Mandarin Express Restaurant — Restaurant in Virginia

I used to get food here and thought it pretty good in the 1st few years that I moved to Madison. But I hadn't tried them for awhile. But I came recently and ordered a combination dinner for takeout. Got home,my broccoli &beef was just ok. The egg roll old,tough. But the worse fried rice ever! It really was just steamed rice with soy sauce! Not 1 speck of egg, 1 pea or any vegetable!! I took it back. I complained that what I got was Not "fried rice",but just brown steamed rice or rice with soy sauce. She sd that I got fried rice. I explained that any "fried rice"I'd ever got had a little egg &some veggies in it. But she sd everywhere make it different, this was how their "fried rice" is. I asked for a full refund and give bk rest of food,No. I asked for half. No,They would not refund even part of my money (I'd ate half of Broc/bf). I said "Even if everyone makes Fried Rice different, theirs is not fried rice. That it had been traditional way when ever I got it in the past. But I think that nite it was late, they were out and didn't feel like making more and just put soy sauce in steamed rice. But to keep telling me that is how they make theirs now, and it "is fried rice "is wrong! And that I will never order from there and will write a bad review because people should know they won't get the good food they expect! I don't know how they can afford to still be in business. I noticed that when I came in to order, there were no customers eating in,and no one came in to pick up any orders while i was there. And the same thing when I returned! So don't waste...

My husband and I called in an order. It was a terrible experience and worst option to pick to get food from. Most definitely over priced for the low quality of food it was. Ordered combination chow mein, dumplings, chicken wings, and vegetable fried rice. First off, the chow mein was disgusting and looked like slops in a container. No noodles at all!!! They gave a little bag of the crispy things that go in the soups for it. It tasted like it was frozen and heated back up. I could not eat it. It was disgusting and unappealing. The chicken wings tasted old with no flavor and like they were put in an air fryer to be heated back up. The dumplings were good sized. They tasted like a dumpling was supposed to, and with good sauce. They were the best thing out of it all. The vegetable rice was tolerable except it tasted like it was all doused in soy sauce with strings of egg throughout it. The place itself was terrible and looked run down. Nobody was even at the counter when we walked in. It didn’t look or even feel like it was a place to eat. Worst experience ever. Would not recommend it at all!! Totally regret wasting our time and money. !! Had already threw the chow mein out before I took pictures. It...

Worst sesame chicken I've ever had. It was obviously cooked long (long) before I put in my order. I've seen some restaurants do this--they make a pile of cooked chicken and then add sauce and heat it a little in the wok when orders come in. This was disgustingly old tasting, and had that stale-crispy texture to it that 2-day old leftovers get. They need to stop doing this and actually bother to fry it fresh for people.

I kept it at two stars instead of one because all the other dishes had good flavor, and they seem to be the only Chinese restaurant in the area that knows not to cut people's lo mein...