Sam's Noodle Station — Restaurant in Alhambra

Small business restart with great food. Had the #20 which is the house noodle soup, with the soup on the side. . Also ordered the Chinese donut to dip it into the soup. Very filling and I left happy and very satisfied. They also have rice dishes as well. Another gem of a restaurant in the San Gabriel Valley!!! I'll give it 10 diamonds out of 5 stars!!!! Side note, the owner/host speaks English, Cantonese, and Vietnamese from what I was able to pick up while dining there. Update: several months later came back to this gem; still as good as I remember it. Got their special noodles with the Chinese donut. Honestly can't go wrong with that. Got me full. Still very much satisfied with their food!!! 👍👍👍 Further update: came in on a cool August morning. Needed to satisfy my noodle craving. Came back to Sam's noodle station and got the hu tieu dac biet cold (soup on the side) and a side of Chinese donuts. Sam's doesn't disappoint. Family run business, speaking in Cantonese. They have their regulars and randoms like me coming in. It's relatively slow in the morning, granted I came in just around 8am after dropping the kids off from school. The mornings would have kind, elderly people coming in n out. Great place to grab a bowl of noodles and then a coffee at Lee's next door in the same plaza. Maybe grab some fresh baked goods at simply splendid. All n all, a...

Same foods served here as in Mackey Noodle in Duarte. The foods are mostly Chow Zhou style cooking which means a lot of noodle items and pan fried turnip cakes.

Since we like the fried rice noodles at Mackey, we ordered the dish here along with fried turnip cake. Both were good and delicious. But the flavors at Mackey is more stand out. I can taste the wok Hei in Mackey’s noodle.

Besides the difference in food, Mackey provides a more pleasant dining environment and friendlier service. The surface of the tables here were very sticky and seemed like they had not been clean thoroughly. The server here was also not overly eager to serve us. When we asked a few questions about the food, the server was very impatient, it was like we are bothering her for being there. I guess we would not return here and will just stick with Mackey...

The portions are generous and the broth is mild and fresh. The house rice noodle is very good and comes with a good amount of protein. A menagerie of fish balls, shrimp, ground pork and slices of chicken. Make sure you try the mildly spicy orange sauce in the little containers on the table. If you get the leftovers to go the waitress might be nice enough to give you an extra bowl of broth to go like...