This is hands down the best Chinese food around. Everything is absolutely delicious, and the staff is always so friendly and genuinely happy when I come in to pick up my order. I do wish they delivered, but it's always worth the trip to grab it myself. My go-to favorites are the egg rolls, chicken and broccoli, orange chicken, General Tso's, and pork fried rice. Every dish is consistently flavorful and clearly cooked fresh to order. The portions are great, the prices are very reasonable, and the quality never disappoints. Highly recommend! read more

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In town for business and wanted something easy to take back to the hotel. Friendly server. Ordered at counter and ready in about 15 minutes. Basic takeout fare. Tasty. Good sized servings. But ambiance wasn't anything I would have wanted to hang around in to eat there. Clean but shabby. No one else was there. Seems pretty much a grab and go kind of place. read more

Oriental Express - General Tso's chicken combination - Chinese Near Me - Wallingford, Connecticut

Wanted to love it, but unfortunately didn't. Let me start by saying that the owners/staff are extremely friendly and welcoming, which made me want to make this our new favorite spot for Chinese food. Unfortunately, the egg rolls and beef & broccoli were unremarkable and I did not like the General Tso's chicken at all. My husband enjoyed the ribs. The quest for a local Chinese restaurant that we all enjoy continues. read more

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The food is absolutely delish! The service was fast and I will definitely be coming back. This is some of the best general tso I've had . read more

Oriental Express - Chinese Near Me - Wallingford, Connecticut

How can a place this filthy be in business? I mean, gunk built-up in corners of the room, old sticky furniture, and a weird smell inside. The food? Well, suffice to say it went directly to the trash can. Sorry, but...really? read more

First time going to this restaurant.. ABSOLUTELY Amazing! Owner Chris introduced himself and was very nice. The food was ready as soon as I got there. Our orders were more than expected, fresh, delicious and so fair on prices. We will be back read more

I've been eating a lot of Chinese food lately. As a vegan, I avoided it for several years, but then in 2020 I just couldn't hold back anymore. I started hitting up as many Chinese places as possible, ordering my usual General Tso's tofu and Szechuan tofu. It's become my new Friday tradition. One Friday I was sitting at my desk at work toward the end of the day, wondering where I was going to order from that day. I decided to jump on Google and see if I could find any local Chinese restaurants I haven't been to yet. A quick search turned up Oriental Express. I ordered my food and went down to pick it up. The first thing I noticed was that the price was cheaper than almost every other Chinese place I've been to in the past couple years. Yeah, but how's the food? I went home, snapped a picture of my food, and dove in. The answer the the above question is: the food is great! In fact, Oriental Express has become my new favorite Chinese spot. When I went in for the second time, the woman behind the counter recognized me and brought my food right over. I asked her ""What, you don't get many people ordering tofu?" Her response was that no one else orders both General Tso's tofu and Szechuan tofu together. This was only my second time ordering from there and she remembered me! I've been back several times since. Oriental Express has become my new go-to Chinese restaurant when I'm in the area. Check it out! read more

Oriental Express - Chinese Near Me - Wallingford, Connecticut

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Chinese food is like pizza....everyone has their preferences and if you ask 5 people for the best Chinese food or pizza, you'll get 10 different answers. I enjoy oriental express...their boneless spare ribs are almost as good as lion city in branford and their crab Rangoon are the best I've had. Prices are great and the service is unparalleled. The owners are the sweetest people and remember regular people and their orders. read more

Oriental Express - Double delight in garlic sauce - Chinese Near Me - Wallingford, Connecticut

