Cancel

    Open app

    Search

    Noodles Etc

    3.3 (399 reviews)
    ModerateNoodles
    Open 11:30 am - 8:00 pm

    Order Noodles Etc Takeout or Delivery

    Noodles Etc Photos

    Business Info

    NOODLES ETC ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Outdoor seating
    Good for kids

    You might also consider

    More like Noodles Etc

    Recommended Reviews - Noodles Etc

    Your trust is our priority, so businesses can't pay to alter or remove their reviews. Learn more about reviews.
    Yelp app icon
    Browse more easily on the app
    Review Feed Illustration

    Reviews With Photos

    pho

    I'm so sorry to leave a bad review, but geniunely by far the worst pho ive ever had in my life. Pho is one of my favorite foods and I've had many in my life. The soup was black and tasted nothing like how pho should taste. I hope there are other better things on the menu, but please do not order the pho. It would be a major waste of your money.Service was fine.

    Pot stickers
    Tristan W.

    One of the best dining experiences on campus (only a few minutes' walk from the Reg/Max P). Definitely recommend noodles dishes and curry dishes here. Absolutely fantastic meals!

    The Man & the legendary location :-) Definitely worth the hype!
    Allicia S.

    Great location near to universities and walkable neighborhoods. The crowd was very diverse from students to what appeared to be a ladies afternoon lunch group to couples to law-enforcement of Asian descent. My date and I blended right in! As my date was born and raised in Chicago, and often talked about not being able to find drunken noodles in other cities, it was a no-brainer when he asked me where I wanted to eat during our trip last week. I was not disappointed at all! The drunken noodles came with heat level from regular to 911. My date selection was 911, of course. The Tom Kha soup, lack the presentation received, but the content was equally good. Actually welcomed emphatically due to the cold temperatures. I also had the garlic udon noodles (normal sauce) with shrimp. Very tasty and well seasoned. Included a room, temperature, Vietnamese, tea, since hot was not an option and a hot Vietnamese coffee to go! Everything was delicious and great service throughout. Will definitely return during my next visit.

    Taylor H.

    First time here this place was okay got the chicken and shrimp ramen it was bland I had to add a lot of soy sauce. The servers were very nice though

    Vegetable Noodle
    Steve A.

    Had a good lunch here recently when out doing shopping and business. It gets a little busy at lunch. Noodles Etc. is another place that's popular with Hyde Park locals, including UC faculty and students. Certainly has a casual feel. This isn't anything fancy, and the prices reflect this. Because it was cold I needed to get something warm of course. It's hard to beat noodles and soup in this kind of situation. Thankfully this was pretty close so I got over here and got a table. It has a lot of different broths and noodles. Most of the entrees use broths made from animal products. A few don't. The best one of these is the Vegetable Noodle. It's $8.50 for a pretty big bowl. This has bean sprouts and rice noodles. Certainly if around here I would come back. It makes a very good lunch. This is best when it's freezing cold outside.

    PJ S.

    Stopped in when Medici was closed. This was a good pivot! We ordered a bunch of stuff off the appetizer section and it was all tasty! Service was friendly and food came out very quickly as well.

    Drunken Noodle
    Crystal H.

    This was my first visit. I ordered several appetizers and my favorite was the egg rolls (shrimp and pork). Didn't think the chicken satay had much flavor but it was fresh and hot. My entree was really good - drunken noodles with chicken. It's also very clean with attentive servers even though quite a busy Saturday afternoon crowd. Great portions for the money and street parking

    Pad Se - eu Noodle (After I ate off it) They give you a lot!!
    Naiima D.

    The last time I ate from here was six years ago. I worked in the Hyde Park area. My coworkers and I would order from here often. Well let me tell you something (Young Jeezy Verzuz voice)...They are still delicious!!!!! I usually order through Door Dash but didn't today and I found you guys on Grubhub! I ordered my old time usual.... 911 spicy Beef Pad Se Ew and a Lemonade. My Pad Se Ew was hottttt just like I ordered. So delicious and hot! It had a slight sweet undertone, tender beef, broccoli was cooked to perfection and it was saucy just like I like it. The Lemonade is sweet (not cloyingly sweet), tart and refreshing. I don't think it's freshly squeezed but it's delicious. Noodles Etc has great Thai Food that is very reasonably priced!! Check them out you won't be disappointed!! *** Sorry I was so ravenous I ate before I took my pics)

    Curry puffs
    Michelle A.

