Mandarin Express

I have been going here for a couple of years and this place is by far one of the best Chinese restaurants in the leesburg if not the best. The service is extremely friendly, reliable, and efficient and the Buffett offers all you can eat a above average Chinese food for a low affordable rate including delicious fried shrimp to die for. The location and the restaurant size doesn’t do this place any justice but the friendly service, the food, and the price definitely make up for it.

I used to order chinese food here three years ago, and I was in the area so I thought to myself why not. I entered the restaurant and I was happy to say they remembered who I was. That enough is worth 5-​stars.

The bottled beer is fine as long as you like Heineken. Avoid the fried wontons.

Well, I’m on my tour of Leesburg’s restaurants, and today I decided to stop by here for lunch.
I was here for the buffet, which is quite inexpensive — with tip, it comes out to $ 8.
I was seated by the waitress who was fine. I went off to get my first plate only to find someone had moved my magazine and newspaper from one table to another table.
The chicken dishes were OK, although the beef and egg roll were mediocre, and the spiced shrimp was just not any good. I suspect some of the food issues were due to me showing up at 12:30 — you always want to try a buffet early on. It’s for this reason I’m not giving it one star (I also figure they can at least get a single dish, like kung pao, or General Tso’s, OK.)
Nonetheless, I wouldn’t want to go back there again unless someone I was with insisted on going.

The buffet here is pretty good.

if i could give it less stars i would. got here quick though. the pancakes for the peking duck were still in the actual bag from the store. but first off the spring rolls were not crisp at all. chewy and soggy almost like they were microwaved with a whole stick of celery thrown in. the general tsos bean curd was the same. very soggy, the peking duck was dry, chewy and flavorless… the rice and fortune cookie was decent though. i’d stay away

this food is okay. i have had way better chinese food… plus I hate going in somewhere and they speak there language and you have no clue what they say! sucks…there white rice is to starchy!

We used to order from here and we love it they have great prices and great food.

This place has changed owners a few times now. With each change I’d expect it to get better. I have not been here since it’s been under this management. Well as most know my standard judging for a new Chinese restaurant is the Hot and Sour Soup, Kung Pao Chicken, and Mapo Tofu. On this visit, it was the Hot and Sour Soup and Kung Pao Chicken.
I was actually surprised to see that they had a dinner combo special. The special included soup and an egg roll. I ordered the Kung Pao Chicken special for $ 8.50 not too bad. I first went to the bathroom. Hmmm… scary…I will say this, it was quite amusing to see the two pictures of women in lingerie. Also, if you are doing a #2, there are plenty of magazines for you to peruse through. The bathroom could use a good scrubbing.
When I got out, my soup was there. No crackers though. No biggie, I’m not a big fan of them anyways. The soup was very bland, it really had no flavor. Tasted like water with a hint of vinegar. Next came out the kung pao. Now this dish came out way to fast. I wasn’t even a through my soup. This led me to 2 conclusions. They do have a lunch buffet the run there, but that was shut down and put a way. Now back to my conclusions. First they make big batch of the commonly made foods and just reheat it as necessary or 2 it was left over from the lunch buffet. This is the reasoning. If the chicken is fresh, then the chicken should be moist or soft to the bite. When I took a bit he was very hard and very dry. Have you ever had cold Chinese food the next day. If you get kung pao chicken it’s hard to chew and dry. Well that’s exactly what this tasked like. It seems this was sitting out for a while and they just threw it in the wok to heat it up. The basic kung pao flavor was not there. Tasted dry, hard, and over cooked. I wasn’t about to send back, because I really wasn’t in the mood to deal with it. If I had to rank the order of my food. It would be this.
1. Fortune Cookie
2. Cup of water
3. Egg roll
4. White rice
5. Hot and Sour Soup
6. Kung Pao Chicken
So, now I can scratch this place off my list of restaurants in Leesburg. I still have a lot to go until I hit them all. Maybe their buffet is better, but I couldn’t tell you. I don’t think I’m willing to try.

My husband and I ordered from here and his chicken dish came out ok and my fried rice smelled like a stinky sock. I was craving fried rice and it smelled so foul I had to throw it out :(
Will not order from there again.