I always love Chinese food. It's a go to meal. You can't go wrong. But when you order at this place just look at the food labels carefully because theres choices where you are charged more for ordering that dish. So your $12 can easily turn to $17 at check out. They don't proactively tell you there's additional charges for certain dishes. You think you are ordering a 2 two dish meal combo with rice or noodles like in most mall food courts and you're paying what is on the overhead food menu board but no. Clever way of increasing prices. The place is big and clean. Plenty of tables. Plenty of parking since it's in a plaza. But I recommend other options. read more

There is nothing special about it. It is Chinese food served like you would find in a mall. Buffet style sitting there waiting for you. I got the family feast because regularly the family feast is $45 but I had a coupon for $5 off so we had the family feast for $40. When I went they didn't even have any ginger bed so that was disappointing. We got: - shanghai noodles - sweet and Sour Chicken - black pepper chicken - chicken fried rice read more

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First PE in SE Calgary in the 130th ave shopping area. This location is very clean and has plenty of booths and tables. Staff has been hit and mess with their service. Menu not super clear in regards to what a side is when you do your meal (side is chicken fried rice or noodles). The food is average and can be good if it is fresh from the kitchen and not sitting under heat lamp of the presentation area. Pricy stand alone restaurant but no one serves you. Self serve pop machine. Overall if you want Chinese fast food can't go wrong but it's not cheap. read more

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It was the first time to try this Chinese restaurant! I am very impressed with quality of the food ! I would go again! It works for a quick lunch/dinner Very friendly staff read more

Panda Express - Chinese Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

Calgary's second PE is now open. It's a pretty large location with a good amount of seating including a small patio. Parking is good now, but once Via Cibo and the other restaurants in this new little strip open up it may become an issue. A meal will run you $10-15 including a drink depending how many items you want. If you've ever been to a mall food court and had Chinese, this is basically the same thing. The guy behind the counter grabs a plate and you tell him what you want from a dozen or so choices. The menu seems to be very corporate driven. They don't have local items like ginger beef. They have Beijing Beef, which is delicious, but not exactly the same. The big thing here for me is that this is the closest fast-casual Chinese place to my house and I can get a meal for under $15 compared to having to spend $50-60 at a traditional Chinese place and have leftovers for days which is just too much for my wife and I to eat. read more

Panda Express - Chinese Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

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I guess it's a step up from food court Chinese food, but not as good as if you went to a regular Chinese restaurant. You can order by the bowl (Cheapest), or by the number of items. I had the two item combo, which comes with rice or noodles, and two entrees. Be aware that if you want shrimp as an entree it costs $1.50 more. (I didn't read the fine print). They also advertise the fact they have at least 8 items under 400 calories. I had the teriyaki chicken as one of my entrees. I guess I should've known better then to order a Japanese chicken dish in a Chinese establishment. It was good, just didn't taste like teriyaki sauce.(Very gingery). That all being said, I think I would come back. Not rushing for that door, but if I get a craving then maybe. read more

Panda Express - the counter area of the restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

I have always enjoyed Panda Express but lately every time I go there, portion size keeps getting smaller and smaller. And today my chicken was over cooked and was difficult to find! Disappointed. read more

Ratio of meat to vegetables in takeout seems considerably off compared to last time. Could have sworn when you ordered a chicken dish it was all chicken, now to cut prices its filled to the brim with vegetables while still charging the same price. Pretty flavorless, minus the kung pao beef, which was so nasty I didn't go past a bite of it. Even the crab rangoons seem to be lacking the filling that makes them delicious, and they are the only ones in Calgary who make them apparently. Pretty disappointing. Twice was enough. read more

The noodles tasted a day old and my chicken had pieces that were overcooked and undercooked at the same time

