Everything I have tried here has been pretty solid. This spot was hot in my younger days. Glad to see this business continue to thrive during these times. Seemed to have larger portions than at my last visit. Food was & still is affordable with sharable portions. Generous with the proteins. Prices for most stir fry dishes are around $13. Quality of the food has been consistent for the majority of my visits. I like that the menu options offer a variety of asian dishes from soup broths to stir fry. Different noodle dishes from Japanese, Chinese, Thai, & Vietnamese. Great dinnertime staff. Very friendly, attentive & efficient. read more

This is a popular place for lunch or dinner. They are "quick" to serve you when you enter to dine in or take-out. They also have delivery service on their website. They have you covered, there is something for everyone. The menu includes beef, chicken, pork, seafood, veggie or tofu dishes. Their motto is "slurpin' good!" A few highlights from the menu: APPETIZERS - Chicken Wings, Edamame, Egg Rolls, Seaweed Salad. ENTREE - Thai, Chinese, Vietnamese soups, Wok Pan Fried Noodles. Rice dishes with Pork Chops, Chicken Curry, Catfish, Spare Ribs, and Shrimp Fried Rice. SOUPS - Ramen, Udon, and Pho, and "noodleless" soups too. I didn't see Mango Sticky Rice on the menu, but believe me, they have it and it's good! It's sweet, tasty and has a crunchy topping that I really liked. One serving was enough for two people $9. There are three locations in the San Gabriel Valley: Alhambra, San Marino, and Monterey Park. Bring the family and friends. Most important, don't forget to tell'em that Rosemary sent ya! read more

Noodle World - Bob and me - Chinese Near Me - Alhambra, California

Great place for yummy noodles. Went with a friend and we liked all the options. Friendly staff and opened late. read more

Should have said they close at 9:45 if they don't accept orders at 9:45. Really. Should have said they close at 9:45 if they don't accept orders at 9:45. read more

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The restaurant is not much to look at. It has been around a while and probably needs an upgrade. But, who needs fancy interiors? Let the food speak for itself. The portions here are generous and yummy! The service is always quick and most of the time friendly. Come here for big portions and good eats! read more

My first time trying this spot. We normally go across the street. The Pho was okay. That's allwe tried. Busy restaurant they have a machine system was just not my vibe. read more

We've been to Noodle World for many years but didn't come here quite a while. It was getting worse. We were very disappointed this time! We arrived at the Noodle World around 1 pm on last Sunday. It had many people inside but we were seated immediately. Many people were waiting for the orders. However, there were only 2 servers for all the tables. We waited about 15 minutes and finally got the server's attention to order the food and drinks. We did not have any utensils after we ordered our food. Finally, all the food came and they gave us utensils but we were still waiting for our drinks. Service was not acceptable here because they were understaffed. We ordered chicken skewers, pad see you, seaweed salad, house noodles. The Chicken meat (chicken skewers and house noodles) were so dry and chewy and they tasted frozen and had no flavor. Pad See You was okay but the pork meat was also not tender. The portion sizes were big and they were cheap but the meat quality was not good. Disappointed. read more

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This place has been a staple place to get variety for over a decade for us. Pad see ew, hainan fried chicken, spicy spaghetti and tom kah are all hits in our household. Nice tall windows for a street view and a Bob's big boy to welcome you when you use the bathroom. Service is very straight to the point but our last visit, the worker that gave us our togo order interacted with our daughter. She talked to her a little bit and gave her a sample of their shaved ice and our daughter loved it. And when you make our daughter happy, you make us happy. But I'll probably have to get her shaved ice now read more

We often eat Noodle World because it's by our workplace. My partner loves their tom yum noodles and I switch between the tom kha or pork chop on rice. Our kids love the pad see ew. Convenient and yummy, we are definitely repeat customers. read more

DO NOT EAT HERE unless you want a stomachache/indigestion/food poisoning! My friend & I ate here & we both got sick even having different meals read more

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Servers were nice, food was yummy (I got the ribs), and the place is decorated well. I come here with my family sometimes and it's always been good. They were also generous with the portion size. read more

