China Express

UPDATE: just finished eating all the food. One word: Horrible.

We ordered a lot: Kung pow chicken, General Tso’s chicken, Mooshi pork, curry beef, beef lo mein, pepper beef, combo fried rice, orange chicken, beef broccoli. Everything was terrible. They had all the time in the world to make all of our dishes decent but they did not.

The orange chicken and General Tso chicken were absolutely hard. It seemed like they use premade or pre-cut piece of chicken because they’re all the same shape and the texture was hard as a rock. The curry beef was basically as if you just got the golden curry packs from an Asian store, but watered it down so much.

The lo mein was very mushy and the only thing that was redeemable about it was the large amount of beef that they did put in. However, it’s sad how the beef and broccoli and the pepper beef hardly had any beef.

To top it off what made it worse was how the combination fried rice did not have any color. It was just a bland thing with barely any type of umami in it. Plus the rice just felt like it was regular hard-boiled rice instead of fluffy rice that was properly stir-fried.

If you’re traveling from out of town for vacation here and are craving Chinese food, this is not the place. You will not be getting good quality Chinese food. This is worse than even Panda Express and if you can get better, Chinese takeout at Panda Express than a local joint here, then what’s the point of going to the local joint the first place.

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(ORIGINAL REVIEW)

This is not about the quality of the food, but about the wait time for the food. We called in at 5:22pm and it is currently 6:25pm as I’m writing this review. We were told 20-30 minutes and it’s been over an hour.

Unacceptable, and plus, it doesn’t help when the kid up front just says it’s not ready yet. Of course it’s not ready yet.

UPDATE: No sit down service - carryout only. Call & order ahead and go on inside to pickup your order. Don't forget to choose your condiment & soup crunchies of choice available on the side. Same great food, car service is over. Their Wonton soup is MAGIC!
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China Express & Concierge Service We've been searching for the best (and closest) Chinese food to be had around here and I think we've found it!

We had a wonderful meal from China Express last week and the pickup experience felt like a concierge! Call ahead, order your meal from the friendly & solicitous staff (asked about green onions and veggie preferences - we said we like them ALL) describe your vehicle, drive up to the restaurant - park - no need to even get out because they will hand deliver the order to your passenger side window, running your credit card right there curbside! Magic!

The food was yummy! We really enjoyed the sesame shrimp, chicken with cashews, cold sesame noodle, Szechuan wontons, pot stickers and of course - wonton soup. All packaged beautifully with all the expected accoutrements (or as my Dad calls them - cooter-mints) from the hot muster and duck sauces, chopsticks, fried crunchy wontons, to the fortune cookies - everything was delicious and top notch. The vegetables were especially well prepared - crunchy & tender crisp!

Some people swear by matzo ball soup for when you're not feeling 100% and I bow in respect - but my go-to is Wonton soup. Nothing quite like it! Yum. Well done, China Express you have a new fangirl & family!

We as a family of 8 ordered over $130+ of various dinners and special items of appetizers etc. And let's start with easiest egg roll. Was burnt ( dry out and oil must not have changed in a few months, saturated thru. Dumplings same issue. Dried put and zero taste. Then, hot sour soup neither hot or sour, and had zero flavor, it was a tub of corn starch gravy but also nothing in comparison to any other soup I have had on Chinatown or Philadelphia area Asian restaurants. Slop left overs put in a container. Unfortunately we ordered 2 large ones.
Down the drain. Veggie friend Rice. Over cooked veggies but no flavor either. And what ever cooked in oil used tasted rancid. Beef veggies dinner. No veggies because we asked for no sprouts in it. But no veggies at all. Wonton soup was the wonton like they bought these from a frozen bag and plopped into chicken broth. Spare ribs tasted like pork chops cut up. But not a spare rib or ribbless. Maybe 3 meals were ok. So, the family was celebrating our fathers 79th birthday and this dinner was supposed to be a treat. He was upset and sad for the kids not having a meal. This place needs to re-evaluate quality.