The king of four star reviews returns once again to hand out another four star special. There are a few unique things about this little hole in the wall. The first is that it may be some of the better Chinese food in Vegas. Although that says more about the poor quality of Chinese in Vegas than about how good Oasis is. Two trips to China have ruined me on Chinese food in the states. When a street cart vendor working the streets of Beijing can hand you better Chinese for than anything you have ever tasted in your life, you've been tainted to any future Chinamerica food forever. However, I was yet to find any Chinese food in Vegas I liked even before I took my trips to China. Another unique thing about Oasis is that it serves Thai food, but the owners are obviously Chinese (Cantonese I thinks). Usually Chinese places in Vegas are run by Thai with a few Chinese dishes on the menu. Here it's the other way around.
I had the Mai Fun noodles which used fresh veggies and had a good flavor. My constant companion, who I will refer to as Sancheta Panza to my Don Q, ordered the Orange Chicken and we were both pleasantly surprised. The Chicken had a lite, fresh flovar. The sauce was not overly sweet or syrupy thick. I got the impression that the chicken was cut and breaded right before it was fried up. The fried rice was nothing special, very functional, no flair or flavor beyond rice that had been fried.
Here is what I can say best about it, if I lived near The Oasis is would eat there a couple of times a week. I get the impression that a lot of people do. Sancheta and I dined in and as we were there we witnessed a steady stream of people come in to get orders to go. The lovely, and especially doting older Chinese lady running the place knew most of the customers by name as they knew her by name as well. That's a pretty good clientele report. I can't give this place less than a B as for a little hole in the wall Chinese place it's pretty darn good. For Vegas it's really good. For China...meh.