Meow Rice Noodle is located in Alhambra on Main Street, across the street from the UPS store, Cathay Bank and BBQ Chicken. Street parking is available and limited parking spots available in their parking lot.
I came here on a Sunday night to have dinner with my friend, my husband and our little girl dog as an Early birthday celebration. The reason why this restaurant was chosen was because it is dog friendly and somewhat in the middle between where we live and where my friend lives.
There are 3 wooden tables right outside (please note that they are not covered seating), to the right of the restaurant, in their parking lot. We arrived around 6:25 pm and my friend came a little before 6:40 pm since she was running late. I let the servers know inside that we will be sitting outside. We were brought menus and paper placemats right away. After looking over the menu, we ended up ordering:
Popcorn Chicken, $7.95 prior to tax- My husband thought it would be good to start off with an appetizer. The portion size was fine to share and I thought the chicken was okay. But I did think it was a little on the salty side.
Spicy Beef Shank Rice Noodle, $13.99 prior to tax- My husband and our friend decided to each order this bowl, as the employee who took our order had suggested this dish if you like eating spicy foods. This dish had slices of pork, bok choy and plenty of noodles, but not sure what else it had since I didn't have any.
My friend really loved her bowl, but my husband didn't. He felt the spice was too numbing and couldn't really taste the flavors. He wouldn't order this dish again. The portion size of this dish is plenty for one person.
Signature Chrysanthemum Original Rice Noodle, $15.99 prior to tax- I opted for this signature dish and really loved it. My dish had chicken, ham and beef slices, shrimp, bok choy, quail eggs corn and rice noodle. The soup was a whitish color and I requested for it to have no spice added to it since I do not eat spicy foods. I really enjoyed this dish and loved the flavor of the soup. I felt very filled after eating it and would order this dish again. My husband also really liked my dish too.
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(Total= $57.24 after tax, prior to tip)
Please note that this restaurant does not take Discover, as my friend tried to pay for the bill with it (but my husband fought for the check, lol, and paid for it).
Because we were sitting outside, I was afraid the employees would forget about us, but they were pretty good at checking up at us a few times during our dinner. We were given a large water bottle so that we could refill our own water glasses and also had it refilled at least once during our meal.
There are some tables inside, but the space in general is small. The night we came, the place wasn't busy, but there were customers.
There is only one restroom inside and was clean during our visit.
Overall, I really liked this restaurant and wasn't expecting to like it as much as I do. I would love to come back here in the near future. read more