Noodle

Best noodles I’ve ever had. I was in for a takeaway and ordered roast beef flank noodle broth. The beef was tender and succulent, the noodles tasted so good and had been prepared from scratch before my very eyes. I feel like I’ve been born again when it comes to noodles, nothing else will ever be as good! The broth was tasty and aromatic too. Can’t wait to go back! The only reason I’ve given it 4 stars instead of 5 was because I was only in for a takeaway, so I’m saving my 5 star review (hopefully!) when I return for as it in meal… That’s if I can get a seat, the place was super busy! Friendly service too. Yeah… I’d recommend this place for sure.

I was keen to try Noodle as I’d seen it pop up a few times on Unilocal and its location is close enough to Cineworld for pre or post cinema eats. It’s a casual place, furnished with basic wooden tables and stools with an open kitchen. It was very quiet. I was handed a menu flyer and there are other items written on the blackboards in Chinese and English. Limited choice for vegetarians. Was told the radish noodle broth was suitable when I asked for recommendations but after I’d been sitting waiting for my food for 15 – 20 mins was informed it’s made with a beef stock. Not having a noodle soup for veggies is fair enough but I could’ve done without the wait to find out :(

Felt like something cheap and healthy rather than the regular pub grub that’s on offer most places in Glasgow CBD. Found this place on Unilocal (of course) and I love Asian food so I was excited to see such great reviews. Came here with my boyfriend and was pleased to see the place packed with Chinese when we entered. We got pork dumplings to share and I had the chicken noodle soup with Chinese radish and my boyfriend had the roast beef. Both were delicious!!! The roast beef just melted in your mouth and was even better when you added your own chilli’s (I like it hot!!!). Eveything just came out when it was ready, the pork dumplings were made from scratch then and there so we ate those fresh but ended up taking home half the soup for lunch the next day! More than enough for 2 meals! Great staff, nice atmosphere, good location outstanding food… What more do I need to say!

I had planned to visit this place the moment I found out there was a restaurant in Glasgow with hand-​pulled noodles. Is it bad to admit that my final motivating factor was seeing negative reviews? It was. I felt like I could wait when they were all good but some bad made me think I needed to see for myself sooner rather than later.
I’ve now been here twice (with plans to go again after writing this review). I’ll first address the negatives. The service is not the best. You go in, look at the menus, and order. It can feel a bit awkward. They also do really need to get colder chillers as the sodas and other drinks end up barely cold or room temperature. It’s just more of a lesson and does prevent it from being perfect.
But that’s when you get to the noodles. I went in for noodles in soup because it’s what I expected and knew they’d do well. I’ve so far had the sliced beef in broth and the roasted beef flank in broth. The first had the standard hand pulled noodles and the latter had a fresh cut noodle. They were both different from each other but still very good. The hand pulled noodles do vary by thickness, which is not the best sign but they were still chewy in a way distinct to hand pulled noodles.
The broth is basic, but this is the type of thing where the noodles are meant to be the star. It’s still what I want in that it’s present but doesn’t take over. The meat is nice and tender and a good accompaniment to the noodles.
It’s now my plan to take more people with me here. The value of getting to continue to have hand pulled noodles in Glasgow by far beats out any of the flaws they have. I no longer have to go out of my way to get hand pulled noodles when I’m travelling. My hope is they’ll work things out as they go along but it’s a great authentic experience. Just get a noodle soup, as the rest seems to be neutral from what I’ve heard.

Meep. I hate writing mediocre reviews and I hate not liking somewhere everyone else loves :(
But I just wasn’t very wowed by Noodle at all.
Myself and Mr Debs headed in for some pre-​cinema eats after I’d seen everyone raving on here about Noodle, so I was really excited to try it! I ordered the wonton soup and while the filling of the wontons was totally delish, the broth itself tasted of nothing (except loads of pepper) and I had to eat the seaweed/​coriander along with the broth to manage to eat any of it. I was left feeling pretty hungry afterwards, which isn’t great considering you pay about the same for a dish at Dumpling Monkey and you’ll be SO FULL after that.
Paul S opted for the shredded chicken in black bean sauce with noodles and the actual noodles were yummy (hand-​pulled noodles ftw) but neither of us were expecting the dish to be cold (obviously just us ignorant Westerners though) so on a miserably rainy night in Glasgow it didn’t really hit the spot for him either. He also said that towards the end he was starting to get a bit fed up with it, and he was left feeling not entirely full as well.
The atmosphere was just kind of… awkward. Granted it was pretty quiet, but it almost felt like we were bothering them being in there. The lady who greeted us when we went in was lovely and very helpful, but then she left so we were almost left to our own devices after that. The table we sat at was also a bit sticky and covered in stuff, which considering it was quiet there’s not really an excuse for. I also just felt that the tables weren’t very comfortable to sit at either.
I probably would go back to try the beef broth since people really seem to like that and maybe we just ordered wrong, but I’m definitely not desperate to go back.

