Hot day. Costco run complete. Charlotte traffic testing everyone's patience. That meant one thing: comfort food stop at Taipei Express. It was pushing 97 degrees outside, and after a long afternoon of computer work and errands, I finally stopped in for the crispy scallion chicken and pan-fried dumplings. Huge portions. Fair prices. Friendly people. Consistently solid food every single time. The best part today honestly might have been the air conditioning. They've got a cool, comfortable space to wait while your order is prepared, which felt amazing after baking outside all day. I forgot to take food photos because I was hungry and ready to get home, but trust me, they pack these takeout containers like a game of Jenga. Nothing spills. Nothing shifts. Everything is packed tight and thoughtfully. Only tiny downside: the dumpling sauce goes into the same container as the hot dumplings, so by the time I got home, it had softened the bottom a bit. Still, the dumpling wrappers are thick and crispy enough to survive the trip. Into the air fryer later they go. One warning: the parking lot can be chaotic since it sits right off busy Providence Road. Just be patient. Cars are constantly pulling in, backing out, blocking entrances, and today people were absolutely treating red lights like suggestions. Saw it multiple times, including a bus cutting across traffic when I had the right-of-way. Charlotte drivers... please relax a little. That said, the food made the trip worth it. Taipei Express is one of those dependable local spots that always comes through when you need a solid meal without spending a fortune. Life is too short to not eat well. Get out there and eat your way through Charlotte. read more

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Service was great- on a walk in carry out. Restaraunt looks nice with vibrant decor. However- ordering is a bit different. I ordered sesame chicken w/ fried rice. It unfortunately was quite bland, big chunks, & not crispy. Fried rice/ super bland, no additions except peas. I was unable to finish the rice due to blandness even with soy sauce. Great ambiance and staff- foods just not for me. read more

the most DELICIOUS Chinese takeout in Charlotte. As someone who prefers tofu to meat I LOVE how they have amazing tofu options here! Every single time I'm out babysitting, or getting home late to doordash, taipei express is what I choose. They are so fast and the food is fresh, hot and delicious. Could not recommend more. read more

If you want Chinese takeout, this is the place for you!! I really enjoyed the vegetable lo mein, noodles were soft but I wish it was a bit more saucy. The beef & broccoli was perfect, the beef was tender and the sauce was paired magically with the rice or with the lo mein noodles. I enjoyed my hot & sour soup that had tofu, pork, and wontons inside of it! Total for the 4 items was $34 and leftovers for seconds! The staff was really friendly and told us it would be a 30-40 minute wait, but we ordered inside and our food was done in 20-25 minutes. Would come again!! read more

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Fast, yummy, comfort food. Small parking lot, but packed for a Sunday evening. Seems like there's a regular line of folks waiting for pick, up but the small dining area had some seating. It's a very family, fast paced quick service spot. But they hit the spot. The orange chicken was nice and crispy, came out piping hot. Had to give it a minute to cool. The broccoli was also done really well! Not mushy and still had a good crunch. May be a regular spot for a quick and comforting dinner. read more

Taipei Express - 陳皮雞 Orange Chicken - Chinese Near Me - Charlotte, North Carolina

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So sorry that our first experience with you did not go well, but here is why. It was take-away. We both ordered combinations of meats with veggies. Won Ton soup, Chicken with Black Bean Sauce and Shrimp with mixed vegetables. The soup was flavorless and the won tons stuffing was not identifiable. In some won tons it was a square-shaped and somewhat stringy. In other cases it might have been chicken or pork...it was hard to identify as they were both tasteless. Sorry to say that both of us, after a few bites and prior to even opening the steamed rice containers, looked at each other and asked: "are you going to eat yours?" We both found the combos flavorless mush. Even the vegetables seemed to be mushy and over cooked. Something is wrong, as we both enjoy Chinese foods and frequently visit many of those around us. Yes, we will try some of the offered Taipei Express combinations, later. But for now we will order select items to try them before re-entering combination land. read more

