Taigu

The hospitality was very good! I enjoyed the atmosphere and will be going back soon for sure. The food seems very authentic and tastes amazing too! I had the Spicy Scalion Noodles (Vegetarian) and also tried the Seasame Tofu. Both were satisfying. The wait time for the food was not that long either, only about 30 min. Taigu is now one of my favorite restaurants.

It is all about the noodles. Yes it takes awhile. Go home and try hurrying your mother making the best noodles you ever had. I never give 5 stars but this deserves above and beyond recognition. My mission is to try every hand made knife cut noodle dish they serve.

The best Chinese food in Madison, hands down! I’ve eaten authentic Chinese all over the U.S. & Canada and lived here 11 years. Pretty much everything else except Fugu and Ichiban disappoint. Hong Kong is ok. The noodles here are beautiful, the broth in the spicy soups rich and tasty, and the pork in the roasted pork soup is sublime! A bowl of soup is two meals worth, for $ 13. Go!

We dined at Taigu on a Friday night, expecting a long wait for our food like other reviews described, even when the place wasn’t busy. There was only one other party seated in the restaurant during our meal, though people filtered in and it to pick up takeout orders. Thankfully, we didn’t have any delays. Our meal included an appetizer (pork and Chinese chive dumplings) and noodle dishes (fried knife cut noodles with beef and spicy beef, respectively) and we were out of there within an hour. The food was delicious and unique. The noodles had a great chewiness to them and were served with a nice balance of meat and veggies. All of the staff members we interacted with were exceptionally nice and helpful.

The noodles are awesome. Small operation so it takes a bit of time, but we think it is worth the wait. The owner is friendly and makes amazing recommendations.

I haven’t tried the new ownership yet because the old place was such terrible quality. I have to say I’m glad I gave the new business a try! It was so good! The food was such high quality and the flavor was amazing! It tastes great even as leftovers! The chicken was not what you would expect from a restaurant like this — so much better. This is my very first review and I had to write to others about just how good it is. So happy to have this place close by! Thanks for providing quality, great tasting food! The only negative was the $ 5 delivery charge… We opted to pick up because of this. I’ll be back, for sure!

Good:
Amazing noodles. Their spicy noodles hit on every point: salty, spicy, fatty, and just a little sweet. The have some of the best dumplings in Madison (way better than dumpling house, as good as umami). Very clean, nicely decorated restaurant. Friendly service.
Bad:
They are slow, no doubt, but fast food isn’t always good food. It’s worth the wait.
I will definitely go back and recommend to friends.

Food is soso, and the servant shows very nud unfriendly to us. Moreover, some foods were not as enough as it should have been steamed. Don’t go

The hand-​pulled noodles are a delightful change to your ordinary Chinese restaurant around Madison. They are so tasty, and the portions are huge!

We heard of this new restaurant and thought we would try it for a Friday lunch. We arrived at 1 PM or so when the lunch crowd had begun to filter out. We were greeted by a nice lady who invited us in. Interesting seating furniture. There are a number of booths consisting of benches and wood log type backs. Me the Asian, said it reminded me of a Northwoods log cabin styled restaurant. My spouse. caucasian, disagreed and thought it had very nice simple clean Asian lines. The restaurant was very clean and well lit. We were promptly given menus. It was nice to see a smattering of handmade noodle dishes and other specialties alongside more mainstream American-​Chinese lunch specials. Apparently, the specialty here are the handmade noodles. We ordered the hand cut cat ear noodles with ground pork and eggplant. (Be assured. these are not real cat ears, just cut in a certain fashion. Although I do not know why they call them cat ears as they did not resemble cat ears to me). We also had the beef ho fun and an order of scallion dumplings. All were delicious and served hot and plentiful. We ask for some hot sauce and we’re brought a small dish of sauce consisting of ground chilies, vinegar and some other spices. Delicious and reminiscent of what they would serve at the old Hong Kong Wok restaurant in Hilldale (which was fantastic). This sauce was not as good as Hong Kong Wok’s, but I was glad to have something close to it. I thought the prices were very modest; the service, very welcoming and friendly. Definitely looking forward to going again and trying the other menu items, including dinner. Particularly, I give it five stars here because the staff seem generally appreciative of their guests and have clear pride in what they are serving shown through their attitude and the actual food presented.

