Frannie’s Express

Yes it’s cheap, fast and taste alright, but it got my mom and I both hella sick! Never again.

Love it, it’s totally worth your money. Service is fast and foods always served fresh. Regular spot when im in town. I’d recommend it to friends and family. Already recommended the one on Harder

Mediocre town, mediocre food, and then there’s the services that falls below that. Oh Hayward…
Thought the two stars were a bit generous; really a 1.5

This is based solely on the customer service or lack there of. I haven’t even tried the food that’s sitting in my car, next to me. When I walked in, I wasn’t greeted at first. Eventually a woman took my order and I greeted her first by saying hello and she didn’t respond. I placed my order and when it was time to pay (there was a woman who was already there ordering and I assumed they would have her pay first) the woman waved me over. I asked for the total and she pointed to the registered and answered very rudely the total. After I paid her, I said thank you and again no response so I repeated myself and she said yeah okay. I asked for a utensil and soy sauce and was told they were in the bag. I checked and they were not and I told her and she handed me a fork. I asked again for soy sauce and she handed me one pack. I asked for one more and she became annoyed and asked very rudely how many more? I repeated one more please and she handed it to me. I told her there was no need to be rude and wished that I could return the food but I had to get going. The customer who was in there told me they are very rude all of the time and they began speaking in another language and I told them I wouldn’t be back and would be Unilocaling them ASAP.

MSG is used in their food be aware. They confirmed it was present in all the food down to the chow mein. I had experienced intense leg cramps from the MSG I felt horrible after eating. considering a fresher alternative

This place at first seemed like a really nice restaurants only thing that bothers me is the customer service is horrible the people there are very rude and don’t look like they like the job much honestly don’t know why they’re very rude today I went there and there was a hair in my food the lady looked at me and laughed I don’t think it’s a laughing matter I was very upset and they’re talking in another language is laughing very upset me I wouldn’t recommend this place to anywhere even if they’re cheap

Been here couple times but slowly I see the taste of food is not as good as before when they first opened up the customer service which is dreadful along with the food the Kung pao chicken is not as spicy and flavorful. chicken tastes gamy. at times I used to get string beans and chicken and the string beans would be soggy and bbq chicken would be dry and chewy. Chicken wings and fried fish are ok appetizers there. I guess this is the new standard of cheap Chinese express food is all about.

Great place to go for Chinese fast food. It’s a step up from Panda Express, and their BBQ chicken is AMAZING (actual delicious marinated barbecued boneless skinless chicken).
They packed as much food as they could into my container, until it was almost bursting out — one 2 item combo was $ 6 and enough food for 2 meals for me.
Highly recommend this place for good Chinese fast food.

Just came back from this place, service was bad from the beginning. Their is a older lady that just gave me attitude from the beginning and I was actually being nice so that got me a little upset but still kept my kool. Next time I’ll just go to Panda Express the difference wasn’t much but I always like to support the small mom and pop places but lately I feel they have no customer service and don’t care if I take my money elsewhere. To end my luck I found a hair on my food so I can’t really say how the food taste, because it went into my garbage money wasted and still hungry

Think Panda Express but a degree better.
I personally would drive a little further to go to the actual restaurant. Everything was just OK. I wouldn’t necessarily go and rave on and on about this place. The most I’d say is that if you’re hungry and need something cheap and quick then go ahead and go to Frannie’s Express.
Most of the food here is greasy and my stomach feels a bit uneasy after eating. There are two types of chow mein: one with thin noodles and one with thick noodles and fried rice. Then you go ahead down the line and choose what you want your sides to be. If you’re trying to eat healthy, don’t go here. Everything is just so dang greasy. Call the grease police puuuuhleease.
This place is good to go to if you’re on a budget and or are low on cash. Super cheap.

Should have been one star but staff was okay the day I was there and portions are humongous. Could have been two to three meals for me but better to throw the leftover because it was so bland. I love chicken wings but that was the tasteless wings I ever tried. Sorry but not returning.

