Oriental Express Restaurant in Kamloops

Dinner for 4 was great

Good food and good prices. Its nothing fancy but the portions are large and the food is fresh and piping hot!

Absolutely horrid food, rotten shrimp, pineapple that was moldy, boiled white fried rice, boiled chicken. Was absolutely the worst I have had.

Best Chinese food in town, went there 3 times while staying in town, impressive food portions and price, tried their wonton soup,its the best Cantonese wonton Ive ever had! The dumplings are the best I have ever tasted, bar none! Cheap, good quality and plentiful!

The service was great the staff were great and the food was awsome

Delicious food, big portions, cheap prices

Absolutely loved this place! Food was great, especially the garlic dumplings. Very friendly service

Always fresh, friendly, and fabulous .

Old man answered the phone, said it will need to be over 100$ worth of food to deliver on the south shore, then he mumbled something and started a sentence halfway through before stopping with dead silence for 15 seconds and hung up. Phoned back & a female answered my delivery request that came to 35$. Hilarious way to run a business. Wheelchair accessibility: Theres wheels on a chair, so you can not walk.

Terrible egg rolls. Actually had peas in them! So westernized. Had the chicken chow mein which was ok enough to eat but never again. The deep fried prawns were awful. Had veins in them and one of them was oddly hard. Like it was cooked in a microwave and overdone? I dont understand how some people think this is the best chinese restaurant in town.

This was an interesting little treasure thats tucked away in the North Shore of Kamloops. Despite the limited parking, it has some interesting interior decor with a huge fish tank. Not busy at all when we attended. The staff was super friendly and the food was very fresh. Parking: Limited spaces available.

Small Chinese restaurant. Food is always good, always hot. Good portion size and the couple that run the restaurant are great.

Best Chinese food place in town

The food was delicious, the attention of the owner and the waiters is incredible, without a doubt I would return a thousand times more

Always good food and the owners are awesome. Very accommodating.

My favorite chinese food in town! The prices have gone up, once was the most reasonable priced place in town. This is understandable though, as everyone elses prices went up too. This time the egg Foo young tasted bland and too thick, but normally the food is great, and does not leave you with that, I ate too much Chinese food gut. Keep it up please!

Ive been going to/ordering from this restaurant for over 25 years (since they were up the hill in Aberdeen) and I keep getting great food and great service. This is one of my favourite restaurants in Kamloops and I cannot recommend it enough! Large menu with excellent selections. I highly recommend the Phoenix nest and one of the fried rice options (all are good)!

Excellent food. Tasty and fresh. Good portions and good the next day. Try some of the menu items and youll be surprised at how good they are. Wonton soup is great! Highly recommended. Food : 5/5

I love their food. Always fresh and delicious! Love their all of their food but my favorites are the chow main noodles, sweet and sour pork, salt and pepper squid, ginger beef and black bean sauce!

Best chinese in town. In my opinion

Ordered take out and they hid the burnt noodles on the bottom and when I phoned to let them know all I got was attitude and they talked to me like I was an idiot! The only reason you got one star was so I can write the review. If I can give negative stars I would terrible food and worse service.

Really good Chinese food run by a cute couple. Food was great I would recommend to anyone. I was driving thru Kamloops and decided to check this place out very happy I did

Ordered from here multiple times with no issue but the last time I ordered I spent over 100$ the war wonton soup I had ordered had ROTTEN chicken in it I got exremely sick and will never be ordering from here again after that experience I did call them to let them know and they just said they only use fresh ingredients but the chicken was definitely not fresh in it

Good environment, very traditional taste

Our Family enjoys the food from here. We dine in when were in town, cause wes country bumpkins. Seems they do a ton of orders for delivery and alot of folks pickup. Its like this everytime where there. Seating is limited but has always been empty like I said they are very busy cause the food is good. Parking: Parking is behind the building small 5 car lot steep hill from lot to side door. Wheelchair accessibility: Wheelchair will possibly need a push. Ground level establishment.

Nope! Just dont. It was delivered by a very nice person but we threw the entire order out after trying it.

