Neds Noodle Bar in Oxford

Udon noodles overcooked. Beef of minor quality; worse than chewing gum. Taste as if sth had burned in the frying pan and pan not properly cleaned. Almost only noodles: seems to be the cheapest ingridient. Carrot's texture as if frozen veggies. Almost 13£ for the large is way to expensive for what you get.

Plenty of dry noodles, no sauce or meat. Very dry and hard to eat just noodles. They gave me the wrong noodles. Disappointing meal , overpriced for plain dry noodles .

Horrible food. Stacked up obercooked noddles with little to no protein at all. I could barely count the pieces of protein let alone vegetables i had and all that was there was noddles, no sauce just blunt food.never again will i make the mistake of buying there again. Im.even embarassed and ashamed how i got ripped off. Paid 31 pounds for nothing. I even want to take the meal back tomorrow. HORRRIBLE🤮🤮🤮🤮

Wasn't sure what to expect reading the reviews. I tried for myself and it was such a great experience, great food and such a friendly and helpful man at the till

Terrible The man on the till was a knob The food was atrocious

I used to order Singapore udon noodles more than 20x. but recently, the taste was worst (3x in a row and since June 2024) . there is no taste. it just plain and a little bit sour. too far from original taste that I used to buy. I will not buy again unless Neds make an improvement

What disgusting food they serve. It was not authentic. I had Japanese Udon with seafood and black bean sauce. My son had beef and rice. We had completely throw the away. Mine tasted sweet. I have eaten blackbean sauce all over the world and this has surely has hit the number one spot for the worst. In all we spent over 23 pounds including a packet of prawn crackers. Might as well chucked the money down the toilet pan. What disgusting food. People don’t waste your hard earned money here. There are many other good food outlets in Oxford. Apologies that I had to write Such a negative review.

I couldn't be happier or ask for more. Good prices, big portions and friendly staff

If I could give 0 I would. Never had such a bad food poisoning in all my life. Started feeling funny just after 20 min of eating udon noodle with some sauce. I felt like I was about to faint and I ended up vomiting everything I just had, in the car, on the way home. It's definitely overpriced, plus I ordered prawns and duck and only had few prawns and zero duck. Horrible experience. I should have read the reviews beforehand.

Very filling, me and my partner were full and loved it 💓

Way too much sauce and somehow no real taste. Not so hungry. (Rice with sweet and sour sauce and chicken)

Abrupt & shirty staff mumbling incomprehensible sentences leads to a feeling you are more of an inconvenience than a valued customer. The operation on the whole looks chaotic and confused.

Worst noodle ever I had! Chicken was half cooked smelly! Noodles were soggy and smelly. Price is too high. Definitely this place is overrated. Food lovers must stay away from this horrible food taste

This food is very delicious!!!! And the huge portions!!!! The people who serve are very, very friendly. They made us recommendations on how to mix the alternatives and they were right!!!

I don't normally review restaurants, but the food here (Oxford) was AMAZING!!!! The calamari were the best I ever had the rice with prawn vegetables and teriyaki sauce delicious. I can't wait to be back!

I don’t know why this place doesn’t have better reviews! It eat here every time I’m in the area and I’ve never had a bad experience. They have a lovely variety of options. After trying several combinations I typically get the Jasmine rice. I switch back and forth between chicken/beef and soy/oyster sauce. The best part is that it’s halal and affordable!

I was going here on my lunch from work, with my lanyard around my neck (has my work name on it) and just my phone (because I’ve just came on my lunch) I was served by the rudest man with black hair and a beard, first 0 for customer service, then when I requested to use my staff discount (as I work in westgate) he refused as I didn’t have my physical card with me. I even offered to show my payslip which I literally received today! I think you’d have to be very dumb, or just rude to not understand that I have just came on my lunch from where i work to not give me my westgate discount (literally 10% off for westgate staff) I have never been treated like this at there before, usually everyone is lovely and unfortunately will not be going back. Instead I ended up going to tommys burgers (which may I add was 10/10 for service, food and everything and completely understood that I just came from work so I’m not carrying my physically card around)

The meal was absolutely delicious Its quality, taste and quality is on point. I had the rice noodles with chicken and Thai spicy sauce

Food is not authentic for sure. You would feel as if you are eating desert as it’s just sweet.

I don’t normally post bad reviews but I really thought this one of the worst meals I have had, in a long time. We ordered 3 types of noodles - sweet and sour for my son, wonton udon soup, and veg egg noodles. All were gross, with no natural flavourings, nasty pre-made sauces and no authenticity. I was really surprised and feel they could be using far nicer broth for soup (tasted like black bean and thick and gloopy). Anyway the staff were very nice

Fantastic Noodle, best place to have Noodles in Oxford, Price worthy. Egg Noodle with thai chili sause was amazing… Staff are so friendly and helpful…

Had noodles with beef. The noodles were good but the beef was tough and included several pieces of gristle which I had to spit out.