    Very laid back spot in Hyde Park that can get super busy quickly. This is not your typical dine-in restaurant. You go in and (1) select your seat and view the menu from a QR or (2) ask for menus up front and find a seat. Either way, you order and pay up front at one of 2 desks and everything is brought out to you as it's made. They are very busy with takeout. I have yet to try an appetizer I don't enjoy! I particularly like the Gyoza and BBQ pork spicy rolls. Each time I go I try a different dish, and the portions are enough for a midnight snack. My last dish (stir-fried vegetables) needed a little more seasoning, but nothing a lot hot sauce couldn't fix. Prices were fair. Overall, I will go again!

    Judith P.

    I'm back! Met a friend here in this lively spot. Oh! The food was good too! So I came back! Having the baby chicken rolls and chicken panang (sp).

    Pad Thai and pad Se-Eu

    See all

    17 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    16 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    14 years ago

    Business owner information

    Photo of Aldo Fernando R.

    Aldo Fernando R.

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    11 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0
    Photo of Joey R.
    283
    10
    0

    11 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    11 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    10 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    10 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    10 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0
    Photo of D D.
    33
    10
    0

    8 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    10 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0
    Photo of Tom E.
    51
    6
    2

    8 years ago

    Very disappointing. Slow, poor service. Food lacked flavor good flavor. Pho noodles were mushy and stir fry wasn't good.

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    18 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    18 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    18 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    17 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    16 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    15 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    15 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0
    Photo of Uli K.
    0
    33
    0

    13 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    12 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    12 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    10 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0
    Photo of Adit D.
    279
    8
    6

    10 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    8 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    18 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    17 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    12 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    8 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0
    Photo of M Z.
    114
    24
    0

    16 years ago

    Helpful 1
    Thanks 0
    Love this 1
    Oh no 0
    Photo of Mo S.
    80
    13
    1

    8 years ago

    Food quality is alright. Nothing spectacular. Portion of food served is small. They should consider increasing the portion

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0
    Photo of O. O.
    0
    68
    35

    17 years ago

    Helpful 1
    Thanks 0
    Love this 2
    Oh no 0

    17 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 1
    Oh no 0
    Photo of Lauren K.
    10
    190
    8

    15 years ago

    Helpful 1
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    14 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    19 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    13 years ago

    Business owner information

    Photo of Aldo Fernando R.

    Aldo Fernando R.

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    12 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0
    Photo of Mark F.
    7
    263
    8

    14 years ago

    Business owner information

    Photo of Aldo Fernando R.

    Aldo Fernando R.

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0
    Photo of Claire B.
    102
    31
    3

    19 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    Page 9 of 10

    Noodles Etc Reviews in Other Languages

    Ask the Community - Noodles Etc

    You might also consider

    MCCB Chicago 时尚食谱 - WE ARE GOING TO CLOSE FOR VACATION
FROM AUG 17 - 25
SEE YOU BACK ON AUG 26

    MCCB Chicago 时尚食谱

    4.5(1.2k reviews)
    4.8 miChinatown
    $$

    This is the place to eat in Chicago in my opinion, and has made every other restaurant look bad…read more it's the absolute best meal in the city, at a great price, with a super awesome staff. I bring everyone i know here at some point. Only negative thing to say is that i no longer feel anything about anywhere else that I eat. Im okay with that though, because in my opinion this is how you run a restaurant. They are always full, but it is always worth the wait!