It's been years since I've been to Noodle world in Alhambra. I used to live here and didn't really care for this place until I moved back to the OC. My bestie and I came here after our hike. I was craving the spicy spaghetti with beef and so was she but would seafood we got fried tofu taste exactly as I remembered when I used to come here back in the day, the restaurant is a bit dated but the food was just as good and flavorful. Our waitress was very thorough and helpful. Our food came out within 10 minutes. They have huge portions as you can see. I barely made a dent in mine but was happy to take it home. If you're ever in the area, you should definitely come by. The food is very good, and never disappoints. They have a huge variety of options to choose from. It definitely was nostalgic for me to be back here eating with my bestie like we used to back in our 20's, young and staying out past 9pm. Lol read more

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Excellent high quality noodles. I highly recommend the garlic noodles with steamed tofu.

2025.03 5pm Rainy Tuesday, party of 2 Is it weird to have two Bob's Big Boy statues? Yes. Is it oddly picturesque and cozy to have red white and blue bottle lights over the booths while the rain falls off the awnings by the giant windows? Yes. Plenty of parking, friendly service. Ordered Noodle World Tom Yum and Hong Kong Boat Noodles. I used to frequent NW back in my street running days before I left the the city then the state. Got some deep nostalgia feels and decided to check in after 25 years. Hashtag damnimOld I was not reassured by some of the reviews but so far I'm enjoying myself. Might be the rain, might be the oldies - currently Bob Marley. Food is decent, traffic flow is steady, demographic diverse with a good amount of Asian clientele. read more

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Food portion is good, might also need to pack it home if you're too full. Overall suits all types of General expectation and not bad for a fast order and full you up. read more

Food is amazing most of time. One of my favorite comfort food styles. We always order their crispy chow mian and pad see ew. Service is ok. The place is ok. read more

Returning to NW after having not visited for a long time, it is still a great place to eat in the SGV. The lot is still big, but in need of repair. Most of the servers are pretty nice, a few were not on our last visit. Many of their boba shop type drinks are good to very good. They typically have at least one large group or are crowded when we visit and so are pretty loud. Our favorite dish is still the garlic noodle with chicken. Second best is the spicy fried rice. The chow fun noodle with chicken is good with Chinese hot chili oil/sauce added. The fried chicken wings are Uber fried and somewhat dried out on this visit. The spicy sauce helped the spicy wings and the sweet sauce helped the regular wings. The seaweed salad appetizer has a ton of sauce on it and so is a very wet salad. It was also quite salty and might go better to complement another dish than on its own. Overall still a five star experience. The menu is big with lots of choices so give them a try. Just not any veggie dishes or vegetarian dishes, only some veggies in noodle dishes--that's why we got the seaweed salad--only veggie type dish. read more

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Noodle world is something of been eating since the 90's and for more and less at least they are consistently good. The servers here are super loyal and have been working in this chain for the last 20 years. I come here for Seafood Pho, Charbroiled Pork, Beef Steak, egg rolls and Tom yum. Charbroiled Pork is unparalleled greatness to any other pork I've ever tried. They are literally #1 as I cannot point to another location that even comes close. If you need to get something try this first. Egg rolls are a staple and dipped with fish sauce is Asian comfort food at its best. Over the years I've tried everything on the menu but it's the same favorites that keep me coming back. Highly recommend this place as an inexpensive comfort food location that serves well as a place you can go 4 times a week. read more

Taste is not bad for the price. The space is huge and service is quick. Good spot for a quick bite. read more

