Chubby Noodle Cabo Review: Good Food, Okay Service
Our honest Chubby Noodle Cabo San Lucas lunch review: firecracker chicken, Mongolian beef, shrimp potstickers, good food, and okay service.
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Chubby Noodle Cabo San Lucas: at a glance
Good food. Okay service. An enjoyable lunch, though not one of our best meals in Cabo. The firecracker chicken, Mongolian beef, and shrimp potstickers made for a good meal. Stronger service could have helped the overall experience leave a more memorable impression.
Best For
- A casual lunch when firecracker chicken, Mongolian beef and potstickers appeal.
Consider Elsewhere
- If you have only one special dinner in Cabo, our review does not put this among the trip’s standout meals.
- If standout service is central to your choice, our lunch service was only okay.
By Nicholas & Miriam Peters · Published 2026-11-06 · Seen in person 2026-11-06
Our lunch at Chubby Noodle in Cabo San Lucas on November 6 was good, though it did not rank among the standout meals of our trip.
We ordered firecracker chicken, Mongolian beef, and Chubby Potstickers. The food was enjoyable, and our overall assessment is straightforward: good food, okay service.
At Peters Signature Travel, we want our reviews to reflect the experience accurately. Some restaurants inspire an enthusiastic must-go recommendation. Others provide a perfectly good meal without making quite the same impression. For us, Chubby Noodle fell into the latter category.
At a glance
- Restaurant: Chubby Noodle
- Location: Cabo San Lucas
- Our order: Firecracker chicken, Mongolian beef, Chubby Potstickers
- Our visit: November 6, 2026 · noon lunch
Explore Chubby Noodle Cabo San Lucas and Its Menus
What We Ordered at Chubby Noodle Cabo
Our three dishes gave us a selection of chicken, beef, and shrimp. The ingredients below reflect the menu information from our visit.
Firecracker Chicken
Honey, soy, red chile, cilantro, scallions · Listed price: 380
The firecracker chicken paired chicken with honey, soy, red chile, cilantro, and scallions—a combination built around sweet, savory, and chile flavors.
It was part of a lunch we enjoyed overall. While we would not describe the meal as exceptional, the food gave us a positive impression.
Mongolian Beef
Sliced New York steak, chile, onion, scallions · Listed price: 400
We also ordered the Mongolian beef, listed with sliced New York steak, chile, onion, and scallions.
It added a beef option alongside the chicken and shrimp dishes. Our verdict on the food remained consistent: good and enjoyable, even if the overall meal did not become a highlight of our Cabo dining itinerary.
Chubby Potstickers
Shrimp, pan-seared, soy dipping sauce · Listed price: 260
The Chubby Potstickers completed our order. These were shrimp potstickers, pan-seared and served with a soy dipping sauce.
For diners considering a similar lunch, our order offers a simple starting point: two main dishes and a potsticker selection to explore different parts of the menu.
Prices are reproduced as supplied from our visit. Confirm current prices and currency directly with the restaurant.
The Food Was Good
We enjoyed the food at Chubby Noodle.
That deserves to come through clearly. Our measured recommendation reflects the difference between a good meal and an exceptional one.
This lunch was good. It did not leave us with the same excitement as our favorite dining experiences, but we were pleased with the food we ordered.
If you are looking through restaurant reviews to decide where to eat in Cabo San Lucas, that distinction is useful. We would approach Chubby Noodle as an option for an enjoyable meal, with expectations set accordingly.
The Service Was Okay
The service was okay.
It did not make a particularly strong impression or add much to the experience. We would have appreciated service that matched or elevated our enjoyment of the food.
We are not assigning specific faults beyond our experience. Our assessment is simply that the food was the stronger part of the visit, while the hospitality was more ordinary.
That difference influenced our overall opinion of the lunch.
Is Chubby Noodle Cabo Worth Considering?
Chubby Noodle’s official website confirms its Cabo San Lucas location and provides links to its English and Spanish menus. chubby-noodle
Based on our visit, it is worth considering if the menu appeals to you and you are looking for a straightforward lunch.
