Panda Express is our go-to comfort food, especially now with a baby when dining in isn't always easy. My husband and I usually order the teriyaki chicken and orange chicken with super greens, and another plate with sweet fire chicken, walnut shrimp, half chow mein, and half fried rice. Always hits the spot It's affordable, quick, and consistently good. You really can't go wrong with Panda Express! read more

I'm writing about the Panda Express next to Lowes and across the st. from Kentucky Fried Chicken in B-ham. The last time I was there a worker came out and was cleaning up. Today I was eating inside and it looked like the floor hadn't been cleaned in a couple days. I was there about 12:30. The food was good but I was turned off by the messy floors. read more

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This time we paid for our order @ 11:21:51 am on a Thursday. Fresh orange chicken was sitting in the warming pan ready to replace the few pieces of what was left--nice. Rice and chow main were 3/4 full. So far so good...except after watching 3 employees fill drive thru or prep online orders we waited more than 5 minutes before being helped. With less than a dozen people walking in to sit down and more than 1/2 the tables empty we would expect tables to be clean. Nope. After getting our food I attempted to sit at one of the two open booths by the window. Both tables were nasty dirty. My wife and I sat at a table for two. Now we are leaving at 11:52 am and both those tables are still dirty--we saw 3 people attempt to sit, look and then walk away. It's one thing or another at this mismanaged Panda Express. Sad...because the food is good. read more

Panda Express - Low again....and again...and again - Chinese Near Me - Bellingham, Washington

Get a movie loaded up if you're in the drive thru... anytime of day. 7:52pm or 11am. Doesn't matter it's SLOW. The last time I ordered I had a long black piece of hair wrapped around my spring roll, pissed I spit it out. Threw it in the bag. Then I found a tiny black piece of hair in my noodles. I complained with corporate and was given the run around with emails back and forth. This money I have been in line for 26 min in the drive thru. It's honesty not that busy either. Jokes on me trying this place one more time. read more

You can order online. Wait in drive thru. Go inside store. Waiting time is 30-40 min to get your food. They don't greet you when you walk in to order. They don't greet when you're there to pick up an order. It's honestly embarrassing. Sucks Bellingham doesn't have any good fast food places. I like the food here but not the service. I always see lots of workers. Mostly handling the drive thru. Which makes no sense why they still take long doing that. It's hard to pick or choose your battle when you order here. You'd think going inside is faster. Not by far. Bellis fair mall is worse. It took a lot in me to leave this review. Maybe hire more staff. Something needs to change. read more

This restaurant needs a NEW manager. Their drive through is sooooo slow. It appears that they take one order at a time, and finish with that car before going to the next. Inside!!!!!! What a mess. No one talks to each other. Food has consistently been out, no matter what time you go in. The Panda Expresses in other cities DO NOT have these problems.... Hench the need for new management. Due to the extremely long drive through times and the lack of food ready to order inside, I only eat from Panda Express maybe 3 times a year Food is great, if they have any cooked. Wait time for my order of Broccoli and Beef today, 15 minutes. read more

Bellingham Panda is REALLY putting the screws to its drive through clients, be sure to check your order before pulling away...ordered a one entree bowl with chow mein and sweet fire chicken...got SIX bites of chicken... Do better Panda, try being LESS cheapskates!?! read more

Panda Express - Noodles and Sweetfire Chicken - Chinese Near Me - Bellingham, Washington

Drive through service takes upwards of 30 minutes. I've been a semi-regular customer of this location for over a year and the drive through always takes an absurd amount of time. The amount of cars in line has no bearing on the speed. If there are only a few cars, the service will slow down to make sure you wait your 30 minutes no matter what. read more

Unless conditions are absolutely perfect, don't even bother making an order online. It's quicker just to drive here and go inside.

Finally had a chance to try this chain after hearing about it for decades. Parking is available in the nice large strip mall lot. The inside is surprisingly new and modern. Mind you, I wasn't sure what to expect. Staff were friendly and very helpful, especially since I didn't know how to order. One thing that I thought was nice was that I could get half noodle half rice, instead of either. Everything looked good there. I had trouble deciding. I went for their Beijing beef and their (signature dish) orange chicken. Portion size is very decent. Yes it's food court quality, but the food sure was satisfying. Their fried rice is a bit on the bland side, but the chow mein (fried noodle) was okay. The meal also includes a fortune cookie. I guess that the only comment is that whoever comes up with the fortunes inside the cookies needs some new ideas and possibly some lottery numbers. My cookie told me nothing useful. Definitely a decent option in the strip mall. read more

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So stinking slow they take one order for the drive thru and then won't take another one until that car gets the whole order fulfilled you have to wait at the speaker for 10 minutes to even order and then wait for your food read more

They refuse to offer the Beyond Orange Chicken that everyone is raving about on social media.