I was debating what to have. Either it was Moes (which was meh) or Oriental Express. Wanting to try something "different," I went with the latter. The place, at first glance, is a standard Chinese Takeout affair right down to the preview photos over the counter. Two people were working that night. One did some of the cooking, while another did cooking, phone, and cashier. Save to say, I feel bad for them having to do so much in a short time frame, but on the bright side, they were super friendly. I ordered the standard (American) Sweet and Sour Chicken Combo with Pork Fried Rice. It was shockingly low for the price at around $10 for everything though it included the drink, which was separate from the combo. Even Ming Bao hosted twice as much, even when I went for the lunch combo. However, it wouldn't mean much if the wait time and taste were terrible. The wait was typical. It took about 15 minutes which is impressive with the takeout orders coming in and only having two people working that night. The food was solid. The portion size was good for the money, and the combo was pretty standard. Impressive considering only two people were working that night. Most likely going to try again to form a final opinion, but currently, it's a standard Chinese take-out place with excellent service and pricing. You can't go wrong if you try this place. read more

Oriental Express - The outside of the restaurant. - Chinese Near Me - Wallingford, Connecticut

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This has been the happiest accidental discovery in a long while. We typically ordered from a competitor that happened to be closed on a day we really wanted chinese. So, we found this location and placed an order. WE usually opt to eat chinese food at home so I have never eaten in, there there are tables, it is a small space. What this place lacks in space, they make up for in flavor! WOW. Thats all I can say. The portions are generous, the food tastes "clean" and fresh. The fried options (like crab Rangoon) always smell clean and not of oil. They accommodate special requests (I personally enjoy extra spicy kung po and they accommodate that.) Friendly service with a smile, and a sincere thank you. This is our new go to place (the old place has lost frequent customer to superior food.) Give them a shot and you will not be disappointed. read more

Top notch Chinese food, good price and excellent customer service. No better place in the area

I had their hot and sour soup and chicken and broccoli. I moved to Ct recently and was hoping to find a good Chinese restaurant and I did. Also the lady working there was very pleasant read more

I have several Chinese restaurants near me, but this place is worth the drive. The food is the best!!! Also, the woman who works there is so sweet and remembers her customers, even if it's been a while! Favorite Chinese takeout... give it a try! read more

Good food, really great price. You get a lot of food for not s lot of money. Owner is very friendly and remembers everyone

"Slow Oriental" They might want to consider changing their name to "Slow Oriental". When I went in to place my order, there were three men eating lunch in the dining area and a women had just placed her order. It wasn't busy. It didn't look busy with phoned in orders either. Most people like myself have a limited amount of time for lunch. There was one chef cooking everything and the woman taking orders was helping him as much as possible. That's just not enough people for a restaurant that thrives on take out meals. I had the L49 Kung Pao Chicken with a side of pork fried rice and an egg drop soup. The Kung Pao Chicken was good. The pork fried rice was bland and resembled a spanish yellow rice. The egg drop soup was pretty good. It took about 25 minutes for my order to be ready. That was not acceptable. And I was late getting back to work. read more

Showed up before closing, they were more than happy to serve us. VERY clean and the food is fantastic. Classic Chinese food taste - definitely order out!!! read more

Food is always good, service is great. I have been a customer for years and never had a problem. It's not ex of a take out place than dine in. read more

This is the Best restaurant in CT, food consistency is the best. It's always good, the taste is always fresh and yes, it's the best. It's worth the travel if you like to go to a restaurant and always have good tasting food taste good all the time, Oriential Express is the place to travel. Two thumbs up, 5 Star Rating in Service, Always respectful and punctual on the time given for the food to be ready, and it's always customers there to eat. Not much space to sit down and dine, take out is the best. They give you full portions in your take out, they don't short you like most other places. 5 read more

Had the general tso's chicken lunch special. That comes with fries rice and an egg roll. Also had a can of diet Pepsi for $10.50. Seems too expensive to me. The chicken was crispy and tasted good. The rice was very orange in color and tasted odd. Not bad, but not sticky rice you become accustomed to getting at these little places. It didn't fit if you know what I mean. The egg roll was good, nothing great. All in all, it was OK. I would pass on this place if in the area again. read more

Oriental Express - General Tso's chicken - Chinese Near Me - Wallingford, Connecticut

