China Express

Small family owned Chinese restaurant with friendly service and fresh, far-​above-​average food. Definitely the best in Delmarva, worth a drive from Ocean City or Rehoboth. Our family happens to think it offers better food than any Chinese restaurant from DC to Baltimore to Annapolis. Zhe who often is there running the place, is very friendly and witty. They willingly customize orders to your liking. Food is fresh, served hot, and really delicious. Great place for vegetarians and vegans (they will make purely vegetarian gravy/​sauce with no beef or chicken stock usually used even for vegetable dishes in Chinese cooking). Also it’s very pleasant to sit in the restaurant, nice décor and clean – a big step up from the typical Chinese restaurant. Note: it is a small restaurant and gets crowded on weekend evenings, even in the off season, so calling ahead for a table is advisable. Highly recommend.

China express has been a favorite of ours for many years. Zee and his family are wonderful and take great care of the locals as well as visitors. The food is excellent. They stayed open so my husband and I could get a late dinner after traveling all day. Thanks Zee, you’re the best.

Best chinese food in the area!!! The fried rice is fresh made, tender, and beautifully seasoned. General Tso’s is crispy and delish. Wonton had thick noodles and tasted fresh and yummy. We will definitely eat here again. The décor is pretty plain and seating is limited, but who cares when the food is wonderful. A+.

We moved here 2 months ago and this is the best meal I’ve had in Bethany Beach. It will be our regular Chinese spot going forward. It’s fantastic!

Best Chinese food I have ever had hands down! Z and his family are great and very accommodating. It is definitely a local favorite.

I (and my parents) was looking forward to trying China Express for two reasons: first of all, last year during a trip to Bethany Beach, I called them to try to order dinner at around 5:30. I was told they weren’t accepting any orders because they had way too many orders waiting to be filled. We thought wow, this place must have delicious food. The second reason was their 4.5÷5 stars rating on Unilocal!So THIS year, we ordered Kung Pao Chicken, Orange beef, and a shrimp dish. The orange beef was average, passable – pretty much okay. The Kung Pao chicken was a disaster. There was BARELY ANY chicken pieces in it. I swear, the dish was 90% vegetables and peanuts, and 10% chicken. We were sitting at the table, scraping through the container trying to find pieces of chicken. REALLY!!! Chicken is a cheap meat, my dear – there should have been MUCH more chicken in a dish called Kung Pao CHICKEN. Ours should have been called Kung Pao veggies and peanuts. The shrimp dish was mediocre – again, there was a huge deficit of the small, sad shrimp. Like the Kung Pao dish, it was seriously lacking in its title protein. THIS dish should have been called «Find the Shrimp.»
I am seriously wondering why there are so many 4 and 5 star reviews of this place. Maybe these people doling out the great reviews come from an area that does not have many great Chinese restaurants? Maybe their idea of excellent Chinese means a bunch of noodles or some fried rice? Who knows? I am perplexed at the high rating here. I definitely am not planning on returning to China Express. We didn’t take it too hard because the prices were not outrageous.

After sampling the area’s Chinese restaurants, my wife and I have found this to be THE place. The food is consistently delicious, the owner and staff are courteous and friendly, and the prices are in line. Lots of choices for meat eaters, seafood lovers and vegetarians.
They get super busy in the tourist season, so plan accordingly.
Love the duck sauce in the maple syrup dispensers on each table! Funny stuff…
Enjoy.

Came in at 5pm on a mid-​June Sunday. Three people at one table so we thought we would eat in until we noticed that all tables were reserved. We ordered the happy family with fried rice, crab rangoon and some soups. It was ready in 15 minutes. Sad to say the soups were so gelatinous to be simply inedible — way too much corn starch and no flavor. The crab rangoon was passable with the orange sauce. The happy family was a bit gluey like the soups but the flavor was good. The fried rice was OK. Sad to say, we will probably not going back.

Great food Lo Mein was amazing and the service was top notch will always go here for Chinese food.

Can’t believe we’ve been driving past this little gem for four years and never stopped in. Some of the best Chinese food I’ve had in a long time… piping hot, fresh ingredients and all-​white-​meat chicken dishes. Pleasant and professional service as well.
China Express is going into the regular rotation!

