Royal Mandarin Express

Only visited once - I'm a tough critic but have to admit have tried many other Chinese food restaurants in the Terre Haute area and this one takes the cake thus far.

Let's admit it, what are you going to do if you want lots of vegetables for lunch in this area?  It's either a salad at Panera, MCL or Traverse City Pie Company - or, worse, iceberg-based  at Applebee's, Olive Garden or similar.  Chinese food is the only other option.

Our visit was for lunch.  My wife had diced zucchini in her $5.00 lunch special garlic chicken.  That's fresh cut.  Zucchini isn't sold pre-cut, it won't hold up.  As a matter of fact, all their vegies looked freshly cut.  How about that for a fin?

They offered white or 'fried' rice (not really fried, white with some egg tossed in).  PLEASE get brown rice, management.  This is the only shortcoming I could find.

They also offer a free egg roll or crab rangoon (get the rangoon) with any entree/lunch special before 5pm.  Not sure why the time distinction...

I ordered the Pork Vegetable Special (large for $7.95 anytime price).  Brown sauce was wonderful - no salty flavor.  Lots of vegetables left me with enough leftovers for dinner.

Toss in free delivery and an extremely varied menu and we'll be eating their food again very soon.  

The place is clean and the service quick and friendly.  There is no restroom in the Meadows Shopping Center Royal Mandarin Express, but one is available in the shopping center itself.

Will follow-up soon, happy 'sticking'.

In my opinion, this is better than first wok and china wok. The price is comparable, but the food is better. The place is much cleaner and doesn't smell like grease like china wok and the pop machine isn't 30 years old and grungy like first wok. I would go more often if it wasn't way acrossed town.

I've been here several times with my mates from Rose-Hulman and it's been an okay experience. For chinese food, this isn't all that cheap compared to what I had back in California. Given that this place is in Terre Haute, Indiana...what else do you expect?