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Chinese,
fast-casual.

53 chinese fast-casual and quick-service restaurants across the cities currently in the LocateMenus register.

Sort Recommended · Rating · A→Z · Price
Price All · $ · $$ · $$$
Open late · 15
  1. 01
    Shanghai Chinese Restaurant
    Wichita, KS · $$$
    ★ 5.0
    Recommended

    Counter-style chinese with a steady local following.

  2. 02
    Lanner Noodles & Bar
    Boston, MA · $$
    ★ 4.9
    Recommended

    A neighborhood chinese pick built for weekday lunches and easy dinners.

  3. 03
    Little Alley
    New York, NY · $$
    ★ 4.9
    Recommended Open late

    Fast, fairly priced chinese that punches above its category.

  4. 04
    Mi
    New York, NY · $$
    ★ 4.9
    Recommended

    A neighborhood chinese pick built for weekday lunches and easy dinners.

  5. 05
    New Big Wong
    Washington, DC · $$
    ★ 4.9
    Recommended Open late

    Counter-style chinese with a steady local following.

  6. 06
    Mary Chung
    Boston, MA · $$
    ★ 4.8
    Recommended Open late

    Fast, fairly priced chinese that punches above its category.

  7. 07
    Chef House
    Dallas, TX · $$
    ★ 4.8
    Recommended

    Quick-service chinese with from-scratch sauces and tight execution.

  8. 08
    Shang Hai Oriental
    Memphis, TN · $$
    ★ 4.8
    Recommended

    A reliable chinese stop where the kitchen never feels rushed.

  9. 09
    H Buffet
    Irving, TX · $$$
    ★ 4.6
    Recommended

    Fast, fairly priced chinese that punches above its category.

  10. 10
    New China Buffet
    Cincinnati, OH · $$
    ★ 4.5
    Recommended

    A reliable chinese stop where the kitchen never feels rushed.

  11. 11
    Moy's Chinese Restaurant
    Columbus, OH · $$
    ★ 4.5
    Recommended

    Counter-style chinese with a steady local following.

  12. 12
    Midtown Shangri-La
    Detroit, MI · $$
    ★ 4.5
    Recommended Open late

    A reliable chinese stop where the kitchen never feels rushed.

  13. 13
    China Express
    Long Beach, CA · $$
    ★ 4.5
    Recommended

    Quick-service chinese with from-scratch sauces and tight execution.

  14. 14
    3 Chefs Chinese & Vietnamese Food
    Miami, FL · $$
    ★ 4.5
    Recommended

    A neighborhood chinese pick built for weekday lunches and easy dinners.

  15. 15
    Joy Luck House Bakery & Cafe
    Washington, DC · $$
    ★ 4.5
    Recommended

    Quick-service chinese with from-scratch sauces and tight execution.

  16. 16
    Egg Roll King
    Reno, NV · $$
    ★ 4.5
    Recommended

    Quick-service chinese with from-scratch sauces and tight execution.

  17. 17
    Ping On Restaurant
    Toledo, OH · $$
    ★ 4.5
    Recommended

    A reliable chinese stop where the kitchen never feels rushed.

  18. 18
    Uno 1 China Super Buffet
    Irving, TX · $$
    ★ 4.5
    Recommended

    A neighborhood chinese pick built for weekday lunches and easy dinners.

  19. 19
    Panda Express
    Fresno, CA · $$
    ★ 4.4
    Recommended Open late

    A reliable chinese stop where the kitchen never feels rushed.

  20. 20
    Jackey Cafe
    Washington, DC · $$
    ★ 4.4
    Recommended Open late

    A neighborhood chinese pick built for weekday lunches and easy dinners.

  21. 21
    Kampo Garden
    Wilmington, DE · $$
    ★ 4.4
    Recommended Open late

    Low-key chinese favorite with friendly counter service and clean flavors.

  22. 22
    China Chef Express
    Long Beach, CA · $$
    ★ 4.5

    Counter-style chinese with a steady local following.

  23. 23
    Sura
    Washington, DC · $
    ★ 4.3
    Open late

    Fast, fairly priced thai that punches above its category.

  24. 24
    Dynasty Bistro
    Reno, NV · $
    ★ 4.3

    Low-key chinese favorite with friendly counter service and clean flavors.

  25. 25
    William Ho's
    Milwaukee, WI · $$$
    ★ 4.2

    Low-key chinese favorite with friendly counter service and clean flavors.

  26. 26
    Genghis Khan Kitchen
    Oakland, CA · $$
    ★ 4.1

    Fast, fairly priced chinese that punches above its category.

  27. 27
    Panda Express
    Honolulu, HI · $$
    ★ 4.1

    A neighborhood chinese pick built for weekday lunches and easy dinners.

  28. 28
    Butterfly Chinese Restaurant
    Hartford, CT · $$
    ★ 4.1

    Counter-style chinese with a steady local following.

  29. 29
    China Ocean
    Plano, TX · $$
    ★ 4.1

    A reliable chinese stop where the kitchen never feels rushed.

  30. 30
    East Met West
    Brooklyn, NY · $$
    ★ 4.0
    Open late

    A neighborhood chinese pick built for weekday lunches and easy dinners.

