Taigu Noodles — Restaurant in Madison

I’ve been going to Taigu for a few years and they’ve always been delicious. I’ve tried a few of their dishes and they’ve all been flavorful. If I want something vegetarian, I’ll order the noodle dish with lotus root and wood ear mushrooms in addition to other vegetables. My recent go to is their spicy eggplant chicken dish. It’s been awhile since I’ve ordered Taigu, so I got some last night for Valentine’s Day. I usually order from their original location in Middleton but I saw that they have a limited menu there. I was wanting to order their pork dumplings but the Middleton location didn’t have it on the site, sad. I also noticed that they’ve entirely removed the eggplant chicken noodle dish that I used to order. What they have now are 2 options (and a 3rd vegetarian one). But none of them are what I was specifically looking for. Option 1- get the eggplant chicken with the cat ear noodles. Option 2- get the chicken eggplant dish, no rice and pay $3 extra for noodles, option 3 is the same er option 2 only it’s the tofu eggplant item on the menu. This frustrated me because their prices have gone up quite a bit. They were already a little pricy but the price has been worth the portion size and flavor. But It was disappointing to pay almost $40 for a dish of noodles and an order of pork dumplings. Sorry but that’s a lot of money for an entree and appetizer. I don’t understand why the spicy eggplant chicken noodle entree was removed from the menu. Yes I will be back but this is definitely a special treat, maaaaybe once a month...

3/29/25 online order... food tonight was horrible- inedible!!! ... i waited 1.5 hrs for my food and wasted over $100 ... & you forgot the large rice on top of everything... time before i waited 2 hrs... you need to do better!!

tonight i sat & watched a steady stream of people pick up their orders.. watched two different couples go in ... be seated ... eat their meal & leave with to go bags!!! somehow my order still isn't ready...

email says the order will be ready at a certain time ... I call to make sure it's ready and the older lady rudely says I don't need to call ... she will text when the order is ready ... then I wait and wait and wait ...no text... I go in and the order has been sitting there on the counter getting cold ... this is always the scenario .... your establishment is unorganized & communication is very poor ... i'm kicking myself for the time & money i wasted & i couldn't even eat the food...

When you arrive at taigu, an overworked 13 year old will seat you. They then will escort you down a hospital-like hall to a bare booth with absolutely nothing on it. The booth won’t even be facing a window, it will be facing a wall. The entire room will be echoey and conversations will be very muddy. Your waiter will be a 15 year old boy with a 15 second attention span. He will rudely interrupt you. He will not ask you how your food was. He will bring the check 9 minutes after you are served. He does not care that you have most of your food. When he brings the box, he holds it in front of your face. When you sheepishly shuffle out, two grown women will act like they can’t see you while you try to pay.

If you are drunk across the street, you should head over. You will probably do a better job.

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