We order less oil and salt on all items cuz of my 90 yr old mom. We are 1st gen Chinese and tried this place for first time. Food is between authentic/ americanized. Of course this depends on what you order. My husband loves orange chicken everywhere we go. Needless to say he is not Chinese. read more

Cathay Express - Clockwise: Orange chix, house eggplant, Singapore rice stick noodle, house chow mein (thin noodle), green bean beef. - Chinese Near Me - Sacramento, California

Is there a different cook at Cathy Express? The chicken chow main wasn't the same the pork fried rice was old, you can taste it kinda hard n stale. My Mongolia beef had more onions in it tgat really over filled my plate than beef. The other plate was honey walnut shrimp, it was a B+ my plate D- read more

Cathay Express is delicious. I've been coming here for years and I've always received great customer service. Sometimes I would call my order in for pick up or if I am out an about I would just drive over and place my order. I love the their orange chicken and beef broccoli is always cooled to perfection and always so flavorful. The shrimp fried rice and chicken chow Mein are also my go to as well. The inside of the restaurant there isn't a lot a seating for dining in so if it's busy and it full expect to take you food to go or wait for the best available table. It definitely nothing special and they could spruce up the inside for sure. The portions are huge and well worth the price in my opinion. read more

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Here is my two cents on quantity quality in price. The food was delivered in a timely matter by GrubHub.. I ordered the Mongolian beef spicy along with two eggrolls . The eggrolls were you're pretty much standard of what you expect from other restaurantswith cabbage and what not.. They have about five different levels of heat. I requested the middle one of spicy. . it arrived in a standard to go container and was pretty good right off the back. He also gave me my additional four soy sauce along with additional hot sauce.... they were very good in following directions as to what I wanted and needed.. And one other big surprise, which I thought was a bonus they also gave me a fortune cookie Every other Chinese restaurant I've gotten have failed to do that little tidbit to make your day go happier . .. well, if you're looking for a good Chinese place, this is a great place to order from read more

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Glad they finally moved to doordash within the last three years or so, since I now leave much further. I've been offering from them since 2016 with the meat often lacking flavor and certain dishes being overly greasy. However, it serves as a decent option for a quick meal. The portion sizes are ample, but you may find it necessary to enhance the taste with additional seasoning. Personally, I tend to order the chow mein, salt and pepper fish--which is quite bland--or the salt and pepper wings, which offer a slight hint of spice but little else in terms of flavor. I no longer dine in, though the space is in my opinion wherr I am from consisted a hole in the wall. read more

I use to frequent this location until recently a few unfortunate experiences. It's clearly not fine dining, but they do provide food at a good value. The inside of the restaurant still resembles the pandemic being completely blocked off with a small waiting area and ordering through a window from a nice lady. read more

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Upping my review because the value is really good for the price, the service has been nice, and this is the only Chinese-type place that I know of in the area that does their green beans in the best way, making them wrinkly with a nice crunch. Although their eggplant with tofu strangely had a sweet sauce. read more

I usually do not post a 1-Star. However, my stomach hurts after eating here...for the third time. The last two times were a bit suspect because the food I ordered was saturated in grease: chow mein, fried spare ribs.... At other Chinese food spots...even Panda Express...the food is never (or rarely) greasy. The house fried rice and chicken drumsticks I ordered this evening were overcooked, grease saturated and lacked flavor. It's like that song by Sugarhill Gang...Rappers Delight..."and the chicken taste like wood." The chicken I purchased taste like straight up cardboard, and the house-fried rice pretty much taste the same. I could not eat my food. I threw it away unfortunately. ...and I hate wasting food. I wish I could get my money back.... NOTE: If you want some good Chinese food. I'd try Formosa Cafe, they have been at the same location for 40 years. Family recipes, kind service and quality food! read more

Excellent value. Got two combo plates. Sesame chicken, orange chicken and broccoli beef were good but the chow mein and fried rice were bland. read more

Had a combination plate. Chow mein noodles were overcooked and looked as if it's been prepared ahead for a long time. Main dish was okay but that chow mein really ruined the meal. read more

The Best Crab and Cream Cheese Rangoons Ever !!! Love this spot. Great portions and prices as well...

Nothing special, but the food is 3.5. My son likes the Won Ton soup. It's convenient and carry out orders are ready very quickly.

