Downtown's old school Asian/Chinese no-frills greasy spoon landmark. Consistent, generous portions and cheap, but don't  expect refined ingredients, beautiful packaging,  or healthy options. Cash Only! read more

I ordered from this restaurant several times via Skipthedishes, and each time it was always their 'house special' which is rice, veg, shrimp, chicken, beef I'll say that there is too much rice and not enough of everything else The base price is good ($16.25), but of course add in Skip fees and tip Delivery time is generally good except on the last order - I did an order at 2pm, the order auto cancelled due to no driver accepting the order, I ran the order through again and this time a driver accepted it Ever since then whenever I call up the restaurant via Skip it says 'time requested not available' AI tells me that there is a fault in the system with my account and that restaurant, so I chat with Skip customer service, repeat what AI said, and the rep eventually tells me she's checked everything she could and nothing else can be done So now I can't order from this restaurant - I boycott Ubereats and DoorDash, which leaves Fantuan delivery service and so far I haven't done another order I've had their Vietnamese fried spring rolls ($4.75), it should be 3 for the price, and twice I only had 2 with the order I give 5 stars to the restaurant and 0 stars to Skipthedishes for ruining my access to this restaurant and not doing anything relevant to fix the issue read more

CLOSED, BORDERLINE A SCAM. I ordered yesterday online, but the delivery driver said they are closed. The restaurant is not reachable and will not be giving me back my money. Accepting orders while not being in business is not okay. read more

In all honesty this place is always my go to for fast Chinese food lool I don't know why it's a habit when I'm hungry all I can think of that's open and fast is this place ! My faith leads me here everytime I'm downtown ! Ambiance : surely changed! a bit of an upgrade new tables and chairs in the dining room. Their takeout counter is the same haha super ghetto like no place at all so I always squeeze in between people to get my order in its pretty fun aha Service: SPEEDY GONZALEZ level.. aha they are fast and friendly they get orders out and are all working on the wok like machines its fun to watch! Food: Deeeelicious makes my belly happy and I must say they've upgraded their containers so no more leaking spills in the bag Finallly ! I love their shrimp and lobster sauce woow its always amazingly fresh and tender ! I love their peanut butter dumplings definitely worth to try! So if you're looking for chineese and something not out of the ordinary this place is where you should be. Its no fancy shmancy place quite the opposite but their food & service seriously speak volume! Overall definitely recommend this place for the late night craveeee enjoy! read more

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Nothing worth remembering here. I asked for no onions, less oil, more spice. My noodle came out with a shitload of oil, shitload of onions both white and green, and it was not spicy at all. When i asked the serve what happened to less oil and no onions and make it more spicy. He began screaming to the kitchen in chinese and attempted to take my dish away. I was afraid he might tamper with my food after i complained tht they did everything TOTALLY OPPOSITE, of what i just asked for. I dont trust their ass taking my dish back in and giving me a new one that may include some extra ingredients... if you know what i mean. The sweet and sour soup was super sour. It was very "bamboo" ish.. not my style and i didnt want to take a second taste. The egg drop was ok. The wonton soup was ok. Long story short, i had to go #3 like 3 times afterwards. Thanks to the extra oil i didnt ask for. read more

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Before I begin, I have to admit that I've been a regular at Nouilles Star for, what, almost ten years now? Like an ancient Chinese secret passed down from generation to generation, it was my ex who showed me this place first a decade ago, and I have since then passed on the torch and introduced some of my friends to it. Before 2013, the restaurant used to be named Soupe et Nouilles but it was re-branded Nouilles Star, around the same time it started charging taxes and they redid their interior design, taking down posters on their walls that dated back to a pre-2000 era. The place looks like nothing much, just another low-key Chinese restaurant. The service is ultra-fast and the food you order will unmistakably land in front of you in a delay of 5-10 minutes maximum. Sometimes less. The waiters are generally not very expressive, so do not expect a five-star hotel service on that front; they are practical and quick however, and the food is very cheap, so it works in their favor. Now, in regards to the food... I can vouch for the General Tao (Chicken or Tofu if you are vegetarian) and the fried rice section of their menu. They are, in my opinion, freaking delicious. My taste buds make a jig every time I eat there, and I leave feeling strangely fulfilled after every visit. Whatever else you order, it's at your own risk. You've been warned, Yelpers! Nouilles Star is undeniably one of my favorite hidden gems in the city, but it's not for everyone. If you seek fancy food, stay the hell away. If you seek filling Chinese food that tastes good, go get yourself a General Tao. You're welcome. P.S. This restaurant is cash-only. There is an ATM at the front door with a fee of $1.85 per transaction. read more

