Don Don Express

We ordered online over the pandemic and really enjoyed it, so we decided to visit in person.
Unfortunately, I think the quality has decreased since then.
I was surprised by the amount of good reviews; I think it's good but not great.
The food is good, but tastes a little cheap: everything tastes watered down.
From the salad dressing to the soy sauce and teriyaki chicken.
Overall, it was still very enjoyable! They have many options and the food is still tasty.
It reminds me of comfort food but Asian; it is cheerful, simple, and satisfying to eat.

Owner response

I’m perplexed.
Why are there so many great reviews about this place? Surely someone is paying for bots to create positive reviews. Well, it worked! I went to this location tonight at approximately 9pm.
Their closing time is 9:30.
I arrived without another customer in the place and the owners were eating dinner with their family.
I felt bad, I don’t want disrupt a family meal. On to my salivary nourishment or lack there of! It was HORRIBLE!!! A frozen food meal from HEB would be a Michelin rated meal in comparison and even that is being gratuitous! The hot and sour soup was nothing more than beef consume, cornstarch and a very insignificant amount of vegetables, if that’s what you can call it. The pork egg roll which the owner sold me on was burnt.
The sauce to dip it in was once again, water, red dye, cornstarch, sugar and a sprinkle of vinegar, really disgusting.
The hot mustard, if I can even call it that, came in a “to go” ketchup style packet that was a far cry from anything it should have resembled. We also ordered the crab appetizers It was basically the leftovers of spicy imitation crab filling with old wonton dough.
Please refer to the picks for this. I hear you, “What do you expect from cheap Chinese food”? Well… Something edible at the VERY LEAST! This meal has now found is $60 home in my garbage disposal. It was DISGUSTING beyond belief!! I wouldn’t refer my worst enemy to eat here!! DON’T waste your time or money in this $$$hit hole!!

Owner response

We’ve been customers for almost 3.5 years now since we moved to Austin.
She’s been always so great to us, very good service and the food doesn’t take long to get to the table and is delicious.
My husband loves Ramen since he was a kid and always in the hunt for the perfect Ramen and I’m vegetarian so, I get the Sesame Tofu and is always delicious.
Today we tried the Fried ice cream for the first time.
The Edamame is always right. We always try to support local businesses. We highly recommend this place.

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