Big Bowl Noodle Bar Reviews Summary

Category: Noodle shop

Address: 12-14 Berry St, Liverpool, L1 4JF, United Kingdom

Phone: +441517071559

Rating: 4.5
based on 192 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Very authentic food. Love this place."
  • "Simple, tasty, full of flavours."
  • "The quality of the food was superb."
  • "Everything we have tried on the menu has been delicious."
  • "The food is consistently delicious and made with fresh, flavourful and good quality ingredients."
  • "The crispy pork was excellent and all the meat was soft, tender and very tasteful."
  • "The food here is AMAZING !!! i got curry laksa noodle soup & char siu buns and i would absolutely recommend both to anyone visiting."

Cons:

  • "Food Terrible, bland, unauthenticated."
  • "The only thing I dont like about this place is the size of it inside. Its often too crowded, the tables are so small they barely fit your food on them."
  • "The portions were huge, that's right but what's the point if the taste is horrible?"
  • "Blatantly frozen food, quite bland at times, other times it's painfully overspiced."
  • "Although the food was cooked to standard and was piping hot once it arrived all four of us thought it was very bland."
  • "The deep fried squid with salt and pepper is not bad but the taste could be better."
  • "The sauce was a little bland and the duck not great."

Service

Pros:

  • "Staff are happy to chat and it's well run."
  • "The staff are super friendly."
  • "Great table service and very chilled atmosphere."
  • "Service also faultless too."
  • "Fast service and friendly staff."
  • "The staff was very helpful and friendly. They gave me recommendations and the soup I got was delicious."
  • "the servers are friendly and helpful."

Cons:

  • "Not the best if ordered from Deliveroo, its delivered cold and on main plate was not allowing me to chose the standard side but only adding an extra side for £2 that I didn't want it so it was very misleading."
  • "Previously used to be good. But today when I went I can see rude behaviour of waitress."
  • "It took the NEW WAITER 20 mins to come and tell me he lost my order I was fuming as well as starving."
  • "Food is amazing 10/10 but the phone staff are extremely rude."
  • "Staff is also very unhygienic, you can sit and watch them pick up trash, sweep, change out clean and dirty dishes, touching forks, either wearing the same gloves all night or not washing their hands."
  • "Foods are fantastic but the staff are so busy they portray a feeling of unfriendliness and rude when considering working in service industries."
  • "Our waitress could barely speak English got our order completely wrong."

Atmosphere

Pros:

  • "The whole place gives off a sort of 'family cafe' vibe which made me feel so warm and comfortable."
  • "Very authentic and quaint with good acoustics so that even when it's busy u can still hear yourself talk."
  • "The inclusion of other peoples' dining experiences as a part of the decor is a very cute addition."
  • "When you come here, the atmosphere feels like you’re in China."
  • "The restaurant is quite cozy and warm.in winter."
  • "Always friendly staff the place is always packed which is a good sign obviously."
  • "Great, friendly atmosphere and polite; welcoming staff."

Cons:

  • "Yes there are lot of options but not clean."
  • "While walking to the toilet I saw the kitchen. So bad and unclean. I can see dirty plates near the kitchen. Disgusting!!!"
  • "The atmosphere can feel a little sterile due to the bright lights."
  • "The food is MSG to the max. All the dishes are the same."
  • "It's not an aesthetically pleasing place, it does feel cheap inside but it reminds me of HK places and the servicing staff are similar to people from HK, very gossipy and come off as a bit rude."
  • "The atmosphere was quite uncomfortable as the staff was constantly cleaning."
  • "Restaurant upstairs is cold and no atmosphere."

Value

Pros:

  • "huge portions in very reasonable prices."
  • "They specialise in serving noodles and rice in big bowls which prices less than 15 pounds. Very worth it if you are a big eater."
  • "The price for the quality of food is definitely a win."
  • "The price for what we got was very reasonable and a nice surprise."
  • "Food is inexpensive compared to other places."
  • "So much value for money."
  • "very very good price for the quality of food"

Cons:

  • "We ordered 2 glasses of coke but got 2 cans and was charged £2 each for them."
  • "The lemon iced tea was so sweet it was undrinkable."
  • "Even with the discount was taken into account we were left with 58 pound bill for a meal not even worth a 5 quid."
  • "Staff where absolutely cheeky they have an offer that says meal for 2 £12 but charged us 12 each."
  • "I have talked to a manager but he said “Sorry but it could happen. “"
  • "When we tried to leave two guys who were drinking with the manager tried to start a fight with me."
  • "Absolutely disgusting Chinese food. The egg rolls were obviously frozen and under cooked, and the hot & sour soup I wouldn't serve to a dog."

Portion Size

Pros:

  • "The big bowl noodles, fresh egg noodles coupled with homemade dumplings, chicken chip, bbq pork and piping hot soup, just perfect for this cold weather."
  • "The big bowl combo is really tasty and includes boiled egg, vegetables, noodles, meat and soup, and so are the fried vermicelli noodles with duck."
  • "Seriously huge amount of food, tastes great, it's cheap, it's cheerful and it's busy."
  • "You certainly get plenty of tasty food And much of it is served in a big bowl."
  • "The portions are huge, definitely worth the money"
  • "The portions were also huge and plentiful with big slices of meat!"
  • "The portion size is incredible so no way you will leave hungry."

Cons:

  • "Definitely going back but ordering considerably less !!xx"
  • "The big bowl of noodles was very tasty and wasn't too expensive for what you get!"
  • "Tons of rice, would appreciate if there’s more soy sauce around it."
  • "It's not often I can't finish a meal, but I came home with 3 trays of food in a 'doggy bag'."
  • "Really tasty but too much after what we had eaten."
  • "My chicken wing starter had hardly any meat on it. It was like they had just deep fried some bones in breadcrumbs."
  • "The udon noodles were not tasty and the vegetables tasted like water."

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