Portions were very generous, not skimpy on meat at all like some of the chinese takeouts i tried. Ordered thru the phone and service was smooth and fast. read more

It wasn't the worse in the world. My boyfriend and I are new to the area and my favorite Chinese food spot is across town. I decided to give some in the area a try, starting with Cathay. I called in an order for 2 combo plates and an order of regoons. They had everything done within 10 minutes. The food was aight. I wouldn't feed the chow mein to my dog to be honest, next time I'll get all rice. The Mongolian bbq was so watery, unlike the picture posted. The star of the show were the ragoons! They were so crispy! Obviously imitation crab but I'm definitely willing try them again just because of those. read more

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Doordash order. Food was alright. The Mongolian Beef had lots of oil in the broth. Hot and Sour Soup was bland and watered down, not the typical clear your sinus and flavorful soup. The Salt and Pepper Chicken (Boneless)) was not peppery or spicy. It had 5 slices of Jalapeno placed on top. The Orange Chicken was typical flavored. read more

I had just moved to the area, but am familiar with the strip mall cause of another awesome place next door. I wanted Chinese food, so why not give it a try? Ordering online was a little confusing- I'm glad they give the option for small and large plates, but I didn't know I was getting small plates until I actually started clicking on items. I was wondering why the prices were so low! I ordered a combo plate with steamed rice, veg chow mein and eggplant with tofu. I can deal with the veg chow mein cause eggplant with tofu is one of my faves. Also ordered small beef chow fun and salt and pepper chicken. Good news, food was done quickly. Unfortunately, most of the food was really bland. Like, really bland. I'm not sure if it was because the small plates threw off the seasoning, but the chow mein was missing, the chow fun was meh, the eggplant tofu was not spicy, and salt n pepper chicken was dry. Overall I was more disappointed than anything. If I ever return, I'll try some different dishes. read more

Why was this place empty on a Friday during lunch time?!?! The food was absolutely amazing and service was great and super fast. read more

Cathay Express - Orange chicken, Broccoli Beef, Honey Shrimp, BBQ Pork Fried Rice - Chinese Near Me - Sacramento, California

Huge disappointment. I usually eat at Ming Palace, Lucky Wok, Green Jade, Bel Air, or New Rice Bowl. If you are looking for somewhere new to try, don't do it here. I seriously question the good reviews. *chicken Chow Mein & pork fried rice were too salty and had no meat or vegetables in them - none! Zero! Zip! I don't know how they get repeat business when this is how they serve staples!. The noodles were oily and doughy, and the rice was broken and a shockingly small portion. *S&S pork and orange chicken where sickly sweet, obviously from frozen. Totally edible, but you can get better quality from the frozen section at the supermarket. *honey shrimp was deep fried prawns, lots of dough. It's nothing like Honey Walnut shrimp anywhere else. It was the worst, I can't believe they serve this and charge money for it. Very doughy and oily. *Curry chicken had a decent, albeit salty, flavor, but it was mostly vegetables and only small bits of chicken. The prices are only slightly lower than other places, and the food quality is very low by comparison. Also, maybe restaurants don't think it matters, but a good fortune cookie is a nice touch. *fortune cookies were ultra thin and flavorless. This is what budget fortune cookies taste like. read more

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We LOVE Cathay Express!!! The customer service is amazing, they're always pleasant when I call to place an order, and they really care about providing customers with delicious Chinese food!!! Our food is always hot, fresh, and ready within minutes of ordering, not to mention their serving sizes are huge. We have been going here for several years and they never disappoint. Our whole family loves the beef broccoli, sweet & sour chicken, honey chicken, orange chicken, generals chicken, fried rice, chow mein, potstickers, crab cream cheese wontons, eggrolls, wonton soup......I could keep listing all the delicious foods we've eaten from here. I encourage you to give this family owned business a try, hopefully you'll enjoy it as much as my family does. read more

The food taste ok but they do need to work on phone call order they are not nice !! She did was too busy to take my order to and go on line ?? I like wtf but any way I only had 30 min for lunch and 10 min to go their get order and 10 back to work and 10 for ten minutes!! It would be lot faster if she would taken over the phone ! No where to seat and eat by the way !! read more

I believe it's closed down. The restaurant was a small window type place. Not a done in more take out than anything.

