First and last time ordering from here. the most unauthentic, americanized Chinese food ever. Chicken with cashews had tasteless sauce, burnt cashews and celery with what looked like frozen peas and carrots. Husband got Kung Pao chicken with exact same sauce, burnt peanuts and few more pieces of pepper. Really awful! read more

Honestly this spot is a hidden gem. I easily get 3 meals out of a $9 combo order. Food takes a while, but I drive 17 minutes out of my way to grab it if that says anything about the taste! Top tier takeout. read more

Oriental Wok - Beef Lo Mein - Chinese Near Me - Essex Junction, Vermont

I had beef with broccoli and pork fried rice. The beef was white and tasted bad and the pork tasted old. I didn't eat mine after the first two bites. This was last night. We've eaten there before and it was better. My husband said his was fine. Not sure what happened last night. read more

Communication with customers. They took our number, they happily took our money. If it was going to be an over an hour additional wait ( total 3 hour wait), they should CALL! Its NEVER okay to do customers this way. read more

Ordered Chicken with Cashews and fried dumplings but what I got was boiled chicken slices with undercooked veggies, no sauce, no cashews. The fried pork dumplings were completely raw on the inside and burnt on the outside. I placed the order around 6:10pm, told itd be ready in 30-40minutes. We got to the store around 7pm expecting it to be ready and then had to wait till 7:40pm... first time going here and last. read more

Pleasantly surprised by this place. I hadn't had American Chinese in years so I tried this out. It's a full step above the other American Chinese places in the area. It's also a great deal. The combination plates are massive and enough for two people. Kung Pao was great, and the egg roll was surprisingly good with a thinner lightly fried wonton wrap. The hot and sour soup was outstanding. See you next time... read more

Food is delicious and the price for portions is very good. Our favorite is sesame chicken combo dinner with pork fried rice and boneless spareribs. Never hurts to have an order of crab rangoon. read more

The food is great, except for the time there was actual metal in our dumplings -- apparently, we were the SECOND (!!!) people to call that night with metal in their food! WHAT?! After that, we stopped eating there for about a year. But, I've yet to find another local option that does chicken & broccoli or chef special fried rice as them, so I broke down. Now, we order from them every other month or so, and the food is consistently good. Anticipate orders taking 5-15 minutes longer than they quote... and, avoid the dumplings. read more

No frills but absolutely the best Chinese America food in the area. Been going here since I was a kid.

1st time visit food was great. Even the bad reviews say how good the food is here. Don't sleep on this one. When I saw the consistent traffic I knew it was going to be good. read more

They can get really busy but it's always worth it! Excellent lo mein, never greasy. The hot and sour soup is really good and so is the chicken with garlic sauce. read more

Hospitalized due to an allergic reaction caused by significant cross-contamination in the food. Have been ordering the same dish for years, but I guess today they felt extra fancy. Food is delicious and cooked well, but this ended up being the most expensive takeout I've ever had. read more

You have lost a long time customer, our order today was incorrect when we called and asked that the incorrect part be redone, not the whole order just the mistake, the manager told us nothing could be done, wait? What ! Do you have zero customer service skills ? The employee argued with us , let me tell you that was the wrong thing to do. Credit card dispute filed. Do not get take out from these morons if you do open your package and check it before you walk out. read more

The food is horrible. Don't waste your time or money. We ordered the cashew chicken (zero seasoning, burned cashews) and the pupu platter that was a pile of deep fried garbage. I was told it came with rice but it did not. $40 later the 2 of us are still hungry and 90% of our order is in the compost bin. read more

The food was very good. Looks like a small family running it. We ordered takeout. It did take a while, but there is only one Cook working on all the orders. I ordered something special and it was very good. read more

This place wasn't terrible, I had Singapore noodle, egg rolls, and the teriyaki beef skewers. Singapore noodle was ok, nowhere near the best I've had, the egg rolls sucked, and beef skewers were pretty good, but nothing amazing. The reason this place got 2 stars instead of 3 was because the shrimp weren't deveined and made for a gritty experience I really didn't enjoy. My advice is you may want to look elsewhere. read more

I don't care what the people say about this place. The foods 10/10 but the place looks a little run down, that's know u know the foods great. read more

The best Chinese food around. Clean, delicious, very generous portions, nice staff. Boneless spare ribs are sooooo good!