If only the tastes matches the look. It was a pleasant surprise to be greeted with so much enthusiasm by their staff "Welcome to Panda Express!" It reminds me of other friendly Japanese restaurants. This is the restaurant's first location in in the city. It has a fast food type setup. Customers would order from their variety of Chinese food selections which includes combos or individual portions. They have lots of options so it makes choosing easy. difficult. Panda Express is known for their orange chicken. Though the portions was reasonable for the price, and the flavour was decent. It failed to wow or meet my expectations. This is due to the fact that the breaded chicken is missing the crispy crunch. Don't get me wrong, the chicken was crunchy but it has a harder crunch rather than a crispy crunch. I really hope they improve because I really like how clean and friendly the place is. read more

Nothing like fast food Chinese style! Probably the only fast food good Chinese food. Pretty quick service with a simple casual environment. If you're looking for a good fast meal on the go then this is a great choice. read more

It was decent. We went really late night so my food wasnt hot, it was hardly warm tbh. Still tasted fine so whatever. I've been there 2 other times and the food was good. Just to note the king po chicken has full sized peppers in it so it's really spicy but my friend just picked them out. The orange chicken never disappoints but this time I got the sweet and sour chicken which wasnt bad (aside from the fact it was luke warm at best) the rice is average. Not amazing but not bad either. Also pretty cheap for what you get. read more

I give this place a 3 star being because... 1) there's a semi gross smell when you walk in the door 2)staff don't really know much about the food there selling 3) they do not clean there tables often in this restaurant which is disgusting 4) the food is hoenstly not the greatest and super overpriced All and all I probably will not be back , read more

Decent place for quick Chinese food. Service is always friendly however I you often have to wait for your food even though it's supposed to be already precooked and ready to go. Also the hours on google are incorrect which is pretty inconvenient. Other than that food is good and it's a good choice for a quick meal. read more

i went a few days after opening. Got the orange chicken, angus beef, chow mein and mushroom chicken. Orange chicken was decent but wasnt really warm at all, kind of cold. angus beef a bit better as i waited for them to cook it so it came fresh and hot but was disapointed in the serving size. The chow mein again was kind of cold and flavorless. Mushroom chicken was okay, but not great quality of chicken as there was a few pieces that i couldnt even eat. Decent flavours and liked the veggies, but i suppose i was expecting better. As well two cooks/employees were arguing loudly in spanish, because one of them didnt know the difference between ginger and garlic. A bit odd considering where they work haha. read more

Update: months later nothing has changed. Don't bother going there after 8 because there's no more food except grumpy employees

I have eaten here three times. First time was good, second was ok and today, it was horrible. Over sauced food and two of my dishes tasted exactly the same. Service was terrible and they hardly had any food out. Disappointing to have to wait so long for bad food. I will not go back. read more

The most disorganized fast food place in the s.e. 16 foot selections 6-8 are always empty. Food is good just gotta wait long time.

My wife and I went there tonight at 8:10.I agree with the poster regarding the food being cold.Most selections were almost empty.And there were mo less than 6 staff all of whom didn't seem to know what to do.We both threw out a half a plate of food each.Poor place to eat. read more

We had a fabulous experience at Panda Express in Maui so decided to try it here yesterday. It was terrible across the board. Everything had been sitting in on the serving dishes for so long it was dried out. Broccoli was yellow and limp, the meat dishes were not crisp but hard from sitting on the steamer for extended time. It was obvious that they had not put anything fresh out for more than an hour and what was there was in limited supply. The chicken looked like frozen chicken nuggets deep fried and a bunch of sauce dumped on with a sprinkle of peppers. Could hardly cut into me meat. The beef was inedible as it was too hard to cut with the plastic knife. The Chow Mein (noodles only) were cold. The staff were not friendly. I had bragged to our family about how good it was (in Maui) and it was a total waste of money and time going for a cheap burger would have been more fulfilling. It is so typical you go to a chain in the US and it is great but get to any Canadian outlet and disappointment is what you are served. So sad. Won't be back ever. If I could give a zero rating I would. Stay away. Much better Asian options on 130 Ave SE. read more