云南道.过桥米线YUNNANDAO Rice Noodles — Restaurant in Town of North Hempstead

Charming new Chinese restaurant serving Yunnan cuisine in the former Zen Garden location. This was our first time visiting. The banquet seating is the same, but the place is decorated with festive red lanterns, a mannequin dressed in regional garb, and plays peaceful, soothing traditional Chinese music. This place specializes in serving hot broth in oven-heated stone-like bowls, where the staff brings out fresh rice noodles and adorable little dishes on a wooden bridge display, with a what looks like a dozen little samples of meat(beef/pork/chicken), tofu skins, and assorted vegetables. Google Translate can help you read the menu descriptions. This is deliciously warm and simple comfort food from the Yunnan province. We only ordered the mild noodle soups; will return again to try the more spicy ones. The dessert we ordered was the fried mini milk buns with sweet dipping sauce. Delicious. The staff was very kind. We are happy to have more options of Asian restaurants in Great Neck. We parked in the municipal parking lot behind Mr. Wish...

The noodle soup I had wasn’t fresh—it tasted like leftovers. The noodles were overcooked, as if a large batch had been prepared and then reheated. There wasn’t anything memorable about the meal. I’ve visited many noodle places around the Great Neck, Bayside area, but this is the only one I would say I won’t be returning to. I feel a bit puzzled by this poor quality restaurant opening in such a busy Great Neck area where there are already plenty of great dining options. I don’t usually judge food harshly, but since the owner responded, I want to be clear. I’m not in the restaurant business, and I genuinely hope more good restaurants succeed in this area. This is a new restaurant, and I sincerely wish them success, but based on my experience, I will not judge how this business goes. Wait a year, and you will see. Good luck.

The owner responded, translated from the original: “If you don’t like our restaurant, eat...

The food is really good. My daughter got the dried rice noodle - very flavorful and perfectly intense. My sister got the truffle and wyugo noodle - presentation and taste both excellent. I got the braised beef noodle - which was great. We lived in Flushing for 10 years - and this place would strongly hold its own against the best noodle shops there. The other surprising thing was the price - which for great neck was very reasonable. Hopefully they...