Oriental Express — Restaurant in Shasta Lake

My first impression of the restaurant is that they had a nice variety of foods and the dining area looked pretty nice. I took pics while waiting for our order to share my observations; i'll get back to this later.

Food is pretty good for the price. Large portions, food seems to be prepared at such a fast pace. The vegetables are placed in each dish rather chunky so it is pretty difficult to serve with the simple plastic utensils that they provide you with. We ordered the almond chicken, the potstickers, the general tao chicken, the vegetable fried rice, the pork chow mein and brocoli beef. My favorite was the potstickers, almond chicken and general tao chicken and pork chow mein). I ordered mostly from reading the reviews that others had posted so thanks to the other foodies like me.) the were a party of 4 not including a young child (4.5) The child was really keen on the potstickers. Anyways, based on reviews i understand why people generally eat out bc they lack proper serving spoons, food isn't well mixed; u have a fork and spoon and styrofoam plates. The portions themselves were so big that i think our party could still be eating the leftovers for two more days. The bill came to about 90$. Really really cheap; think that the restaurant owners are really humble and considerate to customers. Even the cold refrigerated drinks near the cash register for customers to buy are thoughtfully priced and less than you'd expect to pay for bottled drinks in other restaurants. I could see us coming back. I recommend this restaurant to others for being a honest...

I don’t know how this place has these reviews. I ask for a mango tea they gave me a mango smoothie. When I told her I had asked for a mango tea she said it comes blended, lmao. When did that happen, it clearly says in their menu mango tea with or with boba and underneath it it has smoothies. The was not good at all I only ate a bit because I was starving and even then I even caught some allergic reaction since my throat started feeling tight. Not sure what they are cooking with or if they cooked the calamari where they cook the shrimp. I also stated to her I was allergic to shrimp when she offered shrimp. I highly don’t recommend this place! I literally ate a bit of it after my long drive down from Tacoma, WA because I was hungry and already paid $31 and change for it. After I through the rest away which was almost everything and the smoothie as well. When they saw that they just said have a nice day lmao. Whatever! I don’t right much reviews but i needed to...

Great food, tons of meat for the price, you'll have leftovers Great service

I love this place! Any time in Shasta Lake, I always go there. They give so much meat in their dishes for the price it's set to.

With inflation making it nearly impossible to eat out and afford to have what we'd expect as the normal amount of meat in a dish, I'm so happy that there are still some businesses that manage to keep their prices low while not cutting their protein servings in half.

It's also cooked and ready to go within minutes while being delicious. My go-to with Chinese food is Beef Broccoli, I've had high-end to low-end versions, and theirs is great!

My bf ordered shrimp fried rice. Their shrimp was huge and perfectly cooked to the ideal texture!

Their sides like the chicken, they give you a TON. Overall great food for an affordable price, and you'll probably have leftovers.

Great friendly...