YUMMY! This location is a typical Panda Express location so nothing phenomenal but it's pretty good Chinese food. I've dine here many times with my family and always loved their fresh ingredients and hot servings. It's always busy but nothing crazy. Yeah, it's fast food Chinese food but it's still delicious. The staff are always friendly and courteous and service was wonderful. At times you might have to wait in a long line or food but well worth it. read more

It was 10:26 4 minutes before closing we got in and they gave us warm smiles and didn't even seem mad, two other restaurants did not do great before this and my sister was upset. She was famished. We are so thankful that they weren't mad or even showed the slightest hint of annoyance it really warmed our hearts. Specifically the sweet old Asian lady whose kindness rubbed off on us after two bad experiences. She served us with a big smile and I unfortunately did not catch her name but we wish her the greatest. read more

Shout out to Chucky at Panda Express and all the staff! It was a super busy Friday night and all the staff kept smiling and doing the best they could for a very busy night. He was extremely nice and tackled one order at a time while multi tasking all the carryout orders in between in store customers! Food is great. Reminder to continue to be nice to servers as they are working hard! read more

Food can be good when they have it available. Tonight, we got there at 9pm and there was nothing left to choose from. And what was worse, the staff didn't care. They rushed us and were extremely rude. Not to mention they charged us full price even tho there wasn't anything left. The staff here were acting very immaturely and disrespectful. Absolutely disappointed. This manager should be ashamed of the way the staff works here. We will not be back to this location and I will be reaching out to corporate. read more

Inexpensive and fast but you get what you pay for. I do recommend you avoid breaded food. Chicken or shrimp... unless you love breading and little protein. read more

Great service, fresh food. Take the receipt survey to receive a free entree on your next trip! read more

Panda Express - Bigger Plate: 1/2 Chow Mein & 1/2 Fried Rice with Beijing Beef, Honey Sesame Chicken Breast & Honey Walnut Shrimp. Yum! - Chinese Near Me - Apple Valley, Minnesota

I gave them a 1 star since I can't give them a zero. This place screwed is over on our orders. Order kung pao chicken and out of all 3 people we had maybe a half cup of chicken and vegetables. But they gave us several cups of rice. Apparently they are trying to save money by skimping on the real food and giving us more rice which is just filler and has zero nutritional value or flavour. Won't ever go back here again. I recommend Joys Tai in Lakeville instead. We paid over $30 for $3 worth of food. read more

Orange chicken has become super spicey from time to time, asked for a sample to make sure it was good they refused, I said fine I'll take 2 plates and if it's too spicey I'm want a refund. Hope your enjoyed throwing away $20 of food over horrible service and cooks who dont follow recipes read more

Excellent quality food! Their cream cheese wontons are the best of any location! All employees are very nice and hardworking.

The last time I was here I found not one but two hairs in my food. Called and was told I would get a free meal to replace the one that wasn't good. Then today went in and tried to use it and the manager on duty said that the policy had changed and she wouldn't honor it. read more

Average Asian food a at fair price. A good selection of items on the menu. My only compliant was a previous customer, Craig B, picked his nose and wiped a huge snot all over the glass display case. He then picked his nose a second time and flicked it on the back of another customer. Gross!!! Feel sorry for the employee who had to clean up after this disgusting person. read more

RIDICULOUS- was picking up a DoorDash order that was supposed to be ready by 7:22. Went in waited 15 minutes and then asked if it was ready. Worker gave a thumbs up and walked away. Waited another 20 MINUTES. and nothing. Then another worker comes up and asks what I'm waiting for. I say the order name and she asks if I'm EARLY. I say no I've been waiting for over 30 minutes now. She checks no one even made my order. Terrible service. Wouldn't recommend. Get your crap together. read more

This place is always packed for some reason. Everything on the menu is the same 4 things fried chicken in some sauce or beef and overcooked vegetables or grilled chicken. Not a huge fan of the fried rice either, lo main is way to go. fairly typical for a panda. Nothing really out of the ordinary. Staff is usually nice but could use a lesson in teamwork to speed things up a bit. read more

The food is good, but there problem is meeting any kind of a time line for on-line food orders placed, despite the fact that they have four people working the food lines/counter area and three people working in the kitchen area. Staffing is not their issue. The last three times we have placed an on-line pick-up order we have waited any where from 25 to 35 minutes over our pickk-up time. Could have walked in the door and ordered and been through their line three times at least. It is very frustrating! The last time, they seem to have lost the order so we waited 35 minutes! read more

