Noodles and Company

"For all the years they've been around, I decided to try it for the first time. I liked the variety of noodles dishes in the menu. Italian, Asian, etc. Rice noodles or wheat noodles, spice or mild... something for everyone. The food quality was acceptable, nothing outstanding, but good enough for me to consider returning to try something different. The pasta was a tad overly al dente... that is to say chewy in my chicken parm. The sauce had good flavor, and it didn't taste like it was from a jar. My friend tried the Asian bowl with chicken, and she found it too peppery to her liking, but I found it tasty and with only mild heat. Atmosphere was clean, casual, and comfortable, more like a sandwich shop than a restaurant. You order at the counter, and they bring the food to your table when it's done. You bus your own table when you're done. Overall, it was a satisfying lunch at a reasonable price... a good lunch stop. Not someplace I'd choose for a dinner date."

"Lots of online pickups. Dining was almost empty. Overpriced noodles. I had the penne with shrimp. It was okay. Shrimps were not overcooked, but penne were almost gummy. Wisconsin mac and cheese was good, but I believe it’s too expensive for what it is. Pad Thai was good, but it just doesn’t taste like one. Almost maybe. Also, tried impossible chicken…no good. I really expected a lot more basing on how much they were charging."

"I apologize for bad camera quality my phone is meant for work and music, the camera is just a bare-basic function on it. 2/5 stars, so I am a big-big lover of Noodles & Company and if this review was about their "main dishes" then it would absolutely be at 4 or 5 stars. But I decided to be adventurous because I'm trying to change my eating habits and be a bit healthier so I got their "big Salad". It was a mistake in every way possible. My first red flag should've been the fact they don't have ranch dressing but I let it go cause I can just use or make my own ranch, sure, whatever. But I paid nearly $8 for what is the equivalent of a side or a $4 at any of my near-by fast food places or Chick-Fil-A, and this was WITHOUT any protein, with protein it would've been over $12. This bowl, isn't even HALF way full, it's literally LESS than half of the bowl, there's more empty space and air in my salad than anything else. I was even able to stick a normal sized adult dining fork into the dead center of this salad (without moving or tossing it) and it didn't even go half-way up the ends of the fork itself. And this was $8? Really? Your pasta meals are delicious and great portions, I even ordered one to go along with the salad, thank goodness because that's likely the only reason this wasn't a 1star simply out of anger and betrayal. Y'all need to either fix your portion sizes or at least have the courtesy to lie to us politely by using smaller bowls for your salads so we don't 'see' how much we're getting jipped by. :)"