Noodles & Company

I had a terrible experience at Noodles last night. A few of my friends and myself went to go eat there. One of my friends meal was ordered late, and was handed to her in a bag. All of my other friends had already finished their food, so I thought it was completely rude to give someone their food in a bag when they wanted to eat it there, not to mention it was only 7:30. As time progressed staff was extremely rude!!! Moving around tables by ours. Telling us they had closed 20 minutes ago. Giving us gross looks because “they have closed.” I’ve worked in the food industry…and although the kitchen may close at a certain time, the business does not. I am upset with this company in general. The staff needs to get new attitudes if they want to make it anywhere in life! If you don’t like your job and can’t do it good, get a new one!

The printed-out signs on the doors said they were to close at 9 PM, as do the hours posted online. Nothing about closing 2 hours early posted anywhere, but they locked one door at a few minutes after 7 PM and put a trash can in front of the other to stop people from coming in. So...not sure if they are too short-staffed and the company/franchisee isn't compensating people well enough to staff the place during business hours? Or there are a lot of people out sick or there was an event or an emergency? I can only speculate, as the person putting the garbage can in front of the door was actively avoiding eye contact while she did it. Whatever the reason, why not just print or even write a sign with the hours your business will actually be open and post that on the door?