Orient Express

I don’t order off of the Americanized menu here anymore. You hear this story more often these days, about the ‘two menus’. They were always a solid choice back in the day for the cheap and plentiful regular stuff, with decent utility sushi and a reliably good hot and sour soup. But now with so many Asian students at Hopkins, they’ve added a lot of authentic dishes, from what is clearly a talented kitchen. Here’s where things get tricky.
My friend and I sat down for a reliable app of sashimi. A kid walked by with a fish hotpot. ‘Oh, yeah… we’ll have that!’. Really, it just plain smelled that good. Now we were cheerfully warned that it was very spicey and that it had a lot of bones. We said ‘Make it like you like it, chef’. Apparently, the Chinese don’t mind scales any more than they mind bones. But they do like it hot like I do. Tilapia isn’t my favorite fish, but this dish was bangin! The complex broth with just the fiery roasted peppers over rice alone would have been worth the price of admission. The fish was well cooked, but you’d think the chef never saw a Anglo eat an eyeball or a cheek before. Yeah, they were watching us. Hopefully, they will get a little tighter on scaling their fish. Really, scale the whole fish.
On a previous visit, I had a pork stomach dish in vegetables. Don’t get that, American people… it’s not for us. This might be, for all I know, the best pork stomach on the planet. Get something else. The options are plentiful.
This is a no frills carry-​out with some booths and a few tables. The good tea is free, though you pour it yourself. But when you walk in, you’ll know they are for real. Go ahead, get adventurous. Roll them bones. If you land on a loser, go back and get something different. They have something you’re gonna love, you just need to find it.

This place has all the Chinese American standards, and they are done ok. They also have some listed chef’s specials that are less American, though they are sort of hit or miss. But lately I’ve been going there for their separate Chinese menu (the larger one with a fabric cover). I’ve had a few Sichuan items from that menu that were great, at least for someone that doesn’t know a whole lot about real-​deal Chinese food.
Zero ambiance — foam plates, plastic utensils, and self service — and you’ll smell like deep fryer when you leave, so dress accordingly.

The first time I ordered, i got curry shrimp. The food was decent but they used a lot of onions. 80% of the dish was onions. Yesterday I ordered sushi. It was delicious with big chunks of fish. It was all good until i chewed on a tiny blue piece of plastic hidden in my shrimp temura roll. The worst part is that I dont even know what that piece of plastic is supposed to be. It could be something from their kitchen, or from the staff. It looks chewed on and I dont know if thats from me or another person. Gross

Very small sit-​in restaurant (they may have additional seating upstairs) that serves fast, good tasting, if not a little oily Chinese food. Of course they have standard Americanized Chinese food but they also offer more traditional Chinese dishes and really tasty-​looking steamed dumplings. The place could be cleaner but good for a quick bite to eat

This is the best place to grab some good food with the great price.
The lunch combination from the restaurant is very a good deal. I really recommend to have lunch here. Batter rip from chef special menu is very tasty. However, the environment of the restaurant is a little bit weird.

WARNING: My mother got two sushi rolls here. One Tuna, One Salmon. She ate the sushi and got HORRIFICALLY sick for 3 days. This was defiantly food poisoning. No doubt about it.
When I picked it up, I noticed all the fish containers sitting out on the prep board. I called the owner or manager to report it, when he answered the phone and the first two minutes of the call he spoke perfect english and understood me. As SOON as I said what happened he told me «Oh I no understand, i speak no english, bye bye» and hung up. I called back and no one answered. This place made my mom deathly ill. Avoid at ALL costs.

This is a tricky place to give a rating to, since it’s not very consistent. Certain menu items on certain days are def 4s and 5s, but the standard Chinese American fare often comes out to 1s and 2s
This place has come a long way… it is cleaner now with new AC put in so it’s actually comfortable inside, as evidenced by more and more folks eating inside. I’d still take it back home or to the office though.
Def order from the Chef Special section in their menu and/​or the white board on the window front. Very authentic Chinese dishes like the double cooked pork, chicken with eggplant, and the awesome beef or ribs noodle soup! You know how chef specials elsewhere cost a bit more? Not here. $ 6.50 for a small and $ 8.50 for a large.
Everything else on the menu very suspect. Vegetable fried rice? Meh. Chicken fried rice? ugh. Fried crab wontons? Super greasy and fried in old oil.
Sushi? I have had avocado roll, it was cheap ($ 3.25) and the avocado was very very fresh. My friends have gotten their spicy tuna rolls and they look very greasy… not in a good way.
Prices are very reasonable. I have always ordered by picking up my food so I have never had issues with delivery.
Just stick with the Chef Special and you should be fine.
Deserve a 3.5, but rounding down for being inconsistent

The food at OE is the typical goopy-​gloppy, overly-​sweetened Chinese-​American slops. I’m OK with that as long as they can get their delivery to me within a decent amount of time. As I write, I’ve been waiting for over an hour and fifteen minutes. I called to cancel and got the usual lame BS about the driver had already left and, oh, so sorry, we’re so busy. If they’re so busy, why don’t they learn to manage their business and hire some more cooks, drivers or whatever. Never again.

Really bad experience there. They cooked using rancid spare ribs! It was our first and last time in there! If you are there’d, just double check your food! Smell, smell, taste…

Very lovely Chinese restaurant close to Hopkins. We love the authentic Chinese food menu way better than the ordinary menu though.

I’m not goin to lie, I come here a lot. Try not to judge me.
I do have a good palette and I do care about what I put in my body, but if I’m craving chinese food, this is where I go cause it’s close.
The food is not great.
however, the chef specials list is all extremely typical homecooked chinese dishes which makes me really happy, they have pork stomachs, ribs in star anise, steamed xiao long bao, and wontons, live fish and tons of great stuff thats not on the menu online, so definitely go in to order.
They gave me sashimi that was still frozen, hence the 2 stars.
decent lunch and dinner specials.
That’s all!

