Noodles and Company — Restaurant in Tempe

What was the point in even offering me a position there? I interviewed back in late October for a position at this location and James (the GM) offered me a position. I was thrilled as I was on the hunt for a 2nd job for additional income that worked with my schedule, so it was a perfect fit. At the end of the interview James said I'd be getting an email and call within the next couple days for the onboarding. I waited, a week goes by so I reach out, james says it would come shortly. Over the course of the last month and a half I have called countless times, talked to Julia more time times than I can count. James has said numerous times that he'd call me back and never once has. One of the few times I got ahold of James (extremely rare occasion) he said that their system was having an issue sending out the onboarding, which was weeks ago and after weeks of waiting. Since then getting ahold of James has been impossible.

When I was informed that James was filling in at the San Tan location I reached out there, to which Lisa was both unhelpful and borderline rude. I even filed feedback to Noodles and Co. corporate, which both times said someone would reach out (which no one did).

Julia at this location was a sweetheart and I felt bad she had to take so many of my calls over the last month and a half. But honestly, I give up. I'd love to work there, but I've pulled enough teeth trying to get the ball rolling. I give up. I just dont see wth the point was in offering me a position if James knew thered be no follow through.

I guess I'm the ass end of a bad joke. Disappointing to say the least. All it did was waste my time. This review will probably even fall on deaf ears too. This isnt even the appropriate place to leave this review, but I've tried literally everything to hold onto the idea I'd be starting this job, including waiting a month an a half for the slightest sign of hope....

Place is filthy. Super loud inside. Took over half an hour to get 2 small bowls. They said they were only doing to-go orders a whole hour before they were closing. Girl asked for a name when we ordered and then staff let our food sit out and anyone else waiting just...wait. No one called out orders, so customers had no idea when their food was ready. You only get your food if you get sick of waiting, finally check with them and...they've had it ready for who knows long. Saw this happen to like 4 different customers while we waited. Food and presentation was actually good but...$28 for 2 smalls? Seriously? Never again lol. That's insane. Some of the most pathetic service I've ever had. Female staff member just came onto the floor to yell at people (still couldn't hear her until I did her job and walked over to where she was doing nothing at all but yelling) that they're only doing togo orders (but you can still sit inside. Did their dishwasher break?). Like, just walk over and tell me that lol. Do your job. You're literally wasting your own time by standing there yelling at people who can't hear you. You're already on the floor. Just walk over? I had no idea someone was even talking to me for a bit because I wasn't even facing the direction she was yelling from. Ridiculous. Gen Z has no idea how to interact with people. Also, they didn't even give us silverware for our togo order. Should we eat with our hands? Went back for it but wow lol what a joke. There were like 6 people in there and 2 were already eating. Were they overwhelmed by delivery pickup orders? If so, shut that down until you have time to take more. That's what every restaurant I've ever worked for did once delivery...

I’m sad to say that this entire experience was a let down from ordering to the taste of the food. I had seen that zucchini bowls were discounted so I decided to try one. I expected it to be about $6 after the discount, but that was not the case. I didn’t realize that there was a separate charge for chicken and that the price shown for the zucchini bowl wouldnt include that. I was frustrated but wanted to try one of these entrees so I went ahead and ordered. I walked into the store and sat in the designated pick up area. There were three employees and no one ever acknowledged me. It was only when I came up to the counter that someone said anything to me. It wasn’t extremely busy and I was there for quite a bit so I’m unsure why I was ignored.

After I finally got my food and went home I was disgusted with the teeny tiny amount of chicken that I paid almost $4 extra for. I know everything is extremely expensive right now but I expected more than tiny pieces of chicken that I had to dig to find. The bowl I had was the zucchini pesto bowl and I have to say it didn’t taste like pesto at all. It was also very watery (which I could somewhat understand because of the zucchini) but I would have thought that the food I had was made at someone’s house. This wasn’t restaurant quality food. Sadly, this trip was wasted money and I ended up throwing most of it in the trash because it was inedible. I’ve had great experiences with this company in the past and am saddened that this experience was so...