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    Shanghai Express

    3.3 (74 reviews)
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    Open 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    Good for kids
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    BBQ Chicken that looks like old beef jerky

    Buyer Beware... My family use to love this place but lately their food has declined .. Today we asked for BBQ Chicken and when I got it .. It looked like Beef Jerky .. the chicken tasted off .. we also ordered a Wong Tong soup .. Only to be disappointed that one of the Wong tongs tasted spoiled .. I called and was offered replacement food but after seeing how bad the food is .. I'll just take a loss .. Btw the picture is of the BBQ Chicken .. you be the judge .. I spent $40 on food we didn't even eat ..

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    Michael B.

    I LOVE Chinese food, and this is a great spot in Moreno Valley if you're looking for some to-go Asian cuisine. Walking in, I was a little confused as to where was ordered. There was a small sign for Grubhub showing where to pick up orders but no large "Order here" sign like most places. I was promptly greeted by a young lady who asked me what I'd like to order and that cleared up my confusion. As soon as you walk in there's a break in the sneeze guard where the line would typically start (there was no line when I walked in). I ordered a 2 item with half and half. For my first item I decided to go with my typical broccoli beef. I was having a little trouble deciding between orange chicken and mushroom chicken so I asked the lady helping me and she informed me that the mushroom chicken was one of their top items and I should probably try that. She said she doesn't care too much for mushroom chicken but she loves the mushrooms here and the sauce everything is cooked in is delicious, so naturally I went with the mushroom chicken. After that was plated, she said I should also try one of the beef egg rolls. I was originally planning on ordering my typical spring rolls, but who am I to argue with someone who works here and can tell what I like? Out the door with a 2 item and 1 beef egg roll total was $11.85 (59¢) card charge. Let's get into the good stuff: -Broccoli beef. This place has my absolute favorite thing, thinly sliced beef that is so tender it almost melts in my mouth. And the sauce is an almost perfect blend of sweet and savory. The carrots and broccoli could have used just a tad longer to be cooked, but the overall flavor was great. -Mushroom chicken. WOW. The flavor really was great on this, truly one of the best servings of mushroom chicken I've had from a takeout place. The mushrooms are amazingly cooked and don't give me that "mushy" texture I don't care for. And the sauce really was a great savory, almost curry like flavor that paired well with the zucchini and the tender chicken. -Chow Mein. Relatively standard for chow mein. I would say it was a little heavy on the pepper, so beware of that if you're picky with your pepper (I am talking black ground pepper, not Jalapeños or anything spicy). -Fried Rice. Also fairly standard fried rice. A tad dry but I didn't expect anything grand. I usually soak mine in soy sauce and leftover sauce from my items anyway so this was still great. -Beef Egg Roll. Some people might not care for these as there isn't a whole lot of beef. I'm not sure why I was expecting a Filipino Lumpia, but that's not what I got haha. Picture more a large spring roll with bits of ground beef throughout. That's pretty much what these are, and the flavor is great with their sweet and sour sauce. All in all a great experience, and I can't wait to be back to try some orange chicken!

    Cockroach

    Look I'm gonna be honest I have lived in Moreno Valley for 8 years and about a year ago I finally found my Chinese food place here in the city and I loved this place so much until today because the first thing that happened when I opened my plate was I found the head of a cockroach. I was so excited to eat my food but now I'm just disgusted.

    "Shrimp with Lobster sauce"
    April D.

    I don't know who is giving this place good reviews but it was the worst Chinese food I've EVER had! First of all, I ordered the shrimp in lobster sauce which has to be made specially in the back, it's not the pre made stuff they have out already to make the combos. So that's fine, meanwhile I ordered a 2 item combo. I was really hungry and wanted to have leftovers for later. I got BBQ pork, Kung Pao chicken and then half fried rice and half chow mein. The BBQ pork was so dry that I had a hard time swallowing it, I cannot express in words just how dry it was, it was more like BBQ pork jerky. The Kung Pao chicken had almost no flavor or spice and the rice and chow mein tasted the same and was very bland as well. I waited for about half an hour for my "shrimp with lobster sauce" I get it and go to my car. I decided to have a couple bites before going home to eat it. When I opened the "shrimp with lobster sauce" I discovered that it was just a large bowl of egg flower soup! I walked back in and told them that was not what I ordered. The lady told me that this is the "shrimp with lobster sauce"! It most certainly was not! As you can see in the pic, it's egg drop or egg flower soup. The picture of shrimp with lobster sauce that have on the wall shows the shrimp with peas and carrots with a creamy sauce over rice. The picture here is what I got. After arguing with me and telling me that I was wrong she finally gave me my money back and told me to throw it away. I didn't want to waste food so I kept it anyways. The best part of my meal was my can of Coke that I got there which I was thankful for getting because for one it helped me wash the dry pork down my throat and also helped me realize that my ability to taste was ok and it was just that the food was bland and lacked flavor and that I didn't have Covid and loose my sense of taste! I will never eat here again and I would literally recommend ANY other place than this one!

    This is how much I got for a "two" item. Cost me $10 for some rice.

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    Chinese food is decent Forsure it's the best in the area I have tasted by far it's pretty cheap and good for the price

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    High quality delicious food. Kind people. Clean environment. I'll be back soon. Thank you so much.

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    Best Chinese food in town!! I'm from up north and moved here a year ago, finally found the best in town.

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    Definitely good food for cheap. Always friendly and pack heavy! Can't wait to go back for more :)

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    We tried this place for the 1st time they are very friendly and food was very delicious. Finally found a spot .

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    When it comes to Chinese food, I'm so picky about the noodles. Their noodles are so flavorful as well as the rest of there food.

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    Have been here before and it was clean, today I went in and none of the staff was wearing gloves. I won't be back.

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