I've eaten here 3 different times, ordering food through the drive-thru. I work 10 mins away, and when I have a craving for orange chicken this place never fails to provide. The one thing I find wacky and just odd is their the placement of their drive-thru speaker. It's one of the worst I've ever encountered. You'll have to check it out to know what I mean. If you know, you know. It's kind of dumb honestly. It makes me wonder what type of person could approved the final draft. read more

It states it closes at 12:00am, we went at 11:00pm and it was all swept up and doors locked??? Hours should be reflected online and on the doors. read more

Says they are open till 12AM yet they had the chairs on the table, floor mopped, and door locked. It would've been my first time eating Panda Express. My placement family was sad to see it closed when it says that it was open. They wanted me to keep me close to my culture. read more

This is The Best Panda ever!!!! We only come here! Because SO different from other Panda!! Service is fantastic and foods are always fresh and hot! There are people who have been working here for a long time and they are managing fantastic!!!! Don't go to another Panda!! Seriously! You got to come here!!!! You won't regretted!!! read more

Clean location with a friendly staff. Usually we get our food to-go, but tonight we dined in. Service was nice and quick. All the selection looked fresh. I like their new juice drinks, I got their lychee peach one. Five stars for great food, friendly staff, and being clean. read more

Panda Express - Chinese Near Me - Escondido, California

My experience here was great! I arrived really early for my pickup order, the manager Noah asked for my name and got right to working on my order, while training and working on other things. Food is always great! I was welcomed in as I walked in the door, it's a very good location. Again shout out to Noah for the service! Made sure I had everything I needed! read more

After a long day at the San Diego County Fair followed by some shopping, we decided to grab some Panda and head back to our Airbnb. This place was super busy at the drive-thru, so we expected a little bit of a wait as we entered the lobby. The employees were friendly and fast. A few of the food options were out and more was being prepped so they took down our order by writing their coded language on our food containers and had us pay first and wait for our food. The manager was nice enough to even stop over and ask us if we wanted some drinks while we waited. We declined but it was so thoughtful of her to ask. There were a few people eating in the restaurant and the atmosphere was pretty cool. After a few minutes we had our food and were heading out the door. Very efficient store. We'll definitely stop back when we're in the area again. read more

Friendly employees, clean store, good food. They even have a drive-thru which makes accessibility easier! read more

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the food is good and we go here at least 4x per week. Today was disappointing as their portions have dwindled down. I have two pieces of beef. The shrimp is great and portions for that one is great but I've noticed lately their protein portions are not proportionate to their veggies. The service was great and fast and always with a smile. The ambiance - well--- it's a drive thru so it goes just like any other read more

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Excellent customer service from beginning to end I went thru the drive thru and my food was hot fresh!

Food, service.. great. The fact that Noa and the older lady Maggie working there were making fun of and criticizing the poor gentleman David... not so great. Very disrespectful and unprofessional at the fact that they decided to publicly humiliate him when David was just asking them a question. And then to top it off, Noa was just laughing at him!! Blew my mind. David if you read this.. you're doing great and you probably deserve better than what they give you here. read more

Great service and staff here. The facility is clean and welcoming. I was on my phone multitasking with a hungry toddler, and the older lady that looks like she's running the place was extremely patient, understanding, and overall nice! She saw me overwhelmed and instead of becoming annoyed or frustrated, she helped me. Thank you to this location and their team for being such great workers and understanding of customers. Food was great too!! read more

Excellent customer service i came with my wife and it was pretty clean store, i wanna thank erick looks like he is mannager but he drives this store pretty good the food was perfect and i definitely be back here, people always look for this details thank you ... keep it like that read more

Panda Express - Chinese Near Me - Escondido, California

Panda is going downhill man. They're starting to get so whack foods either undercooked or just Crap portions. Tell me how the Asian place down the street give you giant portions for the same price but pan over here saying they're giving you mushroom chicken but only mushrooms no chicken come on guys if you're gonna sell mushroom chicken there better be some chicken in there. read more

Pandas food isn't cutting it anymore. Their prices keep going up and the quality is going down. We recently stopped to grab a bite to eat. When we returned home to eat, the Fried rice was burnt in some areas and in other areas the rice was still raw and crunchy. They advertise on their receipt to contact their customer service to "let them know" how they're doing so I filled out the online form. Their customer service at their corporate office is just as bad as their food. They never responded to my complaint after numerous attempts. I rather support the mom and pop restaurants than to ever go back to this place. read more

Panda Express - Burned, under cooked rice - Chinese Near Me - Escondido, California

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The people working here are very nice. The food is good and when I ask for something to be made fresh they are always very accommodating. I will always go to this location as opposed to the San Marcos location which only seems to employ rude people. I like the healthy options for fast food as well... read more

