Bao Noodles

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391 Second Ave., New York, NY 10010 40.737602 -73.981136
nr. 23rd St. See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
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Cuisine: Vietnamese
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Official Website

baonoodles.com

Hours

Sun-Wed, 11:30am-11pm; Thu-Sat, 11am-midnight

Nearby Subway Stops

6 at 23rd St.

Prices

$8-$19

Payment Methods

Cash Only

Special Features

Delivery
Kid-Friendly
Lunch
Take-Out
Online Ordering
Catering

Alcohol

Full Bar

Reservations

Accepted/Not Necessary

Delivery Area

14th St. to 34th St., FDR Dr. to Broadway

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Profile

The cut-rate spinoff of Alphabet City's Bao 111 specializes in homestyle noodles, salads, and stir-fries inspired by classic Saigon cuisine. Steamy bowls of crab noodle soup and succulent stews are pure Southeast Asian comfort food, and zesty dressings enliven grilled shrimp and seared steak. For the most part, the splendid dessert exceptions, like pandan-leaf panna cotta, are welcome. The space uses artfully aged mirrors and floor tiles for an effect that's part French bistro, part Irish pub. Lively crowds pile into wooden booths and slurp soup and cocktails at the bar.

Recommended Dishes

Pandan-leaf panna cotta, $6

8.0

"Recommended"
Average Reader Rating
on a Scale of 10

100%	Would you go back?
80%	Would you take a date?
40%	Would you take kids?
20%	Would you go on business?
60%	Would you go on a special occasion?

Food:	7.8
Service:	8.6
Décor:	7.8
Value:	8.6

Bao Noodles

A Good Lunch

mky84 from 47408 | Posted on 2/16/09

Overall Rating: 107 (Recommended)


Food:	5
Service:	9

Décor:	6

Value:	8

A great place to have a quick and inexpensive lunch. The pho was decent, but far from the best I've had. The shrimp summer rolls are pretty good. The lunch special is only $10, and that includes a spring or summer roll appetizer, and a bowl of pho or a banh mi sandiwch. A pretty good value for the amount of food you get.

Bao Noodles

Home Style Vietnamese Food ... Warms Your Cockles!!!

GimmeTheGoodEats from 10009 | Posted on 12/22/08

Overall Rating: 1010 (Highly Recommended)


Food:	10
Service:	10

Décor:	10

Value:	10

Big fan of Bao Noodles, have been coming here religiously for 4 years. The reason that I am commenting only now is because I brought my family there for a holiday dinner, and they were blown away by how the home-style cooking brought them back to the motherland! All the food, from the strange pig's head salad, to the hearty pho, to the simple lollipop chicken, to the wonderfully presented whole red snapper ... Hit the spot!! The family has already left the city, but they are still calling me just to talk about it! The ambience is great -- fantastic music and very nice servers, the pricing is GREAT, and the food is deliciously authentic. Oh... and they deliver! Can't be beat!!

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