China Express

I would give zero stars, but that wasn’t an option. We have ordered delivery countless times, mainly because this is the only place that will deliver to our house. Tonight I attempted to order a dinner combo, but asked that the chicken and rice be placed in separate containers. I offered to pay for the extra container. I was refused by 2 different girls, then was told the manager is conveniently not in this evening. I made it clear I wasn’t asking for anything free or for more food, just 2 separate containers. I am literally dumbfounded that my request was denied. Will never order from this place again.

Not great food but not bad either. It’s typical Americanized Chinese cuisine. They do deliver and for me that’s a huge benefit. They offer all of the typical entrees and their portions are generous.
I just upgraded my review to five stars because TS’ bitchy review. I have been ordering food from this establishment for three years and have never had any issues. I think TS is a scumbag.

This place as absolutely ridiculous when it comes to delivering food. First of all when you call the language barrier is frustrating you have too repeat things several times so you are frustrated before you even hang up EVERY Time I order from this restaurant they forget something tonight rice, last time wontons and egg rolls. And when you call back you get to listen to the screaming children in the background while they discuss your order they come back on and say oh sorry you want it next time? NO I WANT IT NOW I want what I ordered and paid for. «Well its going to be another hour before we can get it back. SERIOUSLY? And they will bring the rice and nothing else. Not even a free we are sorry egg roll. The food is pretty good but all this frustration every single time we order is not worth it!

THEY CHARGE MORE THAN THEIR MENU
Just this week we had a menu delivered to our home. So we placed an order which before tax should total 22.05. They bill me for 29.32. (All before a $ 3 off coupon). I requested an itemized receipt so I could see the charges and they hand me a receipt that has the items ordered and a total. NO values and NO line for tax added.
We will never order again– if they can’t be trusted with the small things, how can I trust them with the important things in food prep?

This place has good Chinese food. My go-​to order here is the beef chop suey with crispy noodles.
The first time we ordered from this place they threw in a really cool calendar that was rolled up like a scroll and is now hanging the wall in our upstairs office.
I’ve never had bad food here but after checking out other places I can say it isn’t the best. The last time we ordered here my husband’s entrée was off– the meat was hard to chew and the sauce tasted funny.

There is no shortage of take-​out Chinese in the Charlotte area, and most are not memorable in any way. Truth be known, China Express fits into that category fairly well, because I completely forgot to write this review for quite a while, which would seem to make it lacking in any memorable way as well.
That said, the location is good, but it does suffer from being stuck in a horrible corner of the shopping center, sandwiched between Food Lion and Pizza Spiga, in a small opening that does not even really look like you can make it between the two sections of the parking lot (you can).
If you should happen to be cutting through, or looking for the place, you may want to stop in — because the food is actually decent for this sort of place, and unlike some others, they will not make you wait terribly long for said food. There is not a lot of space to sit in there and eat, but you probably would not want to do that anyway, right?