Still my favorite place for Chinese food!! Love the combination meals! Food is always fresh and delish - expect longer times on weekends but so worth it! Never had made a mistake on my order ! Been going to this place since it opened ... orders are large no skimping at this place!! read more

Mr Customer Watch your Payment method. If you pay with Plastic and decide not to tip for say bad service, or attitude, or for any reason, clerk will automatically add a tip as I noticed account when checking on computer after I got home. Also Egg Roll has gone down to bad quality, Rice is not really good fried pork rice missing some ingredient's like , bean sprout, green onion, and a few other seasoning's. Sometimes wait times are excessive of course depends on how busy they are. This not real important but no lid if you want a cup of tea to go. I used to go to other Chinese Restaurant's and for some reason after a while they sem to cut corners and serve cheaper grades of foods. read more

Quite possibly the best I've ever had! The sesame chicken and crab Rangoon are to die for

Great little place for a quick bite Large size portions and not to long of a wait More of a take out than sit down place Food was very tasty especially for a New Yorker read more

This place is always busy, and for good reason. The food is flavorful, reasonably priced and portions are good-size but not insane. Leftovers are never going uneaten in our house! Our favorites are the sesame chicken, orange beef, and veggie lo mein. read more

I love Oriental Wok for that occasional " I don't want to cook tonight" dinner. My usual is Gen Tao's Chicken , fried rice, and an order of Crab Rangoon. Usually I can get dinner within an hour, and then re- portion to get three more dinners out of the order, around $18.00 for all that. It's economical and very good. I respect the women who work so hard at their business to put out a quality product. read more

Love the food, it's a yummy and it was a pretty basic Chinese take out. The staff was nice and friendly. The menu has a great variety. Has a smallish sitting area and plastic utensils but over all you won't be disappointed if you go. read more

When I'm in town and want Chineese, I usually visit Joyce's. However, a friend of mine insisted that we try Oriental Wok, so I relented and we placed an order. The menu was fairly typical for a Chineese Take-Out location, but I'm one of those that prefers consistency. I ordered Shrimp & Snow Peas and a side of Crab Rangoon. When we picked up our order and got home, I was plesantly suprised with the portion sizes and the quality of the food. The S&SP was bulging a large to-go container, the shrimp were large and plentiful, and the veggies were fresh and crisp. Also, the container of white rice that my meal came with was actually very tender and fluffy, instead of the compressed brick I've come to expect from take-out. They also included the fortune cookie, which many places don't do anymore. My only possible gripe (and quite minor) was the lack of chopsticks either in the bag or available at the counter. All in all, I was pleased with what I had recieved, and found the prices to be a little less than average. I will definitely be ordering from here again in the future. read more

This is amazing Chinese food. We go to this place about once a month, never disappointed with it. Sometimes Chinese food is hit or miss, this is almost always a hit! I love them. Try it out, you won't be disappointed! read more

Here is the low down on Oriental Wok. Their food is good, like really good for the fast food Chinese in the area. Their time estimate and their customer service? Awful. And I feel bad for the poor girl at the register because I'm sure she is lying to customers due to the owners telling her to. We have been going here for years and have always been really satisfied with the quality of the food. It isn't too oily or greasy, the portions are generous and it (used to be) always ready when we arrived or it was just a matter of minutes' wait. However, it seems that as they have gotten busier, they have not been increasing their number of employees or streamlined their system/process for orders, so now ordering take out from here is an absolute joke. For example (and mind you, this is about the 3rd or 4th consecutive time this has happened to us...) my husband or myself will call and place a take out order. They will tell us a time (sometimes 45 mins to an hour, which is fine, we understand they're popular). However, when we arrive, we pay before getting our food, but then the cashier says "it will be a couple minutes...we're just finishing your order" it is an absolute bold-faced lie. Consistently since this summer, after we have paid, it has taken at least another 45 minutes to an hour to get our order. This specifically happened to me and I believe multiple other people this past Sunday evening. The place was packed and everyone was waiting for a solid 30+ minutes from what I could tell. I asked as calmly as I could, what is the best way to order from here? Obviously, when we are given a time over the phone, it is not accurate. They didn't even pull our order to start working on it until I got there and paid for it (no lie, I watched her pull it for them to start it). I was told that maybe when we call we should tell them when we are going to be there to pick it up. I was infuriated as we have done this before and run into the same problem. So in the end, the food is good but ordering take out is an absolute joke. My family and I could have driven downtown, eaten at Single Pebble and come back to Essex in the 2 hours that it took for us to get a "take out" order from O. Wok. Shit, we could have just gone and sat down at Joyce's across the street and been home with time to spare. I don't believe there will be a next time for us with O.Wok, which is sad because we have really enjoyed the food. Again, the quality of the food has been good. We have had some mix ups with the orders lately (not this week) but we weren't missing meals, just wrong sides or rice, so it wasn't a deal breaker. But the joke of saying you're a take out place when it takes 2 full hours to get an order is the silliest thing I have ever heard. If you order from here, you are absolutely doing so at your own risk unless you have hours of your life to spare. Plan ahead before you get hangry. read more