This is going to be a long review. Stick with me. First, I used the Yelp Eat/24 app because I'm nosy and I like to try new things. I like that you can go into the menu and order straight from there. Once I placed my order and selected pick up because I live right around the corner, it sent me an email to tell me my order is confirmed. Then I wait. And wait. And wait. After about 20 minutes I push the message button and a friendly text says hello. I check on my order and the friendly text lets me know that they called the restaurant and my order is ready. So off I go I ordered a combo #6, and wonton soup. The green beans in the combo were excellent, nice and fresh and crisp. The meet was a bit bland. The fried rice was on the dry side, but the chicken chow mein was good. The wonton soup disappoints. Before I got home I checked and made sure there were wontons in it. If you're Sandra Bullock fan you know what I'm talking about . The soup had lots of wontons in it, some fresh pieces of broccoli, shrimp, chicken and pork. Yet still, the broth had absolutely no flavor. I ate the wontons and the broccoli, some of the shrimp (shrimp get rubbery when cooked too long). I ended up giving the meat and broth to my dog, who happily ate it for me. I won't be ordering it again. The fortune cookie did not disappoint, and hopefully these will be my lucky numbers. The portions are big, and if you're looking for not so bad Chinese food for a good price, this is your place. Everything just lacks in flavor, I feel they are too Americanized. I don't often post about parking, but I will today. We drove into a slot that said zero minute parking. Not sure what that means, but the minute I get back in my car that was running because I was not driving, there was a person behind us honking. There are other parking spaces. I have finished my meal and it's been a while, and my confirmation is still showing "your meal is confirmed". Don't wait for a message that tells you your meal is ready for pick up, it's never coming. At the restaurant they told me the meal was ready after five minutes. Synopsis: come here for filling, but not seasoned Chinese food that has fresh vegetables. Watch what happens if you park in the zero minute parking slots. If you use the Eat24 app, let someone deliver your food, otherwise it will get cold while you're waiting for the pick up message. read more

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Solid quick Chinese American food. I love how they have reasonable priced combos for the customers. Food has flavor and the owners are good people. The drumstick was a little too big for my liking though lol. read more

Got the combo plate 3 and a side of orange chicken for lunch. Chowmein was extremely plain, BBQ pork fried rice was good, had some flavor but the peas were a bit hard and the Mongolian beef was very salty. Super disappointed about the orange chicken, I chose the spice level to be very spicy but it seemed to be very sweet, soggy and overloaded with sauce. Wouldn't try again. read more

Amazing food and huge portions! We've been looking for good Chinese food, closer to home so it would be hot when we got there. Mission accomplished and then some. Everything was fresh tasting and flavorful. Excellent service, too! read more

Always a go to while at work for lunch. They are quick to deliver and food is great. Reasonable prices and nice staff. Definitely refer others and will continue ordering from here. read more

Used to be my go to but quality has really gone downhill also service seems to be a bother to the worker.

I am still loving this restaurant after many deliveries and some to go orders. My go to is Mongolian Beef spicy, curry chicken with broccoli, shrimp fried rice spicy and a few egg rolls. The food arrives hot and with all the condiments. Also the delivery staff is so sweet. They deliver themselves. $20 and up. I live near Watt and Whitney and they are on Cottage and Fulton in Arden Arcade. They never complain about delivering to our part of AA. I also need to mention their prices are sooo reasonable. And they offer small and large al la carte dishes, combo meals, and sushi rolls! Yes. Their website is very helpful and even though you can order online, I always just call. I love how they price their eggrolls at $1/piece. If it's just me I get 2 if more people I can order what I want. I appreciate their loyal patronage during this whole COVID time too. Thank you Cathay Express!!! See pics here or in photo gallery. read more

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I'd been wanting to order food from Cathay Express for a while and ordered food for delivery recently. I'm glad I finally did! They do orders through Grubhub and you can also order through their website, however I called to place my order by phone. The gentleman who took the order was friendly and helpful. They offer free delivery service, which is a big plus! Super easy, contactless delivery-- Our food arrived in about 45 minutes and the man who delivered the food placed the food on the stool I set outside my door. The food was packed really well and with care. We had egg rolls, crab cheese wontons, vegetable egg foo young, small orders of chicken fried rice and vegetable chicken... all very tasty! Portion sizes are good and we had left overs for the next day. Prices are reasonable. Will for sure be ordering from Cathay Express again when craving Chinese food! read more

