Nan Xiang Xiao Long Bao is one of those XLB restaurants that is not often brought up in the XLB fights because it’s not that accessible. The original location is in Flushing, so it’s a bit far from Manhattan. Many people do end up going to Joe’s Shanghai to get their fix, but fortunately now a Manhattan location of this restaurant has opened in Koreatown. I had originally gone to the Flushing location and said the following:

This place is ok for hotpot and bbq. Keep in mind this is a All You Can Eat restaurant. There are a decent amount of choices for the hot pot meats/veggies as well as the BBQ meats. Downstairs they have tables with a grill and individual hot pots. The tables are huge even though there is always a line now unless you eat off hours. For 2 people, we decided to skip waiting for our own and share a table with other people.

Was good and cheap, but not like amazing. LA XLBs still better.

Was decent albeit expensive. Didn’t care for the noodles at all.

This place is very bleh for dim sum. I was the only Asian diner.

Noodles pretty good, but service sucks big time. It’s probably why this place is PERMA CLOSED.

So so for lunch. Cash only. The sesame noodles was just ok.

Dim sum is ok. Less wait than Jing Fong. Chicken feeet not as good as LA. This is PERMA closed.

XLB was just ok. Price was cheap.

Expensive for what it is.