Noodles and Company — Restaurant in San Diego

The young man who enunciates perfectly was the definition of top notch service, wow! He took our order so carefully and was very patient. He should be working somewhere better than this place and making bank. I almost, ALMOST asked him why he was wasting his talents at a place like this but decided not to because the people I was with were easily offended.

Big menu with lots of "healthy" options and build your own pasta, zoodles, sandwiches, and kids menu.

I'm not trying to be harsh but the food was totally underwhelming and tasted like a robot made it. I saw human cooks in the back so I know that wasn't the case. I had the the chicken and zucchini pesto noodles (zoodles). Grilled chicken was terribly dry and hardly seasoned but I ate it because I was starving. I ordered a tasty french baguette, the entree, and a canned spindrift soda water and it came out to about $21. I kinda felt robbed and will not be returning.

Give the young man at the counter a franchise and redo the recipes to include salt and pepper and this could possibly be...

Why am I giving a chain restaurant 5 stars? The people that work here. Every time I go to this noodles and co I have a 'wow' experience which is saying something because I am kind of a cynic. I went yesterday after printing out my free noodle bowl coupon and presented it with my drivers license- which has a different last name. I felt like this was going to be an issue and I was defensive because I reeeeaaalllly wanted those carbs.

"It's my birthday." [shoves coupon at server with prepared speech ready] "Congrats?" Says the obviously confused server. He may have detected I was Hangry (hunger anger) at this point so he tosses a rice krispy treat at me.

I tried to show him my ID but he believed me. So I scored a rice krispy treat on top of my already generous noodle bowl. Which tasted terrific, in case you were wondering. These people are so nice. I really love coming to this location for great food and great service. They've got free wifi and amble parking. All in all a great place...

I tried their Mac 'n' Cheese and thought that it was pretty good however, I need to go back and try one of their noodle dishes. Some of the menu items looked good however, I really can't do a fair review after trying only one item or what someone else may recommend. Since they are noted for their noodle dishes/ Asian soups, I need to stay away from the "Americana" dishes, otherwise I can't really say much about their food. I noticed that they sell spirits however, I rarely imbibe until at least part way through my meal. It also depends upon exactly what I am eating. Maybe next time I'll try a salad, as I am a Vegan anyway. When I was done, I moseyed over to the Starbucks around the corner and had a mocha capachino, which was...