    Sunday Funday with a fantastic first visit to a Chinatown gem!…read more I felt like Chinese food today, and rather than eating at my neighborhood regular, I wanted to go straight to Chinatown for the most delicious, authentic experience. Thanks to my deep dive and discovery on Yelp, MCCB turned out to be the perfect spot to achieve this. The restaurant has held its Michelin status for five years now, and for my first time visiting, the flavors here were incredible. Please note: the restaurant signage is not easily visible from the street since the storefront faces inward toward the mall plaza, and while looking for it, I ended up asking a local man and his wife for directions. He was so kind and welcoming that he unexpectedly left his wife on the sidewalk, my husband in the car, and walked me right across the street and into the mall to point it out from the inside! WAIT TIME: there is a 1 to 1.25 hour wait period to be seated for a table, and a $10 fee via credit card is required to secure your spot, which is then fully transferable to your bill upon checkout. The wait is a great time to walk, explore the shops, restaurants, all Chinatown has to offer, and get your steps and miles in! SERVICE: our first server, Allen, was a bit on the stiff, curt side, but overall nice. However, we had to move from a two-top table to a four-top to accommodate all the dishes we were trying. In that changeover, we were blessed to get one of the BEST servers there, Ashley, who made the experience wonderful. FOOD: we ordered an absolute feast, starting with three starters. The Cheng Du Style Dumplings were fantastic. The Crispy Crab Rangoons were actually not mini at all and had a great crunch. The Szechuan Style Cucumber was a bit underwhelming and a slight bit on the soft side for my tastes, as I prefer my veggies crunchy even when cooked. We ordered everything with the mild heat option so there was no overwhelming spice, just great flavor. For the main dishes, we started with the Cauliflower Flank Steak and added broccoli to it, which was a fantastic addition. It is cooked in an oyster sauce and has none of the standard sweeter seasonings of the other dishes. I chose this to balance a sweet and salty rationing across my dishes, finding that MCCB is a great place to get that perfect balance. The Chicken in Spicy Garlic Sauce was perfect with the mild heat option as well, and the Honey Black Pepper Flank Steak was also incredibly savory, tender, and good. We paired everything with garlic string beans, white rice, and a great jumbo shrimp fried rice. I preferred water, while my husband had a few Diet Cokes. The food comes out hot, fresh, and bursting with flavor. PARKING: parking is convenient--there is street parking or you can use the two north and south lots within walking distance. The north lot is on Archer and Wentworth, and the south lot is on Cermak and Wentworth. Validated parking is permitted for a maximum of 3 hours, and you will only pay $3 with the validation. Just make sure to stay within that time limit and get it validated, because if you go over the 3 hours or forget the validation, you will have to pay the full price for the lot. PRICE: the pricing here is very reasonable for a Michelin-recognized restaurant. Our dinner came out to just under $146 total, which offers phenomenal value given the large portions and top-tier quality. If you are seeking high-quality, delicious Sichuan food in Chinatown that completely lives up to its multi-year Michelin status, and can be customized perfectly to your spice comfort, this is a great place to go. Highly recommend and will return with family!

    Photos
    MCCB Chicago 时尚食谱 - Szechuan Twice Cooked Pork Fried Rice

    Szechuan Twice Cooked Pork Fried Rice

    MCCB Chicago 时尚食谱 - Inside

    Inside

    MCCB Chicago 时尚食谱 - Eggplant with Spicy Garlic Sauce

    See all

    Eggplant with Spicy Garlic Sauce

    Xi'an Cuisine - Hand-stretched noodles in hot & sour sauce +pork elbow 油波面加蹄膀 ($12) - not very spicy. Noticeable vinegar flavor.

    Xi'an Cuisine

    4.0(331 reviews)
    4.7 miChinatown
    $$

    5 stars for the cold gluten salad and the flatbreads, 4 or 5 stars for the noodle soup. I'm…read morerounding up to 5 because, well, maybe I ordered wrong. The cold gluten salad is a true highlight here, with an impeccable springy texture and an absolutely perfect mix of chili oil and sesame in the seasoning. The flatbread was also a standout, being perfectly crunchy and flavorful alongside a cumin lamb with a good punch. I was less impressed by the hand-pulled noodles. The soup itself was fine, as were the lamb intestines (though I really prefer them grilled). However, for hand-stretched noodles, the noodles were just lacking and missing something. Maybe wheat noodles get better the further west you go, and it just isn't quite Lanzhou style.

    An unassuming classic old school spot in Chinatown. Your meal comes with a tea and I loved the…read moresubtle jasmine floral fragrance! I tried the biang biang noodles, but which was a bit bibimbap-esque with the tomato and egg, black bean pork, braised beef, and minced sauce. This was awesome as I love each ingredient individually but normally can't choose between which noodle bow I want. Mixed together, this creates a heavenly flavor of sweet, sour, and umami. The biang biang noodles were thick, chewy and bouncy, and like wider longer belts. The texture was actually so addicting and I devoured my bowl almost instantly. My friend got the Szechuan spicy vermicelli pot with beef, but this needed a bit more flavor and spice. Adding vinegar helped! Our server was super nice and friendly and helped us pack all our leftovers too.