I love the food, but the manager Num, has some of the worst customer service I have seen. I addressed her disrespect and she rolled her eyes and ignored us. I will continue to buy Panda Express, because I do love their food, but never again from Apple Valley. im telling you, she made our whole experience terrible. read more

This is my son's absolute favorite place for dinner... And I think he would actually be willing to eat breakfast and lunch here too. I definitely prefer Panda Express over the nearby Leeann Chin. Food is quite consistently prepared and you know what you're going to get. My favorite is the bowl with orange chicken and chow mein... I also like the potstickers and the cream cheese wontons. read more

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This has been my go to for lunch for soooo long. I probably come here at a unhealthy rate but besides the fact I have noticed a drop in amount of food that gets given to me no matter the "bigger plate" or the "plate" and the "bowl". It seems that when I get the bigger plate, I still get the same amount I'd get buying the regular plate. I don't ever plan on stopping coming into this Panda Express, just seems like they are trying to pinch off a little less than customers pay for or maybe it's the other way around.. anyway, I just hope this location will take this review & use it as a pull to see what customers think of the place. The workers are ALL always amazing & cater to everything I need leaving the store I'd just hope they would keep a consistency to how much chicken they put in boxes etc, instead of me expecting to get a full meal out of the plate, rather than having to spend more to get more food when I end up with the same amount from the plate to the bigger plate. Management is amazing & I've never once had any customer service issues at this place I just want more chicken! Thank you for feeding me! read more

Place is always busy and line moves slow. Seems I get bottom of the barrel servings. Ordered Lo mein with orange chicken and kung pow chicken. Lo mein was really fried cabbage-it's supposed to contain noodles too. No orange chicken instead double kung pow. Didn't want to complain because I wanted to eat dinner before breakfast rolled around. read more

I wish I could give this place zero stars! Rude management. Order was wrong and they blamed the delivery guy. I will never order from this place again! All I asked for was a part of my missing order to be delivered. I was told it couldn't be done. When I asked for compensationI I was told there was nothing they could do. There's always something that can be done to satisfy a customer who has been wronged. I have always loved this place in the past but it only takes one bad experience to make me never go back again. There are too many other places to give my business to. read more

Friend and I were in the area and wanted Chinese. We're both Panda Express fanatics and there are limited Chinese food options in our area. We both tried a sample of the 'wok-fired shrimp' which was pretty good. While deciding what I wanted apparently the staff behind the counter just put my order together and were like "you're good to go!". Friend and I looked at each other and I questioned the employee and she confirmed, with an attitude, that my order was done. Whatever, I'm not one to cause a fuss after working for 11hrs today. My friend's order was also incorrect but were didn't feel like causing a ruckus and just wanted to get out of here for our hour ride home. The food was hot and flavors were good like usual. The staff is lacking communication skills and had bad attitude when confronted about mistakes. I'm generously leaving a 3* rating... read more

I placed an order 3 days in advance and when my brother went to pick up, they told him he had to wait another 30 minutes still. And when I called and asked why it's taking so long, the lady hung up on me! Bullshit service. read more

Ordered $30 worth of food......for the last time. I called the store over 10 times throughout the day. I did not eat the food that was ordered due to multiple strands of hair in each of the items of food! I called and finally at 5PM! got a hold of someone. Literally called all day long, ordered for pickup at 11AM. Manager was off for the day apparently, and no one in the store could do refunds. The only team member to talk to, said that she is only able to refund a portion of the order per policy. So if i order $100 worth of food, and it comes back with human parts in it.....you're only going to comp one meal? What a joke. The person said she would have to call me back... which 20 minutes later, I was thrilled to get a call back.....BUT with MORE disappointing news about how they are unable to refund the order. She then asks if I was able to bring back the food for fresh food. Okay. 1. I ordered for pickup at 11AM 2. I did my part as a CUSTOMER and called several times from 11:19AM------5:36PM (with proven phone records) 3. It was 5:36PM, when she said if I could bring the food back. Where do you think the food went when I got no response for the entire day? The Trash. I ordered 3 meals from a competitor and enjoyed it thoroughly. All I want is a refund for the entire order. I am done playing phone tag, and the "policy" term being thrown around. This is FOOD we are dealing with, not a 14 day grace period on some electronic...... STAY AWAY FROM THIS LOCATION. They will not help you, if you are dissatisfied. They literally use the word "policy" extensively. DISGUSTING. Just think.....pulling hair from your teeth, as your chewing orange chicken. Just picture that......feel the hair? YUCK. read more

Joel, the Manager is terrible! Awful customer service, blamed 3 customers while I was there for their food being late. Waited 40 instead for chicken to be made, he kept saying 2 minutes. read more