Nouilles Star - Tofu General Tao and Vegetable Fried Rice - Big portions - Chinese Near Me - Montreal, Quebec

The food is bland. Little to no seasoning was used at all. Spicy foods have no hint of spice. General Tao had excessive breading and barely any chicken. Very sad. read more

I have been eating here for close to 15 years without incident and have always enjoyed the food preparations which are well above average. Their soups are more than satisfying and ever so delicious. I like that they are willing to put many Chinese vegetables on the menu, like Gai Lan, Dou Miao and Foo Gua which are hard to find in Chinese restaurants in the States located outside of a traditional Chinatown. The dumplings with peanut sauce is a unique dish quite different from other similar preparations I have had, that alone is reason enough to go and give this restaurant a try. I don't understand the star ratings sometimes, particularly when I have dined in a place for years and have been more than satisfied, it leaves me puzzled. I will let you be the judge when you find yourself in Montreal craving Asian food, I hope this place comes to mind, it does to me! read more

Nouilles Star - Tom Yum, Contonese spin, very very good. - Chinese Near Me - Montreal, Quebec

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Polite service, fair price, it's a popular restaurant. The favor is a localized Cantonese style. Some of my friends who like salty and spicy favors more doesn't like it. All depends on your stomach :) Recommend: fried noodle with salty sauce read more

Food is really good & authentic . Really polite service from the staff . The vegetable fried rice was delicious and not greasy at all

We went there on a Sunday evening, around 5pm, heading towards another restaurant but stopped here instead. The good: Food is terrific! Everything we ordered tasted great! Service was friendly. Waitress was answering all of our questions. The bad: CASH ONLY!!! (ATM at entrance) There are random pictures of models on the wall which is odd. Seating hard and uncomfortable. Can be a VERY busy place (but we were lucky that night). The food blew us away that made every other bad thing irrelevant (except for cash only, which is why it does not get 5 stars). Definitely a place to stop. read more

Looking for comfort food. This one is mine. Usually, I would take out. Once an while, we will sit there. Don't expect the comfortable chairs and tables. Tap water taste bad, I end up with a soda. It seems all negative, but we turn the corner. Order your food, and it get to your table by super fast service. Each dish is so good that you would want to lick your plates... don't do it. . If you don't want sit, take it home, food still taste great. Prices are very very reasonable. read more

Nouilles Star - Chinese Near Me - Montreal, Quebec

Overall, bad experience. Quick service but food wasn't very good * The Pad Thai had more noodles than shrimp. No veggies at all. Lack of effort from the chef. Seasoning was definitely store bought. * Peanut butter chicken was watery and bland. Chicken alone was not stir fried with seasoning before being drenched in the peanut sauce. Not impressed at all. Super diluted, bleh! * This was from the lunch menu. 7.99+tax meals * 3/10 read more

Nouilles Star - Chinese Near Me - Montreal, Quebec

I'm a former Montrealer, now living in North Carolina... and this was my Go-To place for 17 years! It was formerly Soup and Noodles, and obviously a political name change and all, but it's just the best! FYI - at 2:30-ish a.m., the hungry bar folk, late night students, and the local Montreal Police show up for the large portions of food... be there! You don't got there for the elegant atmosphere, you don't go there to impress someone... and tourists expecting trendy decor should get their expectation reset.... but... you go there for yummiest Cantonese-chinese food, things like: #1 - The General Tao! #2 - Singapore Noodles #3 - Won Ton Soup #4 - Curry Chicken dishes #5 - Other! In fact, we're heading up shortly, and this is stop Numero Uno! LOVE this place!!!! read more

Eh, this place is always busy, but I think it's not for the right reasons. I went late last night because I left the library after 10 pm and had absolutely no groceries (also I've been craving a spicy bowl of noodles for 2 weeks straight). I walked in and felt confident that this would satiate my craving, seeing a bunch of Middle Eastern, Desi, and African clientele. Surely, such a diverse group would promise spicy goodness? WRONG! I order the seafood hot pot which came with a bowl of steamed rice and the Malaysian Thai Basil Seafood noodles. Underwhelming and probably undercooked. They only accept cash and $30 for a pretty mediocre meal didn't put me in the best mood. I ate too much "mystery meat" and left with a tummy-ache that only subsided after lying on my stomach for a while. Avoid this place or try at your own risk. read more

