The best Chinese food ever!!! It's so hard to find a place we're they can really make Chinese food taste delicious, I'm glad I found this place. read more

This is my go to spot for Chinese food!! I've been coming here ever since I moved to downey. They just added a new item to the menu which is spicy orange chicken! This place never disappoints! read more

Been coming here for 10 years straight. Among the best Chinese food I've tasted, & that's including the little joints in the city of L.A.

Hole in the wall with great food. I loved coming here with my family growing up!!! Would recommend to anyone local or passing through.

My favorite Chinese food spot been coming here since I was lil kid food is always fresh and bomb

Always great food! Big servings and great service. The orange chicken is really good!

Best Chinese ever for the family. We love it and never get tired of it great for groups and gatherings.

Quite literally the worst Chinese food ive ever had in my life... like gross. Like had 4 bites of my meal and throwing it away gross. WTF read more

China Wok Express - Chinese Near Me - Downey, California

This my favorite chinese food establishment. Everything is always consistently good. Owners are very accommodating.

The chicken skewers as well as the rest of this food is delicious I like to food at least once a week.

Delicious food. Their soups are great for when feeling under the weather. Great customer service each time we come in.

She is a great server/ host and the food is amazing and thai tea to die for!! She a sweet lady and has a great sense of humor !!! Definitely come back again and again an again read more

I LOVE THIS PLACE the people are always so friendly and it's the best place to get Chinese food!! It never disappoints!!

Paid about 4 bucks for chow main and kun pao chicken bowel. Got to say, it was pretty good. The food was hot and the people were friendly. They had more selection than most places around Downey/ Norwalk that I've been to. I'll come here again. read more

China Wok Express - Clean place to eat. The food and veggies are fresh. - Chinese Near Me - Downey, California

Rude & inpatient lady, was yelling at me. Was ordering but because of that I walked out and she stormed to the back and starting yelling to her coworker or whoever it was. How you expect to get customers when you act like that, no wonder its empty all day.... read more

I've been here before to get the wonton soup with veggies and honestly I gotta say it was pretty good. I ordered it fresh and to go. After that soup I had a curiosity to try the rest of the food at this place. Finally I tried it today and let me say this. The fried rice and chow mein is decent enough to come back for if your in the area. But the other entrees I'm sorry but I was not a fan of their stuff. It honestly didn't taste good and I didn't feel good when it was in my system. I always play it safe when I'm trying out Chinese places like this. Went for the orange chicken and beef and broccoli. My two basics, but if your basic Bs aren't even hitting the craving I'm sorry but this place did not win me over. The lady who served me was nice. She gave great customer service so there's that. In other words, come for the soup, fried rice and chow mein! Hopefully you get the nice lady. Anything else you can try at your own risk. I would say this place is hit or miss. read more

The kong pow shrimp is dank ,10 plus the Vegitables are always very fresh n Keep in mind u must order to cook This item is not on the mid shelf lol peace read more

