Stopped here on our way home to MPLS and the manager came around and asked us if we needed anything. Not always common at fast food. The line was stocked with hot fresh food. Restaurant was clean and spacious. You can never go wrong with grilled teriyaki chicken and lo mein read more

Panda Express - Grilled Teriyaki Chicken Panda Cub Meal™ - Chinese Near Me - Joplin, Missouri

Currently on vacation with my mom and husband, and we decided to hit up Panda Express for a quick bite. We were feeling adventurous and had heard whispers about a "secret menu taco." Thought it'd be a fun little twist during our trip--but when I asked, the staff flat-out refused and looked at me like I was making it up. Look, I get it. Secret menus are, well... secret. But the way they shut it down made me feel awkward for even asking. No explanation, no attempt to offer something creative or even just polite customer service. Just a hard no. The food was fine. It's Panda Express, so we weren't expecting gourmet--but this definitely wasn't the kind of vacation memory I wanted. Two stars because the orange chicken still kinda slapped, but the vibes were definitely off. read more

Panda Express - me holding taco - Chinese Near Me - Joplin, Missouri

Service was great. I was nervous because of other reviews, but the workers were very kind and attentive. The food was what you expect from a Panda Express. It was fresh and they had pretty much everything available even though it was later on a Sunday evening. The restaurant was fairly clean and when they weren't busy there were workers cleaning up. read more

Panda Express - Chow mein, angus pepper steak, mushroom chicken, hot orange chicken, string bean chicken, broccoli, and peach lychee tea. - Chinese Near Me - Joplin, Missouri

I love coming here! My food is always fresh to-go. I normally go around full-blown lunchtime or dinner time. That is when the food is the freshest! They are normally cleaning when I come in, and it is always super clean inside. read more

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Normally their stuff isnt bad, but this is downright unappetizing. What I got was burned covered with sauce. The pic shows two different entrees. Can you tell what they are? The eggroll I got tasted more burned than fried. read more

Panda Express - Burned - Chinese Near Me - Joplin, Missouri

A few months ago, I decided to dine in and was pleasantly surprised by the experience. The place was spotless, incredibly quiet, and not busy at all. Service was impressively fast, too. While I was there, "Cupid (Twin Version)" by FIFTY FIFTY played, which I absolutely loved hearing. I almost started singing it aloud before catching myself--after all, I was in public! As for the food, everything about it was fantastic. The portions were generous, the spice level was just right, and every bite was truly delightful. read more

I always love coming here. it's chill and super yummy! The service is always top notch and I never feel like I'm being rushed out

Our Panda is consistently bad. Maybe some people here don't realize it since its the only Panda in town and I think for many mies around too. One thing I can always count on is if I sue the drive thru they will always get the order wrong. This visit was no different. Its almost humorus how bad they get it. Right now like many restaurants they have a reduced menu so there are not a lot of choices to screw up but somehow they manage. Often (and this time was no different) the flunky taking our order really didn't care about us or any kind of customer service. He was rushing us the whole time, we had to repeat what we ordered over and over again. And it was clear he was not paying attention. At the window he said he upgraded our order to save us some money. Foolishly, we accepted that and drove off with out opening each container and checking it. Once we got home 20 minutes later, we found almost everything wrong. My wife ordered a chicken teriyaki rice bowl. What she got was a two item order of noodles, dried out chicken, no teriyaki sauce and two spring rolls. I ordered the bigger meal that includes three items. Since there were few items on the menu to choose from we stuck with the basics. I ordered the noodles, teriyaki chicken, pepper steak and pepper chicken. What I got was an egg roll, two spring rolls, noodles, cut up chicken with no teriyaki and broccoli beef. Short one item, and the other two wrong. Oh well, this is how it goes every time. We decided we won't go back until we can go in again, actually see them take our order and place what we ask for on our plate or carry out container seems to be the only way to get it right at this location. I would give it one star, but when its open, its clean, and easy to get things right. And when fully staffed they seem to have their act together and treat us well. read more

They had terrible service!! Super rude. They wouldn't give us but 1 soy sauce for 2 plates of food. The lady that took our was rushing me the whole time. And would sigh when I had more food to order. I felt rushed the whole time. The guy at the window asked if I want to donate a $1.50 and when I said no he then asked if I wanted to donate $1 and when I then said no he asked if I was wanted to round up my Pennies. Ummmm I just said no... when we asked if we could get some more soy sauce he said he gave it to us in the bag. The food was terrible. I didn't get the correct order and it tasted disgusting. I will never go here. Terrible customer service!!! read more

I stand by my tip from a while ago: Pick your entree once you get there. The bowls that store the entrees on the front counter are relatively small, but it still allows certain entrees to get to a point of sogginess. Plus, when the entrees get used, the amount of the main part of the entree gets less (i.e. more asparagus than chicken, kind of thing). This is my only complaint though, I promise! The staff is very friendly and they even have drawn pictures of the managers near the soda machine! I enjoy the food when it does not have the side effects of what I described above. The place is generally well kept, which is always a plus. Also, I'm not sure if this is temporary, but you can round up to donate to a charity which I wish more places did. Props! Would Panda again. read more