The service here is quick (based on a pick up order) and the sesame tofu is delicious - a lot of flavor and you can pick your spice level. However the fried rice lacks flavor and did not taste fresh. read more

This place has probably the best Chinese food I've found in Charlotte. The sesame beef was crispy and flavorful. The egg rolls were delicious. Portion sizes are great - easily 2.5 meals. The server at the counter was a bit gruff but it was really busy. I did take out but the dining room was clean and well lit. I'm going this week for a repeat! read more

I had the New T chicken and it was very disappointing and nothing compared to the picture on their main website. It was a soggy mess. I think this place is an example of you get what you pay for as if you find something simple here you like stick with it because it's not all good so don't venture out. Also I ordered fried rice and they gave me white rice. read more

Be going here since they opened. New owners kept everything the same. Parking is tight. Most get carry out. Worked in area and walked here.

This is a small Chinese restaurant near midtown of Charlotte. Parking is very limited, only 4 spots in front of the business. Once inside, there is air conditioning, and even though its fast food, they will cook up your order quickly, and bring it to your table within 10 minutes. The place is clean, restrooms are decent, and service is very friendly. Watch out for people who park too close to your driver's side, it happened today. read more

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We've ordered a couple of times and yes, while the scallion chicken is pretty good, my favorite dish here has to be the beef with onions. You actually get onions here, unlike the zero scallions I can find amongst my scallion chicken. Parking is extremely dire, beware. read more

I come to Taipei express often and the food is normally good. Yesterday I spent $35 on two general Tso chicken it was over fried and the color was off. I will add a picture for my review. I got sick off of this meal and I am not happy about the quality. read more

Taipei Express - General Tso - Chinese Near Me - Charlotte, North Carolina

Delicious! Don't hesitate to order here. Quality and served up hot even on delivery.

This is my favorite fast-food Chinese spot in Charlotte. The sesame tofu and eggplant (add broccoli) are always flavorful and consistent in quality. The only real downside? The rice. White or fried, it's dry, hard, and tastes old. Fried rice masks it a little, but not by much. If I judged just on rice, it'd be one star - but the rest of the food earns a four. I also agree with other reviews that dishes can be oily. On the plus side, delivery always arrives piping hot. However when I've picked up in person, parking was chaotic. read more

Although the take out was ready when I arrived as requested it was the worst tasting chine food I've had in awhile. Sesame chicken, dumplings, general Tao's chicken. How can they mess it up. Well they did. The flavor was awful and I went there specifically because the reviews indicated the best food. Oh and on top of it all... it was expensive. Definitely do not recommend and will never go back. read more

General tso chicken was huge, mushy pieces of chicken. I ate some & threw 80% of it away after that. The texture was too weird for me and the fried rice tasted old I've ordered from this place 3 times & this will be the last read more

Ordered takeout, and prices on the website are not accurate. I paid 50% more than I was expecting. Egg rolls were tiny, and due to pricing being wrong online, I'm not sure how much they were but they were small and bland. Orange beef was breaded or something? It was not good. Sesame chicken came in massive pieces due to multiple pieces being breaded together. It was okay. A friend recommended to get the non breaded items, so might try again for some chicken and broccoli or something. read more

Taipei Express - Sesame chicken and orange beef - Chinese Near Me - Charlotte, North Carolina

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This is our go to as of right now when craving Chinese in Charlotte. I still have yet to find a place that has that true Chinese take out taste. Taipei is always fresh and hot. They are are super friendly and we usually don't have to wait longer than 10 minutes for our order. This visit we got sesame chicken, general tso chicken fried rice and an egg roll. My boyfriend devoured him sesame chicken. Literally left nothing in the bowl. The general tso was surprisingly good. Not as spicy as I would expect and also had mushrooms which I didn't expect but nonetheless I enjoyed. Fried rice could use a bit more umph. Egg roll was okay. Wish it was a little bigger. It's a good place if the craving hits. We will be back. read more