China Wok Express - Need I say more - Chinese Near Me - Downey, California

I was having a smilin' bright happy day until bad news screeched me damn near into a 12 car freeway pileup akin to the typical LA sudden gridlock epidemic You know the one, when you're turning a freeway corner while cruising around 85 and--THAR.SHE.BLOWS. (at least that's how it felt--and hey, i'm referring to the traffic here, get yer mind outta the gutter)... anywhoo, but i digress. major. digression. well. the point is, i had a major ITCH TO SCRATCH and it wasn't goin' away. and no, i don't mean anything contagious (wow, what's with the just 'slightly' subliminal sexual innuendo here??)...must be...yes, it's all the fault of incomparable Yelper Hilario Crazy Cooder...er...um, i mean, John C. (who knows, maybe his last name IS Cooder??)...hmmm. anyway, that itch i needed to scratch was an oiled-up, saucy greasy Chinese FOOD craving, and i acted on that urge by swinging by a place i'd sampled before, Ms. China Wok express. It was kinda like a BOOTY CALL, I guess? (Ok I promise that's the last S.E.X. ref here--really!!) Hey, it's not my fault, when you see John C.'s review I've linked to, you'll see what got into my head. And by the way, this is not the first time he's preempted me in a likely First To Review scenario. I mean, smack dab in the middle of a non-descript STRIP MALL on a moribund stretch of Paramount Blvd. in Downey-- there ever was a candidate for a FIRST, this was Virgin territory. But after I INDULGED, I learned from our fair Yelposphere that John had already 'been there, done that,' with Ms. China Wok Express (maybe that's why they were 'Blasting the Chinese Music' to such stratospheric decibel levels... :O-o damn it...i HATE SLOPPY SECONDS!!!! Who knew? I was stunned, in denial, perhaps. But then again. Yelp, don't lie! Hey, there's a silver lining here--no, it's not that the food was good (well, if you follow John C, the self-proclaimed KING OF FIVES, I guess it was like an ORGY in your mouth)... My advice? DON'T BELIEVE THE 5 STAR HYPE DO READ THE ORIGINAL REVIEW-- It's one of the funniest LMAO moments I've ever had, and completely re-illuminated my grayed out sunny day. So here's my Counterintelligence Misinformation on John C. Hilario's (H. for Hilario, not 'HOLMES,' you perverts!!) Splooge... 1.You'd better pick up a take out menu and leaf thru it, because all the hot trays of food do not identify what you're getting in each gooey scoop. Which makes it kinda fun b/c you can make up your own names for each dish, like, in my case: --Some Kinda Mystery Meat (No bueno) Vegetable Melange with Crunchy Zucchini Rounds (bueno) Soggy Corn-Starched Up Cabbage (No bueno) and Browned Out Spoiled Celery (I was suspicious of the celery's nasty funk, and then I found a nice brownish piece at the bottom of my Styrofoam plate o' goodness--and I thought it was the Sea of Brown SAUCE that made it brown! It woulda' been nice to discover this fact at the BEGINNING of the meal) -(MUY MALO!!!) --Mealy Shrimp with Vaguely Delicious Firm Yet Rubbery Plastic-Textured Straw Mushrooms, Bamboo Shoots, Carrots and Baby Corns (Because they're straight from the Can) --Spicy Chicken-like Mystery Meat (again!) with Inedible Makin' Me Choke Mushrooms and Slippery Green Bell Pepper Goopity Gloppety 2. Despite my Noble attempts to mask this abomination with the otherworldly spicy goodness of that Vietnamese chili sauce in the clear plastic bottle with the Green Cap that sits at every table in this joint (albeit a totally doctored up watered down sacrilegious version of it, so they can reuse the plastic bottles--hey at least it's enviro-friendly, kinda sorta), that is NOT what you get for take out. And the lady tried to pull the wool over my eyes by telling me repeatedly the take out single use packets are the same stuff--instead all I got was a salty as shyte facsimile of it!!! MUY MUY MALO, LYING LADY!!! So there you have it-- No matter the Two Star rating--yes I've had MUCH MUCH better, but the fact I satisfied the need was worth the price (cash only) of admission! Note to Self: Next time I get a sudden urge for saucy, oily, greasy Chinese, I hope my lucky stars are aligned and I'm not wearing a fresh clean (now formerly) white shirt...well, like somebody somewhere sometime once said, 'No stain No pain!' Or like one other lucky piece of Confucian advice, 'Happy Accident is the Mother of Invention.'--this courtesy of the Peking Noodle Company, the makers of my fortune cookie, which on the back side says, 'Learn Chinese----VERY IMPORTANT!' I can't MAKE this shit up!!! Oh, and despite all the Chinese hilarity in Mr. John C. Hilario King of Five's rant, these peeps are clearly, mos' def, 100% certified Vietnamese. It should be called Saigon Wok Express. Sorry to spoil your Peking Party, Mr. Hilario. And yes, if you are also curious about the 'BLASTING,' it's all being done, in--you guessed it--Vietnamese as well. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Perhaps... DONE. (Finally!) read more

The food was super bland, but I was hungry and ate it anyways and after I got to the bottom of my fried rice guess what I find? A fat dead fly, so grossed out, never coming back! read more

China Wok Express - Mmm, fly seasoning my favorite! *heavy sarcasm* - Chinese Near Me - Downey, California

Really good food! Great people the owner knows us and it feels very traditional. It's my go to place when it comes to Chinese food!

