Staying and dining in Urbana/Champaign for over 20 years, La La Noodle has been the first choice of my husband and myself. Although this restaurant sounds like only serving noodles by name, it has actually a large variety (or almost the full spectrum) of professionally cooked Chinese dishes. The food is super delicious, and the price is very reasonable. The photos showing here are two of our favorite dishes: Fried Beef with Green Onions (葱爆牛肉) and Hot Spicy Whole Fish (香辣全鱼). As with many other dishes in this restaurant, they are nicely cooked and very tasty. I highly recommend La La Noodle for Chinese food. I think it is one of the best Chinese restaurants in this area, with lower price than most others.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Cathy Tan
The woman at the front desk is rude, judgmental and racist. She criticized the customer for the number of dishes they ordered and their food allergy. The dining tables were left dirty, which makes me concerned about the sanitation in the kitchen. Their employee seems to be particularly arrogant to Chinese customers.Dietary restrictions: They do not respect the dietary restrictions and even criticized the customers for that, which is unusually unprofessional.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
Patrick Du
Good place to have northwestern Chinese food.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Braised Beef Noodle Soup
Joanne C.
One of my favorite noodle places in CU -- definitely a underrated and kind-of hidden restaurant! I like their soupy noodles more than dry noodles, but will still happily eat both. I've also gotten their lunch specials with rice (changes daily) and it is so worth it. Food is large portions and tastes authentic! Every time I come here, there are so many international friends so you can tell this place hits home!!
Pei You
I'm going, this is my
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Noodles
Kevin J.
Very solid, authentic Chinese eats. Big portions, super affordable prices. Hard to go wrong if you're craving some hole-in-the-wall Chinese. Loved: * Mapo tofu - well done sauce, very fragrant * Braised beef noodle soup - lots of tender beefy chunks and a rich broth * Eggplant with garlic sauce - a classic. Tender eggplant and a really good sauce
Nora Xiao
If you don't mind a lady who seemed rude, environment that is not as fancy as the beautifully decorated restaurant. Just the flavor of the food, they are great.I visited this place twice this week. I vaguely remember their dumplings look like homemade when we had the delivery. When I decided to dine in, order at the entrance, the lady proudly said that their dumplings are full home-made. Pork cabbage filling. 18dumplings for a bit over $10. It tastes great. It comes with vinegar but you can also ask for chili oil from the lady.The filling was juicy and flavorful, the dumplings has chewy, thicker skin than frozen dumplings. It was great that I took my friend back there to try them too.When I expressed to the lady that I really like their dumplings, shes nicer to me. Although the tone and her pitch may not sound great. Oh well, as an asian I guess I can just tell.Oh their noodles, cold dishes are flavorful and taste like homemade(not sure), price is reasonable, and the portion is huge when I take some noodles to go.Honestly the flavor of the food is just way better than certain fancy looking asian restaurants.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 2
Recommended dishes: Beef Soup, Soup, Noodles
Diann M.
Underrated Eats in CU-area I ordered a bowl beef noodle soup and was pleasantly taken aback by how earthy, clean and filling the noodles were. This place is a few bucks cheaper than some of the other Green St. restaurants that sell similar style noodles. There were generous amount of beef, of course I would assume that you can add more for extra charge . I wasn't sure if they had a spicy option for this dish, so I asked for spicy and they added chilli oil for me.
Myles Gong
Great prices and authentic Asian fare. People do not talk of this place very often, but the portions are filling and the food is consistently delicious.
Kendall Koe
Food is super authentic and really tasty. The flavors are complex and fragrant. The food also isn’t as oily as other Chinese places which is super nice. The staff is also super nice and genuine. Bathrooms are dirty though.
This place is a definitely a hidden gem! Big portion sizes for a great price. Staff was very welcoming and friendly. The food tasted very homey.
Gally Huang
Got hives and extremely bad body reactions after eating food.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Andrew C.
If you are craving a warm bowl of beef noodle soup, definitely try their Braised Beef Noodle Soup! It's only $10, which is a few bucks cheaper than some of the other Green St. restaurants, the beef is super tender, and the broth is a lot less oily! If you like a little spice, ask for chili oil too!
Yu Huang
The food is great, would be 5 star. But the altitude of the cashier is always bad. I don’t understand why she is still here after so many bad reviews. If the owners care about their business should definitely fire the cashier.
