HongFu Noodle Bar — Restaurant in City of Edinburgh

Considering we'd found this place by accident it's a decent place..lot's of Chinese tourists are brought here in tour group companies which is lame as it's clear from my observations explained so much as to why given the staff to support such large groups the quality and quantity of food was sub par ..that said, the wait for your food can be awhile..we spent 3 months in Asia and were looking for a place like this...its close but not a bulls-eye..there is no sticky rice of any kind, just plain white rice, which was a surprise due to the vast array of choices even a basic Chinese take out place would've offered...they advertise the Lotus leaf rice mix (which was the deciding factor to come here) yet make no effort to keep it available...the Jasmine tea was weak as they only use one tea bag for a large tea pot...the shredded duck/pancake was really good, yet the other dishes were really heavy with soy sauce and did not allow the taste of the natural food to come through, there is potential here yet it's just lazy cooking...better off looking somewhere else if you are looking for a dim sum experience as we'd been privileged to have in...

I've had so much bad Asian food in Edinburgh. If you watch the Searching for General Tso documentary, they theorize chop suey was popular in the US because it had familiar elements along with "exotic" vegetables like beansprouts and that were relatively neutral in taste. This allows people to experience Asian exoticism without having to taste anything too foreign. That seems to be the state of Asian food in Edinburgh.

I ordered the Taiwanese beef noodle soup. Maybe didn't taste Taiwanese since it seems like they're Cantonese. It did taste more similar to the soup base for a wonton soup with some modifications. But it was good and tasted like an Asian chef made it. Nice chewy noodles, may have been handmade. Loved the Shanghai dumplings as well. Thick chewy skin and they serve it properly with vinegar and ginger.

Some of the other reviews are weird. One person spent three months in Asia and was surprised there was no sticky rice. South China usually uses jasmine which isn't really sticky. That's like saying you went to Europe for three months and was surprised you couldn't find coq au vin or schnitzel in a...

My family and I are Chinese and was craving Chinese food in Edinburgh. We stumbled upon HongFu Noodle Bar, conveniently located within 2 mins walk of the Edinburgh train station. We were warmly welcomed by the staff who took our orders. The food was absolutely delicious - we enjoyed the pineapple chicken fried rice, curry dishes, and rice and noodles, and more. We (being Chinese ourselves) were so impressed by the quality of the and authentic taste of the food; it is also very good value, well priced with generous portions. The staff (especially Kim and Matthew) are very attentive and we are so happy with their service. We also noticed that the restaurant has a lot of click and collect/ delivery orders.

We came back to HongFu Noodle Bar again for two more meals (lunch and dinner) throughout our 5 day visit to Edinburgh. We even ordered some lunches to eat on the train on the last day of our visit.

We enjoyed the foods and ate so quickly, I forgot to take some photos. Below is two of our favourites- the curry beef brisket with vermicelli and fried...