Three strikes your out! I've tried three separate times at around 4pm. common sense tells you get ready for the dinner rush!! The whole crew are very young and seem to be lost. each time I've been there trying to have some dinner they've been out of at least three things or more. The Young kids working there dishing the food don't yell back to the cooks to replace the empty dishes. That's one issue the another issue is they're making the online orders a priority. So if you walk in expect a longer wait to be served. I know the kids or Millennia's need a job but boy they don't move fast and seem to not care. I've been yelled at by they're overly stressed Manager Steve for asking if they'll have noodles ready soon. He told me don't tell me how to do my job I'm short handed for help. That being said maybe pay a bit more Steve. I've had it I've been going to Leanne Chin across the street great food and no wait! Panda needs to really re- train they're staff and get a New Manager that can take the heat and stress in my thoughts. Hope this helps read more

I was disappointed with my order once we got home because we realized it was completely wrong. I called, angry but Adi made it right. He personally drove across town and brought us the right food. Wonderful save on his part and would definitely recommend given his performance! read more

Yesterday I arrived and was given samples of some items. I chose walnut shrimp and Sesame Chicken and chow mein noodles as my side. I also picked Orange chicken and Sesame Chicken for my son. The breading was comming off the shrimp for being too long in chafing dishes. I should have known. I had stabbing abdominal pains a couple hours after eating and son had diarhea at 4 a.m. Never again. Avoid this place like the plague. read more

The opening of this Panda Express makes Apple Valley nearly the perfect suburb in terms of fast food joints. White Castle recently opened, too. All AV needs is a Dunkin Donuts (well a DD ANYWHERE in the Twin Cities metro would be awesome...I digress). The service here is pretty good. There's always someone cleaning up so it's a clean place. It's fancier than other Pandas out there, but the food and service is exactly the same. Lovely. read more

My wife and I have been going to this panda location since it opened and the quality has gone down quite a bit since then. Picked up food last night and heard the cook say he was "adding more oil so it cooks faster" and my noodles were soggy and oily. Orange chicken was okay, Kung Pao chicken is usually fairly spicy but had no flavor. Very disappointed. read more

Typically I'm not a fan of Americanized Asian food. But I do love me Panda Express, today they have made their food with so much love. I love their fried rice, walnut shrimp, orange chicken and chicken Kung pao. This was worth the wait in line, it was delicious! read more

Hot, tasty food and a good sized portions. We appreciated that we got plenty of food. Also, staff were very friendly and welcoming. Thanks!

gave me a dirty look for coming in at 9 when they close 9:30 . I pulled up at 9 and 3 of the 4 workers pointed at me and shook head and gave dirty look like bro fr tho I'm just tryna order some orange chicken but nah I had to settle for canes cuz I felt disrespected read more

Horrible customer service!!! I was berated loudly by two employees about how to wear a mask. Respectfully I pulled it up and ask if it was alright. They both yelled at me again and told me to leave for asking the question. They pointed to the door. They were very disrespectful. Will never go there again and will tell others about my treatment from them. They are very unhappy people. read more

Took too long. Can't blame covid for this BS. Food also tastes like plastic. Almost tastes like spit

Went in today to eat and not a clean table in the place. Workers seem incompetent and lazy. Food has gone down in quality also. If the tables are that dirty I wonder about the food. read more

Great food. I go quite often and the food quality is always consistent. Food is always hot as I tend to get take out it's still hot when I get home over 10min away. There can be a line at times but it usually goes fast. Would definitely recommend panda Express at this location read more

Impressed for my first time ever eating at Panda Express. All the servers were happy and kind. The line moved fast being a busy evening over the weekend. Everything my family and I had taken home tasted pretty good. read more

Had the 3 entree combo for $8+ The food was good. They ran out of Walnut Shrimp so I had to wait a bit but it was fresh and hot. The manager tossed a couple extra shrimp in for my wait. Cool. They do a good job of keeping everything straight and no strange up-charges at the end. I had walnut shrimp good tasting fair price ( upcharge) Had Kung Pao was good tasting good value And a beef dish which was good. Good food & fresh at decent prices. Teriyaki chicken seemed to be a crowd favorite. read more

Great if you are looking for quick Chinese food. It's fast food, so it's not going to be super authentic, but it's good for what it is. My whole family likes it and I like that they pile the plates high! The only thing we do t care for is the rice, they recently switched to some kind of short grain, probably more affordable, but my family prefers long grain rice so that's why the 4 stars. read more

Food is always hot and service is always good! Kids love the Orange chicken! Great place to take the family

Why the Styrofoam boxes? I'm sure these fast food chains make enough to afford an alternative that can be reused!