Great place for some great yet affordable asian food. Service is good, too. Besides general tao and pad thai, the peanut butter dumplings are a must try!! read more

Nouilles Star - Pho - Chinese Near Me - Montreal, Quebec

Picture it, it's a cold windy Montreal night. My sister and I are looking for a place to eat, wandering aimlessly, freezing our butts off. The dumpling and hot pot places were full, out of the corner of my eye I spy a noodle sign. Don't let the plastic curtains turn you off, it was a warm inviting hole in the wall, with THE BEST waiter, so funny and sweet, he made our night. The food was hot and came out extremely fast. Imperial rolls were a little over cooked, the soups were wonderful, entree of sauteed mushrooms, vegetables and noodle tasted great, but was quite oily. The food was very inexpensive (CASH ONLY) and the portions are really big for the entrees, next time I'm in Montreal I will be back [said with and Arnold accent]. read more

I frequently go to this restaurant for a late night snack/meal as I live nearby, and they are open late on weekdays and weekends. Overall, service is always very fast, and generally quite friendly - though not too personal- which is nice when you're expecting a fast, warm meal. Eating area is clean and tables are bussed quickly. There is a sit down side as well as a takeout side to the restaurant - which gets really busy in the evenings. The menu is slightly overwhelming because it is too long and has too many options. I tend to stick to what I like and not get too adventurous. They serve very typical western style Chinese food. My favourite on the menu is the Ma Po Tofu, and garlic broccoli. Cash only, but ATM in the front. read more

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Ive been coming here for years and not once was i disappointed in there speed quality and customer service

I've been going to Star Noodle for several years now and it's a weird staple of this neighbourhood. The decor is pretty bland and a tad surreal with large commercial photographs of a model hanging in the dining room, but it's somehow charming in its own way. The portions are very generous and the prices are quite reasonable. The menu is pretty standard with most of what you'd expect from a late-night restaurant of its kind. Cash only. I come here all the time after 12-14hr work days and the staff are always super friendly and remember my name. Overall, Star Noodle is a classic in my books and feels more like a set than a real restaurant. read more

Good place for family to visit. Reasonably priced since they serve huge quantities of food. The ratio is 1:2 generally unless specifically mentioned. Family friendly. They only accept cash, so be ware. The service is ok not great but not bad and the place can be a bit noisy. But overall good food. read more

The salt and pepper shrimp and calamari dish is lacking in taste and severely undercooked. Tip to the cook, keep in there an extra 5 mins. 2nd dish, the pad Thai was meh, the sauce was orange and tasted like nothing. Overall, would not repeat. I ended up having leftover croissant for dinner. read more

Pas mal pas mal. Well, it's kinda Chinese traditional food :) We ordered Pékin duck (served with rice or noodles by choice) and seafood noodles. You know what, it's not a special restaurant but it's acceptable for lunch or diner after school. This restaurant is located near Concordia Uni and the price is affordable, just 12 or 13 for a diner outside. Not too bad. - I ordered seafood noodles but well, I can make this dish at home lol, just 2 shrimps and some pieces of fish ?? Also some pieces of beef and A LOT of noodles. I don't like it. - However, the duck tastes so good *but I prefer Thai Son and Pékin Garden*. Nothing to complain lol, just the salad didn't match with the duck. - And the worst thing of Nouilles Star: service. The waitress took my food away without asking me and I haven't finished it yet. Then, she stayed near us, for our whole diner time. I think she was staring at us. But when I needed the bill, I had to wait for a long time... Here are some pics. It's a place that I want to try but it's not a place where I want to come back. read more

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Three stars flat in the greatest of ambivalent neutralities: This place is a cheap hole-in-the wall. You will find the homeless counting pocket change and the poorest of the poor eating here. You will sometimes see policemen getting take-out. The crowd is diverse and so is the menu. Do not come here if you do not want your eyes tainted with the horrible kitsch oriental decor. Come here if you want cheap and large plates of food. It won't make you ill: The kitchen looked clean, the bathrooms looked cleaned from my inspection. The staff does the minimum service needed while not keeping you waiting. They have always supplied chopstick requests in a timely manner. Prepare to pay only in cash: No credit cards accepted. I have only eaten from two excessively large dishes, shared with my wife: General Tao Tofu and the Vegetable Fried Rice. I was satisfied. Heck, I love this place. read more

