Chen Express II — Restaurant in Vestavia Hills

I cannot stop raving about this restaurant. They seriously went above and beyond from start to finish. I really wanted some Chinese food, but I wasn't near my favorite location. This just happened to me the closest Chinese food to me and had really good reviews, so I decided to give it a chance. I walked in, and everything was very clean and organized. I was greeted immediately, and I placed an order for general TSO's chicken with fried rice, an egg roll, and crab rangoons. It took about 10 minutes for my food to come out, but while I was waiting, I noticed other customers were coming in. Each customer that came in, the woman behind the register, greeted them by name. She had obviously developed a relationship with these people and has repeat business. When my food was ready I took it to go. I was driving to Florida so I had to eat it in my car. I didn't start eating until 15 minutes after I left the store. It was still so hot that I couldn't hold the food on my lap. I had to have it on the dashboard and eat it. When I was finished, the dashboard was so hot from the chicken that I genuinely could not believe how hot the food was kept. The crab rangoons had to have been homemade. I've never had crab rangoons that tasted like that. You could actually taste the crab, and it was delicious. Egg roll was on point. And the general shows chicken. It was like this Chinese food restaurant got chicken breasts, cut them up, breaded them themselves, and made sauce from scratch. Everything tasted like it was 100% made at that store. I will say this Chinese food is a little bit more on the expensive side but it is worth every penny. The food fed me and my friend for 2 days. It's a large quantity with...

First time visiting because the Chinese food in my area has gone downhill, & my first impression is that even if the food was bad, I would come back simply because of how welcoming they are and how I felt like they were excited I came.

Coworker had the sesame chicken. He said it was good. I had Mongolian chicken & it was good. If they add a little spicy I'd probably say it was great. I'll order something spicy next time I go. Egg rolls tasted nice and fresh and perfectly crispy.

No complaints. I already see some stuff I want to try so after a few more trips there I'll update my review to give an overall impression on consistency. Which to me is...

I ordered house egg fu young as a carry out to give them a try based on reviews I read. I am happy to share with you that it was AWESOME, different from others I have had but that made it better. Instead of just getting a few big patties and some gravy much to my surprise it was packed with awesome vegetables and gravy along with two patties matched up with the white rice I was a very happy camper in my hotel room and for the price I think I came out as good as you could ever imagine or better. I would recommend them and probably visit them again before I leave this week to try one other item out on the...