We had no problem waiting 5 mins for the chow mein to be done. It's that I paid $9+ for not even 4 pieces of meat over my bed of chow mein and rice. I have never before received so little of the main entrée. My daughter's cub meal was also very minimal and yet still it contained more than the bowl I received. Very disappointing. read more

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I have been to this Sunset location 3 times and each time the wait time in the drive thru was over 30 minutes. They make the cars wait at the speaker until they complete the other cars order. I have never in my life had such long wait times. I highly recommend anyone who doesn't want to spend 45 mins waiting to order food go elsewhere. read more

Pretty standard Panda Express; nothing to really write home about. My Brother-in-Law and I stopped by and the service was pretty quick; however it was practically empty at the time. Food certainly hits the spot and I think it's decent for the price. I typically get the broccoli beef and teriyaki chicken. I feel like you can't really go wrong with either of these since they respond pretty well to sitting out for longer since there's no crunch to lose. However Maybe I was hungrier that day, but portions seemed a little smaller than I've had in the past. read more

Terrible food, cabbage tasted like mold and broccoli tasted bad , the meat wasn't like any meat I would eat. I didn't eat it. I also asked if any of the food was gluten free and I didn't appreciate the reaction to that. This is also a bad place to ask for donations ! Never again! read more

I feel so sad! I've never felt so torn about doing a review. The staff are amazing! I have never seen people work so hard--and, in my life, I've seen a lot of really hard working people. One of the most amazing things to see--in addition to seeing the constant effort, energy and movement--was that it was as if they had choreographed themselves. I was watching a tightly knit timed dance as they worked the food around each other and to various needs. And they were so nice!!! Alas, the food was not. I sampled a number of dishes. Nothing was passable to me, honestly--and I'm not super picky. 5+ stars for staff, 1 for food, so 2 overall, since you go there for the food, but with caveats. read more

Garbage and I am done, third time in a now no chow mein. The service was poor took forever. I noticed at least 10 workers milling around seemed very incompetent. The food was greasy and certainly not worth my money. The girl at the Cash register was incompetent at best. I will go somewhere where else next time.. read more

Wow, Panda! Way to go on cutting portions! I had more veggies in my chow mein than noodles and your to go boxes shrank! You definitely lost our business! read more

Panda Express - Chinese Near Me - Bellingham, Washington

Not happy with the "website": no description of menu items, other than names & no pricing listed. Definitely needs revamping to entice new customers. Conveniently located right off Sunset, easy in & out. For an initial visit used the drive thru during these Covid times, only one in line there @ the time so it worked well. Was fortunate to have an employee, Gavin, who was friendly & informative as to the "products" as well as being properly masked & gloved, appreciated. Obviously I'm an "Asian fanatic" so expect true flavors. The shrimp were well prepared, nice size, tasty with good amt of nuts but abit overpriced. The rangoon were good. read more

Panda Express - Drive thru "Take home" - Chinese Near Me - Bellingham, Washington

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Asked for a plate with 2 serving of broccoli beef lady said yeah sure no problem and here is my plate. read more

Panda Express - Asked for a plate with 2 serving of broccoli beef lady said yeah sure no problem - Chinese Near Me - Bellingham, Washington

Slowest service ever... stood around waiting for someone to service for over 15 minutes. Drive thru obviously is priority at this place. Skip it read more

Well it is now January 2, 2020 Panda express also has a new manager and terrible service, STILL. I came in here again and after 2 weeks the Men's room still smells like a sewer. Spoke with the snottest server ( Abby) who told me they clean it everyday. Incorrect. The same area around the toilet has the same crap around it. If they called a plumber and cleaned the bathroom thoroughly, they would not have the smell. This girl was totally a snot and she walked away as she was answering me. So I suggest to not use the men's room here. Also the staff here could care less about customer service. read more

Panda Express - The cook to the left, no gloves. - Chinese Near Me - Bellingham, Washington

