H858

I came here several times for their beef stew pulled noodles. For my noodle dish, a fish bun for my dad, coffee & milk tea, I think the bill came up to 9.80, which is pretty decent… The noodles are the perfect consistency for me! And the beef is little but it’s not too little that it isn’t worth the price. I think the thing that really sold me is the service. Many Asian places tends to have either very rude or aloof waitresses. This waitress and waiter were both very nice and catering. At one point, a guy (maybe the owner or a worker?) came up and offered us newspapers to read. My dad politely declined, thinking that he needed to pay… But it was just them being friendly. Overall, I really enjoyed this place. In addition… You don’t have to pay tips for dine in! So there. You save another $ 2-​$ 5…

Spacious and bright, this hand pulled noodle soup place offers a pretty extensive menu at decent prices.
My beef stew noodle soup ($ 6.50) came with a piping hot broth, dark in color and very salty. The noodles were chewy and nicely separated, but a bit too thin. Plenty of pickled mustard greens, which I love. Unfortunately the meat was not of great quality: even though the lean pieces were tasty, most pieces had a lot of rubbery tendons attached to them. I actually tried to eat them anyway, but there’s only that much chewing on rubber you can do before saying «Ok; it’s rubber».
The less-​than-​memorable noodle soup combined with a «C» health rating will probably prevent me from coming here again.

Walking with my friend around eight av and we stop at this noodle shop for the munchies… for some reason she wanted something with rice and this place only served noodles, dumplings and soup. This place is really noisy they slam the dough hard core in the kitchen… you can actually see them making the noodle because it was an open kitchen… place Is small. service is so so… had the duck with hand pulled noddles and wontons soup… the duck was wayyyyyy to greasy I didn’t like that and the wonton sucked full of skin and a dot of meat in the wontons… you can blearily taste the meat … Had better noodles then this place didn’t like how noisy and rowdy this place is either but whatever price is reasonable all that food for ten bucks… but too bad i feel like its not worth it …

Decent noodle shop, decent noodle shop bowls.
You order at the cashier, take a number and a table.
In 5 minutes, the teenage waitress brings the bowls and place them on the table.
Soy sauce and chopsticks and spoons are on the tables for you.
Eat quick, leave your bowls on the table for the teenage waitress to pick up.
I think since this store is one of the newer noodle shops on 8^th ave, so it’s pretty mediocre.
Come here if you have nothing to eat on 8^th ave,

Sometimes it is good and sometimes it is bad, I like their hand pull noodle but the soup base is not as good as it used to be

Seems like H858 recently went through a renovation to spruce up the place and raised their prices to pay for their new décor!
Although their hand-​pulled noodles are nice and chewy, and the broth is pretty decent, IMO it can’t really make up for the tiny, tough, and sinewy cuts of meat found in most of the menu items. Order the oxtail noodle only you have ridiculously strong jaws because you’ll be chewing for quite a while to wrestle that fat and gristle off the bone!
That said, once you get past the language barriers, if you stick to the the regular beef noodle soup and you can get a semi-​filling, cheap & quick meal here. No where near the tastiest noodles on 8^th ave but at least you usually won’t have to wait for a table.
Being a Fujianese owned establishment, tip is NOT expected so the price listed on the menu is what you walk out paying. They even used to have a sign stating as such on the window, didn’t notice if it’s still there after the reno.

