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    China Express

    4.3 (28 reviews)
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    Updated a few days ago

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    Moderate noise
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    The number of times I have called and no answer.

    If I could give less than a 1 star I would. We called in an order and were told to call when we arrived. We waited 20-25 to make sure it was ready. We arrived and called them 25 times and nothing so we decided to go back home. After an hour they called and asked if we still wanted our order. I politely said no because we had already came home. She then told me I was "wasteful" and "rude" and told not to order from them anymore.

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    Richard B.

    A four star Chinese place in Mathis?!? I was surprised too. But there are a few things you must remember in order to achieve this four star experience. 1. Do NOT get the buffet. That stuff is probably registering for Kindergarten later today. 2. Stick to the basics. Don't get fancy. Chicken or beef in sauce with rice or noodles, with or without vegetables. This is the sweet spot. They do this well. 3. Get some appetizers. The egg drop is legit, the crab puffs are delicious, and the egg rolls are done well. That's it. These should be your guidelines to most small town Chinese restaurants, to get the best experience. Here, that results in 4 star deliciousness.

    Theresa N.

    We ordered the Sesame Chicken (which is AMAZING) and the Mushroom Beef. It was me and my two teenage children and we were able to order two dinners and share between all three of us. I would stick with Chicken Entrees, the beef is a little chewy. You can't tell by the appearance but this place is very good and they make everything fresh! Prices are good too.

    Sichuan Delight & Happy Family were delish!

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    It was very fresh and hot egg rolls where crispy and egg drop soup my grandson ate the whole bowl he loved it

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    awesome awesome awesome, great selection. must try it out. Rice noodle with chicken was good .

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    2 years ago

    So much food and so good . Needs to be called in but it's so good and the leftovers are delicious

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    Awesome food! Great service! Hate that it's to go only but food is sooo good definitely visit at least once a week!

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    4 years ago

    Better than I expected. Huge portions, good price. Call in orders only! Lunch specials with feed you for 3 meals

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    3 years ago

    This is a to go place only. The food is great, plentiful, and quick. It's best to call ahead due to the amount of customers they service.

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    For a small town this is pretty good. The food was definitely Chinese and good. Everything we ordered was served hot and quickly.

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    JJ's Cafe - Chicken fried steak with Fry's and Mac n cheese

    JJ's Cafe

    4.5(207 reviews)
    47.5 mi
    $$

    I've been in Rockport about 5 years now and had never had the opportunity to visit. Today was a…read moreperfect day to adventure out. Great little hideaway place next to Walmart. Nothing fancy loved the ambiance. Immediately greeted and self select of a table. A little bit of a wait for menus and drink orders buts that's okay, Rockport is a laid back place on my opinion. I had the 2-egg (choice of scrambled) with hash browns and choice of meat-Canadian Bacon and toast, I chose an English Muffin. My husband had the grits but asked for Catfish instead of Shrimp and they obliged. Thank you Chef!! Overall I enjoyed my first experience at JJ's and will most definitely return for lunch. I overheard the chicken fried steak is a winner.

    We have lived in Rockport for a year now and I would imagine I have frequented this establishment…read moreprobably 30 times during that year. Always great service, excellent food and great prices. Guess something has changed. That all got ruined by one rude employee today. Came in this morning at 10:10 and ordered a migas breakfast plate to share. The waitress asked us if we wanted flour or corn tortilla(s)! I said can we have both please. She said I will have to charge you for the extra tortilla. I'm sure she knew I looked astounded but I said how much is a tortilla. Response: I don't know I would have to ring it up to know that... I simply said if it's more than a dollar for a tortilla I don't want it and I did say charging for a tortilla with migas is nuts as she walked off. So it's now 10:40, keep in mind no meat in the micas only onions, tomatoes and eggs. The onions were huge and raw, so 25 minutes to basically cook two scrambled eggs. There were only two other tables with customers so they were not busy at all. Never had that happen here before but just wait. Food comes and The server sets down the plate with one flour tortilla and an aluminum roll with two more corn tortillas, ok that's good. She adds, I just went ahead and brought you a couple corn tortillas at no charge. Didn't mention "paying" for them for us! We thanked her and went about splitting and eating our breakfast. About that time another server walks over, not the owner, not the owners daughter but just another server and says directly to me in a very condescending and rude tone " your server was nice enough to PAY for your extra tortillas but in the future don't expect that to happen ever again"! Wtf! She felt the need to come over and try to shame me over a freaking tortilla that was none of her business to begin with. I responded don't worry about it because I will never be back! I then asked to speak to the owners, weren't there but daughter of owner was. Explained the situation and while she was apologetic for the rude waitress she also tried to add about the economy and blah blah blah but seriously. We all know the economy sucks but charging more than $1 for a tortilla that they sell at Walmart next door for $2.99 for a 20 pack. Give me a break. So will not be returning to or promoting this breakfast/lunch spot to any more of my visiting friends, family or my community. I guess JJ's is off our list. It's a shame too.

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    JJ's Cafe - Half-eaten breakfast, 2-scrambled eggs, English Muffin, Canadian Bacon, Hash browns.

    Half-eaten breakfast, 2-scrambled eggs, English Muffin, Canadian Bacon, Hash browns.

    JJ's Cafe - By the salad bar. Love it!!!

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    The Rice Hat - Edamame and crab Rangoon

    The Rice Hat

    4.2(42 reviews)
    34.6 mi

    Nope, nope, nope. Wanted to try another new (for us) place and drove across the causeway to try…read moreRice Hat. I thought it was going to be chinese, but it's Vietnam/Chinese combined. Well, my "dish to compare" is sweet and sour chicken so that's what I ordered. My wife ordered the Shaken Beef. She also wanted some wonton soup. The chicken inside the fried pieces was so shredded it was actually fluffy inside. I guess if your teeth are painful during eating that's a good thing...but it left me...used to eating palpable meat pieces inside the S&S chicken, this was incredibly disappointing. It was almost flavorless. My wife's beef cubes/pieces were very chewy. By her description (and I tried one piece and concur) it was beef flavored chewing gum. I have to guess it was very well marinated low quality beef. Oh...and we had visitors of the fruit fly variety. They were quite frequent in visiting. The fairly pushy waitperson also put two extra meals on our ticket. Only after we went down the ticket and saw the extra entrés and did she come over to correct it. Left us wondering if she was trying to take advantage of a couple of older people. Speculation, but billing errors leave bad impressions. We won't be back.

    Saw the decent star rating on Yelp and wanted to try it out for my Mom's birthday. Overall the…read moreplace looked clean and they were jamming some old school pop music. Cute. Our waiter was friendly and attentive. We ordered crab rangoon and pork eggrolls (I don't eat either so no feedback for that). I ordered just water to drink and it tasted terrible. Not filtered - I guess just straight out of the tap? Not sure but I ended up ordering tea which was fine. Their drinking glasses were lil pitchers which were cute. We asked about the spice level and the waiter said there were no levels - it's just "however the cook feels like it that day". ‍ I got the chicken lo mein, TONS of food for $16. Flavor was good but too oily for me. When the check came around I noticed the cash vs card price. About $3 extra to use a card. Who carries cash these days? They don't have a modern POS machine so they took my card to the back to process. Their tipping suggestions were 15,20,25,30%. Overall, it was okay but I probably won't be going back.

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    The Rice Hat - Inside

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    The Rice Hat - Exterior. Pull HARD on the door.

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    Exterior. Pull HARD on the door.

    China Express - chinese - Updated May 2026

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