Barry, you're the most amazing person ever. (he was the one that pushed me into The Noodle Box.) The moment I walked into the restaurant, I fell in love with it. The choice of music set the mood of the restaurant perfectly. It's a bit loud and makes talking difficult, but it suits the restaurant perfectly. I was recommended to try the Spicy Peanut bowl. I did. The spiciness guide is very amusing and does a decent job explaining the different levels of spiciness. I got exactly what I expected when I ordered in a reasonable amount of time. The variety of dishes available is amazing. The entire place is even celiac friendly! The only downside to the meal was that it was expensive. Still, I happily returned there for dinner and every week thereafter. read more

Seriously terrible taste. I ordered for my family dinner. Service was nice and clean interior. We had pad thai, black bean, tom yum, wings and some sides. They were all super salty and fulll of MSGs. Don't waste your money here. read more

Sorry to report; but I have spent the last hour in the bathroom tossing up my dinner. It's going to be a rough night. Started out tasty and fresh (Thai Style Chow Mein with Beef). I am giving 1 star to the staff only for service. If you can't handle the food properly - than you will just get people sick. Someone needs to check this place out. read more

Downgrading to two stars cause it's so sloooooooowww. still friendly people and the food ain't bad, but I just can't wait 25 mins for some noodles when the restaurant isn't that busy. hope they can pick that up. read more

Incredibly wonderful aroma fills the space; otherwise unremarkable. Music is very loud making conversation difficult. The queue is a bit chaotic, eventually giving way to slightly slow service. Bonus star for having a Kids box on the menu. read more

Maybe I've been spoiled by Seattle's plethora of tasty Thai/Asian joints, but this place was just Ok - and that's coming from someone who was ravenous when they walked in for lunch at 4pm (I don't know about you, but pretty much everything seems delicious when I'm starving...). I tried both the chicken and tofu Spicy Peanut Noodle Box (which oddly, were completely different colors) and the tofu was definitely better. Both dishes were much too saucy for my liking. I also tried the veggie dumplings, which tasted mostly of fried dough. The prices also seemed a bit on the high side for this style of restaurant -we spent $26.50 CAD on lunch for 2, without drinks. They do have a pretty nifty recycling/compost thing going - you can recycle pretty much everything, including your chopsticks! read more

Stay away if you don't want to be disappointed. This noodlebox location can't even fulfill their own advertised promises on "International Noodle Day". There was no back-up plan in place in case they ran out of their own advertised discount. The management at this place needs to seriously consider how they intend to run their business. They have lost two regular customers and I'm sure there are a lot more than those who bothered to write reviews. There are plenty other better Asian food places in Victoria. read more

Went here since it was down the street from my hotel. I was greeted by friendly employees which was very nice. I wish the food was as nice as the people working there though. I started off with the thai wings, gross. The wings are totally small and not crispy at all, and actually had a wierd taste to it. Sauce is think and sweet, and not spicy as advertised. I got the black bean and garlic with tofu for my main. Very little tofu. Very salty. And for $10.25, I think it was a small portion. read more

Ordered two dishes, "hot" and it was a nice surprise when it was actually spicy! I hate going to a place and asking for spicy only to be given something with a mild taste. This place actually delivered! Big portions, enough for lunch the next day. read more

Despite the fact that I love noodle box food I am completely unimpressed with the Douglas and uptown locations and will only go to the fisgard one from now on. Uptown has ridiculous wait times for pick up, last time I called at 5:15pm they told me the next pick up time would be 6:30pm. I called fisgard and they had it done in 15 minutes. Douglas has messed up my order 4 times in the last few months. There is only one pleasant guy working there, perhaps the floor manager not sure. Everyone else has been less than courteous. It should be common practice to confirm an order is accurate before having your customer pay for it. Also when you call in an order it should be confirmed for accuracy, especially when there are 4 locations in Victoria. Tonight my order went to the wrong location by accident and after 15 minutes of waiting for it to be straightened out at the Douglas location they refunded me, in cash which isn't how I paid, and the refund was short some change plus the tip I paid on debit. I was too frustrated to point this out and just went to fisgard where the girl was very pleasant and apologized. The food is too good to stop eating but I shouldn't have to factor in extra time to deal with mess ups! So Fisgard location only! read more

This place is amazing. I try not to return to the same place twice when I travel. In this case, it was hard to convince me to eat anywhere else. The place is awesome. The staff is great. The food is, well, better than any other noodle place I have tried - and I have been to Thailand, Laos, and Camboia... the music is great. It is very environmentally responsible. Even my two years old enjoyed the noodles for the first time. yummmmmy.... perfect. read more

