Nothing but Noodles

I love this place. I have been there three times in the past two weeks. I am 100% addicted to it already. I don't think a restaurant could have more vegetarian options without being a vegetarian restaurant. There are so many vegetarian dishes that it is next to impossible to decide what to eat. Nothing but Noodles is set up similarly to Moe's. You walk up to the counter, order and pay. Then you get your own drink and silverware, and pick out a table (there is a fireplace in the middle of the restaurant too!). The employees will then bring over any appetizers and entrees that you ordered.


The entree portion of the menu is divided into genres of food. There are Italian, Asian, American, and specialty dishes. There are also soups, salads, appetizers, kids entrees and desserts. All of the sauces are vegetarian. The only things that aren't vegetarian are the ones that very obviously aren't (i.e. spaghetti and meatballs).

All this greatness does not come with a large price tag either! All three of the items I tried were $6.99. Not only are the entrees inexpensive, but there was enough food that I ended up having a take-out box, all three times! Oh yeah, and N.B.N. serves wine and beer (this is actually the part of their menu that is WAY over priced...unless of course you don't mind paying almost $5 for a Labatt).

So there were way too many vegetarian dishes for me to list them all here, however I put a link to the menu below. They have several items on the menu that are marked as "HOT". They aren't kidding around. I ordered the Spicy Japanese Noodles and had a really hard time finishing them. Even the next day when I warmed up the left overs I could hardly take the heat. I wish it hadn't been so delicious so I could have put down the damn fork. I also tried the Sesame Noodles and the Basil Pesto with farfalle. The Sesame Noodles were great. I ordered it without mushrooms and substituted broccoli for an additional 33 cents. It was absolutely worth it since they gave me what appeared to be a pound of broccoli. The Basil Pesto was hands down the best dish out of the three. It was actually a basil cream sauce. It was the most flavorful and rich pesto I have ever had. I didn't realize that is came with mushrooms, and I didn't even mind (i hate mushrooms almost as much as I hate onions and that's really saying something). I did eat around the larger chunks of mushrooms, but the small pieces tasted like the pesto, so I ate them. One of the 3 times I went my Mom was with me. She ordered the Southwest Chipotle Pasta and a side salad. The pasta was delicious. They use the same cream base as the Basil Pesto dish, but add tomato sauce and chipotle instead of pesto. She had the side salad with Pear and walnuts, it was excellent. It made me wish I had ordered some. So on to dessert. While I didn't order dessert myself they looked incredible, and they aren't too pricey. The table next to us ordered the chocolate cake. It is so big that two people shared one slice. They also have something else that no other restaurant can say they have. Cotton candy. Two of the three times I went I ordered cotton candy after I was done eating. You can get it to go or served on a plate, piled so high that if placed between you and whomever you were eating with, you wouldn't be able to see them. Oh yeah, and it's only a buck.

So go check this place out. Its worth it, believe me. Or don't, but you will definitely be missing out.

Nothing but Noodles
Erie Blvd., Dewitt, NY
(Located in the plaza with Best Buy, Old Navy, Bed Bath and Beyond, etc.)

http://www.nothingbutnoodles.com/