Cleanest Dining area kitchen and washroom facilities in town the gentleman who owns and works here greets you with a chivalry and a smile.... Ill be back and I hope anyone whos planning on ordering takeout will give them a try

Super fast. Super good

This restaurant is definitely a contender for the best Chinese food in town. It has always been fresh, the owners are super friendly, they have thrown in extra little goodies in my order from time to time. 5 stars for sure! If you like deep fried snacks, try the curry triangles!!

The best Chinese food in Kamloops. Absolutely lovely owners!

The best Chinese food in Kamloops! We ate their famous wontons and their chow miens. Great portion and delicious!

Today was our very first time ordering from Oriental Express Kamloops. The food was 10/10. The customer service was 10/10. When we told the lovely lady at the reception desk it was our first time, she was sure to gift us a comlimentary Won Ton soup. As we waited in our car for the order, the chef hand delivered our food. We got home and stuffed our faces, and we hardly put a dent in our huge portions. Every item was delicious. What a great discovery

We were driving into Kamloops late at 9 pm. Surprisingly, most Restrantant were closed on a Saturday night the staff was very happy to have our order ready.... But we arrived after closing. Another couple was picking up at the same time. Most of the food was great, but the ginger beef was substandard for North America Chinese food. The fried chicken dumplings were amazing Thank you for working late to have our order ready. Parking: Behind the restaurant.

Excellent food with good price.

Great place, great food

This is possibly the best Chinese restaurant in British Columbia. Dont let the atmosphere, and location fool you. This is a family favourite, and the family who operate it are top notch! Food

Great Customer Service!

Great customer service and good food

Reasonable price. Delicious food and the staff is friendly.

Delicious food! Would definitely come again

Definitely will come back to dine here. Food is delicious!

Restaurant was very clean. Quiet atmosphere, we were the only customers. Staff was friendly. Got the Combo A for 1. Food was typical chinese food. Nothing really stands out. Portions were large. I was filled up and took home enough for another full meal. Prices were reasonable/good. Would order again.

I have to write this review in Chinese so that people who really understand Cantonese food dont miss this restaurant. I was passing through Kamloops on my trip and stumbled into this store. First, the conclusion: the boss is a gourmet, he studies every dish (that is, he has tips on how to make it delicious)! You may eat here the best plain-cut chicken you have ever eaten in your life - tender, juicy, no fishy smell, no blood, and the ginger and green onion sauce is full of original flavor. I have lived in Guangdong for more than 20 years and in Vancouver for many years. I think the taste of this Cantonese restaurant is top-notch even in Vancouver and Richmond. I won t go into details. The boss is very talkative and willing to share. If you are willing to listen, he will tell you the production and story behind each dish. If you plan to try it, hurry up, because the boss is old and is already considering transferring the store and living in Guangdong. By the way, his wontons are also delicious, and you can buy his brand of wontons in T&T. (Sorry, I lost the wonton packaging bag and forgot what brand it is. If anyone knows, please add it below. I also want to buy it and eat it in Vancouver.) Very important addition: don t order from the menu, tell the boss directly what you want to eat or ask the boss for recommendations. The truly authentic and delicious ones may be off the menu.

Awesome food and awesome people

Service was good. Meal?

Ordered pick up hands down best in town. We have been ordering here for years and the food is always amazing. Love the wonton soup.

My family decided to take a detour to Kelowna by passing by Kamloops for Lunch and was pleasantly surprised with the food. The fried noodle was crispy and the sweet sour pork had a good proportion of tender meat to batter ratio. The owner was friendly and we exchanged a lot of talk about culture and history. Super glad we took this detour.

Best chinese food in Kamloops. Always friendly and fast service.

Food is delicious my favourite Chinese place in town hands down

Gross. We had a guest stay with us over night and he bought us food from this place at 8 in the evening. It was so disgusting. Rice was so greasy it was hard to get out of the container, no flavor, vegetables were raw and it hurt the stomach. Worst food I have ever had in Kamloops

Not one to complain. The woman serving was allright, but the worst Chinese food Ive ever had. Ate a few bites of it paid my bill and left. Deff wont be returning.