The man serving me and my friends was very rude, sarcastic and unwelcoming. He put us off ever coming back here through his lack of customer relation skills.

Went for dinner yesterday, amazing, simply amazing Loved the spice dish recommended by a very welcoming gentleman behind the counter Just the right amount of spice in a very flavoursome dish

The steamed jasmine rice with chicken and Thai green curry sauce (which they recommended and they were not wrong!) was so delicious had to write a review. Everything was so fresh. The rice tasted lovely and the chicken with Thai green sauce was just as nice and it came with a variety of vegetables which went down really well. The noodles with various different options were just as nice and we all really enjoyed it and the experience. Not too sure why such low ratings, maybe different combinations don't work as well, but we were very very happy with our meal and will definitely being looking out for Neds on our travels.

Unfortunately the food was really bad, left my portion almost intact, noodles weren’t really fried and were tasteless, box was just a mash of noodles, with few prawns, I think for the price is not worth. Service and place was ok though

Ordered a large and got 4 prawn, food did not taste, I expect more for the price. Calimari was alright definitely better options in the food court. Don’t waste your time and money

Great customer service and absolutely delicious food ! Just literally took couple of minutes to prepare fresh and the most delicious noodles I have ever tried in Oxford . My little one was munching with both hands!!! Supper tasty !

Great tasting food. Can’t wait to come back! Well done!

I read the reviews for Ned's Noodles after I'd ordered, otherwise we might not have bothered. However, we were actually quite pleasantly surprised by at least one of the two dishes ordered (Thai green curry chicken with rice and sweet & sour chicken with veggies only). Fitstly, portion size. The boxes were heavy with food, and packed to the gills! We had asked for extra chicken, and there was chicken aplenty in both meals. The thai green curry was the favourite of the two, and it had a decent bit of warmth and spice, and tasted quite nice. The sweet & sour chicken was, to be honest, a little bland (as suggested by other reviewers) and the sauce a little thinner than expected, but a bit of soy sauce and ketchup manis definitely helped. I'd order something other than this next time, but was pleased that I'd given this place a go.

Extremely impolite manager/owner!!!! Lost a customer, will never support!!! You need us, we don’t need you! Remember that!

Overcooked squid and waste of money

Area is nice etc. but the noodles are just so bad. Had the sweet/sour. It tastes neither sweet nor sour. So watered down and horrible, for nearly 10 quid. And a ridiculous little cardboard box to eat out of

Thrilled with this new find. Super friendly and informative staff and finger-licking good food, ended up buying way more than initially planned but we enjoyed every bit of it

My favourite go-to place when I’m indecisive. Food is great and filling. Staff members are always pleasant and welcoming, too.

Food doesn't satisfy the expectations one has as a customer. I highly suggest choosing a local alternative. Sweet&sour is only sweet, portions are quite small, prices expensive. Noodles are tasteless, the duck is alright but there is barely any in the box.

The Sweet and Sour Chicken tasted like vinegar. The veg, especially the broccoli tasted rancid. Asked if we could have a refund, but he offered something else on the menu but we declined.

The food was Quite Bland! no flavour and all the sauce just ran off the noodles. The only thing going for it is the location and the novity Chinese boxes. You're just paying for the label not the food!

Food is awful. It tastes like paper.

Dry noodles without ingredients!!! Only few slices of carrots and few pcs of meat - that's all for 10 pound's. Don't go there

Great food well worth the money and wait,so tasty. Good friendly service and very good portion sizes. Had to wait around 15 minutes for the food to be cooked but we'll worth the wait

Good food - quality and quantity. For under 10 pound, you get a big portion! Very pleasant and helpful server.

I rarely do bad reviews, but I am afraid that I haven't tasted such tasteless noodles in my life. I got the large portion and it was large, however the food was awful and because of that the £12 I paid seemed a lot, sorry. ---- No, I haven't talked to the team because they were too busy and it felt wrong.

We had a lovely lunch . the staff were very cordial and friendly, with a proactive behaviour towards costumers needs.

Garçons tem ma vontade de atender, após perceberem que somos turistas na cidade disseram que é obrigatório gastar 20 libras por pessoa no mínimo, sendo que não há nada dizendo isso e só nos foi avisado após fazer o pedido, garçom discutiu conosco após questionarmos a obrigatoriedade do restaurante. Experiência péssima!

This is a common noodle bar in a food court. The food was okay. However, the ginger slices on top of the noodles did not suit me well. The common hall for eating is clean and well organized.

