Tin Tin Box & Noodles

Call for closing time, Unilocal has it wrong, they’re open till 8:30/9 PM, that being said. The food is tasty. I love the shrimp on a stick with sweet carrots and Yum Yum sauce (pink). The price is fair and portions are too big for me to eat in one sitting. I’ve had the seafood soup too and it was also very tasty and well priced. Try Tin Tin, you might find a new favorite.

Visited Tin Tin Box & Noodles last Thursday evening because of the four star review. However, my friend and I were both very disappointed. We got the jumbo shrimp hibachi over brown rice. The cook filled the styrofoam box with brown rice and then used the hibachi to make some shrimp and vegetables. The shrimp were definitely not «jumbo» and the portion of meat and veggies for the price was quite small. Would not recommend this place unless you are looking for cheap, average Asian American food.

Would have given 0 stars. My wife and I sat for 20 minutes and waited to be served. I have worked in the restaurant business and I know how things can get, but when it is only you and 1 other table in the place, you will get a bad review from me every time.
On the good side, the décor is pretty cool. I would have loved to had the food, but with no service, we bounced. Maybe next time… SIKE!

For a quick and tasty meal I come to tin tins. I usually come here once every few weeks and order the combination which is steak and shrimp. Overall for a $ 10 meal it’s not too bad. Beware of the smell of the restaurant, if you work in uptown and wear dress clothes then you’ll have to be careful or you’ll come out smelling like a grill.

Fast, good and consistent food and service. I love the canton soup spicy with extra dumplings in a cold day.

LOVE this place… I have only tried the beef canton noodle soup… A hundred times… I keep saying I will try something else but everytime the server says «can I take your order, please» some how «spicy beef canton noodle soup» is all that ever comes out… I think it is a religious experience. But then again, how would I know… I just know I will be back… And maybe try something new

No words to describe how amazing the food here is. my favt has been the number 3. chicken and rice with the extra sauce.
Highly recommend this place to all

It’s right downstairs from where I work but it’s been forever since my last stop at this place. So, I stopped to get lunch there yesterday and now I recall why I don’t stop by very often. My hibachi shrimp dish was bland, the shrimps were very tough instead of tender, the rice (I subbed for brown rice) was barely sprinkled with sauce — that greatly contributed to the bland factor, and the veggie helping was pretty paltry. It was bot very greasy, and that I appreciated. For around $ 8.50 it was a fair amount of food, but meh. Meeeeh…
Do I feel like giving them another try? Not really. Maybe I’ll give their soup a try. Very maybe.

My new hibachi to-​go spot. It’s fast and great prices. Way better than the spot in epicenter which is over prices. Employees are friendly and nice. Definitely will be back. I order the chicken and shrimp with fried rice hibachi… With two white sauces might get a 3 rd sauce next time but it was good. Seasoned and fresh ingredients. Vegetables were yummy. ~$ 8

Came here yesterday for lunch. Cheap and quick are the two best words to describe this place!
I got the Combination Hibachi which came with chicken, steak, shrimp, veggies, and alot of rice (kinda wish I ate less rice cause I was totally in a food coma for the rest of the day). It was all about $ 7.50. Good tasting hibachi. Not a fan of the white sauce so i subbed ginger sauce and it was great!
Went aroud 11:45 and there were only a few people in line. However, the line went real fast and I was in and out in under 10 minutes.

Maybe the fact that I am Asian and have been spoiled with good AUTHENTIC asian food back where I’m from (Boston), but this place sucks. The food is just off, with the wrong flavors and seasoning!!!
Vietnamese summer rolls– Holy moly. Can I say it’s STUFFED with lettuce/​cabbage with maybe 3 THIN slices of shrimp? I can’t remember if there were noodles but if there were, it was probably stuffed along with the lettuce as a filler. That’s not how a summer roll supposed to be! It’s all about balance. Also, the dipping sauce is literally Hoison sauce from the can. This is INCORRECT! The «real» way has to be simmered with a little bit of water to dilute and add in a tbsp of peanut butter!
Hibachi– The flavor/​seasoning tastes like straight up soy sauce. I just moved down here so unsure if you guys have Sarku Japan (yes, the food court spot in the malls) but Sarku Japan has more of the right flavors than this… it’s supposed to be teriyaki, not soy sauce! Salty yet a sweet glaze. This was just straight up soy sauce like the kind you would dip your sushi with. NO!
Phở– Don’t even get me started; There is NOTHING «phở-​like» about this. Shrimp? There’s no shrimp in phở, ever. And the broth? The broth is wonton soup broth, NOT a beef-​based broth. If you want some-​what authentic phở in Uptown, walk down a little further to Brevard Court and try Phở Plus because this place isn’t cutting it.
The only thing I would get here is the won ton soup, albeit it’s not great but decent enough.

