Noodles & Company

First time here and i am impressed. Great food. Great service. Perfect for a wintery day! Had the pad thai and new hot thai bowl.

It was expensive for what I ordered. Over $ 10 for noodles and a mini side salad (both small portions). The Whole Grain Tuscan had no veggies other than a few onions and maybe two pieces of spinach (mostly chicken and noodles). The chicken was dry and hard (this is a much better bowl and one I would recommend in other locations). On the plus side, the mini salad was good, and the restaurant is centrally located in Oak Park, with plenty of seating.

Been here a couple of times. It reminds me of the Chipotle concept. Pick a bowl, pick your meat, pick the sauces. It’s all right when you want some noodles quickly. Workers are nice, space is fine. It’s a good fast food joint, better than McDonalds.

Pricey as usual but the buff bowls are great and super low carb and low cal.
Free wifi. Not so great. But free

It ‘s expensive for that portion of food. I paid almost 10 $ for thai hot pot, then i got like a half of small bow. Very little portion. I saw the guy cook in the kitchen, he spill food over other food. I got some macaroni in may bow too. Otherwise, the soup is ok. It close to how thai food taste.

I won the hero lunch for six last week and treated my coworkers. Food was great and the order was correct and ready when I picked it up during the busy lunch rush. I come here about once a week and always receive great service. Jason and his staff are great!

Their price is way too overpriced for a menu that’s reliant almost completely on carbs. Think diabetes, yeah I’m looking at you noodle company! This is precisely why I don’t like pasta dishes. They overcharge for what should be the cheapest food in the world. Pasta costs around a dollar for 8 servings at supermarkets. It’s not even healthy like chipotle, and yet they charge like over 10 dollars for a dish. I try to avoid noodles and only eat at the place if it’s a last resort because the nutritional value is low and the value of the food is low too. I mean most restaurants charge about 3x the amount that their ingredients cost, but noodle company charges like more than 10 times, it’s just plain greedy.

Mac n cheese has always been the best I’ve ever had
Not really sure what else on their menu is good, but their Mac n cheese is so damn good!!!
Mac n cheese & flatbread combo never disappoints me
I just don’t like the prices! Everything there is just so damn overpriced!
It’s almost $ 3 for one IBC root beer, you can get a 6 pack for the same price @ your local grocery store smh

Good, but issues. First of all this location is clean and the workers I’ve encountered have been nice and helpful. I ordered a regular pesto cavitappi with chicken breast. Well, it was okay. However, I love the mushrooms in this dish and I literally had 2.5 tiny pieces. What?! Then, the chicken on top. No, just no. Will never ever order it again. It «looks» good, but it’s dry and seems really processed. Mine was overcooked and kinda tough. Just no good. N&Co. should be ashamed of themselves for serving this crappy meat. Oh, and I tried the chicken noodles soup. Flavor was actually great, but 2 issues. One, the noodles are freaking huge; you can barely get them on your spoon. And two, they literally just threw in the chicken breast they use on pasta. I was like, really? Chicken in chicken noodle soup should be tender, not weirdly chewy. Also, and I kid you not, the «pieces» of chicken in it were 2 – 3 inch chunks. Huge! It was totally absurd. Listen, if you’re just going to throw in a slab of chicken, at least chop it into bite-​sized pieces. Overall, an okay experience, but I probably won’t be back. Just not worth it.

Noodle soup not enough noodles. Dirty and sticky tables. I can make much better soups. I am not coming back.

I see mixed reviews about this place, so maybe mine was all about timing. Either way, first time I’ve ever had their food and I won’t go back.
I ordered online from work and went to pick it up. Everything was bagged and ready to go. I thought I ordered the cucumber tomato salad and instead got an onion, tomato, cucumber salad… at least, the main ingredient was red onion. I’d say about half of one was in my «salad» with a few bites of cucumber and tomato.
Now for the main course — Bangkok Curry with pork. The flavor wasn’t bad but the pork was way too dry and the noodles way overdone.
The only thing palatable was the Izze drink.
FAIL.

