This review is for pickup and delivery only. I have never eaten inside, but I am sure it's great because I love this place. The portions are huge, the food is good, delivery is always timely and the service is very friendly and professional. One time my driver noticed that they forgot my sweet and sour sauce. Instead of going back to the restaurant with my food to get it, they dropped off my order (so I can start enjoying my meal hot), then returned with the missing sauce. I was impressed that they didn't take the lazy/easy way out. I was very thankful. Definitely my go to spot in Tustin!! read more

The food was very good for the price. Love the orange chicken, egg rolls, rice and chowmein. The kids enjoyed the food. Thank you

Good old standby when you are in a hurry Orange chicken is reasonable Nothing outstanding, just hot and decent chicken pieces Lo me in had nice chewy thick noodles but is very lacking in veggies I ordered extra veggies since I did not order meat Yeah right, maybe the Santa Ana winds blew through it You kind of know food is lacking in quality when it does not heat up well the next day All in all passable read more

Great food great service quality ingredients highly recommended for fast food chinese read more

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Ordered the orange chicken entree (with steamed rice and 1 piece of broccoli) for nearly $12. My description of the food is as basic as it gets, not much to be impressed by. Decent taste but way overpriced. I'm glad I tried it but won't be coming back. read more

Good chicken and the best spring rolls The first time I've been there and I'm very impressed, great for lunch or when you are craving Chinese food and it has just the right portion size. read more

Did an online order and the restaurant confirmed order. They sent me a confirmation email and then an email to track my order. After an hour it said it was delivered, but never was. The restaurant says it's open, but others say temporary closed. They also have their phone off so you can not reach them for questions. This is very poor service and communication to their people coming or ordering their food. Very disappointed with this situation. read more

This was our first time ordering from Chinese West Express. I was very impressed by how fast our food got here, it was hot and they included utensils, soy sauce, and chili paste sauce. The packaging was really nice too. We ordered a small orange chicken, medium beef and broccoli, veggie egg rolls, and steamed rice. The orange chicken was pretty tasty, the sauce was pretty good, but the beef and broccoli was not good at all, the meat was very chewy, super oily, and it had a fishy taste, it ruined the entire meal for us. Overall I was very disappointed . Our food was $31.75, with a $5 dollar tip. So total was $36.75. Way too much for the quality we received. I would not order again, it's wasn't worth it. read more

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My husband and I love this spot. Reasonable delivery charge. The food has good flavor and it is always hot!! I love the House Chow mein and my husband loves the Kung pao. The only downside is their vegetarian rolls. The past two time we got them they weren't crunchy they were hard and kinda stale. read more

The Goto Chinese Delivery spot. Portions are giant, service fast, they've been doing it for years. Specifically the BBQ pork fried rice is excellent, among all the staple dishes you would expect at a Chinese food restaurant read more

Very mediocre food but they do deliver to businesses, which is good. The reddish glaze over the orange chicken was kind of tasteless. The rice, chow mein and beef with broccoli were decent but nothing outstanding. read more

I've been ordering take out from China West Express for the past 8 years! I love the food there. They have the beat wonton soup! Yummy

Great food! The staff is very friendly. Small dining area. My new favorite place for take out.

System is back on a proper platform that actually loads and takes orders now. Easy convenient quick way to order. Terrible parking on some days, but what can you do. read more

Very good food and reasonably priced and portion. Hard to beat at this price point. New ownership, much better services. Order a sweet and sour soup last night, great taste. read more

Im not trying to trash the business but quality control is the most important thing to keep in mind when operating a kitchen. I found a wire brush in my mongolian beef tonight. read more

China West Express - This is Wire that i found in my mongolian beef tonight.april 24 2019. Wtf - Chinese Near Me - Tustin, California

