Tasty Express

I love how you can order online, and everything I have had has tasted amazing and I just can’t get enough!

I love their food and now that I have discovered how easy the ordering is from Unilocal I’m in a happy place!

I have been going here probably since it opened, some 20 years ago. It’s the most consistent Chinese takeout I know. My usual jam is moo goo gai pan and hot and sour soup. Every time I get it it’s terrific. And the hot and sour soup is the best in town. I’ve had hot and sour soup at every other Chinese place in Columbus; nowhere else comes close. The right amount of heat, the right amount of salt, meat, mushrooms, vegetables, and whatever else the owner puts in there that goes right up your nose, clears out your sinuses and makes you feel like a million bucks. It’s so good.
The current owner has been there for 15 years or more. He has a lovely family with three young children that have practically grown up in the restaurant. I mention this because every time I’ve been there when he was in the room with his kids, I have never seen someone so happy, inspired and fulfilled. It’s a contagious feeling, and when you go there like I do and know the food you’re ordering will taste just as good as it did the last time, it all adds up to this warm and fuzzy experience that is at the heart of every great family business.

Pretty good food! Very reasonable prices. Just as good as the more expensive Chinese places.
Although I wouldn’t consider this Asian fusion, it is a classic Chinese takeout place. The atmosphere inside is not good for dine-​in.

Good take out Chinese at a good price. Combination plates are great if you miss the lunch special prices. The crab Rangoon is great! I never liked them from anywhere until I tried Tasty Express’. Definitely a first choice for Chinese food in Columbus, Indiana.

Excellent food, great price point and speedy delivery. Best Chinese food in town. We will be calling them a lot from now on!

Currently I have been waiting for more than an hour and a half for a simple delivery order. I’m afraid this will be my last order from here. Sometimes it’s quick and great but this is the second time it’s taken nearly two hours to get food.

Update — 01/​19/​2014
I placed an order online and picked it up so I could check out the restaurant. I read reviews that said it was dirty and I wanted to see for myself.
I didn’t find it to be different from any of the other restaurants, Chinese or otherwise, in the area. I didn’t see anything that concerned me regarding cleanliness. Tables were clean. Floor is standard linoleum tiles and they were as clean as I would expect… no food or trash laying around and there were no puddles or sticky spots, just the usual wear and tear.
It took me about 15 minutes to get there and I left directly after I finished placing the order on the website. The order was ready when I arrived. I paid, they thanked me and gave me my bag-​o-​food.
They have, in my opinion, the best lo mein of the places in town. Sweet and sour chicken is very good. Beef-​n-​brocoli was okay, I’ve had better. Hot and sour soup was standard, temperature hot with a bit of spice and pretty tasty.
Overall, I’m still satisfied with this place.

Just came here for the 1^st time. It’s a relaxed atmosphere and the food was really good.

This is the best Chinese in the area — by far — and by «the area» I mean anyplace between just south of Indianapolis and just north of Nashville. Seriously.
I’m adding about half to three quarters of a star for smoothly functioning online ordering, delivery, and quick service. When I’ve done takeway, it’s always been quick pick-​up, hot (even when I’ve got a fair drive), and never soggy (even for the fried bits). Prices are good, portions are fair.
It’s accessible and flavorful Chinese… no head-​on fish or such, but still reasonably legit and very, very tasty, with quality ingredients. Entrees are more varied than a lot of Chinese takeaway spots in this particular neck of the woods.
Dumplings served are really «potstickers,» (yep, with the thick, thick dough — not bad at all, just fair warning), they’re well cooked, and the filling is really tasty.
Pupu platter includes (gah, I hate it when I can’t tell what I’m getting ahead of time!): a few chicken fingers (that — I swear to J*bus — are the ones I’ve eaten in 30 years of commercial Chinese food that didn’t taste like dried chixjerky, coated in a half inch of floury off-​tasting grease. These were… dare, I say it… GOOD.), two fried shrimpies (had better), two beefsticks (good flavor, very tender), four wontons (strangely appealing), two rolls, two huge bone-​in ribs (nomnomnomnom…so much better than the sad little meat strips so many places serve!), and what I’m fairly sure was fried tofu (which tasted good, though I don’t have much to compare, being morally opposed to tofu, and everything…), plus a vat of red slime. Why is it that nearly every Chinese restaurant in the Midwest insists on delivering a vat of ill-​set red gelatin with every meal? Ick.
But anyway. It’s not remotely enough to put me off of this place.
Have had a number of entrees here — enjoyed them all. Shredded beef, moo sho chicken, Hunan proteins. Personally, I like the house specialties better than the items under the general protein heading.
Definitely worth the opportunity for take-​away or delivery, if you’re local.

Hands down the best stuff I’ve tried around Columbus, and I have tried all Chinese take out places by now I believe. (I may have an addiction)
The food was ready to go when I arrived and the guy up front was very quick to get me a few extras that I needed. Very fair priced and excellent quality.

Quick service and many choices. Great for a takeout option. They have a sit down area but i must admit i have never stuck around… only done takeout.

I ordered the steamed rice, tofu and veggie dish. Everything was cooked correctly and was tasty. I also ordered their dumplings and was very pleased.
Small place with a large seating area. Good atmosphere.
In the end though… its Columbus Indiana. Not much going on there that’s for sure.