Noodles Etc On Campus

I order from here multiple times a week. I love the pad see ew noodles with beef. I’ve tried all the various Thai restaurants in Hyde Park and I believe Noodles does the best job with that dish and at a reasonable price. I also love their Thai ice tea. Overall they never disappoint and provide decent portions at good prices.

I came in yesterday for lunch and the service was horrendous. I noted several times when there were meals waiting to be served from the window sill between the kitchen and the seating area and the waitresses would ignore them while not doing anything else. At one point, there were at least six or seven dishes waiting to be served, yet the waitresses ignored them for five minutes and were just standing around most of the time, not doing anything. As a result, I had to wait 45 minutes after ordering my food to receive even my appetizers. Other people who had ordered at the same time as I did had already finished eating their food. Furthermore, I had to ask the waitresses multiple times for my check.
The food was decent. It was not the best Asian food I have had, but still good. However, the despicable service is why I will avoid this restaurant whenever I am in Hyde Park.

Nice, casual atmosphere with good service. The chow mein was pretty bland however. Not sure if I would go again

I ordered pancit for the first time today and it was horrible! The noodles were tatseless, the chicken tasted like it was a week old. I got it delivered to my place of employment. I called back and spoke with the owner PATTIE and voiced my concerns to get something else and she said I would have to repay the delivery charge. Now mind you, myself and the entire department orders from this place on a regular basis. I feel that a one-​time courtesy could have been granted to have something else delivered. Obviously, this place does not care about customer service or satisfaction. As a result, they have lost my business as well as my department. Furthermore, there are many more restaurants in the area to order from so I will be utilizing my options.

I eat here at least once every two weeks. They have THE BEST crab rangoons. And I love the pancit too. It isn’t spicy. It’s very well seasoned and tastes authentic. I also like the gyoza. It’s not the best you’ll ever have but it’s still really good. My son is addicted to the blanket shrimp. They are little prawns wrapped with chicken and veggies and deep fried. So. good.
We have also had the broccoli beef, teriyaki chicken, and all the fried rices. I’m actually surprised the rating for this restaurant isn’t higher.
The wait staff is really nice. It can get kind of busy around lunch but it isn’t too bad. This is a great place for a quick lunch or dinner meeting or date. We usually only spend about $ 60 to feed a family of five.
It’s a great price point especially for the food quality. I highly recommend it.

This place is our absolute favorite! I always get the PadThai with chicken and tofu, and my husband gets something new almost every time but he always leaves fat and happy! Lol the staff is so friendly and the atmosphere is very relaxing!
As a matter of fact, we love this place so much, we are going there right now! Yummy!!!

Noodles Etc. serves mainly Thai dishes. They do serve Filipino Pancit (rice noodle dish from the Philippine cuisine). I’ve been multiple times for convenience and have not been disappointed. I’ve had the Pad See Ew, Banh Mi, and Curry Noodles. The Pad See Ew was good but it does not beat the Crispy Pad See Ew from Jitlada in Lakeview/​Boystown area. The Bahn Mi BBQ was good as well. Nothing too special about the Bahn MI. It’s normal your Bahn Mi. However, the Curry Noodles were great! You can request for your desired spicy level and they do a pretty fair scale of spicy. I’d definitely frequent this place because the prices are fair and decent. Their portions are pretty big as well. I’ve always had to take a to-​go box for my leftovers.

Is the staple off-​campus dining hall for UChi students during academic year. Variety of options, all of which are satisfying both in terms of time, portion, quality, and cost. Also, since most dishes contain some sort of protein and veggies, assuming Noodles dishes are healthier than macNcheese /​ramen noodles seven days a week.
Having said that, the atmosphere and quality of food are akin to an off-​campus dining hall. Satisfying, but nothing special, kind of like white rice. A good go-​to option for Hyde Park residents when too tired to cook dinner, but not much more.

The rating is definitely not representative of just how great this place is. The Curry Noodle was incredible and the Ginger Tofu (according to my date) was equally awesome.
Sat down for lunch, waitstaff was very attentive with water and ordering. Food didn’t take a very long time to make, so we were able to sate our hungers very quickly. When my noodles arrived, the bowl was brimming with delicious, creamy red curry, so portion size doesn’t seem to be an issue here. If it was socially acceptable to lick my bowl clean, I sure as hell would have. I will almost certainly be coming back here for lunch soon.

My 3 stars is not a bad review at all. We went on a cool day (my husband was dressed very summery but it was actually cold) but when we went inside it was very cozy and we were welcomed with a huge smile and were seated by the kitchen which I actually liked. We were able to see all the dishes that were coming out. I did end up asking the waitress what dish did that table just get because it looked so yummy. My husband and I both ordered the drunken noodles. We ordered it extra extra spicy because we loves spicy food but it was not spicy at all. But that was ok. The dish was very very good. I love thai basil and this had tons of it. We also ordered the Vietnamese Spring Rolls. YUM YUM YUM! So good. My son ordered the egg rolls. Those were good. Nothing spectacular though. My son also ordered Beef Fried Rice. It was good as well. We couldn’t forget to order our Thai Iced Tea. VERYYYY GOOD!
All in all, service was EXCELLENT and our food was good.
We would definitely go back in a couple of months. It is a bit of a drive.
(I am craving it right now!)

This place is dependable and reliable since it is so close to campus. The food isn’t amazing but it is better than the options on campus for dinner. Thus the 3.