We ordered the beef chow fun, orange chicken, and sweet & sour chicken. Food was not that great (not really worth what they charge…) but the delivery is very speedy. Also, they charge no delivery fee for orders over $ 10.
Would actually give 2.5 stars.

I’ve had some excellent food from this restaurant. Most recently, when I was ill, I ordered miso soup in large quantities and it was delicious. the broth was tasty and came with lots of seaweed, thinly sliced green onions and tofu. The chicken con soup was also good. I regularly order sushi from this restaurant. That, too, is excellent as is the seaweed salad.

Hoooorrrible!
I’m putting aside the fact that I’ve grown up with amazing Chinese food (even at fast-​food places), and I’m putting into consideration the fact that the diversity of Baltimore’s food offerings can’t compare to that of the SF bay area, where yours truly is from. Still, I can’t get over how shockingly awful this place is. Based on the other reviews, maybe I’m just not ordering the right things… but still.
My first experience more than a year ago was anything but satisfactory. What I ordered: chicken chow mein. Pretty basic. What I received: a takeout box of steamed white rice and a takeout box of chicken chow mein… without the noodles. Yes, they gave me a box of stir-​fried onions, chicken, onions, bean sprouts, onions, and garlic. But mostly onions. Seriously? I guess it’s not worth their time to bother telling me they were out of noodles and asking if I wanted something else. (No, they weren’t unaware that I was the one who had ordered the chow mein; the waitress brought my «order» straight to me.) They couldn’t even bother making some sort of «chow mein-​fried rice» hybrid with the components they gave me. My second time going was not any better; the orange chicken had a stiff, hard crust that hurt my jaw to chew, and the tapioca in the bubble tea was hard and undercooked.
Though I’ve seen people enjoying some decent-​looking food here, I can’t bring myself to go back to Orient Express. Again, maybe I’m just ordering everything that sucks on their menu, or maybe (my newest hypothesis) they’re trying to condition me into ordering in Mandarin (sorry for preferring English?). I hate to say that this is the first Chinese fast food restaurant that I would rank underneath Panda Express. Shame.

When it comes to ordering from here, I admit, I have a problem.
Delivery is pretty quick and the food was never wrong or bad. I don’t really understand the bad reviews, because I love this place. It is true that I mostly order the same group of things, and try to steer clear of the really American dishes (except the fried chicken), they have yet to disappoint me. I eat like a baby pig.
Their egg rolls are quite possibly the best I’ve ever had from a carry out and most of their dishes DON’T contain peanut oil, which I’m deathly allergic to – so I kinda appreciate that. (There’s a place around the corner that literally almost killed me)
I never eat in because, well, I hate college kids. But It’s good for groups if you like the chatter. Its a shmedium restaurant. Not too large, but not small enough to get too crowded. The ONLY truely sad thing is THEY HAVE BUBBLE TEA but don’t deliver it. (Otaku’s may weep now).
But otherwise, I’d say that they err on the traditional side of cooking, so to speak (I mean, it IS still fast food after-​all) and if you’re down for that taste then the food is solid and fairly consistent. Even if you’ve had a bad experience, you ought to give them another try. As a matter of fact, I think I’m going to order right now.

These guys have perfected the art of messing up Chinese food. Their soup and fried rice taste like it has been out for a week. The mai fun has an overdose of curry powder! Huh? Curry powder??? Grossest thing ever. Don’t waste your money! They won’t refund you either.

The egg drop soup was delicious! The fried rice was okay. I asked for spicy and the food was ridiculously spicy. The owners were very nice and knowledgable about vegetarian food and the food came out very quickly. Decent food for pretty cheap

We ordered a regular shrimp lo mein and a large orange chicken from orient express for delivery on GrubHub, Both entrees where inedible and smelled/​tasted strongly of garbage. The lo mein also smelled faintly of urine. We threw both meals out. DO NOT ORDER CHINESE DELIVERY FROM ORIENT EXPRESS.

Lovely woman behind the counter. It’s a pick-​up or sit-​and-​eat-​fast hole in the wall that makes Chinese food and a small Sushi menu. This may shock some but. This is my favorite sushi spot in the city. But the catch is… It’s not good if you dine-​in.
I have only tried the Chinese food a few times, never leaving impressed. However, the day I decided to give thee sushi a try (and I was hesitant because if fresh fish quality is just a bit off, I have a major problem, don’t I?). I tried a small order of sashimi and sushi. Each order costs about $ 3.5−5, but that’s for 3 slices of sashimi or 2 nigiri. Compared to the majority of sushi spots that charge more than that PER piece, this was an excellent deal. But the best was yet to come.
I say down, and a man came to serve me my sushi on styrofoam plates, and to my disbelief, the sashimi slices were so thick and fresh! This was the best looking sashimi I’ve had in Baltimore. And coming from me, a Vancouver native where salmon sushi and sushi spots in general are amazing and world renowned, this is a big deal. I also got salmon and hamachi sushi which were excellent in size, quality and taste. They give plenty of pickled ginger too.
I am a salmon and yellowtail fish fan, so I usually stick to those. The seaweed salad is very standard but for $ 3, you get a HUGE portion! Overall, I go here often for sushi cravings. Doesn’t break my bank compared to other sushi spots. Remember, my experience is with dine-​in. Delivery and take-​out may be very different. Try it!

Ordered take out again, I had the avocado salad, salmon roll and tuna roll. Delivery was quick, it took about 30 — 40 mins for them to get here. I really liked the avocado salad, portions are pretty fair, it was topped with a miso flavored dressing. The sushi was okay. definitely had better elsewhere but hey it’s take out, what do you expect, right?