Tim's Express Chinese Food

This is my go to for a healthy quick meal. consistent quality and great taste all along. My favorite is the green bean chicken and the eggplant tofu. My family swears by the sesame chicken.

I only get takeout from the buffet here and it is perfectly good. I think it's on par or better than Panda, so I like it! And a good price too! Just under $15 for a two-item meal + rice or chow mein. The servings are big, so I was able to eat that $15 meal over two meals. Service was great! They are nice people :)

If you want some of the kindest service this is the place. They are so friendly and we love the food. Definitely recommend!

Denise McGrath

I only get takeout from the buffet here and it is perfectly good. I think it's on par or better than Panda, so I like it! And a good price too! Just under $15 for a two-item meal + rice or chow mein. The servings are big, so I was able to eat that $15 meal over two meals. Service was great! They are nice people :)

Steven Pratt

If you want some of the kindest service this is the place. They are so friendly and we love the food. Definitely recommend!

Amanda

I've been coming here since I was a kid. The food continues to be delicious and the owners are super friendly. Highly recommended! 🩷

Hailey Wiley

AMAZING! food was incredible. A regular passed as we were leaving and said that you HAVE to try the specials on the chalkboard. I wish I ran into him before, but I will definitely be doing this next time.

Patricia Schroeck

This is my go to for a healthy quick meal. consistent quality and great taste all along. My favorite is the green bean chicken and the eggplant tofu. My family swears by the sesame chicken.

Ron Steeves

Extremely great customer service and huge portions! Prices are very reasonable. So nice to have a quick and easy in and out pickup in the neighborhood when you get that craving 😋

Carole Lindner

Tim's is a wonderful family-run Chinese restaurant. Mostly geared for take-out; there are two tables inside and a few outside as well. Very quickly, you are a "known" customer: your favorite items on the menu, that is. Combos are very affordable. Constantly rotating supply at the front of the items ordered most-frequently. Made-to-order always available, too. Gracious, generous family who truly know and care about their customers. Chicken with green beans is my favorite. My son loves the shrimp and the chow mein. Recommended!

Lauren Walden

absolutely delicious! the green beans in the beef were so fresh! in fact, all the veggies were fresh! the orange chicken was tender and yummy, and the noodles were perfectly, lightly seasoned. I thought I didn't like Chinese food; we only ended up there because they were open on New Year's Day when everything else was shut. So glad I discovered them!

Elizabeth Burson

If you like Chinese cuisine, you will love Tim's. I eat there at least once a week. The food is very good and the price is right. They have a buffet with several choices all ready to go. But they also have other items that can be ready in just a few minutes. I highly recommend Tim's.

Jonathan Smith

Great little hidden gem in Scott's valley. Just what you are looking for when craving the same style as panda express except WAY better, fresher, and local. Please come to this place if you are looking for Chinese fast food in Scott's valley!

The chicken salad was a big bed of lettuce with a generous portion of freshly fried chunks of chicken on top. The dressing in a glob on the side was sesame oil with peanut butter and looked kind of disgusting but tasted great! I arrived at closing time so the smorgasbord of food looked a little dry but smelled yummy. I'll be coming back soon for one of their special plates because the prices are very reasonable. The lady who helped me was very nice, too. If you're in a hurry, this is a good place to try.

When you are in the mood for some quick Chinese food then Tims is a good place to eat. It isn't all scratch made but the flavor's are decent. It's solid enough I come back three days out of five. Staff is sociable and do not come off rude. I just wish the pork buns were made from scratch but this is Scotts Valley and that is kind of an unreasonable request considering the location - it's not China town after all.

Liz Taylor-Selling

A regular stop for us, and we're locals. Good solid Chinese food, great warm service, usually we do take-out.

Diane Dobbs

The chicken salad was a big bed of lettuce with a generous portion of freshly fried chunks of chicken on top. The dressing in a glob on the side was sesame oil with peanut butter and looked kind of disgusting but tasted great! I arrived at closing time so the smorgasbord of food looked a little dry but smelled yummy. I'll be coming back soon for one of their special plates because the prices are very reasonable. The lady who helped me was very nice, too. If you're in a hurry, this is a good place to try.

