Noodle Box — Restaurant in Alexandria

UPDATE The Basil Chicken is quite good so I'm adding a star. A co-worker ordered the gyoza and agrees that it is just awful, avoid at all costs.

Ordered delivery from here. I think maybe I ordered the wrong items looking at all of the glowing reviews. If my company orders from here again I'll probably try the basil chicken.

The gyoza were just awful. Left too long in the fryer and the filling was very bland. No one should be forced to eat these.

The yakisoba is okay. It tastes like none of the ingredients (carrots, cabbage, shrimp, noodles) were cooked together which is probably the case. I understand that this saves time/money since they have a lot of different types of dishes to construct with common ingredients, but it's very evident with the flavor. I also wasn't crazy about having ginger mixed into the dish instead of just a topping, but that's not a big deal.

This is getting really nit-picky, but the noodles were also too wet for yakisoba. It threw off the texture.

Honestly, I'd rather eat the Maruchan instant yakisoba you can get at...

I've been ordering from here on doordash for a couple of months and it's been my go-to place. I'll order it almost weekly. The only thing I ever ordered from here is their masamon Curry with tofu. Usually whenever I get it on doordash at least the curry comes in a separate container the and the rice comes in a separate container. I've always been pleased with the food quality, The taste and the quantity.

However, today I ordered from here to pick it up instead of delivery. And when I got home I looked inside and everything was in a cardboard type of bowl which was already leaking through and 3/4 of the bowl was filled with rice and there was only 1/4 of the bowl filled with Curry. And even worse I had ordered extra tofu and barely got any tofu.

I don't know what's changed and I hope it's not there to last but I'm extremely disappointed with the service today and for that reason I'm giving this a two stories because I have a feeling this is going to be a long-term situation and I probably will not be going here if...

Walking from the King Street Metro to my temporary home at The Alexandrian Hotel I probably passed two dozen restaurants of various ethnicities before I was called to Noodle Box by its cheery lights in the front window...pad Thai sounded great!

I was one of two patrons when I walked in. I was promptly and kindly guided through the ordering process.

Beef Pad Thai Shrimp Thai Fried Rice Thai Lemon Iced Tea

Service was prompt. Seating comfortable and clean. Enjoyable music for lonely meal on a business trip.

Food was good. Served piping hot in to-go containers. Flavor was spot on in the Pad Thai. I'd order again. Fried rice was a bit more bland and the tomato in it surprised and confused me. Shrimp in rice were served tail on, another oddity for me.

All in all, I'd go back. Not the best Thai I've had, but it will scratch your itch if you got it :-)

The tea...