Ruby Thai

Confusing as all hell during the lunch rush.
Let me help.
There are three lines. Far left: made-​to-​order noodle soup. Middle: made to order pad thai, Singapore noodles, etc. Far right –classic mall food court steam line.
I usually get soup — barbecue duck being my favourite, even with having to negotiate bones. If I’m not in the mood for that then pork is good too.
The soup options are good — laksa is my choice most of the time, a coconut/​curry kind of thing from Malaysia. Vermicelli are the easiest noodles to battle with too, they don’t clump up so badly.
For a cheap feed it’s decent, I’ve had better pad thai but the Singapore noodles are delicious.

Welcome to Ruby Thai.
There are three lines that move concurrently. The left is for made-​to-​order noodle soup, middle is for prepared Chinese food, and I will figure out the right one in due time.
I had the Beef Brisket with Shanghai noodles, soy sauce marinated boiled egg and the spicy beef broth. Very aromatic! The beef brisket was tenderly chewy and the broth wasn’t overly-​salty — did not have to drink copious of water post-​meal. Nothing special about the Shanghai noodles, doe. Good amount of toppings (veggies + meat). Pretty good for $ 7.90.
For reference, the nutritional information can be found here:

I’ve been here a few times. The lines for the custom ordered soup or noodle dishes are absolute bedlam — had no idea where to line up and where to order and there are at least ten other people at lunch who also are just as confused. Ordered from the pre-​made bar a few times. Really good Manchu-​wok/​Szechuan style food. Ordered from the soup bar once, not overly impressed.
My friend ended up with food poisoning that afternoon. Not conclusive but a little suspicious.

Very inconsistent. Some times the server fills my container, and other times (like today) the server gives half of what anywhere else would… The food is pretty decent or at least on par with what you would get at another place like this. I’m just not cool with being left hungry simply because they want me to get the 2 meat option.
Until they get their act together, I say pass.

Food: ³⁄₅
Service: ²⁄₅
Location: ³⁄₅
The chicken pad thai was tasty, but nothing special — pretty much on par with Thai Express at $ 8 a bowl. Similar to Thai Express, the pad thai and pad sew is fried up in a wok when you order. They also offer made-​to-​order noodle soups and a more Manchu Wok-​esque scoop and serve combo menu on the other side. However the line-​ups were confusing since they had 2 to 3 different line-​ups going at once for the different options. During the lunchtime rush it took 15 minutes before they even got around to making my order. They also managed to confuse my order (probably because it was so loud and everybody was shouting when I was trying to give my order), giving me rice instead of noodles. On the bright side, they were willing to fix their mistake and made me another pad thai right away.
Overall this might be a good place during off-​peak hours, but I would avoid the hectic lunch rush.
EDIT: I came here when the rush wasn’t as crazy and it was totally fine. Got a noodle soup with beef brisket instead and it was alright. Nice amount of veggies, they added a soy sauce marinated hard boiled egg, but the beef was a little tough. Upgraded the rating to an A-​OK!

First visit was disappointing.
I ordered a veggie combo for 7.56 inclusive of tax.
The noodles were good, not over-​salted.
The green beans were tasty.
The disappointment came from the eggplant. The sauce’s base must be ketchup. I could not eat it.
There are not many choices for vegetarians. The options being green beans, tofu, eggplant and broccoli.

Confusing, 3-​pronged line up had several people scurrying for a place to stand.
One for made to order, one for combos and I’m still not sure what the third was for.
Staff are very helpful and quick to fill orders. Some trays were empty by 1, which was disappointing, but there are LOADS of other options to choose from. Portions are okay if you take into account that you will get more rice than you can ever eat in a sitting.