Panda Express was founded by Master Chef Ming Tsai Cherng, his son Andrew, and Andrew's wife Peggy. Andrew and his father first entered the restaurant business together when they opened a Panda Inn in 1973. Ten years later in Glandale, California, Panda Express launched as a fast food version of Panda Inn. The famous orange chicken was said to have been developed by Chef Andy Kao at a Panda Express in Hawaii in 1987. At first Panda Express was only found at mall food courts but in the 80's and 90's they started franchising out to stand alone restaurants. Panda express is now available internationally and it is the largest chain of fast food restaurants serving American Chinese cuisine in the Unites States. Looking to grab a quick meal while passing through Palm Coast we ended up this Panda Express for dinner. My pet peeve about this chain is that they never have all of the food ready at the same time. You are usually stuck waiting for something to finish cooking. I did notice that this restaurant looked very clean and bright and I do like that they have low carb and vegetarian options in addition to a their many meat dishes. Even picky eaters can find something to eat. I usually order the lo mein for my side with the orange chicken and honey walnut shrimp ($1.50 upcharge). It was nice that we didn't have to wait a long time for our food and the staff seemed like they were on top of things. The portions were very generous. As far as fast food goes at least you can get something relatively healthy here. read more

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On the opening sign, it said open 10-11. I was standing outside at 10:05. They did not open till 10:14. When they finally opened the door, i came in and there was nothing to serve accept for a few appetizers. And when asked when is all the foods be ready? The girl that is doing the cooking answered with an attitudes and spoke in a loud tone. She told me its not her fault that she and the other girl are the only one there (I get it, things happened).,But don't have an attitudes with me because you are frustrated due to lack of employees. When she answered me in a loud voice, i am gong to defend myself and that is what i did. She then called the police on me. Im still waiting for the police to come. SMH. read more

Panda Express - The three people that work but the girl claimed there is only two - Chinese Near Me - Palm Coast, Florida

Order is incorrect, very small (or none) portions-don't get the Super Greens for both plates (a quarter of cold kale is NOT a proper portion), more broccoli than beef with both plates (more than half of the broccoli portions were old and stalks were white w/the broccoli blackish/brown!!) beef tasted like pressed cat food, due to it sitting in a pan for many hours, both plates were loaded with cold noodles that tasted off as well, crab rangoon's were cold, tasted like melted old sour cream, kids rice was undercooked. The ENTIRE order was inedible. Don't waste your money at this place! read more

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I ordered a dish during checkout. I asked if they had duck sauce. they confirmed they do, so I ordered some egg rolls. The girl lied to me. They only offer sweet-and-sour sauce. The two sauces are completely different. I'm dissatisfied that people do not speak the truth to their customers. If you don't know the truth, then ask so I bought a food that I did not eat because I did not have the sauce that I wanted with it. See picture below for the girls representation of duck sauce. read more

Panda Express - I was told I would get duck sauce instead the girl lied to me and gave me sweet-and-sour. Dissatisfied when I got home to find out. - Chinese Near Me - Palm Coast, Florida

Stopped at 4:30 pm Sunday. Items that were out looked dried out as if they had been sitting awhile. Alot of empty selections. Very disappointing. Staff not very concerned about it. Left and ate somewhere else​ read more

The pretty girl at the counter was so extremely nice and I think this might have been the best interaction I've had in a fast food place, usually it seems rushed and uncomfortable at fast food restaurants but today it was so nice and warm, def coming back just bc of Hayden! She's the sweetest! She also suggest some things to get and oh lord was she right, as you can tell from the picture, im tearing through it as I type this. 10/10 experience. read more

Panda Express - Chinese Near Me - Palm Coast, Florida

Honestly I don't know how this place is getting 1 star reviews this place was awesome.Also this was my first time having Chinese food and it was so yummy. The rice was cooked perfectly and the orange chicken was good with a little kick at the end which is was nice. And the service was nice with the lady giving me a free water cup and getting my food quick. Also I love the fortune cookie but did have to ask would recommend the cookies severed with the food. read more

