Noodles & Company

The food here is usually pretty consistent and fast. I’ve had a few wrong orders when I modify but they always offer to send me a free coupon to fix it. My personal favorite is the Whole Grain Tuscan Linguini and the Chinese Chop Salad. If you need a treat at the end, the rice crispy bars are made daily and so delicious!

This facility is extremely filthy. This is my third time here and it’s the same story each time. DO NOT GO IN THE BATHROOM. So disgusting .
Food presentation and taste– consistently good.
Customer service– extremely average. Wasn’t really good or bad.
If you don’t mind mediocre service, dirty facility, good food — then you should come here.

Over the last 10 times I have ordered a steak stroganoff with no mushrooms. 8 times my order had mushrooms. 6 times I was stupid and trusted them and drove home. How frustrating.
I live on Lake Calhoun and I drive to West End now to avoid the poor service this location provides.

Noodles offers that comfort food that I so dearly am always craving! I subscribe to Noodles emails so every year in my birthday month I get a free bowl :) so I had to come and redeem that awesome deal.
I used to always get the Wisconsin Mac & Cheese but decided to try some others and ended up liking the Penne Rosa the most. They have a good selection and variety of options, and you can add meat if you want as well. The atmosphere is pretty calming and cozy with some really good tunes! Only downfall was there weren’t any outlets in the dining section.
If I am in the mood for fast casual food, I love coming to Noodles for some cheap dishes.

My favorite is the Med Salad!!! We don’t have one of these in FL and wish they did. All the food is good.

I love this place. Having moved away from MN a few years ago, Noodles and Co. is a place I love to visit whenever I come home.
I have two go-​tos — the buttered noodles and the mac n’ cheese. Both are awesomely good. Especially if you get the meatballs with it. I love that they have 2 sizes. I usually get the small (if I get the meatballs) and it’s still a decent sized portion for a meal.
On my last visit I tried the pig and fig flatbread. It was okay. Not bad but not great either. I thought it was a little light on both the pig AND the fig. I don’t think I would order it again but it was worth trying anyway.
If it’s your first time in just go with a noodle dish — you can’t go wrong.

The food I had was AWESOME, no doubt about it, but the selection was pretty small. I love their Asian noodle options but since there are only two I had to give them a lower rating.

Wow, this place sucks.
Unilocal wouldn’t let me just post that above sentence because it was too short. Here it goes:
If you go here, you’ll have:
–awful food
–the horrible regret having just spent $ 10 on something you forced yourself to finish because you’re on a budget
Friends don’t let friends eat here.

For a fast food chain this is not bad. You can get a reasonably priced and healthy meal quickly. You order at the counter and they bring the food to you. I had the pasta with creamy pesto and my wife had the stroganoff. Both were good if not exceptional (what do you expect from a fast food chain?). Problems mentioned by some previous reviews with cleanliness appear to have been solved. When we were there recently, the place was clean and service was courteous and prompt.

Forgot to order chicken on my pasta, went back up and the guy told me he’d get it for me, got out my wallet to pay and he said don’t worry about it. So not necessary! My fault to begin with. Definitely will be getting my return business. But I’ll remember the chicken next time!

At all their sites in Mpls I find staff very helpful and knowledgeable. I think most of their food is well prepared and fresh. Though I do hope: 1) they start using regionally raised organic chicken/​beef, and 2) they provide affordable health — or a monthly cash payments — toward health insurance, for employees.

Delicious Japanese fried noodles with beef!

Noodles is another one of the places that is about a 30 second walk from work. AKA” my frequent break hang-​outs.” I like it here, my food comes fast, I get a big cup to fill with ice water, they have sriracha (which tastes good on EVERYTHING) and just recently these neat little salt and pepper grinders.
I know, Noodles isn’t anything gourmet or unique, it’s a chain and they are everywhere. However, this particular Noodles is my favorite in the twin cities. The service is always awesome. Never once have I had a crabby cashier or anyone there who isn’t willing to help out or ask if I need anything else. (like extra cheese for my mac!)
Their portions are good, most of the time I get full from a small bowl with meat, but even if I’m really hungry, a regular bowl does the trick! I love the WI mac n cheese and the Indonesian peanut sauté, I highly recommend trying either of them. The nice thing about Noodles is if you don’t like your dish, you can send it back and they’ll adjust it or make you a new dish.
The management and staff is really good here, it’s always clean and the food comes out really promptly. Plus, I’ve never had an experience where my dish tastes bland or weird like I’ve had at other Noodles locations.
Come to Noodles if you need a quick no fuss meal!

