China 1 Express

…i always get the fried chicken and rice meal. made to order! Yummmmmmm! Everything else is good too but my fried chicken order with potstickers oh yum!!! Can’t complain with what this small town offers. Recommend this place :)

Coming from the Bay Area, I may be a little biased on Chinese take-​out, however if I’m ever in Coalinga again I probably won’t be back here. I got a 2 order combo with chow mein, Kung pan chicken, and black pepper chicken. Although the food is definitely edible and the sides and fortune cookie are okay, the chow mein was a bit questionable for me. It lacked flavor/​substance and I had plenty of old hard chewy noodles that made me not particularly want to eat anymore of my food. Definitely feel that Unilocalers overrated this spot.

Chinese fast food… Good orange chicken. And the green beans with chicken are amazing and the large egg rolls are great to… The owners are so nice compared to the other restaurants in town but this is a quick and easy way to get some yummy easy fast Chinese food!

I’m only giving them one star bc Unilocal is forcing me to. I don’t know or understand any of the previous reviews. I can only assume they know nothing about good Chinese food or that they are fake reviews. It was terrible. Greasy and fatty meat with stale flavor. Nothing fresh it was just a pile of slop. We just got out of a festival and stopped for food bc we were starving. We were looking forward to a meal and this happened. I ordered fried chicken wings that were so big it was questionable if they even came from a chicken. One bite and I was done. In the end we gave all four boxes to the homeless man outside. I’m not sure he was amused either. To the people above, you need to expand their taste buds or get evaluated. I currently am fighting to not throw up.

I usually come here in the slow early-​afternoon hours on the weekend when they are preparing some of the ingredients that will be cooked for the dinner-​time clientele. When I come in sometimes I’m the first customer of the day and have seen a box full of fresh green beans being trimmed and sorted at one of the empty tables. You wouldn’t expect an inexpensive restaurant like this to use farm fresh veggies, but from what I’ve seen and tasted they do! And what’s more, the menu is occasionally infused with seasonal items like asparagus chicken in the spring when fresh asparagus is available. They know how to use the ingredients well. The asparagus was cooked to a perfect al dente tenderness that allowed this veggie to shine in all its green glory.
It’s been a few years since I found this place and eating here is still one of the things I look forward to most about visiting Coalinga. Keep up the great work China 1 Express!

What a refreshing Chinese restaurant for us passing through. Very friendly and good fresh food. Nice variety. Quick in and out. Seafood plate was very tasty. For this neighborhood it was great.

I gave them 5 stars solely based on the black pepper chicken. It’s the bomb! I can’t get it enough. The woman at the counter just starts making my order when she sees me walk through the doir.

Very friendly service (lots of guessing about my ethnicity and why I am in Coalinga). But as the other reviewers noted, the food is very salty here. Despite the cautionary reviews, I had a Chinese food craving that wouldn’t die.
Aftermath: not feelin’ too hot after eating the noodles and chicken w/​broccoli, so I won’t be a repeat customer. To my surprise, there is a lot of foot traffic, so my opinion is clearly in the minority.
That said, I am sipping my Trader Joe’s pomegranate detox tea.

Good food, good prices, friendly staff.

I come here for cheap Chinese food. Their BBQ Chicken side dish is REALLY good… the food is salty so eat with white rice to wash out the flavorful-​ness. Friendly service, and cheap food!
3 sides and choice of rice, chow mein, or fried rice are only $ 6.50! Good price… usually lasts me 2 meals :)