It seems like ALL the Noddle Box are so different from each other... The West 4th has a nice comfortable vibe as it seems like it can accommodate like a large party. The one in Down Town is like an intimate restaurant, with low lights. The one in Victoria is like a bar, where the colours of the wall just POP out at you... I really did not like the colours of the wall. There was various colours and it just popped right out at you. So I will minus a star for that... :P Anything thing other wise was great though. The noodles were perfectly done, like usual, and it tasted like any other noodle box. Just a typical franchise for the Noodle Box. Only thing I realized that was VERY different was the added of sauces station. Most Noodle Box stations have the regular sauce in the bottles, but this one had the typical Asian Jar with spoon sauces.. LOL. It was pretty interesting to see that they wanted to increase the variety of sauces to the store! I was happy to see sweet/spicy chilli on that shelf! I was pretty excited too as well :3 I am happy this place people CLEAN UP THEIR OWN DISHES. On top of that, the people here keep the place very clean. The people who eat here are like the people who eat on West 4th. I am pretty grateful that there people who do try to keep the place nice and clean and know how to use the 3 step garbage properly. Will come back again as it is located in a perfect spot in the Victoria Down Town area. read more

Good in and out food, tried to get it not very spicy but still turned out pretty spicy. Food wasn't that bad but nothing really special. read more

Noodlebox - Tom yum - Asian Fusion Near Me - Victoria, British Columbia

Very delicious. A little expensive, but excellent quality. Customer service was fabulous!! read more

Noodlebox - Chili Plum wth chicken - Asian Fusion Near Me - Victoria, British Columbia

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Arrived in Victoria on a late ferry and saw a lot of local traffic at the Noodle Box - always a good sign. So I headed in for what ended up being a so-so meal. The Noodle Box follows a popular template of choosing a base type of noodle with a mix of seasonings/vegetables, adding in your choice of meat/tofu (for extra charge), and having it cooked to order. Kind of an Asian version of Chipotle. I really like Black Bean sauce so I tried their Black Bean and Garlic Stir Fry with Hokkein noodles and premium local chicken (figured I was on vacation and would splurge). The sauce itself was a bit vinegar-y and the noodles and chicken were just average. With all the restaurants in downtown Victoria I can't really recommend this place but it wasn't exactly terrible either. read more

I'm blown away tonight. I tried all three specials tonight (chicken satay skewers, Thai red curry, and pumpkin spring rolls). They were all so good. I'm so glad there's a Noodle Box a couple of blocks from home! read more

This is really a place that you can eat few times a week . so yummy and healthy and super friendly stuff. My favorite is medium spicy chicken green curry Watch out if you choose hot it will really hurt ;) read more

Not bad . It hit the spot. It's kinda like if u you go cactus, earls, milestones and get all of their token Asian dishes and put it all into one restaurant. With that said, the ingredients were fresh, the noodles were cooked to the right doness and the chicken was moist and succulent. I went here twice in one day. The first dish I ordered was the Kung pao. It was spicy even though I asked for mild but I don't mind the heat. The second dish I ordered was the jungle curry with chicken. That was also good. I like the richness of the coconut milk . I'd definitely come back again. read more

Noodlebox - Jungle curry with chicken. - Asian Fusion Near Me - Victoria, British Columbia

Complete scam The place is really dirty and gross. The cooks are messy and dirty The food was disgusting and all noodles with soy sauce. The cost for two boxes of noodles with 3 stale prawns in each box... 34.00 Absolute rip off. The lady who took my money was nice though. read more

Ordered the Pad Thai box with beef and chicken. It was nothing more than a gigantic bowl of noodles fried with sweet soy sauce. Tasted nothing like pad Thai. The beef was sliced into the smallest pieces I've ever seen. Seriously the size of dimes. Don't get me started on the chicken. Why in the world would you use packaged chicken breasts ? They were dry and flavorless like the packaged kind you would find at Costco or any grocery store. I'm sorry to all the people that come into this place thinking it's authentic "exotic" food. Epic failed attempts to mimic anything but that. The kitchen area behind the cashier was also dirty as hell. Trash all over the floor and the music was depressing too. Don't eat here ! read more

Extremely flavorless food. Place looks great - Food is worse than. A frozen entree you get 5 for $1 Save yourself a disappointing experience. read more

#Noms! If you love pho, soups, noodles, spices, flavor, comfort food,etc., this place is a MUST in Victoria!

Disappointing. The experience started off poorly with staff seeming impatient taking our order despite there not being a line up of customers behind us. The only other diners in the restaurant were already eating their meals. The rice and noodle dishes had a great amount of vegetables but very little meat. Fortunately, the meals could be prepared to accommodate our gluten free restrictions. Both dishes had a great deal too much sesame oil in them. The pool at the bottom of our take out box was proof itself. I wouldn't return. read more

Been to other Noodle Boxes but found the staff here really friendly. Ordered the Pad Thai, Teriyaki Noodle and Crispy Shanghai Chicken. Pretty tasty for all the boxes but the teriyaki was too saucy. You could order different level of spiciness and i would recommend medium. Took about 20 minutes for the food but they were somewhat busy. read more

