Chen Express Ii - Vestavia Hills

I cannot stop raving about this restaurant. They seriously went above and beyond from start to finish. I really wanted some Chinese food, but I wasn't near my favorite location. This just happened to me the closest Chinese food to me and had really good reviews, so I decided to give it a chance. I walked in, and everything was very clean and organized. I was greeted immediately, and I placed an order for general TSO's chicken with fried rice, an egg roll, and crab rangoons. It took about 10 minutes for my food to come out, but while I was waiting, I noticed other customers were coming in. Each customer that came in, the woman behind the register, greeted them by name. She had obviously developed a relationship with these people and has repeat business. When my food was ready I took it to go. I was driving to Florida so I had to eat it in my car. I didn't start eating until 15 minutes after I left the store. It was still so hot that I couldn't hold the food on my lap. I had to have it on the dashboard and eat it. When I was finished, the dashboard was so hot from the chicken that I genuinely could not believe how hot the food was kept. The crab rangoons had to have been homemade. I've never had crab rangoons that tasted like that. You could actually taste the crab, and it was delicious. Egg roll was on point. And the general shows chicken. It was like this Chinese food restaurant got chicken breasts, cut them up, breaded them themselves, and made sauce from scratch. Everything tasted like it was 100% made at that store. I will say this Chinese food is a little bit more on the expensive side but it is worth every penny. The food fed me and my friend for 2 days. It's a large quantity with good quality.

Small place but very friendly staff, lunch was very good and plenty but only draw back was fried pork wontons were a little extra crispy to the point i couldnt break but service was fast and place was busy so i will go back but not the

EXCELLENT FOOD, and EXTREMELY FRIENDLY! Highly recommend. They were kind of busy, but my order was fast. I got Szechuan Chicken, Pork Lo Mein and Crab Rangoon. Both entrees were seasoned excellently and very fresh. The crab rangoon was very good too...a little sweeter than I would normally go for, but still very good.Both ladies working were super nice and attentive. I will be back soon! Thank you

Best Chinese around. Love their moo goo gai pan, cashew chicken, Mongolian beef, egg drop and hot&sour soup, and eggs rolls. Sweet people.Vegetarian options: They can make chicken fried rice GF.Kid-friendliness: Very casual place to dine.Parking: Parking is limited due to the activity at the other businesses and restaurants in the same location. But you can usually find a spot of you don't mind a small walk.

The food is good, the service is great and the staff are the friendliest. They even remember what I order.