Service here was fast and they are open late. I ordered three soups: wonton soup, hot and sour soup, and tom yum tofu soup. Out of the three, the wonton soup stood out for its flavor. It was a tasty broth and the wontons were cooked nicely and there was a good amount of them in there. The other two soups were average but cheap. My friends ordered the beef drunken noodles. They ordered it with no onions, less oil, and extra spicy. It came out quickly with extra onions, extra oily, and not spicy at all. It was an okay dish but my friends were upset that they received the complete opposite of what they ordered. Plus, their restroom is small. The toilet is right against the wall. Recommend this place as a late-night Chinese cheap option with lowered expectations. read more

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Horrible Guy overcharged ... he knew I was from out of town Absolute garbage ... very lucky that there are homeless people and we were able to give the food to them. Stay away ... read more

Location: Ste. Catherine Ouest, past the Faubourg. Service: First, you almost always have to wait if you go during peak hours, but if you show up at some random time like say, 1:47pm, you can get a table. The service is OK but don't expect super friendly staff. They're very efficient mind you, but I suspect that being consistently busy and working in a confined space means that no chit chat will be included in the price. In any case, service is pretty quick so if you're in a hurry, you're all set. Place: It's small and not much to look at. On one side you get takeout and on the other, you can sit in to eat. Posters of random Asian pop stars adorn the walls. I don't know any of them but I'm sure they're just great! The food: I've been going there since like, 1995. Seriously. I love this place. The food is cheap, the portions are huge and I personally have never had a negative experience here. I always order the Cantonese wonton noodle soup - it's bloody huge and I can never eat it all, but on a cold winter's day it really hits the spot. The wontons are pork and shrimp..... YUM! The menu is quite large so there's bound to be at least one thing on the menu that will work for you. Price: Cheap! read more

This is the worst restaurant that you can go eat. The wait time is extremely long just to eat lunch. Wait at least 10 minutes just to be seated. The waitress don't even have time to clean up the tables, they should hired another staff to help out the poor waitress. Waited another 10 minutes to have the menu. That is already 20 minutes gone from my lunch time. After ordering, it took at least 30 minutes just to get our food. Other customers that come in after us, at least 2 tables got there dishes before us. After 50 minutes of wait time, We finally get to eat. The noodle are not that great either. My girlfriend noodle had no taste at all. She need to add a lot of salt to it. I would not recommend this noodle bar restaurant if you have only 1:30 of lunch time read more

My friend and I went to eat the House Special Fried Rice with Beef, Chicken and Shrimp this past Saturday and It was a delightful meal experience. We were given cookies after eating our meal read more

Nouilles Star - House Special Fried Rice mixed with beef, chicken and shrimps - Chinese Near Me - Montreal, Quebec

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Inexpensive, quick, and just what you want to satisfy a Chinese food craving. For 60$ ,two of us ate like kings, with 4 dishes and 2 appetizers. We couldn't finish it and definitely ordered too much, but left satisfied and happy. The orange beef and peanut butter chicken are both excellent. read more

Been going there every week for a while. But the other day I had no change on me and when I asked for a bag for takeout, they told me they charge 10 cents, I had to walk back to my car to go get it + so it wasted 15 minutes of my time. Which is so ridiculous lol... read more

I LOVE this place. Not for its atmosphere, its quality or its service but the food is great Chinese comfort food and it comes in GINORMOUS portions. I love their Pad Thai and any other noodle dish. It's a little on the greasy side and might lack authenticity but I still love it. I definitely want to come back here and try other things on the menu. For the price you pay, you can't go wrong here. It's cash only though! read more

It's no longer called Soups and Noodles. It's now called Noodle Star. I used to come here years ago and it was decent. I ordered the chicken pad thai tonight. I actually ended up throwing most of it out, something that my friends know me NEVER to do, I always eat everything on my plate. This was barely edible: very low quality chicken, gristly, it had small bones and crunchy ligaments. I'm never eating here again. I agree with the review below, if I could give zero stars I would. Now I'm starting to wonder if that gristly meat was actually rat. read more

