Chop Chop Noodle Bar

Ok if you go in expecting terrible service you are good– i ate here three times and the food is inexpensive and delicious. The portions are very large.

Good price and choice of Chinese food, loses a point because of msg overload. Portion size reasonable.

Busy and quick, it’s a good place to grab some food, and they don’t even blink at people rocking up in halloween gear with skates on…
Needing some food just before a party, we headed here as on previous occasions and were quickly seated (thankfully as it became busy soon after).
It’s simple, choose your noodles or rice, fill out of the paper form and get your food delivered a short while later. It may not all arrive at the same time, but you shouldn’t be waiting long. The portions are big, the meat may not be plenty, but it is quick, hot and will fill an empty belly. Drinks aren’t that cheap, starting at £1.50 for a can of coke, but who can really compare, it’s about the same as everywhere else now.
Malaysian Ho Fun ordered and delivered, with prawns, fish cake, chicken and pork. It’s tasty but not great.
Paid up and we were out of there inside of 40 minutes or so.

Come to this place hungry, the portions are massive and a bargin for the price, most of the mains are all under a fiver, the drinks are a bit on the expensive side but it all balances out.
Chicken curry is nice, service is quick and efficient, have been going here for about 7 or 8 years, love the place!

Situated opposite a very busy King’s Cross St Pancras station is a equally busy noodle joint — well, an almost everything joint. Come starving as the portions are huge. meat to noodles ratio is to be questioned, but at around a £5-​iver or less for a main course, you can sure expect the amount of meat used.
I went for the fried ho fun with beef and it came fairly quickly. The beef was not chewy or tough, which was a pleasant surprise. The food was steaming hot and the noodle were plenty enough to fill you up.
A reasonable bar for the price point at around £3 for a glass of house white/​red.
I will be back… for a cheap, I’m famished, in a hurry, busy busy King’s Cross mood.
You get what you pay for, just keep that in mind!

Good cheap and cheerful little Chinese place. £4.70 for (I think) all main meals, all of which were a hearty size. Not as ‘authentic’ as some of the meals in London China Town, but not bad nonetheless. Plus, located directly opposite from Kings Cross Station — cannot beat it in terms of convenience or price.

Honestly, the place is a nice, cheap takeout option. But it won’t blow you away.
If you are from the States like me, this is almost your typical Chinese takeout restaurant, similar to Panda Express in terms of food.
I don’t know if I would quite call it authentic as it claims to be, at least certainly in the Chinese food aspect, but it was a serviceable meal for a college student such as myself.
I will probably stop back to try some other dishes soon, but I am certainly not in the greatest hurry. This place is just decent.

We went there as it was the only Chinese restaurant in the area. We were starving and wanted a quick meal.
Food was awful and service was mediocre. They charge additional for chilli sauces. The food were cold although portions were big. Obviously quantity over quality here.
Cash only. Most dishes are priced in the region of £5. I would rather go to a fast food restaurant than to eat here again.

Cheeeeap and cheerful. Came across this while looking for something quick but tasty near Kings Cross station. What more can you ask for than a giant plate or bowl of noodles for under 5 quid? I got the khay teow and it was really good. Not a whole lot of meat but just enough. Three or four pieces of each fish cake, prawns, and some BBQ pork. Wasn’t too salty like some places and just enough spice.
Food came out really quickly. Can’t say it has the best service in the world.
Don’t have such high expectations and you’ll enjoy this if you are in the area.

Bloody awesome, quick service, loadsa food for the price… Friendly staff, totally pleasant surprise :) don’t order“4 mains like we did. £44 for 3 grown adults!!! And we ate!!!

Ok, so changing my review to three stars as it looks like they got rid of the nasty people and now the service is slightly friendlier and even faster than it was before.
The food is still tasty, huge portions that will leave you satisfied. And still under £5.
If you are looking for a quick, affordable bit around Kings Cross and you like Chinese/​Oriental food, this is definitely your sport!

The go-​to for Singapore Laksa served at molten-​lava temperatures. Large portion, hearty, full of coconut milk and bursting with briny prawn aromas. Skip everything else. I know a regular when I see them sticking to the laksa as I do. Everything else on the menu is like a sit down takeaway, and frankly at the bargain basement prices they are not the best but far from the worst.
In the words of Mr. T, I pity the fool who goes for the ho fun or anything other than the laksa. I have had better laksa but it is a respectable rendition of Singaporean food.

Flavorless and dull. We needed a quick bite before getting a train from Kings X — the service was fast but the highlight of the meal was the beer. The broth in the noodle soup (even after the addition of soy and chilli) struggled to taste of anything at all, the stri fried noodles were oily and lifeless. Never again.

For my american friends, this place is like a sit down fancy Panda Express. Great value for the location. Spring rolls and sweet and sour chicken were delicious. Service was super fast and the portions were generous.

I only rate places that I like, but this is my first exception.
I am disgusted. First of all, I was served the wrong dish.
When they corrected it, the vegetable soup was literally hot water with a lot of hastily chopped vegetables inside. There was literally no flavour.
My main course of vegetable noodles was glue-​like and had copious amounts of oil.
I suppose you get what you pay for — including poor service.
I would not recommend.

Chop Chop is great place to go for a cheap Chinese, with branches in West London and near Kings Cross, the food is tasty and arrives quickly. You can choose to sit in the canteen style dining area or you can also take your food away.
I usually opt for the Malaysian style fried rice and either a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice or a glass of wine.
If you are looking for something quick and tasty it’s definitely worth a visit.

