One star because i had to. I ordered the wok steak and shrimp it was efff disgusting!!! The so called Angus steak was chewy af and full of grisel it is not real meat. The bowl was $8.15 i ate the 3 shrimp and threw the rest away. It also came w potatoes. What is this a lumberjack bowl? No flavors mix together at all. I can't express enough how upset of a waste of money i spent!! read more

we just left this location and they handed us the wrong food, we went back and let them know if the mistake with the receipt and the lady that handed us our food didn't want to fix our order. I know that this is super frustrating on her end but we were given the wrong order, just wanted to leave with the food we ordered! read more

They mess up constantly. And are unapologetic and make up excuses when told they messed up the order. Worst panda in Bakersfield. Will never go again. read more

I have no issue with this restaurant or the employees that tried to help me, my gripe is with the corporate website and trying to order online. I was staying at a local hotel and decided to use the online option to save time at the restaurant by ordering online. I went through the process and submitted my order. There was no error message or confirmation number. I was just returned to a screen that looked like the same screen where I submitted my order. Thinking that I did something wrong, I checked everything and re-submitted. Same result. Now I don't know if my order went through or went through twice so I walked over to the restaurant. I went to the On Line order pick up station and was told that they had no record of the order and was asked if I had an E-Mail confirmation. I did not so I had to get in line and re-order. I was pleased with my order, all as expected. I just hope that I am not billed or billed twice for the online order. Panda Express, fix your on-line order tool. read more

Can I just say how ridiculous all of these comments about COVID-19 are? You are all lucky they are open and reduced the prices for food to make it more affordable. But no, instead here we will complain how the bathroom is closed to prevent further spread of the disease and we will complain how the employees are wearing masks and gloves to protect customers from unnecessary infection. Does it mean they are sick? No! It literally means the company cares about the customers and also cares about their employees. These people are coming to work to feed you and you have nothing better to do than judge these people. And then we will also go on to complain about the fact that Panda is following the proper no more than ten people at a time in an establishment rule. LOL. I am so glad that we are such bitter people in such a dark and hard time for our society. Go Bakersfield. If you do not like it how about you just don't come to the establishment? All these negative comments below are literally the best and pettiest things I have ever read. Great way to spend my time in quarantine :P P.S. The food is amazing. The family deal was cheap and could feed myself very well with this meal. Shout out to Maria C. for all her super hard work and upbeat attitude! read more

Second bad experience I've had with panda Express in the last month, unfortunately same experience as my last at a totally different location. I went to order food it was 1030 and they only had 3 sides available all others had a 10 minute wait, not gonna wait an extra 10 minutes in a line I had already been in for almost 10 min not a very good drive thru time. Its ridiculous that everytime I come to a panda there isnt any food seriously that's ridiculous at this point my feeling for panda are bad and I used to love eating here but can never get what I want to eat because they never have anything made thanks for nothing panda read more

every time i come to this panda the employees are always busting their butts. they are always extremely welcoming and when i ask for my food to be made fresh they always do it. Thank you guys for always being nice and fast. read more

The service here is terrible. They let my food get cold waiting on an entry then made me wait even longer because they never told the cook to drop the cream cheese ragunes she was a fatter employee name started with an R. Couldn't read the name tag read more

Worst panda place ever. Don't come here... so, we ordered our food. Waited like 5 minutes before they even started putting in the food. So what's happens the drive through is getting everything while inside people are getting ignored. So finally they start to get the food but run out of every item we ordered. Then 10 minutes later they dish it out but still having to wait on one item. Meanwhile everybody that works the front keeps opening the kids cause there is such confusion.. now been here for over 20 minutes... they suck read more

