Fabulous Noodles
Lisle, IL 60532 (630) 305-8868
- Price Range: $$
- Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
- Parking: Private Lot
- Attire: Casual
- Good for Groups: Yes
- Good for Kids: Yes
- Takes Reservations: No
- Delivers: No
- Take-out: Yes
- Waiter Service: Yes
- Outdoor Seating: No
13 Reviews for Fabulous Noodles
I never fail to come here when I am in town. They have excellent service and best noodle soup in town! I love the shrimp wonton and their seasoned fried fish!!!
I'm astounded this place is still open (not because this place is bad by any means; it's just because I remember coming here with my family since I was really young)!! After not eating here for several years and coming to assume a cozy little family run restaurant such as this would have gone under in these trying times, I saw it while driving back from running an errand and thought to myself that I just had to check it out - for old time's sake.
Imagine my surprise when everything was the same, from the multi-colored booths I recall bouncing around on as a child to the art on the walls I dissected with my eyes while waiting for our order. The food even tasted the same as I remembered (I got Mo Po Tofu to go with my rice)!
They have a big selection with something for everyone, but it does cost a little more per dish than if you were to go to something similar in say Chinatown or something, but you get healthy portions and I can't say I've ever gotten something here I didn't like. If you eat family style (order a few dishes for everyone at the table to share), then it'll cost considerably less than if everyone were to simply order their own. Also, that way you won't have to worry about leftovers (unless that's what you want). And, like any Chinese restaurant, they offer take-out.
Good service, friendly staff, good eats. What more could you ask for?
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probably one of the best Chinese food you can have outside the Chinatown area. I agree with JMB, the menu is extensive. So I went ahead and ordered dishes I am familiar with. The dishes were not greasy at all and it was very good. Definitely going back. Highly recommended.
You can find interesting and delicious Chinese foods here that you can't find anywhere else in the area. When we go, one of us orders either the Chinese Vegetables with Oyster Sauce or Vegetarian Chicken and Seaweed Salad to share with our meal. The menus are extensive, so don't be afraid to ask for help or check out the online menu before you go: http://fabulousnoodles...
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Probably one of the best chinese places in the burbs! Big portions and great service. I'm usually there for lunch, and they have a great lunch menu ($4.75-5.75). You can get a meal, soup and eggroll for about $7 bucks including tip. Their egg drop soup is the best. The eggrolls are second to none - even the veggie eggroll is outstanding.
My favorites are Mongolian Beef, General Tso's Chicken and their RICE! Some of the tastiest rice around.
I wasn't surprised to see great reviews about this little, hidden place in the newspaper and TimeOut. It gets packed for lunch, but as soon as someone gets up, you're seated within a minute.
The food comes out pretty fast, which is good and bad. You won't be done with your piping-hot soup and eggroll by the time your meal comes out.
Highly recommended, it's surrounded by office buildings and dealerships, so it's easy to miss!
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I guess I'm spoiled with easy access to Chinatown now that I live in the city again. But when I'm in the western 'burbs and craving Chinese, this is where I tend to frequent.
Of course, Fabulous Noodles offers tasty bowls of egg noodles with a variety of toppings. The flat rice noodles tend to be the pre-packaged dry stuff that I would pass on. I tend to mix and match toppings (mixing wontons with beef tripe). Also tasty is the pork chop noodles. The pan-fried potstickers are good too but the dipping is lacking (it's like a watered-down soy sauce/sesame oil mixture).
I dined here last weekend and was presented with a dim sum menu and tried nearly everything on the menu. I would recommend trying the turnip cake, the stuffed green peppers, and then sticking with the main menu.
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You gotta have the shrimp toast! It's buttery and shrimpy and you could just have that for dinner! Don't limit yourself though, they have so much other good stuff here. They have pan fried noodles which are kind of crunchy and so good.
We took all 4 kids here for a meal and everyone was happy. Now my kids eat weird food, so if you have one of those that has to eat chicken fingers everywhere, don't bring them here! They have a good duck on the menu as well as some other yummy appetizers (don't forget the shrimp toast). The staff was all over us helping out and making sure we were happy.
This place is in a strip mall kind of behind Popeye's chicken. No glitzy setting, but you'll forget about that when you start eating. The staff is so nice and attentive, it's like having Mom wait on you!
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Another store front joint nestled within steps of a skater shop and a White Hen. As the name of the place reminds you, don't have the fried rice. Go right for the noodles and be adventureous. Both the beef and chicken dishes are very good. If you're a vegger, and you like your tofu solid, you have to let them know or it's not crispy (non-veggers, insert your own gagging noise here.)
Small details: evening time brings waits for tables. Sometimes the fish smell can be daunting.
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Service is great, even the owner (kindly lady) will come and chat with you if you have trouble picking menu items. Soft-shell crab is amazing! I don't know any other place that serves a type of tofu pudding in sweet ginger sauce, ask the owner for it since it's not on the menu.
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I used to work wayyyy out near Lisle, and while it was miserable, Fabulous Noodles made it fun 'n tasty.
The food is what I would gauge to be very authentic, the menu is extensive and the service people have a can-do attitude! I might drive out that direction one day soon now that I'm typing about it. Yum. The shrimp dumpling soup is my favorite, but I've never had anything that wasn't at least above average.
This restaurant used to be a favorite haunt of mine, eating here about 2-4 times a week. I don't know what happened, they went down hill. It got harder to get specialty requests, the vegetarian chicken portions were cut and I just find better places to go, I have out grown them.
Best authentic chinese food in the western suburbs! Sundays are the best day to go because they serve some dim sum along with the regular menu items. Service is extremely friendly and they'll answer any questions you have about menu items.
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cheapest place to eat if you're in lisle, which has a poor seleection of ethnic restaurants. 4.75-5.25 lunch specials came as a surprise to me and coworkers. the soups are delicious, the food has familiar chinese taste but seems pretty authentic to me, kinda like the food they have in chinatown in chicago. the service is great, we got all we asked for, and the waiter would refill our water at regular intervals. highly recommended!
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