Worst Chinese food I've ever had. No flavor in the meat and the employees are not even nice at all. I would recommend any place that serves Chinese food over this read more

China Wok Express - Chinese Near Me - Downey, California

This place is delicious little hidden place in Downey if you love Chinese food this is the place to specially no wait sand if you are in your lunch break you don't want to wait in long lines the name really suits the business EXPRESS . I will be bringing my family and telling all my friends thank you China Wok Express !!! read more

China Wok Express - Delicious combo B 2 sides food here is delicious if you love chines food this is the place to go in Downey!! - Chinese Near Me - Downey, California

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This place is good for Chinese food. The noodles are good, the rice even some of the side dishes (I haven't tasted all) the restaurant is clean.. they have A la cart food that's made to order that's really good. 2 item. 3 item combos and bowls..all good. Its pricey for Chinese fast food but it must be because it's in Downey but they serve you Big Portions so maybe that's why. The Orange Chicken is not good.. they have fried bits of chicken and drensh them in a pool of I guess orange sauce and it's just not good..everyone does it different but this is the only thing that's not good here..other than that..I like it so 4 stars it is read more

Great service from the older lady but the food tasted nasty. Was training closeby and needed something close. Would not recommend going for the food. All the food in the buffet servers were cold. Save your money and head somewhere else. read more

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Stopped by Bc I was in the area, staff is really nice, fast, price was not expensive, and most importantly the food was great!! Would definitely come again read more

I went to this place cuz I saw that it had better reviews around the area. I was very disappointed at the customer service and the very little choices they had. The server was not friendly and pushed food back in the food trays that fell out with a cleaning cloth. Would not recommend. read more

I'm not picky but this wasn't like good the orange chicken doesn't even have chicken it's all breaded :( the two stars are for rice and noodles they were ok read more

Simple and easy Chinese fast food. When I miss the taste of mom and pop Chinese food i come here!

Don't go here for any reason. Found hair in my sweet and sour "pork" and was refused a refund, lady forced me to take more food instead of refunding me. Didn't want any more food because the "pork" was gross and the chicken was cold. Avoid at all costs. read more

Great service Delicious food for a good price!! I come at least twice a wk to eat even tho it's only take out for now

Avoid this place at all cost it's literally the worst place you can. The food is always cold and tastes likes it's just been under the lamp all day. read more

Just tried this today and it was DELICIOUS. The restaurant was clean and the lady who seemed to be the owner was very sweet. Will be back soon!! read more

I definitely recommend this restaurant. I came in craving a soup since I have the flu. Ta, the owner is super friendly and always a pleasure to chit-chat with while you're waiting for your food. The wonton soup and egg flower soup are really good! Both have a lot of flavor and are very hearty! Perfect for those flu days. read more

food was very yummy and the portion was big! food was hot very fresh! customer service was very good 10/10 recommend!!!

The best fast Chinese food in town very fresh when you order the food the owner give you a lot of food and reasonably priced I recommended the won ton soup and fry rices with the shrimp are awesome food I highly recommended to go there to see you won't be disappointed i am come from Anahime to get the food read more

Probably the best Chinese food spot in Downey!!! The plates are fire and the Wonton Soup is one of the besttt!!! Been coming here for years same owner and she's super cool! Thanks for always serving me up read more

The food are really good and also the prices is right I come from anaheim to get the food at china wok express in downey I recommend you guy come in to see what they have read more

I like the food here. They have a sign outside that says free soda and egg rolls with a plate, but if you don't tell them about the soda they won't give it to you lol. I just think that's kind of greedy. read more

Uh, yea. Was eating in my car and ended up vomiting in the parking lot. Should be closed. Stay away. No flavor BBQ pork, cold chow mien. Turned bad already. read more

Been here only once and tried the won ton soup it was delicious and the portion was enough for two. Definitely consider coming back