ABC Express Chinese Fast Food

The parking wasn’t too bad at lunch time today… It must be full in the mornings because of the donut shop. I had their combo meal with half and half fried rice and chow mein. The fried rice was pretty tasteless, but it served its purpose like white rice does… absorbs the Flavours of the other items. The chow mein was food colored orange to make it more appealing. Not that great of a taste either. The orange chicken sauce wasn’t bad, but the chicken was s little underdone or just sitting there too long on the tray. I also had the mushroom chicken to be safe, but the chicken was a little slimmy. The veggies on all items were cooked nicely though. The lady was eating lunch at a table when I arrived and got up to take my order. I couldn’t recognize a lot of the dishes and had to ask her what they were. She seemed s little annoyed. Maybe if they put little signs up by the items or write it on the glass, etc., it might help. I told her I didn’t like spicy items, but when I ate the mushroom chicken, I noticed it had a little kick of peppers in it. I’m not sure if I’ll come back a second time or not. Yes the use smaller take out containers than the leading Chinese food place, but they fill it up, so it’s probably about the same amount of food.

I try not to leave bad reviews for any small business but this place is the exception… this place is worth every penny you spend and it’s not much if you wanna get full for cheap then go here… your probably gunna have to take a shower after cause of all the grease that’s in there food… the food was soaked in grease and flavorless… I felt like I was gunna have a heart attack after… I won’t be back I rather spend a few more bucks and not feel like death after and if it actually tasted good it might be worth the grease bath

Food was ok. Needs to be more authentic. Lol place looks a little dirty wouldn’t be a place where I take my lady for a date

I’m a bit confused.
Good-​my belly is full
Bad-​I might die in a few minutes
Good-​I saved $ 1.50
Bad-​I might die in a few minutes
Good-​I die knowing I saved $ 1.50
It’s like eating dirt, wood & cardboard with sweet and sour sauce.

Horrible place to go while I was ordering food I saw a a big cockroach in the restaurant ewwww ! Just walked out very unclean restaurant!!!

This place has a special place in my heart. I have been going here since they first opened over a decade ago. I see a lot of bad reviews here and I really don’t understand if those people are comparing this place to other Fast Food chinese places or just restaurants in general. I’ll address some items I’ve seen…
Food Poisoning — I have been to this place hundreds of times (that is not an exaggeration as I was addicted to this place more than a couple times in my life). I have NEVER had food poisoning, nor have I had anything ‘weird’ in my food.
Décor — Come on… if you have been to any fast food chinese place, this place meets standards. Other than that, how idiotic is it to expect anything else when you’re paying $ 5 for your big plate of food. Don’t be silly.
Greasy — Are you coming here for chinese take out or a thai beef salad? This place is by no means, overly greasy. Just like all chinese take out, it is made with oil.
Now for what I like about this place… their BBQ Pork is by far the best out of all the local fast food chinese places in the area. Truly the closest version I’ve seen to true Char siu pork. The Teriyaki Chicken is also on point. I love me some Egg Phở Young as well. I’ve pretty much had everything at this place but those are my favorites.
What I don’t like… they have raised prices over the years (which is understandable) but they also get more and more stingey on the portions. Fast Food Chinese culture comes with huge portions, so you can’t take that away.
Conclusion… if you’re looking for $ 5 chinese food, this place is one of the best around.

Really bad, gave me food poisoning for quite a while I don’t know how this place is still open

We used to eat here a lot. The married couple with lots of children run this place, the husband is very nice, but the wife is another story as she can be mean if you are not lucky she will yell if you ask her twice or ask questions, she raised her voice at one of my family members when she asked her to explain the dish and on another occasion I could not believe witnessing the Chinese lady yelling at a sweet senior citizen lady. On another occasion a Hispanic guy walked out upset at the same lady. We ordered Mongolian beef the meat did not taste like a fresh meat it was raw.