Taipei Express - General tso, sesame chicken, fried rice. - Chinese Near Me - Charlotte, North Carolina

After craving Chinese for a few days, I decided to check out Taipei Express while in Charlotte. Based on the glowing reviews, I was expecting some amazing food. However, this was not the case. I ordered the chicken with broccoli and fried rice. It came out pipping hot, and I dug in! Unfortunately, the chicken was super dry, and the rest of the vegetables lacked flavor and umph. Also, there wasn't a lot of sauce. The rice was tolerable, but it just wasn't much without the chicken and vegetables. The meal overall left me and my stomach wanting more. Three stars for the great customer service. If only the service could match the food! read more

Taipei Express was always my go-to for take out. It had been awhile since ordering there. I ordered shrimp fried rice with extra shrimp and an egg roll. The fried rice was dry, flavorless, and there was certainly no extra shrimp. I did like the egg roll. At over 18.00 for this order, this was a total disappointment. read more

I lived around here for years and never went . Ended up moving and just so happened to be in the area the other day . I came in around lunch time . I ordered the chicken and broccoli over white rice with an order of shrimp fried rice . I initially got it to go but I was starving so I sat down and ate . The food was HOT! I thought it was pretty good ! The chicken had a crisp to it and the broccoli was cooked well. I finished it all. I like the shrimp in the rice because it was a little crisp to it as well. Overall i enjoyed my meal. I will return . read more

Taipei Express - Chinese Near Me - Charlotte, North Carolina

Consistently good Chinese food and service for lunch and dinner. Food is ready as scheduled.

Great Chinese food. Highly recommend the Crispy Scallion Chicken- it's a sweet sauce that's super tasty and one of their most popular dishes. I added broccoli and onion to mine and it was great. The portions are super large! Also had to get some crab rangoons as an appetizer. This is my new go-to Charlotte spot for Chinese delivery/takeout. read more

A conveniently located Chinese restaurant with a big menu. My husband and I ordered from here on a weekday night. When I called in our order of: garlic eggplant, orange chicken, and chicken lo mein, I was told it would be ready in 10 minutes. Sure enough, by the time I parked in one of their parking spaces out front, my food was ready. For those dishes the total came out to about $30. The portion sizes were good and we had left overs for the next day. Overall, the quality of the food was good. Nothing blew my hair back but it definitely hit the Chinese food craving spot. One confusing thing I did note was that when I called in my order, the lady taking the order asked if I wanted spicy or no spicy on the eggplant and orange chicken. I said no spicy but wish I would have been given the option of a spicy scale. It seemed those were the only those two options. Friendly service and indoor seating! If you don't want to sit down to eat then I would recommend their take out.. it was steaming hot even when I got home. read more

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The food is good, the manager is super nice. Lunch hours always pack. The amount of food the giving are a lots

With my last review in 2013, and having visited several times over the last couple years, Taipei Express definitely deserves an update review. After moving closer to the area, and not too many Chinese restaurants around I gave Taipai another visit, and since then have picked up and ordered several times. My go to order always includes a Vegetable Spring Roll and Fried Rice, sometimes chicken fried rice, sometimes shrimp fried rice. The spring roll is one of the best rolls I have had. Always fried to perfection with a perfect mix of cabbage and veggies. The fried rice is a generous portion and includes peas, carrots, onion and egg. I love the added onion to my fried rice. Most recently I have tried the Taipei Delight, a mix of chicken and shrimp with veggies in a brown sauce. The portion is nice with a generous amount of veggies including broccoli, carrots, snow peas, which I love. So happy I checked them out again and can say they are a good Chinese spot for pick up! read more

Meh. We ordered the Kung Pao Chicken and Moo Goo Gai Pan. It looked good when we opened it up at home....but it was lacking in flavor and the quality of chicken wasn't great. Loved the water chestnuts! read more

