Nan Xiang Express - Downtown Brooklyn, NY

It’s not exactly the Nan Xiang I remember but maybe it’s close enough when you have the craving and you’re definitely not heading to Queens. We tried it when in the area for a friend’s dance show. They are as their “about us” poster says: a fast casual version of Nan Xiang in an environment that reminds me of modern Wendy’s. We ordered a few containers of the standard soup dumpling, one of crab, one of spicy beef, and a beef scallion pancake. Immediate note: the skin of the dumpling is thicker than we’re used to at the OG NX. This seems to make sense at least if they’re delivering and if they’re just reheating the product, so that they won’t easily leak. About the spicy beef soup dumpling: it’s the first time we had it. First impression is it’s different from the pork. Specifically it’s more dense and is almost like a spicy beef soup made into a soup dumpling. All in all food came quickly. We also asked separately for ginger which they had. Good enough for a cold day!

The soup dumplings we ordered were very delicious. The service was fast and the place was clean, but the air temperature inside was no different from the outside, I literally felt cold while eating.

Great dumplings, very flavorful and tasty. Not bad price either. I would definitely recommend if you're in the area!

Usually come to this place and order in store but wanted to save time and order online. Big mistake: ordered at 4:13 and finally got the order at 4:50. complained on their app but i think this is needed too. cherry on top is they gave me a drop of soy sauce 😭 like why what did i do to deserve that too WHY otherwise. best soup dumplings but this store really disappointed me. i hope to continue coming but i expect better

I searched all Manhattan for beef/non-pork soup dumplings but I found my happiness in Brooklyn. I got the beef and chicken soup dumplings and my sister got the vegetarian noodles. We were both very satisfied, the soup dumplings are so juicy and so savory the service is also very quick! The background music is soft and nice too. I completely recommend!!😍