My rice was cold and I heated it up and when I was almost done I found a Dog paw in it .... And my orange chicken smelt like toes And also yah always fart when yah are making my food read more

Fast food chains like Panda are infamous for getting people sick, but I am surprised to say this is the FIRST Panda Express since my childhood that did not give me any ailments?! I ordered a chow mein with honey walnut shrimp and broccoli beef and was satisfied with the taste AND after effects (none). The staff were also friendly and the place was clean :) What an odd positive experience to have ran into in Joplin! Will definitely head back and venture for other sides to see if my stomach will continue to hold up LOL read more

They literally wanted to charge 49¢ for a tap water. They were out of half the menu items and the ignorant toothless worker decided to blame Biden. Yes. Uncle Joe is keeping teriyaki chicken from your store. Pathetic. So sick of fast food excuses for bad service. read more

Was at the store at 10:47am. it was supposed to open at 10:30 & the chairs were still on the tables-we were told the food was not ready and they weren't open yet. They locked the doors when we turned & left. THERE WAS EVEN AN EMPLOYEE SITTING IN A BOOTH WITH A DRIVETHRU HEADSET ON doing nothing! Get off your hiney, start turning chairs over, open the store on time & take pride in your work. I came back through the drive thru 20 minutes later & still had to wait over 10 minutes because the food wasn't ready. The day time manager needs to be replaced immediately. read more

Panda Express - Sesame honey children bowel. YUM - Chinese Near Me - Joplin, Missouri

Travel across the country...probably the worst one I've been in. Sweet and sour chicken had 3 pcs of meat 2 lg pcs of breading only and 2 pcs pineapple. Brocolli and beef had 6 lg pcs brocolli 4 little pcs beef. All was cold. But there was LOTS of rice! Dont bother not worth $8. Find a real Chinese takeout with fresh food...by the way this was a Friday evening at 6pm. read more

The people that work there are incredibly rude and snobby I will never be back . Awful experience food was okay but the red sauce was like half water read more

Always love coming to panda! Been to this one about twice and both times was wonderful. The staff is very helpful and friendly. The food is amazing per usual. Recommend this place if you are in the Joplin area! read more

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I am a regular customer of Panda Express at least once a week sometimes the food is soggy and old but yesterday was the worst I order the walnut shrimp, teriyaki chicken and rice the teriyaki chicken was disgusting flavor-wise it had a lot of tendons and hard pieces possible bone I believe the rice was from the day before it had a lot of Hart pieces like eating rocks and the walnut shrimp was so mushy and old that it was like eating shrimp mashed potatoes. read more

This is absolutely hands down the worst place I've ever went for Chinese. I went and asked if they had general tsao chicken. They did not. When I asked the guy says " no we don't have that but we have orange chicken it's the same thing " I said ummmm no. I ended up ordering an order of crab rangoon. For a drink and crab Rangoon I paid a little over $5.00. I thought that's not a bad price. Then I went to open them up and noticed hey I got 3 crab Rangoon and they are burnt! The tasted so bad! I've had better from a frozen section from sams club. I don't recommend this place at all it is in my opinion disgusting. I will never go to a Panda Express again. read more

I have eaten here several times over the years and it was always very good. Tonight, I picked up food in the drive thru to take home for my family . (I live 25 minutes away) I did not get what I ordered at all! Not only was the order wrong but the quality of meat was a weird texture. When I called and politely explained about my order, i was told that unless I brought it back so they could see what I got, they wouldn't do anything about it. I won't be back. waste of money And very disappointing! read more

The food itself is fairly average. I've been plenty of times, and if you're looking for a place to eat a large quantity of food and conserve time then this place should do nicely. The pricing is typical of a fast food restaurant in the Joplin area. You'll wind up paying about $8-$13 for yourself. It's generally kept clean, though the soda machine area is often a little messy (straw wrappers, spilt soda, etc.). Overall it's very very average, but it will do in a pinch. read more

Panda Express - Chinese Near Me - Joplin, Missouri

I had the misfortune of going there once. Paid for a three entree meal and only got two and they were both lousy. Never again

Love the mixed veggies side. They are hit and miss as far as taste goes. Last visit they were better. Orange chicken is delicious too. read more

Panda Express - Sitting outside enjoying my dinner! - Chinese Near Me - Joplin, Missouri

This panda locations quality seems to be a little less than what I normally see from the chain. It wasn't great but definitely not bad. Portions were smaller than most other locations across the midwest but the service was fast and courteous. read more

(Star Rating: 2.5 ) The overall vibe of this place is cold and unfriendly. Service is not what I'm used to, it's like subway style ordering, and the girls working the counter couldn't tell me about the entree flavors/ingredients. The entrees are alright, though I think it is a bit overpriced. The side of rice and/or noodles was disappointing (bland rice, dry noodles). They do make good black pepper chicken, though. Not overly spicy with good flavors. read more