A single carrot in a vegetable box. No sauce. Basically just terrible noodles in a box for £10. Absolutely do not recommend.

great experience! the food was prepared very fast, absolutely delicious and also halal! i liked how they used token buzzer things so you knew when to get pick up your order. there are many places to sit, tables or stools on the counter. also places to charge devices within the area. i recommend the udon noodles and i definitely recommend coming here in general.

If you're looking for a genuine noodle, this is the best place to get!! Amazingly delicious 😋

I got the large chicken with udon noodles, big portion and lovely and hot! Would definitely recommend

Took our 11 month old here whilst on holiday today and asked if we could have the veg, meat and noodles without salt or sauces etc and they were very accommodating and pleasant. They went out of their way to ask about daughter, the booth we sat at was comfortable, the highchair was supplied with a table so very useful and the food tasted food. No issues at all and would return.

I chose ‘Singaporean hot’ sauce, it taste very well! I love it!👍🏻 really wanted to keep this sauce😍

Overpriced mass produced fast food garbage.

Have eaten afew times from here food has always been good.

Absolutely vile. Worst food I've ever had in Oxford.

not authentic food. tasted like random off the shelf sauces thrown together. would go somewhere else. the staff were nice though.

Good value especially their soups.

Awful food. Gets one star for being hot and fresh cooked, but expensive and watered down with vinegar taste. £2.75 for a 330ml bottle of Coke Zero! No wonder this place is empty when everywhere else is busy. Dreadful.

The food was delicious and the staff were very nice.

We enjoyed our order. Egg noodles with chicken and malaysian sauce. All their food is halal.

Friend got charged 40 quid for 20 kid food. Staff said come back in 2 days but don’t think i’ll ever come back here again.

Not good! Made me feel physically sick.The people I was with got paid double absolutely disgusting!!!! Then when tried to ask them about it they wouldn’t even talk to us . No not recommend!

Going to be brutally honest I’m not one to complain but they might have been the worst noodle I’ve ever eaten my partner and I ordered the exact same thing. One came completely dry with almost no sauce . Both contained carrots and vegetables that have evidently come straight from a freezer bag . What you really want when ordering noodles is your beef to look like it had already been chewed (I hope it wasn’t) safe to say we both did not eat our food!

Extremely poor establishment. Noodles have no taste and are just dunked in oil, prawns are overcooked. Staff is quite rude and inpatient when ordering and asking for anything extra like napkins or forks.

If you want meat in your vegetable noodles, this is the place to come. When pointed out, staff couldn't be less bothered, no attempt at refund or to replace.

Very tasty and very surprised at the quality of a street style noodle bar the prawn toast was the best iv had anywhere in oxford

Decided to pop into The Social as it was so cold walking round Westgate. We were quickly informed by security that if we wished to stay we would have to get food at any of the locations available. There were plenty of options to choose from, including gluten-free options, and took no time at all for it to be made,

Came to Oxford for the day on Sunday , came across this noodle bar. The food was piping hot and tasted lovely. Everyone was super friendly. Sat and watched all being prepared. Would def recommend

I like to grab their kids box for a quick and cheap lunch. Filling enough for an adult and super yum!

The crew were good, food was delicious. Having lunch felt like we were in the movies : )

I can say just this: the worst ever experience ever! If Asian’s food taste like this people would die from hunger. I would NOT RECOMMEND IT!

SLOW, 15 minute wait in queue and then they give you a buzzer to wait even longer. Did anyone tell them this was meant to be fast food ? Burrito place next to it pushing people through much faster and actually giving them food. Food itself ok, by then you are desperate for it.

Worst Chinese I’ve ever had 🤮 prawns were the size of smarties and felt like eating sand. The beef could get away as chewing gum. The rice was dry, the flavour was bland with unnecessary amounts of spice. For the price paid, I at least expected something edible.

First time visiting, and we weren't disappointed. I had noodles with yakisoba sauce and vegetables, my husband had rice with yakisoba sauce and chicken, with a side order of the spring rolls. We were both happy with the portion size - very filling. And the food was tasty and served steaming hot. In reply to others' reviews of too much sauce / lack of vegetable variety - all I can say is that the amount of sauce I had was perfectly fine and there was a good selection of vegetables.

Not that nice but not to bad wouldn’t go again but nice to try it

It's better done before Keep up boys

Had no flavour whatsoever. Prawn and squid was bland. We had Chinese bbq and Malaysian and both were flavourless. Asked for soy sauce which they clearly didn’t put in in the first place and you have to pay for that separately. Save your money and go to the chicken or Mexican place. Worst 20 quid I’ve ever spent. Couldn’t even finish it it was that tasteless.