I'm just so disappointed. We went when it was busy, which from my experience the food is hot. ALL of our chicken was about room temperature warm, which is a big problem. Our noodles and the vegetables in the chicken were hot, though, so I don't understand what happened. We didn't get silverware, and when we got our food the portions were cheap and small. I remember coming here a year ago and getting this exact same order and when I was handed the bag, it felt heavy. Not today. My first impression was maybe they forgot something, but that wasn't the case. I don't think I'll be coming back when I know I can go to the mall and get better quality and more food for less. read more

Got two plates, one half rice and half chow main, other with all chow main was told they didn't have enough that there would be a wait I said that's totally okay, thinking we would both get fresh chow main.... Get home to very little cold noodles with TWO large pieces of cabbage head so that was sad. Won't be back to that location, staff wasn't friendly either. Edited- and portions were small too read more

As far as I can taste, Panda Express is slightly better than your local mall food court. The staff are friendly and the restaurant is clean. They do have a drive thru so it's not necessary to even get out if your car. The food is fresh and is replenished regularly. The prices are fair for fast food but I fell that the popularity of this place is REALLY overrated. read more

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I have eaten here a few times They are actually better than several of the other chinese fast food places in bellingham I would return here but not to the other places My favorite dish is the beijing beef read more

I used to think that the drive thru here was the most pleasant to wait in because it was surrounded by large, leafy plants, giving the drive thru lane a secret garden feel. I was sad to come through today and see that all the beautiful plants have been cut down completely. Now it feels like every other soulless corporate space, which is unfortunate. Why would one decide to cut down the one beautifying feature they had? read more

As someone who lived in China for several years, I'm well aware of the stark differences between authentic and westernized Chinese food. That being said, I think this Panda is still pretty good. The staff are super friendly and it's a good healthier option (if you play your cards right) than most other fast food, especially in the general vicinity. I would actually give this place 4 stars, because I don't think fast food is very capable of being what I would consider "5 stars", but I gave an extra star to try and sway the undeserved abysmal rating they currently have in this app. All in all, it ain't bad! read more

I would rather have a sound system installed into my bedroom that plays 70 dB of Darth Vaders breathing while I try to sleep than eat at this franchise again. I would rather install a straight shot gutter from the roof of my house that shoots gutter muck right over my head the minute I turn off my shower than come to this Panda Express again. I would rather have a concrete company redo my driveway into multipe 90 degree angles at a 60% incline. Look if you want to get off a grueling 10 hour shift at 7 PM and get to a food store to be told "Sorry we don't make the food" then look no further. If you look at their closing hours cut out 2 hours. If they close at 10:00 PM that means they wont have anything except chow mein and orange chicken past 8:00PM. I said this before and I'll say it again. Numerous times have I come to the drive through and heard conversations about "Man I need to get off right at 10:00 so I can get to the bars early enough". Like look kid I get it - you party hard and are very popular downtown, however I need my honey walnut shrimp and I don't care that you're going to miss Bondage Happy Hour at Rumors if you cant get off early enough. I genuinly - and this is NOT an exaggeration despite my comedic tone - I have left this franchise empty handed WELL OVER 50 times in the past 5 years. Corporate has ALREADY given me a gift card to apologize for this behavior in a previous review. However TWENTY MORE TIMES where I left without food I've called it quits. I will never go to this place again because it seems like everyone who works here picked the wrong job. Apparently they really hope for a job that didnt serve food. Someone should tell them they're in the wrong place. I'm so sick of going out of my way (for like the only chinese food in town) to go to Panda and to be told that the food on the menu hasn't been made for hours, and no, it wont be made for me either... 2 hours before they're supposed to close. read more

The food here is always ready on time, always hot, with generous servings, and the servers and staff work their tails off to accommodate. I have always had a fresh meal and when I was working it was always a place for a quick, inexpensive lunch. Pity I can't give a better review as it tries hard to please. Chicken is usually a bit greasy for my taste, beef dishes tasty enough, but hard to chew most times as are the fried rolls. Vegetable dishes and rice fair better. Good Chinese food is generally hard to find here, and considering that great Chinese food is 25 miles north across the border, that Panda is an off-shoot of the Chiang family, that is sad. But they do what most people want--provide a fair meal at a fair price. read more