I usually eat at this location a couple times a month because I work right down the street but not anymore. I went through the drive through today and placed an order for 1 drink and 1 bowl (chowmein/super greens and kung pao chicken). After I had already paid I was given my drink and asked to pull around to the front to wait for my food. I was not informed when I was ordering that there would be a wait. The reason for pulling around to the front was that the parking spaces designated for waiting were already full of other people waiting. I waited 20 minutes outside (not an exaggeration, I checked the time on my receipt) and still no bowl so at this point I went inside to ask about my food. The cashier went to check then came back and said they were waiting on greens. I said it had already been 20 minutes and that I was done waiting. I asked for a refund on my order. The cashier went to get Jennifer, the Manager. Jennifer asked me where my drink was... I drank it while I was sitting in my car in the parking lot for the last 20 minutes. Jennifer tells me she is not giving me a refund for the drink then, only the bowl. Seriously! I left the store still needing to go get lunch somewhere else with what was left of my lunch break. I called the survey number on my receipt thinking that at some point during the call I would have an opportunity to speak to real person and file a complaint but after about a 10 minute call it never happened. I then looked up the customer service number on line. After another long call.....they are refunding my drink! Horrible customer service!! read more

The employee that took my order was kinda rude to me, not only that the rice was so hard still raw ! Not good at all

I have to agree with the low ratings here; if you need a "Panda Fix" ask for your food made fresh. Plenty of parking- Big Rigs okay over night. read more

Slow bad service. Not enough of anything. Old food. White rice was old and dry. Orange chicken was dry. Wouldn't recommend this location.

Perfect place to stop on a road trip to stretch your legs and get a quick bite. Very clean location including both dining area and bathrooms. Very friendly staff who were very quick. Don't know why this place has such a low rating. read more

This is the worst panda in Bakersfield. We went through the drive thru and did not check our order until we got home. The chow mein was full of cabbage with very little noodles. This is the only Panda that Charges you an extra $1.25 for the Shanghai steak without giving much of the steak. Poor management! Stay away. read more

Awful service here. First off, they were out of three things we asked for, it was not due to covid, they just said the items would take awhile to be done so poor preparation. The person over drive thru was rude and to top it off, they got our order wrong and forgot one of the plates we bought. We had to go out of our way to get the item they forgot and it was very inconvenient since we were in a rush. Definitely wouldn't recommend. read more

I have to say, first that I love Panda Express and so grateful for their drive through. We have gone through several of their places around Bakersfield but recently we have been visiting the one on Merle Haggard Road. One of my fav dishes is the green bean chicken. This visit yesterday was disappointing. Everything else with the meal was great...but there were two very small pieces of chicken in the green beans. Hope that's not their standard from now on. I'll visit again next week and see what happens. I'm hoping it was just an over site because their drive thru was so busy. read more

Customer service was ok. . I got 2 plates and i was very disappointed on the beef brócoli.only got 2 pieces of brócoli and 4 pieces of beef.The orange chicken was super soggy and not good. They also didn't have any egg rolls. read more

This is the first review I've ever left for any restaurant and I have to leave one for this location as a warning to other consumers. It's been a few times that I've gone to this restaurant and their rice tastes hard and old. But I truly could forgive that if they offered a better customer service experience. The girls that work here are extremely rude. They can't be bothered to say hello or answer a question you might have. I always ask for chili sauce and it's been twice that they've told me it's inside and I get home to find that there's one packet or none at all. Now, that's my fault; I should be checking before I drive off. However I ALWAYS feel like I'm rushed there and like I'm bothering them to do their job. I urge you guys to visit a different location if you care about how you're treated or how your food tastes. read more

They gave me 3 pieces of chicken for the sweet fire chicken breast and the rest pineapple. The teriyaki chicken, orange chicken, and chow mein were ALL DRY!!! This place is nasty. Never going there again. Oh, they also gave me only 2 fortune cookies and 2 forks when I ordered 3 plates! They're skimpy!!! I couldn't enjoy my food... disappointing. read more