Panda Express - Orange chicken and rice - Chinese Near Me - Palm Coast, Florida

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Orange chicken its great, rice is mid with no flavor and ice machine does not work. Good costumer service

Food is really underrated over there I don't know where all that hate came from cuz I read some of the reviews but I got three different chickens the grilled sesame a teriyaki and another type of chicken over there and everything was great everything was nice and fresh warm I have no complaints I'll definitely go back the review is kind of scared me off so I waited until now to go and I'm pretty happy that I went and now if I'm looking for some decent Chinese food with some decent flavors at a reasonable price I'll definitely go back read more

please avoid this place, it's such a gamble nowadays and you're much better off going to a local spot anyways. 2 stars for the fact that it's Panda, hard to mess up Chinese food but you guys in Palm Coast really strive for mediocrity. once again, another order bland, missing items and poorly prepared. if it's not the missing sauce, it's way too many veggies in my rice. if it's not that, it's cold food and rubbery chicken. the work force there is just not being held to the right kind of standards or accountability like most things in this world today. read more

Unfortunately the food was not that fresh and the tables and floors were dirty. Service was great.

I arrived at 8:25pm and there were many people standing around waiting for their orders. There was literally 3 main dishes to choose from...Orange Chicken, something with Shrimp and something with Steak. I asked about a few of the chicken ones and she kept telling me they were out. I had to order something I didn't want and was very disappointed. To make it a bit worse....How can you ruin a fortune cookie? After opening it, I reached in to the little plastic wrap and it was soft and soggy! Not a great experience. I don't recommend this Panda Express. Plenty of other places around we're still open. read more

I guess I go here just in hope it's under new management. These people are determined to make Palm Coast the hub for food borne illnesses. If I could give zero stars, I would. I walked in and the person making online plates saw me, huffed, and then asked could she help me. As to say, I'm bothering her while two people sitting in the lobby, one sweeping, one putting in rolls of quarters at the register, and another person hidden behind the wall where the "sink" is. To complete, the online order, she asked the guy sitting at the table drinking a canned drink with a black hand brace for 2 egg rolls. He walked straight to the kitchen from the table, opened the fridge, and grabbed two egg rolls with the braced hand. I know he doesn't take that off to use the restroom, let alone to wash his hands. So, I told the girl what I saw, she turned around and didn't say anything. I turned and walked out. I couldn't make out what someone mumbled as I walked out because it would have been in this review. Same pattern, different people. So, now, Panda doesn't require employees to wash hands, wear gloves, they can put their hands in the middle of your plate, pull up their pants, rub hair and touch plates, wipe runny noses with the back of their hands while making your plate, push up glasses with the same fingers digging in the plate, and serve food with medical devices exposed without gloves or covering. I'm waiting on the day they are shut down because too many people will become sick from this place. This is heaven telling me to eat more at home because these restaurants are not giving quality training or the employees are not retaining information or refuse to implement the training. read more

I love how convenient this Panda Express Location is! It's never too crowded, but nearby a pretty busy shopping center. Which makes for a perfect quick little lunch before or after shopping. The restaurant is always clean and the staff is quick! read more

Food poisoning alert! Bad bad food poisoning from their orange chicken. How does this place pass inspection? This is a very dirty place and none of the workers have been trained for even basic sanitation. I spotted workers using no gloves, touching their phones, nose, and other things without washing hands. I though eh, i'll be fine. Few hours later and everyone was getting sick. Unbelievable! As other reviewers mentioned this place has zero care for cleanthliness. Surprised the owner hasn't gotten a clue yet. GET A CLUE! read more

Advertised as Chinese fast food. Our grandson is the one who encouraged us to try their rangoons". Rangoons? Ok. We ordered the plate; Chow Mein, Orange Chicken and Honey Walnut Shrimp. And of course, Rangoons. We were pleased with the fast and orderly way our buffet style meal was put together. And our grandson was right on! The Rangoons are so good I might one day make a meal of them alone. I gave 4 stars only because the good was good but I have tasted Chinese food in restaurants I like better. That doesn't diminish my raving comments about those delicious Rangoons! read more

