This Noodles and Company is nicely decorated, clean and centrally located with a lot of parking available.
The menus are very easy to read. The food is tasty.
The Korean beef and pad Thai were very spicy and just the way I like it. Employees there were generally happy and helpful. But life is comparisons. Compared to other noodle places I've been, this one has some major flaws that should be visited.
The one drink machine is inadequate. People do not want to wait on a long line to get a fountain drink. When I went, the person in front of me complained that the cherry coke was empty. This could be rectified if management put their collective heads together.
The portions on the hot dishes were small. Some of my colleagues remarked the same thing. They are used to larger portions and other noodle houses (check out Tempe) give much larger portions. The salads seemed like a much better value but also were very dense with lettuce, so they appeared larger!
The value is not there. For a few dollars more I could get waited on instead of waiting in line. It shouldn't cost $12 for a lunch consisting of a small bowl of noodles and a drink that I had to stand in line to order.
As one of my kid's favorite places, I will return, but when I do I hope I'll find another soda machine at least!