Good luck finding chicken or veg in your chicken and veg noodle box. They're so stingy yet the price doesn't reflect the fact that the box is 99.9% noodles.

It was very good I'm still eating .🥡🍜

It’s a no for me. Pretty nasty and looked like vomit. I ordered the green curry, it was awful, my friend had the yakisoba and it was just as bad.

If you like noodles, then this is a must visit spot, you can customise your noodles to the way you want, freshly made and full of flavour. Portion size is decent as well

Honestly so disappointing. Staff are clearly cutting veggies to save money, not a single piece of broccoli or pepper. Mentioned to the manager, offered to make a new one. Just make sure if you go you tell them not to cut the veggies.

Tasteless noodles, almost no meat and mostly burnt cabbage in chicken and veg noodles ordered. Sweet and sour sauce tasted weird and seemed to be mixed with water. Overpriced for what you get. Don't waste your money, there are plenty of other options...

Don’t recommend this place, noodles are drenched in sauce, very little beef and veggies are 95% cabbage (burnt cabbage).

Felt like I was over charged regardless it was nice would recommend if your there.

Tasteless noodles. Sweet and sour awful.

super overpriced and food is mid

food was kind of ok , expansive but you know , that s Oxford what really disappointed me was this : I was waiting in line , long line , and I noticed someone shouting angry at the chefs who were working like crazy .. it must have been the owner .. simply disgusting , instead of supporting them, cause it was very busy , he was shouting at them .. even if the food was great .. if you threat your employers like slave .. you just deserve to shut .. so sorry for those guys .. good luck 🤞

Overpriced for the food quality. Went with noodles with sweet and sour sauce and beef. The sauce didn’t taste good and just very few pieces of beef. For sure not coming back.

Very much similar to many other reviews here. Thought I would try it out though as there was a queue which suggested it must be great food! How wrong...basically overpriced (paid extra £2) for a larger box which didn't look any bigger than the normal sized box. Bland tasting food, poor quality, oily, no eggs with madras sauce. Ordered both prawns and chicken... only came with chicken. Returned and not even an apology, he just shrugged his shoulders, emptied the contents into a new box, looked inside, added the prawns and reheated the meal!!!! It was poor in all ways. Go to Waggas for a proper meal or the restaurant opposite this food hall. Won't be returning.

High number of low rated reviews says it all and I should have checked before ordering!! Poor quality cooked, over rated food paid £2 for the large box which is hardly any bigger than normal sized box. It also tasted quite bland. Ordered Singaporean noodles with madras sauce and eggs. No eggs. Ordered both chicken and prawns. No prawns. Returned, not interested, no apology - emptied contents into new box looked inside, added prawns and reheated the contents!! Definitely overpriced and won't be returning! Plenty more better eating places serving better quality food.

Over priced £14.Tastes rubbish. I can only taste sugar and chilli. Looks nothing like on the photo, no green veg. Only cheap carrots°

Good place to get warm halal food in oxford. Rice with green curry was good, but tastes more of indian styled curry than actual green curry. Noodles were ok. Portion size was generous. Better than Chopstix i think

There was nothing special about this other than the price. My beer was warm and my food was greasy and was almost way over seasoned with star anise. That licorice flavor was milligrams away from being a full on kick in the teeth. Ordered duck as my protein... maybe 4 small pieces of duck. On the plus side it was ok to ask for no sprouts or Chinese cabbage...

Arrived on opening, fresh, fantastic quality food, great prices and friendly staff. Will return again!!

Delicious & disappointed at the same time. After deciding which street food to try we opted for the noodles, you choose your noodle, your flavour then what meat etc to go into it. We had 3 boxes & a box of calamari, or came to £34! The calamari was absolutely delicious I could have eaten that all day however we were very dissapointed with the the chicken & beef combo as I maybe found 2 extremely small bits of beef & chicken, i am not joking when I say it must have been 10p worth of meat & did not reflect the price of what you paid at all, it tasted very nice I wouldn't eat there again for a noodle box, I'd have the calamari again but not the noodles sorry to say due to the severe lack of meat, definitely a case of maximising profit by using 4 tiny bits of meat in the box.

Sooooooo slooooow, sat watching three members of staff basically just chat to each other. The rest of my party have ordered food elsewhere and eaten it by the time mine was ready. Food itself is pretty average

We timed it just right and so did t have to wait very long. The order was completed well and fairly quickly. The food was hot, tasty and fresh. It's our first time here but would go again and we thought it was good value for money too. Thanks guys!

Watery noodles with no flavour, don’t recommend

We should have paused for thought when they said that they'd run out of tofu at 11.30am (one of the only two vegetarian options that were available - the other being......vegetables) but unfortunately proceeded to order. Could they make the black bean a bit more...