Noodles Fresh | El Cerrito CA Chinese Cuisine — Restaurant in El Cerrito

My family quite enjoys this place, and I got to go with them recently for my first time recently and I also enjoyed it. They have a good number of items that are vegetarian and can be made vegan, and also a good number of items that can be made gluten-free. There is a small subset of these that can be both vegan and gluten-free, which made me happy. One of these was the Vegetarian Stir-Fry Noodles, which I got. It was good, though, perhaps a bit bland. Maybe it was a misunderstanding with our server, because she said that the dish normally comes medium-spicy, and I said I was fine with medium-spicy, but there was zero spice to it at all, like they had omitted the chilis for some reason. Oh well ... nothing a little Sriracha (which they have) can't fix.

Lots of options for noodle stir-frys, noodle soup bowls, and rice dishes. A little bit of something for everyone. Even a nice list of appetizers, too.

Service was good, and our servers were attentive enough. I would...

A delightfully surprising experience. We had no expectations - we were merely looking for a convenient restaurant near the El Cerrito BART Station - and happened upon Noodles Fresh. Not only were we struck by the unusual (especially for a Chinese restaurant) attention to detail (the decor; the ceramic plates, bowls, teapots; the menu items, etc.) but we were treated very well throughout our time in the restaurant. We enjoyed our food, which had a pan-Asian flair to the dishes we ordered. But most of all, we enjoyed chatting with the co-owner Tom Petersen who with his wife came up with the ideas for the restaurant and operate it day-to-day. Tom is a very well-educated, well-traveled man with an obvious fondness for Asian food and culture. He combines this with an appreciation for classic jazz and a knack for conversation. We hope to visit Noodles Fresh...

The kitchen turned around, the Mongolian beef is back to what it should be excellent thank you.

There have been kitchen staff changes and the Mongolian beef has been terrible it used to be really good. Bright lightly sauteed onions big chunks. Beef was very good with lots of sauce sticking to it. Last week I mentioned it to the owner she said it would be fixed. I saw the owner today as I came in and said I was going to get the Mongolian beef and I hoped it would be better. I guess she had other things to do this was not a lunch special on the weekend. It arrived at the table with no sauce on any of the meat all different sized onions. I sent it back and it came back saltier but no sauce. I had a friend with me who had also noticed it going downhill as a dish. He tried it and confirmed they just added more salt. I tried 😭 it used to be so good this...