Friendly. Way different on the inside. Old school Canadian Chinese restaurant vibe. Food was really good.

Used to have the best Chinese food, not sure what happened, could be just with the take out. Very little sweet & sour portion and not enough sauce with a full Amy of chow mein

After ordering numerous times I called to place an order one day and suddenly the older man tells me no its to far after taking my order which was going to be close to $60. After years of being a loyal customer you let being rude ruin that. I see many others experience the same. Very sad I enjoyed your food very much.

This is the most authentic chinese food that we ve tried in the whole Kamloops. The food is really delicious! The owners are very friendly and accommodating.

My coworker raves about this place but I have no idea how its so highly rated. Food was awful but the experience was far far worse. They forgot to deliver the chow mein and refused to deliver it and said we can pick it up.

VERY RUDE AND DISRESPECTFUL

Oriental Express on 8th Street (northshore) in kamloops BC is sooooo rude! They delivered the wrong food and when I called they told me to come and pick up the correct order. The owner or some man came from the back, gave me 12 dollars, and a bag of food. He told me never to come back and pushed me. He pushed me!! I HAD TO TELL HIM TO DONT TOUCH ME FOUR TIMES. In the times of covid this man was in my space, and touching me. I have a video of this happening. He called me a liar, about them delivering the wrong food. I went in and asked for a refund for part of the meal. Pay 42 dollars for not what I ordered, yeah right. They yelled at me until I was out of the place. My husband returned all the food. He wasnt yelled at or physically intimated. Im a 51 woman.

Have loved this restaurant since they were in westsyde, they always were nice to me and my friends and remembered us. The food is great, the beef with broccoli is one of my favorites! Perfect.

Definitely not good or quality Chinese food . Everything had an oily kelp fish after taste , you know those crispy kelp health food snacks tasted just like that . I m not a fan of this restaurant.

We tried Oriental Express last night for the first time. We will defiantly be back, very good food, very friendly and smooth transaction! Thanks for the awesome experience!

Very good and friendly staff. Definitely get more then you pay for

Good food but prices are unrealistic for what you get. Dont get me wrong, the food is good but not as good as they price it.

Always hot, always amazing, whether you want wonton or full Chinese dishes I will always recommend this place. Never too salty, always full of flavour, and the staff are sweethearts

Amazing food and great service, very fast!

Nice family owned restaurant .. food is always amazing and fresh

Amazing food and better service!

Excellent service and delicious food! This little restaurant in the most unexpected of locations is a gem!

Known Forest and family for nearly 20 years. Food is always good. War Wanton is the best in the city. Love the garlic dumplings too. Always happy to serve a customer. They deserve your business. Vegetarian options: They have them.

Decent food and decent price

The shredded beaf in curry was amazing!

ordered a hot and sour soup this evening, definitely the worst hot and sour soup Ive ever had. unnaturally red, like they went really hard on the food colouring, doesnt really taste like anything in particular, generally gross and gloopy.

The food was great!! The best Szechuan Prawns ever Will b ordering feom them again

Ordered sweet & sour pork, chicken chow mein, beef broccoli and spring rolls. Chow mein and beef and broccoli were delicious but the food upset my stomach for the rest of the night.

Fresh and tasty. Very good dishes!

Delicious, the best Chinese in town. Edit: 5 years later and this is still by far the best. Portions are massive and Adam and Diane the owners are awesome people. Fun fact: the wontons are made in house here, theyre so popular and delicious that they actually sell them to stores in Vancouver. Best won ton soup in town!

Great food, just around the corner, fair prices and usually my wife and I argue over who has to call for take out but ill always make thos call cause the sweet little lady ( Im guessing the mom part of mom n pop)that usually answers is sure to make you smile, always so happy and chipper. And dont miss out on their won ton soup! Ok I gotta go order now.

Went here with my family for the first time and was very impressed with the food and service. The owners were super friendly and gave us some recommendations. We were recommended the wonton soup, vegetable chop suey and the singapore style vermicelli which were all really good. We also ordered the salt and pepper fried chicken, mongolian beef, and sweet and sour pork. The portions here are pretty big and the prices are very reasonable. We even found their wontons in Walmart! We will be sure to return here when we visit Kamloops again.

