Mandarin Express
Chinese · Sacramento
About Mandarin Express
At Mandarin Express in Sacramento, California, we're proud to serve authentic Chinese comfort food that's been a staple in our community for years. Our restaurant offers a warm and welcoming atmosphere where families and friends can come together to enjoy delicious meals. We're known for our signatu...
At Mandarin Express in Sacramento, California, we're proud to serve authentic Chinese comfort food that's been a staple in our community for years. Our restaurant offers a warm and welcoming atmosphere where families and friends can come together to enjoy delicious meals. We're known for our signature dishes like salt and pepper fries with chicken, chow mein, and orange chicken, all cooked fresh to order. Our menu also features a range of options for everyone, from spicy shrimp chow mein to savory peppered pork and generous portions of garlic beef chicken. With our commitment to quality, service, and value, we're the perfect destination for a quick bite or a casual dinner.
What Customers Say About Mandarin Express
Mandarin Express is a long-standing local favorite, known for large portions and reasonable prices. Many customers rave about the salt and pepper fish/chicken/fries, chow mein, and fresh cooking. Some recent reviews mention inconsistent food quality and excessive MSG.
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Mandarin Express Sacramento Reviews
Man they have some fish and peppers on the menu. I only come get this to. Freahly fried and is bursting with flavor for the low low to. Thank you Jesus for looking out for my stomach and my pockets.
Every time I go they have great service, reasonable prices, and such good food portions! Love coming here!
The lady serving the food was very nice.Great selection..She sure packed alot of food..into those tiny little cartons..and I definately liked the Mongolian beef the best :-) I miss Rickshaw Ricks..in Arden..but this place is a close second:)
Amazing food for a reasonable price. Great customer service, this was my first time coming here and it won’t be my last. Just when I thought I was having a bad day :)
Loved the management the man knew exactly what my daughter wanted because she goes there at least once a week made fresh chicken and broccoli for her. Great portions had some to take home for later for a snack
The food is very good, the price is reasonable and the service is excellent!!!! We order salt and pepper fish,wings,pork,fried wonton and beef garlic and pepper and he let us sample and taste what we order before he packed it. I'm so glad my bestie recommend this place to us.
My family have been going to this place for many years and nothing has changed very reasonable price good food and very filling portions are big and it ends up being two to three meals instead of one meal
Excellent Chinese food. I tried the fish it was fantastic! Want great authentic Chinese, come to this one. The owner is really nice. Great value for your money!!!
A buddy of mine recommended this place a few years back and I've been coming here ever since! Their Salt & Pepper Pork is to die for! Excellent service every visit.
I love this place I have been coming here for about 7 years strong I love there salt and pepper fish and I like how they full your plate up so you can have leftovers or even share
Great food, great price and really friendly staff. Definitely recommend this place!
If I click my heels will I end up standing in line for a serving of Salt and Pepper Fish over Fried Rice PLEASE!!. Since I remembered the taste of this dish a few weeks ago I have had it cross my mind several times since. I need this in my life like now. Family owned business has been around since the Florin Mall was a real mall.
I really enjoy coming here. Went to other Chinese food places and they don't compare with the amount of food you get here for the price. Michelle is very friendly and does her best to fulfill your order. I always get the Chow Mein, Fried Rice and Sweet and Sour Chicken. Great food here for the value!
Grew up here so I may be biased but this place is awesome ‼️ (salt and pepper fries with chicken is a must try)
I've been going to this place since my daughter was a baby when they were located in the old florin mall;She's now 27. My absolute favorite is the peppered pork cut into small pieces and I always get extra garlic, It's always made fresh to order. The chow main is absolutely delicious 😋 And Let's talk about these Serving Sizes & Reasonable Prices 🤌
This is LA style Chinese food, I would recommend you to order the SPICY SHRIMP CHOW MEIN if you love garlic and everything spicy this for you a MUST!!! The Garlic spicy chicken wing are amazing. I did see lots of people ordering party trays and they smelled delicious. Garlic Lovers this is your place. And yes you get more wings than what you see on the picture we couldn’t wait to eat them.
