Yunnan By Potomac Noodle House

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   Gregg

   Washington DC

   1 review

   2.0

   1 review

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   They were out of multiple items (Duck, Lamb, Beer, etc.) on a Friday night. This is unacceptable! The restaurant requests a credit card hold in the event that you cancel and they will charge $20 per person if you do. They however have no problem having a large portion of their menu not available. I have been to the restaurant several times and was always impressed. That is why I chose this restaurant for a birthday dinner. Definitely not a special occasion with this type of treatment! I sensed something was not right from the start when the waiter tried to steer us to certain dishes on the menu. They spent more time telling us they were moving and hoped to see us at the new location. I will not drive an extra 10 miles to get to the new location with this type of treatment. Poor treatment has cost them a long time customer. In today's economy performance such as this can doom a restaurant.
   

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   Jenn and Matt

   Tampa

   52 reviews

   5.0

   52 reviews

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   This is still our favorite place to have lunch in Alexandria. The bento box option is wonderfully tasty and filling. The service is always attentive - we had Noah helping us this time. It’s a shame Yunnan is leaving Alexandria, but we’ll be visiting their future location in Pentagon City.
   

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   Robert

   Washington DC

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Everything about the dining experience was first-rate.
   

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   Paul

   Washington DC

   3 reviews

   5.0

   3 reviews

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   We always find Yunnan to be a unique and special experience. The food is delicious, and we can never decide which of our many favorite dishes to order - except we always have our favorite appetizers, the wood ear mushrooms and Little-4 cucumbers.
   

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   Kutoof

   Washington DC

   31 reviews

   5.0

   31 reviews

   Dined on December 21, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   A gem hidden away from the center of Old Town Alexandria. The ambiance is calm - my mom said, "the space and music makes me feel like I am about to get a facial or massage." Our waiter went through the menu page by page, sharing the most popular dishes and his own favorites. The food was spectacular. Delicious and flavorful. The Ube Rose sticky rose was delicious, the chicken bao buns are perfectly crispy and rather large. I never knew cucumbers could taste so delicious until we tried the little 4 cucumbers. And of course the noodles are fresh with light broths and a ton of veggies. I will definitely be going back!
   

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   Akhil

   VIP

   Philadelphia

   8 reviews

   5.0

   8 reviews

   Dined on December 21, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Incredible food and service. We had a great time there.
   

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   Samuel

   Richmond

   4 reviews

   5.0

   4 reviews

   Dined on December 7, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   I would definitely go back! Fortunately our reservation was honored despite it seemingly so packed by time arrived for reservation (yeah that's what we'd expect with a reservation but always chance we could get hit with opposite outcome)! Food was very tasty and worth value even though went with small plates rather than any of the bowl of noodles
   

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   Kim

   Chicago

   5 reviews

   3.0

   5 reviews

   Dined on December 7, 2024

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 2

   Food: the dumplings and noodle dishes were fantastic, very tasty. Loved the pork dumplings, that was the best part of the meal. DO NOT order the crispy garlic rice. Extremely overpowering cilantro taste, dry, burnt rice, and no garlic taste at all. It's basically burnt white rice with cilantro. Service was horrible. They were out of 4 of their 6 beers number one. I ordered for my bf and I which made it seem obvious that we were sharing all of the dishes. Server said the kitchen could split the noodle dish (normally for one person). Then later, when I confirmed he said it was already too late to tell the kitchen, so we had to pour the noodle dish separately into two small bowls spilling much of the broth on the table. He also never checked on us when the food was coming out or offered to get us more drinks. Ambiance was ok. It actually seemed kind of bright in there. They have real flowers on the table and the smell was really strong. The bathrooms were disgusting. I think I'd only go back to order takeout
   

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   Jill

   VIP

   Washington DC

   32 reviews

   4.0

   32 reviews

   Dined on December 2, 2024

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 3

   Excellent bento box. Unusual dishes all different.
   

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    Sue

    VIP

    Washington DC

    30 reviews

    5.0

    30 reviews

    Dined on November 30, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 4

    Excellent and unusual food at very reasonable price.
    

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