Noodles & Company

We love noodles and company — and find this branch to be as good as all the others. I wish that Grand Junction had more than one of them. If you’ve never eaten here before — the beef stroganoff is awesome, the Thai hot pot is great, the pesto and the mac & cheese are also good.

We have been wanting to try this place for a while. The best thing this place has going for it is its service. All the employees where very nice and helpful. I have to agree with one of the other reviews that the food is ok but not a lot of taste. I had the Pad Thai and my husband had the Japanese Pan Noodles. The food reminded me a lot of airport food, warm and fills your stomach but nothing to get excited about.

We stopped here on the way to Lake Powell with my family. I ordered the penne and it was too spicy for me. My family was telling me to bring it back but I was too embarrassed. The girl who took our order stopped by the table to see how everyone was doing and noticed I had not touched my food and could see I was flushed from the spicy food. She recommended beef stroganoff and brought me a new meal in a few minutes. The customer service was so far above and beyond the normal sort of comfort food restaurants, I was blown away. I would recommend this location if you are on your way through from Moab or a desert trip anytime. Fast convenient and great service.

Fantastic food, I’d recommend the Penne Rosa, it’s absolutely amazing.
The employees are very kind, I tried some spaghetti and meatballs and it just didn’t taste quite right (my mother made her meatballs from scratch so I was spoiled as a kid) and I mentioned that, they took my spaghetti and meatballs and replaced it with my favorite dish.

Most dishes I’ve tried here have been pretty anemic flavor-​wise. And judging by the other Noodles & Co locations I’ve been to, anemic flavors are company policy. Mind you, anemic doesn’t mean gross or off-​putting (the ingredients usually seem fresh and all)…just kind of «meh.»
Needless to say, I don’t get excited to come here, but if you’re in a pinch and really can’t stomach typical fast food, there are a few decent options. For lighter fare, there’s a thai curry soup I don’t mind — just don’t expect it to be very filling. The beef stroganoff is passable, and they have one of those soda machines I really love where you can add extra flavors.

Would always stop at Noodles & Co in Denver before one arrived in Grand Junction. Always had great food, experience and service.
Sadly, the Grand Junction store is lacking all of these! The service is OK at best, food portions are NEVER consistent and the store is always too cold.
I asked for an extra lime for Pad Thai and they charged ($ 1.00) for «extra sauce» on my receipt. Absolutely ridiculous!
Have given too many chances. Will not be returning.

Good, quick place to eat. But they seriously lack seating.

I was hoping that because it was a chain, that at least it would be constant, but I guess they don’t have access to the fresh products as others do. I’m a little spoiled I admit, eating noodles all over the world, from Bangkok to Hong Kong, to Japan, to Vancouver, and Toronto, this is the worst I’ve eaten. And anytime you cook Southeast Asia noodles, especially rice noodles, one’s got to carry fish sauce. Though I doubt the market here knows the difference, in how it’s «suppose» to be cook on certain kind of noodles. Sad… I could cook better. Not coming back.

I live in California, where good asian food is easy to find, so that has probably somewhat tainted my review. Here in Grand Junction, Noodles & Company is the only place I’ve found to get good Pad Thai, and other Asian noodle dishes. The portions are a bit on the small side, and my noodles could have used more sauce… they were a BIT bland. However, I was missing Thai food, and this did the trick. Noodles were perfectly prepared, and veggies were fresh. Service was awesome.

This was my second visit to Noodles & Company. I did not review on the first visit, which was just after the opening.
Then I had the Steak Stroganoff. The noodles were great, couldn’t be better. The Stroganoff topping had good flavor. But there was very little of it, probably half of what it should have had.
Today, about two months later I decided to try again. This time I had the Spaghetti & Meatballs. The portion size was ok, but not great. The flavor of the Marinara was average. The spaghetti pasta was not cooked well. I had about 10 spaghetti strands that were cooked together. You really can’t eat this, as it is just a gummy mass. The meatballs, all five of them, are bitesized. They were also just average, not great. Problem is they were slightly burned on one side. The cook managed to place them burned side down so you didn’t see them. But you certainly tasted the burned flavor, and little else.
Trying to hide you faults is a big problem. When your name is Noodles, your pasta should be good all the time. After all its your name. Consistancy seems to be one of their problems.
I might try one more time, not sure. I’m just not excited about this place. A good idea for a quick meal, but just not that good. Also not inexpensive.

This location is really small, but they always do that to Grand Junction it seems. My kids really loved the soda machine with all it’s choices and combinations. Fun!
The Truffle Mac n Cheese is to die for! In fact I’ve researched the recipe online and have purchased some truffle oil.

This one is tiny compared to the one in Colorado Springs, but the food is fresh and there are many healthy choices. I had the cheesesteak and really enjoyed it. The bun was fresh and flaky and the steak was tender. My kids hate the mac and cheese from the blue box, but love the N&C version. They have one of those new drink machines that has every imaginable soft drink including Dasani peach. Nice!