This review is from Friday. The food was good but while I was ordering, there was a lady yelling at the cashier. No big deal. but then the girl that is helping me out (I think she was in charge since she didn't have an apron just a black jacket) says out loud to the cashier "did she throw money after yelling at you?" Cashier responds "yeah" and shrugs it off. then the girl with the jacket says out loud "what a B****" Won't return to this location because who knows what she would say about other customers. She should not treat any customers this way. Or maybe just not work in customer service read more

Absolutely horrible! Asked for half and half steamed white rice and chow mein and there it is as pictured! Thick layer of white rice on the bottom and a little handful my toddler could probably fit in his whole hand and still have room for more. So disappointed since I was really looking forward to it. Even debated whether or not I wanted the rice since I loved that chow mein! Won't be going to this one ever again! read more

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Went to panda last night , orange chicken was very dry , this morning I woke up throwing up , I don't know if it was sitting there for that long or what , but it was very dry and hard .. never going to this location again . read more

Second time visiting this location this week where I'm having to wait out front for my meal. Seems like this is a trend by looking at other reviews. read more

This Particular store is a hit and miss. Today I got my black pepper chicken through the drive-through handed to me without a bag but a napkin and a fork and a little entree box. Unfortunately it was mostly celery and onion with maybe a tablespoon of chicken if that and not even a fortune cookie to sweeten me up after my disappointment. Sure wish this place would get better read more

This place is unique. They offer teriyaki chicken and half of the time they don't even give you teriyaki sauce. Amazing. That's akin to ordering a bacon cheeseburger without the bacon. A cheeseburger without the cheese. Truly astonishing. read more

I will not be going to this particular location again. Every time I go they always screw up on something. The first time they screwed up is when they forgot to give me one of my meals. I even asked the lady in the drive thru if everything was there and she told me yes. I had to go in and get my order. It was a good thing I checked before I drove off. The second time I went there orange chicken tasted old like if it had been sitting there all day. Then today they messed up my order I asked for white rice and chow mein but I got fried rice which I think is nasty but I was already home and didn't feel like driving back so lost out on my food. This location is only getting one star because they make you give at least one or else it would be a zero. read more

I've gone a couple times on my lunch through the drive thru and the reason why I'm giving one star is because every time I pull up to the window after they hand me my food, and they walk away so I have to wait until they realize I'm still there to ask for soy or chili sauce. They give me attitude and hand me one of each and get upset when i ask for a couple more of each. The girls that work the drive are very rude and just try to get rid of you without asking if you need any condiments. Another time when I asked for an extra sweet and sour sauce they got upset and proceeded to give me an almost empty small container of it. I like Panda Express But not enough to go to this location and put up rude customer service. My advise is not to go that location. read more

Just left there with my teenage son. Everyone was nice, the place was super clean and they were efficient. Food was fresh and hot and typical panda flavor. Exactly what we were looking for. Convenient right off the freeway. read more

I went through the drive through today. When I got to the window the girl working the window was very rude. When she handed me my food I asked her for sweet and sour and soy sauce. She told me they were already in the bag and slammed the window shut. As I drove away I looked in the bag and it was not in there, and I was missing something I had ordered. I didn't even care to go back after such bad service. I won't be returning to this location. read more

chow mein is always so disgusting and just old veggies and workers are soooo rude!!!!

Great place and the staff was very helpful. With rush hour the staff was cool under pressure.

