China Express — Restaurant in Elk Grove

Listen to the reviews, you’re gonna get food poisoning from this place. They serve you the meat on display even if it’s been left out for hours.

Also it’s overpriced for what they give you. The food quality is terrible and off, definitely not the taste and textures you’d expect from a Chinese restaurant. The orange chicken was sweet and airy. It just tasted like sweet chicken and it was gross. And the chow mein is so bad that you’d probably be better off eating ramen noodles from a box. I’ve never seen chow mein like the one they serve. It’s just stringy. It’s not really noodles; it has the consistency of shredded carrots. But the flavor was edible, unlike the chicken.

And their soda is overpriced. One 12 ounce can is $1.79, which is super overpriced because they just buy the 12 pack or 24 pack of soda and refrigerate it. If you go to any other place, their sodas are cheaper and it’s free refills. Or, if you go to a gas station and buy a 12 ounce soda, it’s still cheaper than what they’re charging.

If you’re craving Chinese, don’t go here. Check out another local restaurant or go to Panda Express because even their...

Disappointed everytime I’ve doordashed 3 times just got worse an worse I kept trying to give the benefit of doubt but I’m over it chow mein is terrible plastic noodles with zero flavor fried rice with no vegetables at all it was just plain fried white rice that was brown any chicken that you get here that is covered in sauce don’t get it it’s terrible everything I’ve doordashed that was salt an pepper like the chicken wings or pork or fish is 2 small pieces an crap load or peppers an garlic the Mongolian an broccoli beef I promise you I got 4 tiny strips of beef with a s** ton of broccoli onions peppers an sauce the most I had on my plate was white...

Wife & I have been going here since they opened❤️. Over the year as with all things prices have gone up and portions went down a bit but that's life. The original owners have moved on after family maters and the original cook now owns the place.

The food is always best when you call ahead. Chow main is so good as are ALL the chicken dishes 👍. If it's busy some times a phone order is best and pick up is simple and fast.

Dine in is ok, it's a bit hot most days. There is even a TV should you really want to watch it😁. These folks have been a staple for the locals for many years now mostly takeout for all us...