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    Cathay Express

    3.8 (271 reviews)
    InexpensiveChinese
    Open 11:00 am - 8:00 pm

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    Quiet
    Casual
    Good for kids
    Dogs allowed

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    Erick C.

    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.

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    Mandy B.

    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.

    Orange chicken, Broccoli Beef, Honey Shrimp, BBQ Pork Fried Rice

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

    Karen K.

    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.

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    6 years ago

    Food arrived hot and delicious!! Thank you. Had the shrimp , sweet and sour pork, broccoli beef and sushi.

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    7 years ago

    Good food for a good price . I will be returning and the pot stickers are on point . Fried rice was good. Huge portions

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    7 years ago

    This place is priced well. The food is tasty. Nothing wow though. They are very friendly and prices are pretty fair!

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    7 years ago

    Love this place. My new go to! Inexpensive and good and I like how you can change the spice!

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    7 years ago

    Granted there area limited number of tables, nevertheless, the manager was very attentive.

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    5 years ago

    Very tasty I love the potstickers and wonton soup quick and tasty food friendly service

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    9 years ago

    It's never a let down when I come here! Food is good it's affordable and the service is great!!

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    Really good food at great prices served quickly with nice staff. Their portions are generally huge. I usually have leftovers for later.

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    8 years ago

    I love ordering from home. Fast service and lots of help ordering for delivery. Cost is especially good.

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    12 years ago

    I continue coming to my favorite spot great food and prices staff very friendly love the sweet & sour nice portions

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    Frank Fat's

    Frank Fat's

    4.1
    (1.3k reviews)
    5.4 mi
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    Stopped in on our way back to Reno on a road trip. I most certainly can recommend this cozy and…read moreclassy Hong Kong Asian restaurant. Established in 1939, the menu is delightful, the food is fantastic. Coming back for more as soon as we can. Best Chow Fun outside of Hong Kong, and having been been to HK often. Didn't have reservations, so we ate at the bar. The bartender 'Eddie' provided us excellent service. Everyone was friendly. This restaurant has great food and classic style. 5 solid Stars!

    It's not for me. Frank Fat's essentially is a fancier version of P.F. Chang's, but with slightly…read moremore "authentic" Chinese food. It's good, but the flavors are not true to authentic Chinese cuisine. While some of the dishes (Veggie Fried Rice) have that authentic flavor, the others (Fried Chicken) are just not good or done right. In fact, don't get the Fried Chicken. As for the pies, the Banana Cream Pie was awesome. Actually, it was borderline Epic. The Chocolate Cream Pie was a miss. Too much cream and the chocolate didn't go well with the crust, which was too salty. While the banana pie hide the bad crust, the chocolate wasn't able to. The service was excellent. Prompt, attentive, and done well. The restaurant itself mimicked a very narrow club/ bar with some tables and dining behind. Felt like a darker and more expensive P.F. Chang's. I'd only go back for a slice of the Banana Cream Pie ($10), to go.

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    Fat's Special Wok-Fried Spareribs: Wok-fried, bite-size pork ribs with seasoned salt
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    Sunrise Chinese Restaurant

    Sunrise Chinese Restaurant

    4.2
    (395 reviews)
    9.1 mi
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    The honey shrimp is the best thing here. I come back time after time. It is perfectly seasoned,…read morecrispy, and tender. The sauce is sweet, savory, and thick. It is very easy to eat, and you can't stop eating it. It is everything that you would want. It's so crispy that you don't even need the walnuts. It stays crispy for a long time. It's fresh every time. Everything else is alright.

    Second try with this restaurant. This time I wanted to try the salt and pepper fish. While I was…read morewaiting, 3 other people ordered the fish as well, and it gets good reviews here on Yelp, so I made the trip to Mack Rd at night once again. The good - my order was prepared quickly, and the amount of fish was very generous. The fish was tasty and spicy. The house chow mein that I also ordered had decent (read below) flavor. The bad - the salt and pepper fish had a great batter, but I feel they're battered too much, and the actual fish piece inside is tiny. My house chow mein didn't have a single shrimp in it. Lots of beef, which was good, but the char smell from the beef was the only thing you could taste on the noodles. It's almost like the chef cooked the noodles on whatever the beef was cooked on. The noodles we had ordered from here a month ago had very good flavor, but not a one note beef flavor. There was a lot of beef and chicken in the house chow mein, but zero shrimp means the cook either forgot or they didn't have them and thought it would be ok to add more beef. Either way, I paid extra for my selection, and didn't get it. Am I Pissy? Yes. Am I honest? Also a Yes. 3 stars this trip, probably my last.

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    Take-out only.
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    Salt & Pepper fish (cod)
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    New Hong Kong Wok

    New Hong Kong Wok

    3.5
    (560 reviews)
    7.2 mi
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    Stopping by one of my go to restaurants when in the neighborhood. Unfortunately the one item I…read morewanted, they sold out. I always come here for the curry beef stew chow fun but they sold out of fun, so rice it is. I must've come at the right time because the restaurant was just clearing out of the early diners, the restaurant was packed. How fortunate for coming by after the huge dinner rush, but that didn't last, the later came right after me, The rice was acceptable but definitely not as good as fun if they didn't run out.

    Absolutely garbage..... Am I allowed to say that? I grew up eating at New Hong Kong Wok and it used…read moreto be a family favorite for years where we ate lunch multiple times a week or have dinner every weekend. Its been so bad the past decade that we decided to give it another chance. Different management, different chefs, different everything basically. The fried flounder was so fried that I could not separate the bones, not only that, you could barely get any meat out of it. Our table had nine people and they only provided 6 buns with our peking duck. I thought they didn't have enough steamer space and was going to bring more but nope. The shrimp in their salted egg pumpkin and shrimp dishes was overcooked and their deep fried pig intestines were extremely stinky. Their portion sizes downsized like crazy and it's so bad that we didn't even finish any of the dishes. The best dish was a stir fry cauliflower dish that I could make at home. It was supposed to come with pork, but I only saw itty bitty pieces of meat. The service was also super bad and slow. I was eating their fried rice and bit on a piece of broken yellow plastic with multiple sharp points. Prior to that, I was feeding my toddler the rice so THANKFULLY it didn't go to him. When we told the server, which was an older lady with glasses and bangs, she's like oh... then she took it to the kitchen and pretended that nothing had ever happened when she came back out. Shes been there for years, and I remember seeing her when we were regulars. I wasn't expecting anything, except for some accountability. I used to love this place so it's pretty sad to see how much it went downhill.... This business needs to be scrapped. The current 3 stars is giving them too much credit and it must have been due to when they used to be good, in the past.

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    New Hong Kong Wok
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