Probably the only good eat-​in Chinese restaurant on the west side of Madison (they’re actually in Middleton). In contrast to some reviews, we’ve always found their service to be friendly and attentive (I think the owner has been there every time we’ve gone). While they do have an «authentic» menu (in addition to «Americanized Chinese»), I think the «authentic» menu is still pretty tamed down, especially with respect to spiciness. That said, my wife and kids are probably less of a fan than I am for the spicy stuff, so this place pretty much fits the bill for everyone.
We’ve also had no problems with service being slow (and with two kids, that would be an immediate deal-​breaker!)

This place has decent food, when you get it. I called in an order, and they said 24 – 35 minutes. I’m sitting here and they are 35 minutes late, I asked her to check on it and they haven’t even started it. This is not the first time this has happened here. I’ll be finding a new regular place after this. When it was orient express, they managed orders a lot better.

Service is extremely slow, took over an hour for it to arrive even when the restaurant is fairly empty. People working seem to be pretty lost. The beef noodle soup is worse than beef flavored ramen. I don’t think it should be called a soup, tasted more like water with a hint of beef. And for the so called chives dumpling is terrible. The skin is thicker than those dumpling skin you get from grocery store, or even homemade ones. Filling is unremarkable.
Tldr: taigu neither satisfies my traditional chinese food standard nor Americanized standard. Definitely not the top 10 in Madison-​middleton area.

Food is tasty and in large portion. Highly recommend the handmade noodle soup and fried noodles.
Great service. The owner actually chatted with us, trying to remember each of our names. I’d definitely come again with friends.

After having virtually no success in finding really inventive, high quality Chinese food lately in Madison (other than at the occasional kids home birthday party!), I was excited to see Taigu pop up as a relatively new contender in the space. For all you Imperial Garden and PF Chang fans, if you’re really honest with yourself, in the darkest of sleepless nights, do either of these places really warrant the cost and hype? Thankfully, Taigu comes closest to giving a quality product for good value without trying too hard or promising too much. The old staples, Sesame Beef and General’s Chicken, were meaty and not over breaded or over sauced. Both dishes could use a few veggies thrown in for good measure but the proteins were on the mark. The fried dumplings were a really interesting blend of spices, carrots, and pork that felt more like a bao filling but totally worked. The dipping sauce was meh but thankfully the dumplings held their own. You can tell that the noodles were house made and house cut and wow, what a difference that makes. I wouldn’t say the other «house» ingredients got me all that excited but when you order noodles and they are the star of the dish, you’ve basically got exactly what you wanted.
Overall, this is a good, new discovery in the Chinese food delivery landscape and I look forward to branching out into other parts of the menu in the very near future.

So happy to find an authentic Chinese restaurant in Middleton! The scallion pancakes are a must-​have, along with the hand-​cut noodles. Excellent vegetarian options as well!

Newly opened Chinese home style cuisine. Great taste, big portion, fresh ingredients. Noodles are all hand-​cut. The only suggestion is that if it could take less waiting time I will come back more frequently even when I happen to pass by that area and craze for Chinese food.

Highly recommend the scallion pancake 蔥油餅 as appetizer.
For main dish, you can’t go wrong with hand-​cut beef stew or stir-​fried noodles!

Would highly recommend their hand-​made fried noodles and green onion pancakes!
Don’t forget to ask for their homemade hot sauce.

Delicious traditional Chinese noodle! I would recommend the homemade fried noodle and noodle soup, both good with chicken or beef. The dining environment is very nice as well. The waiter is welcoming and talkative. Best ever have in Madison!!!