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| - Finally got around to trying this place. Artisan noodle is a decent noodle restaurant. It however suffers from being way too small of a location. More after the break
Pros:
Noodles are pretty well made
Portions are good
Cons:
Place is way too small
Right from the get go, you will notice this place is extremely small. There are about 12 seats in the entire place. Those 12 seats are pretty crammed too. The wait times are pretty crazy during peak hours. They at least will take your number down and call you in order when you're turn comes up. That way you can wait somewhere else. This is good because they have no waiting area whatsoever.
On to the noodles. We ordered the spicy beef noodle soup and the soy beef noodle soup. Both were very good. I've seen earlier reviews complaining about portion size. Maybe they've listened to those reviews because our bowls were pretty big and they filled it all the way up. There's a guy in the kitchen constantly hand making the noodles. Fresh noodles are always a plus.
Here's the problem with place. As I said before, it's much too small. Noodle houses in my opinion should never be to small. I've both eaten inside the restaurant and done take out. Whichever you choose, you need to make a concession of some sort. If you choose to eat there, you deal with huge wait times. Also, you're crammed in with everyone, who are all having hot steaming noodles as well as a kitchen constantly making noodles. It's very hot in there, not too comfortable. When you take out, the noodles obviously overcook a little in the container and are no longer as delicious as they should be. I live 5 minutes from this place so it's not a long time from getting the food to getting home. Point is, the size of this place makes it so that you can never really fully enjoy this place, which is sad because it's a pretty good noodle.
I like this place, it's just I never believe noodle places should be small. They would of been much better off choosing a bigger place. Still worth a try though. Your best off going as a couple max. Any group bigger and it will be tough.
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