I came here with my nieces and ordered beef with broccoli. One of my nieces ordered pad Thai.
My meal came out and it looked disgusting. It looked more like soup. Brown tasteless gross soup. I tried to eat it, but it was disgusting. I should have sent it back. My niece’s pad Thai was greasy and unappetizing.
I realize that there are limited options in Hyde Park but this place is way below par and it was crowded! I was baffled.
I’m also surprised by all of the good reviews on Unilocal.It seems like the majority of their clientele have never had good Thai food. It also makes me wonder if I should believe much of what I read on Unilocal

This place is a solid 3 stars, which Unilocal defines as «A-​OK.» I cannot give this place a 4 star because, «Yay! I’m a fan!» is definitely not my response when I leave this place. That being said, my coworker would give it a 4 star rating, but I don’t necessarily trust his taste.
I have ordered both the beef pad see eu and the beef drunken noodle (surprise, they taste almost the exact same). I suppose if you really want thick rice noodles and your only choice is here, that isn’t too bad.
I have also ordered the egg rolls: nothing spectacular. I feel like I could buy these frozen, toss on some sweet chili sauce and have almost the exact same thing.
My coworkers always (almost) order the chicken curry over noodles. They seem to enjoy it enough that they get it every week.
Given that this place primary caters towards students and is located in a neighborhood without too many options for «Asian» (Asian-​inspired?), this place is someplace you’ll likely stop by and be satisfied with.

Mmm, not sure how this only has three and a half stars on Unilocal — deserves a solid four, maybe even a four point five.
This place was an old standby. It’s cheap, everything is delicious, there is a huge variety. My two go-​to dishes were the Pancit and the Red Curry Noodles — very different dishes, but both excellent. The thai iced tea here is also excellent, but how does anyone mess up tea with sweetened condensed milk?
The atmosphere is a good medium level — not too quiet, not too loud, not too bright or too dark. Service is always solid and really quite nice. I would imagine this would be a totally wonderful spot for a casual date.
There’s no really good Chinese in Hyde Park, but a lot of great Thai and other Asian — this falls cleanly in that category.

Pretty solid choice when you have a tight budget. The curry is ok-​ish chicken pad tai is great if you crave something filling

Not good. I’ve been roped into coming here twice with friends and both visits were disappointing.
I usually benchmark a Thai restaurant by its version of pad see ew. I got Noodles’ version with chicken, and it was passable at best. It’s hard to really mess up this dish, but the noodles were mushy and the whole thing was served in an oil slick. The pad thai with chicken was similarly oily and unremarkable.
On top of all that, service was inattentive both times we came even though it wasn’t at peak hours, waitresses were chatting with each other near the register instead of refilling water and attending to the 5 – 6 occupied tables.

Service: 3
Food: 1
I ordered the Rancit (philipino fried noodle dish). Named pretty aptly because the OIL WAS RANCID. The char-​siew pieces were absolutely disgusting, sour aftertaste.
The freshest thing on the plate were the raw purple onions and strips of cabbage. Seriously. The noodles were passable, but I can’t believe how rancid the oil to fry the meat was. YUCKS.

If you are on campus looking for somewhere to eat that is more than just sandwiches since there are TONS of sandwich places around campus, then Noodles is a good option. And if you are looking for a fast lunch, my friend I did a sit down lunch here on a weekday and were in and out within an hour, so they definitely know how to handle the lunch rush which I think is key for busy university people like myself.
The food is made fresh, the service is pretty quick, but the food itself isn’t wowing by any means. It was good, just not anything that amazing. I got their curry chicken dish and I am pretty obsessed with curry anything and the powerful curry flavor I love so much just wasn’t quite there for me. It was hot, and you could tell it was made pretty fresh, but just not the best curry I had ever had. My friend got their curry noddle dish but there didn’t seem to be that many noodles in his bowl… if you order something with noodles, then you should see noodles a plenty! But like I said, this place is a cheap fast lunch option and for that purpose, Noodles Etc. you are pretty much on point! And it is nice variety from other options in the area too.

The food is of decent quality. I’ve been here multiple times and I can’t really complain about the food. It’s not amazing, but at the same time, it’s not bad. I’d say this place is a bit expensive relative to the quality.
But there is something that I really don’t like about this restaurant: the service. On multiple occasions, I have seen the waiters/​waitresses socialize with each other while my food was waiting on the kitchen shelf. One time, several minutes went by before the waitress delivered my food. Worse yet, during this time, she wasn’t taking orders or delivering food — she was just chatting.

A short walk from the campus of U Chicago, we found this place after our campus tour and it was just the perfect place for lunch. The menu is a fusion of flavors from Southeast Asia, mostly Thailand, Vietnam & Malaysia with maybe some Japanese, Chinese, Laotian, Cambodian, Filipino & Burmese thrown in there to spike the taste buds. We were seated almost immediately and got the last open table by the door. We were lucky because soon after, droves of people came in and were waiting inside and out. Stop looking at my food with those hungry eyes!
We started with some chicken dumplings and baos that were OK, but the baos were a little cold and you have to eat those steaming hot. I’ve never had a dipping sauce with bao before, but it’s not a bad thing. Each of us had a sauteed or soup noodle dish. I had the Pad See Eu with wide rice noodles, my wife had the Chicken Curry over noodles and my son, the Bamee noodles with sliced pork, both with thin egg noddles. They were quite tasty and hit the spot after touring the campus for hours. I think we were just glad we didn’t have to eat at the school cafeteria. Even better that it was a short walk to the Museum of Science & Industry, our next stop.