Location: McAllen
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Find out what Chinese restaurants to try in McAllen. McAllen (/mɪˈkælɪn/ mih-KAL-in) is the largest city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States, and the twenty-second most populous city in Texas. It is located at the southern tip of the state in the Rio Grande Valley. The city limits extend south to the Rio Grande, across from the Mexican city of Reynosa, and McAllen is approximately 70 miles (110 km) west of the Gulf of Mexico. As of the 2010 census the city's population was 129,877, and the population of the McAllen–Edinburg–Mission metropolitan area was 774,769. As of 2016, the city population was estimated to be 142,212. It is the fifth most populous metropolitan area in the state of Texas, and the bi-national Reynosa–McAllen Metropolitan Area counts a population of nearly 1.5 million.
Things to do in McAllen
1. P.F. Chang's
Overall Ratings
4 based on 134 reviews
P.F. Chang's is a restaurant concept that honors the 2,000-year-old Asian tradition of wok cooking and believes in making food from scratch every day in every restaurant. With a Farm to Wok food philosophy at its core, P.F. Chang's chefs hand-roll dim sum
Reviewed By WLanzet
We've come to really enjoy P.F. Chang's. The food is well-prepared, service is excellent, and we've never had to wait for a table more than 10-15 minutes. The only down point is the authenticity of their food. Chang's is a chain restaurant with dishes that please, but not what you would find at a REAL Chinese restaurant.
2. China Sea Buffet
Overall Ratings
4 based on 28 reviews
Reviewed By Tom Y
They serve authentic Chinese food. Good selections and good service. Tips for buffets: For lunch, don;t go there after 12:45. For dinner, go there before 7:30. If you go there too late, they stop bring out more food.You'll like this buffet. Good food, price is right.
3. Zen
Overall Ratings
4 based on 12 reviews
Reviewed By 1EpicureanAdventurer
I have dined here twice for dinner with my family in the past month. The atmosphere is excellent but am a little mixed on a few of the dinners we ordered. The Sexy Roll $16 is amazing and quite filling and have ordered it each time. All the soups we have sampled are excellent and drink prices, $4.29 cosmo, are very reasonable. Why only 4 out of 5? Some of the meals have dark meat chicken which no one in my family likes. We resolved this by specifying on our second visit. They happily accommodated our request. Service is a little odd with a lot of staff and several people taking orders at our table and bringing drinks and food. I presume this will flow better over time and will gladly give it 5 stars in the future. Definitely worth trying and we will be going back as there is enough variety for the whole family.
4. Panda Express
Overall Ratings
4 based on 22 reviews
Reviewed By Javo73
This restaurant is a building by itself, something not very common for a Panda Express. The restaurant has many entree options and different sizes of combos to choose from.As always the orange chicken is very good, but some how the whole experience feels too "fast food" and not very gourmet.Good option for lunch but do not expect much from the experience.
5. Lin's Grand Buffet
Overall Ratings
4 based on 28 reviews
Reviewed By aghyba
Nothing Grand about this place. Lots of selections but poor quality. All Chinese restaurants make a decent hot and sour soup, theirs did not taste as it should. Desserts look better than the entrees. Not good experience for my taste. They really need to change the carpet.