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We have been eating at Oriental Express for years, and we always have had a positive experience. Their food has been tasty and prepared quickly. I always pick up our order so I can't attest to any delivery issues. The family who runs this restaurant is always cheery & friendly, such great customer service. Last night, for a change my entire family actually wanted to eat the same thing for a change, so instead of individual orders I opted to order a party platter. Boy am I glad I did! We ended up with a heaping half tray of General Tso's Chicken and two quarts of rice. Four of us (and the dog!) ate well and it didn't even look like we made a dent in the tray. We will have plenty for lunch for the week. Some reviews have mentioned receiving yellow rice with their order. We have gotten that once or twice too. However they have always notified us ahead of time that they were out of regular white rice and asked if yellow rice was ok. Never bothered me. All in all I recommend Oriental Express! read more

Stopped in the other day and ordered a few appetizers. They were decent so I went back today and ordered a lunch special. Hands down, the worst pork fried rice I've ever had and the lo mein wasn't much better. The woman working the counter was very nice and all staff were following covid protocols. read more

This is by far the best food in the area! I love this place i have never gotten bad food here. I have tried most of the menu and will always choose this over any other food place. The people are amazing and the food is awesome try it and you will see! They are closed on Sundays now so keep that in mind. Its a mom and pop shop they deserve the day off. read more

We have tried all of the Chinese restaurants in the area! Oriental Express is the best. The food is always fresh and tasty, we always come back to them. They are the sweetest people and that definitely helps to make you come back time and again. I would recommend this food wholeheartedly for takeout. read more

After moving to Meriden a few years ago I have struggled to find a passable Chinese place. After discovering Oriental Express, I can safely say my search is over. They may not be the BEST Chinese food I've ever had, but they are darned close. Aside from the food, the owners are really quite friendly and make the experience fantastic. EDIT - I dropped the five stars down to three. The last two or three times I've eaten there it hasn't been as good, and I'm pretty sure it made sick at least once. Based on those experiences I should probably give it less than three stars, but I'm balancing it out. Personally, I'm going to be avoiding them in the future. read more

On travel from Philly to HFD & staying in a Wallingford hotel, so I asked a hotel manager for suggested Chinese restaurants & I got this place's menu from her. Despite reading the spotty Yelp reviews, I rolled the dice - and came up with loaded boxcars! Which in this case is very good. All food delivered was piping hot & fresh. 'Veggie spring roll' was not greasy @ all, a pint of 'veggie soup' had a ton of veggies in a nice clear broth, & the main entree 'Seafood Combination' had quite a bit of seafood blended in with more fresh veggies. Only drawbacks: a) the seafood combo had a little bit too much sauce which I had to drain off, & b) brown rice is not offered, which led me to add soy sauce packets to the side pint of bland white rice with the entree. Didn't finish everything, so the leftovers are today's lunch today! Great enough 1st impression will lead me to try this place again upon another work roadtrip to CT! read more

I wanted to have Oriental Express cover Hong Kong whilst they were regrouping. Not so much. I kept it simple. The phone order for delivery was exceptional and delivery time en pointe. The food unfortunately was a deal breaker. Pu Pu and Szechuan Jumbo Shrimp. Unidenti'fried' objects, 2 small ribs knuckled up, and beef on a stick were old and dry. Shrimp toast and Eggrolls decent and not greasy. The Szechuan Shrimp was plump and could've saved the day but they packed a nasty red dipping sauce for the Pu Pu that was insulting and creepy. read more

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We ordered ours to be delivered to our hotel. It was delivered in the time they said it would be. It was large portions and very delicious.

Sadie B and Mary Ellen B sound like narcs. Oriental Express is the best in town. Great food. Happiest workers. Always smiling. Fuck around and get dunked on Sadie. Love, the 12 Wooding Boys. read more

Best Chinese Ribs with bone and fried rice I have had in the area. It does not look fancy or anything but the staff is friendly and the food is good. The Egg Rolls and Wonton Soup is also excellent. Can't go wrong at this place .They are also at Celebrate Wallingford uptown today with a booth. Hope to get some good music and good chinese food from them. read more