It sucks that there aren't very many good chinese to go restaurants left in Sac, and I now remember why I only order hot n sour soup from here. On a Sunday around 730pm this was my only option, said why not give it another try 3rd times a charm right? Nope! Got the sesame chicken combo with an order of cream cheese crab wontons for my appetizer. Wontons are flat triangles which isn't bad, but they taste like they add a huge helping of sugar or corn syrup. So sweet! Cannot eat them, attempted adding soy sauce, but it didn't help. Very little chow main in my box, but thankful as noodles were very over cooked and mushy, and not flavorful at all. Sesame chicken looked decent but tasted like fried chicken coated in soy sauce with sesame seeds sprinkled on top. Two stars is for being open, and the order came out fast. read more

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TL;DR: Cathay Express is the absolute best, and you should do yourself a favor and order now. Where do I even start? I frickin' love this place. Cathay Express is a godsend. We discovered them about three years ago when my husband and I moved to Sacramento. It took one takeout order to get us hooked. Now, we order food from them (no joke) AT LEAST once a week because they're so good, so affordable, and so quick and friendly for delivery. They shut down for a short period of time when COVID first hit, and we were literally counting down the days until they reopened. Speaking of COVID, we mostly use their super fast in-house delivery service (yay for no Doordash!), but the few times we have gone in to pick up food, everything is squeaky clean inside. Everyone wears masks. They even built a plexiglass register guard themselves. They're taking the whole thing seriously, which is much appreciated. The folks who work there are always friendly and kind too. Our place is really hard to see from the street, and delivery folks tend to get frustrated finding us. Cathay delivery folks have always been super nice about it, and now they know our place well! This is all well and good, but let's be real. When it comes to establishing a killer Chinese food restaurant, it's all about the food. And holy crap is Cathay's food amazing. I've tried a huge chunk of their menu at this point (including the sushi and Japanese food), and it is all spot on. My current favorite is the bbq pork fried rice (that comes with almost every combo plate) and the honey shrimp. But there's seriously so much good stuff that it's hard to pick sometimes. Even when I went vegetarian for a few months, Cathay still hooked me up with tastiness with their eggplant tofu. I still get it sometimes it's so good. I could go on for days about how great this place is. Just try them ASAP. You won't regret it :) read more

I really liked our food from Cathay express. Very generous portions for the price. Chicken and green beans so yum-chicken so tender and green beans fresh and cooked perfectly. Great potstickers, I liked that they had some kick. Took off a star because the chow main was a bit greasy and salty, tho my kids liked it! read more

I'm beginning to think to myself that there must be something in the water with the quality of food on the block of Cottage Way and Fulton Ave. (in the Arden-Arcade neighborhood of Sacramento). Because the two other food establishments that I visited (that are in this same little strip mall), "Ocean Fish & Chips" and "Dugout Delicatessen" were also very excellent choices. And now this takes me to "Cathay Express" which offers a large variety of Chinese food as well as a few Japanese dishes. I came here on a Saturday afternoon (around 12:00pm) with my mother and brother as we all decided to stop here for lunch. Upon entering, there was not a single customer in the restaurant. But considering the respectable amount of above average Yelp reviews, I was not a wee bit worried. The inside is your typical cookie cutter styled restaurant; not too big and not too small. I did like some of the decor as there were unique Oriental pictures throughout. And as a very nice touch, the tables had some amazing artwork embedded into them. Since the restaurant itself doesn't have a "wow" factor from an aesthetic perspective, this definitely made up for it. As I was more in the mood for sushi, I decided on trying their "S4" (Sushi Express Combination Plate) which consisted of their "Spider Roll" and "Cathay Roll" (for $11.95). My brother goes the Chinese route and orders their Combo #3 which is their "Mongolian Beef w/BBQ Pork Fried Rice & Chicken Chow Mein" (for $6.95). My mother keeps her meal simple by ordering a large bowl of their "Wor Wonton Soup" (for $6.50). All three of our meals come out in different sequences but all within a 5-minute time frame. As far as my sushi combination plate, the picture I took does not do any justice. Because of all the sushi rolls I've eaten in my time, these rolls are absolutely HUGE! And considering you're getting not one but two rolls for less than $12, this is one hell of a bargain. But I didn't want to get my hopes up too much until eating the first bite. First with the spider roll; there were very generous amounts of crab where you actually get a ton of meat inside. And now onto the Cathay roll; the deep-fried shrimp also had a ton of actual shrimp where the rice and sauces is not overpowering. In my opinion, both of these rolls were on point as I got extremely filled up for the rest of the afternoon. My brother also raved about his entree as he mentioned the Mongolian beef was cooked and seasoned to perfection. He also gave two thumbs up on the fried rice as there was a good amount of pork in it. And finally, my mother loved the Wor Wonton soup as there was a generous amount of pork as well as shrimp while the broth tasted extremely delicious. So basically, we were all sold on these three entirely different entrees all packed into one review. Overall, "Cathay Express" is a legit little place that you would never think of it being here unless you actually pull into the parking lot. The service was above average while the prices on all their food was very reasonable, especially with the amount of food you get. Since my brother enjoyed his meal, I definitely want to try their Chinese dishes the next time I'm here. This was a very unanimous five-star rating for a nice little hidden gem! read more