Cheap quick eats with manageable service.
Note: 3.5 stars
Came here with the help of reviews from fellow Unilocalers.
Very easy to spot on 8^th ave this spot. Upon entrance, we sat wherever we wished. Quickly, we were given menus and lemon water. (Yes, lemon water in a common 8^th ave spot, neat!) The waitresses were attentive yet tried to rush our orders in the beginning.
After placing our orders, they were very quick to come out. ²⁄₃ orders were correct — the incorrect one has me speaking to a waitress who only understood Mandarin. This was bumpy with the language barrier and our original waitress didn’t come by to help us. Ultimately, the missing items to the noodle bowl was added.
The broths overall were very light and drinkable (usually broths are salty as heck with the classic MSG additive). Therefore, the sauces like spicy sauce and vinegar were welcomed to kick up the broth. Overall, the noodle bowls were not bad. Noodles were plentiful along with the bowl’s contents. The hand pulled noodles are good. Good chewy texture and fresh to serve.
The main gripe was the noisy environment. Some locals were such noisy customers, especially with their kids. Yelling to their kid (s) as they run about and/​or to their kid (s) 2 ft away. Jeez, a little control isn’t that hard in such a small shop.
Overall, not bad. Good spot to go to for a noodle fix, but be prepared if you don’t know Mandarin because you may get frustrated with the language barrier experience.

This place is alright, not amazing but not horrible either.
My friend mentioned their hand pulled noodles, so we decided to have our July 4^th dinner here. They lacked air conditioning but had plenty of fans making up for it. It wasn’t as cool as I had hoped for but doable.
Walking in, it seemed as if this place was recently opened or renovated. Rumor has it, it’s been around for a while. As soon as we sat down, the waitress expected us to order on the spot, only giving us a few seconds to look at the menu. This kept going a good 3 times within a matter of 2 minutes, annoying if you ask me. Once we had ordered, we received our water. I have to admit, this is the only Asian restaurant I have ever been to that has served water with a kick of lemon. Would have been better if it were cold, just saying. They were pretty quick with our order, which was nice but messed mine up. I ordered the fish ball noodle soup and got the noodles in soup minus the fish balls. My friends, confused as they were, tried to explain to the Mandarin speaking waitress that the order wasn’t complete using their broken Mandarin. Now, the lady that originally took our order spoke Cantonese, I don’t understand why this girl looked so confused and couldn’t call over our original waitress. After a few minutes of going back and forth with the young/​inexperienced girl, I finally got my order.
Tasting the food, I honestly didn’t feel it was anything distinct. The broth was pretty bland and my fish balls tasted extra store bought. Although, I did have quite the abundant amount of noodles in my bowl. My friends ordered the beef stew and the house special with hand pulled noodles. The beef stew was definitely flavorful in comparison to my dish, but the hand pulled noodles tasted a bit raw. They could have cooked it longer. Do I think I’ll be coming back? No. Are there better places on 8^th ave in comparison? Yes. This place was a «hit or a miss» thing. In our case, definitely a miss.

When H858 first opened a few years back, I took the ho hum approach and decided to join in on the parade when the hype was over. The place was bright, large, and almost trendy compared to the divey noodle joints around the corner. Even after 6 months of their grand opening, like every other proud Chinese business still kept up their ribbons and congratulatory bamboo plants out like they had just opened the day before. I went in there craving rice and ended up eating a mediocre yangzhou fried rice (when they still served rice anyway).
Fast forward nearly half a year later, I come (#1) in here close to midnight with a few friends after hitting up a nearby karaōke joint and we’re all starving. I went for a $ 5 beef noodle soup (niu rou ban mian) with a side of pan fried dumplings (guo tie) for another $ 3, and I had myself a fabulous late night meal without spending more than $ 10 (tip included). This place had turned a new leaf and I was a new fan. The lesson? Always get a noodle dish and focus on what they do best. My initial time here was like ordering a cheeseburger at a Japanese restaurant (#2) — completely unnecessary.
The noodles are indeed good here, especially the handpulled variety. Texture wise, they’re on par with some of the better joints in the neighborhood. I sometimes will order fish ball wonton soup (yu dan hun tun mian) and eat it with a side of fried dumpling (#3). Another winner here is their zha jiang mian, a meat sauce consisting of minced pork and soy, slathered up in the noodles for a hearty dish that doesn’t run one for more than $ 6.
Service is pretty good for a Chinatown spot, they’re fast and efficient, without the snappiness or the attitude. There is no need to share tables here — they’ve got plenty of space and are very accommodating to large groups. I wish I could say the same most of the dives.
Lastly, while the English name is H858 (I’m not sure why. Even the Canto number scheme is going against them), the actual name is «fu sheng la mian guan» or Fook Sing Handpulled Noodle Place. Wait, what the Fook? Ok, we’ll roll with H858.
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(#1) Ok, stumbled.
(#2) Unless that burgermeat is kobe.
(#3) Unlike the pan fried /​guo tie variety, this one is almost like Korean mandoo gui, or deep fried dumpling.