I wouldn't even give this 1 star! First off the rice was yellow and definitely pre packaged Spanish rice. (I thought this was a Chinese restraint!) also the chicken fingers were raw they were pink it's Very dangerous! The pancake that comes with the musu wasn't even cooked. The crab Rangoon was stale. And I would have many more complaints. It was unedible! When we called the restaurant the manager was extremely rude and said I don't care! And argued with us! On a kind of positive note the mushu itself minus the pancakes was ok. Customer service was terrible and food was dangerous to eat! read more

Oriental Express - Chinese Near Me - Wallingford, Connecticut

The place was smelly due to a lack of ventilation. I ordered spare ribs and teriyaki beef, it cost almost $15 and they said it would be ready in 10 minutes. 33 minutes later I got my food cause they burnt the first order. I've added a pic of the beef, I've never seen thinner pieces of meat. If you go here hungry, you'll leave hungry too. read more

This is our favorite Chinese place in the Wallingford area. We have gone to all the others but we keep coming back here. The place is small but if you decide to eat in, they treat you like family. They are all very pleasant and the food is spectacular read more

Okay food at best and terrible customer service!!! I ordered delivery and they got the order wrong. When I called them the person on the phone first argued with me then in a snarky tone asked me what I wanted. I want my correct order and when that doesn't happen an apology and offer for my order as soon as possible. read more

This is a really good Chinese place, the General Tso's is actually moist and flavorful and not fried to a crisp like other Chinese places in the area. They have awesome lunch specials, ranging in price fro $4.50- $6.00 or so. It's so easy to forget about this place tucked away next to the vacant Friendly's and other store fronts that have closed. read more

It's been almost 2 months since I first got take out from here. Nothing has changed. It's still just as good as the first time. The people who run the place and cook here are super nice. My favorite dish is Mushroom and Chicken. I always ask for baby corn with this. They are more than happy to oblige, it seems. The sauce in the mushroom and chicken is just delish. I've also tried a few other things here, but none as memorable as the chicken and mushroom. As long as the food stays consistant I can't see ordering from anywhere else. read more

So my husband and I ordered from oriental express for the first time yesterday and I cannot believe how horrible the food was! First, the worst was hair in my order... You can literally see it throughout the lid of the container... immediately no good and thrown away! Second, they use parboiled rice (pre - cooked) it has a very distinctive taste and it isn't good. Lastly the vegetables weren't even properly cooked so hard you could probably lose a tooth. This is absoultely the worst place I have ever ordered from, period!! Never again!! So gross!!! read more

Not bad at all...cooked food has plenty of flavor, spicy dishes have plenty of heat, if you want to alter your dish a bit that can be done as well . Nice friendly workers. The only thing I didn't like were the shrimp rolls....they were frozen. Will probably return. Oh yeah....its more like 3 1/2 stars read more

We were driving home from Maine back to NJ and find this place on Yelp, reviews weren't great and they were old so we gave it a chance! The food was amazing and the chicken wings were fried fresh! Port fried race was to die for as well! I will prbly never be back in the area again, but If I do, I'll def be stopping back! Staff were helpful and friendly! read more

Oriental Express - Fried chicken wings! - Chinese Near Me - Wallingford, Connecticut

I love this place. I live in South Meriden and we drive to Wallingford for this place. The people here are extremely friendly. We stopped going to a local place because they were rude and their food just got worse and worse. We were excited to find this place as we love Chinese take out. Everything is always super fresh and tastes great. The only issue I have is the rice is just ok to me and the gravy for the egg foo young could be a little thicker. It's not really even gravy, it's like soy sauce in a cup. Other than that though, we are very satisfied customers. read more

I was so excited to have some good Chinese food. We are on a vacation road trip and have been driving most of the day. After ordering from oriental express We waited only 45 minutes for the order which was reasonable. After opening the bag and digging in we were disappointed to say the least. The chicken was pink very undercooked. The crab Rangoon was soggy and stale . And the pancakes that come with the vegetable moo shu was like raw dough. On a good note the veggie moo shu was good. Also the vegetable egg rolls were good. This is not a restaurant I would recommend though poor customer service as well. So sad this was such a disappointment. read more