Went there for lunch on Sunday around 11 am. They didn't have much people when we got there first but wait was really long like 17 min or so for spicy sautéed noodle bowl. It was a very mediocre food with none of the flavors blended with each other and even though had to pay extra 3$ for beef, the meat was hardly noticeable again didn't go with the dish at all. read more

Food was spicy ( I ordered medium) and took a while but was full of flavors so I was quite happy. The place is Supposed to be vegan friendly but the person behind the counter termed it an allergy so the kitchen got confused. They came back to say it can't be made GF which I hadn't ordered but they thought it had thanks to the 'allergy' tag. Unnecessary confusion. They had also run out of rice because it is 'very popular.' Um, Asian cuisine so yeah rice would be popular I'd imagine. But good, no frills place to eat, huge quantities! read more

Food is SO bland! Worst thing I've ever eaten. Hotel recommended, visiting from Seattle. They have spice, but zero flavor. Seriously hated so much. read more

To hear others talk about it, you would think that The Noodle Box was God's gift to Victoria. Um, no, I think not. The disorder and pace of the place made me jittery and the noodles were beyond revolting. Flaccid, badly seasoned, and watery. It was supposed to be Spicy Peanut Noodle, but it tasted of neither peanut nor spice of any sort. It was just a real mess and my dining partner's pick looked no better. Maybe it was an off night? I don't really know but I won't be back. read more

My wife was sick as a dog after eating at the location on Douglas Street near the Empress. Mine was okay, not enough meat for the price I paid; but at least I didn't spent the evening with my face in a toilet bowl. We visited China last October 2012 and didn't have a single problem with the local food in Shanghai, Beijing, and Xi'an. Someone needs to shut this place down. read more

Ordered the Teriyaki box with beef and chicken, but there was very little beef and chicken in the dish and almost no teriyaki flavor. Also ordered the Tom Yum soup and another chicken entree with rice. Wait was long, even though there was no one there. All three dishes had little to no flavor, almost all tasting the same. Wouldn't recommend or go back. read more

Lol, usually good but the last few times the quality has depleted drastically. This time however this time it was all the fault of employee negligence. The chucking was so over cooked it felt like I was chewing wood shavings. And the dish it's self lacked all flavour. The water I drank had more flavour than the dish. I usually don't add lime so I get the full flavour the cooks prepared but this time I had to add lime just so it would have an ounce of flavour and to there would a little bit of sauce. Basically I used lime juice as a sauce because the "Indonesian peanut sauce" was indoNonExistant.. read more

Don't bother if you have any allergies or simply don't want meat in your food. Way too many times have I gotten home and discovered a piece chicken in what was suppose to be a vegan option. It's just carelessness. Also I was once given the entirely wrong box. read more

If you're looking for delicious, innovative cuisine, don't eat here. I ordered the peanut noodles, and sent them back because they were inedible. I got some curry noodle dish instead, which had little to no flavor, with what looked like processed chicken pieces added to it. The noodles were so heavy and voluminous, the taste of the noodles overwhelmed what little flavor the curry had. I didn't eat it. The rest of my family seemed to like what they ordered, but sometimes their driving hunger can cloud their discernment. I wouldn't go back and cannot, in good conscience, recommend it to anyone. Sorry. read more

Placed an order for vegetarian stuff and got meat in my food. They offered to refund for that order but for the person who doesn't eat meat at all it's not acceptable. I like them to have more caution in future. Anyways not going to go there next time read more

Disappointing and careless... Service was pathetic..we got served meat when we had ordered veg. Even box had veg options mentioned.. Would never go to this place again read more

Yummy food. Lackluster service. The music is enough to drive me mad. But it's cheap and filling, and I'm a sucker for those cute little takeout containers! read more

Thai Chow Mein blessed with Noodles.... completely heaven sent. Friendly employees too!

Let's say you're an American, like me, and you're in Victoria for a day of sight-seeing. You need to eat fairly quickly -- something good, something to get your energy level up -- nothing that will take longer than a half hour of your time. This is the place for you! Trust me when I say you want something off of the NOODLE BOX CHILI PLUM section on the menu: Thick noodles, peppers, green onions, sprouts, sweet chili plum sauce. Tasty and Slurpy! read more

I used to be such a big fan of Noodle Box- one of my go-tos for takeout. The past couple times I've been I've been disappointed. It seems they've halved the amount of sauce they give you, so what used to be delicious saucy noodles are now very dry. Hopefully it's just a bad couple experiences and they haven't changed their recipes. read more

So heard so much about it. Went with 3 friends. So disappointed. 3 of us got rice options. Rice was undercooked enough to be crunchy. Seriously. One friend tried to return it. They offered to remake. He asked for something new because they clearly werent making what he ordered first properly and they wouldn't. After a bit of talk with this eye rolling snotty cashier he got a refund. She literally threw his money at him, onto the counter. So unimpressed. We get that you guys are hyped up the hooha but take the bad too. I asked for mild. I got fucking spicy hot. Don't believe the hype. Go anywhere else. Best thing was the beer. read more