I been coming for 15 years best foods in towns never let me down
Everything was fabulous 💯 going to be going back Garlic beef chicken, zucchini Mongolian beef general chicken Thank you lord for looking up and seeing this place So yummy 😋
This is LA style Chinese food, I would recommend you to order the SPICY SHRIMP CHOW MEIN if you love garlic and everything spicy this for you a MUST!!! The Garlic spicy chicken wing are amazing. I did see lots of people ordering party trays and they smelled delicious. Garlic Lovers this is your place. And yes you get more wings than what you see on the picture we couldn’t wait to eat them.
I've been going to this place since my daughter was a baby when they were located in the old florin mall;She's now 27. My absolute favorite is the peppered pork cut into small pieces and I always get extra garlic, It's always made fresh to order. The chow main is absolutely delicious 😋 And Let's talk about these Serving Sizes & Reasonable Prices 🤌
I been coming for 15 years best foods in towns never let me down
Everything was fabulous 💯 going to be going back Garlic beef chicken, zucchini Mongolian beef general chicken Thank you lord for looking up and seeing this place So yummy 😋
This place is great. The food is delicious and big portions. They fed me and my girlfriend when we were homeless. It was something that I'll never forget. I'm back on my feet now and will be a loyal customer
Ordered some vegetable egg rolls 5/5 the veggies were fresh, lightly seasoned. They were crispy and delicious. Reasonably priced!
Nostalgic great food! They always make the food fresh and it’s always amazing. The service is always top notch.
Food is very good and cheap! Even though I moved to different state now but I still swing by every time I’m back in town.
Food is the best! Have been getting food here off and on since the Florin Mall. Love them,! The best chow fun and salt and pepper chicken and the fish. My husband says the best shrimp egg foo . Go there you won't stop going there ♥️♥️♥️♥️
Like im in a qing dynasty palace but in south sac I hate bobby moua
I love this place, my usual orders are the salt and pepper fries with chicken, chow mein, salt and pepper fish with orange chicken. The cream cheese wontons are good too. They cook it fresh too! If this place ever gets relocated I would make my way out to find the owner again. The cook is really nice and you can tell he has a passion for this restaurant. Best customer service and really good portions.
I grew up in this restaurant as a kid. I see a lot of negative comments and I can’t really agree because 10 11 years ago they were sooo good and the salt and pepper fish is the best thing going. I hope the original owners and cook is still there.
This place is great. The food is delicious and big portions. They fed me and my girlfriend when we were homeless. It was something that I'll never forget. I'm back on my feet now and will be a loyal customer
Food is very good and cheap! Even though I moved to different state now but I still swing by every time I’m back in town.
Ordered some vegetable egg rolls 5/5 the veggies were fresh, lightly seasoned. They were crispy and delicious. Reasonably priced!
Food is the best! Have been getting food here off and on since the Florin Mall. Love them,! The best chow fun and salt and pepper chicken and the fish. My husband says the best shrimp egg foo . Go there you won't stop going there ♥️♥️♥️♥️
I grew up in this restaurant as a kid. I see a lot of negative comments and I can’t really agree because 10 11 years ago they were sooo good and the salt and pepper fish is the best thing going. I hope the original owners and cook is still there.
I love this place, my usual orders are the salt and pepper fries with chicken, chow mein, salt and pepper fish with orange chicken. The cream cheese wontons are good too. They cook it fresh too! If this place ever gets relocated I would make my way out to find the owner again. The cook is really nice and you can tell he has a passion for this restaurant. Best customer service and really good portions.
I like this place. Been going there for about 20 years. They are the only Chinese restaurant that I know of that doesn't use peanuts in their dishes
This food is the best I've had n a long time I always have fryed chicken it's very very good n good customer service prices r really good n the amount of food well u will have left overs
We recalled this restaurant once settled at the Florin Mall. It was yummy "mall food". Haven't had their food since Florin Mall closed, but we had to try it this past weekend. Honestly, it has been so long that I don't recall how the food tasted. We ordered the chow mein & beef broccoli. The food was your typical "Chinese Food". We'll go back to try the Kung Pao chicken next time.