    Photos
    Xi'an Cuisine
    Xi'an Cuisine - Flat Bread

    Flat Bread

    Xi'an Cuisine - Biang Biang noodles with tomato, egg, black bean sauce with pork, braised beef and minced sauce 裤带面 ($13)

    See all

    Biang Biang noodles with tomato, egg, black bean sauce with pork, braised beef and minced sauce 裤带面 ($13)

    Chi Cafe - MaPo Tofu on Rice

    Chi Cafe

    3.9(1.3k reviews)
    4.8 miChinatown
    $$

    Solid dinner here in Chicago Chinatown. We're visiting from out of town this weekend, and visited…read moreupon a recommendation from a friend. Our large group was accommodated easily, and we were served relatively quickly after an initial delay while we were waiting for someone to come by. Food came soon after that. We ordered a wide range of things: honey shrimp, beef tripe, pork intestine, Hong Kong style fried noodles. Everything here is solid and delicious. Portions are reasonable too. Ambience is nice, clean, and modern. Only issue while we were here is that some in our group tried to order their baked chicken over spaghetti and they were out of spaghetti. Interesting basic ingredient to be short on here, but rice was not a bad substitute. Would definitely come back here if ever back in Chicago!

    The soup was bland--we had to season it myself with the salt, pepper, and soy sauce on the table…read more(which is probably why they're already there). The waitstaff were not friendly at all. The music kept disconnecting and cutting out, completely ruining the atmosphere. If your restaurant automatically adds gratuity for parties of five or more, DECLARE IT CLEARLY UPFRONT. Don't wait until customers are leaving to explain it. We had already tipped, but our waiter actually ran outside to tell us it wasn't enough because it HAD TO BE AT LEAST 18% GRATUITY. Forcing an 18% gratuity after providing terrible service and mid food is unacceptable. Be transparent about your policies from the start instead of putting customers in an awkward situation after the meal.

    Photos
    Chi Cafe - View from our spacious booth

    View from our spacious booth

    Chi Cafe - Boiled fish fillet

    Boiled fish fillet

    Chi Cafe - Outdoor sign

    See all

    Outdoor sign

    Kajiken - Takoyaki

    Kajiken

    4.3(148 reviews)
    4.8 miChinatown
    $$

    So, I usually don't go to places like this because of specific reviews I see, but this place was…read moreamazing place. The food was amazing, everything was on point and it was just pure perfection, I reccomend getting a tonkatsu ramen bowl. It was super good ! Service was pretty fast and the ambiance had a really chill atmosphere

    Brothless Ramen? Sure, why the heck not! This is as far out of my comfort zone as I go, by the way…read more Now, Kajiken may be a chain, but that didn't stop the experience from being mind-blowing. A five-star experience by definition. I'd ordered Homura, and stepped away to wash my hands. Just as I was sitting down, the bowl of hot fresh goodness was placed in front of me. Even when the place was busy, the service remains lighting-quick! friendly and attentive too! As for the bowl, it was absolutely fantastic! Upon mixing, everything went together perfectly. The flavors were tremendously savory and rich, with accents from the egg, seasonings, veggies, and a healthy amount of meat. The noodles were cooked perfectly too! The bowl was perfect as is, and needed nothing. I was worried the bowl would be dry, but this couldn't be farther from the truth, especially with the ladle of liquid on the bottom, everything was perfect! Now, there are various seasonings and flavor enhancers on the table, but they weren't needed, in my opinion. If you do choose to add some, be careful, as some pour fast and heavy! After happily slurping this thing down in record time, I also ordered a single helping of Chashu, as I generally love it and wanted to try. It too was brought to me in no time, and was thin, well balanced, and melted in my mouth. Where it comes to value, the bowl was $13.50, and the slice of chashu was $1.50, IIRC. Great, especially in light of what everything costs nowadays. Final verdict: Kajiken came, and it DELIVERED. Everything from start to finish was top notch, and for a very fair value of $13.50 for a fresh, tasty, and filling bowl of goodness.

    Photos
    Kajiken - Atmosphere

    Atmosphere

    Kajiken - The Original with Kon

    The Original with Kon

    Kajiken - Very bright and heaving

    See all

    Very bright and heaving

    Noodles Etc - noodles - Updated September 2026

    Loading...
    Loading...
    Loading...