Never again, Panda Express used to be a regular meal stop or take away place for us, used to be. The last time we got take away from the Bellingham location the food was not up to their usual standards of flavor and quantity but we let it go, everyone can have a bad day. Last night, the take away order was awful on multiple levels... the Broccoli Beef, I kid you not, had only two shreds of beef and the Orange Chicken was rock hard and a very small portion, the Chow Mein was flavorless but abundant, seemingly to give the false impression of heft to the diminutive entrees order. I won't be fooled a 3rd time and $16.99 is too much to pay for disappointment, I can get that for free just by turning on the tv. read more

After not eating all day except cereal for breakfast, I was feeling lazy and decided not to cook dinner and order panda instead. I ordered an egg roll (which had dark brown spots that I noticed after the first bite and didn't eat the rest) and orange chicken with chow mein. I've eaten at panda many times before at the same location but an hour after eating this time I got intense sharp stomach pains and nausea. Two hours later I was vomiting and had diarrhea. I'm just trying to warn people do not eat here, it's not worth it. I'm wondering if it had anything to do with ordering at the end of the day near closing time ‍ read more

the honey walnut shrimp had been sitting for a while and it wasn't crunchy which was unfortunate, and we weren't greeted when we walked in and we had to initiate getting our order taken. i think that the lobby could have used a little more attention as some of the things we saw while eating were kinda gross, like dead bugs on the window sill and chunks of old food. the service was the most upsetting part and i don't know if i would eat in this lobby again. read more

Panda Express - gross old food next to seating - Chinese Near Me - Bellingham, Washington

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Hi They discontinued the cream cheese raggons which we love. Also my fortune cookie did not have a fortune in it. Lastly the food quality has gone downhill. I know their is a pandemic but keep your food good. The Orange chicken was fatty and to much unchewable grissle . they did not chop up the vegetables enough in the chow mein which affected texture. The noodles were a little overcooked. We have gone to this place for years and usually love it but they are cutting corners and food is not good. read more

Drive through was fast food was okay, forgot to ask for chili sauce went in ti find out they were out. This was after I called to see if I had to go back through the drive through to get chili sauce. One door at the front is exit only the entrance it is off to the side. read more

This is fast food minus the fast. If cruising through the drive-thru be prepared to wait. There is no escaping once locked in by a car behind you. The good news is that the staff have always gotten my order right which you would expect since they take their time with each customer. There is only one drive-thru menu board, and it happens to be where the speaker is, so people tend to hold up the line while they figure out what they want. The pictures on the menu board show a lot more vegetables/fruit with the entrees than you actually get in real life. If you are hankering for a lot of meat, this might be ok with you. Egg rolls are considered an entree, not a side or appetizer. In addition, you only get one with your order. Typical dining options include one, two or three plate entrees with a side. Sides include white rice, brown rice, fried rice or steamed vegetables. For no extra charge, you can divide your side order in half to get half rice and half vegetables. Their fried rice is a bit unusual. It is supposedly healthier because they use brown rice instead of white, but they have swapped out the eggs with sweet corn due to avian flu causing an egg shortage. There are no combos that come with a drink. If you order one of their Pepsi options, expect to pay a few extra dollars. Lately, I've been foregoing the drink since the multiple entree plates alone will cost you $9-11 easily (a fortune for not-so-fast food). On a positive note, each meal is accompanied by a standard fortune cookie. The food is hot and tasty. Some of the chicken bits have had grizzle. Be sure to request soy sauce, chili sauce, and mustard sauce packets when you pick up and pay for your food. read more

They have the lobby close time at 8. Posted right on the door. I was there at 7:55 and I was confused. Whole staff got annoyed and gestured to me. Extremely bad experience. read more

So, first time back to Panda Express since we'd had a bad shrimp experience in 2020. This time the shrimp was good but the chow neon was cut short. Tiny bits and pieces of noodles. Not sure if this is a new recipe, but we prefer our chow main noodles longer than one inch. Gonna give another try someday soon. Drive thru service was quick and professional. read more

Food was alright but the order was wrong, and my order of "mixed veggies" had no veggies other than a heaping pile of kale and cabbage that took almost ten minutes for them to prepare just the pathetic veggie side. The beef and broccoli was also severely missing the beef part. Not sure if 6 o'clock at night is just a bad time for this location or if it is always like this, but from other reviews it seems like this is not isolated. Would not recommend this location. read more

Panda Express - What mixed veggies should look like - Chinese Near Me - Bellingham, Washington

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