I must have a curse on me or something because I can never seem to find a decent Chinese spot. All the places I’ve been too seem to have cloyingly sweet sauces, bland rice and noodles, and tons of grease… yuck.
I thought maybe this one was different. Not by much though.
I ordered the sweet and sour chicken lunch special which comes with fried rice and an egg roll, and I also got the combination wonton soup.
The fried rice wasn’t bad. It wasn’t too greasy and it has a nice simple flavor.
That egg roll though, just terrible. Just a few bland vegetables in a greasy wrapper. Took a bite and tossed it.
I couldn’t eat too much of the chicken because it had an awful flavor and a weird after taste that I just couldn’t stand. I urge you not to make the same mistake I did.
The wonton soup could’ve been a lot better if the meat and fish weren’t encased in this weirdly textured batter. The wontons and vegetables were good and they included some crispy noodles on the side that really elevate the soup. So, I liked this dish.
Based on food I would rate it 2 ½ stars because it’s not bad… I’ve definitely had worse. This food is average if your looking for cheap and fast Chinese, you get what you pay for. I bumped it up to 3 stars because the lady who delivered was such a sweetheart and arrived earlier than expected considering she drove a long way.

I wish there was a option to not give a star. The pepole who gave this higher than two should have there Unilocal accounts taken away. I went there with some co workers and the food was so bad 3 bite in and me and my co workers there the food away in front of the owner and she didn’t care why we where throwing it away. She know who food is horrible. Stay away

goddamn right «Eek methinks not»! This place makes me angry. On the lookout for yummy greasy fast chinese, my dude and I gave this place a try.
There’s not one thing I can think about this place that is not awful. I will not be forgiving: inconsistent pricing, BBQ pork all burnt and nasty, fried rice all dry, chow mein, plastic packets of hot mustard, rude service, while we’re at it, ambiance — all nasty awful.
I asked for a sample to see if something is tasty, and Chinese Fast Food lady grudgingly obliges. She hands me a piece of meat the size of a tooth.
I didn’t order again because the pork gave my tongue sores, but my boyfriend came back a few times cuz it’s cheap and filling, and would order the exact same thing. She filled his container to the brim, and then charged him $ 1 extra — for extra food he did not order.
He told me he went back one more time, and she up-​charged him again. He noticed, asked her about it, and casually she reduced the price to what it usually is with no comment. I’m just mad because this lady is an idiot. I mean I had to log in to this Unilocal account I haven’t used in maybe five years because I was so mad.
Eventually I found a place is like chinese fast food heaven on earth: Li’s Wok Express in Northridge

A raggedy little whole in the wall the food is good and prices are even better! Haven’t has to many problems with the employees here but whatever lol

I have tried alligator in the bayou. I havr ate lion and camel in Egypt, none of those were good. But god damn they feel top notch compared to this horrid «food» I’d sooner wish cancer on my enemy then make them eat this filth! Blegh!!!
No im not exaggerating in fact it was so bad i threw up on her table!!! That was not beef it tasted like the mutant offspring of a sea cow and an orangutan. Idk i just can’t describe it!!! I demanded my money back and logged in here to warn poor souls. This is hells kitchen.

Just like one of the other reviewers said, I’d have come here when I was in elementary school too. Back when my culinary expertise and palate was limited mainly to chicken nuggets or sloppy joes from the cafeteria. Back then you could drown anything in ketchup and it’d be alright or at the very least edible.
Like one of the other reviews said I’d have come here when I was in middle school too. Back then I didn’t know any better and it was a good day if I had 5 bucks to my name at any given time.
Hell, like the majority of reviewers who came here during high school, I’d probably have come then too. There was a good chance I was altered on some substance or another and would have been high enough to think this place was delicious.
I’m an adult now though. Kinda. And I’m not impressed.
All of these «chinese» places are supposed to be interchangeable. You can pretty much walk into any of these places, order your Combo A with 2 entrees, rice or chow mein and get two egg rolls for a dollar. You’re not getting an authentic experience. But that’s not why you’re here. You’re supposed to be getting food that is cheap and filling. I’m not here for grandma’s secret recipes. I’m just a broke ass Mexican kid from the Valley. I ain’t ever going to China. I don’t speak Chinese. I ain’t gonna last a day there.
I ain’t ever gonna date no Chinese girl and get some home cooked ass meal.
All I want is to taste what I imagine China tastes like when I close my eyes and imagine…
This place was a huge disappointment. The food was awful. I didn’t come in here expecting a gourmet dining establishment, but I was expecting more than what I got.
I just wanted some orange noodles. Those beautiful fake Chinese food joint noodles that are a neon basketball orange in color. A little bbq pork and some teriyaki chicken. That’s not too much to ask for. I just wanted a little of that msg goodness.
What I got was a pile of grease so thick it could have turned the Styrofoam container it came in clear.
I regret having eaten here. A pox on you ABC Express Chinese Food. You were flavorless and did nothing but ruin my health. You’ll be getting the goddamned bill for my cardiologist!!!
My chest hurts. I’m gonna call 911 and go lie down until the ambulance gets here…
And if I don’t make it, I died hating you ABC. I curse your children…

