Big Bowl Noodle House

Good food, and good value. Try this one first before you order Chinese food anywhere else in State College.

I stopped here randomly, looking to grab a small dish to satisfy my munchies. Ordered the sesame noodles which price wise should have been a small dish. Well, it was huge! Served very fast, fresh and flavorful, not to mention, the chilly oil is fire!!! Will be coming back!

I’m always excited to find a bare bones, minimally decorated Chinese place. If you’re lucky it means some dude from Hong Kong or Shanghai is in the back turning out simple but exceptional tasting food. Not so this place. Basic, bland, clumsy stuff. My gf got a syrupy general Tso’s type chicken with wet lo mein. I got pork belly over rice, the pork belly diced and flavorless, over twice the expected volume of rice. Props for the few pieces of chopped cilantro which showed aspiration. $30 for lunch for two entrees and one soda, not a bargain. Granted we’ve only been once so nothing to compare this experience to, but I wouldn’t go back.

You know you're in the right place when Asian students outnumber whites 10:1. Great food and lots of it at moderate prices. If you want a fork, you're going to have to ask for it. And now they accept credit cards.

Great, inexpensive food. Takes cash and cards!

My wife and I enjoyed dinner without the kids. I had the pork fried rice while my wife ordered the weekly special noodle bowl. This special missed the mark - while she thought the pork was excellent, she was expecting shrimp, and the wontons and noodles weren't especially flavorful.