Mandarin Chef Express

2525 Chelton Rd, Colorado Springs
(719) 390-3939

Recent Reviews

Kyle Marmon

Food is horrible.

Food: 1

Matt A.

Such friendly people! Small business with big portions, fresh ingredients, and very tasty. They work hard, so remember that local family-owned businesses matter.Vegetarian options: My vegetarian girlfriend found food here that she loved

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Orange Chicken

Bobak Radbin

Absolutely delicious food at a really good price. Highly

Food: 5

Service: 5

Kris Turner

Super nice people in the restaurant, many patrons and still in and out with great food in 15

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jell F

Over charged me 100$ for whatever reason not to mention I asked for mild and it was beyond spiced that none of family could eat. When I asked for mild the person on the phone laughed like they were going to do it on purpose. Was in line for almost 30 minutes figuring out the overcharge only to get food nobody could eat. First and last ever order

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Pirate Stahlion

This is a hidden gem, absolutely astonishingly delicious food, friendly and prompt service. This hole in the wall is fantastic!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: General Tao's Chicken, Egg Drop Soup, Sweet and Sour Chicken

Ollie Sky

Best Chinese food in the springs. Older lady behind the counter is the sweetest thing. And the portions are enough for 2 or more.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Hot & Sour Soup, General Tao's Chicken, Soup, Egg Drop, Sweet and Sour Chicken

AJ Scordo

Terrible service. Called ahead for a large order, when I arrived at the pick up time nothing was ready and I had to wait for over 30 minutes with no explanation and no apologies.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Isaac Wal

Bro, they were not what I expected and I love my Chinese food. So I go in to get my order over the phone, and they sold it so some random lady who came and just took it, so I had waste 15 minutes of my time to get the order remade and the portion didn't match the

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 3

Service: 2

Recommended dishes: Almond Chicken

Joseph Beck

I had the egg drop soup and chicken curry. It was amazing. I will definitely be back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Egg Drop Soup

Heidi E.

They LIE on their menu about their dishes. I recently bought dinner there for my husband and me simply because they are close. I bought food there a couple of times a year or two ago, and it was decent. Therefore I chose it again... What a mistake. First issue: I like wonton-egg drop soup. It's exactly what it says, a combination of the two. I asked the lady for it. Most places don't have it on their menu, but they're happy to make it. I understand if they charge more. So I asked, and got a simple answer: "NO". Seriously? I told her I'd pay extra. Same answer. She finally said she would sell me one wonton soup and one egg drop soup and I could mix them myself. Arguing nicely got me nowhere, so I said fine, I'd take 2 wonton soups and 1 egg drop soup. Her response! 1 wonton soup, 1 egg drop. I kept correcting her, she kept insisting that I only wanted 1 wonton! BTW, her English was just fine. When she told me dinner would cost $57 I was shocked and said NO SOUP. That solved the soup issue. On to the main courses. I ordered Beef and Broccoli for my husband. My choices were steamed rice or fried rice. I chose fried. An order of boneless spareribs. Then my order, Happy Family. I told her I wanted fried rice too. She charged me for an EXTRA fried rice! I only meant WITH my meal, not an additional one. Unfortunately, I didn't discover this until I was home. The rice has changed. It's like no Chinese fried I ever had. Dry, with no visible added ingredients. It's more like they took leftover steamed rice and browned it, then called it Fried Rice. I suppose that's legitimate, but most definitely not what I expected! I asked what came with the dinners, since the menu offered these as dinners, not as single orders of each. "Nothing". Wow. At their prices, those should have been meals, not just a container of each entree. "Dinners" should include soup, and most likely a second side dish such as an egg roll, etc. The only extra was a fortune cookie. But it was late and I was tired. I sucked it up and paid for our dinner. My Happy Family was advertised as containing crab. I asked if it was real crab, and the answer was yes. Nope! It was that awful imitation crab. I don't like it, and if she had been truthful I would have chosen something else. They should not lie about the ingredients. If there's no difference then why not use real crab? If it's supposed to be just as good as authentic crab then why do they feel the need to lie about using it? Why not be honest and say "imitation crab" on the menu? They're changing a premium price as if it is crab as well. There's a real difference in taste, texture, appearance, etc. and I don't like the imitation stuff. Luckily my dog does. They used the same slices of pork in the Happy Family as they used for boneless spareribs. They used to have REAL spareribs. Cooked in sauce and tasting just like the bone-in version. What they are using now is NOT the same cut of meat nor is it cooked the same. If I'd wanted SLICES of pork with some sauce dribbled over them I would have asked for that. So except for the Beef and Broccoli, which my husband pointed out had very little of each but a lot of sauce and other filler ingredients, NOTHING I ordered was as I expected or remembered. And the bill was a whopping $47! For 2 people. 2 Entrees and a few extra slices of pork. They even have the nerve to have a tip jar there. Tip? For what? Handing me a bag of food? Isn't that her job? Did she expect a tip for doing her job? Wow. I learned my lesson. I used to stop by occasionally just for an order of boneless spareibs. NEVER AGAIN! If you like paying premium prices for crappy food with the wrong ingredients you'll love this place. If you want to get what you ordered at a fair price look elsewhere! I would have given them ZERO stars, but it wasn't an option! I know inflation has gotten to all of us, but they've raised their prices significantly and skimped on the quality of th

Elayna Gonzales

After moving down south we’ve been looking for new Chinese restaurant. Being the only one close to us, we’ve given this restaurant several attempts. Every time we end up paying a ridiculous amount for small portion sizes! We walked out paying 18$ for this small bag of food. Unfortunately we will not be returning. The food is good but not worth the price

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 3

Arnulfo Vazquez

Their king pao chicken is great! I like mine without peanuts and steam rice!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Chase Townsend

Quite possibly the worst food I have ever paid for.

Jae B.

for hard times like today I am very careful where I spend my money. Yesterday we spent over $58 for moo goo gai pan, sweet and sour chicken, and mu shu pork with a crab wonton appetizer. We did not even eat half of what we ordered. All of the chicken was dry to the point it was not edable. The moo goo was singed and disappointing. First time I had it. Needless to say my money was wasted.

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