The Noodle House — Restaurant in Pinole

My wife's Favorite Chinese/Asian-Fusion Restaurant in the area; but not my first Chinese choice, because the Noodle House is too healthy for my preference; but I definitely recommend anyway, when one is looking for a good, healthy East Bay Eats.

PARKING (only negative): The parking is inconvenient, becuase the restaurant is at the end w/ no exit, where it is mostly, near full (I mainly blame Little Caesars which I still give a 4-Star) & the number of other businesses jammed in a small parking lot (ugh!).

Daytime: Very Busy. Nighttime: Moderately Busy (until Lil Ceasar closes) where the parking lot is near full anyway. Also slightly dark w/ just enough lighting coming from the lit up business signs. Parking Lot is "one way in & one way out" and a pain when driving a large truck/SUV w/ other cars moving around, AND for our seniors/disabled, there are only "2 Disabled Parking Spaces" for the entire strip mall, which these 2 parking spaces are kinda out of the way from the restaurant entry (not their fault).

APPEARANCE: Very Clean Restaurant & Bathrooms, Friendly Customer Service, Food smells terrific where one can easily witness first hand the Cooks' cooking right when you walk-in, big screen TVs throughout w/ the local sports on, only indoor seating that accommodates up to 30 people, a few bar stool seating, would be considered a small place, but the Noodle House does a great job on making the restaurant feel more roomy with an open floor plan.

TAKE-OUT QUALITY: We typically order take-out, therefore I would suggest calling in your order before picking up. Unlike other Chinese restaurants (precooked and ready in 15 min.), the Noodle House is "fresh", made-to-order, and takes about 30 min. to prepare.

Also, the Take-out food (like everywhere else, the food tends to cool down once we arrive at our house), so we reheat in the microwave (ugg@#%), but fortunately the Noodle House food integrity remains just as hot & delicious as dining in.

FOOD: The Noodle House is a more healthier Chinese choice. The chicken breast, as well as the noodles, vegetables and fresh-cut Basil leaves (my Fav!!) are served fresh daily and the overall taste shows for its freshness.

OVERALL: I give this restaurant a "5-Star" for their healthy, delicious, quality tasting food & quantity of portions served; their welcoming & friendly customer service (which the hostess/cashier is fluent in both English & Spanish), therefore the Noodle House is an effective team; but a "2-Star" for the inconvenient parking😵, and 10?-Star for me🤪 being confused when I walk in, smelling fresh basil cooked Chinese food while I finally see (behind the oz curtain) Mexi"can" chefs are the only...

I’ve been coming here for the past several years and pretty much have tried every vegetarian, tofu and chicken dish they serve. I’m mostly vegetarian and they have a lot of choices and more so than Thr Pho house down the street that has just 2. I’ve rarely been dissapointed. Once I ordered the shrimp appetizer and it was a bit burnt.The egg rolls are very basic and not that special and are a bit over priced for mostly cabbage. The prices have increased by a dollar on most entrees but you get a generous portion. You can request a different type of noodle if you don’t like the type it comes with. The veggies are fresh and very crisp. (I hate limp veggies!) The curries are really good especially the Pumpkin (mom’s favorite and has went back two days in a row just to eat it again.) The soups are big enough to share. The coconut soup is really nice on a cold rainy day. They have a kind of limited dessert menu but the mango bites are da bomb! I order it with coconut ice cream which goes perfect with the warm buttery caramel and slices of mango. I’d go there just for that! On the down side, it is a bit small and with the open kitchen, it can get quite warm in there. Sometimes it’s a little too dark in there and I wish there was a little bit more light. They have two Tv’s that normally just plays soccer/ Spanish language channels. Often there is just one waitress and if it’s busy, so sometimes your water may not be refilled even so, you still get your food pretty much as soon as it gets put out. When it’s busy at the strip there, parking can be a problem and there’s been times we skipped going because there was no parking. Still it’s convenient and within walking distance from home and are pretty consistent in quality of food and service. It’s...

This is what you get if you go to an "Asian Fusion" place run by people on the other side of the planet from these dishes' roots. Basically, what we ate was some combination of pasta with hints of Asian food resemblance and food that tasted like people don't know how to cook well. Maybe I'm spoiled by the closer Bay Area restaurants and my boyfriend and I were just looking for something to satisfy our hunger so far removed from home, but this place would not be somewhere to try again.

The dishes are poorly spiced. The food quality is meh to bland. The service was weak. I don't know if our server was overwhelmed or what, but he literally asked me 5x when taking my order for the same thing I said over and over again, and he still forgot things. He also took 20 minutes just to bring us water (we had to remind him 3x). There was only one server.

So if you want tasty food, or even Asian food that's ok or better, skip this place. If you're completely starved, maybe go here, but there are generic food chains nearby that would probably offer a...