The shrimp chow mein just had noodles and shrimp and was super salty. The chicken fried rice was okay. Chicken chop Suey didnt have taste to it and looked old

As always excellent food excellent service!!

Unreal bang for your buck. The large Hot and Sour soup comes with three huge bowls of soup, honestly cant even eat the rest of our meal we are so full. Staff are really friendly, the woman on the phone was able to make great suggestions for us. Future Kevin will muck here again

This restaurant is really great and food are awesome, ordered wontons soup, noodles, and braised beef, wow I was shocked by the beef, literally better than most of the restaurant in town. Really love the place and will recommend as well. The boss and his wife are very enthusiastic. I like fried rice, fried noodles, wonton soup, braised beef, and Lu pig trotters very authentic. However, it is recommended to call a day in advance to order the braised beef. Because it takes time to marinate. Very delicious, you won t be disappointed

Second time here..we ordered lettuce wraps, deep fried stuffed wontons, garlic dumplings, combination b, and chicken balls and 2 spring rolls...enough for 5 people. Love their food. I would highly recommend! I thank my daughter for taking me there! Sorry no photos the food was amazing!

Parking: Ample free parking

Great food, friendly service, will be visiting again

The food here is incredible! Huge portions, always crispy (never soggy), perfectly seasoned and never greasy.

Had the worst experience of my life. The old man on service almost threw food at us when told to dine in instead of take out. The owner lady was always humble and nice to customer. Hoping nobody else would experience the same as us from that man.

Absolutely amazing food and service. Best chinese food around!!

Absolutely delicious food. Very generous portions. Clean dining area. Friendly service from the owners. Worth the $$

Kind service, they always have my order on time and its really good!

Love the food

Great food and service!

It s too bad they jacked their prices up over 20%. There are other more affordable Chinese restaurants in town. Their food is good, but out of budget now.

Excellent food!

Easily the best chinese food available anywhere in kamloops. Local buisness, lovely staff. If you want some oriental, Oriental express is the place to go.

I am always happy with the food and service here. The staff are always extremely sweet and friendly! Portion sizes are awesome!

I ordered food from this restaurant because I read so many great reviews... how could it be bad I thought?? Well It was some of the worst chinese food Ive had in my life. The staff was friendly, I am only leaving a one star review to save others who know what good chinese food is the disappointment. I do not understand how there are SO many good reviews on the food.. If you like your sweet and sour pork radioctive red or ginger beef that was the wrong color (also radioactive red) both dishes with only a few sliced onions dyed red... THEN look no further... this IS the place for you.. But for me...I would honestly buy chinese food from the freezer aisle at a grocery store before coming back here. Photo.. ginger beef left and sweet and sour pork on right..

Friendly and good food ginger beef was different but very good

Really enjoying the food from Oriental express. We have been looking for a new Chinese food restaurant since the last one we used closed down and Oriental express checks all the boxes and I really like the food. Will be ordering from this restaurant again in the future.

Phenomenal food and friendly staff. Best in town.

Nice authentic food. Beats any other Chinese restaurant in town, in my opinion. It has a clean interior, nice bright dining area, staff are always very friendly and it just has good energy. Also, you can tell that they dont use MSG. I have been to many others and they use MSG, never went back to those ones. Will continue to and always give Oriental Express my business when I need to fix a chinese food craving.

Can be decent, but this combination for one was VERY disappointing. The three sides were so mixed together that they all lost their Lustre. Half of the sweet and sour pork was dry, and the majority of the sauce was soaked into the rice. When I called to complain, I was told that thats how they make it, which is complete BS! And then to top it off, when I continued to question that nonsense, I was told that I could order from somewhere else. Worst customer service ever!

Listen if your drunk at 4am and there is no other food of any kind open, then it would be acceptable to order from here. Other than that thats gonna be a no from me dog.

The food are so delicious, especially the fried dumplings are the best.

food was amazing, service was great, def coming back again

Yummiest food

Amazing food! And good portions.