Very quick, fairly tasty. Highly recommend adding the tea-​stained egg to any dish, it really ties everything together. Can’t remember exactly what I ordered but it was some type of fried rice with the egg on top — exactly what I was looking for on a chilly day. I’d like to come back with friends and split a few different dishes between us.

Authentic food is always an attraction so I was intrigued to try Noodle and got there on a rainy afternoon, after the lunchtime rush. I was pretty hungry and after a quick glance at the menu ordered some chicken and black bean noodles.
What I didn’t expect was a mostly cold dish, as in it’s supposed to be that way, not that they’d let it go cold…
Regardless, I tucked in, enjoying the fresh noodles and coriander, the rich black bean sauce and tiny chunks of chicken. I pretty much finished my dish and enjoyed it but it wasn’t anything spectacular.
So, I find myself wondering how to review this place.
I like that you can watch them preparing your food, and it’s a very basic layout, almost austere feel so gives you some sense that you are eating in a street food kinda place.
Maybe my choice of food is to blame, I deliberately chose something I wasn’t wholly familiar with, so perhaps I should’ve gone for something I knew first, the better to judge how good the food was in comparison to other places. But then I’ve eaten at other places and enjoyed the surprise of ordering things I don’t know (places like Hanoi Bike Shop for example).
I will be back, as I want to try this place again and see if it was ‘just me’ but overall this didn’t have me immediately thinking this would be a 4 or 5 star review. Time will tell, and given that it was still pretty busy when I was there, I’m hoping it will be a success.

I went here today with a colleague for lunch. It’s very authentic and full of Chinese customers which is always a good sign! I really wanted to try the noodles because they are made fresh in house. I ordered stir fry beef noodles (£9) and they didn’t disappoint. Very filling and full of flavour. Good portion size but I think it’s expensive for such a casual place. There isn’t much atmosphere, no music or anything so it was actually kind of awkward because everyone else can hear your conversations! There are only benches to sit on which are really uncomfortable. Service was quick and friendly but I’m not sure I’d go back unless they start offering some kind of lunch deal — hint hint!

Woof. Dumpling joint in town. After walking past it without realising it was there, this time around I polished off a plate of beef northern style dumplings, because, well because I like dumplings. These are good dumplings, not a whole lot of variety in the dumpling side of things, but gives me enough confidence to try out the rest of the stuff. Not too expensive, plus halal meat which means I can drag mates who would not be too comfortable in this sort of place. Not formal, not fussy, just tasty.

I hate being the person to do this, especially after all of the raving reviews that precede me.
I just didn’t the same experience.
To be honest, I wasn’t completely sure as to what I should expect, but Carolyn E. and I walked through the door and there is a Asian couple chatting away in Chinese eating noodles — just as it is the case with Dumpling Monkey, if the «locals» eat there, then it must be good, right?
We were shown to a table by a rather timid girl who talked us through the menu, and I did have some difficulty understanding her. We perused the menu and it took us quite a while to decide what we wanted to have. Carolyn went for the lamb ribs, I went with my usual of won ton soup (for comparison purposes, I am a scientist after all), and we went for the northern dumplings to share. We also got some Diet Cokes, which were warm… we were not impressed.
It was a stroke of fortune that Carolyn’s food came out first, because it was layered with cilantro (coriander) which I’m not such a fan of if I am honest (put a little bit in the Guac and I am happy but otherwise, stay away from me!), and so I managed to run up to the counter and try to communicate with the person that I did not want coriander in my soup. Please.
My soup (sans coriander, but with bucket loads of seaweed) had lots of wontons. The filling (pork, same as our dumplings) was tasty, but the broth could have done with a bit more seasoning, but on the plus side it wasn’t too fatty.
I tried the seaweed and it was good, but be advised, it comes with rocks, barnacles or shells (i couldn’t work out what it was exactly) attached. Mmm, freshness. Just be careful when you’re eating it. The portion is huge but for that price, i would expect it.
The dumplings were boiled, also had a pork filling, and were quite heavy and salty. When they’re hot and fresh, they are quite tasty but when you let them go cold as Carolyn and I did… well, you’re left with utter disappointment of sad and cold and watery and ew dumplings. So, my advice is to eat fast.
Personally, I do not think I will rush back here any time soon, especially with Dumpling Monkey being so close and being more affordable that this place. I am glad that the other Unilocalers have been enjoying this place so much though, shame that my experience didn’t live up to their reviews.

