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| - I'd love to give Noodle Bar a higher rating after hearing rave reviews from friends and coworkers, but I'm struggling to even give them 2 stars. My experience here spans two days:
On Tuesday night, I ordered take out through the Postmates app at 730pm. The order was accepted with no issues. At 815pm, the Postmates person texts me and says that "I just got to Noodle Bar to pick up your food. Noodle Bar told me they are no longer accepting Postmates orders. I'm sorry for the inconvenience." I really want to try this place so I decide I'll just go pick it up. Five minutes later, at 820pm, I called Noodle Bar to place a pickup order. The lady on the phone tells me they close at 9pm and it's too late to order. Excuse me, you have 40 minutes to put together a bowl of ramen. How is this not possible?!? And, why are you on the Postmates app if you're not accepting orders?!
Fast forward to Wednesday. I've been thinking about Noodle Bar for the last 24 hours AND really want to give it a try. I call to place a pickup order of Shoyu ramen and bolognese pasta. The woman on the phone states that they aren't serving Italian food today. Why are they only offering Italian on certain days of the week? Their website doesn't say anything about this!! She says they can do the ramen and it will be ready in 5-10 minutes. Wait. A. Second. The ramen will be ready 5-10 minutes, yet you couldn't take my order yesterday when you had 40 minutes before closing? Whatever... I still order.
The to-go portion wasn't huge but it was a decent size meal. I was full when I finished it, but an hour later I was hungry again. The Shoyu ramen only comes with a very small serving of pork - three thinly slice pieces. In addition to noodles, there's half an egg, a slice of seaweed and some scallions. The broth is very flavorful and the hard boiled egg was cooked perfectly. For $13, I'd expect a larger portion and a more generous serving of meat. I don't want to be hungry again in an hour!
I doubt I'll be back. There are too many other restaurants in the Valley for me to waste my time with Noodle Bar.
-1 star, issues with Postmates order
-1 star, issues placing to-go order
-1 star, no Italian food served on Wednesday
-1 star, portion size and lack of meat
+2 stars, broth and egg were perfect
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