We would be more measured about recommending it for an important celebration or a meal you want to become a defining memory of your trip. Our own experience was enjoyable, but it did not reach that level.
There is room in a travel itinerary for a good, uncomplicated meal. That is the category Chubby Noodle occupied for us.
Chubby Noodle, Cabo San Lucas: Background and Know Before You Go
Chubby Noodle brings a San Francisco restaurant concept to Cabo San Lucas, with Asian comfort food rather than a traditional Baja seafood menu as its starting point. Destino Magazine traces the business to a small food stall in the back of a bar in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood, followed by a restaurant of its own. Its account emphasizes reimagined comfort food and a laid-back setting, useful context for understanding a name that now appears on both sides of the border. 5
The same publication describes the move to Cabo as an extension encouraged by friends who knew the San Francisco restaurant and wanted the concept locally. It quotes the founder explaining that those friends visited the original restaurant and urged him to open in Cabo. This establishes a personal connection between the two destinations without requiring an unverified opening date or chef credit. The documented story is one of adapting an existing restaurant identity to another community, rather than inventing a separate Cabo-only concept. 5
For arrival, the brand’s contact page places the Cabo restaurant at Paseo de la Marina and Calle Miguel Hidalgo, beside Flip Flops Bar, in Cabo San Lucas. That intersection and neighboring business are more useful navigation details than the city name alone. Use the official contact details when arranging a table or checking the final approach, especially if a map result presents an abbreviated street address rather than the intersection. 3
The official Cabo lunch-and-dinner menu supports the restaurant’s broad Asian-comfort-food identity: it includes Korean pork tacos, spicy wontons, fried rice, potstickers and several noodle preparations. Garlic noodles are described with charred jalapeño, oyster sauce, cilantro and scallions. Birria ramen combines braised beef shank, guajillo, onions and cilantro, an especially clear example of Mexican ingredients meeting an Asian noodle format. These are documented menu examples, not a guarantee that every item will be available on a particular visit. 2
Other listed offerings range from Hawaiian poke and green papaya salad to crispy cauliflower, Szechuan green beans and chicken noodle soup. Chowfun uses fresh rice noodles with bell pepper, bean sprouts, onions and a house-described secret sauce, with several protein choices listed. This variety gives a group options beyond a single noodle bowl, but vegetable-led dish names should not be treated as an assurance of vegan preparation. The garlic noodles’ explicit oyster-sauce ingredient illustrates why dietary requirements should be discussed before ordering. 2
The official contact page publishes daily service from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m., making this a lunch-and-dinner option rather than a verified breakfast stop. A separate Cabo website explicitly provides a reservations contact and uses the same telephone number, so call ahead if securing a particular sitting matters. That site also distinguishes delivery enquiries from restaurant reservations. Keep those channels separate, and base plans on the published afternoon opening rather than assuming the San Francisco restaurant’s historic brunch reputation applies to Cabo’s current schedule. 3 4
Chubby Noodle Cabo: Questions
What did we order at Chubby Noodle Cabo?
Firecracker chicken, Mongolian beef and shrimp Chubby Potstickers at lunch on November 6, 2026.
How was the food and service?
Good food and okay service — an enjoyable lunch, though not one of our best meals in Cabo.
Where can I see the current menu?
Chubby Noodle's official website links to its English and Spanish menus. Confirm current prices and currency with the restaurant.
What hours are published for Cabo?
The official contact page lists daily hours of 1 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Where is the restaurant?
The brand lists Paseo de la Marina and Calle Miguel Hidalgo, beside Flip Flops Bar, in Cabo San Lucas.
What is in the birria ramen?
The published Cabo menu describes braised beef shank, guajillo, onions and cilantro.
Peters Signature Travel’s Verdict
Good food. Okay service. An enjoyable lunch, though not one of our best meals in Cabo.
The firecracker chicken, Mongolian beef, and shrimp potstickers made for a good meal. Stronger service could have helped the overall experience leave a more memorable impression.
Our honest recommendation: consider it if the menu catches your attention, while keeping expectations at “good lunch” rather than “must-visit dining experience.”
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Published by Peters Signature Travel.