  31. 31
    Shin Shin
    Detroit, MI · $$
    ★ 4.0

    Fast, fairly priced chinese that punches above its category.

  32. 32
    Dragon Cuisine
    Wilmington, DE · $$
    ★ 4.0
    Open late

    Quick-service chinese with from-scratch sauces and tight execution.

  33. 33
    Auntie Apple's Kitchen
    Cincinnati, OH · $
    ★ 3.9

    Low-key chinese favorite with friendly counter service and clean flavors.

  34. 34
    China Queen
    Raleigh, NC · $
    ★ 3.9
    Open late

    A neighborhood chinese pick built for weekday lunches and easy dinners.

  35. 35
    C-Fu Gourmet
    Chandler, AZ · $
    ★ 3.9

    Fast, fairly priced chinese that punches above its category.

  36. 36
    Coal Mine Dragon
    Colorado Springs, CO · $
    ★ 3.9
    Open late

    A reliable chinese stop where the kitchen never feels rushed.

  37. 37
    Panda Express
    Sacramento, CA · $$$
    ★ 3.8

    Counter-style chinese with a steady local following.

  38. 38
    World Buffet
    Madison, WI · $$$
    ★ 3.8

    A neighborhood chinese pick built for weekday lunches and easy dinners.

  39. 39
    Panda Express
    Bakersfield, CA · $$$
    ★ 3.8

    Fast, fairly priced chinese that punches above its category.

  40. 40
    Blessings II Go
    New Haven, CT · $$$
    ★ 3.8
    Open late

    A neighborhood chinese pick built for weekday lunches and easy dinners.

  41. 41
    Imperial Palace Express
    Lincoln, NE · $$$
    ★ 3.8

    A neighborhood chinese pick built for weekday lunches and easy dinners.

  42. 42
    Peking Garden
    Saint Paul, MN · $$$
    ★ 3.8

    A reliable chinese stop where the kitchen never feels rushed.

  43. 43
    Panda Express
    Las Vegas, NV · $$
    ★ 3.7

    Low-key chinese favorite with friendly counter service and clean flavors.

  44. 44
    Great Wall
    Louisville, KY · $$
    ★ 3.7

    Quick-service chinese with from-scratch sauces and tight execution.

  45. 45
    King Buffet
    Reno, NV · $$
    ★ 3.7

    Fast, fairly priced chinese that punches above its category.

  46. 46
    Orient Express
    Baltimore, MD · $$
    ★ 3.6
    Open late

    Low-key chinese favorite with friendly counter service and clean flavors.

  47. 47
    Peking Restaurant
    Richmond, VA · $$
    ★ 3.6

    A reliable chinese stop where the kitchen never feels rushed.

  48. 48
    Golden Fortune Chinese Restaurant
    Norfolk, VA · $$
    ★ 3.6

    Low-key chinese favorite with friendly counter service and clean flavors.

  49. 49
    Tasty Asian
    Tallahassee, FL · $$
    ★ 3.6
    Open late

    Counter-style pan-asian with a steady local following.

  50. 50
    China Pasta
    Tucson, AZ · $
    ★ 3.5

    Fast, fairly priced chinese that punches above its category.

  51. 51
    Panda Express
    Mesa, AZ · $
    ★ 3.5

    Counter-style chinese with a steady local following.

  52. 52
    China East
    Charleston, SC · $
    ★ 3.5

    Low-key chinese favorite with friendly counter service and clean flavors.

  53. 53
    China House
    Wilmington, DE · $
    ★ 3.5

    Quick-service chinese with from-scratch sauces and tight execution.

A note on the cuisine

About Chinese in the fast-casual lane.

Chinese cuisine has long been a backbone of American fast-casual eating, and the spots in this list are some of the more reliable expressions of it across the cities we cover.

We currently list 53 fast-casual and quick-service restaurants serving Chinese food across the cities LocateMenus covers. The list is sorted to put recommended picks first, with rating and consistency factored in. Each restaurant has its own page with a longer editorial summary, address, hours where available, and links to related cuisines and nearby cities.

If you are scanning this page with a craving in mind, the practical move is to either filter by your city, every restaurant card shows the city and links into the corresponding city page, or scroll the list and pick the one whose write-up resonates. We have written each summary independently, with attention to atmosphere, value, and what the kitchen actually does well, so they should be useful as more than just decoration.

The fast-casual treatment of Chinese cooking is also where you tend to see the cuisine evolve in interesting ways. Operators borrow freely across regional traditions, lean into ingredient quality where they can, and adapt portion and pricing structures to the realities of a counter-service meal. The result is a category that is much more dynamic than national chain coverage usually suggests, and a list that is genuinely worth working through one entry at a time.

Every link on this page leads to a real restaurant or city page with substantive content, no dead ends and no placeholders. Pick a spot, read the write-up, and go eat.

How the filters work

The restaurant list at the top of this page respects three controls: a sort order (recommended, rating, name, or price), a price tier (any, $, $$, or $$$), and an "open late" toggle that surfaces only the Chinese spots whose published hours run to 10pm or later. Filters compose. The default view leads with recommended picks, then orders the remainder by rating signal.