Oriental Express

510 E Jackson St, Tampa
(813) 224-9888

Recent Reviews

Benz Yaputra

Having a very nice small dinner here, at last we found a more native cuisine? Will come here another time

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: House Special Fried Rice

J P

Wouldn’t waste any money going here. The food is cold and rarely fresh. The manager is not friendly. I would find another spot in the area. Price changes every time I come due to lack of “affordable” options. Asked the manager for fresh food and she warmed the remaining amount in the wok with sitting sauce. Definitely does not meet health standards.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 1

Service: 3

Elizabeth V.

SECRETLY FOUND MY NEW FAVORITE PLACE. So you can get food fast and to go or you can sit down and have a meal. The sushi was good and my waiter. Bernard was amazing. I'm sure a loyal customer.

Jit Hoong Lim

Good home food, inexpensive and good service. And the right spot tonight for Chinese food.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Sweet and Sour Chicken with White Rice

Roland T.

I found myself with some extra time off today, and I had something to do downtown. So I stopped into the same restaurant that my friend, Oscar Ramirez, and I visited two nights ago. This time I got the lunch buffet. It's done in very safe manner, where you order behind glass, saying and pointing to what you want, and the server fills your plate. Wow! It's $9.95 plus tax. I also got a bowl of egg drop soup, and a soda. For less than $14, I literally got two meals of delicious New York style, Chinese food. They do deliveries by Uber, and being downtown, that's a good option. Regardless, I now realize that it's only a few blocks away from where I work at TBHC. It just might have to be a destinations on occasion at lunchtime. Honestly, I can walk there

Lisa

Popped in Christmas night after a day of traveling. Service was great, food hot and fresh. Egg rolls were some of the best we've ever had. Would absolutely recommend for anyone on a budget. Portions are huge. General Tso Chicken was great, not too spicy and everything was cooked to order.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

sheila drayton

I went with my friend last night and we ordered beef broccoli shrimp, egg roll fried cheese wonton and shrimp fried rice. We sat there to eat a little before leaving, my friend immediately said something is up with the rice. I tasted mine wasn’t fond of the way the beef tasted and it was loaded with grease. By the time we got home 10 mins my stomach had shooting pain. I was so so hungry I still tried to eat some and it was loaded with sodium and grease!!! The broccoli was soggy and the beef I’m not sure what it was, it had a weird texture meat was very chewy and I couldn’t swallow it. $35 worth of food went straight to the trash. This morning waking up my stomach is cramping I’m running back and forth to the bathroom. I would give 0 stars if I could. Not sure how this place is in business.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Karolyn

Ordered the General Tsos chicken, dumplings, and chicken low mein. The general tsos chicken appeared to be just flavored bread crumbs, we could not find any chicken. The chicken lo mein had no flavor to it and the chicken was a strange consistency. The dumplings were decent though. It wasn’t the worst chinese food on the planet but I do not plan on coming back.

Food: 2

Service: 3

M K

The food was fine, just ok level. Chicken rice soup was good, but Sashimi wasn't that great... but not that surprised.What I wasn't satisfied with was cashiers--seemed like they really don't care about customers. The owner/chef looked nice and a bit more kind, though. Overall, I would not recommend it. If you're super craving some Asian dishes and have no other options, maybe this place would be a decent choice, though.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 4

Service: 1

Sabrina Israel

They do not sell fresh rice. They recycle the rice.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Kb Santana

Always fresh food and amazing customer

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Egg Fried Rice, Steamed or Fried Dumplings, Volcano Roll, Egg Drop Soup

Angelique Howard

Now this is what I call Chinese takeout. It was some of the best I ever had. The orange chicken was insanely crispy I 10/1 recommend getting it. Everything else tasted like good Chinese food, it was really the chicken that blew us away. But we got a ton of food that lasted us days. Almost considered coming back for dinner the next day if we didn’t have so much left over. It was a convenient spot too in downtown Tampa when we were staying in the Hyatt. In fact, it seemed like it was the only place even opened later or at all.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

Sarah Schoenhart

Tony made me FRESH Sushi to die for! I had a spicy shrimp roll, and it was the freshest and dare, I say, most delicious sushi I've had! Bernard is a great, attentive professional, and so friendly; it was a pleasure being helped by him. Xue and Danny are very kind and attentive to each and every customer. I would absolutely recommend this restaurant to anyone ? (my kiddo had the sweet and sour chicken and lo mein; they thoroughly enjoyed their meal!)

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Gherz Alvie

We walked for a while, then to find out it was closed. Please update your online schedule! Thank you for your consideration.

C. A.

The food is not good, tastes old, and is extremely salary. I ordered take-out, not in advance, and it was ready in under 10 minutes. That should have been a clue that the food is old. It is just reheated from the fridge. I threw out 80% of the food. Even the rice had a weird texture and taste. Inedible.

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