Elliot and Elisha were fast asf, Elliot is mad cute too. Elisha probably is too, she really hooked us up w the big plate. No fork tho - my girl had to eat it with a real old fork that I left in my bag after some cake last week. It's all good tho. Thanks. read more

Very good Chinese restaurant in Joplin. Always a good place to go if you are in a hurry! Very clean place and staff is always very friendly. I really enjoy both the Orange and Teriyaki Chicken. It can get a bit pricey for a Chinese restaurant, but overall it is very good quality! read more

I was doing 10,000 errands in Joplin that day and got hungry. While stopped for gas I looked around and saw the sign for Panda Express behind me. I asked someone next to me if they'd tried it - they said yes, it's ok - so I googled it first. Eggplant Tofu is what made me go in, unfortunately this wasn't served at this location. This is a different type of Chinese restaurant - buffet viewing style but not eating style. More like a Subway-style, make your own dish restaurant. You pick one or two entrees and a sidedish. You can also grab an appetizer or two. I chose Mushroom Chicken, honey walnut shrimp, with a side of fried rice. Apparently their specialty is orange chicken, because while I was deciding, that got suggested to me 2 or 3 times. I loved the mushroom chicken - a healthy serving of tasty large mushrooms and zucchini with chunks of chicken in a flavorful sauce. The honey shrimp, which added a dollar to the bill because it was a premium choice, wasn't so great. That could be a personal preference but it was also a much smaller serving. Hey I paid $1 more so at least as big of a serving as the chicken right? They fill half your plate with the sidedish but that's understandable because these are definitely budget prices and the rice was good. I left filled. All the food is cooked directly behind the serving counter in plain view and everything in the counter was fresh and hot. The three servers/cashiers were pleasant and polite, one more so than the other two but no complaints. I will definitely go back to try some of their other dishes read more

This was my first trip to a Panda Express. Overall, I was disappointed. First of all, we arrived at opening time and there were no selections on display. The associate ask us to tell her what we wanted and they would cook it. We had children with us, that really needed to see the food before ordering. We waited quite a while for our entrees. The food was ok, but the steamed vegetables were nearly raw. The manager seemed a little testy when we returned the vegetables and the second time they came back, they were still nearly raw Very small portions of protein, they heap the plate with rice "cheap". I'm not a fan. read more

I was very disappointed that there was no sit down dining. I checked the web site prior to stopping there. The sign on the door said must have mask to enter. No problem but it should also say NO SIT DOWN DINING. I will not be back until I can sit and eat.......... read more

Terrible quality of food, price high for the low standard of microwave food. Will never go back here and we will never tell anyone to go here. read more

Horrible food. Ordered through drive thru as we are traveling. Orange chicken so hard could not eat..rice ice cold. Yucky

I was very happy to see the people smiling and happy. The samples are amazing and are very helpful with selecting food. The food was great and the employees even came by to see if I was enjoying my meal. Keep it up read more

Elisha really turned the business around. He was taking orders while handing out food as well. A handsome young man!

I have been there often. I however am no longer going there after a very bad experience with their noodles. For some reason they have started serving them very dry. I choked badly on them. I informed them of this expecting them to correct this problem. They have not. read more

The Orange chicken was nothing but a vinegar sauce. Service was not organized and the noodles were dry and old.

This place is great .This is my favorite restaurant because Chinese food is great but my favorite combo is beef and brocoli and orange chicken with rice.This is what I highly recommend to get at Panda Express. read more

Love eating here we have a big family and normally have big orders the staff is always friendly and helpful, polite even with such big orders and time it takes read more

We ordered the family meal. Husband got the pepper angus. There wasn't hardly any streak in the order. We counted 8 pieces. I don't know why it's a $3.75 up Charge. Our beef and broccoli was mostly broccoli as well. At other places this is what we get for our kids and they fought over the beef since there wasn't enough for a 2 and 4 yr old! When we paid we were told it would be a wait on our food so we needed to pull around, wait 5mins then go back through the drive through. When I got back in line and finally got to the speaker, she said our order was ready. Then we waited in line another 8!! minutes until we got back to the window. Which means our food just sat there. When she handed us the bag, two containers were open and sauce was inside of the bag. Why couldn't an employee have brought our food out to us when it was ready. I've never been to a Panda Express before and I don't want to go back. Also, no broccoli Florettes in angus, just stalks and husband couldn't chew them. Paid $40.99. Sent complaint on their website. Will update if they fix this. Horrible business practices with filling containers with too many veggies to making us wait an extra 15 mins for our food. We are a family that loves veggies, but the containers were like 1/5 meat, 4/5 veggies. read more

This restaurant is an absolute disgrace to the local fast food market. Upon entering the restaurant I was immediately harassed by the MANAGER, who made light of my severe asthma problem. We were then made to wait 30 minutes just to get our order in. The food was below sub par and the manager was absolutely rude the entire time. Would not recommend this establishment to anyone! read more