They close at 10 but if you arrive at 8 they already have stopped making any new food. Beware. They don't make new food after a certain EARLY time so whatever is left is left. I won't be back ever again. read more

I'm sorry but the food at this location isn't good at all! I got the firecracker shrimp ugh no flavor vegetables hard .. the fried rice was ok I guess ..the walnut shrimp some overcook with no Flavor! This is my least favorite location to compared to others I have been. read more

I ordered beef and broccoli and Kung pao chicken. The beef and broccoli was literally ALL BROCCOLI with a little bite of beef. Very disappointed. read more

Hi just wanted to say food has always been good.taste portions God quality till I found out a secret menu item.went in ordered a birthday order and to my surprise as I was eating something sharp. Foreign in my food onpon checking a good size piece of plastic in my food. Kinda like a twist toe but really nasty not a good thing to find in your food.i tried reaching out to the store to make them aware of the situation took me forever to get through. when I did did not seem concerned at all like no big deal manger basically washed his hands after seeing what I found I sent him a picture his response call corporate and they also seemed like no problem had occurred after jumping through a bunch of hoops they only refunded my money not are you ok did you get hurt nothing.of your looking for good fast food Chinese and you pick panda check your food thoroughly think if it was a child. thanks Panda for ruining my birthday meal read more

Panda Express - This was on my food no one knows what it is - Chinese Near Me - Palm Coast, Florida

Good food for fast food Easy to get and hot when you get home. I would recommend this place

Don't get the bowl,its a rip off,a bowl of just ok rice with five little pieces of sesame chicken on top eight bucks

It's great for lunch but by dinner time, they're "out of" half their entrees and there's little to choose from

This location was pretty typical of every panda express I've ever been to. The staff was nice and friendly and the food has good ingredients for the most part. I find that the noodles tend to be kind of pasty, I don't really know how they manage that but however they do it, they do. Flavor of the noodles is nothing special. Keep in mind this is fast food Chinese so it's not like you're going to get gourmet food but if you keep your expectations in line with what it is then for that purpose it's pretty decent. I had a chicken mushrooms and that was good. The sauce was mild, it was pleasing but it was nothing special. I often get the sweet fire chicken. I like this because it has red peppers and pineapple in it along with the tasty sauce however the chicken nuggets that comprise the bulk of this are mostly breading with maybe a little smidgen of chicken on the inside. This is pretty typical for everyone of their fried chicken-based meals including the new general tso chicken. Interior was clean and the kitchen because it's open is always clean, the ingredients are fresh and it looks great, it just isn't anything special. For fast food take out however this is a great choice. read more

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I've eaten at Panda Express many times, here on the east coast and back on the west coast as well. It's usually a quick & tasty meal. This was by far the worst Panda Express meal I've ever tasted. I ordered the green bean chicken, and had to throw out the green beans as they were dried, shriveled, and literally inedible (I tried). Bummer because I usually love the green bean chicken. After throwing out the inedible green beans, there was exactly one small piece of chicken left, the other meat was the broccoli beef. Just look at the photo. Chow mein was dry, broccoli was shriveled and most pieces so chewy they had to be thrown out as well. Truly a disappointment, will not be returning to this location. read more

Panda Express - Dry shriveled inedible green beans and only one piece of chicken, really? - Chinese Near Me - Palm Coast, Florida