Excellent food and fantastic service! I am so glad I stopped in. I will be back!!!

Best Chinese food had in long time

Very slow service with only 2 customers there. Waited 5 minutes for my can of pepsi.

Best place for authentic cuisine. We have ordered from them for probably 10 years now. Great food, great service.

Even though the decor is nothing special I was very surprised with how good the food was.

Delicious food every time, great spot to grab food.

Great food

Very friendly woman who took my order and served me when I picked it up. Portions were decent size. We ordered chicken chow mien, dry garlic pork, garlic dumplings, seasame chicken and deep fried wontons. The chicken chow mien and garlic dumplings were ok but the other 3 dishes were gross and tasted like old burnt deep fryer grease, you couldnt even tell they were different dishes by the gross taste, they all tasted the exact same. The chicken chow mien had more onions than chicken in it maybe 15 small slivers of chicken in the whole dish. First time ordering here and probably the last, I cant get the gross taste out of my mouth.

Great place where they remember your face and give large portions with well made food. Kids friendly dinning

I would recommend this restaurant to anyone. The food has incredible flavor. Reminds me of some of the great Chinese restaurants in Saskatoon. And that is saying something, for those of you who have had the privilege of eating at one in that city.

We heard this place was great, so we tried it yesterday. Honestly, it was the grossest Chinese food weve ever had. We ordered spring rolls, sweet and sour chicken balls, chicken chow mein, and beef fried rice. Everything was super salty. Usually chow mein has veggies, but this one had no veg and had a bbq flavour..? The chicken balls were awful, too (rubbery texture). Floor was sticky, and no music or anything, so you hear everyones conversations. Id steer clear if this restaurant, unfortunately :/

Very enjoyable atmosphere However it is to bad when you want to go and just have a pop they have decided in the last three visits to charge me 2.00$ for a pop then $2.50 for a pop then last time was $3.00 for a pop stating they had a minimum requirement for sitting however I was the only person in the restaurant so not very good customer relations

We have ordered here several times and have never been disappointed! Tonight we had the sweet and sour chicken balls, special chow mein, garlic dumplings and a beef dish, it was all so delicious and well seasoned. Portions are generous, vegetables are fresh and crunchy. Service is always friendly and they deliver to Westsyde which is a bonus. I meant to post pictures of the food but it was gone too fast.

Very good food I enjoyed the staff and the atmosphere

Lots of food provided for the price and it tastes excellent.

Was amazing food.. huge portions and very friendly atmosphere

Service is okay, but I ordered some crispy shrimp and it was extremely greasy, doughy and tasteless. They don t clean the shrimp properly, I am a cook and when you cook shrimp you need to cut the back to take the intestines out. I ve also ordered shrimp rice there and was also very greasy and the shrimp was not cleaned properly too. I do not recommend.

Foods are Ok, Neither Expensive nor Cheap

Best chinese food in town. Try it !

The food was affordable and always tasty. holy moly they load on the chow mien. Always great service when I eat in.

Ordered from Oriental Express tonight, for a change from our regular go to and wow, what a great experience. Flavorful food, great portions and friendly service. Thank you.

Price, portion size, service, and taste. These guys know how to do it.

I compared prices and found they had the lowest prices, the portions are really good and the taste is on point! Ill be ordering from here every time.

Our favorite Chinese takeout food in the city!

Great food!! And friendly staff. Been trying different places and this is our favorite!!

Delicious. Reasonable prices

We thought we would try a new place for Chinese and we were quite happy with our families dinner. The food tasted really fresh and the owners were very friendly. We will be ordering again.

Excellent!!!! This is my favorite place to get oriental food in town, the food is amazing and the service is always friendly! I especially love the fish tank which add a little something special whenever I go.

Been so good every time ...

The food is delicious and huge portions too there is no way anyone leaves that restaurant hungry or with out leftovers.They have fast take out service aswell.I would put them in the top ranking oriental restaurants in Kamloops for sure..One last bonus is the restaurant is fabulous the decor it feels like your away on vacation till you go outside and then back to the Loops....LOL

Awesome food and super quick delivery! The wonton soup was light and delicious, the fried rice was tasty, and the lemon chicken was perfectly crisp. Will definitely order from here when we re back in town!

