Yet another authentic Chinese restaurant to check out in San Gabriel valley area here in the city of Alhambra.My wife had seen this noodle joint on IG and of course we love checking out new places for Chinese eats.The rainy weather brings on the Noodle appetite and 101 Noodle Express did not disappoint.We ordered a feast even though we came for some noodles.Started off with some Dan Dan noodles, steamed / fried pork and shrimp dumplings ?.I got their eggplant and pork noodles in a light yet flavorful broth which was quite delicious for a new taste for me.We also got their Yang chow fried rice and chicken chowmein.Chicken chowmein was decent in flavor however they could bump up their fried rice game which lacked a bit.We were patient with their service because there was only 1 server who was quite polite and courteous to us. I felt empathy for her because she had 8 other tables to wait on (1 that had a party of 8) and that can be stressful while taking care of pick up orders and the phone ringing all at the same time. They could have staffed the restaurant with at least 2 more employees to allow a better form of service.The dining area was clean and organized. Their restrooms could have used a little love, like a little bleach down and air freshener.101 Noodle Express would have gotten an easy 5 star rating if it weren't for a couple of setbacks.Otherwise the noodles here were quite delicious.We will be back to check out some more of their noodle dishes with soup.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Dan Dan Noodles Hand-Torn, Pork Dumplings
Vee Dinh
Chinese family style dinner is served.Highlights of the menu:1. Shrimp & pork dumplings2. Stir fried shredded pork w noodles3. Steamed mini pork buns4. Cheese beef roll5. Shangdong style chicken6. Stir fried vegetables7. Cold mix of pig ears, beef tripe & dry tofu8. Hot & sour soup w pork
Recommended dishes: Soup
Chunjiao Xiao
Food is delicious and very authentic. I love the lamp soup noodles, light but very flavorful! The beef roll also very tasty and huge portions. Bathroom needs more attention though.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Lamb Noodle Soup the Entrails of a Sheep
Madhu Mohan Chandran
Best cilantro meat rolls on the planet. I decided to settle in San Gabriel because of this place.
KB M Lauron
Best place ever for beef rolls and dan dan mien. every trip here is a delight! Just make sure to bring cash!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
mx alix
Solid comfort homestyle food, no fancy ingredients or fusions or pretensions. This is a regular stop for me when I'm in the area to stock up frozen dumplings.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Jelly2 Tasty
Hours are wrong. Closed at 9:30pm. $60 minimum for credit cards. Accepts Venmo and Zelle Pay.
Samuel Patton
Nice spot, bring cash but card is cool if you're bringing a party or having a date. Don't expect to split just use the Venmo/cashapp whatever trick. Very good quality here.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pan Fried Pork Dumplings, Pork and Shrimp Fried Dumplings, Pork Dumplings
lisa li
Have been here for a few times. But the food is not as good as before. Ordered a bowl of seafood noodles. The noodles were in small pieces, short, they didn’t make new noodles, they just looked like left,old ones. Felt so uncomfortable after eating the noodles in a hurry while being so hungry. But still paid the tip for the girl, she was nice. Won’t come back again
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Noodle Soup
Mia Ng
Foods were okay, it was a bit pricey for me tho. The pork xiao long bao was dried and bland ? Hot and sour soup okay but it wasn't spicy or sour ( added some vinegar and it turned out ?) Dandan noodles was good, tasty an chewy noodles. Love the beef rice ?
We've been to this restaurant quite a few times. We love the beef roll, pan-fried pork dumplings, and veggie pork soup dumplings. The waiters are kind and quick on getting your order.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Beef Tendon Noodle Soup
Justin Lam
Food was decent, I had the beef noodle soup with both boiled and pan fried dumplings. It wasn't bad but there are better places out there. Service was good, with the waitress being very friendly and helpful with descriptions, in addition to not needing to wait for seats. Atmosphere was alright.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pork Pan Fried Dumplings
bigying
I’m sure this place was good at one point. I do not think this is a top ranked noodle place today.We ordered the top rated beef noodle soup. The noodles were good (texture). But the soup had, other than the saltiness, no taste.The celery dumplings were good, but there wasn’t much of celery taste in the filling.Not enough side dishes or regular dishes (if you’re going to have rice) to order from the menu. I think this establishment is trying to make up their shortcomings with these sweet drink concoctions.If you’re coming here for noodles, leave your high expectations at the door.
Simon Cabrera
Good here is always great, never a complaint. Highly recommend the beef roll.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Beef Roll, Noodle Soup
Nai Yang
Food taste good, but a bit salty. Charges 3.5% for using credit card on to of the already high prices, but you do get good portion for the beef roll.
