Oriental Wok in Essex

Amazing, fresh tasting food, at a great price. Their very friendly and go out of their way to make you happy.

Great place for Chinese food. Dedicated family run business. Nice people who work there. Recommend to anyone to try the traditional Chinese American style food.

I have always meant to go here and try it out and now that I have I was not disappointed. Whilst it's mainly a takeaway you do have the opportunity to sit down and eat your food there. The food is served in takeaway containers but if you are not looking for anything fancy and are more interested in the price and the food then this is not a bad place to grab some lunch. You can eat part or all of it there and the food tastes pretty good.

Used to be the best in town. For the second time it has taken over an hour to get food. Not sure what has happened but this is unreasonable for Chinese food!

Ordered on the phone, they said 20 minutes. Got to the restaurant paid then they told me it would be 15 minutes again after I paid. Took 25 minutes to get my food. On the positive side the food was very good....

10 years and they don't disappoint. Not cheap food but priced fair for portions and yum factor.

No MSG, taste was best ever!

Best Chinese food in VT! Great service and even better food.

Literally the worst place to eat in VT. Not only do you have to wait forever (50-60 min.) for your "food" but it'll more then likely make you sick. Eat at your own risk...

My family loves this place! Great food for a reasonable price, kind staff, take out is always quick.

Popular place for students; always a good deal and the food tastes good. Rice is never soggy. I love the Wok!

Delicious food. Always nice and attentive.

I had food poisoning for about a week. I was able to get over it with ginger tea, basil, and garlic. I wasn't sure what had given it to me but was definitely reflecting on what I had eaten. Got Oriental Wok last night and have it agian. Hopefully this causes a change for the better. I have been eating here for a while and it has been fine up until recently. A little disappointed but hopeful.

Best chinese takeout in the area for sure. Restaurant is clean, staff is friendly, portions are large and the food is good.

I saw that someone posted it was too cold in the restaurant. That problem has been corrected. They now shut the AC off and use a fan to blow warm air around. After sitting in a hot restaurant waiting 30 minutes for my food they messed up my order. When I called and talk to the owner she told me it’s probably because of the heat, because it was a very hot that day. The chicken and beef fried rice that I got was dry with no flavor. The pea’s were not cooked and very few onions. The broccoli I got was not cooked. I saw so many comments about the wait time for the food, however the owner responded by saying they are working on better times. The reason why the times might be better is because they’re not cooking the food all the way. I ordered seven canned drinks and I noticed there were several in the cooler in front of me, but the woman at the register went to the back and gave me seven hot ones. Would not recommend this restaurant.

Good quick food

Good food. good price. They get real busy on weekend evenings so you'll want to allow for a 30-60 minute wait for takeout. Real nice people.

Very nice people, generic Chinese place.If you're looking to get your Chinese fix, this is one of several places in Essex that will help you out.

Yummy yummy

Food is prepared fresh to order! One of the best Chinese places in VT. For the reviews that complain about slow service - it’s worth the wait. They are cooking to order. The food isn’t being reheated to serve.

The best Chinese food around at a great price. Also great portions as well

Best chinese food we had since we moved up to Vermont.

They are not open

Fantastic food, every time.

Tried some Chinese while staying in the area. Didn’t get past the first few bites of chicken and rangoons before feeling unwell. Food is cheap but so is the taste. I never leave reviews, but this was just bad. Don’t bother.

The food was delicious!

very cheap Asia style food but good taste

Amazing chinese food. The sesame chicken is to die for. so are the egg rolls.

We love Oriental Wok. The food is great and the portion sizes are good too. It is true that at times the wait is long however, it is not like they are sitting around doing nothing. The crew is busy cooking. To the people that complain about the long wait I say...they are hard at work making you food. Do you get angry at your wife or mother or girlfriend if the food is not on the table 25-30 minutes after you think it should be? This family is doing the best they can to cook great chinese food as fast as they can. We have been going to this place for over 10 years and will continue to do so no matter how long we have to wait. We don't get angry we just plan accordingly.

Eh, not the worst and not the greatest , pork fried rice is not good , no sprouts or really veggies in it .

I eat there all the time and they are the only Chinese place I enjoy

My go to place to get Chinese food. You get a lot for your money and it tastes great as well. Great customer service!

they told be that it would take them 30 minutes to prepare the meal. it has been 1 hour and 10 minutes and my food is still not ready. It seems that they are understaffed. I suggest you call in advance and pick up...

Loved the food! Excellent chicken lo mein.

Food is excellent, however the young woman behind the register ( the owners daughter?) is one of the most unpleasant people I have encountered in a restaurant and she is always that way. Today she was especially miserable. I've been going there for as long as I can remember, I won't be back.

Best Chinese food in VT without a doubt :)

I have been here often, but the last few times we have called ahead we were told it would be done in 30 minutes. We show up just to wait another 20 to 30 minutes. Today the excuse was they were busy for a monday when they have the same amount of people working every night. If it's going to take long that's fine, but dont make up times and have guest's wait around

Quick and friendly!

We tried this place recently as the last Chinese place started making us sick. The wait was pretty long at >45 minutes for takeout.The most disappointing thing, though, was the food was tasteless. Pork fried rice, no flavor. Bland. Lo Mein, same thing. Sweet and Sour pork was really bad - the meat was very tough, gray colored, and tasted freezer burnt.Egg roll was OK but nothing to write home about, and that's about the most positive thing I can say. We'll be throwing out the leftovers, they aren't worth eating. I wouldn't have written this review if it was one item bad - but literally everything we bought was not very good in it's own way.

I come here often but it seems like the past couple times the lady that answers the phone doesn’t know how to quote people properly. She always tells us “30 minutes” and we get here around 30 minutes and sometimes later and it’s still not done. Today we got here at “30 minutes” and our food wasn’t even cooking yet so we were waiting an hour. Kind of ridiculous if you ask me to wait this long for 2 dishes that don’t consist of much at all. VERY disappointed. Oh and to add when I was asking the lady what was taking so long she couldn’t look me in the eyes and talk to me. She had her head turned and gave me attitude. VERY unprofessional.

Best place to go before the movies (I may or may not have brought spring rolls with my to the movie theater...). I love their lo mein. It's mostly take out, and I suggest ordering ahead as the wait can be longer as a walk-in. The staff are friendly and the place is always clean.

Love the chicken it’s all white meat

Delicious food! Great service! The man working the counter was very friendly and talked to us about the fish in the tank and made fun of them with us :) the sesame chicken was gr8

Best Chinese takeout place in the area. Love their crab ragoon and potstickers! Need to sample more of their menu. Service is very friendly, and bonus is the owner's daughter is always there in back practicing her viola, so decent live classical music while you wait for your food!

One of my favorite places to get Chinese!!!! My favorite place to get beef teriyaki!!!!

Great food at reasonable prices. We were here about 4 years ago visiting and loved the food. We just went again and nothing has changed still delicious and great portion sizes

As a New York jew, I appreciate a solid neighborhood chinese, and Oriental Wok never disappoints

Great food,and good prices!

It was really good every thing was great. The restaurant itself was cold inside but every thing else was really good.