I thought ordering jellyfish salad here would make me a hero, but apparently there are quite a few places that do it… and Steph S had already tried it dammit!
It’s a very spartan café clearly aimed at a chinese clientele. So expect authentic food. The jellyfish salad, and the additional salad I got from the fridge were really robustly flavoured. I liked it all, the jellyfish came in seaweed-​like strands and to be honest was really neutral in flavour.
My beef in black bean sauce was not bad too. A little under-​spiced for me it was still nicely flavoured, but the rice was annoyingly unsticky, making my masterclass a bit more slapstick than chopstick. I ate it all though.
In experimental mood I really wanted to try the beef tripe dish, but they’d ran out. It was impressive seeing the chefs creating their fantastic fresh noodles by the way. Minor niggles only and great value!

Sophie K and I went along for some dinner recently and were quite excited after reading all the reviews from our fellow Unilocalers.
When we walked in, there was only one other couple in eating, and the staff were just waiting around for something to happen. We were told to sit anywhere and a very quiet girl came over and gave us the menus. She went on to say that the first three options were soup dishes and the last three dishes were fried noodle dishes, but we were a bit confused because there were more than just those six dishes on the menu.
While we waited, we ordered two cokes and turns out, they were warm and we weren’t offered ice or glasses. I’m not a fan of warm coke, but drank it just the same.
I ended up going with the lamb rib in broth, which was a noodle soup with bits of lamb on bone and loads of yummy cilantro (to the disgust of Sophie K. who hates cilantro). We shared a portion of dumplings and Sophie ordered the wonton soup.
A very positive aspect of Noodle is that they make their noodles right then and there to order. You can actually see them being made which is a nice touch. The issue I had with them is that they were quite plain and very soggy in my soup. They tasted like well overdone noodles. The broth was very plain with barely any seasoning whatsoever, but the cilantro made me a happy girl and added flavour to the broth. The lamb rib was tender, but very fatty. I felt bad picking off all the fat, which amounted to quite a bit once I was done. The portion was a huge size, but I was able to finish it because I’m a porker.
The dumplings were boiled and very very salty. We took our time eating them, and ended up with three left once we were done with our soups. We both ate one and left one due to the fact that they were actually quite gross once they’d gone cold. Salty, mush, watery, yikes!
Not much to write home about with this meal, really. We’ve definitely have had better at Dumpling Monkey, that’s for sure.
I’m sure we’ll be back, but I won’t be running back any time soon. There are a lot more places to try before I return.

I’d read a few reviews about this place so I had to see for myself.
I went with the OH and we sat by the window. It probably wasn’t the best view for checking out the food board at the front that tells you about the rice dishes they do and the specials. But it was fine. We were in for the NOODLESSSS!
I got the chicken and preserved radish noodle broth and the OH got the egg fried noodles. We decided to share dumplings to start. There was a chilli oil dip, soya sauce and vinegar at the side.
The dumplings arrived and there was a good number. They did not look amazing, but by golly they tasted so. Then my broth arrived and I shared it with the OH because it seemed to be quite a wait for his dish! The noodles were the best I’ve tasted. I never knew noodles could taste like this! The OH went to ask about his main because it seemed so long, but we were assured it was coming. It worked out well because this way we shared both meals, and I got to get a good scran of his! His dish was good as well but I did not notice the great tasting noodles because they were coated in sauce. It was yummy though.
I told my mum about this place and I will definitely be back!

I was so excited to try the food here after Rocco’s original review and then all the 5 star reviews that followed. I am very happy to say the food was brilliant!
The menu is fairly short but there were lots of things I wanted to order. I was lunching with the wonderful Briony and we ordered the beef dumplings (£6) to share (mmmmmmmmm) and I went with the chicken broth (£7.50). We munched on a plate of salad whilst we watched the chef making the noodles fresh and cooking our food. The next time I go back I’m having a salad all to myself, everything tasted so good and I had to restrain myself from not eating more than my fair share.
Our broth and dumplings arrived at the same time and we basically ended up with a feast of food. The broth bowl is big and stuffed full of noodles, veggies and your choice of meat. Neither of us could finish our broth and the staff kindly packed it up in take away containers and I had the remainder for my dinner — it still tasted really good despite me heating it up in the microwave.
As I write this I want to go back for a second visit to Noodle right now!

