Magic noodles — Restaurant in Philadelphia

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...

I arrived to pickup a mobile order of 23.00. I gave the woman ringing me up my credit card. She handed me the receipt to sign of $48. I made her aware that the amount is incorrect. She said "oh I will void" She now print out a voided receipt. She now runs my card for the $23 that had a balance of $60 when arriving . My card now declines. She says "pay me cash or give me another card" I said absolutely not. I will not pay you $70 in one night for a $23 meal. She grabs a paper and pen demanding to write down my credit card number to charge it when the funds are available. I told her this was fraud and I do not trust that you will even charge the correct amount. A male co worker at the restaurant told me it will take over three days to return my money. The lady was not happy that he was providing this information to me. I asked for management and she stated she is the manager and owner. I told her she never apologized and this is not how you run business. She was nasty and shoved it off. I walked out with no food, a negative balance to get food elsewhere, and no apology. ...

Came here for the Shanghai Soup Dumplings (they're the only one that I'm aware of that makes them in the NE). They didn't have them so we settled for the Shanghai Crabmeat and Pork Soup Dumplings instead. Good amount of meat and broth in the dumplings. I have had their Pork House Bao before but it was lacking the punch of flavor that it usually has. I will definitely order it again though. Food portions were a good size. I felt the food was a little on the bland side today (which I personally prefer over too salty because I can always add to it) but even for bland, it was still good. They have condiments like soy sauce, dumpling sauce, vinegar and chili oil right at the table. Most of the food are also being served in take-out/disposable containers (I'm guessing because of COVID/sanitary reasons). Server was efficient. Good spacing inside/nice atmosphere/decor. Street parking available on both Brous or...