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Yayyyy, another restaurant that offers lunch delivery service in the Santa Ana area. I looked over the lunch special menu items priced from $6.25 - $7 + . The specials offers a choice of hot & sour or egg flower soup; steam or fried rice, and includes an eggroll. I selected: Garlic Chicken - $6.25 My to go order included the spicy garlic chicken sauteed with zucchini, carrots, bell peppers, hot and sour soup, steam rice, and an eggroll. * Hot & Sour Soup - Delivered still pretty warm and was "ok". * Garlic Chicken - Slices of chicken breast and veges were fresh, tasty, and abundant. * Eggroll - Rubbery and not good. * Steam Rice - Fresh My work associate ordered the orange chicken with fried rice and egg flower soup. I tried the orange chicken which consisted more of the soggy batter than the chicken. I also tasted the fried rice which was overwhelmed with soy sauce. Not good. My delivered lunch order including tax and tip was $7.75. China West Express offers a yummy garlic chicken lunch special. 3 Stars read more

China West Express - Delivered Garlic Chicken Lunch Special w/ Hot & Sour Soup, Steam Rice, and Eggroll - $6.25 - Chinese Near Me - Tustin, California

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Crushing disappointment! My office in Tustin has been placing large orders with China West Express for years now, twice a month, sometimes more. We love the food, especially the Kung Pao Chicken! But the past 6 months has seen a change for the worse. First they raised the delivery cost from $2 to $3. Fine, we can live with that- inflation and gas prices. OK. But then they raised the prices on many menu items- food that was already pushing the limits on price. But we all felt that the food was worth it. We just ordered less often. Then they shrunk the portion size by switching to new containers. So now we had a price hike AND smaller portions! We decided we had to give them up. Just not worth it anymore. Fast forward a couple months to today. We all just couldn't resist the craving any longer and decided to splurge. Our food arrived and all of us were shocked to see the portions had shrunk yet again!! I ordered the large Kung Pao Chicken for $10.99, and this new container is at least a third smaller than the previously shrunk down one. It was like a small order! Co-workers who ordered the lunch specials discovered the entree now rested in the small side of the container and the rice occupied the large side- a reversal from what they previously had done. So now the meal was like a child's menu size. All of us are completely disgusted and fed up. Raising prices to compensate for inflation or whatever is one thing, but to raise the price AND reduce the portions TWICE in 6 months is just greed! So they once had a loyal group of customers who consistently gave them $50+ two to three times per month, and now they'll not get any of our business again. Sorry China West... we are done. read more

It's in the 50s and windy and we're all acting like it's the great storm. OK I too am a cold weather wimp. When i feel like that, I want some soup especially if I am no't too hungry. So, I opted for Won Ton soup to go. When I walked in, it brought me back to my youth when I would go with my mom to Oakland Chinatown to buy veggies and fresh fish. Because I tolerated shopping with her and carried all the stuff to the car, she'd treat me to one of the hole in the wall restaurants. CWE has that kind of feel, with the cooking areas well exposed so you can see your food being cooked in the giant fiery wok. Everytime they'd splash oil, fire would jump. Make me think pyromaniacs would love to see this fire display. I took my soup home. It's probably enough to feed 2-3. It was pretty good, but I was hoping for more pieces of pork filled won tons. My general rule is, there should be 2-4 won tons per person. After all, I ordered won ton soup - the main ingredient should be the soup name. Since this was about $9, I expected more than the four pieces. There was ample amount of chinese peas, carrots, and cabbage But again I didn't order Chinese vegetable soup or war won ton.. There were also four large pieces of shrimp (which I'd trade for won ton next time) and slices of chicken. Personally, I would have liked a few pieces of barbecue pork to add some sweetness and texture. So out of the 50 or so places I've had Won Ton Soup in the last five years, they're probably in the middle tier for value and taste for the money. Good, not great. I so want to try their other menu items based on the other reviews. read more

Bland bland bland bland food. Kung Pow Chicken? No pow. Hot and sour soup? Not spicy. Crunch noodles? Prepackaged. Fried Rice? Bland. Never again. read more

Quality of the food and packaging for covid is wonderful. Staff working well and courteous to patrons. Food is delicious! Would highly recommend mu shu pork, eggplant and beef chow fun. read more

Server was "LU" Just ordered delivery with the sauce spilt everywhere. Called management and they just blamed the delivery guy who didn't even seem to notice the spill. He just handed the bag over as if nothing was wrong with it and tried to brush it off. Upset because we ordered food that is now messy, dirty, ruined - management did not even apologize or offer anything. The restaurant kept our money and delivered food that was spilt and damaged with sauce. I don't know what to say about a business that runs this way, but the least I can do is warn fellow yelpers and avoid ever coming back here or same management ever again. Please check that everything is properly sealed next time. Also offer some compensation and don't charge is for food that is ruined. read more