There must be something about living in Cheapsworth. Having any standards just goes out the door. I mean look at this place. The outside looks like vegas when the sun is out.
Forget about the décor cause it all comes down to the food. That’s what we’re all here for. Come on ABC, how’s that Combo B of yours? From the chicken wing to chow mein to the teriyaki chicken, everything was equally greasy. Did the chicken taste like chicken? No, it tasted like grease. I must say though, I didn’t need any chapstick after that.
The reviewers above me averaged this place to 4 stars. 4 stars?! And to still get hit up by some goon after wards like «Can I have a dollar?» Foo, your clothes look nicer than mine, YOU give me a dollar! That’s what chatsworth does to you.
Your Homegirl,
Violy
P.S.
Who’s the liar who uploaded the storefront photo, you know damn well that ain’t ABC Express Chinese Fast Food! That pic is straight out out those National Geographic magazines they make you search through in the 3^rd grade for your art collage.

It’s more like a 2 ½ star but I rounded up. I’ve had better. The teriyaki chicken that I had was kind of dry and they didn’t offer teriyaki sauce for it until I paid and asked for it. As for the orange chicken, it’s alright. Nothing too great about it. The noodles were fine but some of them were dried/​crunchy, due to the steam table I assume, even though there was a heaping amount of noodles in the pan. It’s a typical Chinese fast food place but there are better places around SoCal.

i haven’t been here since high school.
my friend and i would eat here about twice a week after school!!! (heart congestion anyone?)
at first, the orange-​colored chow mein freaked me out. i’ve never seen orange-​colored chow mein. and i think their fried rice was orange too!
big portions and cheap. what more can you ask for?
drowned my whole plate in sriracha and went at it.

ABC Has always been fast, cheap, tasty, and reliable!
Despite the whatever workers they got, knowing that you can see actual Chinese people making the Chinese food earns them a big two thumbs in my book compared to whatever the hell Panda Express is churning out these days.
They also appreciate regulars with actual smiles and trust me for the money you fork over you get a CRAP load of food which in the SFV i always a good thing. Compared to going to Panda you’d probably save yourself one or two bucks not to mention get probably twice the amount of food that tastes a helluva lot better.
I’ve gone here since I was in Junior High and have loved it ever since, even long after my taste buds got picky.
If you want something fast, cheap, and delicious (but epic greasy), then this is your place. ABC is always awesome.

It’s sort of your run-​of-​the-​mill fast Chinese food, but the quality does seem pretty good for what they’re trying to be (don’t expect non-​greasy food). The food looks fresh and the 3 item combos are a pretty good price (6.22 after tax). I think I would normally base my opinion about their food freshness on vegetables. This time I got their curry chicken, string beans with chicken, and a chicken breast on a skewer. The string beans were crunchy, which says to me that they’re pretty fresh and also not overcooked.

i feel honored to write ghetto’s first review. my fellow ghetto lovers will rejoice that it has a 5-​star review! my group of friends commonly refer this place as ghetto chinese, but it is far from it in terms of taste and experience.
so how did i find this place? there used to be another chinese restaurant in the other plaza across de soto. i first ate there and it was like any other chinese fast food place. then my chinese friend told me to try the other ghetto one (abc express). so i did and i was sold. and the name «ghetto» stuck as well. hahah i let in a few coworkers on this place and next thing you know, when it hits lunch time, all you hear is, «ready to hit up ghetto?»
So heres the skinny. First of all, this place is really run by chinese people. very friendly. the food puts panda to shame, but is on the greasy-​greasy side. i love the orange fried rice (yes its orange in color, but tastes delish!), fried chicken wings (if you get chummy with the servers, they really do pile it on), orange chicken (somehow tastes much better than pandas, must be the extra msg), beef n broccoli, and the all time favorite is the bbq pork. mmm mmmm
it is fast food, so dont expect a nice sit down environment. On a funny note, i think this place used to be a former subway sandwich place. they have a neon light fixture above which reads «healthy fresh diet food» lol. no joke. sadly there is nothing healthy fresh or diety about this place, but that’s not what im looking for :-)