Noodle World - Chinese Near Me - Alhambra, California

I love me a decent Thai Boat, it doesn't even have to be a great Thai Boat, I'm perfectly happy with an average Thai Boat, and generally, I can count on places like Noodle World / Noodle Planet to fulfill that craving. The place I used to get Thai Boats from, is now a hot pot place. So this place is an old hang out of mine, that I used to get noodle dishes from, but MAN has the quality DROPPED. Tom Yum Noodle (1/5) My fiancee got a Tom Yum Noodle, but, the soup was kind of funky, it wasn't really sour, but kind of alkaline, and then a bit of sourness, almost the sourness you get from things spoiling and not the fresh sourness of lemons / limes. The most sour thing of the dish, was actually the pork in the soup, which is weird, because the soup wasn't really that shower, but the meat was much more sour. Was very off for me. Thai Boat (2/5) Imagine a Thai Boat, not sure what spices that goes into it, maybe star anise being one of them, maybe some pepper, maybe some cinnamon, and maybe any other 18 spices of KFC, who knows? Now imagine this be devoid of all that. I'm not even sure what it was that I was tasting. It was like a colored pho broth without meat flavor? That might be the best way to describe this? This is probably the worst Thai Boat I've ever tasted in my life. It tasted like I messed up in life. It tasted of harshness and regrets, and self-hate. It took some effort to get through this dish, and frankly, this experience has convinced me to move on from this place forever, and find a place that can probably satisfy my Thai Boat craving. It's like going to a sushi place, only to eat boiled fish. It's just OFF. My heart breaks, because I recall a few fond memories of places like these, but maybe they did something to piss off their chef, or maybe something else happened, but if you can't make it taste GOOD, it shouldn't even be served. I help this place cleans up it's act, because it's nice to see things from my youth to continue to exist. I'm not sure I'd be back here any time soon though, so good luck to them. read more

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The Pad See-You had very little beef this time even though it is supposed to be the main protein that I asked for. I pay a high amount and expect high quality and it wasn't there this last time read more

Poor service. POOR! In fact one of our dish we ordered never came as we finish our meal. We asked every 5-10 minutes and we actually walked to the server and she said it was coming. After 15 minutes we left. They had that missing item on our check and we had it removed. Never again. I will tell my friends and relative. read more

Really not what it used to be. I've came here when I was a kid with my parents and family and I remember I would always go home happy and satisfied. I went back recently with my own kids and was somewhat disappointed. First, the place felt icky. The floors and table were a bit sticky and the interior feels quite dated. The highchair were also quite dirty. We also had to wait quite a while to be seated even though half the tables were open. The food itself was definitely under standards nowadays. We ordered a pad thai, a chicken skewer, a catfish rice, and a green curry. Now the taste itself was OK. But they all had bad texture. The pad thai was sooooo soggy it felt like soup noodles. The chicken was very dry. The catfish was over fried to the point it was hard to bite, almost charred. The green curry had a watery consistency. It was hard to pick up even with a shallow spoon. The portion sizes and the prices, which I remembered was the best deal about thus restaurant, was nothing to rave about now either. In fact, I was a bit surprised at my bill. The only saving grace was that service was decent and parking was easy. Nonetheless, I won't say I'll be coming back, especially with all the great choices around now. read more

Noodle World - Pad thai - Chinese Near Me - Alhambra, California

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Casual dining. Been coming here for 20 years and not much has changed. Still same solid good food with large portions. Food arrived fairly quickly. The charbroiled pork was very flavorful and tender. A tad bit on the salty side. Beef steak is also very flavorful and tender. Perfectly seasoned. Hong Kong pan fried is delicious. Nice amount of beef and veggies to noodle ratio. Some of the veggie stems were still undercooked though. Came about 2 pm on a Sunday, so the wait was only about 5-10 mins. even with a full house. Service is good. read more

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I have been a long-time supporter of this noodle world ever since I moved to Alhambra 8 years ago. I always ordered through them during covid and I've been a regular. The prices have gone up, which I understand is due to inflation, but the quality has kept declining to the point that the lunch I ordered today 3.17.25 was the last. I ordered the Pad See Ew and asked for it to be spicy. They did not make it spicy, which I can live with because I have my own stash of Thai chilli flakes. But the most upsetting part is that they substituted regular brocolli instead of Chinese Brocolli without telling me when I ordered. I got home and called them and the lady asked me if it was a man that took my order, then proceeded to scold him while I was on hold for more than 5 minutes and finally give up and hung up. Pathetic. Goodbye Noodle World. read more

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Good food, and food is well priced, sort of. They have a decent portion size of the cheap stuff (noodles, rice), but skimped on a lot of the stuff in the noodle dishes, like the vegetables. Service is mediocre which I don't normally mind as I don't usually have an issue with the dishes themselves and don't have much of a need to flag someone down. I've been coming for years and haven't ever been deterred by the service, but they got the wrong tea for us and the plain unsweetened tea from a tea bag is a ridiculous price of $4.49 for something that's usually free. It was too hard to flag someone down because hardly anyone was there, so we gave up since the time we were finally able to get someone was when we wanted the check to leave. read more

