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Mama's Noodle House
Categories: Restaurants Vietnamese Restaurants Thai Restaurants Chinese Vietnamese, Thai, Chinese [Edit]
141 McPhillips StWinnipeg, MB R3E
(204) 783-4847
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good For:
- Late Night, Lunch, Dinner
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Has TV:
- Yes
2 reviews for Mama's Noodle House
2 reviews in English
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Review from Kim T.
Winnipeg, MB
4/3/2012
I've been here a few times now and the place gotten some renos done they now have booth seating which is nice.
Food here is cheap and quick, for the price you are paying for, you can't really complain.
I still remembered this place used to be a burger joint now that the place is renovated it doesn't feel that way no more.
Around 11pm this place is packed!! -
Review from DineoutGal A.
Winnipeg, MB
12/17/2009
I had heard good things about this place and was very excited to try the noodles here. But sadly, I was disappointed. I have trouble with restaurants that claim to serve Vietnamese, Chinese, Thai and Japanese fare in one place. Because in my experience, any place that tries to be all things to all people ends up with mediocre results.
I had #67 - Vietnamese Spicy Vermicelli Soup (medium size for $5.95). This was a pretty generous medium sized bowl of thick vermicelli noodles with beef in a spicy broth. Although I've never been a fan of thick noodles as they tend to slide right off the spoon. The dish also came with a side of raw bean sprouts, Thai basil and a chili pepper to add into the soup. This is a good Vietnamese dish that is pretty authentic with it's flavour and spices.
I tried #320 - beef pad Thai ($7.50) - this was a very disappointing dish. One look and I knew this was not going to taste like a proper pad Thai. It looked like a dark brown oily mess. It was very greasy as the oil just pooled at the bottom of the plate. Not very appetizing. The noodles ended up tasting like a Chinese noodle dish with lot of soy sauce instead of the classic pad Thai ingredients. They sprinkled peanuts on it so I guess that makes it Thai. LOL. I would not order this again.
I love Shanghai noodles - it's one of my fav noodles to eat. I tried #127 - shrimp Shanghai noodles ($7.95). This one was decent but definitely tastes like it came from a greasy spoon (good or bad depending on what you want). The flavour was not very prominent but the taste of grease takes over. I prefer the Shanghai noodles from North Garden and Sun Fortune.
#60 - Mama's Deluxe Vermicelli ($7.50) comes with fine vermicelli noodles, spring roll, BBQ pork, pork ball, lettuce, cucumbers and bean sprouts. There wasn't as much BBQ pork compared to other Vietnamese places. And the meat wasn't as flavourful.
#315 - Green Curry Chicken Rice Noodle soup ($7.50) was my least favourite dish. I am use to stronger flavours in my Thai green curry dishes so this was a disappointment. This is probably a good dish to start someone off of if they've never had Thai food before. The broth tasted more like coconut milk than anything and there was this slight after taste that didn't agree with me.
The place is located on McPhillips, closer to Notre Dame (across from Wicker World). Lots of windows surround this small casual restaurant. Service is really nice and warm and food service was pretty fast. It's open till 3 am on weekends but till 10 pm on weeknights. There's a ton of other stir fry dishes like fried rice, chicken with vegetables, egg foo young, seafood dishes etc (like your typical Chinese or Vietnamese restaurant). Every dish is under $10 and the portions are fairly generous.
Overall, I was disappointed with the dishes I tried. They should consider scaling down their dishes and concentrate on a few good ones. Their Vietnamese dishes tend to be the better dishes compared to the Chinese or Thai dishes.
