Chozen Noodle

As far as motorway service food is concerned this is as about as good as it gets. A katsu curry and sweet n sour where both tasty and plentiful. The guy serving us was methodical but efficient and served up two pots of tasty and filling good. Will definitely ready there again.

The prawn crackers were covered in oil and tasted more like plastic. Green curry was ok. Staff seemed to have no idea what they were doing and very little choice. It was 18:45 so should have had all options available. Doubt I’ll ever choose this place again.

Sitting in here now, the place is an absolute shambles. First the fire alarm went off just before we got served. All the staff went out of the building leaving the customers to evacuate themselves, with the exception of one older guy, a cleaner, who came back to tell everyone what was happening. Shouldn't the staff assist people to evacuate? No-one knew what the cause was, although it was clearly displayed on the control panel by the door, which no-one was looking at. Needless to say, false alarm. Waited outside for a while then went back in. It was as though it had never happened, no explanation, no apology, nothing. So queued again for Chozen noodle. Had run out of loads of things including the duck which was my choice, and only two dishes were hot enough to serve because the power had been off apparently. We choose teriyaki chicken with rice. When we started to eat it was clear that the rice was uncooked. So took it back and, rather than ask for a refund, chose noodles instead. By way of contrast, the noodles were overcooked, almost to the point of mushy. Better than uncooked though! Had to eat it after 4 hours in some of the worst motorway traffic and weather I can remember, but we'll hesitate to stop here again. Nice cup of tea though... Update: Thanks for your response Matthew, I've done as you suggest. Just to say; I've eaten at the Chozen franchises at Watford Gap and Chester and they've been great.

The food was ok but I had a huge thirst on after the sweet chilli teriyaki chicken and the chicken looked and tasted like it had been kept in brine.

Just broke my chozen noodle virginity. Brilliant service . Little test pots given to pick which curry I preferred. Food was gorgeous . Good value as well . Recommend the green Thai.curry