Aries Noodle and Dumpling 春风一面

This place is outstanding and is one of my favorite Chinese restaurants in Massachusetts. The food is incredible and the staff there are so friendly. There is a really interesting menu that has everything you could want. The spicy hot pot with lamb is amazing and they have one of the best cucumber salads I’ve had

Super good, can’t go wrong with any dish here, super tasty and really quick. Great place to bring a group of friends so that you get to try out more of the dishes!

1. Appetizer Spicy Duck Slices ($12.99) from @ariesnoodleanddumpling. Looking at the picture on the takeout menu, it seems like you would get around five slices of duck breast. However, what you get is half a duck sliced on the bone sitting in a pool of chili oil and soy sauce topped with chili peppers. The duck was tasty and tender and had been rendered down perfectly. Yes, this might not be for everyone since there are tons of bones, but I don't mind. It was delicious! They now have a helpful new menu that includes pictures.

2. Cold Water Shrimp ($12.95). This is, in fact, the long-missed Swedish shrimp. I never thought that I would encounter these guys over here. The texture was off a tad, but not by much, considering that these are previously frozen. These guys are tasty! The dipping sauce was also really delicious. I would absolutely have overlooked these if it wasn't for the picture in the new menu. The waiter tried to translate where they come from, and his phone said the North Pole, and that's pretty close. The North Sea would have been more accurate. Anyone else serving these?

3. The menu said Smoked & Grilled Lamb Chops (27.99) at @ariesnoodleanddumpling. What is should have said was Lamb Ribs. They kept the meat part that is normally removed on chops that is nice and fatty. These were absolutely delicious. Served with cumin and chili.

Authentic Chinese Family Style!! Great price point, delicious food (I'm talking GOOD) and personable service.

You can have most anything on the menu under $15 and each family style dish is absolutely enough for a single person.

What's more is the Boba shop next store (also owned by the same person) provides an amazing dessert relief in the form of sweet drinks and crepes.

The only negatives I found were the steamed dumplings were not to my preference and for a busier time more servers may be warranted. To be fair I went very early in the morning and had no issues with service 👍

It’s rare to find northern Chinese style restaurants like this one near Boston. We tried many signature dishes including fish dumplings, Chinese crepes, and the signature duck dish. All of them exceeded my expectation. Sadly we didn’t order the chef’s specialty noodle soup, guess that is one of the reasons we will have to go back soon.

This place is highly recommended by my Waltham friend. The restaurant is clean and comfortable with enough seating space. The service and the food are pretty good!

Came here for their signature Lanzhou Noodle Soup. Turned out we had too many dishes that we wanted to try… ordered Aries’ Beef Offal Noodle, Spicy Duck Slices, Spicy & Numbing Pork Intestines Stir Fried Pot, Chinese Crepes, Stir Fried Beef Pancakes… for two… and the server stopped us for ordering more.

The Noodle came with a large bowl, the soup was light and perfect, Spicy Stir Fried Pot and Stir Fried Pancakes were good too. The Duck and Crepes was ok. Overall, I’ll always come back!

Really great Chinese food, authentic and delicious. If you are looking for American style Chinese (orange chicken... Fried rice), this place is not for you but if you want delicious traditional food that is fresh, definitely check it out! The lamb hot pot is my favorite!

Update-Services are way much more better now. The previous waitress is now gone. I’m switching back to 5 star.

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There was just no service. The waitress is just horrible. Waiters are fine. Order takeouts only.

Incredible! One of the best Lanzhou hand pulled noodles I’ve ever had. The noodles were fresh and bouncy and the broth was addicting. The beef was also very tender. Big bowl too! Also really enjoyed and recommend the beef tripe in chili oil dish.

Since moving to the area I have come here around once a week and it is easily my favorite restaurant in the Boston Area. Everyone who works here is so sweet, the staff now recognize me and suggest something for me to try every time I come in. Every dish I have tried is incredible and I will definitely continue to come back!

excellent authentic chinese food (not chinese american, actual chinese cuisine), good portion sizes, and quick service even when busy. less expensive than mulan, the only other authentic chinese restaurant in the area. easy to order with the qr code on each table. new favorite restaurant in waltham!

The food is served pretty fast, it is tasty and cheap, good for quick lunch or dinner for one person

Had (1) smoked and grilled lamb chops, (2) Aries Lanzhou beef noodles soup, (3) quick fried tripe, (4) sliced lotus and mixed vegetables, (5) Aries steamed fish and pork and chives dumplings. Everything was great, would eat again.

Great service and authentic Chinese food, tried roasted duck, beef noodle, pan fried pork dumplings, stir fried pancakes and shredded potato. My favorite is the stir fried pancakes and the duck!

Every aspect is perfect. We love the lamb noodle especially. Staff is very friendly too.

Supergood and authentic! Smoke chicken with bones brings me back to north China. Authentic amd yummy and even the bone is flavorful! The price is reasonable and big portion.

One of my new favorites in the city of Waltham. Authentic, delicious, and very reasonably priced. The flavor of ShanDong province of China, with good variety of great dishes to choose from. I have been here three times and have not been able to explore the whole menu yet. One thing for sure is there has been no disappointment. Could be crowded on weekends.

Before I stopped by Aries, I'd found myself wondering why I had never tried a Chinese soup analogous to Vietnamese pho or Japanese ramen. The Lan Zhou hand-pulled noodle soup here did more than hit the spot; it comes close to spoiling me for any other soup option. The broth is clear and fragrant, like a pho, but the noodles are chewy, glutinous and satisfying. The fresh milk tea with lychee jelly was also a total hit. It's still their soft opening, so decor hasn't been fully realized, but the food and service were stellar.

Everything we ordered was delicious and arrived at our table very quickly. Outstanding service too.

Nice noodle and authentic Chinese restaurant. Their dumplings are quite good. They also offer a Chinese street food that is basically like a crepe. Very unique!