92 Noodle Bar — Restaurant in Ipswich

You walk in, and it's a slightly eclectic mix of traditional tea room and a Chinese restaurant. The music playing when I was there was also exactly what you wouldn't expect to be playing... Not traditional Chinese music, nor what you'd expect for a tea room! The menu is nearly layed out and nowhere near as baffling as many Chinese restaurants can be. Oh, and "Noodle bar" is not quite how I describe it... They do traditional Chinese food made for Brits. There's no duck tongues or beef offal... Just the regulars (wish they'd cross the line a little though!). I always judge Chinese restaurants on their won-ton soup, and this one was exceptional. A very delicate broth with handmade dumplings. Really good. The mains were equally well made. We were all very impressed. For the 3 of us [beef brisket, plain rice, chicken and noodle soup, won-ton soup, xo king prawns, plain chow mein, 2x shared starters, a coke, a lemonade, a large mineral water] came to ~£54, and we were totally stuffed! Great quality, great service, ... We'll be back! Just don't all go at once!! ;)

2023 Update: sadly fell a little short of our previous experience. After trying to explain to our waitress how "Minimum 2 people" for the mixed starters worked (!), once they arrived our starters were great. However our mains took a very long time to arrive. I had finished my won ton soup main a good 10mins before the last dish was served to our table. From arriving to leaving it took 1h50... way too long. This was excused by the owner that they had only today reopened following the Xmas break. £122 for 5 people, including drinks, starters and mains for all. We unfortunately were not impressed by the mains, and unanimously said we would have preferred to have just had more starters! Pity....

Ordered for delivery online owner instantly called to say she’s not local and didn’t know where our address was and would stop saying what you want me to do, but on repeat like an annoying greeting card that talks so I couldn’t get a word in edge ways to suggest maybe Google maps or a similar app as our postcode brings you straight to our address less than 2 miles from the restaurant, she was very very unhelpful. So cancled order and went to the Aura on wersted road and it was top notch. Then tonight we ordered again as my wife likes the vegetarian options on their menu. And again same phone conversation. The wife went to pick it up instead. When she got home half was undercooked to the point where we had to recook it, one third was missing and the remaining that arrived was of poor quality. Oh and the parts that were missing the owner drove to us to drop it off and guess what she actually arrived guided by the magical and mystical powers of...

I have had my eyes opened to the true way of enjoying authentic Chinese cuisine. The dishes I had on my first visit were so far from your traditional Chinese takeaway, you will have to visit to experience them. It's the sort of food you can normally only find in a few exclusive London restaurants. In fact I loved it so much I have made several repeat visits. I can highly recommend the deep fried whole aubergine with or without pork, any of the noodle dishes as the noodles are all handmade, the soft shell crab is to die for so be adventurous. My favourite at the moment are the sweet dry fried green beans and the sharing bowl of fish with bean sprouts. They serve a range of wines, spirits and bottled beers and the staff are all very friendly. With regards to the cash only problem, they now have the facility...