T K Noodle

Regular here for the past 20+ years (yeah I'm old school). Food is still the same, if not better. Sure prices have gone up but what do you expect? They pretty much know my order as soon as I sit with tea and water immediately brought to the table. Tung Kee is the spot especially when it's cold and rainy!

Minimalist service, good value prices but it's all about the food. If you've been to a TK Noodle before then this will be familiar to you. If you haven't then set your expectations accordingly and you'll love their food as I do. The service is to the point without any frills but extremely prompt and efficient. I am a huge fan of the Sate`(Satay) beef rice stick Noodle. Best I've had.

Food is good and cheap, but one of the employees was incredibly creepy. He tried asking me where I lived and if I wanted to hang out. I was uncomfortable and tried to dodge his questions but he eventually tried to touch my hair. Needless to say, I was incredibly uncomfortable and I don't see myself coming back here.

Dont door dash from this place. I arrived at 12:00 to pick up my order which should have been ready at 11:45. They told me my order wasn't ready yet so I waited for 15 min. When I ask the register for an update, she look confused and check with the kitchen staff. It appeared they havent even started on the order yet. Seriously why even offer doordash if you guys dont even use it?

This is a tough time for businesses. I get it. And I considered not writing this review so as not to impact their business but I'll do it like this: If you are used to a particular flavor, TK has wavered so often it is hard to trust. Your experience visit to visit may vary. If that is OK to you, carry on but for me, it is as bad as gambling nowadays. As a long time fan of the TK, Tung Kee, Luu Noodle House, (been patronizing the original chain and its various incarnations for over 30 years) whatever they want to call themselves I have tried my best to give them as much leeway as possible with taste because when it's good, it's fantastic. Today, was one of the most disappointing days. Some days are weak flavor, some are too salty, some are too little garlic, etc. All of them have a problem with broth flavor consistency. This time, it tasted like a seafood soup and I can't seem to tell if it is because they've lost their way or if they made an outright mistake. I only order 2 things from them. The Soup #1 or the Beef Chow Fun and they never get the latter wrong. When you get soup to go they part the dry and the broth. The dry was great as always. If the broth was an accident it sure was convincing. Right color, right additions, etc. but taste was completely different. Not wrong as in a variation of what the broth is supposed to be like... but like a whole other broth but I can't say mistake vs. messed up formula or even changed formula. When I got home I poured the bowl and could already smell something was off. My son had made a bowl and I asked him if it tasted different to which he responded that it did. I decided to try as I was fiending for the TK flavor I love. The end result... an edible but highly unsatisfying meal. I couldn't even say it was good. It just wasn't... terrible. Fortunately I only ate half as did my son which means I can still go back tomorrow with 2 larges and make a complaint to exchange or refund and hope it was just a mistake because 3 larges still costs $35 and I shouldn't have to choke through it. But at 16 miles from home, it will be an effort to make this right. We'll see how they respond. UPDATE: I decided not to take it back and finish off the 2nd half to understand my feelings about it. Discovered 2 things: Main thing affecting the flavor was the chili hot sauce. It was either a whole new formula from what they normally have or a completely different sauce. If you eat at TK, you know the hot sauce I am talking about which is the oily Satay type sauce they have in huge volumes at every table. This particular one was shrimpy and impacted the flavor heavily. So I decided to try it without the hot sauce and the flavor was very diluted and low on flavor and character. The meatball in the soup is normally.. a pork? But in this serving it was more like a fishball and had nearly no flavor as well and was a different texture than normal. Smooth and less dense as opposed to the denser meat ball. Again, I stand by the 2 star review, but I do believe that it is a matter of consistency. If you decide to eat here, smell the hot sauce, taste the broth before you drive away.

This is the lowest it will allow for rating but if I had it my way I would not give it any stars at all and warn diners. Lots of stained ceiling tiles, afraid of what's above them. The food was tasteless, the broth should not be used and the noodles looked and tasted old. It took some time for the hot broth to soften up and they werw still sticking together, YIKES...