Great place, wonderful food, very good service!
Great place, wonderful food, very good service!
Love their pepper fish
I love this place been coming hear for years! The food is good way better then Panda any day, yes they have their days when the young people in the front let the food sit for to long, but if you tell them you want it fresh they will give you fresh cooked food and it's always bomb! I recommend talking to the guy who cooks the food not the people who usually take your order, he has a great attitude! And then they started charging $1.50 for atm fee I will definitely come way less if I have to bring cash not to be charged an extra $1.50.
Wife & I have been going here since they opened❤️. Over the year as with all things prices have gone up and portions went down a bit but that's life. The original owners have moved on after family maters and the original cook now owns the place. The food is always best when you call ahead. Chow main is so good as are ALL the chicken dishes 👍. If it's busy some times a phone order is best and pick up is simple and fast. Dine in is ok, it's a bit hot most days. There is even a TV should you really want to watch it😁. These folks have been a staple for the locals for many years now mostly takeout for all us neighbors 🎁🎉
Wife & I have been going here since they opened❤️. Over the year as with all things prices have gone up and portions went down a bit but that's life. The original owners have moved on after family maters and the original cook now owns the place. The food is always best when you call ahead. Chow main is so good as are ALL the chicken dishes 👍. If it's busy some times a phone order is best and pick up is simple and fast. Dine in is ok, it's a bit hot most days. There is even a TV should you really want to watch it😁. These folks have been a staple for the locals for many years now mostly takeout for all us neighbors 🎁🎉
I love this place been coming hear for years! The food is good way better then Panda any day, yes they have their days when the young people in the front let the food sit for to long, but if you tell them you want it fresh they will give you fresh cooked food and it's always bomb! I recommend talking to the guy who cooks the food not the people who usually take your order, he has a great attitude! And then they started charging $1.50 for atm fee I will definitely come way less if I have to bring cash not to be charged an extra $1.50.
Food was good as always! buut i had a problem with the young man/boy wiping sweat off his face, touching his hair and pulling his mask down. That is VERY UNSANITARY and he didn't wash his hands after doing all of that. He clearly didnt know what he was doing. He can barely take a phone order. I dont know if ill be back because that was just disgusting
I ordered pork fried rice and they sold extra spicy. When I ordered she said extra spicy and I said no three times. I think they tried to give me old food they were trying to get rid of.⁹
Overall the food was uh ok. I took a bite of everything and was disappointed with all but the mushroom chicken. I got orange chicken, sesame chicken and mushrooms chicken with white rice and chow mein. White rice was great with mushrooms chicken sauce tho.
Overall the food was uh ok. I took a bite of everything and was disappointed with all but the mushroom chicken. I got orange chicken, sesame chicken and mushrooms chicken with white rice and chow mein. White rice was great with mushrooms chicken sauce tho.
Just bought some takeout. Super awful, everything is greasy and the flavor tastes wrong and like it came out of a bottle. The chicken had no flavor at all. The only thing that was edible was the garlic pepper pork. Will not be returning
Just bought some takeout. Super awful, everything is greasy and the flavor tastes wrong and like it came out of a bottle. The chicken had no flavor at all. The only thing that was edible was the garlic pepper pork. Will not be returning
The WORST Chinese food I have ever had. The chow mein was hard and dried out, the fried rice was flavorless, the sweet and sour pork tasted like their batter wasn't fully cooked (floury/doughy), their Mongolian beef was mostly onions & the meat was extremely chewy & tough, & their egg foo young was just a egg and green onion omelet (no gravy or sauce). I would not recommend this place at all...horrendous food!
