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    Panda Express

    3.1 (127 reviews)
    InexpensiveChinese, Fast Food
    Closed 9:30 am - 10:30 pm
    Updated 3 months ago

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    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Outdoor seating
    Dogs allowed

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    Chow mein, rice orange chicken string bean chicken

    The food was quite cold and the rice had a completely bad taste and no salt at all. Panda Express has lost its quality.

    Panda Express employee Kai!  He is the Star of the Show here!  It is the Rancho San Diego one.
    Carla O.

    I do not come to Panda that much because I prefer to experiment trying new places to enjoy and also review but tonight I was so hungry and didn't feel like cooking. I was in the mood for convenient Chinese Food and of course Panda was nearby so it was perfect timing for me. I decided to get the Sizzling Shrimp dish with rice in a bowl because I didn't want to eat too much and feel that sick feeling to your stomach experience. The shrimp dish was so good. It has vegetables in it alongside the shrimp which are red bell peppers. I was so hungry I didn't photograph my meal so next time. The bowl is also the perfect portion size for me, and I ordered a Pomegranate lemonade which is so bold with flavor and really quenches your thirst and fantastic. I wanted to say that it makes such a big difference to have a friendly, efficient, helpful, and professional young. college kid helping me named Kai. I will definitely be coming back as long as he is there. I was finished up with eating getting ready to throw my trash away and he came up to me asking me if he could do it. Such service. I have never had that at any Panda and never by any employee but Kai. He is the reason customers like to come back and definitely me! The rest of the workers were helpful and kind as well but Kai stole the show! Thanks also to the awesome Cooks for making such delicious dishes! Kudos to you all! Kai, you Rock! Come on down to this location and say hi to Kai!

    My favorite: half rice and half chow mein with beef broccoli and orange chicken
    Eve O.

    Definitely my go to place when I'm craving chow mien, I really love how it tastes here. The service here is also good, always quick and efficient even on busy days. We usually come in the evening, overall always a good time for us.

    I experienced Kenia, the Absolute Worst Non-Service. No Smile, No, Hi Welcome, No I'll be right with you.

    I've been a customer of Panda Express since the establishment opened and today I experienced THE WORST Service!! My granddaughter and I walked in Kenia gave us a dry low voiced hi and proceeded to finish an order she was working on. No Smile. No, Hi Welcome! No, I'll be right with you! I got tired of standing up waiting on her at the counter so I sat down. Two ladies by this time walked in and she gave them the same sorry greeting started helping them without a smile, just merely hi. I waited until she helped the two ladies to express her unbelievably lack of great greeting and customer service and letting her know I entered first which she knows already. As she was ringing up one lady she asked a gentleman who I believe may have been the cook to help me so I said to the gentleman perhaps that's what she should of done I got here First since I was here First. She walks up as the gentleman asked me if I wanted noodles or rice and he placed the noodle on the plate then she rudely took the plate from him after he put the noodles on the plate and proceeded to ask what did she say (meaning what did I say) ? I was standing there and repeated myself to her as she put the teriyaki chicken on my plate . She started making excuses and not taking accountability for not helping me first before the ladies. She said I wasn't in line. There was no line when I entered. I should have stood in line. I thought you were waiting on someone. I was I was waiting on Kenia! She greeted the two ladies the same way she greeted me except they got their orders. Hi, No welcome! No Smile! Kenia proceeded to turn her poor attitude and awful customer service on me knowing darn well there is no excuse for her to treat any customer like she treating them. She double down on her lack of accountability she said you know what you can just leave. she said you know what you can just leave. Look at the camera 3/25/25 around 1:45pm. I replied I can. She said yes I don't have to help you. I said I can as I was asking her name she lifted the side of her shirt where her badge name was placed her uniform shirt proudly. I got photos as you can see and I left and drove to a different Panda Express to get my food and I was greeted with a smile and excellent customer service. I am a faithful customer of Panda Express and have never experienced this type of behavior from an employee at this location or any of the other locations I frequent. Panda Express As Delicious Food And So Many Kind, Great Greeters. Kenia isn't one of them and she's a manager she's dreadful, rude, disrespectful, and did not display that she's had any customer service training. Kenia's attitude, her approach to customers and she definitely needs customers service training if she rude to customers she more than likely horrible to employees.

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    Eva G.

    Pretty busy convenient place for fast food take out Chinese cuisine. It's been a long time since I've been here. My son wanted to pick up some food here to eat later so we dropped by. We ordered a variety of bowls, from orange chicken, shrimp to teriyaki chicken. A convenient place if you are craving a quick bite of Chinese cuisine.

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    9 years ago

    Food is always good, definitely my go to spot for Chinese food. Service is always quick and my entrees have always been fresh and hot.

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    6 years ago

    The food was very good!Hot,fresh and flavorful.The sesame chicken was so good.Service great too.

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    8 years ago

    Was contacted by customer service. That's awesome that they care. Just have to plan on spending some time in line.

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    4 years ago

    so yummy always is delicious always and super good taste and I thinks the have a good accrued always so that's why I'm come back

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    8 years ago

    Cathy the manager is really sweet and she goes out of her way for customers. Great service!