Right, other than the fact that it gave my friend a stomach ache after the laksa… (not sure if it was a mix with his dessert popsicle…) this easy Kings x place is cheap and fast. A good £6 can satisfy your happy tummy. Gwai dil was alright as well.
Rice dishes are humongousssssss. Usually come here for their Laksa.
Huge portions, fast service. Cheap and easy.
Not exactly the most authentic Asian food out there, but well, them boys ain’t gonna know.
Oh, and they do take outs.

Everyone’s on about how cheap and good this place is — like grubby azn street food (in the best kind of way) but idk whatchu talkin’ bout, ’cause this place aint that. I remember a year ago I’d come here for the kuay teow and it was good! Better than at Hare & Tortoise. The portion was huge, they had a good assortment of fishcake, char siew (bbq pork) and prawns, and it was tasty. It never quite had the wok hei (that almost smoky flavour from a well-​seasoned wok) but at least it checked all the other boxes.
I had the kuay teow the other day and was terribly disappointed. It was all the same ingredients but it was so bland. It just tasted like meh, uninteresting chili. Just spicy. Nothing else. And spicy because they knew that if it wasn’t, people’d be like, uh this is just brown noodles that tastes like nothing? And then there was the special fried rice. John H. I don’t want to hate on you but I ordered it after seeing your review and THIS IS NOT LEGIT. AT ALL. £3.80? Pretty darn good, you’d think. Except when it’s soggy rice that really doesn’t taste of anything. The prawns tasted like water, totally unseasoned, and I’m pretty sure they were just defrosted. I make way better fried rice. And I’d charge you less than £3.80 too. It isn’t that difficult to throw in some soy sauce, or even a pinch of MSG — you’re a cheap chinese restaurant, you’re allowed to do that yknow.
On a slightly better note, I suppose the laksa is passable. It’s nothing like proper laksa (again, Hare & Tortoise does a better job. Or if you want something even better, buy the Prima Taste packets from chinatown. That stuff’s legit.) But at least this dish actually tastes of something and will keep you full. The fried tofu bits are pretty nomz.
But really, if you want good, fast, and cheap chinese food at a place with limited service, go to Wong Kei in chinatown instead.

When I was a student, I used to teach «English conversation classes» to a couple of lawyers in Japan. These weren’t really classes… I would basically head to their office to chat in English for a couple of hours, then they would pay me ¥7000 (just under £50.) It was probably the easiest, most enjoyable part time job I have ever had!
Anyway, one of these Japanese lawyers introduced me to the concept of «dirty but gooood» places to eat. Quite often we would go and eat in Osaka after the class… sometimes it would be to posh, gourmet restaurants, but we also headed off to small, shack-​like, dirty-​looking but really tasty eateries in the back streets of Umeda. When I discussed this with a Chinese friend back in London, he said he thought Chop Chop should count as a «dirty but gooood» restaurant, so of course I went to try it with high expectations.
*sigh*
I’m afraid I didn’t agree with my friend. Chop Chop certainly has the «dirty» part of the description, but I can’t describe it as «gooood.»
However, it IS cheap as chips, and was hugely popular with (manly male) students when I was at University. I suppose it is a Kings Cross institution as it has been there for sooo long! I went back in December with another friend who raves about this place. The waiter got our order wrong… but the food isn’t bad considering the huge portions for the teeny price.
If you need a summary without all my waffling on:
* Rude staff
* Really cheap food
* Huge portions
* Best when you’re inebriated

Für mich war der Chop Chop nicht überzeugend, aber vielleicht ist das Level der chinesischen Küche in London auch einfach niedriger. Preislich ist das Ganze zwar günstig (um die fünf Pfund für eine Hauptspeise), aber schmecken tuts nur nach Glutomat. Besonders enttäuscht war ich von dem Nährwert, irgendwie hat alles etwas lätschert geschmeckt und ich war zwei Stunden nach Verzehr der (großen) Portion schon wieder hungrig.
Lieber etwas tiefer in die Tasche greifen und dafür was Gutes essen!

I’ll echo the previous comments that this place does not exactly serve delectable Chinese food, it does however offer something hot, fairly tasty and filling for a VERY reasonable price. If you want something for the train, forget M&S sandwiches or Maccy D’s and get a takeaway from here. The eat in prices are the same and the service is fast, corteous and the drinks are not overpriced. A find. I just wish I’d discovered it earlier.

Es war Lecker und günstig.
Die Plätze waren bis zum letzten gefüllt und dabei war die Bedienung sehr schnell. Die Portionen sind riesig, genau das richtige nach einem durchlaufenen Touritag in London.
Wir werden wieder hin.

Looking for an inexpensive but delicious meal, I Unilocaled and found Chop Chop Noodle Bar, which is across Euston Road from the King’s Cross Underground Station. It’s a small storefront, so just look for «left luggage» and it’s directly across the street!
Unlike many UK restaurants, your order is taken right at the table. A laminated menu with the list of options, including drinks, and a slip of paper to make your indications. All the food is prepared to order and I ws disappointed to not be able to see into the kitchen.
However, when it arrived it was yummy! I went with the Singapore Laksa, which is a yellow curry coconut sauce with noodles, shrimp, sliced potatoes and tofu puffs. Absolutely delicious in a massive bowl, it was really warming on a cold day. Really inexpensive, even with a small bottle of Perrier, my meal was £6 (~$ 10). They also seem to serve the usual Asian stuff too — I saw tables with fried rice and other noodle dishes.
Tight seating, but that was okay with me. I would absolutely return!

schnell und gutes preisleistungsverhältnis. es gibt diverse nudelprodukte, wie der name schon verrät, und diverse reisgerichte und beilagen. man kriegt einen zettel und trägt die gewünschten speisen dort ein, was natürlich die bestellung sehr vereinfacht. frisch gepresste säfte gibt es auch. versucht mal als beilage das crispy seaweed.