Raye Ex2

When you are in the mood for some quick Chinese food then Tims is a good place to eat. It isn't all scratch made but the flavor's are decent. It's solid enough I come back three days out of five. Staff is sociable and do not come off rude. I just wish the pork buns were made from scratch but this is Scotts Valley and that is kind of an unreasonable request considering the location - it's not China town after all.

Very nice folks, good food, nice alternative to Panda Express. Bit overcooked. Probably depends on your timing. Got everything from "buffet". Will try fresh orders next time. Was in a hurry coming home from commute. Fire chili oil (actually spicy) and apparently curried veggie egg rolls.

The lady working the front was friendly. Order the sweet and sour chicken. Came with four pieces of meat. Wasn’t very warm. Chicken had four pieces fat wrapped in doughy existences. The rice was hot. Got order of greens with chicken. That was good but could have been hotter. Second time coming, first time the food wasn’t hot either. Maybe they need new heater for their warming keepers. Paid about 15.00 Wasn’t too impressed with the food. Very friendly, though!

Khris Bigelow

The lady working the front was friendly. Order the sweet and sour chicken. Came with four pieces of meat. Wasn’t very warm. Chicken had four pieces fat wrapped in doughy existences. The rice was hot. Got order of greens with chicken. That was good but could have been hotter. Second time coming, first time the food wasn’t hot either. Maybe they need new heater for their warming keepers. Paid about 15.00 Wasn’t too impressed with the food. Very friendly, though!

L L

Very nice folks, good food, nice alternative to Panda Express. Bit overcooked. Probably depends on your timing. Got everything from "buffet". Will try fresh orders next time. Was in a hurry coming home from commute. Fire chili oil (actually spicy) and apparently curried veggie egg rolls.

Ada Rose Homai Sievers

It was late when I got there so I didn't get anything but the egg roll which were good and temperature hot, so fresh. I will have to go back to give a better review.

The food was not only as expensive as fine dining but it was horrible. Panda express is more tasteful and to top it off she gave us the wrong order when we ordered it to go so when we got home we were disappointed to see what we had.

The food warmers must not work because we ordered what we wanted and the very nice lady put it in the to go container and THEN said it’s not warm need to microwave it. They were so nice we felt too bad to say no we don’t want it. I wouldn’t recommend since th food is sitting out not hot

Krista Nicholas

The food was not only as expensive as fine dining but it was horrible. Panda express is more tasteful and to top it off she gave us the wrong order when we ordered it to go so when we got home we were disappointed to see what we had.

BBQ pork. HUGE disappointment! To go container 1/2 full and flavorless. AND the meat was tough and grizzly. Unbelievable after you remove all the grizzle that you can not even eat its more like 1/8 th of a half full container for 10 bucks 😡. I wish I could get a refund. Never again! Are they trying to deceive to go customers? I think so!

Elle Masters

BBQ pork. HUGE disappointment! To go container 1/2 full and flavorless. AND the meat was tough and grizzly. Unbelievable after you remove all the grizzle that you can not even eat its more like 1/8 th of a half full container for 10 bucks 😡. I wish I could get a refund. Never again! Are they trying to deceive to go customers? I think so!

Went in on a small budget. Women wouldn’t listen to me, tried to sell me a big container with a bunch of food. When I asked her for just pork fried rice she tried to fill the big container with rice and charge me $9. When I sai a little container and asked how much to add a little chicken she said”but you only want rice”. After I said never mind, she complained to the cook about me when I could hear her. Terrible service, not ever going again.

Kathy Hernandez

Went in on a small budget. Women wouldn’t listen to me, tried to sell me a big container with a bunch of food. When I asked her for just pork fried rice she tried to fill the big container with rice and charge me $9. When I sai a little container and asked how much to add a little chicken she said”but you only want rice”. After I said never mind, she complained to the cook about me when I could hear her. Terrible service, not ever going again.