DanDan Noodle Restaurant Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was amazing, most authentic I've had in a long time."
• "Really delicious Chinese food!! The dry pot pig intestines are a must-order!!"
• "The noodle soup was absolutely awesome. Very flavorful soup base and the texture of the noodles was so chewy."
• "Both were very flavorful and filling."
• "Food was all extremely fresh and full of flavours."
• "Absolutely delicious, authentic and genuinely spicy sichuan dishes."
• "Delicious authentic food (always lots of Chinese people eating here, which is always a good sign!)."

Cons:

• "The Sichuan Dan Dan noodle was bad. Had a non tasty only spice broth, the sausage and slice beef in it are the ones you buy from Asian supermarket for hotpot."
• "Ordered a tomato noodle soup for delivery, but there was zero soup that came with it."
• "As a Sichuan person, I got absolutely frustrated with the Dan Dan noodles. It tastes plain."
• "The sweet sour pork ribs was over cooked, the meat was too dry."
• "The Dan Dan Noodles were clearly the exact same but just without the pork topping. It was SO bland and disappointing."
• "None of the dishes tasted like much. There was an aftertaste of soap in all of them."
• "Ordered the Dan Dan mien. It was horrible. It was bland, tasteless, not the least bit authentic."

Service

Pros:

• "The service was great, never been to a restaurant like this before."
• "Very friendly welcome and very quick service."
• "Service was also excellent, well informed on the dishes, very attentive and topped up our water without us asking."
• "Service from Kim is amazing! She always makes sure we are well looked after, and enjoy our meal."
• "Customer service was amazing and we were sat down at a table very quickly without reservation."
• "The staffs are extremely friendly and nice, the best services I've had since im in London; especially Kim, she is the nicest person."
• "Manager Jason and our lovely waitress, Kim, are super star. Really attentive and friendly."

Cons:

• "There was literally no communication with the waiter aside from taking my order and then giving me the bill, which they automatically added 12.5% to. For what service?"
• "The service was really bad, 2 staff for the whole restaurant at lunch time means you had to wait for 30 minutes to get food."
• "Service was almost too attentive. In my opinion it’s better to not have the waitstaff every other 5minutes on the table."
• "Firstly, the service could not have been less enthusiastic. No hellos, just pointing to a table to sit."
• "Service could be improved. Waiter was distracted whilst serving, constantly looking away from you as you talk to him so you have to repeat yourself."
• "We were in the place about 20 minutes and they got £60+ for our troubles...never got asked anything like 'are you enjoying your meal' or 'everything OK'...no just 'do you want to take it home' and there's your bill complete with complimentary service charge."
• "The service and treatment really let this whole place down."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "Especially if the interior looks like the kind of place where you can sit down with people and enjoy a meal together, not shoving food down your throat."
• "The restaurant is clean and stylish, service efficient and smooth."
• "This Sichuan restaurant is true to the original taste and creates a welcoming space for everyone."
• "Cute atmosphere near the aldgate east underground."
• "It was so refreshing to see a Chinese restaurant with tasteful interiors and great service."
• "The atmosphere is cozy with warm lighting and gorgeous setup."
• "Vibrant and great atmosphere (visited on Friday evening)."

Cons:

• "The restaurant itself is small and can be crowded especially at dinner service."
• "However, food coming literally 2-3min out of the kitchen since ordering does not give a sense of a relaxed experience."
• "Ambiance was too crowded."

Value

Pros:

• "The dishes are quite big for the price and it's so worth it!"
• "Good value too."
• "Service was fast, food tasted fantastic and it was excellent value for money."
• "Reasonable prices and good quantities, friendly service!"
• "Such great value for money too."
• "Affordable prices and such delicious food."
• "Excellent value for money too, dined for £20 for two."

Cons:

• "The portion size was small for what was paid."
• "Portion may be slightly smaller for noodles for the price paid."
• "For £35.00 the amount of fish was too little for 2 people."
• "Price is a bit high overall and the quality is absolutely not there at all!"
• "Food was ok but the price on some of the dishes was ridiculous. The £7.50 'seasonal cold vegetables', is literally half a romaine lettuce with some Japanese sesame dressing on."
• "Pork dish could have had more meat/less veg, and the rice was quite a small portion."
• "Don't call this a noodle soup dish if there is no soup in it...also for £15, what a scam."