Ate here for the first time with family and MAN the portions here are huge! Everything is is fresh, tasty, and pretty much shareable for the whole group. I found out there are other locations closer to me, so we may visit again, but I do think this is a spot I'd only go to if we had large groups. read more

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Dined in on 10/12/24 for dinner. Service was quick. The server helped our big group order the dishes and the dishes came out fast. The place has a lot of room to seat big parties and it wasn't busy. You can still see the old Bob's Big Boy statue. I ordered the seafood spicy spaghetti. It still tastes the same from many years ago back when I used to come here a lot in high school. The only thing that really changed is the price. It is pricer now, but glad the taste is still the same. read more

This is my family's go to place whenever they come to visit we always go to noodle world. This restaurant has food from around the world hence the name of the location the quantity that they give you is something very unique to this location and probably why there's always so many people. Prices are very decent, especially with the amount that you get. We usually always have leftovers because of how much they give you. I've tried pretty much every item on the menu, and my ultimate favorite is the chicken basil with rice. read more

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They have a wide variety of cuisines--I believe Vietnamese, Thai, Chinese, etc. If you're looking for a place that has it all, this is a good option. However, if you're in the mood for a specialty dish, it might not be the place since it feels a bit more all over the place. But if you're indecisive and want to try a little bit of everything, Noodle World is a solid choice. The prices aren't too bad either! As for the ambiance, it gives off a more nostalgic vibe, not modern at all. There's this cartoon statue that looks like it belongs in the early 2000s that they just never got rid of. It's casual, with simple decor that's cozy but not fancy--perfect for a relaxed meal. read more

The place is dirty and the food is bland or even nasty. I got spicy beef ramen, it wasn't spicy and it was nasty. We got shrimp fried rice and it was salty. We got pad tai and it was nasty and salty. 2/10 portions were big but it was really expensive, I didn't even eat the ramen. read more

Noodle World - 56. Spicy Beef Stew Ramen - Chinese Near Me - Alhambra, California

We haven't been here in years and decided to take the kids since my youngest loves noodles. They offer a variety of noodle dishes across many different Asian cuisines. Nothing really stands out but it's a good place to go if you're not sure what you're craving. But, if I had to pick, the noodle world spaghetti was the standout. Service was good and all the staff seem to all hustle for this large and busy spot read more

This is an interesting and busy restaurant. Prices are reasonable and menu is large. They basically offer noodle dishes from China, Thailand, Vietnam and Japan. Soups and dry noodles, fried rice, appetizers and a couple of entrees served on rice. The restaurant has a bunch of Bob's Big Boy statues, which are always welcome! I have to say they REALLY need to work on service, which took my rating down. No hellis or thank you. Although the menu clearly said I can choose my protein (photo attached), the lady who took my order flatly declined and said I can only pick chicken. I asked for ground chicken and she declined again, unapologetically. They offer all types of proteins throughout the menu so not sure why this is even an issue. When the order arrived, nobody called the number. Not sure how long I waited but noticed they were calling higher nu.bers than mine. Again, unapologetic when I pointed this out. Are they the best noodles I've had? No. But I've been sick and they are just the comfort food I craved. I got the garlic noodles. I have to say, they hit the spot. Garlic was not bitter. They were buttery and packed with chicken, shitake mushrooms, white mushrooms, peas and corn on egg noodles. There was a side of parmesan cheese. At home I added chili crisp and fresh basil, which took them over the top. The quantity was big and price was reasonable. In the future I hope they do not make another bad impression in the 10 minutes I have to deal with them. read more

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Portion size is A LOT!!! You get what you pay for and it is worth it. Thai papaya salad is delicious and crispy chicken chow mein is yummy too. I will return. This restaurant used to be Bob's Big Boys lol. Customer service is excellent. My waitress was so sweet! Restroom has graffiti so that should be taken care of immediately but the food is authentic cuisine. That's why l gave it 4 stars. No problem finding parking space in their parking lot. I will return. Excellent bang for your $$. read more

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Slow, slow, slow. Slow to get greeted, slow to get seated, slow to be attended. Refills were non existent due to how non attentive our server was. To top it off, restrooms were filthy and smelly. read more