This is THE place if you like your pasta both overcooked and cold. Be aware, such a delicacy takes time, so be prepared to wait. If you want your pasta warm, don’t fret. They’ll happily take it back to the kitchen and continue cooking it until it has the consistency of chewing gum. They’re so accommodating!

I absolutely loved The Wisconsin mac’n’cheese with BBQ pork on top. The spicy chicken Caesar flatbread/​wrap was great, as is their creamy tomato bisque. I was stunned to see that they offered a Tres Leches for dessert – and it was actually pretty good! Plus points for having mondo-​sized rice crispy treats, a freestyle Coke machine and several different tea dispensers.
Based on 2 visits here so far, I’m very happy that this Noodles is nary a stone’s throw from my apartment building at Harlem & Lake. I plan on coming back here many times throughout 2014 and beyond.

OK-​down to the nitty-​gritty with Noodle and Company.
First, please, someone just redo this whole space in Oak Park. The parking situation in this small outdoor mall area is atrocious. The worst ever. I see at least one accident in this parking lot every time I make a trip over to the area.
Secondly, of course, this is a chain. Usually I don’t review chains, but this is one of the better Noodles and Company I have been to. Staff is friendly enough, food is pretty good, and wait time is pretty quick. There’s plenty of seating and it’s never completely full. I’ve tried 4 dishes from this particular location and they all turn out great. I’m really enjoying their expanded menu they have. They’ve added sandwiches, salads, and a few new noodle entrees.
Otherwise, beware of pick pockets. Two of my friends have had their wallets stolen here. They didn’t even walk away from their purse-​simply had it on the back of the chair. Some shady people hang around this location because it’s close to the Green line.

I like the chain in general. However this one is not run so well. They have majorly messed up orders the 2 times I have gone.

This location has been pretty consistent. I usually get one of their salads and sometimes mix it up with one of their yummy pasta dishes. They’ve always gotten my order right and fairly quickly too.

I don’t go to many chain joints, but Noodles and Company is pretty solid and a sure-​fire go-​to stop if you have little kids. What little kid doesn’t like noodles?
The other day I stopped in and tried the Asian curry dish. It was pretty good. I tasted the curry and was pleasantly surprised with how fresh the veggies were. The pad thai and Wisconsin mac and cheese are also tasty.
I’ll definitely be back because I have a 3-​year-​old. It’s nice to know that we can both order something we want.
The soda machines at Noodles & Co are super cool too! Love adding vanilla to ginger ale.

Noodles and Co. is always a solid fall-​back whenever you’re looking for a place to meet up with people. This one lucked out and has a super-​awesome location. It’s got more booths than any other Noodles that I’ve seen. Also, in going there recently I’ve noticed that the restaurant is expanding their menu: desserts, appetizers, sides… plus they’re doing more with customer-​chosen entrees like the Truffle Mac and Pork Mac.
I only give it 3 stars because it’s a well-​known food chain, and they’re pretty common.

I love everything about noodles & co. Great food. Great prices. Great service. Great choices.
There menu is informative and easy to look at. (Yes, that matters) The store was clean and employees were friendly. They even had one of those self-​serve fountain drink stations with 1,000,000,000 drink options! (HAHA, I love those)
I’d recommend the beef stroganoff, the mac and cheese, and definitely the truffle mac!
I also thought it was a sit and get waited on restaurant but learned by going in that you order your food at a desk…(just thought others might have thought the same thing.)

I always thought this location was in Oak Park, but who cares its awesome here. I love the selection they have at Noodles and Company. This particular location is pretty big, as they have outdoor dining in the warmers months. My go to order is the regular portion of Truffle Mac, and my second would have to be the Pad Thai with grilled chicken.
Its crazy that I would ever order Pad Thai at a place that isn’t a Thai Restaurant, but its pretty good… I swear. I don’t vary too much from those two, but I have had most of the noodles here and they are all decent to pretty good. Next to rice, noodles are my second favorite form of carbs. This place is noodle heaven for me!