China West Express - cap your sauces correctly before sending out to delivery and don't blame the delivery boy/do nothing about it - Chinese Near Me - Tustin, California

Was expecting much better due to the (mostly) positive reviews. Ordered a house chow mein special fro lunch. Got it with hot & sour soup. The portion was a bit small for the price (around $9 bucks). I mean literally about a fist sized portion of noodles sprinkled with a couple slivers of chicken and beef and precariously placed piece of raw broccoli. Noodles were extra greasy. I mean really greasy. I'm not one to shy away from greasy food but this was a bit much. Hot & sour soup was nothing memorable. For a made to order place, I was expecting a little more flavor. Next time I'm going to Spicy Noodle House instead, or even pick up Stix read more

This is my first time trying this place. It's our anniversary and we love Chinese food in bed, (a long tradition for us) and we used "Grubhub" to deliver it. Our meals were delivered on time and piping hot. The Orange Chicken had large chucks of moist chicken breast and tasted great. The Sweet and Sour Pork was excellent. As were the fried rice and Egg Rolls. They included plastic ware, fortune cookies and napkins. They met all of our expectations and more. My only small desire that wasn't met was Chinese mustard packages. I love to feel the fire in my nose! Next time I will ask for it, maybe it's my fault for not asking. All in all... we will be back there and recommend it highly. read more

4 stars?! Come on, fellow Yelpers, you led me astray! Ordered delivery last night since we were too lazy/tired to go out. I ordered sauteed spinach, fried tofu, vegetable chow mein and garlic beef. I really thought the food would be a few notches above Panda Express but I think it was WORSE! The beef looked and tasted HORRID! I ate one piece and couldn't even get it down since it was so chewy/rubbery/disgusting that I spit it out. Wtf kind of beef is this?! McD's beef quality was better than that.. "Fried" tofu was soggy, sick and "slimy." The "sauteed" spinach lacked any flavor, was boiled vs. sauteed and I could taste sand particles from improper washing. The ONLY thing that was somewhat palatable was the chow mein but how can you possibly screw that up? Even the RICE was poorly cooked - there were bits of uncooked rice that felt like little rocks when I chewed it. DISGUSTING. STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLACE IF YOU WANT LOW QUALITY, SHITTY TASTING AND OVERPRICED "CHINESE" FOOD. You are better off going to PF Chang's! read more

I'm going to make this short. I ordered from here through door dash. The food has always been good. Today I ordered hot and sour soup. But in the course of eating I realized when looking at my spoon there was a small aluminum wire like shaving on the spoon. Absolutely disgusting. I got money back from doordash but be careful to anyone else. read more

China West Express - Chinese Near Me - Tustin, California

Bad food day! Got deceivers food came quick and hot, however the house rice was disgusting! Not only was it super mushy but When I say absolutely no flavor I was pretty disappointed! How do u cook shrimp with no seasoning? I'm baffled. When I called to report the issue my guy Ben said sorry "I'll let the cooks know next time to add more flavor" and that I can have half off next order. Thanks buddy but should of been free since I just paid $25 for some mushy bland Ass rice. read more

Tried out tonight...MUST try...Ordered shrimp fried rice which had sooooo much shrimp and I have at least two more meals. Ddddd-licious!!! Hot & Sour soup was good but could have used more "hotness" Egg rolls super yummy. The food was extremely hot and delivery was less than 45 minutes. Will definitely order from them again. read more

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I absolutely love this place. Hands down best Chinese place in OC. Everything is made fresh to order. I've been ordering from this place for the past 7 years. Never been disappointed. The delivery does take some time but it's definitely worth the delicious food. My favorite on the menu is honey walnut shrimp. I've tried it in other places but no one makes is like China West! read more

China west has the most amazing and delicious noodles (those are my favorite). The entire menu is very yummy. It is a very small hole in the wall type place. The only thing that could be better is the seating and space but that's just the size of the place and they can't do much about it. It's nice for a small group of friends 4-5 not for large parties of 10+. Take out option is good also. Portion sizes are large and can fill someone up easily. read more

Lunch special is well worth it since it includes a drink but food is just okay and doesn't stand out much.