Busy location on Monday night. Most people took their food to go I think. There was a long line in the drive through but it went fast. They were running out of dishes and were trying to crank dishes out as fast as possible. There was a small wait for the food as they made fresh batch. The good part about a busy location is that everything is super fresh! Newer building with clean designs. Trash cans inside were overflowing but I think that's because entire staff was in the kitchen supporting the dinner rush. read more

Not feeling like cooking so I stopped in for some Panda Express....I like their string bean chicken and chow mein. I ordered two plates (drive thru). I was happy there wasn't a line which is usually the case....only took a few minutes to get my food. Food was pretty good....something changed with the chow mein...it was not as flavorful as it used to be but still good. I just added some shiracha and soy sauce and it was good. This store does a pretty good job. Drive thru was clean and service was good. read more

Panda Express - Chow mein with green bean chicken and steak. - Chinese Near Me - Escondido, California

We eat here at least once a month. Sometimes more often because of the drive thru. The kiddos ask for Panda when they want chicken and rice. Our go tos are string bean chicken, teriyaki chicken, Beijing beef, Kung Pao chicken, and orange chicken. Their mushroom chicken is hit and miss. The zucchini is sometimes too mushy. They switched their veggies to super greens. Which is ok but they keep the stems on their kale when they steam it. Which wouldn't be too bad if they steamed it for a little longer. But usually it's too raw to eat so I just eat the leaves. Pair it with a large panda ice tea. Yum! read more

Panda Express - Honey walnut shrimp, firecracker shrimp, rice and veggies - Chinese Near Me - Escondido, California

This location locks their doors 30 min before posted hours, not reliable for a late time meal.

Place closed at 9:15. I've been here before at 9:45 and lobby is still open. They have at least 6 workers in there.

My husband and I were heading back from sea world last night and looked up places that were open. This location drive thru closed at 10:30 so we stopped by a little before 10 pm. We asked for a bowl with half and half fried rice and chow mein but they were out of fried rice so we said okay no worries. We got all chow mein but when we got home there was a handful of chow mein in our bowl hardly anything and what was there was just onion. I didn't even know it had onion. There were only a couple noodles and it was just not tasty at all so neither one of us finished it. If they're not gonna have any entrees maybe just let us know or close earlier. So bummed. read more

Y'all were packed tonight and the orange chicken wasn't fully cooked. My husband had ate majority before he notice it was still pink, cold, and uncooked in the middle!!! Now he's literally sick. Will never go here when it's packed and that's like always unless they start taking their time I'll go to San Marcos instead. **PHOTO DOESN'T DO JUSTICE ITS WAY PINKER. read more

Panda Express - Chinese Near Me - Escondido, California

I know it SUCKS when people come close to before closing I got there at 10:05(they close at 10:30). I worked from 12-10 and I raced to panda for my dinner. They seemed really nice and unbothered that I was there and I don't want to think this is why but I found not one but TWO super long hairs in my noodles! I have really short hair so it can't be mine.. I rolled a big fork full of noodles and almost ate it hair and all. Could've been a total accident because the gals there always always have their hair back in a net and hat on. But who knows... just completely grossed me out and can't go back and ask for fresh food since they are closed so it's a lose lose for me spent the money can't eat the food.... read more

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Another quick Chinese food place that I feel is perfect for those on the go. I go for lunch when I'm at work. Super easy.

Panda express is a great option for one main reason. There's a higher expectation of quality when dining here than say some local mom and pop in a strip mall. Sorry, I've had too many questionable/greasy fast-Chinese meals ( like the time I was eating chow mein at a local place and found a dead cockroach at the bottom of my noodles). Sometimes corporate is better especially when you don't want to get sick the next day. Try finding healthy looking vegetables at a local place. At Panda Express their Broccoli and Zucchini looked fresh and it was light not overly oily. Tip - Subbing out vegetables for Chow mein and Rice saves you over 400 calories. Not ready to commit to healthy? Try half chow mein half veggies. A 50/50 mix is a great option for kids... read more

Panda Express - 50/50 chow mein and veggies. - Chinese Near Me - Escondido, California

Always super clean and well managed. Food is fresh and always quick. Manager extremely efficient and attends to customers always with a smile. Highly recommend! read more

Sadly me and my husband got the worst food poisoning from this place. It was horrible and painful. Never again I'm I ever getting Panda Express . read more

Food is good here. I can't comment on the inside because I have only used the drive-thru option. This location had an issue receiving my mobile order but I showed the window attendant my email and time-stamp and he remedied straight away and just walked my order out to my car. Location is sketchy at best, full of dirtbag hobos. But I just try to ignore this unsightly distraction while I'm blazing through the drive-thru. read more

Amazing place great service 100 percent recommend very nice environment clean and friendly people