Yet another authentic Chinese restaurant to check out in San Gabriel valley area here in the city of Alhambra.My wife had seen this noodle joint on IG and of course we love checking out new places for Chinese eats.The rainy weather brings on the Noodle appetite and 101 Noodle Express did not disappoint.We ordered a feast even though we came for some noodles.Started off with some Dan Dan noodles, steamed / fried pork and shrimp dumplings ?.I got their eggplant and pork noodles in a light yet flavorful broth which was quite delicious for a new taste for me.We also got their Yang chow fried rice and chicken chowmein.Chicken chowmein was decent in flavor however they could bump up their fried rice game which lacked a bit.We were patient with their service because there was only 1 server who was quite polite and courteous to us. I felt empathy for her because she had 8 other tables to wait on (1 that had a party of 8) and that can be stressful while taking care of pick up orders and the phone ringing all at the same time. They could have staffed the restaurant with at least 2 more employees to allow a better form of service.The dining area was clean and organized. Their restrooms could have used a little love, like a little bleach down and air freshener.101 Noodle Express would have gotten an easy 5 star rating if it weren't for a couple of setbacks.Otherwise the noodles here were quite delicious.We will be back to check out some more of their noodle dishes with soup.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Dan Dan Noodles Hand-Torn, Pork Dumplings
Chinese family style dinner is served.Highlights of the menu:1. Shrimp & pork dumplings2. Stir fried shredded pork w noodles3. Steamed mini pork buns4. Cheese beef roll5. Shangdong style chicken6. Stir fried vegetables7. Cold mix of pig ears, beef tripe & dry tofu8. Hot & sour soup w pork
Recommended dishes: Soup
Food is delicious and very authentic. I love the lamp soup noodles, light but very flavorful! The beef roll also very tasty and huge portions. Bathroom needs more attention though.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Lamb Noodle Soup the Entrails of a Sheep
Best cilantro meat rolls on the planet. I decided to settle in San Gabriel because of this place.
Best place ever for beef rolls and dan dan mien. every trip here is a delight! Just make sure to bring cash!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Solid comfort homestyle food, no fancy ingredients or fusions or pretensions. This is a regular stop for me when I'm in the area to stock up frozen dumplings.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Hours are wrong. Closed at 9:30pm. $60 minimum for credit cards. Accepts Venmo and Zelle Pay.
Nice spot, bring cash but card is cool if you're bringing a party or having a date. Don't expect to split just use the Venmo/cashapp whatever trick. Very good quality here.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pan Fried Pork Dumplings, Pork and Shrimp Fried Dumplings, Pork Dumplings
Have been here for a few times. But the food is not as good as before. Ordered a bowl of seafood noodles. The noodles were in small pieces, short, they didn’t make new noodles, they just looked like left,old ones. Felt so uncomfortable after eating the noodles in a hurry while being so hungry. But still paid the tip for the girl, she was nice. Won’t come back again
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Noodle Soup
Foods were okay, it was a bit pricey for me tho. The pork xiao long bao was dried and bland ? Hot and sour soup okay but it wasn't spicy or sour ( added some vinegar and it turned out ?) Dandan noodles was good, tasty an chewy noodles. Love the beef rice ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 3
Restaurantji Recommends
We've been to this restaurant quite a few times. We love the beef roll, pan-fried pork dumplings, and veggie pork soup dumplings. The waiters are kind and quick on getting your order.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Beef Tendon Noodle Soup
Food was decent, I had the beef noodle soup with both boiled and pan fried dumplings. It wasn't bad but there are better places out there. Service was good, with the waitress being very friendly and helpful with descriptions, in addition to not needing to wait for seats. Atmosphere was alright.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pork Pan Fried Dumplings
I’m sure this place was good at one point. I do not think this is a top ranked noodle place today.We ordered the top rated beef noodle soup. The noodles were good (texture). But the soup had, other than the saltiness, no taste.The celery dumplings were good, but there wasn’t much of celery taste in the filling.Not enough side dishes or regular dishes (if you’re going to have rice) to order from the menu. I think this establishment is trying to make up their shortcomings with these sweet drink concoctions.If you’re coming here for noodles, leave your high expectations at the door.
Good here is always great, never a complaint. Highly recommend the beef roll.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Beef Roll, Noodle Soup
Food taste good, but a bit salty. Charges 3.5% for using credit card on to of the already high prices, but you do get good portion for the beef roll.