We had a chow mein craving. Greasy to say the least and the noodles are too fat...like spaghetti sized and the grease just took over your mouth and left you with lip gloss on. Probably great for a hangover. Look I wasn't expecting this place to be superb, but it is what it is. read more

I have to say, " I feel cheated out of my hard earned cash, and lied to by the many reviews that said their food arrived nice and hot. Well I'm hear to clear that up...my food arrived luke warm at best and the food... don't remind my stomach of what I attempted to fill it with. My orange chicken was cold, soggy and very sweet. It was so sweet I thought I was eating syrup. My egg rolls did not fair much better. Not the crispy crunchiness I was expecting; they were cold and very soft. To add insult to my taste buds... How long does it take a 2 liter soda to become sweaty and almost room temperature? Well that's how long my soda and food must have been sitting around because... My soda was sweating like it had just ran a marathon in 102 degree weather. Long story short: no. I will not be ordering from this establishment again. For $32.03, i'm sure I can find something more appetizing. FYI: Got a text from owner apologizing for the horrible food I received. Stating its made fresh to order and it was hot when it left the restaurant. That's all well and good; however, it was cold and soggy and my soda was warm and sweaty when it reached my home. I don't see her offering to replace the offensive food or issuing a refund. For the so called made "FRESH" to order food; that arrived at my home, COLD, SOGGY, OVERLY SWEET, with WARM SODA. So thank you for your non-existent apology. "Sorry" doesn't replace the $32.03 I spent at your restaurant or the $38.73 I spent to have decent food delivered. So, my lunch today cost me a whopping $70.76 because of the awful food I received from your restaurant. read more

This place doesn't look like they get many walk-in/sit-down customers since their few seating areas are actually used for storage, maybe I came at stocking time. I remember them being much cleaner a few years ago. For Chinese food in a run down strip mall, they charge a bit much. Their food was okay, but being Chinese I've obviously had better...much better. I don't think I will be re-visiting this place any time soon just because the store looks pretty dirty. read more

I have been going there often, since I dont have a car and this place is very close. They have actually improved since they opened. The friendly lady at the counter told me that they actually read Yelp comments. I was talking about how I dont like too much onion in my mongolian beef . She said that they actually changed it have less onions, after reading yelp reviews (Me and also Genevieve Y. mentioned the exessive onions in our reviews). I usually go for lunch special. It comes with rice, small cup of hot n sour soup and a vegetable egg roll. Most of it is $5.99 + Tax. My favorite entrees are: * Garlic Chicken * Sha Cha Chicken * Mongolian Beef (I have to try it again) Outside lunch menu, I like House Chow Mein... I would say this place is very good for lunch and takeouts.. I am upgrading my rating to 3.5 stars... read more

