Davis Noodle City

Reviews

• Jasmine S.

  star star star star star_border 31 May 2026

  Stopped by on a Wednesday evening around 7 PM and was promptly seated.
  
  I ordered the same thing as last time, Garlic Hot Chicken and Potstickers. This time, I asked for the chicken to be spicy -- and it was, but it could have been spicier. Maybe next time I will ask for chili oil!
  
  Overall, a really good experience and I only paid $13 altogether for a huge meal that also served as my lunch for the next day. Definitely recommend trying this place out!

• Ellen W.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 20 May 2026

  I was devastated and heartbroken by my meal. I feel compelled to warn other foodies of my error, especially if they are just visiting the area, like I was. Also, don't make a further mistake and invite your white co-workers to try this place with you. BTW, this review is only for the food. The service and prices and atmosphere are great. The seats are somewhat uncomfortable but that doesn't affect my star rating.
  
  From the reviews (3.5 Yelp, 4.2 Google at time of writing), we came here expecting cheap, mediocre, warm Chinese hand-pulled noodles.
  
  What we got was cheap, bland, flavorless, tough, downright horrific Chinese hand-pulled noodles, and other flavorless dishes. The only upside of these noodles is that they are warm, and they are calories (at a compelling price point).
  
  We had: Dan-dan noodles (flavorless and drowning in too-sweet peanut sauce), Five-spice beef noodle (is this soup broth just water?), eggplant and noodle (way too sweet), veggie dumplings (so bad, I did not know dumplings of any kind could be bad). All the noodles were tough and seemed like they were not fresh or actually hand-pulled. All of the food listed as "spicy" was not. It was not even Wendy's spicy chicken-level spicy (I am super sensitive to spice level). The beef was good but there was like 2 oz of it (that's a generous estimate). Where is the chili oil? If there was chili oil, it would have saved our meal, and I probably wouldn't be writing this right now.
  
  If you want cheap late night food, order Dominos, it will be 10x better. If you're craving something "Asian-ish," go to a gas station and get cup-o-noodles chicken ramen.
  
  If you are in Austin TX, go to Xian Noodles in the Mueller district and order all of the dishes I listed above and tell them I love them and miss them dearly (and I should really write a review for them).

• Rae A.

  star star star_border star_border star_border 16 May 2026

  Came by around 2pm on a Thurs. It's a small restaraunt. The customer service is good.. theyre very attentive.
  
  I'm from San Francisco so I can see the food here is significantly cheaper.. probably also because of the students that come by here.
  
  Portions are big and filling for their price.
  
  Veg. curry was decent. Tofu in it was soft and tasty.. just didnt like how thick the sauce was.
  
  Beef noodle soup a bit too salty for my liking.
  
  The chicken/shrimp wontons were probably my favorite because there's a taste of peanut sauce on the bottom. Wasn't too overpowering. Just right.
  
  Thai tea was decent.. a bit too sweet.
  
  Overall it's an okay place if youre hungry and are in the area.

• Allison L.

  star star star star_border star_border 12 May 2026

  My boyfriend and I ate at Noodle City for the first time on Saturday. We were lucky enough to find street parking nearby.
  
  It's a small little place, but it was clean and the waitress was attentive.
  
  We ordered pork potstickers, wontons in chili oil, and Sichuan eggplant rice.  The pork potstickers were perfectly crisp outside and steamy inside and the dipping sauce was well balanced. The wontons in chili oil were decent enough, but the sauce was peanut buttery and did not taste like chili oil at all... which was strange. It tasted fine overall but I don't think the description is accurate. So, don't order this if you have a peanut allergy lol.  Also strange that the wontons were falling apart. The Sichuan eggplant was delicious - a little spicy and garlicky. Eggplant to rice ratio seemed off though.
  
  Overall, decent spot, not as good as Dumpling House, but it satisfied our craving since DH is closed. Not sure how soon I would return since there are plenty of other restaurants in Davis I haven't yet tried.

• Jared T.

  star star star star star 11 May 2026

  The dan dan noodles, garlic chicken and eggplant are really good here. Would recommend to everyone.