A new comfortable and modern Chinese restaurant serving interesting and innovative food at fantastic prices. The Noodle Street experience is a MUST DO.
Noodle Street
Chinese Restaurant in Docklands
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Opening Times
| Monday |
Open 11:30 - Closes 23:00 |
| Tuesday |
Open 11:30 - Closes 23:00 |
| Wednesday |
Open 11:30 - Closes 23:00 |
| Thursday |
Open 11:30 - Closes 23:00 |
| Friday |
Open 11:30 - Closes 23:00 |
| Saturday |
Open 11:30 - Closes 23:00 |
| Sunday |
Open 11:30 - Closes 23:00 |
All In London Review
Very tasty food and incredible value for money
On first sight it looks like any other Chinese restaurant, you can see orchids and Chinese dragons through the large windows with a spacious, brightly lit bar area on one side and plenty of tables with good space between them on the other – some with bench seats. It doesn’t look anything special – but clean and modern. Possibly a little canteen like – those who have been to Hong Kong will know the style.
As the friendly staff ask what you’d like to drink, you smile a little at the bright green chop sticks in a dish on the table and cast your eye over the Wagamama-esque menu printed on the place mat. The prices are so low that you wonder whether you have made a mistake – spring rolls at £3.80, satay prawn at £4.25, won ton soup at £2.80, Malaysian laksa noodle soup £6, chicken curry £6, pad thai £6 and so on.
Anyway, it turns out that the Dim Sum chef here used to work as the highly acclaimed London restaurant Hakkasan. The Dim Sum platter (£3.80) contained four delights in a bamboo basket – prawn, scallop, Chinese chives and vegetables. We also choose some pork dumplings (£3.80). Both came, as you would expect, with some interesting dipping sauces and we were extremely impressed. My companion, knowing that it is one of my favourites, even declared “This is better than Ping Pong”.
A fantastic twist on the popular sesame prawn toast was paper wrapped king prawn (£3.95) – really crisp light batter wrapping containing succulent prawn. Four generous pieces. Another discovery was sugar cane prawn (£4.25) which was amazing although the mayonnaise-like sauce that accompanied it was rather a surprise.
The quarter crispy duck with pancakes and usual cucumber, spring onion and plum sauce trimmings (£7) was expertly cut up in front of us.
Noodle Street also has a leading Vietnamese chef and the Pho dac biet (chicken and beef soup noodle £6) wouldn’t have been my usual choice but it was really delicious. The main dishes of pad thai (£6) was as good as any I have tasted before and the egg fried rice (£2.75) was light.
Being there mid week it wasn’t incredibly busy – but there were several groups of relatively young locals and a brace of couples. As the evening wore on a group of Chinese students came in as well.
Whilst the location isn’t the best, and the décor isn’t anything special – the food here is really something else and it is incredibly good value for money. The lunch special – for those who would enjoy the 10 minute walk from Canary Wharf – includes a starter, main meal and soft drink for £8.95 between 12 and 4.30pm.
The young, enthusiastic and genuine owner is a delightful character with a vision who is keen to keep his prices low (he said that the average spend was £10-£15 a head) – so I’d hurry on down there before he changes his mind! They also do deliveries (up to three miles) and an increasing take away trade (there’s a nice bar waiting area). Staff tee shirts say boldly “It’s up your street” and I wish Noodle Street was a bit nearer mine!
Reviewed by KimT
Published on May 25, 2010
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User Reviews
mmk357
Feb 16, 2012
Been going here since it opened. I used to live quite close by. Most of the Chinese takeaway places in the Isle of Dogs are really bad tasting (my wife and I are Chinese) so we were always looking for a new place to try out. This is the first place that we thought was really good. Food is good, prices are cheap. We get it delivered mostly, but have been to the restaurant as well. The restaurant is quite spacious and nice inside, but the location is by some council blocks and not so nice. It's also developed a following among people at my office who order delivery for lunch sometimes.
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