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    Great service and the food portions are more generous than other locations and food is fresh.

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    The staff were courteous and very friendly. It is a good restaurant I will return to for dining and take out any day.

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    I recommend you hire some real cooks and manger , because the kitchen is in chaos.

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    Always a great quick dinner trip, food is always very fresh and hot, Very Clean, and great service! No complaints here!

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    11 years ago

    Great service best Asian food. Great product can't wait to eat there again. I have no bad things today about this restaurant

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    Really horrible service really dirty never will come here if you want Goodfood to not come here really bad place to come to really. Horrible

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    11 years ago

    Ordered shanghi steak bowl and it was real spicey so spicey i could not eat it. i have ordered this bowl before, never had a proplem.

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    Lucky Chinese Food - Combo item 2 with teriyaki chicken and jalapeno chicken with chow mein and rice

    Lucky Chinese Food

    4.2(761 reviews)
    7.3 mi
    $$

    Must try! Hidden Gem in Santee, CA…read more Service - prompt, friendly, packed our food for us. Timely service with no long wait. Food portions were generous and satisfying. Prices felt fair and worth it. Clean and well-kept environment. Just make sure toiletries are stocked Food was excellent -- generous meat portions, tender yet crispy orange chicken with balanced flavor. Rice was fluffy and filling. Hot and sour soup was a standout, especially for the price. **Overall: 10/10** Dad approved

    So, I have ordered and even dined-in at this restraunt with my wife and kids for the past few…read moreyears. But tonight changed a lot of that. So, to start, my wife will occasionally get treated rather well at the restraunt; she was even given a few freebies while she was pregnant with our twins, so I usually thought rather well of this place, but every time I go, the treatment is different (maybe because I am not a tiny little Asian woman, who knows) but anyways, I go there tonight and I order roughly 120$ in food, and that's where things go south. First they charge me 1.50 for asking for my rice noodles without curry (my wife dislikes curry), which I am used to, but I think might offend them. From there, there is some confusion about my order. They almost forget one of my sides in the proccess, and forgot I ordered fried wontons, but again, that is NOT why I am leaving this review. I am leaving this review because of what happened in all this... So, to begin, I ordered off the menu because I wanted my food fresh, but still, they grabbed all our sides and two of my entrees right out of the to go bar; which would be fine EXCEPT the food on the menu is more expensive because it is FRESH, and not soggy or soft from sitting in a metal tray for like an hour and a half! The next thing that happens is while trying to find out about my wantons they: GO THROUGH MY FOOD. They literally touched all my fried items with ungloved hands while I am sitting there at the waiting table with them; trying to figure out their mistake like I was trying to steal food from them. The kicker being that they forgot to charge the wontons! So instead of being like: 'sorry about the inconvenience', they straight up go: 'oh hey, let us charge you for those after we touched all your food'. Needless to say, I was a bit aghast by all this, but what was worse than the service is the fact that the cook purposefully gave my wife bland unseasoned noodles because I asked for then with 'no curry' as if paying an extra 1.50 wasn't enough, they had to also be like: 'screw your taste buds for not liking our spices!' I mean, none of this was necessary, and it all felt pretty gross and rude by the end as I just took my food and left. All that said, my wife was pretty disappointed to hear about this and thinks we may need to find a new chinese place which really sucks. Yeah... but giving me old food, messing up my order, not preparing my food right (even after they charged extra for it), and touching my food makes me realize it's probably for the best. But hey, at least they remembered to charge me fried wontons, customer always comes last, you know?

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    Panda Country Restaurant - Wrapped chicken.  Little triangles of chicken and had no flavor.

    Panda Country Restaurant

    3.4(475 reviews)
    7.2 mi
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    After reading the reviews I see a common theme of either 4 or 5 stars or 1 star usually due to bad…read moreservice. I have been coming to hands country for 3 years and never experienced this or observed it. The staff does seem to speak limited English and I think patrons see take this as rude. You should give them a try. The prices are excellent considering McDonalds is comparable in price for less. The food is consistently good and I've been here 30+ times. Yes if you go to mira Mesa or san diego you can get more authentic Chinese cooking but for American style Chinese utvis good. The portions are on the larger size. They are almost never full but its because they have so much take out orders that the restaurant almost always has space. It's always clean. Last thing I will say is my wife is Chinese so I have tried everything San Diego has to offer, and spent weeks in China. This restaurant in my opinion is very good considering the food taste and portions, price, good service and ease of parking with no waiting. If you haven't tried them you should, if you have and didn't like, give them another try. Skip a fast food dinner and give them another shot, for about the same price. I recommend them.

    Surprised that on a Saturday night there weren't many people but then again it was lightly raining…read more It's in the Vons shopping plaza so s good location. Seems authentic based on walking in. Dad had sweet and sour chicken which he enjoyed. Vegetarian egg rolls were yummy. Mooshoo chicken delightfully messy and tasty. With respect to pad Thai, perhaps the Chinese version is meant to be different? Very spicy, heavy on noodles, had a lot of green peppers and very little chicken. No nuts. Not a huge fan of this style. But the moo shoo chicken made up for it.

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