Let me start off by saying, I haven't written a review for a restaurant, or any establishment, in quite some time. And more recently I feel that to give a restaurant a bad review during this trying time would be like kicking someone when they're down. But after taking my beautiful wife's advice of reading some other reviews of this place and feeling that said beautiful wife could have made a much better, tastier and less expensive meal at home, I'm compelled to leave a most unflattering review. So I noticed in another review that this isn't some hole in the wall place. Well they're wrong. It literally is some hole in the wall place. Sandwiched between a Mexican hole in the wall place an ice cream hole in the wall place in a strip mall of other hole in the wall places. It's small and I can't imagine there being seating for more than 25 people if that. Now keep in mind I haven't had any kind of Chinese food, good or bad, outside of the home made "stir fry" and steam rice my wife made last night, in over 2 months!! So my senses were a bit off. Red flags that would have been spotted right away were not. Like no smell of delicious food being made or a line or several people waiting for their order or the flies. And most importantly, I didn't check Yelp! I read a couple of reviews on Google and saw a 4.2 rating and decided to go for it. Mistake. Big mistake. So what did I order? Dumplings. I was asked, fried or steamed. Fried was my choice (Remember that for later). Fried salt and pepper calamari. I was asked, spicy or not. I chose not. This my be the only correct/factual part of this entire order other than it being "to go" but that's a gimme under these current circumstances. BBQ pork with snow peas. A classic go to for me.....yeah. Garlic noodles with chicken. Again a safe bet. And finally, House Special Beef Steak. Special in a different way. So that's what I ordered. Will that be what I get? Let's read some more and find out.... So I order at the location and was told 10 to 15 minutes. 9 minutes later it was done. All packed and hot! With a faint aroma coming from the bag. How much for this feast? 63 bucks! Not counting tip. At this point I think Instacart might be onto something with that whole changing/canceling the tip thing. Anyway, yeah over 70 bucks. Now we're home, about 6 minutes from the restaurant. Start opening containers and it's at this point that it all starts to click. One container after another. Remember those "fried" dumplings? They were steamed and then light sauteed on one side. Then tossed into a container where they became one big soggy dumpling. They ripped apart as we tried to serve them. Fried. Sure. Then came the "fried" salt and pepper calamari. Maybe fried means something else in Chinese?? Because these were not fried or crispy or whatever, they were wet and buried in diced onions and celery. They was maybe 5 or 6 rings and a container of vegetables. Which brings me to my next dish. BBQ Pork with snow peas or should I say, Snow Peas with BBQ pork. Much like the calamari, this dish was wet and mostly snow peas. The BBQ pork itself, when you found it, was no prize either. For something so covered in moisture it was extremely dry and this next phrase is basically the key phrase for this entire meal, which still has two more dishes to come, bland and tasteless. Very blah. Garlic noodles with chicken. These noodles were unusually thick like udon noodles and covered in a sauce that contained garlic seasoning. And weird pieces of chicken. It was so, so. And last but not least, and I truly mean that because of all the dishes it was the most plentiful. Full of beef chunks and bell peppers, mushrooms, onions and a very thick gravy. This would have been the highlight. The piece de resistance! The savior of the entire meal!! If only it had flavor...wah-wah-waaaaahhhh Yeah everything lacked flavor. I appreciate that none of the food was salty but it also lacked any other conventional spices. Maybe a dash of pepper here and there but that's it. I've had Chinese food from coast to coast and places in between. This is by far the worst of them all. That includes a place in Alabama. I would have had a much more satisfying meal up the street from the Hong Kong Express fast food to go for about a quarter of the price. On a high note, my wife said she would definitely go back for the canned Coke. It was cold and delicious. Also, plenty of condiments and napkins. So there you have it. This place sucks. Never again. Thank you and good night! read more

Had a coupon do have it a whirl. Orange Chicken , Orange Beef and Garlic noodles with BBQ pork. Large portions and filling. Orange chicken was nothing special. Orange beef was pretty good. And if you like buttery, salty garlicky noodles... This is your place. I might give it one more try on the spicer dishes. read more

From all the foods that I've ordered from this place, everything are 5 stars! The taste always fresh and authentic. I have missed a real good Chinese food and I found China West. They're so friendly and always accommodating. I came to this place with a weird pregnancy craving. For some reason I wanted to have egg foo young with orange chicken's sauce instead of their regular gravy. The nice lady allowed me to have that!!! I was sooo happy and thrilled cause I've been visiting some "authentic" Chinese restaurants for almost a week timeline and they all turned me down. And if you had pregnancy cravings before .. you understand how I felt that week prior finding China West Express. My baby and I thank you for being so nice to us. I am a loyal customer forever to this place! read more

The food here is beyond words could express! GREAT food, GREAT portions, GREAT service, GREAT attitudes, GREAT prices! I love coming here, I introduce this place to all my family and friends. read more

I phone in my order and it was waiting for me! so for speed of service it was superb chow mein is chow mein! hard to mess that up. HOWEVER.....this was nothing special. the shrimp, beef, and chicken in the chow mein was also just acceptable. nothing to write home about. prices are about a buck or two higher compared to what's around the area. but thats not enough to deter me from going back. I will probably go back to try other things on the menu read more

China West Express - house special chow mien - Chinese Near Me - Tustin, California