Quick, Casual, Convenient.
That’s what Frannie’s Express is all about. As a vegetarian, I found it very hard for myself to find anything to eat. I thought the only thing I could eat was the chow mein. They had two different versions of it. So I ordered the one with the fatter noodles. I didn’t realize the chow mein had chicken in it. I was starving so I removed the chicken from the noodles. For the price and considering I had been craving chow mein, it wasn’t bad. To me, the amount of food I obtained (I ordered the large single entrée chow mein) which fed three people easily.
The only recommendation I have for the kitchen is to consider the vegetarian and vegan clientele. Basically everything that was ready-​to-​eat since it is a quick serve establishment had chicken or beef already in it, even the vegetables. Nothing except the white rice was truly considered vegetarian.
I’m not sure I’ll be back, but if they consider leaving out the poultry on a few items to make the dish vegetarian I’ll consider it again.

The food wasn’t bad the day I was there, but nothing was actually good, either. I ordered steamed white rice (from the kitchen) with Mongolian Beef and a bland Shrimp dish from the steam table. Portions were ample but the food wasn’t good enough to take the leftovers home and I threw away most of the meal.
I asked for soy sauce when I found none on my tray or the table and the server gave me ONE packet while looking off into the kitchen and screaming in Chinese. I haven’t specifically allocated 1 star off for bad food, 1 star off for being cheap with the soy sauce, 1 star gone due to surprisingly high prices for little value or 1 star specifically off for screaming during most of my meal.. . Nonetheless there is only 1 star left.
They EARNED that star, today, for not giving me ptomaine or salmonella. I’m just not sure you can make a business out of standards that low.

Large portions of heavy, greasy, tasteless food and the server is rude as f. If you’re looking for cheap food, McDonald’s is within walking distance.

So I used to work over at the K-​Mart across the way from this place, and in a pinch the cost was right and the food was alright. Usually the staff wasn’t rude, but sometimes they could be preoccupied with other things going on.
The food can be hit and miss some days, usually you cant go wrong with the salt and pepper fish or the teriyaki chicken. The chow mein can be pretty tasteless, as is the fried rice, but overall this is not a terrible place to hit up if you’re broke or running low on cash.

All I can say is «just don’t» find a $ 1.10 an item place it will be the same tastless crap. By the way the staff had no clue what dishes were called. Again drive by

In summary, this place is great if you’re looking to grab some okay, cheap Chinese food quickly.
Food: The best thing to get is their wonton soup as it’s made when ordered. Otherwise everything else is pre-​made waiting to be packaged in a combo meal and tastes pretty normal.
Place: Located near csueb so close place to grab lunch for students. It’s relatively clean inside. The staff are really nice and don’t skimp on portions (always end up with leftovers).

I thought it might be fun to try this new spot that recently opened. I was disappointed to find it is just another fast food take out joint. The food is nothing special, you just get lots of it. The college students might like it because you get two days worth of food for a very inexpensive price.
I ordered a two item combo with rice. The Teriyaki Chicken was edible, the Mongolian Beef was not. It was hard to find the grisly beef that was hidden in a huge pile of onions. The fried rice was blah and not very interesting. As much as I really hate to waste food, I ate a small portion and threw the rest away. It wasn’t worth saving for tomorrow’s lunch. I figure if I wasn’t wild about it today, I sure wouldn’t be tomorrow.
Think I’ll stick with Sunflower 2 or China Best for the local Chinese fix.

Generally, I don’t eat fast food chinese take out as it usually caters more to the demographic which usually is sweeter, saltier with lots of fried items with the basic items of chow mein, fried rice, eggrolls and potstickers loaded with MSG
Surprisingly, no MSG attack… decent pre-​prepared food on steam tables… nothing to wow about other than staff/​owner very friendly, welcoming and patient while trying to decide on the inexpensive lunch combos.
* Orange chicken with steam rice — $ 3.95 cheap! A little too sweet for me but good portion
* Chicken wings (10) — $ 4.95 — looked good but lacked flavor. But i might add this is one of the freshest fried wings… usually, the wings taste like old oil… not these.
If you’re looking for cheap chinese food with great customer service, come here!

Frannie’s Express is difficult to find. they are in the same building complex as an smog shop and mobile phone outfit. parking not so good either.
eats: fired rice or chow men and 2 entress (4.95)
–got mixture of rice and chow mein, fried rice definitlely leftovers,
chow mein ok. slight flavor
–curry chicken slightly curried, chicken not so fresh, veggies ok
–string bean crunchy and tasteless.
leftovers:
–lots of food but meh/​blah taste.
–msg not tasted except for the aftertaste.
–fast, friendly service
wouldn’t return
2ish stars