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Best chinese food in area! Service is okay! No dine-in option. I like their honey shrimp. It was really good

Just ordered from this place for the first time on Grubhub. I was very surprised that for only $9.95. I could get a combo meal with chicken chow mein, pork fried rice, and sweet-and-sour pork. I also ordered some potstickers. Most restaurants on GrubHub or DoorDash up-charge their food so I thought what I paid for what I got was really good. The food was great. Generous portion. Glad I tried this place. read more

My favourite thing to get here is the Shrimp Egg Foo Young and the Fillet Fish. Good price for the amount of food you get too.

If you're looking for a fast, inexpensive, delicious Chinese lunch or foods to go at anytime. Cathay Express is the place to go! Parking is easy in most of the time. But every now and then the parking lots is full! But you can always park your car in front he next parking lot connected to the parking lot of Cathay Express. The area is safe. The restaurant itself is old but very clean. It is a family run restaurant. The waitress is very nice and attentive! The lunch is a very good deals. Big and tasty! I'm sure with MSG! Lol! I come here for lunch when I'm hungry and they never disappoint me. read more

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Excellent food. Prices are very good and they give you a lot. The only complaint I have is they don't offer dine in ever since COVID19 happened. They only have carry out or delivery. read more

I ordered through Yelp and had a great experience. It was a Sunday night about 6:40 pm, they close at 8. The order was very easy and I love that I was able to see pictures of what I was going to order (the eyes are the doors to my stomach). It said the wait time would be 45~55 minutes. I was pleasantly surprised to hear a polite knock on my door 25 minutes later . And it was nice and hot!! I ordered a large pork fried rice, small sesame chicken, salt and pepper chicken wings and hot & sour soup . All were very good especially the chicken wings. They also ask you how spicy or not you want some of your items. I got medium when asked and it was perfect. I will definitely be going back read more

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Delicious, great prices, and there's good portions in terms of quantity. I've never eaten in the restaurant but I've ordered delivery ($25 minimum required) and takeout multiple times through Grub hub through Yelp and the food and service has always been superb, totally better than Doordash. The driver is usually early and for pickup as well. I don't feel scammed or bad at all when I pre-tip because their service is always great and I know their food will taste good. They weren't kidding with the "express" part I normally don't order the popular dishes but for the items that I do purchase, they are scrumptious nevertheless. The shrimp or house egg fu young is my favorite, the egg just the right amount of flavor. Sometimes I also purchase the soups; I've tried them all and I enjoy all of them. My husband and I tried their sushi for the first time this week. I was skeptical about trying sushi from a Chinese restaurant but my husband and I can confidently say that it actually tasted pretty good! We were genuinely surprised, especially him (he's picky with his sushi), because we're sushi lovers and some places are quite disappointing. Not Cathay's! Their rolls are cheap and although the options are limited, they make sure to stuff their rolls with the good stuff: crab, avocado, fish, deep fried shrimp, etc. instead of a big chunk of cucumber and tons of rice and call it a day (like some restaurants). They also leave the sauces on the side in separate containers for takeout/delivery in case you only want a certain amount or no sauce on your roll. Arguably, their rolls are better than some of Mikuni's rolls, in my opinion. And the best part of all is that they are always accurate with my orders. I've had restaurants mess up with my order regardless whether I'm dining in or takeout so I appreciate a restaurant that does their best to please their customers on the first try. I rarely interact with the employees except when I'm picking up my food but they are nice and whoever the cook is, they obviously know how to make a hungry stomach happy so I have absolutely no complaints. I definitely recommend Cathay's! read more

Cathay Express - Egg flower soup, shrimp egg fu young, and (large) house fried rice for takeout. - Chinese Near Me - Sacramento, California