Emperor Express

13320 Burbank Blvd, Van Nuys - 91401
161 reviews
Chinese Bubble Tea Asian Fusion
(818) 787-9235

I love this place. The prices are reasonable and the food is delicious. I love the lunch special they have. It comes with sushi and soup and an egg roll. Simply the best ? ?

Reliable Chinese food. Average flavor. Great people behind the counter.

Living in The Valley was definitely a shift from Los Feliz where everything was literally around the corner. I’ll be honest, it took me a good minute to find the honeypot when it came to a clutch, local Chinese cuisine location. Trust me, I tried A LOT of places and finally came across this gem. As for many people, 2020 was a weird one but spending my last year in LA in The Valley helped me find some really great new places. I was so happy to see a restaurant enforce COVID guidelines without complaint or hesitation. Without getting political, I refused to go to places that didn’t take it seriously or made a point to express their disagreement with protecting others. This hole in the wall brought so much joy as they were always prompt with the orders and I never questioned the quality considering their cost was extremely favorable. The vibe was positive and the staff was always friendly and attempted to have small talk should you be open to it. I never felt rushed or disrespected. Should your LA journey bring you to The Valley and you’re close to EE, stop by. They won’t disappoint. Happy eating!

Great Chinese food and sushi..

Not a good experience. The shrimp egg foo young sauce was awful and lacked..... Everything. Not even shrimp much less anything else. In fact I'm pretty sure it was brown gravy. And a bad one at that. Egg foo young itself was so bland. No flavor. Shrimp in the Kung Pao was cooked nicely but we asked for spicy and got... Well.. negative spice. In an attempt to try a place highly reviewed... This was a fail

Came here for dinner for the first time after it was recommended by a neighbor. The restaurant itself is quite small, the way it looked I expected to see the food laying in warming trays ready to be served like when you go to other Chinese takeout restaurants but no food was visible. The menu is big, lots to chose from. The lunch and dinner specials seemed like the best bang for the buck. We got 2 dinner specials for about $9 each. Each dinner came with soup, an egg roll, one main entree, and fried rice. We decided to add lo mein (so half rice and half noodles) for $1 more per meal. They said it would be ready in about 10 min... when we received the food in the to go trays it was nice and hot. We got home and started eating about 15 min later and the food was the perfect temperature. The portions were great. The egg drop soup was delicious, one of the best I've had. The rice and lo mein were great, great flavor and not greasy like some other places! The orange chicken (non spicy) was good, the chicken itself was nice and juicy and it was pretty meaty not just a glob of the breaded coating. The sweet and sour pork was amazing! Great flavor, nice size peices of pork, and even with the sauce the breaded part was still nice and crispy without being greasy or overly breaded. We will definitely return and try different menu items!

Two different soups had a very odd taste (like they were made in something dirty or kept in a dirty place) and the meat is very low quality…

Go-to place for deliciously authentic healthy Chinese food and sushi. Boba drinks. Lunch time specials daily.

I order from there ALL the time! I love their food. It's so delicious

Sushi was not bad at all. Fried rice was good as well.