If you want delicious Chinese food for a great value , look no further! The portions are MASSIVE and the dishes are very flavorful. Might be the best Chinese food I ve ever had!

The lady remembered me, I forgot my umbrella there. She brought it to me things like that tell alot about a person. I love the aquarium n the fish. Its so clear it looks like a TV, the atmosphere is very welcoming the service is really awesome along with the food. Soooo gooood... Yummy

Last time I ordered I was very pleasantly surprised with how delicious and how much the food was. Ordering again today and hoping its just as good

Great food.

God Danny the food was delicious. Fast service, decent prices

Makes my stomach hurt the almond chicken and the sweet and sour pork

Very good food! Very generous servings! I eat here minimum once a week. Its one of my go to places when I have company in town. The people, the food and the service all get two thumbs up!!!

Great food friendly staff

Great food, great family. Highly recommend. Sizzling tappen dish is great for one, and their options for sharing are great . Sometimes they treat a snack on the house which really compliments dining out. The interior is well designed with nice art and a cool fish tank. 5/5

Ggggggggggggggg

Not bad , sweet and sour pork was a bit overcooked . Most of it lacked flavour. I will try somewhere else before going back there.

Took 20 mins and food was amazing

Good food

Food is tasty and affordable but the lack is in the customer service which is pretty bad.

Excellent food, great prices and friendly staff!

Good food & service at a very reasonable price. Not a lot of seating inside though. Even has some truly authentic Non-North Americanized chinese dishes available.

Good food great for pick up orders

The worst customer service ever. Very unprofessional. I went with a group of friends and was told that my order was too complicated just because I asked for extra veggies. The wrong dish was served and the man who take our order kept repeating your order is too complicated, not for me but for the kitchen, the kitchen gets angry. Definitely never going back to this restaurant.

Really friendly owner and amazing food , will dedinitely be coming here again when we come back to Kamloops !

Very nice restaurant, kind service nice size dishes i enjoy this place.

Finally found some good Chinese food in Kamloops. Worth the trip from sahali.

Great food. One of the best places in town

Food is good!

Very great experience! Delicious food and hospitable services! We have beef, tomatoes and tofu. My parents and I come from China and we are very happy that we can eat great Chinese food here.

Stopped in for a quick bite as we were driving through Kamloops. The staff was lovely, and kind and the food was delicious, with large portions, and a good price!

I enjoyed eating here and I would come back. The food was hot when I got it and it is a lot cheaper than other chinese restrants

Consistently good food. Ive been eat at OE since they were in Westsyde 14 years ago. I dont think Ive ever had a bad meal. Service is always top notch. Great option for quality Chinese cuisine.

Food was very bad. Truly disappointing... no taste. Super oily. Chicken tasted like soy scauce and prawns had WAY too much batter. Gross. Sorry #cancelled

Have always ordered from them as their food seems to be much better quality than other local restaurants. Friendly staff, and good portions.

Great food!! Great service!! Always the same !!! Favorite place to go!!!

Food here does not taste that special. The dish I tried was bland (even though it was labelled as spicy in the menu), and the vegetables looked all but fresh to me... Positive point, the manager is friendly and helpful... Disappointing nonetheless

Great food, Owner us a great Host!

Oh, delicious! Nice clean location.

The food is always fresh and tasty and served quickly. You get a lot for the price. What makes this place really special are the people who work there. Always friendly and smiling.

You get a lot for the price. What makes this place really special are the people who work there. Always friendly and smiling.Come out to Kamloops to visit family often and Oriental Express is the number one choice when we order Chinese Food.New location is just on 8th street as they have moved from Westsyde.

Flavors are well balanced, portions are just right. Atmosphere is calm too

Best chow mein. Dumplings are amazing. Good service fresh food.

Delicious food, good service

Always great food and large portions!

Every bit of the food that came out was amazing. Fast and friendly service. An excellent place to eat. Eat in, take out, or delivery. Perfect.