IMO the best Chinese food in SoCal can be found in the San Gabriel Valley. Located off of Valley Boulevard near Atlantic, Noodle World is no exception with a hugely diverse and multicultural Asian menu which includes appetizers, salads, Thai noodle soups, Chinese noodle soups, Vietnamese noodle soups, Japanese noodle soups, soupless noodles, wok noodles, pasta, fried rice and other rice dishes, as well as boba and other beverages. According to their website, "Our portion size and pricing are also a big part of why we remain a perpetual favorite amongst our devout fans." On this visit, I ordered the Hong Kong Pan Fried - beef slices, bean sprouts, Chinese broccoli and rice noodles pan fried with soy sauce...delicious greasiness! Currently full-service locations can only be found in Alhambra, Monterey Park and San Marino, so Noodle World needs to open a location further south as soon as possible! read more

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I love noodles but... I don't think this is the place for me. Something about the food just didn't sit well with my stomach (and that's very rare for me) and I just didn't really enjoy it overall. The customer service was great and the place looked very tidy. A lot of people love this place but there's plenty of other places I would visit instead. read more

My family and I (party of 11) decided to have a late night dinner at this restaurant after my nephew's high school graduation. Upon our arrival and while looking at the restaurant from the outside, i realized two things: 1-this place was very crowded. People were waiting to be called while waiting inside and outside so obviously it is a very popular restaurant which is a good thing and 2-this restaurant itself is huge. We waited for our name to be called approx. twenty mins Once seated, our waiter Vincent (who was AMAZING, friendly and a very hard worker) immediately took our beverage orders while we glanced over the menu. We had our drinks within four minutes and we were Ready to place our food orders After the last person ordered, I glanced at my watch to see how long it would take for our food to be delivered to our table. Five minutes went by and our food was brought out in rolling carts. FIVE MINUTES!! Wow! This was AWESOME and amazing service I thought to myself. As each person received their meals, I could not help but to lick my lips as every single dish looked and smelled sooooo good! I have no idea what everyone ordered but I will say that every single person commented about how tasty, fresh and happy they were with their meals. 11 out of 11 positive reviews, VERY rare I thought to myself. As for me, I had chicken fried rice which was DELICIOUS and the portion size was HUGE!! I ended up having to take 1/2 of my order home as it was simply too much for me. I also had the mango sticky rice which I had never tried and I quickly fell in love. This dessert was so good that it left me craving more but only willpower prevented me placing a second order. Everyone throughout the restaurant appeared to be having a good time as conversations and laughter could be heard throughout the entire restaurant. Very positives vibes at this casual place. I will DEFINITELY return to to this restaurant as it was a positive dining experience. read more

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Haven't come here for a while. The food was so good just like how I remembered it back in the 90s. I had a lady as a server. She was very attentive. Will definitely come back more often. read more

For health reasons please avoid eating at this restaurant. They have multiple violations related to food safety. I used to frequent this restaurant more than a decade ago, and at the time this place was still decent, but in recent years I've come to find that they've been struggling financially and have tried to cheat their ways in order to maintain their profit. Prices have gone up, which I'm not surprised because of inflation everywhere. But what I found disturbing is that in my recent visit to this restaurant they served me rotten beef and vegetables. I ordered Beef Steak to go, but as soon as I got home and opened the box, there was a weird stench coming from my food. I took a bite of my beef and immediately spat it out. Without saying anything I gave a piece to my husband and he gagged so much he almost threw up. The meat they used to cook this dish was 100% rotten. The dish was heavily covered in sauce to cover up the smell and flavor of the rotten beef. The next dish we ordered was the beef pad see ew, the vegetables they used for this dish was also rotten, they had a foul smell and had black spots in the middle. Clearly the chefs cooking here don't look at the food? How do they not see these black marks while cooking? I immediately called the restaurant and spoke with Hien, I didn't show anger when I talked to him, I simply shared my observations with him and said "I ordered Beef Steak but the beef you guys used is rotten". His response was, "Ok, so you want a refund?" There was no explanation, remorse, nor apology offered by the restaurant. I get that it's hard to compete with so many other asian restaurants in the area, and everything is so expensive now. But cutting costs this way and risking the health of patrons is not the way to go. Surely my family and I will never be coming back here and will end up buying food from other restaurants in the area. read more

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