The food is always fresh and amazing, and they make their own duck sauce (I believe). It's the best duck sauce, much better than the packets at other locations; it's honestly a big part why I keep going back :) read more

This place is just meh, its chinese food, nothing special, nothing terrible. I went there on a whim and ordered a combo plate one evening. I waited 32 minutes for them to make a simple chicken finger, chicken wing & fried rice plate, totally unacceptable. The pork fried rice was very bland & kind of dry. There was not much flavor at all. The chicken wings were very well done and almost burnt and the chicken fingers were decent. The amount rice was mind boggling, it was 80% of the container! For the amount of food and price its okay. The staff was very nice and the place was clean, but given the very long wait time and bland food, I don't think I'll go back. read more

Best Chinese place around. My go to place! Can't ask for better in Northern Vermont ..................

Excellent!! By far one of the best Chinese restaurants in Essex. Chinese is one of our favorite take-out options for a relaxing evening at home and this place always wins. We have been to every other Chinese restaurant in Essex and hands down this is the best. Sometimes the wait is a little longer than quoted but totally fresh food is worth the wait. They use no MSG and servings are huge enough to share. Hot and sour soup is the best and the sesame chicken is fantastic. Definitely worth the wait!!! read more

This is my all time favorite. Crab Rangoon made by hand in house! Their staff is always professional and kind and they are alwaYs consistent no matter how busy they are. read more

Just crappy chinese food, not as bad as it has been in the past and the woman on the phone was friendly.

They haven't made any mistakes the last 4 times we have gotten takeout!! That's certainly an improvement. Food quality, portion size and taste have also been consistent. read more

Great food. Good variety. Terrible wait time. Was told 1 hour but then waited 1 hour 45 minutes. Paid, was told food was coming right out to us. Did not hear anything about it until I asked 30 minutes later. Unfortunately I will not be ordering food from oriental wok again due to to this situation. Was told cook was also being stubborn. read more

Never again. After ordering food at 4:15 p.m. on Saturday, I was told it would be ready for pickup in 20 minutes... though I gave it a half-hour, since they're notoriously bad with their "OK, that will be __ minutes" estimates. After 50 minutes, I asked at the counter if she knew how much longer it would be, and I was told (without apology) "The food will be ready when it's ready, sir!" After 55 minutes, I finally had my food (still without any kind of apology for being, at that point, 35 minutes late) and said goodbye to Oriental Wok for the last time. If, AT ANY POINT, the person at the register had said, "I'm very sorry. We got slammed unexpectedly. It's coming up now." or "I apologize, we had misplaced your order slip, and we're so sorry it's late!", I would have been fine. Of, better yet, if they had told me "It'll be ready in anywhere from 45 minutes to an hour for pickup", fine. Ironically, the woman at the counter had a t-shirt that said "Gratitude is always on trend." Had she shown any gratitude for the people who pay her paycheck, Oriental Wok wouldn't have lost a customer. read more

For Vermont it's not bad. Coming from Boston it's hard to find decent ethnic foods. These guys aren't bad at all.

Order of takeout was ready on time. Steamed vegetables were fresh, had good variety and not overcooked. Chicken lo mein was somewhat greasy, though flavor was fine. For standard Chinese takeout it was good enough. I'd likely order from here again. read more

Average. Definitely not the best and not the worst. I had the Hunan chicken combo. The roast pork fried rice was the best part of the dish which normally isn't saying much about the food but the fried rice was actually a 5/5 and the chicken just so so, thus the 3 star review evened out. I would opt to take out as the decor is pretty bad; they must put on the air conditioning! It's hot in there! Where are the really good Chinese restaurants in this area?!?! read more