Taipei Express - Moo Goo Gai Pan - Chinese Near Me - Charlotte, North Carolina

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Great spot for lunch while you're out and about. Great for takeout dinner as well. They have seating inside with a total of about 15-20 seats at about 6-8 tables. The service is great and SPEEDY. Food comes out very hot. read more

The entree was very greasy and lack flavor very shocked once I tasted it I think they have changed cooks or something the food tastes very different read more

Quality of ingredients is above average, but it's just a step above the other American Chinese restaurants around, and it loses a star because, it is not cheap. Got the famous scallion chicken, which was pretty good...fame-worthy, however, it is not. I ordered extra spicy and got no spice. Fried rice and egg rolls are nothing to write home about, as are the "homemade" sauces. read more

Scallion chicken is 10/10. Its so good! Love this place! Usually very quick & easy takeout ordering. Definitely my favorite Chinese in Charlotte. read more

The Garlic Chicken was fresh and oh so saucy you could tell it was garlic but not overpowering. Yess to the Orange Chicken! Great taste, not overly breaded and good portion size. The Pork Fried Rice could have been it's own meal! We got it thinking I wouldn't get rice with my dish but they gave white rice. Still glad I got a side of the pork fried rice. The Egg Rolls were small and not much filling at all - mostly fried breading. Same with the Crab Rangoon. It was all dough and little filling. Would have to say it's probably the worst Crab Rangoon I've had. read more

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TaiPei Express always delivers fast, friendly, and top-notch customer service! Great customer service. Keep up the great work.

First time trying this place and I was pleasantly surprised by how good it is for your random Chinese takeout. I got the lunch special chicken and broccoli and the flavor taste just like PF Changs! Fair price too. $9. Friendly service. Clean environment. Will be my favorite local Chinese takeout spot from now on. read more

Taipei Express - Chicken and broccoli lunch special - Chinese Near Me - Charlotte, North Carolina

I wanted to love it. Though Taipei Express is a few minutes away, it's been 5 years since we ordered dinner. The shrimp shu-man type appetizer was delicious - excellent texture and taste. The entrees, however, were greasy... heavy. A chicken dish and a green bean stir fry arrived steaming away in classic To-Go containers: black plastic bottoms with clear tops. Both over-oiled. Sweet and Sour soup had bland taste and sadly arrived in another typical plastic container. Hot soup in a plastic container that maybe just maybe is not free of various plastic-related carcinogens? Whoa. read more

In this COVID world, I've started to branch out and try different take out spots. I believe I've passed this place numerous times on Providence but never have been inside to check it out. They are delivery and take out only at this time, but it was super easy to call and place an order. Ordered some steamed dumplings and the crispy scallion chicken. The portions are very generous and I was able to stretch it for three meals even. Being on Providence, it's a prime location and easy to get in and out of (depending on which direction you are coming from). Taipei Express will definitely be in my rotation especially when I'm craving Chinese food. Excited to try more menu items. Looks like there are really great lunch specials (protein/main + egg/vegetable + fried/steamed rice). read more

Taipei Express - Crispy Scallion Chicken - Chinese Near Me - Charlotte, North Carolina

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We ordered in on Uber eats and I'd been dreaming of Chinese! And being from New York, I hadn't come across a good restaurant since we've been here. A colleague recommended it to me and I figured, let's give it a try. We ordered the fried wings, sesame chicken, fried rice, seafood lo mein, and crab Rangoon. Everything was delicious. It arrived still extremely hot, which was a pleasant surprise, since it was a bit of a distance. We will definitely return sooner than later! read more

Found myself working a block down and had good reviews. Very small for eating in but clean. Fast service and pleasant staff. Had a to go order and food was delivered so hot I had to wait 5 minutes to eat it. I would rather have my food hot and let it cool than served lukewarm. Overall great, fast, and inexpensive place to eat. read more

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Three words for you. Hot. Spiced. Pork. I have lived less than two minutes drive from this place for almost 20 years and tonight was my first time ever ordering from there! I don't usually go for fast food type Asian food. But we were very impressed. Very yummy- and at a great price! read more