Everytime I visit my family in Dagsboro I have to make the trip to China Express! It’s a couple towns over but definitely worth the drive. Moo Shu Pork is my go to but I have tried several things on the menu and non of them disappoint! The owners are super friendly and happy to alter dishes to your liking.
I read another review about the phone having a message saying they were behind 2 hours, and couldn’t take any orders. I myself received the same message. Did that stop me? No way! When a pregnant girl is craving something, she gets it! I drove there and was willing to beg them to make my food but didn’t have to. I placed my order and got my food surprisingly fast.
So my advice to anyone who receives the same message I did, if you want it that bad go and order in person. They have the freshest and tastiest Chinese food that I have ever had. This place is worth checking out if you haven’t done so already!

Want to love this place, but after this week they’ve lost my business. Walk in at 5.00pm on Monday for a table for 2 three hour wait because of supposed reservations when the place looks empty, ok the website says they don’t take reservations. Fair enough, went somewhere else. So I try to order carry out tonight and I get an automated message that they cannot process any orders right now and that carryout is a two hour wait, ridiculous. The food may be good but this place obviously doesn’t know how to run a business. Plenty of other options available.

For a vacation town, I was really impressed with the quality of this Chinese food.
The ingredients all appeared and tasted fresh, the dishes were delightfully tasty, and this place genuinely surprised.
They have about 8 tables in the dining room and it’s cramped. I decided to place a take away order and wait while it was prepared.
Dealing with the host was a pain as other patrons would crowd in front of the desk. So instead of kindly moving to the side, I had to shout my order over the other guests.
The host was very friendly and made sure not to forget utensils or chop stix.
Only disappointment with the experience was the egg roll. Just not made with a material I would enjoy. The filling wasn’t my taste. Otherwise I really loved their white meat, fresh sesame chicken, and their fried rice.
Definitely a place I’ll return to in future visits.

This is a wonderful little place. I was intrigued by the high Unilocal ratings so we decided to check this place out. Beware they are closed on Tuesdays and are a small but extremely popular place so the first time I tried to order, I received a automated recording that they were too busy to accept more orders. So on my next attempt, I placed an order at 4pm to pick up at 5.
I spoke to the owner who was just a wonderfully nice and helpful man. He made suggestions and offered to make my order with more vegetables if I liked. He explained what was in each dish so I could make
modifications if I so desired. The vibe of the restaurant is incredibly friendly. The owner greeted people by name.
The two dishes he suggested were my favorite: the orange chicken was so good. He also made us a rice noodle dish that wasn’t on the menu. It was also wonderful.
A few of the standard chinese take-​out dishes were mild for my taste, but still very fresh and enjoyable. We will definitely try this place again next time we are in Bethany Beach!
Oh, not sure what’s up with the $ rating. This place was in the $$ range.

Some of the best chinese good we’ve had. The chicken was so fresh and was visibly large chunks of white meat– not like any other chinese food I’ve ever eaten. The gentleman working and taking orders was extremely friendly and really took care of us when we were enjoying the food. Will definitely be back the next time I’m in the Bethany beach area. So Delish!

Oh how I yearn for my yearly visits back to the place I grew up at. China Express is definitely a day one stop for me. I eat here just about every day when I am visiting home. Best chinese food on the planet. I have tried places from Los Angeles to Bethany Beach and nobody does it better than Zhe and the family. I dare you, no. I DOUBLE DARE YOU, to tell me about a better chinese spot.

China Express
Solid lunch specials.
If you eat takeout Chinese,
you are familiar with the lunch special.
I happen to like Fried Tofu with Snow Peas — China Spicy.
It is not on a lunch special or any menu anywhere,
matter of fact it is not very special, it’s pretty basic.
However, it is what I like & lots of times when I order it,
it sucks, Thus, I only get it at the place close to home.
The owner takes your order @ China Express.
He is super cool and runs a sharp shop.
The food was prepared perfectly.
I will be back.
It’s nice know of another tasty Chinese Takeout.

The BEST Chinese food at the beach. Even if you’re not near Bethany, it’s totally worth the drive. The staff is really cool and they are more then happy to accommodate your needs. The food is always very fresh and seafood dishes are cooked perfectly. Weekends in the summer are super busy and they will stop taking phone orders if the wait is too long. Get there early!

We go on a regular basis, once a week for sure ! Our kitchen was being renovated ! We went more those few weeks. By far best Chinese on Delmarva ! Z is sweet !

Place is clean, food is very good and staff is EXTREMELY friendly and down to Earth. Exactly everything you look for in a restaurant. I had the General Tso’s chicken and loved the fact that they used 100% white meat chicken instead of the typical dark/​chewy type of chicken. They definitely show that the customer is their #1 priority. Highly recommend this restaurant to anyone visiting Bethany Beach.