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    China Express

    2.9 (100 reviews)
    ModerateChinese, Soup, Vegetarian
    Open 11:00 am - 10:00 pm

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    Leslie T.

    Super fast for takeout and very nice people. The food is generally okay. I'll never get the won ton soup here again (it is brown!) and doesn't taste good. Gross The general Tso's is a safe bet. The steamed dumplings are bland but otherwise ok.

    GREEN PEPPERS in Szechuan Beef?!? First and LAST time I order from China Express. Ordered General Tso's and Szechuan Beef, my two standard go-to Chinese dishes. When the food was delivered, the Szechuan Beef dish was over 60% green peppers. Green peppers?!? In Szechuan Beef??? And not a few of them - SO MUCH green peppers that it was the MAJORITY of the dish. 1. In my 5 decades of eating Chinese, I have never seen green peppers in Szechuan Beef. I double-checked the website to see if they listed this ingredient in this dish - they do not. 2. I figured this could be an easy fix. I called to get a replacement dish, as I cannot eat green peppers. But their response was that they always put green peppers in it (although not listed as an ingredient on their menu and also as an obscure ingredient for this dish), and in their opinion That is That. Deal with it, customer! Period. She actually *argued* her point. So much for customer service. A simple replacement dish would have solved this issue.

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    food too expensive 15 dollars for combination fried rice and it doesn't taste very good

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