Japan Express — Restaurant in Mauldin

I'm really glad I found this place. Their isn't much good take-out asian eats around here that are affordable, so this place is a great find. I've tried their small steak hibachi, philadelphia sushi, small lunch orange chicken, small lunch sesame chicken, shrimp tempura, spring rolls, and egg roll.

Orange chicken and sesame chicken were good, esp. considering the price. I willl definitely be back for their lunch deals. It's solid, and the fact you can get a pretty good portion for $6.25 and not make yourself food is great. Really affordable and yummy, but not blowing your socks off good.

Steak hibachi was okay. Steak was a little tough, but good portion of veggies. I'm not a fan of the sauce they use for hibachi. I'm also not a big fan of their fried rice, either. Try taking it home and doctoring it yourself. It's just bland as it is. If you get their lunch meal, you can stir in the sauce into the rice and that helps a lot. I also would not get their egg roll or their spring rolls. It's not very good, in my opinion.

Their philadelphia sushi was really good! I would go back for their sushi, as well. Rice was soft, wasabi was good, and their ginger was delicious. For the price of almost a publix $5 wednesday sushi, this was far superior.

Their shrimp tempura was also A-mazing. Extremely light and crispy.

Honestly, overall, this is really not a shabby place. I like it. Its ran by a mom and pop plus an additional cook, and their young son pops in and helps answer the register or window if the parents are tied up. It's cute. I'd keep this place on your radar for a quick and cheap meal that also scratches the asian food itch. It's also a lot better than every other chinese take out food (I know its not chinese, but c'mon, their lunch options are definitely like chinese take-out)....

The food is absolutely amazing. I always get the House Special (Steak/Chicken/Shrimp) combo and it's unreal! In my opinion, their food is better than the bigger Japanese restaurants where they cook at the table. I also always get their Crab Rangoon and a side salad. And speaking of their salad, the ginger dressing they use is just... wow. I wish they'd bottle it and sell it in stores! And the same goes for their white sauce.

Overall, their food probably ties or beats the best Japanese food I've ever had... and I've had A LOT of Japanese food. Although the portions aren't quite as large as ones you'd get at the Japanese restaurants where they cook at the table, the prices are reasonable and the...

Not for me. I get General Tsos at basically every asain place I go and this taste exactly like 99% of the places. The chicken's texture was not that great but the spices and taste was normal, not very hot which is probably part of why it taste so much like every other place. It taste like the $6 buffet chicken which also taste like the $12 takeout from a different place. There are two places that have General Tsos that's actually different in a good way. One is Mark Pi's the other is Hong Kong House (which is close to $20 at dinner) all the way in Columbus, OH. I don't know why Mark Pi's seems to be the only place that can get it right but they know what they're doing. They make every other...