My daughter user to work here, so I’ve eaten here probably 10 times in the last 2 years. Sadly it seems like it steadily declines each time I go. I often get the Indonesian Peanut Sauté w/​tofu. However, the last two times, the tofu was just plain nasty – like it had been sitting on low heat all day until it had the texture (and even aroma) of wet newspaper. It’s unfortunate because it used to be a nice option for something between fast food and a regular sit-​down restaurant, but I shan’t go again.

Pad Thai unlike any I’ve had before. Pad Thai unlike any I want to ever have again. I wasn’t expecting much, it’s Noodles not Tum Rup, but I was expecting at least a little flavor.
On the plus side, it was cheap. But I would have been better off going next door to Whole Foods and buying a box mix of Pad Thai and boiling some water at home.
Plus, you know what sucks? Buying a rice krispie bar and then hearing the cashier offer everyone else in line a free rice krispie bar since they throw them out at the end of the night anyway.

I am not sure. Its a smart concept but its not very tasty. However, they seem to be very popular and there are always people there. I, on the other hand think that it is forgettable and overpriced.
Ive had the mac and cheese ($ 5.25), the mushroom stroganoff with beef and the pad thai with beef ($ 8.30). All were mediocre, even the mac and cheese wasn’t great. I can make something like that with one of those mac and cheese out of the box. The noodles seems to always be overcooked and the cheese was tasteless. Pad thai was too spicy for me and the noodles were also overcooked. The beef stroganoff was alright, the sauce, however, had a weird aftertaste, also for $ 2.50 you get very little meat and its not worth the money.
The servers are nice and friendly, cant complain there.

Sign up for Noodlegrams (in stores or online), and on the month of your birthday, they’ll email you a coupon for a free bowl of noodles — or a trio, worth up to $ 7.50, redeemable within a 2 week period! When I went to redeem my birthday noodles, the cashier threw in a free rice krispy bar! Surprise!
So now I’m enjoying a small bowl of chili topped with cheese with crackers on the side, penne with chicken, and my huge dessert… all for FREE!
That deserves a good Unilocal.
Yah, I can be bought. Smugness.

I know this is probably a pretty average place to eat, but while I was here visiting my sister, I loved going here! There are definitely great places in SF, but a cheap chain like this is so GREAT!
I loved the option of a small or large bowl, as well as the option to get a meat and side salad or soup.
If you want a quick nice place to eat, this is a great spot to check out!

This branch is messy. When we went, it was later in the evening, and there were remnants of straw wrapper everywhere, and there were some menus on the floor.
This place is a chain, so I don’t really understand how, but the food has gone downhill since it first opened. The «Wisconsin» Mac & Cheese and the Pad Thai are bland and hugely disappointing. The Indonesian Peanut Sautee is okay, but you may be better off spooning some peanut butter onto some ramen noodles, and sprinkling some red chili in for good measure.
The only reason I come here anymore is because I crave the taste of the first Thai Curry soup I had here 4 years ago.

I don’t even want to know how many calories are in these dishes, but I can tell you that the main ingredient is crack (this I am sure of, because it’s so addicting). Their plates are delicious and leave you feeling satisfied. The best part is that you can specify everything to your exact wishes.
So far I’ve tried the Wisconsin Mac & Cheese, which cannot be beat. I know it seems ridiculous to pay $ 5 for a bowl of mac, but this is NOT your Kraft boxed mac. They use a creamy cheese sauce and top it off with REAL shredded cheese. Another favorite is Butter Noodles, which I order with the beef. I also recommend the Pesto Cavatappi — hold the vegetables and add shrimp. It really tastes like the pasta I was served in Italy.
While Noodles is expensive for what it is: noodle, I believe that you’re really getting your money’s worth and then some. Not only are the portions perfect, but the system of the establishment should be applauded. It is so simple: You get in line (usually not a long wait), order what you want, get your number, sit down and food is brought to you within 10 minutes, then you enjoy at a table or take it to go (no tipping — even better!). Either way you are in and out in no time. It couldn’t get be much simpler than that.
Noodles is especially good for a family lunch or dinner because most children love the simple dishes such as Mac & Cheese or Butter Noodles, while there are more flavorful, mature dishes for adults. But don’t let your age keep you from indulging in the simple comfort foods. You’d be surprised how sophisticated mac can get.