Listen to the reviews, you’re gonna get food poisoning from this place. They serve you the meat on display even if it’s been left out for hours. Also it’s overpriced for what they give you. The food quality is terrible and off, definitely not the taste and textures you’d expect from a Chinese restaurant. The orange chicken was sweet and airy. It just tasted like sweet chicken and it was gross. And the chow mein is so bad that you’d probably be better off eating ramen noodles from a box. I’ve never seen chow mein like the one they serve. It’s just stringy. It’s not really noodles; it has the consistency of shredded carrots. But the flavor was edible, unlike the chicken. And their soda is overpriced. One 12 ounce can is $1.79, which is super overpriced because they just buy the 12 pack or 24 pack of soda and refrigerate it. If you go to any other place, their sodas are cheaper and it’s free refills. Or, if you go to a gas station and buy a 12 ounce soda, it’s still cheaper than what they’re charging. If you’re craving Chinese, don’t go here. Check out another local restaurant or go to Panda Express because even their food is better.
I order beef brocoli and found like 2-3 pieces of beef only, no meat portions, idk what is happening with being so greedy lately
Been a costumer 4 years. Haven't been a while seen they got new people. Went back n December experience was ok. Came tonight and waited over 40mins 4 my order. I seen people after me getting their order b4 me. I seen food sitting their was sure if that was my order. After the last customers left it was my food 🤦. Knew i shoulda left. Food was cold last time their. Ps they change 1.50 4 atm use no matter how much ur order is
I got food poisoning for 1 week I fee Mk horrible to say this but I will not be eating there again my stories killing me meds don’t seem to help either
Did not get what we ordered the stuff we did get did not taste good at all. The only part that was good was the doordash guy he was great. I would not send anyone there for food an will never order from this place ever again
The food is normally good. But I'm giving one star because when my Uber driver came to pick up my order, I guess another driver had stole the order. But the owner decided to take it out on the Uber driver who was there to pick up several orders and was trying to kick him out; he was also going off on the cook. The driver called me and I could hear all the commotion. Very unprofessional.
First time here. the lady behind the counter was nice, I was surprised at how stuffy the dinning area is and the atmosphere was not so great, the food looked good so we had high hopes for our dinner but the BBQ chicken was horrible no taste and rubbery, I'm sorry all the food Fell way flat of expectations, they do stuff your plate very full but I'm thinking it's to get rid of the food. I've eaten Chinese food for over 25yrs and all over the country
8/25/17 food was gross! Orange chicken didn't have barely any chicken and it was burnt whatever was left of chicken, broccoli beef was ok broccoli tasted like it was old. Sweet and sour chicken didn't have any chicken just all batter. Never going back rather go to panda express
Cheap prices but the chowmien and fried rice had way to much msg. I don't mind msg on my food but I couldnt eat it.
I went to this place because it was convenient and close to where I was working. I ordered a combination plate with two items!. The fried rice was only edible because I put the gravy from my chicken with the zucchini over it. I also ordered orange chicken which tasted like vanilla chicken with my dough then chicken. I think who ever is cooking needs to take some YouTube tutorials or something because this place isn't it!
The orange chicken was not actual orange chicken & tasted totally different from any other orange chicken I’ve tasted . The noodles were dry & orange which made no sense. The chicken seemed like it wasn’t even cooked all the way very chewy. I totally been throwing up all day from the food I bought last night. Worse Chinese food I’ve ever tasted. They need new cooks or take advice from other Chinese places seriously. The only thing that was good was the rice .
Cheap prices but the chowmien and fried rice had way to much msg. I don't mind msg on my food but I couldnt eat it.
I got food poisoning for 1 week I fee Mk horrible to say this but I will not be eating there again my stories killing me meds don’t seem to help either
The orange chicken was not actual orange chicken & tasted totally different from any other orange chicken I’ve tasted . The noodles were dry & orange which made no sense. The chicken seemed like it wasn’t even cooked all the way very chewy. I totally been throwing up all day from the food I bought last night. Worse Chinese food I’ve ever tasted. They need new cooks or take advice from other Chinese places seriously. The only thing that was good was the rice .
I went to this place because it was convenient and close to where I was working. I ordered a combination plate with two items!. The fried rice was only edible because I put the gravy from my chicken with the zucchini over it. I also ordered orange chicken which tasted like vanilla chicken with my dough then chicken. I think who ever is cooking needs to take some YouTube tutorials or something because this place isn't it!
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