Where do I start....went to this location on Merle Haggard Drive around 9:10p.m. (Website states it closes at 10p.m.) on 2/1/19. I placed an order for two bigger plates through the drive thru., 3 different entrees on each plate. I get home, inspect the plates, and come to the realization that they messed up both plates. First of all, both plates had really cold, dry food...as if they had given us the leftovers for the night, despite us having gone at 9:10, and the restaurant closing at 10. Next thing I noticed was one of the plates had a repeat entree, despite me having ordered 3 different entrees for each of the bigger plates. The other plate only had chow mein, even though I had ordered 1/2 and 1/2 on both plates. I immediately took a look at my receipt to verify if they had indeed taken my order correctly, which they had. I called the location around 9:50p.m. and asked to speak to a manager. The person who picked up the phone stated they were a manager. I explained the situation and asked her if I should take the order back to get them exchanged, or wait until the next day since we live 15 miles away, and to my understanding the restaurant closes at 10, which this "manager" verified. She told me since it was so late, to simply go the next day, and take the receipt. I go the next day and explain that I had called the previous night about a wrong order, I tell them my name, show them the receipt, and the worker goes to call someone who says they are the restaurant manager. The manager rudely presents himself by saying "yes what's wrong?" In a very unpolite manner and tone. I kindly explain the situation that I had explained through the phone to the night manager. This is when he sneers and says that there was no other manager there except him the previous night(whose name apparently is Kevin) I don't understand why the person who answered the phone the previous night lied and said they were a "manager". This aggravated me a little, but I still went on to explain that the night "manager" had told us to go the next day, and to simply present a receipt and they would give us fresh, new orders. The manager, Kevin, scoffed and said that we had to bring the old plates in order to get them replaced. The night manager never stated that we had to bring the old plates back. The previous night I had taken pictures of both plates, just in case they asked for them the next day, but apparently Kevin wanted both the plates back. He even jested that at "Walmart you must take an item back, in order for it to be replaced". This attitude and response aggravated me even more. Not only is this "manager" a joker and so unprofessional, but was demanding we relinquish the plates from the previous night, in order to get new plates. First of all....Really??? The night manager never told us to take the plates back!!! Second, we had even asked if we could take the plates the previous night, but the night manager said no, to just go the next day and simply present the receipt, not take the plates. Third, my husband and I were really hungry that night, and we were not about to go out and buy more food after having driven a long distance, and it being so late at night. So naturally we ate the plates. This manager Kevin, jested even more and said that we shouldn't have eaten the food, and had brought the plates back. And went back to the rhetoric about how at Walmart, you need to take the item back, in order to get it replaced. In the end, I guess we were wasting his time to the point where he exclaimed "Fine! I'll replace your order this time, but next time I will remember your face!" Seriously....what the ****?! I've eaten at Panda Express locations for years, and had never experienced such a grotesque and unpleasant situation. I am disappointed, and I will not be going to this location again. I advise anyone else to do the same. Order#402191 read more

Worst customer service ever!! Tried to let them know they where charging me wrong and got shushed... they ended up having to refund my $1.50 because they didn't want to listen to me. The they made me wait for my food on purpose. Won't be back here ever. O and during our ordering the person took off and took care of a drive thru order. Then came back 5 minutes later!! read more

First time I tried online ordering. I arrive there and had to wait 15 minutes for my orange chicken to be prepared. Next time I'll just walk in and order what they have available. read more

Worst one in town by far! Over cooked rice and chowmein. Always out of hot mustard. Terrible service!

I came here around 11 today. I got a bowl with orange chicken and fried rice to go. When took the lid off the bowl I could immediately tell the chicken was not fresh. All of the chicken was incredibly hard. I could not eat any of it so I threw it all out and just ate the rice. It was really frustrating because I liked going to this Panda Express because the drive through was very convenient, but the past few times I've gone some of the chicken was really hard. I most likely won't be going back. read more

After using my debit card at this location I had fraudulent activity on my card. I had not used the card in a long time so I believe there is an issue here. As for the food I never expect much when buying from a drive thru but the rice was hard. My broccoli beef tasted horrible, orange chicken & chow mein was good. I will not return to this location again & do not recommend. read more

Just spent 20 minutes in the drive through. Literally!TWENTY MINUTES. And then got a completely different meal from what I ordered. So now I'm late for work and eating meal I don't even like. NOT happy. read more

I really wanted to like this location!It is close to my house but everytime I go in I have to wait for the food they never have everything ready at the same time. The poor kids that work there do not stand a chance with the customers. If you want hot fresh panda dont visit this location.Drive up the road to the rosendale store great service fresh food read more