good sign right? I was wrong. I ordered Magic Beef noodle soup, pork steamed dumplings(xiao long bao), mini sausage skewer, and bacon with mushrooms skewer. The noodle soup won the MOST BLAND award. XLB's soup is sour, wth??? Xiao long bao is sour when dipped in vinegar. I thought my tastebuds were off, ate a second one, still the same. I was expecting the skewer to be something like Solo's in Chinatown. Mini sausage got some type of weird seasoning on it and bacon with mushrooms were not edible. We came in hungry and we left hungry. I left a picture of what was uneaten SMH.

    Ting Z.

    Got take out, usually don't have an issue and like the food but recently found a hair in the soup. I'm giving two stars since previous experiences were not terrible.

    101
    Huiwen C.

    You will get your money's worth. The wait was like 15-20 minutes, but you will be pleasantly surprised when the food comes out. The bowl is HUGE (10.5 inches wide according to measure app) and there's tons of toppings and freshly hand-drawn noodles. I got #101 which had beef, lamb, pork bone, mushroom, fungus, bok choy, and soy sauce egg for $10.95. There are cheaper options for like $8-9 and they even sell skewers, soup dumplings, and gelato. I definitely recommend the #101 for noodles!

    Singapore rice noodles - sans pork & shrimp
    Kelly P.

    Take out/Pick-up review: four stars!! I've tried Singapore rice noodles at five other Chinese restaurants in NE Philly, and this has been my favorite bang for the buck. Good amount of meat (beef and chicken, because I don't like shrimp or pork) and cabbage was sufficient. Could have used more carrots and onions imo (but I say this about every Chinese place because I always want more veggies lol). I also got the sizzling cauliflower and bacon wrapped mushroom/white stringy fungi. Bacon wrapped at a spice level of "Less Spicy" was still REALLY spicy, but 100% worth the tears I cried because it was that tasty. The bacon was slightly-crispy on the outside and tender and soft on the inside touching the mushroom. And it's so cute!!! The cauliflower I got the "No spice" option, and it ended up being quite bland. I was kind of hoping it would have been seasoned with salt&pepper&garlic or something, but it really seemed like it was just cumin and no salt at all. Next time I know to get the "Less Spicy" option. My sister ordered the Vegetable Lo Mein and loved it. For 10-14$ for a meal a serving size of 1.5-2 servings, I'd say this place is pretty great. As other reviewers have mentioned, their customer service has room for improvement (the front desk man and woman seemed very stressed and curt when I picked up my order) but eh, if you're just doing take out or delivery I'd say it's worth it. Love that this place has creative options and flavor combinations, as well as the option to sub rice noodle for egg noodle for any options (great my me and my gluten-free self). Would return if I want food in a jiffy. My order was ready in ten-15 mins!

    Gerald S.

    Modern Shanghai dumpling and soup house on Cottman Avenue just off the Roosevelt Expressway in Northeast (Dong Bei) Philly. This is a growing Asian neighborhood that is slowly becoming a legitimate alternative to Chinatown (Center City) and Washington Avenue (South Philly) for your dining and shopping pleasure. Clientele is primarily Chinese, as is the staff. Cantonese is understood more readily than Mandarin. The menu is bilingual, with major focus on the beef/pork soup food group. Plenty of dumpling options, too, from Xiao Long Bao to wok fried pork gaozi. I was there for the XLB, so ordered two steam baskets (12) of them and a large bowl of Magic Noodles 101 (beef and bones in savory broth with mix of mushrooms and black fungus). The Shanghai created XLB were steamy and quite tasty with a touch of vinegar dropped in through the opened top knot for added flavor. Only downside was that the skin was so friable that the act of lifting them gently onto my spoon with the metal tongs cause them to tear, leaving a leaking dough sack to contend with. Every one of them tore open. Nimble handling to place them quickly into the spoon was the only way to salvage the contents. I managed to do that, but still had to suck some soup from the spoon each time. The Magic Noodle bowl was okay, but I found gnawing the beef bones to be messy and less than fun. The mushrooms were flavorful and I knew the fungus was good for health. This was a very tactile meal. It was definitely a change of pace cultural experience that was as entertaining as it was nourishing.

    Spicy Broth with Kimchi and Pork Belly
    Jessica L.

    Honestly after looking at the reviews, I was scared to even consider eating at this place but my family decided to eat here anyways and I'm so glad we did! The promotional soup dumplings were soooo good. I thought they were going to be sour due to the few reviews claiming they were but I guess they might have solved that problem by now. They were lightly wrapped and was filled with smooth porky broth. Best soup dumplings I've had in Philly! We got the spicy noodle with kimchi and porkbelly and the regular bowl of noodles with mushrooms and beef. The spicy broth kind of reminded me of how black nongshim instant noodles tasted like and the porkbelly was tender and just melted in your mouth. The regular bowl of noodles were perfectly plain and beefy if you wanted a light meal during a cold day. Will definitely come back for a visit when I'm in the Northeast area again!

    Take out menu
    June K.

    First time visiting this new restaurant here in Mayfair. Nice change from the traditional Northeast Philly Chinese egg roll and fried rice fare. Staff was welcoming and nice. Servings were well sized. Decor is contemporary and relaxing. Menu is well designed and bilingual. We sampled the dumplings and pork bao as starters. They were delicious. For mains we had the Mount Qi Beef noodles, Magic Chicken noodles, and the pork-belly with rice. The Mount Qi noodles were hand drawn with small bits of chopped beef and vegetables, tofu, and egg. The mushrooms in it were a nice touch and the broth had a bit of spice that wasn't overwhelming. The Magic Chicken dish was also good. It had a white broth with veg. The noodles had great consistency. The pork-belly in rice was filling. The pork-belly melted in your mouth and was flavorful. The side of chicken & pork broth that accompanied the dish was a nice addition.

    Pork bun boa
    Ben P.

    I and my wife love this place and all there stuff is usually tips but to day I got the Duck Raman and the broth was awesome as usual but the duck was just bones with very little meat. We loved every thing else see pictures below. The funny thing when I told the waitress about the bones in the soup and how little meat there was she said "we get from Chinatown and maybe it skinny duck" lol. I had to laugh recommend everything else but the duck bone soup lol

    Jessica N.

    Love this place, such a comfort spot. The portion sizes are insane for the price, practically two servings in one. Broth has never disappointed me, and the toppings are always fantastic. People complaining about service are hypercritical. As an asian person, any asian restaurant's service always comes second to food anyway. Who cares? Besides the point, we've always had nice service here. Very nice and efficient lady every time.

    Scallion Pancake; Takoyaki; Pork Bao; Soup; Fried Dumpling; Soup Dumpling
    Stephanie T.

    I've honestly lost count on how many times I've frequented this restaurant either during the day or late at night because it's such a comforting spot to be and the food hits the spot. I've had many of their appetizers, noodle soups, rice bowls, and skewers and most of them are solid. The pork belly house bao is probably the most disappointing dish I've had because it was dry but everything else is great. I do recommend getting their spicy soups over the regular ones because it's more flavorful. I'll include more pictures later once I can find them but I'll be back again!

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    It was ok. Order through Uber and everything came dry and cold. Not really a great experience

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    I've been coming to this take out restaurant since they open but honestly only purchase the Shang Shuang Dumplings love em

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    It's not authentic beef hand drawn noodle . It's Worst I have ever tried ! Damaging the image of real beef hand drawn noodle in Lan Zhou

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