Hanwei Wang
The cashier lady yelled at us when we forgot to return the signed receipt. She is very impolite and impatient. The cashier lady ruined our good mood.
Staying and dining in Urbana/Champaign for over 20 years, La La Noodle has been the first choice of my husband and myself. Although this restaurant sounds like only serving noodles by name, it has actually a large variety (or almost the full spectrum) of professionally cooked Chinese dishes. The food is super delicious, and the price is very reasonable. The photos showing here are two of our favorite dishes: Fried Beef with Green Onions (葱爆牛肉) and Hot Spicy Whole Fish (香辣全鱼). As with many other dishes in this restaurant, they are nicely cooked and very tasty. I highly recommend La La Noodle for Chinese food. I think it is one of the best Chinese restaurants in this area, with lower price than most others.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The woman at the front desk is rude, judgmental and racist. She criticized the customer for the number of dishes they ordered and their food allergy. The dining tables were left dirty, which makes me concerned about the sanitation in the kitchen. Their employee seems to be particularly arrogant to Chinese customers.Dietary restrictions: They do not respect the dietary restrictions and even criticized the customers for that, which is unusually unprofessional.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
Good place to have northwestern Chinese food.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Braised Beef Noodle Soup
One of my favorite noodle places in CU -- definitely a underrated and kind-of hidden restaurant! I like their soupy noodles more than dry noodles, but will still happily eat both. I've also gotten their lunch specials with rice (changes daily) and it is so worth it. Food is large portions and tastes authentic! Every time I come here, there are so many international friends so you can tell this place hits home!!
I'm going, this is my
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Noodles
Very solid, authentic Chinese eats. Big portions, super affordable prices. Hard to go wrong if you're craving some hole-in-the-wall Chinese. Loved: * Mapo tofu - well done sauce, very fragrant * Braised beef noodle soup - lots of tender beefy chunks and a rich broth * Eggplant with garlic sauce - a classic. Tender eggplant and a really good sauce
If you don't mind a lady who seemed rude, environment that is not as fancy as the beautifully decorated restaurant. Just the flavor of the food, they are great.I visited this place twice this week. I vaguely remember their dumplings look like homemade when we had the delivery. When I decided to dine in, order at the entrance, the lady proudly said that their dumplings are full home-made. Pork cabbage filling. 18dumplings for a bit over $10. It tastes great. It comes with vinegar but you can also ask for chili oil from the lady.The filling was juicy and flavorful, the dumplings has chewy, thicker skin than frozen dumplings. It was great that I took my friend back there to try them too.When I expressed to the lady that I really like their dumplings, shes nicer to me. Although the tone and her pitch may not sound great. Oh well, as an asian I guess I can just tell.Oh their noodles, cold dishes are flavorful and taste like homemade(not sure), price is reasonable, and the portion is huge when I take some noodles to go.Honestly the flavor of the food is just way better than certain fancy looking asian restaurants.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 2
Recommended dishes: Beef Soup, Soup, Noodles
Underrated Eats in CU-area I ordered a bowl beef noodle soup and was pleasantly taken aback by how earthy, clean and filling the noodles were. This place is a few bucks cheaper than some of the other Green St. restaurants that sell similar style noodles. There were generous amount of beef, of course I would assume that you can add more for extra charge . I wasn't sure if they had a spicy option for this dish, so I asked for spicy and they added chilli oil for me.
Great prices and authentic Asian fare. People do not talk of this place very often, but the portions are filling and the food is consistently delicious.
Food is super authentic and really tasty. The flavors are complex and fragrant. The food also isn’t as oily as other Chinese places which is super nice. The staff is also super nice and genuine. Bathrooms are dirty though.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beef Noodle Soup
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This place is a definitely a hidden gem! Big portion sizes for a great price. Staff was very welcoming and friendly. The food tasted very homey.
Got hives and extremely bad body reactions after eating food.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
If you are craving a warm bowl of beef noodle soup, definitely try their Braised Beef Noodle Soup! It's only $10, which is a few bucks cheaper than some of the other Green St. restaurants, the beef is super tender, and the broth is a lot less oily! If you like a little spice, ask for chili oil too!
The food is great, would be 5 star. But the altitude of the cashier is always bad. I don’t understand why she is still here after so many bad reviews. If the owners care about their business should definitely fire the cashier.
The cashier lady yelled at us when we forgot to return the signed receipt. She is very impolite and impatient. The cashier lady ruined our good mood.