As someone else noted, if I could give this place a zero star rating I would! Also somehow we should warn folks that this pace is now calling itself Star Noodles and to beware. We've been here in its previous incarnation and we had mixed reviews. We come for F1 and stay a week to experience all Montreal has to offer. The first year we tried this place we found it quaint yet I felt that something was not quite right with my chicken wing appetizer. ... As if it wasn't quit good but not enough for sure to say it was bad. The next year I swore to try it again and everything was ok and in fact pretty good. Now I'd like to state at this time (2011) it was very late and so super busy that we barely got in. We actually waited a reasonable time to get our meals and by that I mean 5mins or so. This year we are late going in that it's the last day of he weekend festivities and we are super early for Montrealer's eating time (7ish). Now the bad part....I will NEVER come back here again. My husband ordered the pork spring rolls as an appetizer and that dish is the best we have to write about but even that was delivered in less than 30 sec. Yup I'm not kidding. Then a true test for me of any place ....the hot & sour soup. Gross. I mean bad but I kept at it hoping I am wrong; you know when you keep thinking "we'll maybe another spoonful". I left it half empty and they didn't ask why. The main dishes. My husbands Orange Beef came again in seriously 30 sec to 1 min absolutely tops. It is so heavily coated like a bad chicken ball from some dive and I wonder how did they do that in less than a min from appetizer end????? You can figure that out. Then the worse part - my main dish #79 garlic spicy beef and I'm looking forward to all that it says. Oh my Lord gross gross. It was so heavenly laden with salt and/orMSG that i could not eat it and I did try. No one came to ask how any thing was and this even tho the place was not even half full. When they came to get the plates it was obvious that my plate was barely touched but still no questions. So I say "that was terrible and so full of salt it was unbearable". He smiled, left, and brought us the bill for the full amount. I left $1 tip. Not sure they got the message or if they whether they care; somehow I doubt it read more

Nouilles Star?? More like No Star Went for lunch. Food arrived in 3 minutes. Didnt have time to finish watered down soup. Whos noodles were just noodles. Main dish was cold, cold rice,cold egg roll, cold chicken. Chicken was fatty and brown meat. And had no taste. Dont waste your time and money. And possibly safety. Eat anywhere else! read more

Hands down, the worst Chinese food that I have ever had in my life. We ordered the peanut dumplings to start. They didn't taste awful but weren't a particularly difficult dish. It was mostly just dumpling dough smothered in peanut butter with no filling or other spices. About thirty seconds after the dumplings arrived, one of our main dishes was brought out. The other wasn't brought out for another five minutes. The Pad Thai was the dish they brought out first and the second it was placed on the table, my friend and I were both overwhelmed by the foul stench of the dish. It smelled like an animal shelter full of dead fish. It didn't look like any Pad Thai I'd ever had before. It seemed to be only noodles and chicken coated in a strange bright reddish orange sauce. Despite the smell, I decided I had to give it a taste. It tasted exactly the way it smelled. Foul. Like licking a cat's butthole. The other dish we ordered, sauteed veggies with noodles, it didn't look much better. It didn't have the same foul stench. It looked like they'd taken frozen vegetables and dropped them in a pan full of cooking oil. When we tasted the dish, this was confirmed. The vegetables were dripping in oil and tasted as if the oil was reused and they hadn't cleaned the pan in weeks. After sitting there for 15 minutes, with full plates in front of us, clearly not eating, our waiter came over and asked if we'd like the dishes to go. When we told him that the food was not what we had expected, he got incredibly defensive. He gestured to the other couple patrons in the restaurant, saying that they were eating the food and didn't have any problems. He then accused me of not knowing what Pad Thai was and using this as an excuse for why I didn't like his Pad Thai, which had, apparently, been a restaurant staple for 25 years. He passive aggressively dropped the bill on our table and didn't return. We were unaware that it was cash only and sat there for ten minutes, before finally waving down a waitress who told us that it was cash only. This same waitress, was clearing the table next to ours, and cleared away a full plate of the Pad Thai, which the waiter had earlier told us that everyone else in the restaurant was thoroughly enjoying. My friend used the ATM to get out some cash and we were lucky that our bill came out to nearly twenty because no one ever returned to our table to see if we needed change. Twenty dollars for a few bites of a dish that smelled of rotting animal carcass. It was not worth it. read more

Eh....just ordered special noodle soup to go...got back to my hotel and found soup and no noodles... I guess they think I need to go on a diet... no carbs for you tonight! :( Better check your order before you leave :) read more

Been a regular here close to four years. Open late into the night. Great for grabbing a meal if pulling an all nighter.

Do not bother. I have been here a few times. The food is well below average for the neighborhood and more expensive than the newer Asian restos. The servers were the most unfriendly in the neighborhood. (Not to mention they don't take card and force you to take money out from their expensive ATM.) When I complained about the service the manager just shrugged. And when I said I wouldn't be coming back he said "OK", like he didn't care at all. Wow. Just. Wow. I agree with the other reviewers. Do not waste your time at this place. So many other good options are available right next door. read more

I Love their Soupes & Entré's but the fried chicken and beef can be very dry sometimes