Wow! After seeing so many great reviews pop up for this place lately I knew I had to taste it. I have a bit of a soft spot for Asian food in general right now so I knew it would be right up my street.
I was not disappointed! My boyfriend and I order a small salad plate and a noodle bowl each. We were given menus when we first sat down by a very friendly young man. When he came back to take our order he showed us the salads and gave us the small plates. They’re little, but it’s £1 and tasty! You can help your self to the range of cold salads they have. The kimchi style dish was great, firey with Chilli but fresh and I had a thin glass noodle salad which was really tasty.
We picked at our salads as we waited for our noodles to come, which was only around 5 minutes although it was quiet tonight. It’s great seeing them make the noodles and you can really taste the difference!
The portions are MASSIVE! But not heavy, the broth was light but packed with flavour. The hit of spring onion and coriander made it taste very fresh. It was just heaven in a bowl, just what you want on a horrible wintery evening. Luther got a beef bowl which he said was great, rich dark broth with plenty of big chunks of beef.
We never managed to finish our bowls, next time I’m taking my left overs home! As we were leaving the guy was dead friendly and asked how we enjoyed our meal. I can’t wait to get back and try something new! I’m debating if I can make it down from my work at lunch time for take away.
The of things that maybe let the experience down a little were, as my boyfriend put it it’s a meal you want to sit down to a cold beer with and also the atmosphere was lacking a little. It was very quiet when we were there, could have done with a little background music or something. But still, the food. Yum!

When it comes to picking a favourite type of food mines will always be Asian, weather that be Chinese, Indian, Japanese or Korean I love them. Recently on my travels I have fell in love with Asian broths. This could be Ramen or just a big bowl of noodles soup.
When Rocco G had informed me that a noodle Canteen had open I knew I had to get involved. On the walls there are chalk board with the menu and special also there is little takeaway menu you can choose from.
We decided to share some smaller dishes and have a broth each. First out was Chinese chicken drumstick covered in Chinese spices. Next up was some dumplings not sure what was in them as they did not specify– northern style Chinese dumplings. Still both were extremely tasty and only lasted for a couple of seconds.
Now for the main event the big daddy of all broths! Beef flank with handmade noodles. Now normally at this point I’m like yeah right handmade then frozen and delivered from the hand made shop. Well! You could sit and watch the chef make the noodles by hand. The broth was delicious with the beef so tender I cannot wait to try everything on the menu.

Ok so I can safely say that sometimes the most simple looking places are the best for food. This noodle place really reminds me of some restaurants back home; simple, minimal and with a happy loud family running the joint! Ahh how nostalgic haha
The aunties serving us really remind me of lady bosses you see in local food places back home, except these women were super friendly and very happy to see us haha loved them! They’re totally gonna be my friends lol
So this is a wee place by Bath Street that serves noodle soup! They have a small menu with choices for the broth, dumplings and sides, which is great because they focus on making their dishes good!
I ordered noodles with roasted beef, and my friends had lamb ribs and sliced beef with broth! The awesome thing is seeing the chef (who I assume is the lady boss’s husband or family member) cut up fresh noodles and boiling them right in front of you! YESSS finally a place that makes noodles fresh! Made me ecstatic!
Also, my noodle soup was DELICIOUS, especially on such a cold day! Having that broth with a hint of spicy chilli paste in it really hit the spot! It was very filling too so that gave me the energy and warmth to go about my day! Yeah! My bowl of noodle soup was only £7.50, like cmon let’s eat here every damn day for goodness sake what am I waiting for
We also had beef dumplings on the side too but I reckon a bowl of noodle soup is actually more than enough to fill you up, unless you have an appetite of a ferocious lion then by all means.
I will DEFINITELY return to Noodle and highly recommend err’one to hit this place up! It’s affordable, the staff are super cute and food is delicious! I’m probably going there tomorrow … And AT LEAST once a week for that matter lol. Too good!

