{"id":54280,"date":"2026-11-09T09:11:39","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T09:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/54280\/"},"modified":"2026-11-09T09:11:39","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T09:11:39","slug":"new-maryland-restaurant-so-busy-its-asking-customers-to-wait-a-week-or-two-before-visiting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/54280\/","title":{"rendered":"New Maryland Restaurant So Busy It\u2019s Asking Customers to Wait a Week or Two Before Visiting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just days after quietly opening its first Maryland location in Rockville, Xi\u2019an Famous Foods is already experiencing overwhelming demand, with lines stretching out the door and wait times longer than expected. The popular New York City-based restaurant chain has taken to social media to thank customers for their enthusiasm while encouraging those planning to visit to consider waiting a week or two. A video of the experience can be seen below.<\/p>\n

The restaurant, which opened Thursday, November 5, had been attempting to keep its arrival relatively quiet as employees adjusted to operations at the new location. However, word spread quickly, bringing large crowds to the restaurant during what the company describes as its \u201cpre-soft opening\u201d period.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur new Rockville, MD, store (pre-soft opening mode) is super busy right now, and higher than usual wait times to be expected,\u201d the restaurant shared on Instagram. The company explained that it had intentionally avoided heavily promoting the opening to give its team time to settle in, but customers quickly discovered that the restaurant was operating.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been trying to keep it relatively under the radar, but alas, word gets out fast that we are open. We are thankful for word of mouth, but busy, and don\u2019t want our fans to wait too long.\u201d The message concluded with an unusual request for an already popular new restaurant. \u201cPlease come in a week? Or two? Appreciate your patience!\u201d<\/p>\n

Xi\u2019an Famous Foods has developed a devoted following since its beginnings in New York City in 2005, becoming especially well known for its hand-ripped noodles, spicy cumin lamb dishes, and other specialties inspired by the cuisine of Xi\u2019an, China. The restaurant gained national recognition through the late Anthony Bourdain, who famously championed the small family-run business and helped introduce its food to a much wider audience.<\/p>\n

The Rockville opening marks the chain\u2019s first company-owned restaurant in Maryland and brings one of New York City\u2019s most recognizable fast-casual Chinese food concepts to Montgomery County. For now, the restaurant is open and welcoming customers, but its message is clear. Those hoping to avoid lengthy waits may want to give the new location a little more time to settle in before making their first visit.<\/p>\n

\"\"Courtesy @xianfoods<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just days after quietly opening its first Maryland location in Rockville, Xi\u2019an Famous Foods is already experiencing overwhelming demand, with lines stretching out the door and wait times longer than expected. The popular New York City-based restaurant chain has taken to social media to thank customers for their enthusiasm while encouraging those planning to visit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54281,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[7,8],"class_list":["post-54280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-restaurants","tag-restaurant","tag-restaurants"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/vive.im\/@dnc\/117585712450442968","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}