On the website it says this site closes at 10:30pm Got here at 10:10pm there already closed doors locked They should change the time It also makes me wonder if corporate knows that there site closes early They're losing money I just wasted my gas read more

Panda Express - Chinese Near Me - Escondido, California

You would think since Panda Express is a franchise, they would follow the rules of all the Panda Express, Nope, not this one. All the Panda I've been to they would honor military discount, but not this one. I would avoid coming here in the future, and I hope they lose a lot of businesses. read more

I came to panda express. I wanted to order String Bean Chicken Breast and the teller told me it was gonna take 7 minutes I said it was fine, but kept telling me to order something else told me to order 3 different types of chicken that I didn't want. I fell bullied so I just ordered orange chicken. When I was craving string bean chicken. Very upset read more

giving my 5 star to conner for the free taste of there signature drink good customer service

I'm really impressed how they can preform such an amazing meal!! Panda express always gives a good portion for a meal and always makes it hot a tasty. great service!! read more

Panda Express - My gratitude to panda express!! - Chinese Near Me - Escondido, California

Love the place , come here every other day , one employee Juana Litterally denied the bathroom to a pregnant woman because she wasn't a customer .... I understand rules are rules but damn .... Cold hearts don't belong in customer service.... read more

I feel like I only go to specific Panda Express locations because I know that they're consistent with the texture of their food. We had finished running errands tonight at about 9:59pm and said to ourselves that we were bummed we wouldn't make it to the Panda Express location adjacent to the Von's gas station. When I used to live in Poway, I knew their location was always open later. We hit Google maps and checked for a late night location nearby in Escondido. The location at 400 Mission was open until 10:30pm and we arrived at about 9:05pm. We parked the car to enjoy our meal as we had not eaten since lunch time. I took one bite of the orange chicken and I got that ick feeling immediately- soggy, slimy, soft. I mean who doesn't want their chicken to be nice and crisp! It definitely was not what we were looking for. I moved on to the honey walnut shrimp... even worse. You know how when the batter hasn't been cooked and it looks like mashed potatoes? As I was attempting to get rid of my ick by eating a bite of the honey walnut shrimp, I saw this. I hate to be someone who complains, but the slimy soggy texture of the food was an enormous turnoff. I walked up to the door as it was locked and knocked and presented my meal to someone. She took it inside and a few minutes later came out asking if I wanted something else as a replacement. Well, yeah, I did. I asked for Beijing Beef initially and told that was not an option. I just said I wanted double orange chicken because at that point I had no more options. I was returned with dual orange chicken and $1.25 refund for the difference. My boyfriend in the car said "How do you know its not cooked fully? Because this looks like mashed potatoes." I take his plate back up to do the same process all over again. At 9:15pm this is not exactly what I want to be doing or how I want to be ending my day. She took the plate back again and they pulled a few pieces of the shrimp out before giving up and just putting his second order of teriyaki chicken on the side. We did not get refunded for the other $1.25 difference upcharge for honey walnut. Maybe because they left "2 shrimp" on the plate. I walked back to the care and said to my boyfriend "At this point I do not even care about the $1.25, I would just like to eat." I inspected the orange chicken, ate about 2 pieces before I hit another slimy soggy piece. And at this point, I was done. I was simply done. How hard is it? To fully or properly cook the orange chicken and honey walnut shrimp so I don't feel like I am chewing on raw pancake batter. I do not ever want to visit this Panda Express location. I did not even eat my meal, I was so turned off and had the ick, appetite gone and felt like we just threw money in the trash. I will only be visiting our regular Panda Express near the Von's gas station and the one near my job in Escondido. Truly the most subpar food preparation I have ever seen from Panda Express. read more

Panda Express - Receipt - Chinese Near Me - Escondido, California

When was the last time you went out to a fast food restaurant with a drive-through where they gave you your food but they gave you know silverware no forks no knives no spoon nothing to eat your food with no napkins nothing because they posted a sign on the window that said if you want something to eat your food with but if you wanna napkin to wipe yourself up with after you eat our food you have to ask for it because we're not gonna even offer it to you. We won't even offer it to you. Let me say it one more time we will not say would you like a fork would you like a napkin. We'll just hope you don't ask us so we can save a penny on a fork and save a penny on a napkin. Panda express in Escondido on Mission by Lowes she go out of business and nobody should go there to eat a meal because I shouldn't have to ask for a fork to eat my lunch. read more

This panda is always packed but they do a great job of keeping the line moving. Maggie is a workhorse who is very fast at serving while still being friendly. Food always tastes good and consistent. read more

Tonight I ordered honey walnut shrimp at this panda which I've been to plenty of times and the foods been good, but tonight I was disappointed to find that the shrimp was undercooked and frozen cold in the center not to mention not well glazed. I understand that things get hectic and mistakes are made but at a restaurant where you go for a good quality meal and a quality experience this is disappointing read more