A small kitchen,
a lot of noodles
Freshly made Chinese food on one of Cambridge's best-loved streets
Noodles Plus + 八方小厨
We opened our doors on Mill Road with a straightforward idea: serve the kind of noodles, dumplings and home-style dishes you would find in a good neighbourhood restaurant in China. No shortcuts, no compromises on ingredients, no pretension. Just honest food, made fresh.
Since then, we have become part of the fabric of Mill Road. Students pop in between lectures. Families come for Saturday lunch. Regulars order the same beef noodle soup every week and still enjoy it. We take that as the best kind of compliment.
Everything is prepared in our kitchen daily. Our dumplings are folded by hand. Our broths are simmered low and slow. It is simple work, done with care, and we think you can taste the difference.
Simple food, done properly
Freshness
Our noodles are pulled and our dumplings are folded each day. We do not take shortcuts with pre-made bases or frozen fillings. You can see the difference, and you can taste it.
Tradition
The recipes we cook come from regional Chinese traditions. Techniques passed down, flavour combinations refined over decades. We keep things authentic because that is what makes them good.
Honest Pricing
Good food should not cost a fortune. We keep our prices fair because we believe everyone should be able to eat well. A filling meal here rarely costs more than £10 to £20 a head.
Community
Mill Road is our home. We are proud to be part of this street, alongside the independent shops and restaurants that give it its character. Our customers are our neighbours.
The dumplings that got us noticed
We were honoured when the Cambridge Food Tour chose our dumplings as a stop on their route through the city. It is a nice thing to be recognised, but the truth is we just keep doing what we have always done: making dumplings the same way, every day, with the same attention.
With over 950 Google reviews and a 4.6 star rating, we are grateful for the people who take the time to share their experience. We read every review. The praise keeps us going; the suggestions help us improve.
Mill Road, Cambridge
Mill Road is not your typical Cambridge street. There are no chain restaurants here, no tourist traps. Instead, you will find one of the most diverse food streets in the country: Korean grocers, Ethiopian restaurants, Turkish bakeries, Polish delis and, of course, a few very good Chinese kitchens.
It is the kind of place where everybody knows each other by name. Where you can buy fresh tofu in the morning, pick up spices from three different continents at lunch, and sit down to a bowl of hand-pulled noodles for dinner. We are proud to call it home.
If you have never walked the length of Mill Road, we think you should. Start at the station end, work your way down, and stop in to see us at number 24A. Bring an appetite.
The table is set
We are at 24A Mill Road, Cambridge, open every day from 12 noon until 9:30pm. Walk in for a meal, or ring ahead to order a takeaway.