First and Last time in Panda Express Palm Coast! My 8 yo and I went into the Palm coast location with 3 people ahead of me, got our food order in right away, they changed people to fill our bowls 3 times...ok no problem. 6 people behind the counter and 1 on the 2 registers...ok no problem. I watch them take my 2 bowls (with shrimp) and place on a scale and then they put my 3 orders of Crab Rangoon in a bowl under heat lamp...ummm ...o..k.., no... problem? Woman in front of me tells them her order is wrong and they left her crab Rangoon out of the order (they are looking at her receipt diligently debating whether she is right or not, and can't seem to find said order) to which the young man (visibly frustrated) behind the counter threw his hands up in the air and exclaimed "I'm Done!" So, a young girl took over. He then proceeded to tell his coworkers how the woman in front of me was just trying to get free food. So now they have taken my orders of Crab Rangoon to complete her order. (Ok I get it, but my food is ready, why not just ring me up and give it to me?) ok so now it has been 20 minutes since we ordered. they finally give the woman her food and they start taking people from behind me as I can see my shrimp just sitting there.... Ewww.... And now my 1 order of rangoon has been sitting for 20 minutes under a heat lamp and have been handled by at least 3 different people. After being completely ignored and being told nothing at all I asked if I could get my order and is it warm still (meaning the rengoons)? To this the same young man exclaims "THATS IT! IM DONE!!!" Again, the young girl comes and says to him "that's ok, I'll take care of it." and then she turns and says nothing to me. (I have paid at this point). I wait 10 more minutes and finally ask to refund my card. To which the response was screamed at me "We had to make more shrimp for your order" "ummm I never asked you to remake it and had anyone bothered to speak to me about anything I would have just asked for the crab Rangoon. This is the worst service I have ever experienced. And it takes a lot to tick me off in the industry. I was not allowed to refund my card because they were still cooking my food apparently (which they just throw in a buffet anyways, so it was not a waste of food!) I have been waiting 30 minutes with my 8 yo and I am supposed to keep waiting? Not ok! So now I call corporate - Let me tell you how great that is going. 3 phone calls with promises to call back - never got them. Then wanted me to produce a receipt... This was 20 minutes after it happened!! The receipt was in the trash when I thought I was getting my food! I explain that the MOD can grab the receipt at the end of the evening when they go thru their credit card receipts. Nope not an option. So, I send her my credit card statement to prove the charge. Still no call back! read more

Matt and Nick both had amazing customer service. When they could not make our teriyaki chicken Nick came to ask us what else we wanted as a substitute. We told him what we wanted as the replacement and not even five minutes later Matt does the same thing. These two were amazing and very funny. They made this a wonderful experience for me and my family. The food also ended up being amazing. read more

On April 19th, I posted a review based on the negative experience I had with this restaurant. However, I was immediately contacted by a customer service representative who very professionally and courteously responded to me and assured me that they would pay attention to that situation and make the necessary corrections, not only in the quality of the portions they served but also with the staff. Yesterday we ordered food again and the difference was noticeable. I don't know how they did it but they obviously acted quickly and we were very satisfied, especially with the way Yin served us and the courtesy she extended to my wife when she learned that my wife was a nurse. Thank you for the excellent service. read more

Panda Express - My favorite. Pic is from mobile app menu. - Chinese Near Me - Palm Coast, Florida

The food was okay for a fast food restaurant. The services was mediocre and they had all the food since it was around 5pm. Pretty chill environment could use a bit of a table whip down. read more

No one here cares! Just in and the woman packaging (no exaggeration) threw our food in the bag with sauce flying all over in a complete mess. Just completely disrespectful and we were nothing but polite - after - as usual - waiting several minutes as they were out of quite a few options. No more for us... we're done. read more

Literally never takes online orders. If you order something and they don't like it, they will cancel your order. Sad this company is so money driven read more

I usually look forward to my panda but not anymore. Staff member is overworked and let it be known. Don't wear gloves or wash hands in between using register.. and make manager doesnt wear face mask. Ordered online at 6 and asked for it to be ready at 7... went in and out of everything and waited another 20 minutes The food is mediocre and doesn't have as much flavor but the sanitation and the atmosphere are what I can't do anymore. I asked for them To Put gloves on and they look at me like I am Crazy. We are in the middle Of a pandemic .... read more

DISGUSTING! We drove by because we really wanted some panda and we look and see an employee on the ground in front of the doors with his shoes off and socks off and was picking at his feet and toes in front of everyone!! Then looked like he was about to go in and work again! Never will be eating here. No thanks. read more