A simple to go place in the uptown area. Walk in, order your dish, pick it up at the end of the counter.
We all enjoyed the hibachi steak and I tried the dumplings and noodles which were tasty.

I have never been to a Restaurant serving tiny popcorn shrimp for their hibachi shrimp. I order hibachi shrimp for dinner and was extremely disappointed. The shrimp were tiny popcorn shrimp and very salty. My salad greens were browning. Beware.

Tin Tin has been on my list of lunch spots for a while. However, every time I walk buy the line is so crowded and the smell of grease and smoke from the hibachi line is surrounding the people as they wait for their meals. So, today I broke down. I arrived around 1:00 and the line was definitely not what I had seen before. I ordered the #2, glass noodles with chicken, shrimp and wontons in a broth, medium. They allow you to choose, light, medium, or spicy… So, being my 1^st time I went with medium heat. Spicy next time. The soup was decent, broth pretty bland, chicken and shrimp good, but the wontons were pure dough with a little meat inside, somewhat disappointing. And, for $ 8.25 for a bowl of soup, high in my mind.
Overall I have definitely had noodle bowls better elsewhere and am not loving the fact that my sweater seems to be lingering Tin Tin right now.

Tin Tin!!!
When I lived in Charlotte and worked across the street… man I used to L.O.V.E. Tin Tin. Beware though, you might be in a food coma afterwards so maybe just go on a Friday when work is slow. LOL.
I was in town on business and made it a point to stop in for lunch. 5 years later I’m still in love. The extra spicy combo with steak, chicken and shrimp with that special sauce on the side (not even sure what it is exactly) is delicious! That lunch might have made my trip back to Charlotte worth while. I would even consider opening up a franchise in Chicago if that was even possible. I’m just saying. It’s quick, cheap and yummy!

A nice grab and go/​eat in place for lunch here in Uptown Charlotte.
There’s usually a line during lunch hours, but they do get you out quickly. When you walk in, it would seem as though there is not dining area, but there’s actually seating upstairs.
I have tried both their Canton noodle soup and a steak and shrimp hasaki grill. The noodle soup was average for me, it tasted a bit too salty, but it’s nice to have egg noodle soup for a change.
The steak and shrimp hasaki had very nice seasoning and it came with vegetables and mushrooms. In my opinion, the ingredients are not as good as Hakaki Grill’s on South Church Street, but the seasonings are better.

Meh.

Hmmmmm I think I’m missing something here.
I was looking around Uptown for a quick meal since I was still feeling the effects of jetlag and ended up at Tin Tin Box. I’ve noticed that many of the Asian/​Japanese spots around Uptown offer «hibachi» type meals. You rarely see that term in CA so I was definitely curious. Found Tin Tin Box on Unilocal and decided to try the Hibachi Combination.
The Combination comes with chicken, beef, and shrimp cooked on a hot flat top with mushrooms and their sauce, which is most likely some sort of seasoned soy sauce. You get to choose from rice, fried rice, and even brown rice, which is nice for the people looking to eat more healthy. I went for the fried rice and then went upstairs to their dining floor.
The chicken and beef looked precooked when the cook brought it out, and the only thing that really needed to be cooked was the shrimp. I was really disappointed with the shrimp, since it had such a fishy taste to it, probably from being thawed out. The chicken was probably the best, since it did soak up the sauce fairly well. The beef was just diced up cubes of pieces. It’s all made better by their dipping sauce though. Some sort of mayo-​based sauce, it’s sweet, almost like a milder version of thousand island! However, I could only eat so much of the sauce before I felt it was too greasy.
Now… it is fast foodish so I didn’t expect them to make the fried rice on the spot or anything, but I was really disappointed when the fried rice was just lukewarm.
For a quick lunch, this place might be okay since this place would have your food out really fast. Panda Express might be a better. Probably should’ve gone to the other Japanese spots around the corner from my hotel to check out «Hibachi» though!

Love me some Tin Tin. Best time to go is around 11A or after 2P after that is a line out the door but even so it moves pretty quick. However they are open on Saturdays and there is never a line. There is seating above with a tv (yay!) or you can sit in the Ivy or take a chance and go outside and get some *ahem* interesting people watching sights in.
Nice, enthusiastic cashier, good prices, fast service and large portions-​you can’t beat it.

For the price, location, and ease, this place gets my 5 star vote! Granted I have only visited NYC twice, Tin Tin reminds me of some of the small restaurants you may find there. You order on the main floor and take your food on the second to eat.
The service is fast and friendly. We even got complimented and served on their regular dishes (they mostly serve on styrofoam), I guess that is their equivalent to VIP treatment.
To find something decent tasting and cheap Uptown is a huge plus in my book. It’s not fancy, but it was just what the night called for.