Fortune Cookie Express — Restaurant in San Diego

I've come here since they opened around twenty years ago, run by a mom and dad with sons and presumably an aunt and hired help. Dad(?) still works in back cooking. Extremely cheap style Chinese type fast food, used to be even cheaper at $.99 an item but I feel quantity and quality has gone up with price. Noodles are really popular with kids and I base this on me taking them to my kid's school for ethnic day where they were the most popular item, looks like they're deep fried french fries like for a few seconds to make the spaghetti tasty, never seen it done like that. Chicken, beef, and pork are all good and won't make for restroom stops like Rice King might. I like pretty much everything here! So why only four stars? The conversation right in front of me, in English, between mom and aunt(?) about how much to charge me for four kabobs. Two for such and such a price or four at one price each, well why the hell would you charge me for four singles when two doubles are cheaper, paid for four singles but took notice. The grown son is very cool and would never do this but he wasn't on register that day, haven't seen the other son in years so maybe he took off for college or something. We are fortunate to still have this restaurant in Clairemont after all these years and it seems popular. Edit: I updated one star because I didn't want to drag the rating down but I'm still not real happy over that...

This is a family owned restaurant that provides excellent customer service. I have eaten the food from Fortune Cookie Express for over 20 years and the flavor and quality of the food has not changed. They have the best Orange Chicken; no other restaurant in San Diego comes close to it. My favorite items are the Garlic Chicken Wings (always crisp) and the Thai Curry Chicken Breast with the sauce poured over white rice. My recommendation is to try the "cook to order" items which can be made hot and spicy upon request. Also, if you're a soup person the Chow Ma Soup hot and spicy is delicious. It is my go to item when I'm a bit under the weather. This restaurant has catered events for me and everyone always loves it and goes in for second and sometimes 3rd servings. This is an eatery I...

This is probably my worst experience ever at a Chinese Food Restaurant. First off the older lady that took my order wasn't wearing any gloves or a hair net or hat.

While she was making my plate she grabbed the phone out of her apron and answered the phone then she went right back to making my plate. When she was finished making my plate she rung me up taking my cash. Then she went directly to another customer to make there plate NEVER washing her hands. 🤮

I just wonder how long she has been doing that without washing her hands. I stayed for 30 minutes and not 1 time did she stop to wash her hands after touching the register...