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# Papa Noodle, San Francisco CA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/papa-noodle-san-francisco-ca. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-09-09.

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## In short

Papa Noodle is a chinese noodle restaurant in San Francisco, CA. Its AI Score is 53 of 100, which is fair.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Chinese noodle restaurant |
| Address | 117 New Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Sat 11 AM to 9 PM · Closed Sun |
| Phone | (628) 277-3686 |
| Rating | 4.6 across 260 reviews on Google |
| Updated | September 9, 2026 |


## All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Location info | Address | 117 New Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Experience authentic Chinese flavors at Papa Noodle, a fast-casual restaurant in the heart of San Francisco. Inspired by family recipes, we bring you noodles and dishes crafted with love, less grease, and fresh, high-quality ingredients. From our signature Papa Noodle to our vegan-friendly Laoma Noodle and unique sides like tofu tarts and crispy chicken wings, every bite is a taste of home. Our mission is to create a warm and welcoming space where everyone, regardless of background, can enjoy great food that nourishes both the body and soul. Visit us for an unforgettable dining experience that celebrates tradition, innovation, and community. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Sat 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM · Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Papa Noodle | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (628) 277-3686 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Crispy chicken wings | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Dine-in service | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Noodle dishes | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Takeout service | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Tofu tarts | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Vegan noodle options | AI guess |  |
| Links | Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/papanoodlesf | Confirmed | Business website |
| Links | Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/papanoodle.sf | Confirmed | Business website |
| Links | Website | http://www.papanoodlesf.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

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## The team

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## Visiting Papa Noodle

Address: 117 New Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA. Phone: (628) 277-3686. Hours: Mon to Sat 11 AM to 9 PM · Closed Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Experience authentic Chinese flavors at Papa Noodle, a fast-casual restaurant in the heart of San Francisco. Inspired by family recipes, we bring you noodles and dishes crafted with love, less grease, and fresh, high-quality ingredients. From our signature Papa Noodle to our vegan-friendly Laoma Noodle and unique sides like tofu tarts and crispy chicken wings, every bite is a taste of home. Our mission is to create a warm and welcoming space where everyone, regardless of background, can enjoy great food that nourishes both the body and soul. Visit us for an unforgettable dining experience that celebrates tradition, innovation, and community."


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The Bird | Chicken restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Cà phê Việt | Coffee shop | 1 min walk |
| Street Taco | Mexican restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Cafe Madeleine | Cafe | 1 min walk |
| Working Girls' Cafe | Cafe | 1 min walk |
| Ayola | Mediterranean restaurant | 1 min walk |


## Reputation

4.6 average across 260 reviews: Google 260. (Confirmed, read September 9, 2026.)

While praised for its quick service and fresh flavors, Papa Noodle faces criticism for portion sizes and flavor authenticity. (AI guess, from 260 reviews.)


### What people like

- Vegan Loma noodles with fried tofu
- Crispy tofu
- Thoughtful takeout packaging
- Fast service


### What people do not like

- Overpriced for portion sizes
- Food can be too salty
- Inconsistency in flavor
- Underwhelming vegan options


### Press

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## Questions people ask


### Are the hours on Google right for Papa Noodle in San Francisco?


### Booking a first visit here, what happens?


### anything new here lately?


### walk ins, or is it booked solid


### prices round here, anyone got a number


### what does this place actually get right?


### Downsides nobody puts in a five star review?


### Why do people rate Papa Noodle?


### anywhere cheaper than Papa Noodle in San Francisco that is still good?


### anyone been to both here and Chong Qing?


### Open Sundays here?


### killing time on New Montgomery, any ideas


### best chinese noodle restaurant in San Francisco


### do regulars get anything here


### Whereabouts is Papa Noodle?


### rough idea what Papa Noodle costs?


## The AI Score: 53 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Papa Noodle scores 53. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Papa Noodle |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 100 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Good |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 41 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 6 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 82 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 52 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 94 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Good |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 74 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good |

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about a chinese noodle restaurant: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business


## Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

| Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Papa Noodle |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Papa Noodle | LocalBusiness | #business | http://www.papanoodlesf.com/ | Subject of this page |
| San Francisco, California | City | #city |  | City Papa Noodle is in |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |


## Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the chinese noodle restaurants in San Francisco, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best chinese noodle restaurants in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco/chinese-noodle-restaurant
- Best businesses in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco


### Nearby

- /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose
- /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles
- /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego
- /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine
- /mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view
- /santa-clara: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-clara


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJb-wMR1mBhYARvVtRweG7wlM (accessed Sep 9, 2026)
- [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 20, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [3] papanoodlesf.com, http://www.papanoodlesf.com/ (accessed Oct 20, 2026)