Mian & Bao - Austin, Texas

Fernando S.

Okay, so this is one of the greatest places I've been to in a while for a variety of reasons. I went during their brunch popup collaboration with Mu Coffee and I was so impressed with everything.

I'll start by saying that the pricing is such a fantastic deal; they could choose to charge a lot more money based on their location. I would have came back just based on this as long as the food was okay, but the deal was sweeter since the food was fantastic!

We ordered the sweet potato egg rolls, two sides of steamed rice, chicken pot stickers, and pan fried pork buns ALL FOR $30 (including tax)! And all of it was amazing, the sweet potato egg rolls were like nothing I'd ever had and the pan fried pork buns had so much flavor and a great texture!

Inside, the decor is nice and there's a pretty chill vibe. The food comes out quickly and the service was great too! Anytime we needed more water/napkins, they were always there before we had to ask. Seriously seriously love this place—please come out and give them your support! Especially because getting a meal this good, at this price, is RARE in Austin these days.

Katherine M.

This is a great Chinese restaurant! We went for lunch, and everything we ordered was absolutely delicious. We started with the Beef Pancake Roll and the Pan-Fried Chicken Dumplings. I especially loved the dumplings and would highly recommend them. They were packed with flavor, perfectly crispy on the outside, and juicy on the inside. We also tried the Xiao Long Bao, which were tasty and well-prepared.

K L.

Soup dumpling was excellent. Beef noodle soup was tasty but was not a fan of the thin noodles.

Servers were very attentive but am not a fan of the restaurant’s use of impersonal QR code menu ordering method.

Restaurant is tastefully furnished, creating a warm inviting atmosphere. One big drawback though is that the tables are also really small, any party larger than 2 will find it a struggle to eat together.

Josie L.

My new favorite Sichuan/Shanghai restaurant in Austin! The dumplings(wontons )with chili oil were so delicious and yummy! Still dreaming on next time I can order them! The spicy beef noodle soup were also delicious.

Michelle B.

Overall was disappointing experience. Cucumber and soup dumplings were way too sweet. We ordered the pan fried buns, it was under cooked, waitress took it off the ticket. Noodle soup and garlic broccoli were good though, especially noodle soup is authentic Shanghainese. But the fried egg in noodle
soup is almost bad.

Daniela M.

We went to this restaurant as a family and the wait was a little long on a Friday, but understandably as they don’t take reservations. They have a sign-in system that you have to use once you arrive (no call ahead)
Perhaps would be better if they open up the possibility to make a reservation so that the wait is not so long.
Once we sat down the service was great and the food was delicious! I would definitely go back on a weekday when is not so crowded.

Michael P.

we should probably keep this place a secret...

we tried a bunch of stuff and each dish blew us away.

We had Braised Gluten with Wood-ear and marinated cucumber and Chengdu cold noodle for appetizer. Each blasted us with so much flavor from flavortown that we were ready to munch down when the Xiao Long Bao came out.

The Xiao Long Baos were sooooo juicy! There are restaurants we go to where they had Xiao Long Baos and they would be all leaking and the juice would be dried up. BUt ThEsE wErE JuIIIIIcCY! yeah definitely get these.

Beef Pancake roll were pretty nice. I'd say they're surprisingly refreshing because of the cucumbers in them.

We had Szechuan Dandan noodles, and Spicy Beef noodle soup. The Beef noodle soup had the flavor spot on. It had a bunch of big chunks of tender and juicy meat.

The Szechuan dandan I thought had too much of these peppery taste. It's like that pepper you put in hotpot that you scoop out because they're so minty and peppery, but this whole noodle tasted like that, out of everything this was maybe a 7/10. Still tasty though, but personally I don't like that peppery taste.

The Chili Oil Wonton was soooo goood. It's nice because they sit in the chili oil and they soak with flavor after a bit and no dipping sauce required. It's not very spicy either, just the right about of heat and savor, another must try!

but yeah, y'all keep this place quiet now so we don't wait in line too long next time we go. 😛

Tiffany M.

Loved the fancy ordering system. It was very efficient and food came out straight away.

The dishes were good. I especially liked the wood ear mushrooms. Soup dumplings are a MUST. Parking can be a bit hard to find on a busy night. It’s in a little mall.