I ordered ahead and waited in line 20 minutes to get my food which was cold (I wasn't surprised) when I asked if they couldd give me fresh they wanted to charge me two times. They were slammed at the counter as two employees sat outside smoking and looking in at the line. When I did get my hot food it was still pretty gross, I couldn't finish eating any of it. read more

Sent in explaining how bad it was see last review and they never even gave me a refund was told I would get a card to cover my two meals that were trash but never got them and not even an I'm sorry for food that was total trash .... read more

If I could give this Panda location zero stars I would. We've ordered food at this location 3 times and each time we have had a bad experience. I tried giving them the benefit of the doubt the first two times since things were chaotic earlier this year but even those two times were unacceptable. The first time we ordered food, we ordered online and picked the food up. After two hours the food was still not ready and a woman working in the front was throwing people out because they had walked in without a mask on. I think politely asking them to put one on would have been more appropriate. They didn't seem to have any organization whatsoever. The second time we ordered food, we walked in and ordered for carry out. Again, the woman taking orders was incredibly rude! They took over an hour to get our order ready while we stood there. Seriously? I will also add that we did not have anything special about our order, just the typical stuff on the menu. The third and now final time that we ordered food, we decided to try the delivery option. Big mistake! When you place an order online for delivery, there isn't an option to add your delivery address. So I tried typing our delivery address in the "special instructions" box... then submitted the order. I saw on the confirmation page that somehow they had two separate delivery addresses, ours and a completely different address unknown to us. I called them on the phone and explained that there wasn't any place to add the delivery address and that I wanted to make sure they had the correct address. Once again, I was met by a rude employee who actually told me, that they "had no idea how the ordering system works, I've never used it before". I said, Well ok, I need to make sure this order comes to the right address so how can we fix that? They told me they would write down the correct address on the receipt for the driver. We did get our order, but we were missing a drink (go figure) and the chow mein noodles were completely dry and cold. The other items were chewy and overcooked. Each time we paid a hefty sum for such crappy food. Lesson of the story for me is... don't keep going back to the same place hoping they will actually be better the next time around. This is the worst Panda Express we have ever eaten at. They need an overhaul of their employees and management. read more

It seems to me that Al J. is blowing smoke every time he answers a question its the same exact answer we will look into you concerns how hard is it to get on the phone and tell people to put a mask and gloves on even after numerous complaints the employees or not wearing gloves or mask just moved here but one place i know for sure i wont be visiting for food Panda Express read more

This location is still TERRIBLE. If they do not get rid of the guys running it, they are doomed. Those guys real of cigarette smoke and they are rude. When they are out of items, they do not offer to make them. It just isn't ran like other locations. read more

I am really thinking that I must start cooking at home more often. At least, I will know the cleanliness of it. Every time I go Panda Express, a worker is rubbing and touching their hair, nose, arms, money, or adjusting their pants with the gloves on. Then precede to put their tainted gloves in your plate as if the gloves repelled the germs from all the object they've touched. It seems restaurants don't do food handling or customer service training anymore. Those are going to be hidden arts that people will need to be trained on before food service jobs. When I do go in PE, I asked the workers to change their gloves. Some get offended and others do it. Today, an employee wanted to get an attitude because I asked her to wash her hands after rubbing her nose then put her thumb in customers' plates. She told me she never puts her fingers in the plates. I said I just watched you do it several times. Then she wanted to argue and preceded to put a glove on. I looked up and shook my head. I'm glad someone else took over. The previous employee went to go tell the cashier what happened and he just looked as I smiled. I asked for a side and the cashier, with no gloves on with register tainted hands, put his fingers in the box. I told him I didn't want that box and told him what he did. PE has to do better. A neighboring restaurant says they always have people in their place talking about PE. read more

It's okay. Same as any other Panda in the USA. Same menu. One thing tho they need to cook the noddle longer as I am Asian it's wasn't done all the way. read more