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Noodles Etc

4.1938 reviews ·Opens at 11:30AM tomorrow
We had Pad Thai with shrimp, Thai iced tea, Chicken Curry Noodles and the beef crispy rolls appetizer (kind of like beef-filled crunchy cigarillos with a slightly sweet sauce
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Noodles Etc — thai in Hyde Park worth a stop for the Pad Thai. Backed by 926+ Google reviews. "The Crab Rangoon was likely the best I’ve ever had" — Tia Foster (TeeTee) [$]

🌱Vegan & vegetarian friendly — real options, not one sad pasta.

What 938 diners keep saying

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1333 E 57th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Hyde Park
Today11:30AM-8PM
Sun–Thu11:30AM-8PM
Fri–Sat11:30AM-9PM
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What 938 diners keep saying

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Review photo by Clay Palmer
Apr 2026

The egg drop was a little light but Singapore noodles with extra fishcake really hit the spot. Do of the best eggs rolls/lumpia I’ve ever had. Crab Rangoons and chive dumplings were solid too.

Clay Palmer

Clay Palmer

218 reviews on Google

Review photo by Alice Shirey
Mar 2026

This was my first time here and I was very pleasantly surprised at what I found. The service was incredible and he made sure we had everything we needed. The stars of the show were the delicious entrees that we ordered. The Drunken Noodles with beef had an array of flavors that were in perfect harmony. The noodles were perfectly cooked and I wanted to savor every bite. My daughter ordered the Pad Tai and she was equally pleased with the flavors of freshness and care that was put into making our dishes. Thank you Chef! We appreciate you putting your heart in to what you do so well! Noodles Etc is very clean, organized and the owners take obvious pride in making the restaurant perfect in all aspects! I highly recommend!

Alice Shirey

Alice Shirey

37 reviews on Google

Review photo by Tristan Wu
Oct 2025

Supreme dining experience!

Tristan Wu

Tristan Wu

10 reviews on Google

Review photo by Qinli Wu (Tristan)
Oct 2025

One of the best dining experiences around campus! The dishes are ABSOLUTELY amazing! 👍👍👍

Qinli Wu (Tristan)

Qinli Wu (Tristan)

3 reviews on Google

Review photo by Haley Thomas
Aug 2025

Honestly great prices and speedy service. Probably cheapest dishes in the area. But regarding the portion sizes, they do give sizes randomly, so you could order three of the same things and one will be double the size of the other. Personally, I don't mind this, and I think there's a nice variety of options, but keep it in mind.

Haley Thomas

Haley Thomas

167 reviews on Google

Review photo by Diana Hou
Sep 2024

The fried tofu and beef salad are amazing. Ramen and pho are okay. All attendants are very friendly and helpful.

Diana Hou

Diana Hou

4 reviews on Google

Review photo by Pilar Rodríguez
Apr 2025

Excelentes porciones, muy buen sabor y atención rápida

Pilar Rodríguez

Pilar Rodríguez

105 reviews on Google

Review photo by Jane Ahmon
Jul 2025

CHEAP thai place for Uchicago visitors and students. Good options, food is tasty and large heavy portions. But some problems. For the curry dish, the rice was not a lot, and whilst the curry soup was very creamy and rich, the beef was okay at best, not tender, and very chewy! Plus $2.50 upcharge. Plus it was probably too rich as i had a big stomachache afterwards and had gastrointestinal problems afterwards. The drunken noodles were good and and curry noodles also, but not amazing. I ordered the curry noodles to go and it took ages for it to arrive. And they make you pay beforehand which is quite annoying. Service was decent, not the best and most friendly, depressing atmosphere, but overall good American-thai restaurant

Jane Ahmon

Jane Ahmon

111 reviews on Google

Review photo by Gee Riley
Jul 2025

The food is always gonna be good.. the portion sizes have gotten smaller.. we came in and sat down for almost twenty minutes and we finally asked the server, if they were going to serve us.. she pointed to a very small QR code on the table and told us to order our food there after going back and forth online we were about to pay and the page expired. We then went to the front register and ordered our food.. the food came out we ate and left.. this place has gotten progressively worse over the years..

Gee Riley

Gee Riley

298 reviews on Google

Review photo by Jiepei Huang
Apr 2026

There no service, food were so bad if i can give A zero star. We ordered beef noodle sooup, Pho, pepper steak and ginger veg. Soup in noodle taste sweet, way too much gravy in steak. I will not recommend this place to anybody.

Jiepei Huang

Jiepei Huang

28 reviews on Google

Jun 2026

Muy rica la comida y el servicio muy amables

Ari Sanz

Ari Sanz

16 reviews on Google

Jun 2026

Cool little restaurant. The Bangkok Chicken was great. Fairly large menu for such a small place.

Jeffrey Ellis

Jeffrey Ellis

252 reviews on Google

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