Food isn’t greasy. I like their hand-​pulled noodle soup and dumplings.

Authentic and delicious hand-​pulled noodles. The noodles are bouncy and flavorful. I always get the house special noodles which comes with tripes, a fried egg, pork, beef, and vegetable. For only $ 7! Delicious! They serve the food fast and you don’t have to leave tip (only if you don’t want to).

This particular spot is surprisingly a lot nicer than the other hand pulled shops I’ve been to. They have quite an extensive menu for noodles as well. I have not yet seen a noodle place this big with plenty of seating. It’s very spacey plus comfortable if you eat in.
I usually get the beef hand pulled noodle soup, comes with dried slices of beef and a few spinach. I ordered beef stew hand pulled noodle soup once and I definitely liked the regular beef better. There’s still a whole list of noodles I still have to try one at a time.
If you eat in, your noodles are served on a bowl not plastic, plus non-​plastic utensils too. Oh, they do offer you tea or water, which gives them extra points. The average price here for a bowl of noodles is $ 5, yes super cheap!
Wouldn’t say that they make the best hand pulled noodles because pretty much the noodle shops in the area are on the same boat.

I went here once about a year ago but I keep meaning to go back cus I loved it. I had some lo mein with fish balls and it was so killin! Quick and attentive service too. If I lived a little closer I’d probably be there quite often.

Since this is a noodle house, most of the items are noodle-​based! Don’t listen to the people who say the noodle is «bland» because the broth didn’t sexually penetrate the noodle. Be a man and add in some hot chili oil! I always find that makes the dish really stand out on it’s own.
Fried dumplings were quite fine. The roast duck soup was very good, and the stuff on the menu is painfully cheap. Atmosphere is nice and the crowd is almost exclusively local (Chinese).
Quite nice, I would go there on a cold Brooklyn day and warm up with this alternative to chicken soup!

This place was recommended to me from a friend of mine as being one of the more authentic noodle shop in the city. Having high hopes of the place, I decided to give this place a try.
H858 is not hard to find, located on the busy 8^th ave. I walked in, got seated, and ordered the beef noodle soup. I took off my jacket and hanged it behind the chair and set my messenger bag on the empty seat next to me. As I was finishing doing that, my beef noodle soup was ready. The service was incredibly fast, leaving me to wonder whether they actually cook to order.
As the previous poster had said, the meats were very flavorful. It is pinkish in color and very tender. The broth is refreshing and not too oily. The noodle I felt was just okay. The texture and chewiness was decent, but it tasted bland. The flavor of the broth did not penetrate the noodle well. In addition, aside from the meat, noodle and broth, there was nothing else in the bowl except a couple pieces of raw spinach floating on the top. I wish there are some more stuff going on.
Despite these negatives, I may come back to try their stir fry noodle dishes.
One thing to note is that most of the stuff on the menu is $ 3 and above even for appetizers. I was thinking about ordering an appetizer but decided against it because it was $ 6. I assume these appetizers are portioned for a party of 3 or more. I will know more next time when I come with more people.

This place mainly serves hand pulled noodles for a very very reasonable price. I got the beef hand pulled noodles for $ 5! It was really really good. I was pretty surprised I have to say. The beef had soo much flavor and the soup wasn’t oily either. The noodles were a bit al dente.
My friend got the beef ball hand pulled noodles and was very satisfied as well. Service was very fast and friendly. We got our orders within 5 minutes. The only gripe is that they don’t serve free water, you have to buy a bottle.