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    China Express

    3.4 (134 reviews)
    Closed • 11:00 am - 9:30 pm

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    Fried Chicken Wings
    Sam C.

    The food is very mediocre. The chicken wings were not like advertised and highly disappointing. For anyone who's ever had Chinese chicken wings knows that they are not overly breaded and juicy. This was caked with breading and a bit dry. Hard to eat. Don't recommend. Shrimp fried rice was a bit undercooked but edible. The green beans weren't bad. Had a little kick to them.

    Extra hard fried-old oil tasting chicken. It was probably rushed. Won't be back.
    Shella Y.

    Fried chicken tasted like old oil and probably dbl fried because it is like a brick. Disappointed..

    Miguel E.

    This place cuts corners and it shows. The batter fell off my chicken immediately, they didn't even slice the chicken as there are chucks the size of my hand in there, and the Rangoon tasted as if it had been reheated after sitting out for hours. Never eating here again. You shouldn't either

    Nicely done and super fresh.... Tuna Lovers, Fireball,Market Roll, Chunky Salmon and Shrimp Tempura Rolls....
    L I S A H.

    Placed order over the phone. Delivery was earlier than expected too! Everything came as ordered. Piping hot and ready to eat. Note to self, NOT to order fresh Scallops in garlic sauce, there weren't many Scallops though plenty of carrots (filler)....lol Everything else was good and priced reasonable....for a chain enterprise. Best part, they are very close to where I am staying - convenient.

    Roast pork lo mein, seafood combination, beef with snow peas (large), scallops hunan style (large), orange chicken
    Thomas V.

    Food was great. Not too oily and food tasted fresh. Lo mein had good flavoring and they put a lot of it into the bowl. The orange chicken consisted of large pieces of chicken breast covered with flour. I personally like this because it meant more protein compared to other Chinese restaurants that have smaller amounts of chicken and more flour. Only thing I thought could be improved is increasing the proportion of beef in the beef & snowpeas dish. Most of the space was filled with snow peas and bamboo shoots I believe.

    Hunan shrimp
    kem p.

    Solid chinese american food. Quality has been consistent . They still only do takeout though

    Sha Cha Pork, Pork in Hunan Style, Moo Shu Pork, Moo Goo Gai Pan (size small)
    Staci S.

    I did an Uber order from this place during Sunday lunch and selected the no rush delivery. It arrived within the expected timeframe and was packaged well. My order consisted of small Moo Goo Gai Pan, Moo Shu Pork, Pork in Hunan Style, and Sha Cha Pork. Each entree came with a small side of rice and fortune cookie. In addition, the Moo Shu Pork came with 4 pancake wrappers and a sweet dipping sauce (plum sauce) on the side. Each dish had a variety of vegetables. The Moo Goo Gai Pan contains mushroom, snow peas, broccoli, water chestnut, bamboo shoots, and chicken. The Moo Shu Pork contains cabbage, mushroom, scrambled eggs, and pork. Pork in Hunan Style and Sha Cha Pork are spicy dishes (not strong for people with medium or higher spicy level tolerances) that had many of the same ingredients and tasted pretty similar. Overall, good portions, good price, good taste. I wouldn't mind ordering from here again.

    Kareem T.

    One of the best Chinese places in our area! I like them more for"eat in" because of their nice simply decorated place and the friendly high quality service and they are also delivering in 4 miles radius for free and I believe they can reach further distance now with UBEReats "use code : eats-uberkareem89 " for a discount on your first order! I've tried *Chicken & Shrimp Curry fried rice! 5 stars *Drunken noodles with beef! 5 stars but it's a little different than the Thai restaurants!! *Singapore noodles with chicken & shrimp 5 stars! So basically everything I tried was 5 stars till now and the menu still so big! They have beer and wine so they can work for a meeting or a date after work or on the weekends! One bad thing that they don't accept American Express, Discover or any tap payments such Apple and Samsung pay! Don't be shy! Give them a try! Dine in , Carry out or Delivery!

    Brittany N.

    Still searching for a great Chinese delivery restaurant in the area when I get the craving for basic Chinese food (fried rice). I have pretty much come to the conclusion that there are no decent Chinese delivery places in the Centreville area. I might just have to put in the extra effort for takeout vs delivery because there are some highly rated restaurants that only do takeout. Anyway, after a long week of work, I was home Friday evening and opted to order Chinese vs cook. Their customer service is up to par as our food was delivered on time and hot . I went verrrrry basic and only got the hot and sour soup with shrimp spring roll and beef fried rice . The spring roll was not good at all. The insides were not the typical insides for a spring roll and very watery which turned me away from finishing . The fried rice was okay. I will say the hot and sour soup was pretty good. All in all I will most likely not order from here again .

    Hot and sour soup, Beef with Broccoli, Kung Po Chicken, Shrimp Hunan Style, Fried Rice

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    Not a good Customer Service business the food is just OK not enough meat in your order. Their county corners is just OK.

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    My go to Chinese restaurant. The food is excellent. They don't have tables anymore since COVID-19. It's basically take out only.

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    The Egg Foo Young is amazing here. I always get it. Love the spring rolls as well. My family gets the Combination Lo Mein.

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    3 years ago

    Service is always fast and the food here is delicious. Best lo mein in the area. This is our go to Chinese place.

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    We have been ordering here for a few years, it is yummy. Before covid they used to have table service but now it is only carry out.

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