There’s many reasons I love Unilocal,but probably the main thing I love is discovering places like Noodle. I consider myself pretty adventurous but I’m not sure I’d have gone to Noodle unless I’d read Rocco G & Austen M’s review — it’s not that it’s not appealing from the outside, it’s just that Glasgow has so many good places to eat that I’m not sure I’d have rushed there.
Well thanks to their reviews, I realised I needed to get my butt there ASAP and drove into town especially for lunch yesterday. It’s right above the Howlin’ Wolf and is very casual inside, definitely more café than restaurant style. My glasses fogged up as soon as I walked in as the place gets super steamy with all the cooking they’re doing! I looked over the menu and really wanted to order everything, but limited myself to the chicken with preserved Chinese radish in broth (£7.50).
There’s also specials of the day on the menu board on the wall and it’s worth a look at those — I would definitely get something to share when I go back with a pal next time! Most of the menu is noodle dishes but there’s also dishes with rice, steamed buns and dumplings. I loved seeing what everyone else had ordered as they were sending out a whole range of awesome looking dishes.
When my broth arrived (maybe a 5 – 10 minute wait) it was a massive bowl and filled right to the brim. The chicken broth was really clear and I worried it would be flavourless but I was wrong, it was packed with flavour. It also had spring onions in it, and the preserved Chinese radish was a little unusual taste but I totally loved it. The chicken was almost minced, and you could tell the noodles are made fresh as they are nicely chewy and tender. Pretty much heaven in a bowl. I couldn’t finish it all but I loved every spoonful. As Rocco said, there’s some oils on the side which you can add like chili but I didn’t worry about that for this time.
My bill (with a bottle of coke) was just under £10 which I thought was a reasonable price for a whopping bowl of noodles. I love the idea of the cold Chinese salad platters and would definitely get one of those next time — the salads are presented in the drinks fridge and looked really tasty.
Notes: They’ll take bookings for groups. There’s a toilet for customers. All noodles are made fresh to order and if you sit at the counter you can watch them getting made. Open from 11.30am — 10pm every day.

For my 450^th review I have an absolutely brilliant place to tell you about. On Bath street above The Howling Wolf is … Noodle! Short and simple name, but nothing simple about the food, for me it tasted amazing.
The set up is quite small inside. Probably room for about 15 people to sit. It’s more relaxed Chinese café than restaurant (think Dumpling Monkey style) and you can see the food being cooked in front of you. This means you get to watch the noodle chef make your noodles from scratch. It looks quite hard work and for sure a skill learned over years. It is fascinating to see and adds to the authenticity of the place.
The staff are all very friendly and come straight to welcome you and show you to a table. You are handed a small menu and there is also a chalkboard with specials on it. The selection is not huge, but is all very interesting. You have super cheap starter/​side options like the salad buffet, chicken drum sticks or Chinese egg all for under £1.50 a shot. We had the drum stick and it was a tasty way to start the meal with a small pre noodle bite. Drink wise it’s not got a liquor license, so we just had sparking water, but they have several different soft drink options available.
For mains I had the beef flank noodle soup and we shared dumplings on the side. Both were amazing. The dumplings were boiled and fluffy and I made up a dipping sauce out of chilli, soya sauce and black vinegar. The noodle soup again was so tasty, I also added the same accompaniments to that to raise the spice and taste level and it added to the already great broth.
This place does exactly the type of food I was lucky enough to try on a recent trip to Asia. Exceptionally tasty and authentic dishes, we paid 25 quid total at the counter and left happy, with some noodle soup in a box to eat for lunch the next day.
What you waiting for? Get down to Noodle and have some noodles… and dumplings of course!

So this new joint popped up outta the blue called Noodle. I’d only spotted it per chance on my way to work and I did a Google search to see what they were about. Amazingly Google failed me as I couldn’t find any info about the place. This fuelled my curiosity so I thought I’d just check it out for myself.
Much to my astoundment Noodle specialises in, you guest it, Noodles! But this aint your typical noodle bar. All their noodles are actually home made and this is really evident in their lovely, dare I say it ‘Al dente’ consistency.
From the moment I stepped foot inside the staff were exceptionally welcoming and asked firstly if I’d ever eaten there. Because I hadn’t, the waitress explained the whole menu to me. The speciality seemed to be the soup noodles but they also offer stir fry noodles, speciality chinese dishes, dumplings and some amazing cold salads.
I’ll start with explaining the genius behind the salad dishes first. For a small (£1) or medium (£2) portion you get to visit the salad buffet section and fill your plate with some of the tastiest veggies this side of Beijing. Think spicy dressed bean sprouts, sweet and sour type potatoes, Kimchi type cabbage, to name but a very select few. Foolishly I went for the small plate but next time I need to try them all as they were UNREAL!
For mains I opted for the beef flank noodle soup. The dish contained some super fresh and succulent flank strips, tonnes of coriander, garlic and spring onion in a delicate light broth. You can choose to omit any of the garnishes too which I thought was great. As I like my soup a little saltier and spicier I helped myself to the soy and crushed chillis in oil on the table. The dish was really wholesome and filling and the freshly prepared noodles complimented it perfectly.
All this deliciuos food, washed down with a soft drink cost me less than a tenner! I’m loving the recent populariy of the the no-​frills, traditional Chinese style café opening in Glasgow recently. Nothing fancy, just honest home made Chinese food. This really reminded me of a place I used to visit in Hong Kong, therefore, for the amazing ambience, value for money and traditional taste, it an easy five stars from me :)